Posts From Greg Brodsky

The 44 (Count ’em!) Number One Singles of 1974

Only one song stayed at the top for three weeks or more. Top 40 radio programmers in the U.S. were still playing rock music alongside pop, R&B and disco.

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10 Big Rock Acts Without a US Top 10 Hit Single

Back when Top 40 radio played rock hits, most legendary acts achieved chart success. For some reason, Hendrix, ELP, AC/DC, Tull and more never had a pop hit. See who else and what their biggest hits were.

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Supertramp Founding Member Rick Davies Dies

The keyboardist and one of the group’s primary vocalists wrote such songs as “Bloody Well Right” and “Goodbye Stranger,” while singing lead on both.

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Henry Diltz: Eyewitness to Laurel Canyon’s ‘60s Music Legends

The legendary photographer shares his recollections—and photos—of many of that vibrant music scene’s fixtures like Mama Cass, CS&N, and the Monkees.

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Mark Volman, Singer with the Turtles, Zappa and Flo & Eddie, Dies

After earning their first hit with 1965’s Bob Dylan cover “It Ain’t Me Babe,” he and the Turtles’ Howard Kaylan went on to achieve enormous pop success with “She’d Rather Be With Me,” “Elenore,” “You Showed Me,” and the #1 hit, “Happy Together.”

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Tom Shipley of Folk-Rock Duo Brewer & Shipley (‘One Toke Over the Line’) Dies

The pair were friends for 65 years and musical partners for over 60. Brewer died in 2024.

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10 (More) Great 1960s Instrumental Hits

During the swinging decade, these classics from Herb Alpert, the Surfaris, Hugo Montenegro and more were essential tracks on the AM radio dial.

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Gordon Lightfoot’s Tale of a Ship’s Crew and Its Captain

The singer-songwriter had a string of big hits including 1976’s “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” based on a true story of a doomed freighter.

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Frankie Valli, Lionel Richie Perform Funk-ified ‘Grease’ on ‘The Midnight Special’

Not long before Richie left for a hugely successful solo career, he and his Commodores bandmates performed with Valli on the TV music series.

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The Number One Singles of 1969

27 different songs reached the top on the U.S. singles chart including eight classics that were #1 for three weeks or more.

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