Archive for August 2019

August 24 – On this date in 1978, the Commodores’ “Three Times A Lady” was in its second week at #1.  It was the band’s first chart-topper after 10 years of playing together.  A band’s first #1 will often catapult them into a higher stratosphere of fame and strengthen their bond as bandmates.  For the…

August 3 – On this date in 1985, Tears For Fears scored their first #1 hit with “Shout.”  The song would stay at the top of the charts for three weeks, assisted greatly by a video that was in heavy rotation on MTV. Roland Orzabel and Curt Smith met as teenagers in the late seventies…