The Beatles hold quite a couple pretty impressive US album sales records:
Most #1 Albums: 19.
Second place is Elvis Presley & Jay Z tied at 10.
Most Total Weeks At #1: 132.
Second place is Elvis Presley at 67.
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I also think they are the all time leader in total albums sold in the US and I think […]

Today is the last day I can include The Soft Bulletin on my list of the top 10 albums of the past 10 years. I think this is The Flaming Lips best album and among the very best albums of the 1990s. It’s also aging quite nicely, in fact even though it’s a few years […]

Billy Thorpe was born March 29th of 1946 in Manchester, England. His family moved to Australia when Thorpe was 9 years old.
As the lead singer of Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs he had a lot of success in Australia during the 1960s and 1970s. They did not have success in the US. He is […]

Blondie’s “Rapture” hit #1 on the US singles charts on March 28th of 1981 and stayed there for two weeks before being knocked off the top spot by Hall & Oates’ “Kiss on My List.”
“Rapture” was Blondie’s 4th (and last) US #1 following “Heart of Glass,” “Call Me,” & “The Tide Is High.” Their next […]

Stacy Ann Ferguson was born on March 27th of 1975 in Hacienda Heights, California. She is best known by her stage name “Fergie.” She has been a commercial success both as a vocalist for the Black Eyed Peas and as solo artist.
Fergie’s first appearance on a Black Eyed Peas album was on 2003’s Elephunk which […]

Diana Ross was born on March 26th of 1944. She is well known both as the lead singer of The Supremes and for her solo career after she left the group in 1969.
The Supremes had 12 #1 singles in the US during the 1960s, that total was second only to The Beatles (who had […]

Singer-songwriter Hoyt Axton was born on March 25th of 1938 in Duncan, Oklahoma.
Axton is most well known for the songs he has written that were made famous by other artists/bands such as “Joy to the World” & “Never Been to Spain” (which were both made famous by the rock band Three Dog Night.)
A listing […]

Allanah Myles had a #1 US hit with “Black Velvet” on March 24th of 1990. It stayed at #1 for two weeks before being knocked off the top spot by “Love Will Lead You Back” by Taylor Dayne.
Along with it’s success in the US, it also hit #1 on the Norwedgian, Swiss, and Swedish […]

Damon Albarn was born on March 23rd of 1968 in London, England. He is a singer-songwriter who is well known as the lead singer for Blur & Gorillaz.
Blur was formed in 1989 and they went on to be one of the most successful bands of the ’90s in the UK although they had limited […]

Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall” hit #1 on the US singles charts on March 22nd of 1980. It stayed at #1 for three weeks before being knocked off the top spot by “Brass in Pocket” by The Pretenders.
It had already spent four weeks at #1 in the UK from December 15, 1979 through […]