8/4/1984: #45 Let's Go Crazy - Prince And The Revolution #51 Drive - The Cars #61 Hard Habit To Break - Chicago #87 I'm So Excited - Pointer Sisters

8/3/1963: #45 Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh - Allan Sherman #75 My Boyfriend's Back - Angels #82 Heat Wave - Martha & the Vandellas #85 Surfer Girl - Beach Boys

7/29/1989: #73 One - Bee Gees #81 Bust A Move - Young M.C. #93 Runnin' Down A Dream - Tom Petty

7/28/1979: #82 Cruel To Be Kind - Nick Lowe #83 Rise - Herb Alpert #87 Don't Stop Till You Get Enough - Michael Jackson #89 Children Of The Sun - Billy Thorpe

7/27/1985: #43 Freedom - Wham! #46 Pop Life - Prince & The Revolution #72 No Looking Back - Michael McDonald #89 I Got You Babe - UB40 [with Chrissie Hynde] #93 Tonight It's You - Cheap Trick

7/29/1972: #62 The Guitar Man - Bread #82 Easy Livin' Uriah Heep #83 Run To Me - Bee Gees #86 The City Of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie #96 Couldn't I Just Tell You - Todd Rundgren #99 Garden Party - Rick Nelson

7/30/1983: #38 Tell Her About It - Billy Joel #50 Don't Cry - Asia #69 Far From Over - Frank Stallone #84 Burning Down the House - Talking Heads #86 Cold Blooded - Rick James #88 A Million Miles Away - The Plimsouls

TIL Chris Blackwell was the Location Manager on Dr. No (1962) for Jamaican scenes. CB asked Terence Young if he’d invest £5,000 in Island Records. TY wanted to, but his wife said “no way” when CB & his partner arrived very high at their meeting. TY lamented: Island Records just sold for $300 million

James Kenney@jfkenney.bsky.social · last mo.

I didn't realize that , on the Criterion Channel, you can watch the first three James Bond films with the Criterion commentaries that were withdrawn and became kinda legendary. They're posted on the channel now for all to listen to!

TIL Chris Blackwell was the Location Manager on Dr. No (1962) for Jamaican scenes. CB asked Terence Young if he’d invest £5,000 in Island Records. TY wanted to, but his wife said “no way” when CB & his partner arrived very high at their meeting. TY lamented: Island Records just sold for $300 million

James Kenney@jfkenney.bsky.social · last mo.

I didn't realize that , on the Criterion Channel, you can watch the first three James Bond films with the Criterion commentaries that were withdrawn and became kinda legendary. They're posted on the channel now for all to listen to!

7/27/1996: #6 You Learn/You Oughta Know - Alanis Morissette #16 Elevators (Me & You) - Outkast #46 Stupid Girl - Garbage

7/22/1967: #51 Pleasant Valley Sunday - Monkees #71 All You Need Is Love - Beatles #98 The Look Of Love - Dusty Springfield

7/17/1971: #68 Sweet Hitch-Hiker - Creedence Clearwater Revival #76 Won't Get Fooled Again - Who #79 I Just Want To Celebrate - Rare Earth #88 Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers

7/23/1983: #48 Human Nature - Michael Jackson #80 Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top #90 Radio Free Europe - R.E.M.

7/21/1979: #63 Lonesome Loser - Little River Band #74 Bad Case Of Loving You - Robert Palmer #82 Drivers Seat - Sniff 'N' the Tears - #86 Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' - Journey

This is the copy I played endlessly. Fitting that 8 years after its release, my first song obsession was the biggest hit by the biggest band. Harry Connick Jr. once quipped, when asked about The Beatles, “that music is for second graders.” It definitely was for me.

jj skolnik@supremenothing.myatproto.social · 2w ago

reposting bc typo in original. fellow music heads: what was the first song you were truly obsessed with? my parents had to take the record for this one away from me because i was playing it over and over:

7/20/1991: #40 The Promise Of A New Day - Paula Abdul #49 Things That Make You Go Hmmmm... - C&C Music Factory/F. Williams #82 Good Vibrations - Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch #83 Something to Talk About - Bonnie Raitt #94 There She Goes - The La's

7/12/1980: #67 Lookin' For Love - Johnny Lee #76 You're The Only Woman - Ambrosia #82 Upside Down - Diana Ross #83 Just Can't Wait - J Geils Band #88 I'm Alright - Kenny Loggins #89 Cheap Sunglasses - ZZ Top

7/15/1967: #79 To Love Somebody - Bee Gees #86 Thank The Lord For The Night Time - Neil Diamond #92 Cold Sweat - James Brown & the Famous Flames #99 Brown-Eyed Girl - Van Morrison

7/13/1985: #50 You're Only Human - Billy Joel #77 Smokin' In The Boys Room - Motley Crue #87 Money For Nothing - Dire Straits #91 Take One Me - Ah Ha

7/13/1968: #70 Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf #84 Soul Limbo - Booker T. & the M.G.'s #88 Hard To Handle - Otis Redding #97 Slip Away - Clarence Carter

7/10/1982: #55 Take It Away - Paul McCartney #81 Someday, Someway - Marshall Crenshaw #82 Blue Eyes - Elton John #83 Who Can It Be Now? - Men At Work #84 Gloria - Laura Branigan #86 I Ran - A Flock Of Seagulls

7/8/1978: #68 Hopelessly Devoted To You - Olivia Newton-John #85 Kiss You All Over - Exile #86 I Love The Night Life - Alicia Bridges

7/3/1965: #42 I'm Henry VIII, I Am - Herman's Hermits #83 All I Really Want To Do - Byrds #86 All I Really Want To Do - Cher #95 Down In The Boondocks - Billy Joe Royal

7/3/1971: #70 Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) - Marvin Gaye #74 Riders On The Storm - The Doors #88 Hots Pants Pt. 1 (She Got to Use what She Got to Get What She Wants) - James Brown

Pouring one for our #AT40 hero @dirkwilbury.bsky.social as I make my way through Elvis C’s first three albums in tribute to him. It’s a crime he wasn’t able to spend more years with us. Godspeed Terry!

Dirk Wilbury ™@dirkwilbury.bsky.social · last yr.

Tonight I saw Elvis Costello for 14th time since 1979. This tour concentrates on music from his 1st 5 albums. If I stick around long enough, I'll see him again!

7/8/1989: #44 Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx #55 Don't Wanna Lose You - Gloria Estefan #89 If I Could Turn Back Time - Cher #91 18 And Life - Skid Row

7/7/1973: #69 Live And Let Die - Wings #73 Here I Am (Come and Take Me) - Al Green #77 Angel - Aretha Franklin #91 Friend Of Mine - Bill Withers

7/5/1980: #33 Emotional Rescue - The Rolling Stones #72 Boulevard - Jackson Browne #77 Give Me The Night - George Benson

7/4/1976: #59 Let 'Em In - Wings #66 Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John & Kiki Dee #67 You Should Be Dancing - Bee Gees #74 Say You Love Me - Fleetwood Mac #82 Lowdown - Boz Scaggs #87 Devil Woman - Cliff Richard

7/3/1982: #55 Love Will Turn You Around - Kenny Rogers #66 Think I'm In Love - Eddie Money #67 Vacation - The Go-Go's #77 Hot In The City - Billy Idol #85 Eye In The Sky - The Alan Parsons Project #87 Words - Missing Persons