Music
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Eurythmics “Sweet Dreams (are made of this)” — 30 years later
1983's Sweet Dreams was Eurythmics' first U.S. #1
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Flashback: Top 10 singles this week in 1983
Amazing Top 10 on Billboard Magazine’s Hot 100 chart 30 years ago this week. Imagine listening to Kasey Casem and hearing this list. It’s like...
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Celebrating Freedom
''There's so much going on in the seven days leading up to the 28th,'' says Terri Harris Reed of The George Washington University, referring to...
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Tori Amos turns 50 – her albums ranked from worst to first
Happy Birthday to local DC-area product Tori Amos, who turns 50 today. A young piano prodigy, she started off by playing in bars around the...
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Classic album revisited: Duran Duran’s “Notorious”
Duran Duran was one of the most successful bands to emerge from the early MTV era. They had all the ingredients for success and were...
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Lady Gaga premiers new video: “Applause”
Lady Gaga debuted her new video, “Applause,” this morning. It’s the first single from her upcoming album “ArtPop”. Let us know what you think in...
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Madonna turns 55! Five of her best underrated gems
Happy Birthday to Madonna, who turns 55 today! Hard to believe – it seems like only yesterday she was writhing around on the stage at...
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Red Hot Tears
Eric Himan broke down in the studio while recording ''Gracefully,'' a song he wrote about his grandmother, who died last year. ''I'm never very emotional...
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Flashback: Top 10 singles this week 20 years ago, August 1993
20 years ago. 1993. Bill Clinton was in his first year of his presidency. “Beavis and Butt-Head”, “The X-Files,” “Saved by the Bell,” “Frasier,” “Boy...
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Lady Gaga releases new single “Applause” early
Lady Gaga’s back with the first single from her upcoming album “Artpop”, due to be released this fall. Originally expected to be released next...
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Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines”: classic single, uneven album
Robin Thicke has been releasing pop/R&B material with varying degrees of success for about 10 years now. His first album, 2003’s “A Beautiful World,” made...
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Whitney Houston’s 50th birthday – celebrating her best moments
August 9, 1963, Whitney Houston was born in Newark, NJ. She would have turned 50 today. Surely she would have celebrated in style. Instead of...
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Prince’s “Lovesexy” album revisited: 25 years later
Prince should have been riding high towards the end of 1987. He had ended his association with backing band The Revolution the previous year, immersed...
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Mick Jagger turns 70: 12 essential tracks
Mick Jagger has just turned 70. We are now at the point where legendary rock bands and artists are touring and recording at an age...
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Madonna from worst to first: ranking her 12 albums
We recently noted the 30th anniversary of Madonna’s self-titled debut and, with over a year having passed since her most recent studio album “MDNA,” the...
