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On August 4, 1958, Ricky Nelson‘s “Poor Little Fool” edged out Perez Prado’s “Patricia” to become the first No.1 on Billboard‘s newly-introduced Hot 100 chart. You...

“Ain’t We Funkin’ Now,” asked the Brothers Johnson on the opening track of their third album collaboration with Quincy Jones, Blam!, released on August 4,...

Towards the end of 1997, Snoop Doggy Dogg, one of the biggest rap stars on God’s green earth, found himself in a bad spot. He was...

The publication of the first-ever Billboard Hot 100 is an occasion well known to devotees of Ricky Nelson. When the magazine published that historic first...

The message from Deep Purple’s guitar hero was loud and clear, as the album cover spelt out the name of his new band. Ritchie Blackmore’s...