Music

2022: The Year in Music; Presenting The Smiles Song Countdown

The year 2022 is rapidly coming to an end (and will be past tense when this blog is ready for public consumption!), and that means I...

50 Years Ago This Week...Birthday Tunes!

August 7, 1971 was 50 years ago. Time really does fly when we're having fun, and writing blogs, and going through the daily life...

2020 Was Rough...The Music Helped! Announcing the 2020 Smiles Countdown

2020 was the year when the world stopped. Travel, sports, concerts, theatre, in-person teaching and learning, dining out, and so much...

Uncertain Times Call for Music

I don't need to tell you this, but there is just so much uncertainty these days. The pandemic continues to ebb and flow, the political...

Rhythm and Blues to the Rescue!

With the current heat wave in full effect, you might be looking for ways to avoid straining the state-wide power grid, as well as your...

The End of the Trilogy: Adult Contemporary for the Win!

When I initially wrote that first blog about Adult Contemporary songs that didn’t cross over to the “pop side of the house,” also known...

Adult Only Show

A little over a month ago, I wrote a blog on songs that charted on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts without crossing over to the...

My "Moment of Fame" on Countdown America!

Countdown America with Dick Clark was one of my favorite weekly music countdown programs to listen to in the early 1990s; it focused on...

No Crossover Here! Adult Contemporary Only Hits

Sometimes when writing a blog, a recurring theme emerges. My blog about final Top 40 hits showed that the early 1990's were a pivotal...

30 Years Later! Strong and Mighty SPSV Class of '90

Another blog in less than a week? Yes, but today's blog is "time-sensitive," as it is to commemorate a special occasion that took place...

Last 40 of 20

Many musicians and groups often go decades releasing hit after hit single, but then, something changes, and their songs are no longer...