songs – The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

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Brochure Beauties #9: RCA Victor’s Popular Records for January 1947

You kids with your YouTube and streaming services have it so good. Back in 1947 the main way to listen to recorded music at home was rather brittle shellac 78 rpm records. One of the leading brands

Club 99: Songs That Peaked at #99 on the Billboard Hot 100

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Club 99: Teresa Brewer, “Pickle Up A Doodle”

Chris Holmes
posted on August 29, 2017
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Club 99 revisits the tongue-twisting pop hootenanny that is Teresa Brewer's “Pickle Up A Doodle,” which peaked at #99 in

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Before We Was Fab: Benny Spellman, “Fortune Teller”

Chris Holmes
posted on January 17, 2017January 17, 2017
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A look at "Fortune Teller," the 1962 R&B B-side from Benny Spellman that became a rock cover

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Club 99: Nat King Cole, “Nothing in the World”

Chris Holmes
posted on October 13, 2016
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An unheralded Nat King Cole classic that only reached #99 on the charts in

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Club 99: Billy Williams, “I’ll Get By (As Long As I Have You)”

Chris Holmes
posted on August 27, 2016August 27, 2016
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In Club 99, I look at songs that peaked at position #99 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, and help to put them into context. Together we can decide if the song deserved more success or got too

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Greatest Misses: Kiss (Spotify Playlist)

Chris Holmes
posted on March 8, 2016
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In which I compile a Spotify playlist of Kiss's least popular

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The Ultimate Hit Collection Spotify Playlists

Chris Holmes
posted on January 23, 2015
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Enjoy my Spotify Ultimate Hit Collection playlists containing every Top 10 single in U.S. Billboard history from the 1960s, 1970s, and

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Pop Culture Capsule — January 1-7, 1984

Chris Holmes
posted on January 4, 2014January 4, 2014
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A look at the most popular music, TV shows, movies, and books from the first week of January 1984, when Michael Jackson was still the King of

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Music from the Worst Album Covers — Merry Christmas & Happy New Year with the Mom and Dads

Chris Holmes
posted on December 10, 2012February 10, 2015
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If there were ever a Christmas album that sounded EXACTLY like you think it would, it's Merry Christmas & Happy New Year with the Mom and