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08/26/2025

Spice Girl's 1996-

Spice Girls, 1996/1997

08/26/2025

Today Marks The 43rd Anniversary of The Time’s Sophomore Studio Album “What Time Is It?” Originally Released on August 25, 1982.

“What Time Is It?” Is the second studio album by Minneapolis funk rock band The Time released in 1982 on Warner Bros. Records.

The album peaked at #2 on the U.S. Billboard Black LPs chart and at #26 on the U.S. Billboard Top 200 Albums chart.

Three songs were released as singles from the album "777-9311", "The Walk" and "Gigolos Get Lonely Too".

“777-9311” peaked at #2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles chart, #42 on the U.S. Billboard US Dance Club Songs chart and at #88 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

"The Walk" reached #24 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles chart and at #42 on the U.S. Billboard Disco Top 80 chart.

"Gigolos Get Lonely Too" reached #77 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles chart

The title of the album comes from an exclamation by Morris Day that became associated with the band's on-stage theatrics, appearing frequently on the band's debut album as well.

The song's title, "777-9311", was Prince guitarist Dez Dickerson's actual telephone number at the time the song was written. Once the song became a hit, the phone calls started coming in, and Dickerson ended up having to change his phone number.

"The Walk" was mentioned on the Ice Cream Castle track, "Chili Sauce", and was sampled on the Corporate World track "Murph Drag" and the Pandemonium track "The Latest Fashion". Prince himself mentions “The Walk” in the song “Play In The Sunshine”, a track from his “Sign O’ The Times” album.

A different mix of the song "Gigolos Get Lonely Too" can be heard on the posthumous Prince album Originals, released in 2019. This version has Prince on lead vocals and most instruments, Johnson on guitar and backing vocals, and Day on drums and backing vocals.

Track-listing

1. Wild and Loose
2. 777-9311
3. Onedayi'mgonnabesomebody
4. The Walk
5. Gigolos Get Lonely Too
6. I Don't Wanna Leave You

By Romie Rome for Musique Funkology.

08/26/2025

The Traveling Wilburys. Photo by Neal Preston.

08/26/2025

She's mighty-mighty! On this day in 1977, we released "Brick House" from our self-titled album! The single would reach #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts as well #32 on the UK singles chart. One of the greatest funk songs ever created!

08/14/2025

Have you watched this movie ?

April 22, 1978 - - Steve Martin Hosted One of the Most Memorable SNL Episodes EVER! ... Do You Remember These Sketches
Among the sketches were:
1) The debut of The Blues Brothers [John and Dan had previously appeared as the Killer Bees doing "I'm a King Bee"]
2) Steve does "King Tut"
3) Gilda Radner stars in a commercial parody for "Hey You", the perfume for one night stands
4) Gilda and Steve as two people who meet at a club and proceed to silly dance all around the SL studio
5) Theodoric of York, Medieval Barber
6) The Festrunk Brothers: "We are two wild and crazy guys"
7) The Nerds attend a science fair

08/14/2025

Devo - Whip it!

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08/05/2025

One of the biggest hits of 1987 was "You Got It All" by The Jets. But maybe you didn't know that the song was written by Rupert Holmes of the hits "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" & "Him" in the early 80s. He wrote it for his 10 year old daughter, who sadly died unexpectedly of an undiagnosed brain tumor before ever hearing it.

In an interview Holmes said, "The sad part of the story is that I don't remember anything about it being a hit because before the record came out, my 10-year-old daughter died. It was very painful for me because when it was a hit record, I realized she would have loved to have gone to see the group sing the song and gone backstage, and that never happened.

I don't really recall anything that happened around the time it was a hit because it took me about two years to come out of shock and be able do things like work. I did things that I had to do, like supervise the London production of The Mystery Of Edwin Drood and things that I knew how to do almost on autopilot. They asked me to write more songs for them, and I wrote a couple later on, but it was just really hard. It was wonderful to have a hit, but it was at a terrible time in my life. It was heartbreak for me because it's the song that my daughter never got to hear as a hit record. I think she would have really liked it because she could have heard herself in the song. Maybe there were other 10-year-old girls that heard it and liked it."

REMASTERED IN HD!Official Music Video for You Got It All performed by The Jets.

07/26/2025

Did you have one?