Old Man Yells at Music

September 1981.  This month, a group of Welsh women set up a peace camp at Greenham Common Royal Air Force Base in Berkshire to protest nucl...

Closing out '77 20 - "Spanish Stroll," Mink DeVille Formed in San Francisco in 1974, this group relocated to New York a yea...

September 1977.  That month, it was revealed that foreign-built cars were outselling British-made vehicles for the first time ever.  Six day...

Completing the countdown to Popageddon... 20 - "Alright," Supergrass The first of two #2s for this Oxford band is this piano-dr...

Late summer, 1995.  Often I start these entries by telling you what the big news was at the time of the chart I'm covering, but in this ...

20 - "On My Own," Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald A U.S. #1, and #2 here.  Meh.  But I will tell you that McDonald, while to...

Back to 30 years ago.  The day after this chart was published, England exited the World Cup after losing 2-1 to Argentina on two memorable D...