This week, a song released 65 years ago finally hit the number-one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. No, it hasn’t been a long, slow climb; it’s been seasonal. Every December for the last 65+ years, Brenda Lee’s signature tune, Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree, has reappeared on the music charts. While Christmas songs…
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They say that there are no dumb questions, but silly questions…. that’s another story. I asked a couple of my music business friends a silly question the other day. And then spent ours trying to find the answer that no one knew… That’ll teach me…
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I’ve been around music my entire life. And there’s one thing I realized long ago. Most of us truly have no idea exactly how successful a song is on the charts. If we hear a song often on the radio for an extended period of time, we usually assume it’s a number 1 song, even…
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