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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I’m not sure if this is strictly an American obsession, but have you ever noticed our fascination with rankings? It can be sports or even TV shows. It can be just about anything. In college football, you can even be number one and number two at the same time. This week the Tennessee Volunteers were…
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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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