On March 10 1979, Gloria Gaynor started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘I Will Survive’, also a No.1 in the UK.
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Taylor Swift Released Four New Songs
In celebration of The Eras Tour, Taylor Swift is releasing 4 previously unreleased songs tonight at midnight. She revealed the four tracks include re-recordings of Swift’s dual contributions to the 2012 soundtrack to The Hunger Games “Eyes Open” and “Safe & Sound” featuring Joy Williams and John Paul White as well as “If This Was a Movie (Taylor’s Version)” and never before heard song “All of the Girls You Loved Before.”
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Today in Music’s History
On August 13th 1964, Manfred Mann were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Do Wah Diddy Diddy’, the bands first of three UK No.1’s. The song which was written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich was originally recorded in 1963 by the American vocal group The Exciters.
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Today Music’s History
On September 11th 1993, Mariah Carey started a eight week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Dreamlover’. Also on the same day her fourth album ‘Music Box’ went to No.1 in the UK. Lyrically, the song pictures a protagonist calling for a perfect lover, her “dreamlover,” to whisk her away into the night and not “disillusion” her like others in the past. “Dreamlover” received positive reviews from contemporary music critics, many of whom praised the song’s incorporated sample, as well as Carey’s carefree vocal style.
