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50 Years Ago… the smoothest slice of soul in town was “I'll Be Around” by The Spinners!

50 Years Ago… the world was freaking out about David Bowie’s latest “character”, “The Jean Genie”!

50 Years Ago... Ricky Nelson had changed his name to plain Rick Nelson and was complaining about a "Garden Party"

60 Years Ago... the 60s reached peak-Bobby as Marcie Blane soared the charts with "Bobby's Girl"!

60 Years Ago… the aliens landed and they formed a rock’n’roll band, called themselves The Tornados and made a record called "Telstar"

60 Years Ago... Elvis fans were in a state of confusion. “Return To Sender” was one of the biggest hits in the world & it simply didn’t make sense.

30 Years Ago… the jazz beatniks and the hip-hop homeboys and girls were all groovin’ to Digable Planets “Rebirth Of Slick”

30 Years Ago.. Duran Duran were back! If you turned on the lights, the TV, or the radio, you could not escape the ghost of their haunting ballad, “Ordinary World.”

30 Years Ago… Faith No More, the weirdest rap-rock funk-metal-everything-at-once band on Earth were on the radio with their cover of “Easy” by The Commodores.

30 Years Ago… Arrested Development helped us see homeless people in a whole new light on “Mr Wendal.”

70 Years Ago… cute-as-a-button Teresa Brewer wanted everyone to take her seriously with "Till I Waltz Again With You"

40 Years Ago… the world was mystified when the first single of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album was the very worst song; "The Girl Is Mine"

40 Years Ago… everyone in the UK had “Our House” by Madness stuck in their heads.

40 Years Ago… Vanity 6’s “Nasty Girl” was getting everyone sweaty on the dancefloor