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During the latter half of the 1980s, America focused its energies on the concert circuit, as the group was unable to land a follow-up recording contract. This lack of output ended in 1991, when America released Encore: More Greatest Hits on Rhino Records. At the time, Rhino was fast building a reputation as a leader in re-releasing classic pop ...
Professional ratings. History: America's Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album by American folk rock trio America, released by Warner Bros. Records in 1975. The album was produced by longtime Beatles producer George Martin, the third of seven consecutive albums he produced with America. It was a success in the United States, reaching ...
The Dutch West India Company or WIC ( Dutch: Westindische Compagnie) Dutch pronunciation: [ʋɛstˈɪndisə kɔmpɑˈɲi] was a chartered company of Dutch merchants as well as foreign investors, formally known as GWC ( Geoctrooieerde Westindische Compagnie; English: Chartered West India Company ). Among its founders were Reynier Pauw, Willem ...
In addition, Jackson remained the longest at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s (27 weeks). Whitney Houston scored seven consecutive number-one singles during the 1980s, becoming the only artist in the chart's history to achieve this feat. During the 1980s, George Michael scored four number-one singles as a solo artist ...
Billboard. Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1981. "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes was the number one song of 1981. Three songs by John Lennon appear on the Year-End Hot 100, charting posthumously after his murder in late 1980. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1981. [ 1][ 2] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition ...
October 1. Robert Allen (73), American pianist and composer (b. 1928) Cub Koda (51), singer, guitarist and songwriter ( Brownsville Station) October 3 – Benjamin Orr (53), bassist, vocalist of The Cars. October 17 – Joachim Nielsen (36), Norwegian rock singer in Jokke & Valentinerne.
Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by the Association, released in 1968 by Warner Bros. Records. The album peaked at #4 on the Billboard 200 album chart. In Canada the album reached #2 and was in the top 10 for 13 weeks. The RIAA certified the album 2× Platinum on June 1, 1989. The autobiographical tune "Six Man Band", written by ...
New Netherland. New Netherland ( Dutch: Nieuw Nederland) was a 17th-century colonial province [ 5] of the Dutch Republic located on the east coast of what is now the United States of America. The claimed territories extended from the Delmarva Peninsula to Cape Cod.