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The Year in Billboard #1 Songs - 1987

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2

(2 consecutive weeks at #1)

August 8th -15th 1987

Nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year at the 1988 Grammy Awards

33rd Grammy Awards (02/20/1991)

The 33rd Annual Grammy Awards

February 20th 1991

Hosted by Gary Shandling

Radio City Music Hall

New York City

Bette Midler opens the show with her soon to be Grammy award winner for Song of the Year:

 "From A Distance"

Number 1 Albums - 1980

Against The Wind

Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band

(6 consecutive weeks at #1)

May 3rd - June 7th 1980

Bob Seger's 11th album and 3rd with the Silver Bullet Band is his only #1 on the Billboard Album chart and knocked off the biggest selling album of 1980 out of #1, The Wall by Pink Floyd,
It also won 2 Grammy Awards at the 1981 show, "Best Recording Package" and
"Best Rock Performance By a Duo or Group with Vocal".
Three songs from the album reached  Billboard's Top 40, "Against The Wind" #5, "Fire Lake" #6, and "You'll Accomp'ny Me" #14.

The 56th GRAMMY Awards - Best Pop Solo Performance

The 56th GRAMMY Awards - Best Country Album

Almost Persuaded

Today would have been the 78th birthday of David Houston.

David Houston held, until 2012, the record for most weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot Country (Country and Western back then) chart for a solo act, with his song "Almost Persuaded".

He was at the top for 9 consecutive weeks, from August through October 1966

The song also won the Grammy for Best Country and Western Song for 1966

Grammy Awards - 1973

Winner of the 1973 Grammy for Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group

Class of '57 - The Statler Brothers

(#6 on the Billboard Hot Country Chart in 1972)

#1 Album Spotlight - 1981

Mistaken Identity - Kim Carnes

4 consecutive weeks at #1

June 27th - July 24th 1981

The 6th studio album by Kim Carnes became a platinum bestseller and gave us the #1 single for all of 1981 in "Bette Davis Eyes" which spent 9 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.  The album was nominated for the Album of the Year Grammy Award, but lost to John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Double Fantasy.

Track listing

1. "Bette Davis Eyes" (Donna Weiss, Jackie DeShannon) – 3:47
2. "Hit and Run" (Donna Weiss, Jackie DeShannon) – 3:17
3. "Mistaken Identity" (Kim Carnes) – 4:49
4. "When I'm Away from You" (Frankie Miller) – 3:36
5. "Draw of the Cards" (Dave Ellingson, Bill Cuomo, Val Garay) – 4:54
6. "Break the Rules Tonite (Out of School)" (Kim Carnes, Dave Ellingson, Wendy Waldman) – 3:17
7. "Still Hold On" (Kim Carnes, Eric Kaz, Dave Ellingson, Wendy Waldman) – 4:39
8. "Don't Call It Love" (Tom Snow, Dean Pitchford) – 3:09
9. "Miss You Tonight" (Kim Carnes) – 5:09
10. "My Old Pals" (Richard Stekol) – 3:19

One Hit Wonder of the Week

1989
Cult of Personality - Living Colour
(#13 on the Hot 100)

From the debut album "Vivid", won the Grammy for "Best Hard Rock Performance" in 1989.  Won 2 MTV Music Awards, "Best Group Video" and "Best New Artist" .

#1 Song of the Week

From December of 1989 and January of 1990 this is Phil Collins with "Another Day in Paradise".    Spending 4 weeks at #1 this was the most successful song of his solo career and to date his last #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100.
He would win the Grammy for Record of the Year.
The last #1 song for the 1980s and the first #1 of the 1990s.

Album Spotlight

This spotlight falls on the winner of the Grammy for Album of the Year for 1960 and the Grammy award for best New Artist of the Year.

The Button Down Mind of Bob Newhart

(the most celebrated comedian since Attila the Hun)

Bob Newhart would be the only comedian to with the Grammy for Best New Artist and this was the first comedy LP to win album of the year.

The album would spend 14 non consecutive weeks in the #1 spot on the Billboard chart, trading the spot with Kingston Trio, Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley.

Grammy for Song of the Year for 1982

Always on My Mind - Willie Nelson

1980

the winner of the 1980 Grammy for the Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male

Kenny Loggins - This Is It

Today in Grammy History

Today in 1970 the Grammy Awards were handed out to celebrate 1969 in music.
This year didn't see any one group or individual dominate the awards.

Record of the Year to Bones Howe (producer) & The 5th Dimension for "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In"


Album of the Year- "Blood, Sweat & Tears" by Blood,Sweat & Tears

Song of the Year - Games People Play - Joe South

Best Country Vocal Performance Female - "Stand by Your Man" Tammy Wynette


Best Country Performance Male - "A Boy Named Sue" Johnny Cash


Best Contempory Vocal Performance Male - "Everybody's Talkin at Me" - Harry Nilsson


Best Rhythm & Blues Performance by a Duo or Group, Vocal or Instrumental-
"Its Your Thing" - The Isley Brothers

Today in Grammy History

Today in 1967 the 9th Annual Grammy Awards were handed out to celebrate the music of 1966. This years ceremonies were noted for the fact that they did not give out the award for best new artist.
The ceremony was held in Chicago, New York City, Los Angeles and Nashville TN.
The Record of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Performance, male and Album of the Year went to "The Chairman of the Board" Frank Sinatra for his song "Strangers in the Night" and album "A Man and His Music".


Song of the Year (for the writers) went to John Lennon and Paul McCartney for "Michelle".


The Grammy for Best Comedy Performance went to Bill Cosby for his album "Wonderfulness"


The big winner for the country Grammy's was David Houston and his blockbuster "Almost Persuaded", winning Best Country and Western Vocal Performance, Male, Best Country & Western Recording and Best Country & Western Song for the writers Billy Sherrill & Glenn Sutton .


Also they had awards that covered "contemporary music" which was what Grammy committee called Rock n Roll.
Best Contemporary (R&R) Solo Vocal Performance - Male or Female
* Paul McCartney for "Eleanor Rigby"
Best Contemporary (R&R) Group Performance, Vocal or Instrumental
* The Mamas & the Papas for "Monday, Monday"

Best Contemporary (R&R) Recording
* New Vaudeville Band for "Winchester Cathedral"



The R&B Grammy's were dominated by Ray Charles with him winning
Best R&B Solo Vocal Performance, Male or Female and Best Rhythm & Blues Recording for "Crying Time"

Today in Grammy History

Today in 1983 the 25th annual Grammy Awards were held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles California.
This would be a big night for the group Toto and country legend Willie Nelson. Toto would walk away with the Album of the Year for Toto IV and Record of the Year "Rosanna"

The success of "Rosanna" reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July of 1982 helped garner the Grammys but that in turn helped their 2nd single "Africa" reach the #1 spot earlier in February of 1983.

The Song of the Year award (for songwriters) went to Willie Nelson's "Always on My Mind" written by Johnny Christopher, Mark James and Wayne Carson.

This song also helped Willie Nelson win Best Country Vocal Performance Male and also the Grammy for Best Country Song.