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Wednesday 29 November 2023

The Sound Of Punk • StickoPop • Playlist Radio • 2023

Tuesday 28 November 2023

April Wine Album • April Wine • 1971

April Wine is the eponymous debut studio album by Canadian rock band April Wine, released in September 1971. The album spawned the band's debut single "Fast Train" which received fairly steady airplay.

On the Way Up! Album • Ann Margret • 1962

On the Way Up is the second album by Swedish-American actress and singer Ann-Margret released by RCA Victor in 1962. The album was partly produced by Chet Atkins and recorded in Nashville, Tennessee.

The album contains the single "I Just Don't Understand", an American top 20 hit. The follow-up single, "What Am I Supposed to Do" peaked at No. 82 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 19 on the Easy Listening chart.

Billboard Magazine rated the album as 4 stars, noting "the bright canary is in sprightly, sexy vocal form on this package...she scores highest with "Oh Lonesome Me", "His Ring", "Slowly" and "My Last Date". Solid teen appeal item." In their review of the album, Cashbox noted that "for her second album for Victor, Ann-Margret gives an excellent demonstration of the original, warm, vibrant style that is quickly taking her to the upper reaches of stardom."

All I Have Album • Amerie • 2002

All I Have is the debut studio album by American R&B recording artist Amerie. It was released on July 30, 2002, through Columbia Records, Rise Entertainment and Richcraft Records. Entirely produced by Rich Harrison, the album debuted and peaked at number nine on the US Billboard 200 chart in August 2002, remaining in the top twenty for two weeks only and dropping off the top hundred in its fourteenth week. It also received generally mixed reviews from the music critics. Nevertheless, the album was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling over 500,000 copies on October 3, 2003, and won Amerie a Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist in 2003. According to Nielsen SoundScan, the album has sold over 661,000 copies in the United States as of July 2009. All I Have produced two singles: "Why Don't We Fall in Love" (which peaked at number 23 on the US Billboard Hot 100) and a minor hit "Talkin' to Me".

Official Singles Chart Top Ten Jan 1960 • StickoPop • Playlist Radio • 2023

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Singles Chart 1973 • Sue Robinson • Playlist Radio • 2023

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America Album • America • 1971

America is the debut studio album by America, released in 1971. It was initially released without "A Horse with No Name", which was released as a single in Europe in late 1971 and in the U.S. in January 1972. When "A Horse with No Name" became a worldwide hit in early 1972, the album was re-released with that track. The album went to the top of Billboard's album chart in the United States and stayed there for five weeks. It produced two hit singles, with "A Horse with No Name" which spent three weeks on top of the Billboard singles chart in 1972, and "I Need You" hit the ninth position on the Billboard singles chart. Several other songs received radio airplay on FM stations, including "Sandman" and "Three Roses". The album was certified platinum by the RIAA for sales in excess of one million units in the United States.

Monday 27 November 2023

Desert Island Discs • Dave Strickson • Playlist Radio • 2023

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'60s Folk • StickoPop • Playlist Radio • 2023

90 songs • 5 hours, 45 minutes
These '60s folk ballads fueled a quiet revolution.

60s Sing-Alongs • StickoPop • Playlist Radio • 2023

67 songs • 3 hours, 40 minutes
The late '60s was a tumultuous period which gave us some of the greatest hits in the history of pop.