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The station was then branded as "94.7 WLS-FM" with the slogan "Chicago's Greatest Hits Of All Time". The first song on the current incarnation of WLS-FM was a special radio edit of "Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)" by Reunion, one played as a Top 40 hit on the original WLS which would explicitly mention the station in their lyrics.
The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" is a recurring song ranking compiled by the American magazine Rolling Stone. It is based on weighted votes from selected musicians, critics, and industry figures. It is based on weighted votes from selected musicians, critics, and industry figures.
On May 2, 1960, at 6 am, WLS went with a full-time Top 40 format. [ 31 ] [ 32 ] Mort Crowley was the first disc jockey under the new format, and the first song played was " Alley-Oop " by The Hollywood Argyles , four weeks before it debuted on the Hot 100.
All three singles from the 1995 album Mr. Smith by LL Cool J (pictured) were featured on the Year-End chart, with two—"Hey Lover" and "Loungin"—appearing in the top-40. Hootie & the Blowfish (pictured) charted with three songs: "Time" at number 50, "Old Man & Me (When I Get to Heaven)" at number 74, and "Only Wanna Be with You" at number 99.
A one-hit wonder is a musical artist who is successful with one hit song, but without a comparable subsequent hit. [1] The term may also be applied to an artist who is remembered for only one hit despite other successes (such as "Take On Me" by a-ha in the United States, [2] [3] [4] which topped a Rolling Stone magazine poll to find the top one-hit wonder).
The Dave Clark Five had five songs on the Year-End Hot 100. The Four Seasons had three songs on the Year-End Hot 100. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1964. [1] The Top 100, as revealed in the edition of Billboard dated January 2, 1965, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of January 4 through December 12 ...
The song, recognized as "the best-selling single of all time", was released before the pop/rock singles-chart era and "was listed as the world's best-selling single in the first-ever Guinness Book of Records (published in 1955) and—remarkably—still retains the title more than 50 years later".
Al Green had three songs on the Year-End Hot 100, the most of any artist in 1972. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1972. [1] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 30, 1972, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of December 4, 1971 through November 18, 1972.