June 8 - 14 | This Week in Music History
(2020) - 5 min
Dolly was #1, The Eagles hit their stride, and it was HAMMER TIME! Here's everything that went down this week in music history from AXS TV! 1967 – June 8th, Dolly Parton was at #1 on the US country chart with ‘I Will Always Love You’. 1975 – June 10th, The Eagles released their fourth studio album One of These Nights. 1977 – June 11th, KC and the Sunshine Band became only the second group after The Jackson Five to achieve four US #1 hits. 1980 – June 14th, Billy Joel started a six-week run at #1 on the US album chart with Glass Houses. 1990 – June 9th, M.C. Hammer’s debut album, Feel My Power, started a record breaking 21-week stay at the top of the US album charts. 1997 – June 14th, Puff Daddy and Faith Evans started a 11 week run at #1 on the US singles chart with ‘I’ll Be Missing You’. 2008 – June 8th, Rolling Stone magazine published a list of the Top 50 guitar songs of all time. #5 – The Rolling Stones – ‘Brown Sugar’ #4 – The Kinks – ‘You Really Got Me’ #3 – Cream – ‘Crossroads’ #2 – Jimi Hendrix – ‘Purple Haze’ #1 – Chuck Berry – ‘Johnny B Goode’