Never Was #1
This Michael Jackson song never made it past #2 in the singles charts, but it's album became the greatest seller of all-time.
Thriller
This band's 1980 album "Back in Black" is the second largest selling album of all-time.
AC/DC
1977
How Deep is Your Love
More Than a Woman
If I Can't Have You
Saturday Night Fever
1967: Jefferson Airplane
Go Ask Alice when she's ten feet tall
White Rabbit
Born: 1940 Liverpool, UK
Died: 1980 New York, NY
John Lennon
This 1975 progressive rock classic was the lead single from the "A Night at the Opera" album and featured a ballad segment, and operatic passage and a hard rock part over its 5:55 duration. Galileo Figaro.
Bohemian Rhapsody
This rock band was formed in Chicago in 1972. They've had eight songs reach the top ten of the Billboard singles charts.
Styx
1977
Dreams
You Make Lovin' Fun
Go Your Own Way
Rumors
1971: America
In the desert, you can remember your name
A Horse With No Name
Born: 1941 San Fernando, CA
Died: 1959 Grant Township, IA
Richie Valens
The Boss could tell you that his 1984 classic only made it to #9 on the Billboard singles charts. The song portrays a disillusioned Vietnam veteran's alienation after the war.
Born in the USA
Founded in 1977 in Los Angeles, this band was still going in 2022 with their "Dogz of Oz" tour.
Toto
1987
Welcome to the Jungle
Sweet Child O' Mine
Paradise City
Appetite for Destruction
1967: The Beatles
I am the Egg Man.
I am the Walrus
Born: 1942 Seattle, WA
Died: 1970 London, UK
Jimi Hendrix
Dave Grohl played drums on the 1991 hit that made it to only #6 on the Billboard singles chart, despite being considered as the best grunge band song ever.
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Andrew Ridgeley was part of this English pop duo that sold more than 30 million certified records worldwide from 1982 to 1986. Oddly, I never heard them sing during the Sports Machine.
Wham!
1987
The Time of My Life
Hungry Eyes
She's Like the Wind
Dirty Dancing
1983: Culture Club
You come and go. You come and go.
Karma Chameleon
Born: 1913 Mississippi
Died: 1983 Westmont, IL
Muddy Waters
Despite making it to #6 in the charts. I'm not sure if I remember this 1971 song for being named after a Labrador retriever or for a disc jockey trying to "dig it up".
Black Dog
Mark, Jim and Bob Mothersbaugh; and Gerald and Bob Cesales were all members of this new wave group from Akron that reached it popularity in 1980. Are we not men?
Devo
1985
So Far Away
Money for Nothing
Walk of Life
Brothers in Arms
1979: The B-52's
Ski-doo-be-dop
Rock Lobster
Born: 1963 Newark, NJ
Died: 2012 Beverly Hills, CA
Whitney Houston