2023: Top 40 Smiles Tracks!
I’ve gone back-and-forth on writing a blog or creating a podcast discussing my favorite songs of 2023. I was thinking that creating a...
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Oct 3, 20236 min read
Living A Smiles Life!
These days, there are a lot of challenges that many of us face, including heavy workloads, inflation, chronic illness, lack of time with...
Jan 1, 202320 min read
2022: The Year in Music; Presenting The Smiles Song Countdown
The year 2022 is rapidly coming to an end (and will be past tense when this blog is ready for public consumption!), and that means I...
Aug 5, 20215 min read
50 Years Ago This Week...Birthday Tunes!
August 7, 1971 was 50 years ago. Time really does fly when we're having fun, and writing blogs, and going through the daily life...
Dec 31, 202017 min read
2020 Was Rough...The Music Helped! Announcing the 2020 Smiles Countdown
2020 was the year when the world stopped. Travel, sports, concerts, theatre, in-person teaching and learning, dining out, and so much...
Oct 29, 20205 min read
Uncertain Times Call for Music
I don't need to tell you this, but there is just so much uncertainty these days. The pandemic continues to ebb and flow, the political...
Aug 15, 20206 min read
Rhythm and Blues to the Rescue!
With the current heat wave in full effect, you might be looking for ways to avoid straining the state-wide power grid, as well as your...
Jul 18, 20208 min read
The End of the Trilogy: Adult Contemporary for the Win!
When I initially wrote that first blog about Adult Contemporary songs that didn’t cross over to the “pop side of the house,” also known...
Jul 11, 20206 min read
Adult Only Show
A little over a month ago, I wrote a blog on songs that charted on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts without crossing over to the...
Jun 14, 20202 min read
My "Moment of Fame" on Countdown America!
Countdown America with Dick Clark was one of my favorite weekly music countdown programs to listen to in the early 1990s; it focused on...
Jun 7, 20206 min read
No Crossover Here! Adult Contemporary Only Hits
Sometimes when writing a blog, a recurring theme emerges. My blog about final Top 40 hits showed that the early 1990's were a pivotal...
May 23, 20206 min read
30 Years Later! Strong and Mighty SPSV Class of '90
Another blog in less than a week? Yes, but today's blog is "time-sensitive," as it is to commemorate a special occasion that took place...
May 17, 20209 min read
Last 40 of 20
Many musicians and groups often go decades releasing hit after hit single, but then, something changes, and their songs are no longer...
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