Memory in Top 40 Music
There’s something magical about how music conjures up old memories. Music brings us back to happy times and sad times. To our childhood, our parents, our first kiss, our loves, our children, our old friends. The right song can bring us to a specific place, a precise hour, a time of year. Memory in Top 40 Music brings back some of those memories by reviewing the top of the charts from days gone by, through the eyes of history.
- Update frequency
- every 28 days
- Average duration
- 44 minutes
- Episodes
- 14
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2019
Ep. 14 - July 20, 1969
The Apollo 11 moon landing marked the achievement of the goal laid out by President Kennedy in 1961 to land a man on the moon before the end of the decade of the 1960’s. Join us in this episode of M…
Ep. 13 - January 12, 1969
Back before it was officially known as the Super Bowl, the New York Jets of the American Football League shocked the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League to win the football championship. …
Ep. 12 - Aretha Franklin - Part 2
Following her death in August 2018, we explore the groundbreaking career of Aretha Franklin. In this, the second of two special Memory in Top 40 Music episodes dedicated to the Queen of Soul, we loo…
Ep. 11 - Aretha Franklin - Part 1
Following her death in August 2018, we explore the groundbreaking career of Aretha Franklin. In this, the first of two special Memory in Top 40 Music episodes dedicated to the Queen of Soul, we look…
Ep. 10 - July 4, 1976
The Bicentennial of the United States was one of the greatest days of coast-to-coast celebration in the history of the USA. Join us in this episode of Memory in Top 40 Music as we tell the story of …
Ep. 9 - August 28, 1963
The 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was designed to encourage America’s leaders to take the steps necessary to ensure the civil and economic rights of African Americans. It also gave us…
Ep. 8 - October 28, 1962
For 13 days, the USA and Soviet Union engaged in a tense and terrifying stare down over the presence of nuclear-armed missiles just 90 miles from the United States. That standoff was the Cuban Missil…
Ep. 7 - September 4, 1961
Motown Records went as far in defining the sound of the 1960’s as any other label; probably more than most. And in this episode of Memory in Top 40 Music, we look back at the top of the chart for the…
Ep. 6 - Olympic Songs
Music has become a large part of the Olympics experience. In this special episode of Memory in Top 40 Music, we remember the songs associated with the Olympics which made the pop charts. In our Memor…
Ep. 5 - February 3, 1959
On February 3, 1959, a plane crash took the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper). This episode of Memory in Top 40 Music goes back to that day, now known as “The …
Ep. 4 - May 6, 1957
John Lennon once said, "If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'.” As that quote indicates, Chuck Berry was one of the most influential artists in the history …
Ep. 3 - Tom Petty
Following his death in October 2017, we explore the 40+ year rock and roll career of Tom Petty. In this episode of Memory in Top 40 Music, we focus primarily on Tom Petty’s Top 40 chart success. In o…
Ep. 2 - March 31, 1956
The fuel behind this thing called rock and roll really ignited when a certain hip swivelin’ country boy from Tupelo, Mississippi appeared on the scene. In this episode of Memory in Top 40 Music, we g…
Ep. 1 - May 28, 1955
There are plenty of opinions about when and how rock music started. But identifying the first prominent rock & roll record is a lot less controversial. In this inaugural episode of Memory in Top 40 …