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"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (derived from "In the Garden of Eden") is a song recorded by #IronButterfly, written by band member #DougIngle and released on their 1968 album of the same name. At slightly over 17 minutes, it occupies the entire second side of the album. The middle of the song features a two-and-a-half-minute #RonBushy drum solo. A 2-minute-52-second 45-rpm version of "#InAGaddaDaVida" was Iron Butterfly's only song to reach the #top40, reaching number 30.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIVe-rZBcm4

IRON BUTTERFLY - IN A GADDA DA VIDA - 1968 (ORIGINAL FULL VERSION) CD SOUND & 3D VIDEO

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Top 40 Years Ago Mar 9

40 years ago this week, "I Can't Wait" by #StevieNicks entered the #Top40 at 40. It peaked at 16 on 12 Apr 1986. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYrgcUojxLE #1980s #MusicHistory #MusicVideo

Stevie Nicks - I Can't Wait (Official Video) [HD Remaster]

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50+ Music Mar 1

"Never Be the Same" is the title of the third single by singer-songwriter #ChristopherCross, released from his debut Grammy Award-winning album Christopher Cross. It was the singer's third consecutive single to reach the #top40 on the #Billboard #Hot100 chart, where it peaked at No. 15 in 1980. The song was also a No. 1 hit on the #AdultContemporaryChart, remaining there for two weeks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUNUCotVZ0w

Never Be The Same ( Lyrics) Christopher Cross @lyricsstreet5409 #lyrics #christophercross #80s

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50+ Music Feb 28

"We're Not Gonna Take It" is a song by American #heavyMetal band #TwistedSister from their album #StayHungry. It was first released as a single (with "You Can't Stop Rock & Roll" as the B-side) in May 1984. The single reached No. 21 on the #Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, making it Twisted Sister's only #Top40 single. It is the band's highest-selling single in the United States, having been certified Gold on June 3, 2009, for sales of over 500,000 units.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9AbeALNVkk

Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take it (Extended Version) (Official Music Video)

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50+ Music Feb 26

"Meet Me Half Way" is a song by American singer #KennyLoggins written by #GiorgioMoroder and #TomWhitlock for the film #OverTheTop. It also appears as the final track on his sixth studio album #BackToAvalon. It was his sixth soundtrack single and also his 13th #Top40 single, peaking at number 11, while it was more successful on the #AdultContemporary chart, peaking at number two.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_Dd6XBOu18

Meet Me Half Way (From "Over The Top" Soundtrack)

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Top 40 Years Ago Feb 25

40 years ago this week, "Night Moves" by #MarilynMartin entered the #Top40 at 38. It peaked at 28 on 22 Mar 1986. This was her only solo entry on the charts, but "Separate Lives" had been a hit the year before for her and #PhillCollins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGD77VsaCLs #1980s #MusicHistory #MusicVideo

Marilyn Martin - Night Moves

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50+ Music Feb 23

"Never My Love" is a pop standard written by American siblings Don and Dick Addrisi, and best known from a hit 1967 recording by #theAssociation. The #AddrisiBrothers had two #Top40 hits as recording artists, but their biggest success as songwriters was "Never My Love". Recorded by dozens of notable artists in the decades since, in 1999 the music publishing rights organization #BroadcastMusicInc (BMI) announced it was the second most-played song on radio.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=splnYaenps8

Never My Love (Digitally Remastered 1997)

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50+ Music Feb 21

"Make Your Own Kind of Music" is a song by American singer #CassElliot released in September 1969 by #DunhillRecords. It was written by #BarryMann and #CynthiaWeil, with production by #SteveBarri. In the United States, "Make Your Own Kind of Music" was a #Top40 hit, peaking at number 36 on the #Billboard #Hot100. Largely viewed as a commercial disappointment despite strong airplay on U.S. Top 40 radio stations in November 1969.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mraLsg-G4wA

Cass Elliot - Make Your Own Kind Of Music (Lyric Video)

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50+ Music Feb 19

"Garden Party" is a 1972 song written by #RickNelson and recorded by him and the Stone Canyon Band for the album #GardenParty. The song tells the story of Nelson being booed at a concert at #MadisonSquareGarden. It was Nelson's last #top40 hit, reaching No. 6 on the #USBillboardPopChart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BdG28kWf30