The week of August 14, 2004, saw Juvenile atop the Billboard Hot 100 with ‘Slow Motion,’ covered here a few weeks ago.
In the #2 spot, on its way to a three-week stint atop the chart, was ‘Lean Back’ by the Bronx hip-hop collective Terror Squad. This track features founding member Fat Joe along with latecomer to the band Remy Martin.
Throwing back to the week of August 13, 1994, we have repeats in the top three positions of the Billboard Hot 100.
At #1 is Lisa Loeb with ‘Stay (I Missed You),‘ a song I featured 16 years ago mostly because of the crush I’ve had on Loeb since the song’s video debuted.
Next up is the All-4-One juggernaut ‘I Swear,’ which finally released its stranglehold on the top spot. And then came Coolio’s ‘Fantastic Voyage.’
Barbra Streisand slowed down the torrid pace that resulted in ten albums in just five years, waiting two years before her next release.
Unfortunately, she closed out the 60s with her first real flop — 1969’s What About Today?. She took the advice of record exec Clive Davis and released a collection of contemporary songs, including tracks popularized by Simon & Garfunkel and The Beatles.
Barbra Streisand continued to churn out albums in the mid-60s, releasing four between 1966 and 1967.
First came Color Me Barbra, another record that accompanied a television special. As the title suggests, it was Streisand’s first TV production not shot in black and white.
Then came Je m’appelle Barbra, which found her singing most of its tracks in French.
I was hoping for a little change of pace after Barbra Streisand’s first four albums and I got it with her fifth, 1965’s My Name is Barbra.
Released in conjunction with a TV special of the same name, this album is split between a song cycle about childhood and a lineup of Broadway standards more in line with her earlier work. The TV special, which was a big hit, featured these songs as well as a third act of more mature material. Streisand would release My Name is Barbra, Two… later the same year to finish out the tie-in.
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