*1982* Top ROCK ALBUMS in the United States 🇺🇸 this week in 1982: Between March 21, 1981 and September 15, 1984, in addition to the Billboard 200 Album chart, Billboard published a Top ROCK ALBUMS chart which was a survey of the top albums played on American ROCK radio stations.

Styx had the top album in America 43 years ago this week! May 9, 1981 “Paradise Theatre”by Styx returns to #1 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart. Here are the Top 20 Albums in the United States from this week in ‘81 (click or tap on the chart for full viewing)

#RIP #OTD in 1989 singer, songwriter ('Miami, My Amy', 'Don't Close Your Eyes', 'When You Say Nothing at All', 'I'm No Stranger to the Rain') Keith Whitley died; alcohol intoxication; his Goodlettsville TN home, aged 34. Spring Hill Cemetery, Nashville thefinalfootprint.com/2024/05/09/day…

#RIP #OTD in 2010, Grammy Award winning singer ('Stormy Weather', 'One for My Baby), actress, (Stormy Weather, Cabin in the Sky) civil rights activist, dancer, Lena Horne died in New York City of heart failure at the age of 92. Cremation thefinalfootprint.com/2024/05/09/day…

#RIP #OTD in 1981 writer (The Man with the Golden Arm, The Neon Wilderness, A Walk on the Wild Side), lover of writer Simone de Beauvoir, Nelson Algren died of a heart attack at his home in Long Island, aged 72. Oakland Cemetery, Sag Harbor, Long Island thefinalfootprint.com/2024/05/09/day…

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Pete Thodos (27) and John Henry Johnson (35) were stars of Calgary Stampeders’ offence in 1953. Thodos, who scored winning TD in 1948 Grey Cup, led Stamps with 795 receiving yards, 991 total off. Johnson led team with 648 rushing and 1013 total. Thodos had 10 TDs, Johnson had 8.

Top 20 Country Songs in the U.S.A. 🇺🇸 42 years ago today: May 8, 1982: Willie Nelson grabs the #1 spot on the Billboard Country Chart with “Always On My Mind”. Here’s a peek (tap on the chart below) at the Top 20 country tunes from this week in 1982….

John Denver grabbed the top spot on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart 42 years ago today on May 8, 1982 with “Shanghai Breezes”. Here are the 30 AC CHART songs from this week in 1982 (tap on the image below for full viewing)

Andrew Johnson's funeral car/hearse. It's a sizeable means of conveyance to the cemetery. I marvel at the comparison between it and the men standing to its right. (AJ NHS.)

#RIP #OTD in 2008 singer ('What's He Doing in My World', 'Make the World Go Away') Eddy Arnold died from natural causes in a care facility in Nashville, aged 89. Woodlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Nashville thefinalfootprint.com/2024/05/08/day…

#RIP #OTD 2012 illustrator and writer of children's books (Where the Wild Things Are, In the Night Kitchen, Outside Over There) Maurice Sendak died in Danbury, Connecticut, at Danbury Hospital, from stroke complications, aged 83. cremated remains scattered thefinalfootprint.com/2024/05/08/day…

🇺🇸 AOR RADIO May 8, 1982🇺🇸 Asia topped the Billboard Top Tracks (Rock) Chart for the third consecutive week with “Heat of the Moment” this week in 1982! The Top Tracks Chart ranks the most played songs on rock radio stations across America

Toto entered their second week at #1 on the Billboard ADULT CONTEMPORARY CHART on May 7, 1983 with “I Won’t Hold You Back”. Tap on the chart to view the Top 30 AC CHART songs from this week in ‘83…..

May 7th 1973 - The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction awarded to Eudora Welty for 'The Optimist's Daughter'