JUNE TUNES – revisiting 5 years over a span of 50

 

Siren D

 

 

Summer has finally arrived here on the South West Coast of Canada….lets kick it off  by visiting some of the Junes before us and listing the Top Singles of this month, spanning over 5 decades…..If you remember all, some or even one of these years……you’ll remember these tunes blasting  out of your radio, boom box, the tape deck in your car, maybe a walkman,  and as time went on, a discman, iPod or your Satellite Radio. Whichever it was…These are the songs that began our Summers according to the charts in Canada

 

                                                  1974

     

                                           “The Streak” – Ray Stevens – June 1st 

                                           “Band on the Run” – Paul McCartney & Wings – June 8th

                                            “Sundown” – Gordon Lightfoot – June 15th – 29th

 

 

                                                  1984

 

                                              “Hello” – Lionel Ritchie – June 2nd

                                              “Time  After Time” – Cyndi Lauper – June 9th – 23rd

                                               “Let’s Hear it for the Boy” – Deniece Williams – June 30th

 

 

                                                  1994

                                                “I’ll Remember” – Madonna – May 16th – June 13th

                                               “I Swear” – All-4-One – June 20th – July 4th

 

 

                                                  2004

                                          “Yeah” – Usher featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris – May 1st – June 19th

                                           “Ch-Check it out” – Beastie Boys – June 26th

 

 

                                                  2014

                                          “All of Me” -John Legend – June 2014

                                          “Summer” Calvin Harris – June 2014

 

Music always will remind us of a time & a place…a feeling.  Do you remember what you were doing when these top singles hit the charts?…From 50 years ago or from just today… We want to hear about your June Tunes!