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Top 20 Music Charts – 16 Genres Ranked (December 24, 2025)

This bi-weekly update captures sharp shifts across the charts, from Stray Kids storming into Asian Pop’s Top 5 to Kendrick Lamar holding firm as new U.S. hip-hop entries disrupt the...

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This week In Jazz Legends 52/52

How well do you know the music of Chet Baker, Helen Merrill, Dinah Washington, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Bill Evans , Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Sttit, Anita O'Day, Louis Armstrong, Jack...

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Ray Charles records ‘Genius + Soul = Jazz,’ an album arranged by Quincy Jones for Impulse! (1960)

Ray Charles' 'Genius + Soul = Jazz' is an album arranged by Quincy Jones, recorded on December 26–27, 1960 with members of The Count Basie Band and released in March...

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Miles Davis records with Thelonious Monk and Milt Jackson, ‘Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants,’ an album for Prestige (1954)

'Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants' is an album recorded on December 24, 1954 and October 26, 1956, with Thelonious Monk and Milt Jackson and released in 1959 By...

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Ornette Coleman records his sixth album : ‘Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation’ for Atlantic Records (1960)

Ornette Coleman's 'Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation' is his sixth album recorded on December 21, 1960 September 1961 and released by Atlantic Records.Track Listing : 1.Free Jazz (Part One) (Ornette...

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Dizzy Gillespie records ‘The Greatest Trumpet of Them All’ with Benny Golson, for Verve (1957)

Dizzy Gillespie's 'The Greatest Trumpet of Them All' is an album recorded on December 17, 1957 and featuring Benny Golson and released the same year by Verve.Track Listing : 1.Blues...

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Dave Brubeck Quartet records ‘Jazz at the College of the Pacific’ for Fantasy Records (1953)

Dave Brubeck Quartet's 'Jazz at the College of the Pacific' is a live album recorded on December 14, 1953 and released in December 1953 by Fantasy Records.Track Listing : 1.All...

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Branford Marsalis records ‘Contemporary Jazz’ with Eric Revis, Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts and Joey Calderazzo for Sony Music (1999)

Branford Marsalis' 'Contemporary Jazz' is an album recorded in December 1999 with Eric Revis, Jeff 'Tain' Watts and Joey Calderazzo and released in August 2000 by Sony Music.Track Listing :...

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Stanley Clarke Trio featuring Hiromi and Lenny White records ‘Jazz in the Garden’ for Heads Up (2008)

Stanley Clarke Trio's 'Jazz in the Garden' is its debut album recorded on December 13–14, 2008 with pianist Hiromi and drummer Lenny White and released on April 15, 2009 by...

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Bi-Weekly Music Chart Highlights: Top 20 Tracks Across 16 genres Dec 8, 2025 edition

Big swings hit this edition’s charts: Rosalía storms into Art Pop’s top tier with “Berghain,” while Zolita crashes the ALT Z lineup and Mariah the Scientist expands her Alternative R&B...

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Foo Fighters rock a pizza restaurant (2013)

December 9, 2013 - if you happen to love both pizza and Foo Fighters, plus if you live in Ventura County, follow our advice and meet with friends at Redballs...

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Stan, Chick, Dizzy et al go to the White House (1982)

December 4, 1982 - American president Ronald Reagan has invited a few top jazz players to the White House - that is Diane Schuur, Stan Getz, Chick Corea, Miroslav Vitouš,...

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Happy Birthday Ozzy Osbourne

December 3, 1948 - John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne simply known as Ozzy Osbourne, English singer, lead vocalist of Black Sabbath is 74. Happy Birthday SirTracklist : 1 . Paranoid (w/...

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Monthly Vintage Music Chart Highlights: Top 20 Tracks Across 29 Genres Nov 30, 2025 edition

Big swings define this month’s vintage charts, with Stephanie Mills blasting to number one in new jack swing and Talking Heads overturning The Smiths in alternative classics.Fleetwood Mac slip a...

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T-Bone Walker sits in with Jazz At The Philharmonic (1966)

November 30, 1967 - producer Norman Granz touring all-star show "Jazz at the Philharmonic" stops at the Poplar Town Hall in London (UK). This year, the show presents T-Bone Walker,...

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Ozzy Osbourne takes ‘No Rest’ in Buffalo (1988)

November 29, 1988 - Ozzy Osbourne's "No Rest For The Wicked" tour stops at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, NY

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This week In Jazz Legends 48/52

How well do you know the music of Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd , Chico Hamilton, Herbie Hancock, Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, Oscar Peterson, Count Basie, Stanley Turrentine, Joe Henderson, Kenny...

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Pablo Records tape ‘Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie,’ their eponymous album (1974)

'Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie' is an album recorded on November 28 & 29, 1974 and released in 1974 By Pablo.Track Listing : 1.Caravan (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol)...

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Bi-Weekly Music Chart Highlights: Top 20 Tracks Across 16 genres Nov 24, 2025 edition

A wave of surprising jumps cuts through this edition, from Riley Green seizing the Country peak to Poppy crashing into ALT Z with a sharp No. 14 debut. Motionless In...

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Bryan Ferry releases ‘The Jazz Age,’ an album recorded with the Bryan Ferry Orchestra (2012)

'The Jazz Age' by The Bryan Ferry Orchestra is an album featuring rerecordings of some of Bryan Ferry's compositions, as played in jazz style of the 1920s and released on...

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