It’s time for another edition of Mr. Romance’s Top 10 Countdown Show, a look back at the 10 most popular songs on the Adult Contemporary chart for the week of September 21, 1996. Click here if you missed last week’s show featuring 1974.
Get ready for pop culture, trivia and all your lite hits that might just bring back some memories or maybe you’ll discover some new soft rock favorites.
Top 10 Countdown Show Pop Culture
The year was 1996:
Travelocity.com became the first self-guided website that allowed customers to book their own travel and Oprah announced her first book club selection, The Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard.
At the movies, you were watching:
Independence Day
Twister
Mission Impossible
On television:
ER
Seinfeld
Suddenly Susan
And Atlanta hosted the 1996 Summer Olympics, where the Magnificent Seven took home the Gold in women’s gymnastics.
Top 10 Countdown Show Trivia Question
In the 90s, this star was everywhere from the stage, to television, to blockbuster movies. After a string of successful titles, he became the first actor to receive $20 million for a film in 1996. And over the two decades, he had hit after hit. Can you guess our mystery actor? Take a listen to the show for the answer.
Song Spotlight
Bryan Adams has won 20 Juno Awards and a Grammy amongst 15 nominations, and has been nominated for five Golden Globe Awards and three Academy Awards for his songwriting for films. In 2008, he was ranked 38th on the list of all-time top artists on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1996, he released his seventh album 18 til I Die which sold over five million worldwide. From it, Bryan’s third release which was his eighth #1 single in Canada. Here in the US, it’s quickly moving up the charts presently at #22: Let’s Make A Night To Remember
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Sit back, relax and enjoy your favorite love songs from the week of September 21, 1996.
An avid record collector, lover of all desserts and sometimes seen wearing multiple Swatch watches, Dave has been lending his voice for over 20 years heard on such prominent brands as Intel, RCA, Eddie Bauer, Kellogg‘s, Pizza Hut, Lexus, and infomercial giants Guthy-Renker and Beachbody. His narration projects include Japan’s preeminent automobile series Best Motoring International and Hot Version, along with GTChannel, QVC, Universal Music Enterprises, and ViSalus Sciences.