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    " Stacy's Mom " - Fountains Of Wayne from the album Welcome Interstate Managers (2003) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #21 (two weeks) Weeks in the Top-40: 8   Today's song comes from the rock band Fountains Of Wayne, who came together in New York City in the mid-90s when college-mates Adam Schlesinger and Chirs Collingwood reunited and after being signed by Atlantic Records eventually brought in guitarist Josey Parker and drummer Brian Young to make a proper unit. Their band name came from a outdoor statuary shop in the town of Wayne, New Jersey. But before that Adam and Chris (with help from Danny Weinkauf, who was in a pre-FOW band with them called Bellflower) recorded Fountains Of Wayne's eponymous debut, which came out in 1996. The lead single from the record, " Radiation Vibe ", which sported a music video with the whole lineup. The lo-fi power-pop single hit #71 on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 Airplay radio chart, while peaking at #14 on their ...

    " A Night To Remember " - Joe Diffie from the album A Night To Remember (1999) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #38 (two weeks) Weeks in the Top-40: 3   Today's song is from Joe Diffie , who grew up singing with his parents in Oklahoma before pursuing a music career as a side job to a series of blue-collar jobs. At first getting some work as a songwriter, he penned Holly Dunn's top ten hit "There Goes My Heart Again" before finally being signed as an artist to Epic Records in 1990. Joe's debut single, " Home ", went all the way to #1 on Billboard magazine's Country Singles chart that summer. That was one of the songs on his debut album A Thousand Winding Roads that he didn't have a hand writing, as was the third single " If The Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets ", which also reached the top of the chart. The album made it to #23 on Billboard 's Country Albums chart.  Diffie returned the following year with his sophomore effort...