The Time Machine makes a stop in 1998 this time, the year of the massive-selling album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Fatboy Slim made his breakthrough. Neutral Milk Hotel made an indie-rock masterpiece. The Twin Cities band Semisonic made "Closing Time" popular. Goo Goo Dolls had the year's biggest hit. Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls pulled off their second three-peat of the decade, and after nine seasons, "Seinfeld" ended. It's 1998, our year on this episode of Time Machine.

Saturday Night Fever was soon to be an international phenomenon, Fleetwood Mac released one of the best selling records of all time, and we said our goodbyes to Elvis Presley. It's 1977 on Time Machine Tuesday.

Time Machine Tuesday stops in 1983 this week. Madonna and Cyndi Lauper released their debuts, and David Bowie was headed towards superstardom.

We step back to 2004 on tonight's Time Machine Tuesday, a year of great debuts. Kanye West released 'The College Dropout', and in the rock world, there were firsts from Franz Ferdinand, TV On The Radio and Arcade Fire. It was when we first heard the term "wardrobe malfunction," and Tom Brady was on his way to his third Super Bowl win.

This week on the show we're headed to 1969. Led Zeppelin had emerged with two albums and an American tour. The Beatles and the Rolling Stones both dropped stellar albums. David Bowie issued "Space Oddity" the same year Apollo 11 landed on the moon. Credence Clearwater Revival and Sly and the Family Stone were both hit machines. A half million attended Woodstock in Bethel, New York. Diana Ross and the Supremes were still together, but barely. It's all 1969.

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The Time Machine makes a stop in 1985 this time. It was the year that USA for Africa took a cue from Band Aid and helped feed the world. Whitney Houston emerged with her debut. It was a big year for music in Minneapolis, with albums from the Replacements, Husker Du and Prince. Sting dropped his first solo album. The band Dire Straits had its biggest year. Michael J. Fox went back to the Future.

The Time Machine stops in 2006 this time, the year the world first learned of Amy Winehouse. We were all whistling along to "Young Folks" by the Swedish trio Peter Bjorn and John. There were big debuts from Lupe Fiasco, Lily Allen and Arctic Monkeys. Guitars were still in style, with albums from the Hold Steady and the Raconteurs.

The Time Machine makes a stop in 1961. The world was "Crazy" for Patsy Cline, and surf music emerged in California from Dick Dale and the Beach Boys. If you were around back then, perhaps you received your first yo-yo?

It's 1997 this week--Radiohead dropped a masterpiece with OK Computer. Notorious BIG released Life After Death just days after his own passing. And there were Britpop classics from the Verve, Blur and Oasis. Pop music was on the rise wit NSYNC, Hanson and Spice Girls ruling Top 40. Bill Clinton began a second term. And we mourned the loss of Princess Diana.