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In Music History
1994 Frank Sinatra collapses on stage during a concert in Richmond, Virginia. The aging crooner would retire the following year, at age 79.
1991 Tyler, The Creator is born in Hawthorne, California. Following in the footsteps of Pharrell Williams, he makes creative leaps in music and fashion while sidestepping rap clichés. His 2019 album Igor and 2021 follow-up Call Me If You Get Lost both win Grammy Awards for Best Rap Album.
1977 Country-rap originator Bubba Sparxxx is born Warren Anderson Mathis in Troup County, Georgia.
1976 The Miracles score their biggest hit when "Love Machine (Part 1)" reaches #1 in America.
1975 Average White Band's "Pick Up The Pieces" is certified Gold.
1975 Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti album is certified Gold.
1975 Singer-songwriter Jim Sullivan disappears without a trace into the desert near Santa Rosa, New Mexico. His 1969 album U.F.O. goes on to become a cult favorite, partly due to the way its eerie music and lyrics intertwine with the story of Sullivan's mysterious disappearance.
1970 Comprising songs recorded before he was jailed for masterminding murders, a Charles Manson album called Lie: The Love & Terror Cult is released.
1970 Betty Boo is born Alison Moira Clarkson in Kensington, London, England.
1969 Sandie Shaw is "arrested" in Paris for being dressed up like a French policeman. The English singer is released a few hours later after she'd explained she'd had gone to France to promote her new record, "Monsieur Dupont," about a French romeo.
1967 Hungarian composer Zoltan Kodaly dies at age 85.
1966 MGM Records producer Tom Wilson signs Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention to a record deal after hearing them perform the song "Trouble Every Day."
1965 The Temptations' "My Girl," co-written by Smokey Robinson, hits #1 in America.
1964 Eddie Fisher and Elizabeth Taylor divorce.
1961 A pre-Monkees Davy Jones makes his acting debut on the British soap opera Coronation Street, playing Colin Lomax.
Go-Go's Are First All-Girl Band With #1 Album
1982Beauty and the Beat hits #1 in America, making The Go-Go's the first all-girl band with a #1 album.
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Featured Events
2020 The South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, becomes the first major American festival cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Other tours and festivals around the world are called off soon after in efforts to limit the outbreak.More
2016 Diplo and his electronic dancehall project Major Lazer land a historic Havana gig, becoming the first US musical act to perform in Cuba in the new era of diplomatic relations between the island and the US, precipitating a visit from President Obama later in the month.More
2009 Thousands of Phish fans descend upon Hampton, Virginia, to see Page McConnell, John Fishman, Trey Anastasio and Mike Gordon return to the stage for their first show since 2004. They open with "Fluffhead," a song they haven't played since 2000.
2000 Eric Clapton is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, making him the first person inducted three times. He is also in as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream.More
1998 Liam Gallagher of Oasis headbutts 19-year-old British fan Benjamin Jones, breaking his nose. The incident takes place in Brisbane outside of the singer's hotel. Gallagher is charged with assault, but Jones later drops the case and pursues civil charges.
1976 EMI Records reissues 23 singles by The Beatles - every one of them charts (again) in the UK.
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