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2017 Performing barefoot as usual, singer-songwriter Barbara Weldens is electrocuted on stage at Gourdon, France and dies from cardiac arrest.

2014 Nine Inch Nails and Soundgarden launch a co-headlining tour at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Nevada.

2011 Rebecca Black, the world's most ironic celebrity, cashes in on her worldwide viral Internet fame by launching her own record label, RB Records, and her first single on the label, "My Moment." The song fails to get the same attention as her breakout hit, "Friday."

2004 James Lowe and Mark Tulin of the Electric Prunes, famous for their 1967 garage-psych hit "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night," sue their former label and publishing company for over one million dollars in unpaid royalties.

2002 It's "Solomon Burke Day" in Philadelphia in honor of their native singer.

2002 Movin' Out, a stage musical dedicated to the songs of Billy Joel, premieres in Chicago.

2001 Mariah Carey makes a surprise appearance on MTV's Total Request Live where she comes off as rather unhinged, rambling aimlessly and doing a striptease for the host, Carson Daly.More

2001 Soul singer Judy Clay dies at age 62 from injuries sustained in a car accident.

2000 Shel Talmy, who produced the first Who album, My Generation, puts the master tapes up for auction on eBay for $500,000. As intended, it gets the attention of the band, who buy them (for significantly less) and in 2002 release the My Generation: Deluxe Edition CD using the tapes.

1999 Lou Bega releases his debut album, A Little Bit of Mambo.

1997 Performing as Nimrod (the name of their upcoming album), Green Day play a secret show at The Viper Room in Los Angeles, where they premiere their song "Hitchin' A Ride."

1997 The Fat Of The Land by The Prodigy becomes the first album by an electronic group to hit #1 in America.

1990 Singer Vicki Carr helps dedicate the Nixon Presidential Library, singing in front of all four living presidents (Nixon, Carter, Reagan, and George H.W. Bush), all of which she had performed for at the White House during their terms.

1989 After finding over $40,000 in cash and checks in his cell at the Stevenson Correctional Institute in South Carolina, officials move James Brown to a cell with tighter security.

1985 The Legend of Billie Jean, starring Helen Slater and Christian Slater as teens who become accidental outlaws, debuts in theaters, boasting the hit theme song "Invincible" by Pat Benatar. The teen flick receives mixed reviews but goes on to become a cult classic, despite Benatar calling it "one of the worst movies ever made."More

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Genesis Has Only #1 With "Invisible Touch"

1986

Genesis have their first (and only) #1 Hot 100 hit as "Invisible Touch" tops the chart.

Several bands have had #1 hits and then seen one or more individual members top the chart as solo artists, but this is the first time an artist has reached the summit solo, and then with a band. Phil Collins became one of the biggest hitmakers of the decade when he launched a solo career in the '80s, but he didn't leave his band behind. After three huge albums and four #1 hits, he picks up with Genesis for the Invisible Touch album, which is radio catnip - a far cry from the prog-rock Genesis of yore. The title track has lyrics written by Collins and influenced by the Sheila E. hit "The Glamorous Life," a Prince composition about a girl with expensive tastes. In the Genesis song, the girl has a bewildering power over the singer, who knows she's bad news but can't resist. The next week, "Invisible Touch" is replaced at the top by "Sledgehammer," the first chart-topper from Peter Gabriel, the original lead singer in Genesis.

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Bobby R from St. Louis I recall “Invisible Touch “ to be standard mid-‘80s radio fodder.

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