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In Music History
1987 Sub Pop Records issues Soundgarden's first single, "Hunted Down"/"Nothing to Say."
1985 The Prince album Around The World In A Day goes to #1 in the US, where it stays for three weeks. Hits from the album include "Raspberry Beret" and "Pop Life."
1985 A-ha release their debut album, Hunting High and Low, including their breakthrough hit, "Take On Me."More
1985 Bruce Springsteen kicks off the European leg of his Born In The U.S.A. world tour at Slane Castle in Dublin, Ireland.
1984 R&B singer Nate Nelson (of The Flamingos, The Platters) dies at age 52 of heart disease.
1981 The first issue of the heavy metal magazine Kerrang is published as a special pull-out by UK weekly music paper Sounds, with AC/DC on the front cover.
1979 The Police, supported by The Cramps, appear at the Odeon Theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland.
1979 Jimmy Buffett and his wife Jane welcome their first child, daughter Savannah Jane.
1977 Bob Marley and The Wailers play the first of four nights at the Rainbow Theatre in London. There are six nights booked at the Rainbow, but the last two shows are called off because of a serious toe injury Marley sustained in a friendly soccer game with French journalists just before the tour's start in Paris. Subsequently the tour's second leg in the United States would be postponed and then canceled.
1977 Billy Joel ends a US tour with a concert at Carnegie Hall.
1975 On his 28th birthday, guitarist Ronnie Wood plays his first gig with the Rolling Stones when they open their Tour Of The Americas in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He is later named a full-fledged member of the band.
1974 Alanis Morissette is born, along with twin brother Wade, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
1973 Former Soft Machine drummer Robert Wyatt breaks his spine after attempting to leave a party by climbing down a drainpipe and falling three stories. It leaves Wyatt permanently crippled and confined to a wheelchair.
1971 The two-room shack in Tupelo, Mississippi, where Elvis Presley was born is opened to the public as a tourist attraction.
1969 Bass guitarist Damon Minchella (of Ocean Colour Scene) is born in Ince-in-Makerfield, Lancashire, England.
John And Yoko Start A Revolution From Their Bed
1969John Lennon and Yoko Ono record "Give Peace A Chance" to close out their "bed-in" in Montreal.
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2017 Thanks to the song by Eminem, the word "stan" is added to the Oxford American Dictionary, defined as "an overzealous or obsessive fan of a particular celebrity."
1999 Blink-182 spin immaturity into gold (or should we say, Platinum) with their third album, Enema Of The State, which catapults the pop-punk trio to stardom with hit singles like "What's My Age Again?" and "All The Small Things."More
1993 10,000 Maniacs become the first act to appear twice on MTV Unplugged. The network has a policy against return engagements, but when they learn that Natalie Merchant will be leaving the band, they book them.More
1985 Sting releases his first solo album, The Dream of the Blue Turtles. Tracks include "Moon Over Bourbon Street" (inspired by the novel Interview With The Vampire) and "Russians," a song that looks at the Cold War from the perspective of the USSR.
1981 Brandi Carlile is born in Ravensdale, Washington.
1976 The Runaways release their eponymous debut album. Billed as the first all-female hard-rock band, the disc has little domestic success, peaking at #194. However, the band are hugely successful in Japan, hitting the #1 spot with their single "Cherry Bomb."
1974 The UK music magazine NME publishes its list of the 100 Greatest Albums. The Top 3: #3: The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds #2: Bob Dylan's Blonde On Blonde #1: The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper
1972 Aretha Franklin's live album Amazing Grace, a collection of spirituals recorded at a church in January, is released. Anchored by Franklin's stunning rendition of "Amazing Grace," it becomes her best-selling album.
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