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2017 Shania Twain releases "Life's About To Get Good," her first single in five years.

2014 American Top 40 host (and voice of Shaggy on Scooby Doo) Casey Kasem dies at age 82.

2013 Roger LaVern (keyboardist for The Tornados) dies at age 75.

2012 The conservative radio and TV personality Glenn Beck announces plans for launching a competitor to the popular TV series Glee, which revolves around a high school glee club with many musical numbers. Beck, incensed at the show's liberal portrayal of issues such as homosexuality and bullying, tells a Faith & Freedom Coalition conference in Washington that the left "won't know what hit them" when he launches his own conservative version of the show. The show never materializes.

2008 Lionel Richie is given a TV Land Icon Award by the cable network.

2007 Ferlin Huskey undergoes leg surgery in a Springfield, Missouri, hospital to improve his circulation.

1999 Peso Pluma, whose music combines corridos and hip-hop, is born Hassan Emilio Kabande Laija in Zapopan, Mexico. His stage name means "featherweight" in English, a reference to his slight build.

1997 Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson appear on VH1's Storytellers.

1996 Ella Fitzgerald dies of complications from diabetes at age 79.

1996 Aurora is born Aurora Aksnes in Bergen, Norway.

1995 Five years after their successful debut After the Rain, Nelson release their second album, Because They Can, which tanks.More

1991 Paula Abdul hits #1 in America with the ballad "Rush, Rush," her fifth chart-topper. A young Keanu Reeves is in the video.

1991 MC Hammer kicks off his Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em world tour in Louisville, Kentucky. About 70 people, who perform various duties on stage, are in the entourage. Rolling Stone reports that Hammer is a taskmaster, fining dancers for missing steps and insisting that everyone go directly to their hotel rooms after shows.

1990 At Lake City Concert Hall, in Seattle, Washington, bassist Ben Shepherd plays his first show with Soundgarden.

1989 The Offspring's self-titled debut album is released only on vinyl. A CD and cassette reissue are eventually released in 1995.

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Santana Breaks Hiatus With Supernatural Album

1999

After a seven-year recording hiatus, Santana release the album Supernatural, which goes to #1 thanks to hit singles like "Smooth," "Maria Maria," and "Put Your Lights On." It's their first chart-topping album in 28 years.

Santana never dropped off the albums chart since the Latin rock band made its debut in 1969 with a self-titled instrumental release, not long after their career-making introduction at the Woodstock Festival. But their commercial peak seemed to be firmly rooted in 1971 with the #1 hit album Santana III; their subsequent albums slipped further and further down the charts until 1992's Milagro hit an all time low at #102. After the seven-year recording hiatus that followed, Santana was ready to rise from the ashes – but they needed help. Frontman Carlos Santana met with Arista mogul Clive Davis, who first signed the band during his tenure at Columbia Records in 1969, who decided that Santana needed some fresh talent to attract a younger audience. As a result, nearly every track on Supernatural features popular contemporary acts like Matchbox Twenty's Rob Thomas ("Smooth"); Lauryn Hill and Cee Lo Green ("Do You Like the Way"); Everlast "Put Your Lights On"; Dave Matthews Band and Carter Beauford ("Love Of My Life"); Sincere and Money Harm ("Maria Maria"); Eagle-Eye Cherry ("Wishing It Was"); and Eric Clapton ("The Calling"). The range of influences adds notes of alternative rock, pop, and R&B to Santana's signature bluesy Latin rock sound. For an album called Supernatural, it certainly works its magic. It debuts at #19 but, within 18 weeks, peaks at #1 on the Billboard 200, where it stays for 12 non-consecutive weeks. "Smooth" and "Maria Maria" are both #1 singles on the Hot 100, while "Put Your Lights On" is a Top 10 rock hit. The album, which goes 15 times platinum in the US, also wins nine Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year.

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