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In Music History
1983 The 12-inch remix of "The Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats goes to #1 on the Billboard Dance chart. MTV begins playing the huzzah-worthy video, and the song soon rises up the Hot 100.More
1981 Prince makes his live British debut at The Lyceum Ballroom in London. He does not play the UK again for five years.
1980 Fabrizio Moretti (drummer for The Strokes) is born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1979 Donna Summer's "Hot Stuff" goes to #1 in the US, where it stays for three weeks.
1978 Bruce Springsteen releases Darkness On The Edge Of Town. It's his first album in almost three years due to a legal dispute with his ex-manager Mike Appel.
1976 Tim Rice-Oxley (keyboardist for Keane) is born in Oxford, England.
1973 Electric Light Orchestra begin their first US tour, a 40-date trek kicking off in San Diego.
1973 The Wings album Red Rose Speedway hits the top of the albums chart in the US and "My Love" starts a four-week run as the #1 single on the Hot 100.
1972 Pink Floyd release their seventh album, Obscured By Clouds, in the UK. It is released in America on June 17.
1972 Former teen idol Dion performs in a reunion concert with The Belmonts at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
1970 Cypress Hill lead rapper B-Real is born Louis Freese in Los Angeles, California.
1970 Dominic Greensmith (original drummer for Reef) is born in England.
1969 Jazz bassist Albert Stinson dies from a drug overdose at 24.
1966 The Who kick off a 10-date European tour at the Grona Lund in Stockholm, Sweden.
1965 Jeremy Cunningham (bass guitarist for The Levellers) is born in Cuckfield, Sussex, England.
Whitney Houston Releases Hit-Filled Second Album
1987Whitney Houston's second album, Whitney, is released. It contains four #1 hits, including the enduring "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)."
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2020 The music industry recognizes "Blackout Tuesday" in response to the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. Using the hashtag #TheShowMustBePaused, many record labels and artists cease operations, while broadcasters and streaming services change their programming in support of efforts to address racism and injustice on a wide scale, and more specifically to end police brutality against African Americans.More
2018 BTS become the first K-pop band to top the US albums chart when Love Yourself: Tear debuts at #1.
2006 Muscle Shoals Sound Studios is added to the National Historic Register.More
2002 Eminem's The Eminem Show hits #1 on both the UK and US album charts.
2001 A cover of the chart-topping 1974 Labelle hit "Lady Marmalade" by Christina Aguilera, Missy Elliott, Pink, Mya and Lil' Kim takes the song back to the top spot, making Lil' Kim the first female rapper to appear on a Hot 100 #1 hit.
1989 Rolling Stones bass player Bill Wyman, 52, marries 18-year-old Mandy Smith in a 15-minute civil ceremony held at a registry office in Suffolk, England. The only witnesses are Smith's sister and Wyman's son. A proper celebration takes place three days later.More
1944 Marvin Hamlisch is born in New York City. The composer will not only win a Pulitzer Prize for Drama for A Chorus Line in 1975, but will snag multiple Emmy, Grammy, Tony, and Academy Awards for his work for stage and screen (The Way We Were, The Sting).
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