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1997 Fiona Apple appears on the cover of Spin magazine under the headline, "She's Been a Bad, Bad Girl." Apple is peeved at the portrayal and writes a 90-word poem in response, which becomes the title over her next album, When The Pawn...
1993 Rapper Flavor Flav of the group Public Enemy is arrested for allegedly trying to shoot another man in a dispute over a woman. Police charge the rapper, whose real name is William Drayton, with attempted murder, possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment.
1991 Eddie Kendricks, formerly with The Temptations, gets out of the hospital after having a cancerous lung removed.
1990 Eagle-eyed viewers can spot Eagle-Eye Cherry as "Guy #2" on the "Just Thinking About It" episode of The Cosby Show. By the end of the decade, the actor-turned-singer's debut single, "Save Tonight," is a Top 10 hit on the Hot 100.
1986 Playing a character named Cinnamon, Stacey Q performs her hit "Two of Hearts" on The Facts of Life episode "Off-Broadway Baby."
1981 LaTavia Roberson, an original member of Destiny's Child, is born in Houston, Texas.
1976 Talking Heads sign with Sire Records. They were offered a deal a year earlier after making a splash on the CBGB scene, but wanted to wait until they were studio-ready.
1975 At the Labor Temple in Minneapolis, Faces play their last concert. Lead singer Rod Stewart is already well into his solo career and guitarist Ron Wood has been playing with The Rolling Stones for months.
1975 Due to lead singer Karen Carpenter's struggle with anorexia, The Carpenters are forced to cancel their upcoming European tour.
1975 Elton John's "Island Girl" hits #1 in America for the first of three weeks, knocking off a song Elton sang backup on and released on his Rocket label: "Bad Blood" by Neil Sedaka.
1971 Olivia Newton-John releases her first solo album, If Not For You.
1970 Elvis Presley releases Almost In Love.
1970 The Festfolk Quartet, which later becomes ABBA, play their first-ever concert at a Gothenburg, Sweden restaurant.
1966 Elvis Presley's LPs Elvis Presley, Elvis' Golden Records, Vol. 2, and Elvis' Golden Records, Vol. 3 are certified gold.
1966 Willie D (of Geto Boys) is born Willie James Dennis in Houston, Texas.
RIAA Agrees To Label Offensive Albums
1985The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) agrees to some demands made by another initialed organization, the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC). As a result, any album deemed to contain offensive lyrics must be issued with a warning label, or the lyrics must be printed on the sleeve. Most record companies go with the labels, which don't seem to hurt sales.
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1994 Nirvana's MTV Unplugged in New York album, taken from a performance a year earlier, is finally released. The album tops the charts in many countries, including the US, UK and Australia.
1994 Mariah Carey's album Merry Christmas is released. By the end of the year, it has sold over 3 million copies in America, becoming one of the most popular Christmas albums of all time.More
1992 Pearl Jam play Neil Young's Bridge School benefit concert for the first time. The event takes place at the Shoreline Amphitheater outside of San Francisco.
1988 Slick Rick releases his debut album, The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick, featuring the influential rap hit "Children's Story."More
1979 Bob Dylan debuts the songs from his new album, a Christian polemic called Slow Train Coming, on the first night of his new tour in San Francisco, California. A shocked audience boos the new material throughout the set.
1969 Elvis Presley's "Suspicious Minds" hits #1 in America, giving him his first chart-topper since "Good Luck Charm" in 1962. It's his last #1 in the US.
1968 George Harrison releases Wonderwall Music, becoming the first member of The Beatles to release a solo album.
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