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Featured Events
2010 Apple launches a social media network called Ping, which is integrated into its iTunes software. A rare flop for the company, it closes two years later.
2006 While on trial for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson, Phil Spector marries his fourth wife, Rachelle.
2004 Under pressure to account for download sales, the Official Charts company releases its first UK Download Chart. The boy band Westlife claims the #1 spot with a live release of their 1999 song "Flying Without Wings."More
1988 The Rock N' Roll Cuisine cookbook is published, with 95 recipes from various musicians. Selections include Yoko Ono's "Dream Soup" (sunshine in a bowl), Cher's "Boyfriend Approved Macaroni Salad," Mick Jagger's shrimp curry and Weird Al Yankovic's peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
1984 Tina Turner completes her comeback as "What's Love Got To Do With It" hits #1 in America.More
1981 Hall & Oates release the Private Eyes album, which contains two #1 hits: the title track and "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)."
1978 After two years together, Emilio Estefan and Gloria Fajardo of Miami Sound Machine get married on Gloria's 21st birthday.
1965 James Brown breaks out some sweet dance moves on the TV show Shindig!, where he performs his hit "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag."More
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In Music History
2023 Jimmy Buffett dies at 76 from a rare form of skin cancer that was detected four years earlier but he didn't disclose to the public.
2013 Singer/bassist Joe Kelley (of Shadows of Knight) dies of lung cancer in Winfield, Illinois, at age 67. Known for the 1966 hit cover of Them's "Gloria."
2012 Lyricist Hal David dies of a stroke in Los Angeles, California, at age 91. Known for collaborations with Burt Bacharach, including "What the World Needs Now is Love" (1965) and "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" (1969).
2012 Geoff Tate, late of the band Queensryche, announces plans to get a "new Queensryche" together. Pledging their support are Rudy Sarzo (formerly of Quiet Riot), Bobby Blotzer (formerly of Ratt), Glen Drover (formerly of Megadeth), Kelly Gray and Randy Gane (formerly of Myth). There's still some question as to whether they'll actually be able to call the band Queensryche, since Tate is still wrapped up in lawsuits with the other three members over his firing in the same year and the use of the name.
2011 While boarding a Southwest flight from Oakland to Burbank, Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong is forced off the flight after giving some lip to a flight attendant who asked him to pull up his sagging pants. Armstrong doesn't take kindly to the request, and eventually he and his traveling companion are booted from the flight. Armstrong takes to Twitter, writing, "Just got kicked off a southwest flight because my pants sagged too low!" The tweet is quickly re-tweeted by his followers, forcing Southwest to release a statement apologizing for the incident.
2010 Curt Smith of Tears for Fears makes his first of three appearances on the TV series Psych, where the main character, Shawn Spencer, is a huge fan.
2008 Country singer Jerry Reed dies of complications from emphysema in Nashville, Tennessee, at age 71.
2000 The last remaining original member of The Platters, Herb Reed, is awarded a court injunction against a group using the same name but containing no actual original members.
1992 Alabama releases "I'm in a Hurry (and Don't Know Why)."
1984 Fall Out Boy guitarist Joe Trohman is born in Hollywood, Florida.
1983 Encouraged by his wife, Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits releases Swordfishtrombones, the first album the songwriter produced himself. The album represents a significant break from mainstream norms, both musically and lyrically.
1980 At the Hollywood Bowl, Fleetwood Mac end a 9-month tour. Lindsey Buckingham announces it will be the last Fleetwood Mac show for "a long time." He's right: the band doesn't play live again for over two years.
1979 "You Light Up My Life" singer Debby Boone marries Gabriel Ferrer, son of Rosemary Clooney and actor Jose Ferrer.
1978 Steven Tyler of Aerosmith marries the model Cyrinda Foxe, who is pregnant with his baby (daughter Mia). They divorce in 1987.
Mötley Crüe Release Dr. Feelgood, Their Most Popular Album
1989Newly sober Mötley Crüe release their fifth album, Dr. Feelgood, which goes to #1 and becomes their best seller. The debaucherous bunch draw on their exploits for subject matter: the title track is about their drug dealers; "Kickstart My Heart" tells the story of bass player Nikki Sixx' near-fatal overdose.
As the band got more popular in the '80s they became hedonistic hell-raisers. After touring for their 1987 album Girls, Girls, Girls, Sixx suffered his overdose and his bandmates were dangerously addicted as well. Instead of sending them back on the road, their management shut them down so they could work on recovery. To keep temptation at bay, the Dr. Feelgood sessions take place in Vancouver, British Columbia with a new producer, Bob Rock. He had the band members record their parts separately, since it was hard to get them all together and they often fought when they. As usual, Sixx is the main songwriter, and he delivers. Along with "Kickstart My Heart" and the title track, there's also the hit ballad "Without You" and the clever "Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)." The album goes to #1 and makes the band even more popular, which amplifies their discord. By 1992 they're so fed up with lead singer Vince Neil that they replace him with John Corabi, who fronts the band on their 1994 self-titled album. These are the lean years for Crüe; drummer Tommy Lee leaves in 1999, and they limp along until 2004, when the classic lineup reunites.
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