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In Music History
1959 Vicki Blue (Victory Tischler-Blue) is born in Newport Beach, California. In 1977 she joins The Runaways after bassist Jackie Fox leaves, and plays on their fourth album. After the breakup of the band, Blue goes on to forge a career as an actress: playing Cindy in the 1984 mockumentary movie This is Spinal Tap.
1954 Frank Reed (lead singer for The Chi-Lites) is born in Omaha, Nebraska.
1950 Country singer David Bellamy (of The Bellamy Brothers) is born in Darby, Florida.
1948 Ron Blair (original bassist for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) is born in San Diego, California.
1948 Rock drummer Kenney Jones (of The Small Faces and The Who) is born in Whitechapel, East London, England.
1944 R&B singer Betty Kelly (of Martha and the Vandellas) is born in Attalla, Alabama.
1942 Bernard Calvert (bass guitarist/keyboardist for The Hollies) is born in Brierfield, Lancashire, England.
1941 Joe Butler (drummer/vocalist for The Lovin' Spoonful) is born on Long Island, New York.
1925 Guitarist Charlie Byrd is born in Suffolk, Virginia. He helps bring bossa nova to America with his 1962 album, Jazz Samba, a collaboration with Stan Getz.
Miami Vice Debuts With "In The Air Tonight"
1984The TV series Miami Vice makes its debut with a two-hour episode that includes a scene featuring the Phil Collins hit "In The Air Tonight."
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2006 65-year-old Bob Dylan becomes the oldest person to top Billboard's Albums chart when Modern Times goes to #1.
1993 Janet Jackson appears shirtless on the cover of Rolling Stone. Her arms are in the air, with her boobs supported by a pair of hands that belong to her husband, Rene Elizondo.More
1985 Kate Bush's album Hounds Of Love surpasses Madonna's Like A Virgin for the #1 spot on the UK chart. Featuring the hit single "Running Up That Hill," it's the second chart-topper for the British singer-songwriter.More
1979 "Rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang is released. It becomes the first rap song to chart on the the Hot 100.
1977 Talking Heads release their debut album, Talking Heads: 77, featuring their first chart hit, "Psycho Killer," a song written four years earlier at the Rhode Island School of Design.
1970 After eight straight years, The Beatles are finally knocked from their perch as England's top act in the Melody Maker fan poll... by Led Zeppelin.
1925 Bluesman B.B. King is born Riley B. King near Berclair, Mississippi.
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