29 SEPTEMBER
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2011 Sylvia Robinson, a singer and rap impresario who brought us "Rapper's Delight," dies at age 75.
1991 MTV plays the "Smells Like Teen Spirit" video for the first time, giving most Americans their first look at Nirvana. A little over a month later, the song is #1 on the Hot 100.
1990 Nelson (Rick Nelson's twin sons, Gunnar and Matthew) top the Billboard Hot 100 with "(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection," becoming the second generation of Nelsons to top the charts. Their grandfather, Ozzie Nelson, may have been the most popular of the bunch as a band leader in the '30s and '40s.
1984 The English girl group Bananarama has their US breakthrough when "Cruel Summer" peaks at #9 on the pop chart, thanks to the song's appearance in the summer smash The Karate Kid.
1969 Merle Haggard releases "Okie From Muskogee," a song that protests Vietnam war protesters. The single goes on to reach #1 on the Country chart and #43 on the Billboard Hot 100.
1968 The Supremes eschew their elegant dresses and go casual to perform "Love Child" on The Ed Sullivan Show. Diana Ross wears a sweatshirt, which is in line with the character in the song.More
1935 Jerry Lee Lewis is born in Ferriday, Louisiana.
29 SEPTEMBER
In Music History
2023 'N Sync release their first new music since 2002 with the single "Better Place," used in the movie Trolls Band Together.
2023 U2 kick off their U2:UV Achtung Baby Live residency at The Sphere in Las Vegas, a $2.3 billion orb with a 250-foot wraparound screen. U2 is the first act to perform there, but they do it without drummer Larry Mullen Jr., who is recovering from surgery.
2021 In downtown Detroit, Eminem opens the restaurant Mom's Spaghetti, named after a line in his song "Lose Yourself." The first fans in line are served by Slim Shady himself.
2021 Granting her petition, a judge suspends Britney Spears' father, Jamie, as her conservator, a role he has held since 2008.
2020 Mac Davis, who wrote the Elvis Presley hits "A Little Less Conversation" and "In The Ghetto," dies at 78.
2020 Helen Reddy, whose hit "I Am Woman" soundtracked the women's rights movement in the '70s, dies at 78.
2017 A statue of Jimmy Bain by Colin Cairns Ford is unveiled in the bass player's hometown of Dunbar, Scotland.
2013 Keith "Sabu" Crier (bass player for GQ) dies at age 58. Known for the 1979 hit "Disco Nights (Rock-Freak)."
2013 Ten million tune in to the finale of the TV series Breaking Bad, which ends with "Baby Blue," a 1971 song by Badfinger. The song represents lead character Walter White's love of his creation: blue methamphetamine.
2012 Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy marries longtime girlfriend Elisa Yao.
2009 Lynyrd Skynyrd release Gods & Guns, their 13th album.
2009 After the band plays a gig at Club Academy in Manchester, England, tens of thousands of pounds worth of Noah and the Whale's equipment is stolen from a locked trailer in a car park near the venue. In December, police recover most of the gear, including items of great sentimental value to the band, nearly 100 miles away in a barn where the perpetrators had been storing it.
2009 After throwing wads of cash ("making it rain") on Pitbull at his gig in Aspen, Colorado, a fan receives a haymaker punch to the jaw from the singer.More
2008 T.I. releases the album Paper Trail, made mostly under house arrest while awaiting trial on gun charges. It includes collaborations with Justin Timberlake ("Dead And Gone") and Rihanna ("Live Your Life"), and the hit "Whatever You Like."
2003 Country singer Wesley Tuttle dies of heart failure at age 85. Known for the 1945 hits "Detour" and "With Tears in My Eyes." He also yodeled for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' "Silly Song."
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Debuts With Punk Soundtrack
1999Professional skateboarder Tony Hawk launches the video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater with a punk and ska soundtrack that introduces gamers to acts like Goldfinger, Dead Kennedys, Primus, and The Vandals.
Growing up at skate parks, punk music was a big part of the culture for Hawk. He knew if he wanted to convince skateboarders to try out gaming, he had to create an authentic experience with the right kind of music. Some of the tracks are old favorites like the Dead Kennedys' "Police Truck" and Primus' "Jerry Was A Race Car Driver," along with newer fare like The Vandals' "Euro-Barge" and Goldfinger's "Superman." Hawk is so focused on Pro Skater being a skater's gateway to gaming, he doesn't consider the inverse effect: It also introduces gamers to the world of skateboarding and, in turn, the music that soundtracks the sport. As a result, it opens up a whole new fanbase for bands like Goldfinger, who are surprised when "Superman," a little-known cut from their sophomore album, is suddenly making crowds go wild. It becomes the unofficial anthem of the continuing series, which attracts the likes of Bad Religion, Green Day, and Anthrax. But video-game stardom does come with its challenges. Goldfinger frontman John Feldmann told Kerrang in 2022: "We still had to play 300 plus shows a year to prove that we weren't just this one hit Tony Hawk wonder, but I'm so grateful we were a part of it."
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