more brave than me
more blond than you
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Starland Vocal Band won the Grammy for Best New Artist of 1976 on the strength of "Afternoon Delight," beating out the band Boston.
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Bill Haley's wasn't the first recording of "Rock Around the Clock," nor was it Haley's first rock and roll record. It was, however, the seismic event that kicked off the rock revolution. In Hollywood, screenwriter and director Richard Brooks had taken on the assignment of adapting Evan Hunter's novel "Blackboard Jungle," a story about juvenile delinquents in a New York high school, into a movie.
Jul 7, 2016: PostmodernJukebox uploaded a '50s Style cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark" by Von Smith. His voice is perfect, the dancing girls rock, the saxophone slays, and Tambourine Guy seems like the type of person everyone needs in their life.
The musical "Oliver!" was based on the famous Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist, the story about the dregs of London society.
June 29, 1985: Bryan Adams entered Billboard's Hot 100 at Number 55 with "Summer of '69."
Bryan Adams wrote this with the songwriter Jim Vallance, who wrote several Aerosmith songs and often collaborated with Adams. On his website, Vallance explains that the track underwent several changes.
June 26, 1974: Cher divorced Sonny Bono after ten years of marriage. Four days later, Cher married guitarist Gregg Allman. The couple split ten days later, got back together, and broke up again. They stayed married for three years, producing Elijah Blue Allman.
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Michael Jackson’s personal physician, Conrad Murray, found him unconscious two minutes after administering medications to help him sleep.
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Living in the Material World was George Harrisson's second US chart-topper.
June 22, 1969: Judy Garland died of a barbiturate overdose aged 47.
Judy Garland signed a movie contract with MGM at the age of 13. In 1939, she scored one of her greatest on-screen successes with The Wizard of Oz. In 1950, MGM dropped her from her contract.
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