August 17, 1991: Nirvana shot their video for "Smells Like Teen Spirit."
Released in 1991, ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ appeared on Nirvana’s second album ‘Nevermind.’
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The song and its accompanying video helped usher in a new wave of grunge and alternative rock dominance. The official video was uploaded to YouTube in June 2009 and has hit one billion views. It's the second-most-viewed 90s music video on the streaming platform, behind only Guns N’ Roses’ ‘November Rain’, which to date has racked up nearly 1.3 billion views.
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August 17, 1967: Gary Puckett & The Union Gap recorded "Woman Woman."
"Woman, Woman" is a ballad centered around Gary Puckett's soulful vocals. The lyrics are from the perspective of a man who senses that his wife is dissatisfied with him sexually, and fears that she is going to start cheating on him. The song went to number 3 on Cash Box and number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1968.
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August 17, 1969: Woodstock moved into day three, with performances by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Blood, Sweat & Tears, and Joe Cocker.
Woodstock, a three-day festival that started on Friday, August 15, 1969, wasn’t the only memorable festival of its time, but it remains the touchstone.
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The mythology holds that Woodstock changed lives and transformed the world – and what promoter wouldn’t want to claim that? Billed as “An Aquarian Experience: Three Days Of Peace And Music,” the epic event that would later be known simply as Woodstock become synonymous with the counterculture movement of the 60s.
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August 17, 1974: Paper Lace's "The Night Chicago Died" hit Number 1, where it stayed for one week.
"The Night Chicago Died" wasn't the band's first attempt at a hit in America. Paper Lace was the first act to record "Billy, Don't Be A Hero," the half-assed tearjerker story song that briefly conquered America.
Paper Lace took the song to #1 in the UK, but as they were planning the song’s American release, a band of cheery Ohio goofs called Bo Donaldson And The Heywoods recorded their own cover of “Billy, Don’t Be A Hero,” and that’s the one that made it to #1 in the US.
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August 17, 1993: Police in Los Angeles began an inquiry into child abuse allegations against Michael Jackson.
The investigation began after the son of a Beverly Hills dentist told his therapist that Jackson sexually abused him. Jackson's security staff claimed the allegations followed a failed attempt to blackmail the singer for 20 million dollars. Although no criminal charges were ever laid, lawyers for the 13 year-old filed a civil suit a month later claiming damages for sexual battery, seduction and other allegations. The suit was settled out of court in January 1994 for somewhere between $5 to $24 million.
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