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March 1, 1973: Pink Floyd released Dark Side Of The Moon.
There are hit albums, and then there’s Dark Side of the Moon. Pink Floyd‘s eternally popular song cycle has sold more than 15 million copies in the U.S. since its release on March 1st, 1973, and more than 45 million units worldwide.
February 28, 1983: U2 released their third album, War, with "Sunday Bloody Sunday" and "New Year's Day."
“Is That All?’” That was the question posed by U2 back where they had left off, on the last track of their sophomore set October, in the autumn of 1981. No, that most certainly was not all.
February 27, 1980: "What a Fool Believes" by The Doobie Brothers won both Record and Song of the Year honors at the Grammys.
There weren’t a whole lot of #1 singles in 1979 that didn’t at least nod toward disco. The Doobie Brothers’ “What A Fool Believes” stood out.
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When recalling the music of Glen Frey and the Eagles, many retrospectives have listed the incredible string of hit songs the band ripped off in the ’70s and yet also noted the fact that these chroniclers of California excess and ennui were rarely critical darlings.
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| Hotel California inside album cover art |
February 25, 1943: George Harrison was born in Liverpool, England.
George Harrison was the lead guitarist of the Beatles as well as a singer-songwriter on many of their most memorable tracks.
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| George Harrison |
February 24, 1975: Led Zeppelin released Physical Graffiti.
Is Led Zeppelin the world’s best rock band? That the question should even arise reflects not only this band’s status, but also the current state of the music. What’s the competition? The Rolling Stones. The Who. And?
On February 23rd, 2000, Santana claimed eight trophies, including the highly coveted Record of the Year and Album of the Year awards, for his blockbuster Supernatural LP.
The first major step in Radiohead‘s lengthy journey from Oxford club mainstays to globally lauded architects of contemporary art rock took the form of Pablo Honey, their debut LP, issued on February 22nd, 1993.
February 21, 2001: U2 captured Grammys for Record and Song of the Year with "Beautiful Day."
“We’re back, re-applying for the job of best band in the world,” U2 frontman Bono announced onstage at London’s Astoria Theatre on the night of February 7, 2001.
February 20, 1967: Nirvana front-man Kurt Cobain is born in Aberdeen, Washington.
Kurt Cobain started the grunge band Nirvana in 1988 and made the leap to a major label in 1991, signing with Geffen Records.
February 19, 1980: AC/DC lead singer Bon Scott died after a night of heavy drinking.
Bon Scott was found dead on Feb. 19, 1980. The AC/DC frontman had been out drinking with friends – but the casual evening took a terrible turn as Scott passed out in his car, and ultimately choked to death on his own vomit. He was only 33 years old.
Angus Young
February 18, 1984: Nena jumped into the top 10, from Number 12 to 4, on the Hot 100 chart with "99 Luftballoons." It will peak at number 2.
Way back in 1983, a German band released their debut album which contained a single that would eventually take the world by storm.
February 17, 1976: The Eagles released Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975).
Forty-five years ago today, the Eagles released Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975). With it, they officially became the first band to be able to say that they'd “gone platinum.”
February 16, 1957: Tab Hunter's "Young Love" began a six-week run at Number 1 in America.
Tab Hunter parlayed his all-American blond good looks and wholesomeness into screen stardom, becoming an idol for 1950s teenagers who adored his boy-next-door persona and physique.
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February 15, 2004: Norah Jones had the Number 1 album in the UK, Feels Like Home.
Norah Jones’ debut Blue Note album Come Away With Me had been the archetypal word of mouth hit.
February 14, 1972: Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty was born to American parents in West Germany.
Rob Thomas' credits include two decades-worth of hits by Matchbox Twenty, his own solo work and such classics as 1999’s Grammy Award-winning “Smooth” by Santana, on which he was a featured artist and co-writer.
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| Rob Thomas |
February 13, 1993: RuPaul became the first drag queen to make Billboard's Hot 100 when "Supermodel (You Better Work)" entered the chart at Number 91. It peaked at 45.
"Supermodel," went on to sell over 500,000 copies, while its music video finessed Ru onto MTV.
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February 12, 1994: Celine Dion's first Number 1 song was "The Power Of Love."
"The Power of Love" became Dion's first US number-one song, topping the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks in February 1994. It also became her first Australian chart topper and second number-one single in Canada.
Celine Dion
February 11, 2012: Whitney Houston was found dead in the bathtub of her suite at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles.
Whitney Houston died at the age of 48 on February 11, 2012, in Los Angeles at a Beverly Hilton hotel where a Grammy party was being held by Davis.
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Back before she was best known as a judge on reality talent shows like American Idol or So You Think You Can Dance, Paula Abdul was one of the biggest pop stars of the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Paula Abdul
February 9, 1964: The Beatles first appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show.
It was 57 years ago; nearly 73 million people were watching when “The Ed Sullivan Show” went on the air and The Beatles took over music forever.
The Beatles on Ed Sullivan
February 8, 1975: Queen debuted with their first single, "Killer Queen."
Featured on their 1974 album Sheer Heart Attack, Queen’s “Killer Queen” was the band’s first international hit, reaching #2 in the UK and becoming their very first US hit.
Pink Floyd kicked off a tour in support of The Wall on Feb. 7, 1980 at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Auditorium – and it almost got derailed from the start.
February 6, 1945: Bob Marley was born Nesta Robert Marley in Jamaica.
Robert Nesta Marley was born in a small rural Jamaican village called Nine Miles. His father was a white man, Capt. Norval Marley, a superintendent of lands for the British government, which had colonized Jamaica in the 1660s.
February 5, 1983: "Africa" by Toto replaces "Down Under" by Men At Work at Number 1 in the United States.
Since the soft-rock, synth-heavy “Africa” was released in 1982, the Toto masterwork has made appearances on countless television shows, internet memes, and, as of late, been reimagined on the airwaves by the likes of Weezer and Pitbull.
February 4, 1983: Karen Carpenter of The Carpenters died at age 32 of complications from anorexia.
After being called chubby as a teenager, Karen Carpenter began dieting. When she slimmed down from 145 to 120 lbs., her friends and family praised her weight loss.
Karen Carpenter
February 3, 2001: "It Wasn't Me" by Shaggy hit the top of the Billboard Hot 100.
It’s fair to say that Shaggy‘s “It Wasn’t Me” is one of the biggest hits in the entire world.
February 2, 1979: Sid Vicious of The Sex Pistols, out on bail after being accused of killing his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, died of a heroin overdose at age 21.
In 1975, a 17-year-old Philly girl named Nancy Spungen dropped out of the University of Colorado and moved to New York City.
Nancy Spurgeon & Sid Vicious
