September 8, 1980: Times Square: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released.
The soundtrack to Allan Moyle's 1980 teen runaway adventure Times Square is a rather solid mix of new wave and punk. In fact, it's a rare example of Hollywood getting things right when it comes to representing a subculture of sorts.
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Spread across these two LPs is new wave from the likes of Gary Numan ("Down in the Park"), Pretenders ("Talk of the Town"), and Talking Heads ("Life During Wartime").
Read more: Allmusic
September 8, 1962: "Limbo Rock" by Chubby Checker entered Billboard's Hot 100 single's chart.
The song “Limbo Rock,” which was written by Kal Mann (as Jan Sheldon) and Billy Strange, is about, well, limbo dancing. The first recording of the piece was an instrumental by The Champs (of “Tequila” fame) in 1961.
Read more: Daily DooWop
You've probably listened to the Electric Light Orchestra's Top 5 1979 hit "Don't Bring Me Down" and thought: So, who's Bruce? After all, singer-songwriter Jeff Lynne calls out his name right after the song's title line.
But there was no Bruce. Lynne used a made-up place-keeper word when the song was still unfinished, only learning later that it perhaps had an actual translation in another language.
Read more: Ultimate Classic Rock
September 8, 1990: INXS' "Suicide Blonde" debuted at Number 62 on the US chart.
The lyric was inspired by Kylie Minogue, who was INXS lead singer Michael Hutchence's girlfriend at the time. When she told him she was planning to dye her hair "suicide blonde," he used it as the title.
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| Michael Hutchence of INXS |
One of Hutchence's favorite hobbies was "corrupting Kylie" because of her wholesome image. When they attended the premiere of Kylie's film The Delinquents, she wore an extreme look with the "suicide blonde" hair that made her unrecognizable to many.
Read more: Songfacts
September 8, 1997: The legal dramedy Ally McBeal premiered on FOX. Vonda Shepard, an unknown singer, catches her big break with the theme song "Searchin' My Soul."
During the 1997 pilot season, Fox was searching for a companion series to follow its fading favorite Melrose Place.
Writer-producer David E. Kelley obliged, creating the quirky Ally for a fall launch. However, he balked when the then-head of the network, Peter Roth, suggested they hold off premiering it until spring 1998 so as to avoid the usual glut of fall debuts.
Read more: Hollywood Reporter
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