Music History Today: September 7, 2022

September 7, 1996: Rap star Tupac Shakur was shot five times in a drive-by following a boxing match in Las Vegas. He died six days later at age 25.

Tupac Shakur

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September 7, 1963: The Jaynetts entered the top 40 section of Billboard's Hot 100 with "Sally, Go 'Round the Roses."

The producer of "Sally Go 'Round the Roses", Abner Spector, was an A&R man for the Chicago-based Chess Records. Spector was responsible for The Corsairs' 1962 number 12 hit "Smoky Places", which had been released on Tuff, a subsidiary of J&S Records. 

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September 7, 1974: The Ohio Players entered the US music chart at Number 45 with "Skin Tight."

The title track of Ohio Players' fifth studio album, "Skin Tight" marked a shift towards a jazzier style of funk that helped propel the band into the mainstream. The album began the Players' dominant platinum-selling period, and would bring them a much bigger audience. 

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September 7, 1985: Sting went into Billboard's Top 40 with "Fortress Around Your Heart."

Sting calls this a "song of reconciliation." It uses an abandoned fortress within a walled city as a metaphor for a relationship that has been through a figurative war, with Sting now ready to put the battles behind him and build a new alliance based on what they had. 

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September 7, 1991: Seal peaked at Number 7 in the US with "Crazy."

After coming to the public's attention as the featured vocalist on Adamski's UK chart topper "Killer," Seal signed to ZTT Records and released "Crazy" as his first single.

Seal

It became an international hit and won Seal a number of awards, including the 1992 Ivor Novello award for songwriting. Seal also won the 1992 BRIT Awards for Best Video and Best Album. 

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