February 9, 2009: Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant took home five prizes for his collaboration with bluegrass singer Alison Krauss at this year's Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.
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February 9, 1959: Lloyd Price's "Stagger Lee" hit Number 1 for the first of four weeks.
Over 400 different artists have covered "Stagger Lee" since the first recording in 1923. It tells the story of a murder. On Christmas Eve, 1895, in a St. Louis saloon, "Stag" Lee Shelton, a black pimp, shot William "Billy" Lyons. Eyewitnesses say Billy snatched Stag's Stetson hat.
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February 9, 1983: Prince released "Little Red Corvette."
"Little Red Corvette" became Prince's first Top 10 US hit, peaking at 6 on Billboard's Hot 100.
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The album version runs 5:03, but the radio edit was chopped down to 3:08." The result was his most radio-friendly single, with more shiny keyboards and less raw funk than much of his earlier material.
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February 9, 1991: C&C Music Factory topped Billboard's Hot 100 with "Gonna Make You Sweat."
Martha Wash belted out "Everybody Dance Now!" for C7C Music Factory's hit. She was a member of The Weather Girls ("It's Raining Men") and provided vocals for the group Black Box. Wash was replaced in the video by a slender singer/model named Zelma Davis, who lip-synched her lines. Wash's name didn't make the initial album credits, either.
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February 9, 2005: At the Brit Awards, Joss Stone won British female solo artist, and "Angels" by Robbie Williams was voted the best song in the past 25 years of British music.
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Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
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