more brave than me
more blond than you
e e cummings
The soundtrack for the 2001 film adaptation of Moulin Rouge! includes "Lady Marmalade," made famous in the 1970s by the girl group Labelle. The song contains the sexually suggestive lyric "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir?" which translates to "Do you want to sleep with me tonight?"
February 9, 1991: The Rembrandts entered the US music chart with "Just the Way It Is, Baby."
"Just the Way It Is, Baby" by the American pop rock duo The Rembrandts was the debut single from their debut album The Rembrandts.
When Crow released the song on her 1996 self-titled album, “If It Makes You Happy” was the lead single and an instant radio hit.
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| Sheryl Crow |
September 7, 1985: The theme from the movie "St. Elmo's Fire" replaced the theme from the movie "Back to the Future" at the Number 1 position on the US music chart.
St. Elmo's Fire was the definitive Brat Pack movie, following Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Demi Moore, Ally Sheedy, Andrew McCarthy, Rob Lowe, and Mare Winningham as they tried to sort their life out after college.
Creed front-man Scott Stapp has come a long way since the band recorded their big hits like “Higher” and “With Arms Wide Open.”
Pop stars – especially women – are frozen at the age they become famous. Breaking the ice usually involves a bad-girl reinvention, if not a genuine breakdown.
July 27, 1985: Motley Crue made a big move on the US music chart, from Number 61 to 48, with "Smokin' in the Boys Room."
Before the release of 1985's Theatre of Pain, Motley Crue were on the launchpad to superstardom. There was just one problem: The album wasn't strong enough and they knew it.
Motley Crue
"Hero" is a song recorded by Chad Kroeger (lead vocalist of Nickelback) and Josey Scott (then lead vocalist of Saliva) for the soundtrack to the 2002 film Spider-Man. It was written by Kroeger and recorded specifically for the film.
In 2001 Puddle of Mudd frontman Wes Scantlin was on a fast track to success, living in a Hollywood Boulevard hotel, which Flawless Records put him up in after Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst signed him to the Geffen affiliate.
Musician Tracy Chapman began writing music and performing in Boston, where she recorded songs at the WMFO radio station. She caught her big break in 1986, when a friend's father introduced her to a manager at Elektra Records, and soon recorded Tracy Chapman (1988).
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| Tracy Chapman |
March 16, 1985: "Nightshift" by The Commodores, a tribute to Jackie Wilson and Marvin Gaye, knocked Diana Ross' "Missing You" from the Number 1 spot on the R&B chart.
The second consecutive R&B No. 1 to pay tribute to Marvin Gaye hit the top spot on 16 March 1985.
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
December 7, 1991: U2 debuted at Number 1 on the Album chart with Achtung Baby, their follow-up to The Joshua Tree.
The first year of the 1990s was one of both individual adventure and collective achievement for U2.
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In the glory days of Top of the Pops you couldn’t watch things again. You retained them in the archive of your memory.
The Miami Pop Festival was the name of two unrelated music festivals that took place in May and December 1968 at Gulfstream Park, a horse racing track in Hallandale, Florida (now called Hallandale Beach), just north of Miami.
April 6, 1971: The Rolling Stones unveiled their new record label, Rolling Stones Records.
