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April 26, 1977: New York's legendary disco, Studio 54, opened for business.
First opened in 1977 by Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager, Studio 54 was an iconic disco club known for its exclusivity, famous clientele, and attitude towards open club drug use.
"It's Been Awhile" was a monster hit for Staind, spending 20 weeks atop Billboard's Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
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After the official disbandment of the Alice Cooper Band in 1975, Cooper returned with Welcome To My Nightmare, an album that took his musicality to new and unexpected heights.
Coven recorded "One Tin Soldier" for the 1971 independent film Billy Jack.
Cooper and his band recorded "Billion Dollar Babies" at a mansion they rented out to record the album in Greenwich, Connecticut, which is a very wealthy suburb of New York City.
"Bills, Bills, Bills" was the first single released from Destiny’s Child's second album.
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April 26, 1972: Alice Cooper released the single "School's Out."
School's Out catapulted Alice Cooper into the hard rock stratosphere, largely due to its timeless, all-time classic title track.
Of all the common denominators shared by humanity, Weird Al Yankovic seems to have found that the most widely relatable and humorously mineable material is food.
April 18, 1975: Alice Cooper's first TV special, Welcome To My Nightmare: The Making Of A Record Album, airs on US television.
In 1975, Alice Cooper went solo and recorded the album of his career. By the time Alice Cooper released Welcome To My Nightmare in February 1975, he was already one of the most famous rock celebrities on the planet.
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
December 18, 1943: Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards was born in Dartford, Kent, England.
Keith Richards may have mellowed with age, but as anyone who has read his memoir can attest, the iconic Rolling Stones guitarist has raised enough hell to fill several lifetimes.
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On April 21, 1990, Sinead O’Connor’s “Nothing Compares 2 U” hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, where it stayed for four weeks.
