more brave than me
more blond than you
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The soundtrack to the movie I Am Sam is comprised of Beatles' covers. It was originally intended to consist of the Fab Four's originals. The producers were unable to obtain the rights to those tracks.
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| Bette Midler |
October 1, 1977: Meco took over at Number 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart with “Star Wars” Theme / Cantina Band (Medley)."
Meco goes by the real name of Domenico Monardo, and he is both band leader and record producer.
September 24, 1982: Prince's "1999" single was released.
The 1999 album, which came out in 1982, was when the world caught onto Prince.
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August 15, 1991: Nirvana play a concert at The Roxy Theater in Los Angeles, where they invite fans to attend the shoot for their first video, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" two days later.
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| Melissa Etheridge & Joss Stone |
“One Of Us” established Joan Osborne’s career in music.
"Amazed" by Lonestar, a power ballad, is the band's longest-lasting number one single and biggest hit. The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks and remained there for eight consecutive weeks.
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May 25,1963: "Surfin' USA" by The Beach Boys made it to Number 3 on the US music hits chart.
The 1963 hit single "Surfin' USA listed Beach Boy Brian Wilson as the sole composer of the track, but the melody was a complete replication of Chuck Berry’s “Sweet Little Sixteen.”
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May 16, 1966: The Beach Boys released their landmark album Pet Sounds. Standout tracks included "Wouldn't It Be Nice" and "God Only Knows."
Brian Wilson’s songwriting in the early days of The Beach Boys inevitably included cars, surfing, and always the pursuit of girls, California or otherwise. The combination of those lyrics with the band unique rhythm made for perfect pieces of great American candy-pop for us all to rot our teeth with.
Pet Sounds photoshoot
April 6, 1968: Pink Floyd announced that founder Syd Barretthads officially left the group, saying he suffered from psychiatric disorders compounded by drug use.
By the spring of 1967, Pink Floyd was at the forefront of the psychedelic rock movement that was pushing its way into mainstream popular culture.
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January 1, 1975: Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham officially joined Fleetwood Mac, bringing the songs "Rhiannon" and "Landslide."
One of Stevie Nicks’ most mystical songs, “Rhiannon,” came to her right around the Halloween of 1974. About two months prior to joining Fleetwood Mac, Nicks stumbled across the enchanting name of her title character while reading Triad: A Novel of the Supernatural by Mary Leader.
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“The Electric Horseman,” starring Hollywood immortals Robert Redford and Jane Fonda, was released in late 1979. Jimmy Carter was president, Americans were held hostage in Iran, inflation was out of control.
English rocker William Broad, better known to the world as Billy Idol, was no less than the spiky-haired, bleach-blond, sneering face of the '80s.
November 5, 1959: Bryan Adams is born in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Adams has garnered many awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations and 15 Grammy Award nominations.
Bryan Adams
October 10, 1979: A motion picture called The Rose, starring Bette Midler, premiered in Los Angeles.
Bette Midler plays The Rose, a female rock star strikingly similar to Janis Joplin. This movie follows Rose's career during her last tour.
