Music History Today: June 7, 2022

June 7, 2003: A cover of Alice Cooper's "School's Out" by Krokus entered the US Top 100 singles at Number 85. 

Krokus is a hard rock/heavy metal band from Switzerland.

Krokus

Music History Today: March 1, 2022

March 1, 1986: James Brown peaked at Number 4 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart with "Living in America."

"Living in America" by James Brown was his first Top 40 hit in ten years on the US pop charts, and it would also be his last.

James Brown 1986

Music History Today: December 11, 2020

December 11, 1964: Sam Cooke was shot and killed in a Los Angeles motel. 

On December 11, 1964, in response to a reported shooting, officers of the Los Angeles Police Department were dispatched to the Hacienda Motel, where they found musician Sam Cooke dead on the office floor, shot three times in the chest by the motel’s manager, Bertha Franklin.

Music History Today: November 29, 2020

November 29, 1986: "You Give Love A Bad Name" gives Bon Jovi their first Number 1 in the US.

Bon Jovi‘s third album Slippery When Wet had already been to No. 1 and turned platinum, but 29 November 1986 found the band sitting pretty at the top of the US singles chart for the first time. 

Music History Today: August 2, 2020

August 2, 1953: Skeeter Davis broke both her arms and legs in a car crash outside Cincinnati, Ohio. 

Country singer Skeeter Davis had a successful string of hits on both the country and pop charts. She is best known for her own version of “The End of the World” in 1963.

Skeeter Davis