October 4, 1970: At 27 years old, Janis Joplin was found dead at the Landmark Hotel in Los Angeles of a heroin overdose. Joplin had the posthumous US Number 1 album, "Pearl," in 1971.
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Showing posts with label Boston. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Boston. Show all posts
Monday, October 3, 2022
Thursday, September 1, 2022
Music History Today: September 2, 2022
September 2, 1995: The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame opened in Cleveland. Opening ceremony performances were provided by Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Kinks, John Mellencamp, and Bruce Springsteen, among others.
Sunday, February 13, 2022
Music History Today: February 14, 2022
February 14, 2003: The movie Daredevil was released, featuring two songs by a new band called Evanescence: "Bring Me To Life" and "My Immortal."
"My Immortal" is a piano power ballad with a slow tempo.
Sunday, November 7, 2021
Music History Today: November 8, 2021
November 8, 1986: "Amanda" by Boston becomes their only Number 1 hit in America.
“Amanda,” Boston’s only chart-topping single, came out late in 1986, but it was so perfectly ’70s that the song didn’t even have a music video.
Saturday, January 23, 2021
Music History Today: January 24, 2021
January 24, 1976: The theme from Diana Ross' second movie, Mahogany, became her third solo US number-one hit.
Mahogany was the story of Tracy Chambers, a secretary at a Chicago department store who dreams of becoming a fashion designer.
Saturday, November 7, 2020
Music History Today: November 8, 2020
November 8, 1975: Elton John's Rock of the Westies became the second album in the Rock Era to debut at Number 1, following his Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy.
Rock of the Westies is not Elton John's best album of the '70s; it’s not even the best album he released in 1975.
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Music History Today: September 16, 2020
September 16, 1977: Marc Bolan of T. Rex died in a car accident in Barnes, London, at age 29.
Marc Bolan, best-known as the frizzy-haired leader of T. Rex, died September 16th in a car crash.
Saturday, September 5, 2020
Music History Today: September 6, 2020
September 6, 1969: R&B singer Macy Gray was born Natalie Renée McIntyre in Canton, Ohio.
With her 1999 debut, On How Life Is, Gray combined a distressed velvet voice with goodly helpings of kink.
Monday, August 24, 2020
Music History Today: August 25, 2020
August 25, 1949: Gene Simmons (of KISS) is born Chaim Weitz in Haifa, Israel.
Musician Gene Simmons first decided he wanted to be in a band while in middle school, after watching girls scream at The Beatles on television.
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