more brave than me
more blond than you
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A concept album, Operation: Mindcrime was a quantum leap from the band's 1986 album Rage for Order. They told a story involving conspiracy theorists, assassins, drugs, a corrupt priest, and several clever plot twists.
Written by Madonna, "Lucky Star" was her first single from her debut album.
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| Madonna |
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.
May 10, 1980: "Run Like Hell," a Pink Floyd single from their Wall album, debuts at Number 80 on Billboard's Hot 100.
Producer Bob Ezrin, known for his work with Alice Cooper, convinced the band to use a disco beat on this song.
April 25, 1987: U2's fifth album, The Joshua Tree, hits Number 1 in America.
Rarely do bands touted as the Next Big Thing go on to become the next big thing, but from the start U2 had all the ingredients: an distinctive sound and an inexorable appetite for theatrics and experimentation.
Pal Waaktaar and Magne Furuholmen, formerly of Bridges, formed Norwegian synth pop group a-ha in the early '80s. Nimble vocalist Morten Harket joined the duo.
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March 25, 1972: Deep Purple's album Machine Head is released in America.
Led Zeppelin's fourth album, Black Sabbath's Paranoid, and Deep Purple's Machine Head have stood the test of time as the Holy Trinity of English hard rock and heavy metal, serving as the fundamental blueprints followed by virtually every heavy rock & roll band since the early '70s.
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February 21, 1987: Chicago peaked at number 3 on the Billboard's Hot 100 with "Will You Still Love Me?"
"Will You Still Love Me?" was Chicago's first top-ten hit following the departure of Peter Cetera.
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Paul A. Rothchild produced the final Janis Joplin studio album, Pearl, as well as many a Doors disc.
In every sense, A Day at the Races is an unapologetic sequel to A Night at the Opera, the 1975 breakthrough that established Queen as rock & roll royalty.
October 19, 1950: Patrick Cowley was born in Buffalo, New York,
An instrumental contributor to the development of dance music -- post-disco and Hi-NRG in particular -- Patrick Cowley's influence carried far beyond his early-'80s prime.
December 13, 1948: Ted Nugent was born Theodore Anthony Nugent in Detroit, Michigan.
Even as a child, Nugent showed a deep interest in music and began playing instruments by the time he was six. He started his career in music by playing guitar for the hard rock band The Amboy Dukes. He served as the band’s lead guitarist for many years before breaking off in order to pursue a solo career.
October 23, 1990: AC/DC's Back In Black album is certified Diamond for US sales of 10 million.
For many bands, the sudden and horrific death of their lead singer at the peak of their popularity would be a career-ender. AC/DC took a few weeks to regroup and then recorded one of the biggest albums of all time.
“Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey” is one of the loosest and silliest songs ever to reach #1 on the Hot 100.
Jerry Garcia's final show with the Grateful Dead – held on July 9, 1995, at Chicago's Soldier Field – was no lasting tribute. Hoarse and tired, Garcia's shaky visage spoke to the health problems that would soon consume him. Relix magazine, in a brutally frank contemporary review, described the entire tour as "star-crossed."
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Born in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York in 1947.
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Michael Jackson, known as the King of Pop, died unexpectedly at age 50 in 2009.
