more brave than me
more blond than you
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May 12, 1973: Led Zeppelin started a three-week run at Number 1 on the US album chart with their fifth album, Houses Of The Holy.
Houses Of The Holy follows the same basic pattern as Led Zeppelin IV, but the approach is looser and more relaxed. Jimmy Page's riffs rely on ringing, folky hooks as much as they do on thundering blues-rock, giving the album a lighter, more open atmosphere.
September 28, 2002: Norah Jones entered Billboard's Hot 100 with "Don't Know Why."
"Don't Know Why" was Norah Jones' first single. It launched her to stardom, but she didn't write it.
"Take the Long Way Home" is the third US single off Supertramp's 1979 album Breakfast in America. According to its composer Roger Hodgson, the song deals with how the desire to go home can go both ways:
‘Modern Love’ was the second song that Bowie recorded for the album after its title track ‘Let’s Dance’, recorded in the first few weeks of January 1983.
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August 25, 1939: The movie Wizard of Oz was released. Judy Garland starred and sang "Over the Rainbow."
In this classic musical fantasy, Judy Garland stars as Dorothy Gale, a young Kansas farm girl who dreams of a land "somewhere over the rainbow."
January 16, 1986: ABBA performed together for the last time at a show honoring their manager Stig Anderson on the Swedish TV show This Is Your Life.
ABBA, the acronym derived from the first names of band members Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid “Frida” Lyngstad, started off as a 1970 Swedish cabaret act named Festfolk.
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November 14, 1990: Pete Townshend of The Who tells Newsweek that he is bisexual. He calls his song "Rough Boys" a "coming-out."
Pete Townshend, the uncompromising and prolifically outspoken leader of iconic rock group The Who, has never been one to keep his opinions quiet.
Pete Townshend
October 14, 1994: Pulp Fiction opens in theaters, reviving classic '60s songs such as "Son Of A Preacher Man," "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon," and "Misirlou."
Not many surf-rock classics can trace their roots back to the Ottoman Empire, but "Misirlou" is one of them. Its earliest known recording is from Greece in 1927, and American pianist and xylophonist Jan August made it a hit in 1946.
Prince stars as a headstrong, vulnerable young musician. He’s self-destructive, submerging his music in his anger and insecurities.
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Meat Loaf has a net worth of $25 million, according to The Richest. He became famous in the 1970s and 1980s. His “Bat Out of Hell” album still sells well, 30 years after its release.
