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"Midnight Cowboy" is the only film rated X or NC-17 to win an Oscar for Best Picture. A gritty, bleak look at the underbelly of urban American life, Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight's performances make it difficult to turn away.
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle centers around the Sex Pistols and their manager Malcolm McLaren. The movie's title was inspired by an article written by Skiffle musician Lonnie Donegan in the 1950s titled "Rock and Roll - It's a Swindle."
December 7, 1991: U2 debuted at Number 1 on Billboard's 200 Top Albums chart with Achtung Baby.
Achtung Baby completely changed U2's sound and style. U2 rarely experiment with song structures over the course of the album. Instead, they use the thick dance beats, swirling guitars, and layers of effects.
December 3, 1964: The animated TV special Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, based on the 1949 song, debuts on CBS with Burl Ives as the voice of Sam the Snowman. The show became a perennial favorite.
October 30, 1999: Santana's Supernatural album goes to Number 1 in America, giving the group their first chart-topping album in 28 years.
Santana's Supernatural album won nine Grammy Awards, breaking the record held by Michael Jackson's Thriller for the most honored album.
The success of a truly flawless debut album is something to be heralded. A magnificent first effort propels an act into stardom.
"Too Funky" finds George Michael propositioning someone he would like to have sex with.
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May 22, 2019: The biographical film Rocketman, starring Taron Egerton as Elton John, debuted in US theaters.
None of the makers of Rocketman, from director Dexter Fletcher to writer Lee Hall and co-executive producer Elton John himself, described the blockbuster film of Elton’s singular life as a biopic.
George Michael co-wrote 'Careless Whisper' with his Wham! bandmate Andrew Ridgeley. The pair had written it together while developing as artists in 1981 in Watford, when they were aged just 17.
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Walt Disney's "The Little Mermaid" is a jolly and inventive animated fantasy - a movie that's so creative and so much fun it deserves comparison with the best Disney work of the past.
Just a cursory spin of his official solo debut is enough to spell out blockbuster even in non-music-biz minds.
April 18, 1975: Alice Cooper's first TV special, Welcome To My Nightmare: The Making Of A Record Album, airs on US television.
In 1975, Alice Cooper went solo and recorded the album of his career. By the time Alice Cooper released Welcome To My Nightmare in February 1975, he was already one of the most famous rock celebrities on the planet.
December 25, 2016: George Michael died of heart failure, aged 53, in bed at his riverside home in Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.
Although he died in December 2016, it took a few months to complete the autopsy and investigation into George Michael’s sudden passing.
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November 25, 1984: In London, Bono, George Michael, David Bowie, Paul McCartney and a passel of other stars record vocals for "Do They Know It's Christmas?".
On Nov. 25, 1984, dozens of the biggest U.K. musicians — past and present — gathered in Trevor Horn's London studio under the moniker Band Aid to record the now-classic holiday song "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
On July 13, 1985, at Wembley Stadium in London, Prince Charles and Princess Diana officially open Live Aid, a worldwide rock concert organized to raise money for the relief of famine-stricken Africans.
Michael Jackson, known as the King of Pop, died unexpectedly at age 50 in 2009.
