more brave than me
more blond than you
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May 14, 1988: INXS entered Billboard's Hot 100 on the way to Number 3 with "New Sensation."
Like all the original tracks on Kick, "New Sensation" was written by INXS lead singer Michael Hutchence and Andrew Farriss, who played several instruments in the group.
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"…Baby One More Time" was Britney Spears' first hit. The slick sound earned plenty of radio play, but the image of the 16-year-old schoolgirl made her a sensation.
Michael Hutchence was found naked, kneeling, and facing his hotel room door with his belt secured to the automatic enclosure and tied around his neck. It appeared he’d died of an apparent suicide.
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Though the Fugees had been wildly successful, and Lauryn Hill widely recognized as a key to their popularity, few were prepared for her stunning debut.
May 28, 1988: INXS was guaranteed a Top 40 hit when "New Sensation" moved to Number 38 on Billboard's single's chart.
"New Sensation" by INXS was the third single from their 1987 album Kick.
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April 12, 1997: Paula Cole debuts on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at Number 17 with "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?"
“Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?” became Paula Cole’s highest-charting hit in the United States.
February 16, 1991: "Disappear" by INXS peaks at Number 8 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.
"Disappear" by INXS was written by Jon Farriss and Michael Hutchence while they were living together in Hong Kong in 1989.
September 8, 1980: Times Square: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released.
The soundtrack to Allan Moyle's 1980 teen runaway adventure Times Square is a rather solid mix of new wave and punk. In fact, it's a rare example of Hollywood getting things right when it comes to representing a subculture of sorts.
Need You Tonight basically a musical booty call, with lines that could work if you're Michael Hutchence but would get the rest of us laughed out of the room.
November 22, 1997: Michael Hutchence, the 37-year-old lead singer of INXS, was found dead in his room at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Double Bay, Sydney.
When Australian singer Michael Hutchence killed himself in 1997 at the age of 37, he was proof that someone could be famous and unknown.
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| Michael Hutchence |
November 7, 1987: INXS had a hot song on their hands as "Need You Tonight" moved from 71 to 54.
“Need You Tonight” has an interesting genesis. INXS’s principal music writer, Andrew Farriss, was waiting for a cab to take him to the airport so he could fly to Hong Kong for some writing sessions with lyricist Michael Hutchence when he had a flash of inspiration and immediately started laying down tracks on his Fostex 8-track.
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| Michael Hutchence |
October 12, 1978: Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols was arrested for the murder of his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen.
On 12 October 1978, Sid Vicious, born John Simon Ritchie, woke up from a drug binge at New York's Chelsea Hotel.
