Music History Today: January 21, 2023

January 21, 1978: The defining soundtrack of the disco era, Saturday Night Fever, began a 24-week run at the top of the US album chart.

Saturday Night Fever is the second-biggest-selling soundtrack of all time, after The Bodyguard.

Music History Today: September 8, 2022

September 8, 2000: The movie Almost Famous premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

The soundtrack album to the film Almost Famous features some of the biggest hits from that time.

Music History Today: May 19, 2022

May 19, 2001: The Dave Matthews Band's "The Space Between" began climbing the Billboard Hot 100 single chart.

"The Space Between" is a song written by the Dave Matthews Band. It was released on their 2001 album, Everyday. 

Dave Matthews 2001

Music History Today: March 5, 2021

March 5, 1982: John Belushi of The Blues Brothers, 33, died of a drug overdose in his bungalow at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles. 

One of the founding players when Saturday Night Live burst onto television screens in 1975,

Music History Today: February 11, 2021

February 11, 2012: Whitney Houston was found dead in the bathtub of her suite at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles.

Whitney Houston died at the age of 48 on February 11, 2012, in Los Angeles at a Beverly Hilton hotel where a Grammy party was being held by Davis.

Whitney Houston

Music History Today: November 27, 2020

November 27 1942: Jimi Hendrix is born Johnny Allen Hendrix in Seattle, Washington.

In the early 1960s, Hendrix worked as a pickup guitarist, backing musicians including Little Richard, B.B. King, Ike and Tina Turner, and Sam Cooke. In 1964, he moved to New York and played in coffeehouses, where bassist Bryan Chandler of the British group the Animals heard him. 

Jimi Hendrix