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more blond than you
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The soundtrack for the 2001 film adaptation of Moulin Rouge! includes "Lady Marmalade," made famous in the 1970s by the girl group Labelle. The song contains the sexually suggestive lyric "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir?" which translates to "Do you want to sleep with me tonight?"
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December 13, 1997: LeAnn Rimes peaked at Number 2 with "How Do I Live."
“How Do I Live” was originally intended as a soundtrack from the movie Con Air. The song was recorded by Leann Rimes and Trisha Yearwood.
September 3, 1983: Taco reached Number 4 on the US singles chart with the Irving Berlin classic, "Puttin' on the Ritz."
Born in Jakarta, Indonesia to Dutch parents on July 21, 1955, Taco Ockerse was raised in Germany, where he studied dance and theater.
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February 9, 1991: The Rembrandts entered the US music chart with "Just the Way It Is, Baby."
"Just the Way It Is, Baby" by the American pop rock duo The Rembrandts was the debut single from their debut album The Rembrandts.
February 2, 2012: Bryson Andres - a street musician from Spokane, Washington - uploaded a violin cover of "Secrets" by OneRepublic that went viral and has over 7.5 million views.
With a growing YouTube following, Bryson Andres has made a name for himself as a violinist for the digital age.
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"In the Air Tonight" is the debut solo single by the English drummer and singer-songwriter Phil Collins, released from his debut solo album, Face Value.
June 27, 1989: The studio album The End of the Innocence by Don Henley was released.
Don Henley’s biggest album outside of the Eagles, The End Of The Innocence sold six million copies in America alone.
June 2, 1973: "Daniel" by Elton John peaked at Number 2, kept from the top spot when My Love by Paul McCartney started a 4-week run in the top spot.
“Daniel” is a track from Elton John, one of the world’s best-selling musical artists, and arguably one of the most well-known. Appearing in John’s 1973 album “Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player”, “Daniel” is the first track from the record, written by both John and his lyricist Bernie Taupin. Taupin explained the meaning of the song:
Musician Tracy Chapman began writing music and performing in Boston, where she recorded songs at the WMFO radio station. She caught her big break in 1986, when a friend's father introduced her to a manager at Elektra Records, and soon recorded Tracy Chapman (1988).
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February 25, 1943: George Harrison was born in Liverpool, England.
George Harrison was the lead guitarist of the Beatles as well as a singer-songwriter on many of their most memorable tracks.
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January 2, 1983: Michael Jackson released the single "Billie Jean."
There is before Thriller, and there is after. Michael Jackson’s sixth solo album has nine songs. Jackson released seven of those songs as singles, and all seven of them made it into the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100.
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?"
September 10, 1977:; The album Rumours by Fleetwood Mac tied the existing Rock Era record with 18 weeks at Number 1, set in 1967 by the album More of the Monkees.
"The Chain" was the only group-written song on Fleetwood Mac's Rumours album. The other 10 tracks were all penned individually either by Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, or Christine McVie.
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| Fleetwood Mac Rumours photoshoot |
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.
In the glory days of Top of the Pops you couldn’t watch things again. You retained them in the archive of your memory.
On April 21, 1990, Sinead O’Connor’s “Nothing Compares 2 U” hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, where it stayed for four weeks.
