November 30, 1982: Michael Jackson's Thriller album was released. It produced seven singles, including "Beat It," which featured guitarists Eddie Van Halen.
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| Michael Jackson |
more brave than me
more blond than you
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Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Music History Today: April 19, 2022
April 19, 1997: "You Were Meant for Me" by Jewel peaked at Number 2 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart.
Steve Poltz and Jewel Kilcher wrote the hit song "You Were Meant for Me."
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Music History Today: July 14, 2021
July 14, 1984: "Ghostbusters" from Ray Parker, Jr. moved from Number 19 to 8 on this date.
“Ghostbusters” exists as a song because a bunch of people said no. Columbia Pictures knew it had a hit on its hands with Ghostbusters.
Thursday, November 26, 2020
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.
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| Jimi Hendrix |
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Music History Today: July 8, 2020
June 8, 1978: After six months at Number 1, the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack is replaced by Gerry Rafferty's City To City.
Gerry Rafferty was an artist who really didn’t like fame all that much. In fact, he once walked out on his former band, Stealers Wheel, shortly after they topped the charts with “Stuck in the Middle with You” in 1973.
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| City To City album cover |
Friday, June 19, 2020
Music History Today: June 20, 2020
June 20, 1995: Michael Jackson's ninth album, HIStory: Past, Present, and Future, Book I, was released.
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