more brave than me
more blond than you
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May 6, 1995: "I Believe" by Blessid Union Of Souls peaked at Number 8 in the US.
Blessid Union Of Souls' frontman Eliot Sloan wrote "I Believe" after his girlfriend's father coerced her into breaking up with him by threatening to cut off her college tuition.
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Dead or Alive had been going with various lineups since 1980, based around the commanding baritone and peacock glamour of front-man Pete Burns.
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May 25,1963: "Surfin' USA" by The Beach Boys made it to Number 3 on the US music hits chart.
The 1963 hit single "Surfin' USA listed Beach Boy Brian Wilson as the sole composer of the track, but the melody was a complete replication of Chuck Berry’s “Sweet Little Sixteen.”
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April 10, 1970: The Progressive Rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer was formed.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer were progressive rock's first supergroup. Keyboardist Keith Emerson planted the seeds of the group in late 1969 when his band the Nice shared a bill at the Fillmore West with King Crimson, and the two first spoke of the possibility of working together.
Emerson, Lake and Palmer
October 7, 1995: Alanis Morissette became the first Canadian female artist to top the Billboard album chart when "Jagged Little Pillreached Number 1.
The song "Ironic" was published in 1995 and was the third track released from Jagged Little Pill, the award winning album by Alanis Morissette that was released in the same year.
The legend of the Kingsmen’s “Louie Louie” has been told almost as many times as the song itself has been covered.
In 1982, Michael Jackson wasn’t yet Michael Jackson, megastar. Before Thriller, the then–24-year-old had released five solo albums but was still defining his own sound separate from the success of the Jackson 5.
