Written on the spot and recorded as an afterthought near the end of a session at Gold Star Studios in Los Angeles, the song—” Tequila ” —...
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Showing posts with label This Day In History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label This Day In History. Show all posts
MARCH 16, 1970 : MOTOWN SOUL SINGER TAMMI TERRELL DIES
Over a span of just 12 months beginning in April 1967, the duo of Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell enjoyed a string of four straight hits wi...
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JANUARY 28, 1985 : AMERICAN RECORDING ARTISTS GATHER TO RECORD “WE ARE THE WORLD”
The special instruction Quincy Jones sent out to the several dozen pop stars invited to participate in the recording of “We Are the World...
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JANUARY 01, 1958 : INMATE MERLE HAGGARD HEARS JOHNNY CASH PLAY SAN QUENTIN STATE PRISON
“Folsom Prison Blues” gave Johnny Cash his first top-10 country hit in 1956, and his live concert performance at Folsom—dramatized memor...
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DECEMBER 31, 1985 : RICK NELSON DIES IN A PLANE CRASH
Former teen idol Rick Nelson dies in plane crash in De Kalb, Texas, on December 31, 1985. When the teenage Ricky Nelson launched his p...
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DECEMBER 29, 1957 : PAT BOONE EARNS SECOND #1 HIT WITH “APRIL LOVE”
In the mid 1950s, two young white men began their successful musical careers by bringing the sound of black rhythm-and-blues music to pre...
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NOVEMBER 10, 1958 : FUTURE COUNTRY LEGEND CONWAY TWITTY EARNS A #1 HIT AS A ROCK-AND-ROLL IDOL
Between 1965 and his death in 1993, the legendary Conway Twitty placed an astonishing 40 #1 hits on the country-music charts. Indeed, no ...
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December 16, 1977 : Saturday Night Fever turns Travolta into movie star
On this day in 1977, Saturday Night Fever , a movie that ignites the disco dance craze across America, along with the movie career of it...
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July 19, 2003 : Thousands of fans join the Miami funeral procession of Celia Cruz
On July 19, 2003, three days after her death from cancer at the age of 77, Latin music legend Celia Cruz has one of her final wishes gra...
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July 18, 1960 : Fifteen-year-old Brenda Lee earns a #1 hit with “I’m Sorry”
She was several inches short of five feet tall, even in socks and saddle shoes, and she weighed no more than 90 pounds, but her voice wa...
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July 17, 1967 : Jimi Hendrix drops out as opening act for The Monkees
On July 17, 1967, one of the oddest musical pairings in history comes to an end when Jimi Hendrix dropped out as the opening act for tee...
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July 12, 1979 : Disco is dealt death blow by fans of the Chicago White Sox
As the 1970s came to an end, the age of disco was also nearing its finale. But for all of its decadence and overexposure, disco didn’t quit...
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July 06, 1957 : John Lennon meets Paul McCartney for the first time
The Quarry Men The front-page headline of the Liverpool Evening Express on July 6, 1957, read “MERSEYSIDE SIZZLES,” in reference to th...
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July 02, 1977 : “Gonna Fly Now (Theme From ‘Rocky’)” is the #1 song on the U.S. pop charts
On this day in 1977, Hollywood composer Bill Conti scores a #1 pop hit with the single “ Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky) .” Bill Co...
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July 01, 1979 : The first Sony Walkman goes on sale
The transistor radio was a technological marvel that put music literally into consumers’ hands in the mid-1950s. It was cheap, it was re...
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June 30, 1975 : Cher marries Greg Allman
On June 30, 1975, less than one week after her divorce from Sonny Bono became final , Cher — America’s most famous newly single woman — ...
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June 29, 1967 : The Stones fight the law, and the law wins
On June 29, 1967, Keith Richards sat before magistrates in Chichester, West Sussex, England, facing charges that stemmed from the infam...
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June 28, 1928 : Louis Armstrong records “West End Blues”
On June 28, 1928, a 26-year-old Louis Armstrong walked into a Chicago recording studio with five fellow jazz instrumentalists and walked...
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June 27, 1968 : Elvis Presley tapes his famous TV “comeback special”
There was quite a bit more than just 12 years and a few extra pounds separating the Elvis Presley of 1968 from the Elvis that set the wo...
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June 26, 1975 : Sonny and Cher’s divorce becomes final
With a string of pop hits in the mid-1960s that began with the career-defining “I Got You Babe” (1965), Sonny and Cher Bono established t...
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