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Celebrities at the event included Kate Smith, Jackie Gleason, The Lettermen and Anita Bryant.ġ968 Blur frontman Damon Albarn is born in England.ġ965 Marti Pellow (lead singer of Wet Wet Wet) is born Mark McLachlan in Clydebank, Scotland.īilly Joel marries the " Uptown Girl" Christie Brinkley. They get about $100,000 for their first album.ġ980 Reggae musician Jacob Miller (of Inner Circle) dies in a car accident in Jamaica at age 27.ġ978 A&M Records sign a new, young band called The Police.ġ972 The film version of George Harrison's Concert For Bangladesh is released in America, helping raise additional money for aid that goes to UNICEF.ġ969 Countering the counter-culture, about 30,000 people attend the "Rally For Decency" in Miami after Jim Morrison was charged with indecent exposure in the city. Moreġ980 U2 sign a worldwide deal with Island Records. Thanks to videos for " Gimme All Your Lovin'," " Sharp Dressed Man" and " Legs" featuring the car and various babes, they become unlikely MTV stars, earning a new generation of fans. It takes in $80 million, making it the top-grossing tour of 2000.ġ993 Depeche Mode release Songs of Faith and Devotion in America, where it goes to #1 despite charting no singles higher than "I Feel You," which tops out at #37.ġ992 Billy Ray Cyrus releases " Achy Breaky Heart." It becomes his signature song and starts a line-dancing craze throughout the US.ġ988 Mick Jagger performs his first solo gig in Japan, 15 years after having been barred from entering the country due to prior drug convictions.ġ987 Whitesnake releases " Is This Love" in the UK.ġ983 ZZ Top release their album Eliminator, which features Billy Gibbons' custom hot rod on the cover. He looks sharp, but we can't tell if there's a black tie under that beard.Ģ000 60-year-old Tina Turner launches her Twenty Four Seven tour at the Target Center in Minneapolis. more featured eventsĢ008 The Jonas Brothers sing the national anthem at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House.Ģ002 In Houston, Texas, Dusty Hill of ZZ Top marries Charleen McCrory. Considered just an album cut at first, in August the song is released as a single, and it transforms Darin's career, going to #1 for nine weeks and making him one of the most popular entertainers in America. Among the tracks is " Mack The Knife," a song about a cold-blooded murderer popularized in the play The Threepenny Opera. The duo were each dealing with girl problems when they wrote the song together.ġ959 Bobby Darin's first full-length album, That's All, is released. Later that year, a version by Tavares hits #50, and in 1976, the original goes to #7 when it is re-released. He had plenty of time to work up material: Fogerty took 10 years off because of a dispute with his former record label.ġ974 Hall & Oates' " She's Gone" peaks at #60 on the Hot 100. Moreġ985 John Fogerty's comeback album Centerfield hits #1 in America.
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Named for Roy Orbison's classic tune, it also boasts an impressive soundtrack, including the #1 hit " It Must Have Been Love" by Roxette. Eminem doesn't bother to attend the ceremony, thinking he has no chance of winning, so his friend and producer Luis Resto accepts the honor in his absence.ġ990 The romantic comedy Pretty Woman, starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts, debuts in US theaters. The film earns a total of six nominations, including one for Mariah's cleavage as Worst Couple.Ģ002 At the 75th Academy Awards, Eminem becomes the first rapper to take home an Oscar when " Lose Yourself," from his semi-biographical film 8 Mile, wins Best Original Song. MoreĢ002 At the 22nd Golden Raspberry Awards, Mariah Carey takes home her first Razzie as Worst Actress for her starring role in Glitter. 2004 With Confessions, Usher becomes the first R&B artist to have an album sell 1.1 million copies in its first week.Ģ002 The O Brother Where Art Thou? soundtrack, featuring a popular revival of the mountain ballad " Man of Constant Sorrow," takes bluegrass to #1 in America.