2004: Bruce Springsteen’s legal team shut down an auction for Springsteen’s birth certificate on eBay. 1991: Founder & lead singer for The Byrds Gene Clark died of a heart attack at 46 years old at his home in Sherman Oaks, CA. 1986: Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band peaked at number three [...]
2002: Madonna made her West End debut in the play Up for Grabs at Wyndham’s Theatre in London. 1997: The Rumours-era lineup of Fleetwood Mac performed their first concert together in nine years at Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, CA. The concert was filmed for an MTV special & recorded for a live album. [...]
1982: Rick Springfield peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “Don’t Talk to Strangers”, Springfield’s third top ten single in the U.S. 1982: Tommy Tutone peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “867-5309/Jenny” which was their only top ten single in the U.S. [...]
2003: Ike Turner was barred from entering Japan because of a 1990 cocaine conviction. 1990: Record executive Morris Levy, the executive that sued John Lennon because he thought “Come Together” sounded too much like the Chuck Berry song “You Can’t Catch Me” (that Levy owned the publishing rights to) died. He was 62 years [...]
2012: The Bee Gees’ Robin Gibb died of liver and kidney failure in London. He was 62 years old. 2005: The Beach Boys Historic Landmark was commemorated at the childhood home of Brian, Carl & Dennis Wilson at 3701 W. 119th Street in Hawthorne, CA. 2003: James Brown was granted a pardon in [...]
2009: Billy Joel’s former drummer of 30 years Liberty DeVitto filed a lawsuit against Billy Joel & Sony Music claiming he was owed 10 years of royalties. The lawsuit would be resolved the following April. 1990: Madonna reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart for the eighth time with “Vogue” which [...]
2000: Madonna’s then-boyfriend Guy Ritchie was arrested for attacking a 20-year-old man outside of a home they shared in London causing bodily harm after the couple returned home from a night out. 1987: The Jehovah’s Witness headquarters in Brooklyn, NY issued a statement that said they “no longer consider Michael Jackson to be one [...]
2012: Donna Summer died of lung cancer not related to smoking at her home in Naples, FL. She was 63 years old. 1993: Barry Manilow made a guest appearance on the season finale of Murphy Brown where he appeared as himself. 1986: Whitney Houston reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles [...]
2000: Prince ceased using the Love Symbol moniker and returned to using “Prince” again after his contract with Warner/Chappell Music expired. 1999: Diana Ross and Brandy starred in the made-for-TV movie Double Platinum which premiered on ABC. 1987: Bryan Adams peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “Heat [...]
1982: Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with their duet “Ebony and Ivory” which spent seven weeks on top of the chart. 1976: The Sylvers reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart for the first and only time with “Boogie Fever” which [...]