Today's
events - March 02
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1943 |
On this day in 1943, Lou Reed was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. With a career that spanned nearly 50 years, Reed is b...
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1955 |
1955, Elvis Presley appeared at Porky's Rooftop Club in Newport, Arkansas. Constantly on the road, performing ...
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1955 |
1955 : Bo Diddley records "Bo Diddley" and "I'm A Man"...
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1955 |
1955, Bo Diddley has his first recording session at Universal Recording Studio in Chicago, where he layed down...
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1955 |
1955 - Bo Diddley had his first recording session at Universal Recording Studio in Chicago, where he laid down...
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1960 |
1960 : Elvis Presley's Army plane refuels in Scotland - his only appearance in the UK....
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1960 |
1960, After completing his national service and flying back to America, Elvis Presley stepped on British soil ...
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1961 |
1961, The Everly Brothers had their third UK No.1 single with 'Walk Right Back' a song written by Sonny Curtis...
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1963 |
1963, The Four Seasons became the first group to have 3 consecutive No.1's in the US when 'Walk Like A man', s...
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1963 |
1963 - The Four Seasons became the first group to have three consecutive No. 1 singles in the U.S., when "Walk...
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1964 |
1964 : Shooting begins on the Beatles' first feature film, A Hard Day's Night....
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1964 |
1964: The Beatles release "Twist And Shout" on Vee Jay Records' Tollie label....
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1964 |
1964, The Beatles began filming what would become their first feature film 'A Hard Days Night' at Marylebone t...
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1964 |
1964 - The Beatles began filming what would become their first feature film A Hard Day's Night at Marylebone...
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1964 |
"Twist and Shout" by the Beatles was released in the U.S....
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1964 |
1964 : Vee-Jay Records in Chicago creates the Tollie label and releases "Twist And Shout" by The Beatles. ...
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1967 |
1967, Engelbert Humperdinck was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Release Me.' The singers first of two nu...
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1967 |
1967 : The Supremes record "Reflections" and "The Happening"...
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1967 |
9th Grammy Award Ceremony...
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1968 |
1968 : Cat Stevens begins a three-month hospital stay after being diagnosed with tuberculosis....
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1968 |
1968, Simon and Garfunkel appeared at The Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland....
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1974 |
1974, At this year's Grammys Stevie Wonder won four awards: Album of the year for 'Innervisions', Best R&B son...
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1974 |
1974, Terry Jacks started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Seasons In The Sun', also No....
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1974 |
1974 : Gladys Knight & The Pips wins Grammys for "Neither One of Us" (Best Pop Vocal Performance By A Duo, ...
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1974 |
1974 - Stevie Wonder won four Grammys: Album of the Year for Innervisions, Best R&B Song and Best Vocal for "...
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1974 |
16th Grammy Award Ceremony...
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1975 |
1975 - A policeman who stopped a Lincoln Continental for running a red light in Los Angeles was surprised to f...
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1975 |
1975, A policeman who stopped a Lincoln Continental for running a red light in Los Angeles was surprised to fi...
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1977 |
1977 : The Barry Manilow Special airs on ABC-TV....
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1977 |
1977, Gigs tonight around the UK; at The Apollo Glasgow, Scotland, Black Sabbath, AC/DC appeared at The Top Ra...
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1977 |
1977, The Jam played the first of a five-week Wednesday night run at The Red Cow, Hammersmith, London. The gro...
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1983 |
1983 : The first CD players were released in America, along with 16 albums on CD....
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1983 |
1983 : The first CD players are released in America, along with 16 albums on CD....
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1983 |
1983 - A new digital-audio format, a five-inch compact disc or "CD" containing up to one hour of music, was la...
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1983 |
1983, A new digital audio system, a five-inch compact disc containing up to 1 hour of music was launched by So...
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1984 |
1984 : This Is Spinal Tap is released in theaters, chronicling the hapless heavy metal band with exploding ...
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1984 |
1984, The wife of Mick Jagger, Jerry Hall gave birth to Elizabeth Scarlett Jagger....
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1985 |
In 1985, "Sugar Walls" reaches No. 9 on Billboard magazine's R&B Singles chart, making Sheena Easton the first...
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1985 |
1985, The Smiths were at No.1 on the UK indie charts with 'How Soon Is Now.' Soho had a No.8 UK hit with 'Hipp...
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1985 |
1985, Wham! started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Make It Big', which eventually went...
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1985 |
1985, Phil Collins started a five-week run at No.1 on the UK chart with his third solo LP 'No Jacket Required'...
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1985 |
1985 - Wham! started a three-week run at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart with Make It Big....
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1988 |
1988 : U2 win their first Grammy Awards, taking Album of the Year and Best Performance by Rock Duo or Group...
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1988 |
30th Grammy Award Ceremony...
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1989 |
1989 : Madonna's "Like A Prayer" becomes the first hit song to debut in a commercial when it is used in a 2-m...
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1991 |
1991, Madonna's 'Rescue Me', entered the US hot 100 at No.15, making her the highest- debuting female artist i...
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1991 |
1991 : Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game" peaks at #6 on the US chart. The song became a smash-hit after an instrum...
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1991 |
1991, 21 years after it's first release 'All Right Now', by Free made No.2 in the UK singles chart after being...
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1991 |
1991, Oleta Adams went to No.1 on the UK album chart with her debut LP 'Circle Of One.'...
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1991 |
1991, Mariah Carey started an 11-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with her debut 'Mariah Carey.'...
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1991 |
1991 - French singer Serge Gainsbourg — famous for his very sexy 1969 duet with Jane Birkin, "Je t'aime… M...
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1991 |
1991, French singer Serge Gainsbourg died of a heart attack. Famous for his 1969 UK No.1 duet with Jane Birkin...
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1992 |
1992, Wet Wet Wet kicked off their 'High On The Happy Side' UK tour, at the Manchester Apollo....
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1996 |
1996, Oasis scored their second UK No.1 single when 'Don't Look Back In Anger' went to No.1. From the bands 'W...
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1997 |
1997, LeAnn Rimes went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Unchained Melody, The Early Years.'...
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1997 |
1997, Mansun went to No.1 on the UK album chart with their debut album 'Attack Of The Grey Lantern.'...
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1999 |
1999, Dusty Springfield died after a long battle against cancer, aged 59. The British singer had her first UK ...
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1999 |
1999 - Dusty Springfield died after a long battle against cancer, aged 59....
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2002 |
2002, The NME published the winners from this years Carling Awards: Band of the year went to The Strokes, Albu...
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2003 |
2003, R. Kelly was at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Chocolate Factory'....
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2003 |
2003, 50 Cent started a nine week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'In Da Club.'...
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2003 |
2003, Singer, songwriter Hank Ballard died from throat cancer. Wrote and recorded 'The Twist' but it was only ...
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2003 |
2003, Norah Jones started a four week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with her debut album 'Come Away With M...
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2003 |
2003, Christina Aguilera started a two week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with Linda Perry written and p...
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2004 |
2004, Metallica kicked off the first North American leg of their 137 date Madly in Anger with the World Tour a...
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2007 |
2007, Jimi Hendrix was crowned the 'wildest guitar hero' of all-time in a poll of music fans for Classic Rock ...
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2007 |
2007, American R&B singer Kelis was arrested in Miami Beach, Florida, after the singer started screaming racia...
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2008 |
2008, Three months after its initial release, the deluxe edition of Amy Winehouse's Grammy Award-winning album...
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2008 |
2008 : Nine Inch Nails release their sixth album, an almost entirely instrumental Ghosts I-IV, as a free d...
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2008 |
2008, Canadian guitarist, singer, Jeff Healey, died of cancer. Healey lost his sight to retinoblastoma, a rare...
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2009 |
2009, DJ and Ivor Novello award winner Norman Cook checked himself into rehab to battle an alcohol addiction. ...
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2009 |
2009 - Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim, checked himself into rehab to battle an alcohol addiction....
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2009 |
2009, Liverpool University launched a Masters degree on The Beatles, popular music and society. Liverpool Hope...
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2013 |
2013, A pencil doodle by Paul McCartney when he was a teenager sold for over $5,000. The sketches were drawn b...
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2014 |
2014 : Arby's buys the hat Pharrell Williams wore to the Grammys on eBay for $44,100. The fast-food chain d...
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2014 |
2014 : 20 Feet From Stardom, a film about backup singers featuring Darlene Love and Lisa Fischer, wins the...
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