Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin When did the UK charts have no American Acts in the Top 10 for the first time in history? Went to #1 in American with Autotune, opening floodgates of its use? Paid for a full page ad in Billboard giving middle finger to Nashville? Who had…
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Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin March 4, 1978 The #3 “Sometimes When We Touch” by Dan Hill is the only song in the Top 5 not written by a member of The Bee Gees. Andy Gibb’s “(Love Is) Thicker Than Water” is #1, with “Stayin’ Alive” at #2, “Night Fever” at…
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Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin February 26, 1966 Nancy Sinatra’s “These Boots Are Made For Walkin’” climbs to #1 in America. February 27, 1971 Janis Joplin’s album Pearl hits #1 in the US, where it stays for nine weeks. Joplin died of a heroin overdose three months before the album was…
Read MoreShare on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin February 19, 1980 AC/DC lead singer Bon Scott dies after a night of heavy drinking. The coroner’s report lists “acute alcohol poisoning” as the cause of death, classified under “death by misadventure.” Scott spends the night out in London drinking with friends at the popular club…
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Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin February 12, 1997 Snoop Doggy Dogg and Sean “Puffy” Combs hold a press conference where they call for an end to the East Coast-West Coast rap rivalry that has claimed the life of Tupac Shakur. “Kids around the world are watching,” Long Beach rapper Snoop says….
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