Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin December 11, 1968 The Rolling Stones record their Rolling Stones’ Rock-and-roll Circus TV special – and then bury it for nearly 30 years. December 12, 1998 Luciano Pavarotti becomes the first classical musician to perform on Saturday Night Live when he sings ‘’Adeste Fideles’’ with Vanessa…
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Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin November 26, 2016 Joe Corré, the son of The Sex Pistols’ manager Malcolm McLaren, sets fire to punk memorabilia from a boat on the River Thames to protest the mainstream appropriation of the genre. November 27, 1969 The Rolling Stones record Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! at…
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November 5, 1988 The Beach Boys, who haven’t had a #1 hit since “Good Vibrations” in 1966, top the charts with the Brian Wilson-less “Kokomo,” used in the movie Cocktail. It’s the longest gap between #1 hits for any artist. November 6, 1990 Madonna releases “Justify My Love,” which stirs controversy when MTV bans the…
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October 30, 2016 With the Cubs in the World Series for the first time since 1945 (they haven’t won since 1908), longtime fan Eddie Vedder leads the crowd in “Take Me Out To The Ballgame” during the seventh-inning stretch. October 31, 1962 The “Monster Mash” rules the airwaves, becoming the most popular Halloween song of…
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October 23, 1979 “Weird Al” Yankovic is born Alfred Matthew Yankovic in Downey, California, and raised in Lynwood. October 24, 1962 In the thick of the Cuban Missile Crisis, James Brown records his electrifying stage show for the album Live at the Apollo. October 25, 1993 Time magazine puts Eddie Vedder on the cover with…
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