1991 – Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” is released as a single, forever changing the musical meaning of the word “Alternative.” September 11 1982 John Mellencamp becomes the first male solo artist with a #1 album (American Fool) and two Top 10 singles, all at the same time (“Hurts So Good” at #8; “Jack &…
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December 12 1957 Jerry Lee Lewis – Still married to his first wife Jane Mitcham, Jerry Lee Lewis secretly married his 13-year old second cousin Myra Gale Brown. 1965 The Beatles – The Beatles sixth album Rubber Soul started a 42-week run on the UK albums chart. It was the second Beatles LP to contain only original…
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The Beatles’ released their first single record, “My Bonnie”, today in 1961. [media-credit name=”Discogs” align=”alignleft” width=”300″][/media-credit] It featured English singer Tony Sheridan. “The Saints” was on the b-side, credited to Tony Sheridan and The Beat Brothers, it made number five in the German singles chart. ‘Beatles’ resembled a vulgar slang word in German, so The Beatles‘ name was…
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In 1996, they announced that “The Beatles were now bigger than The Beatles”. They based the statement on sales in 1996, having sold 6,000,000 albums from their back catalog and a combined total of 13,000,000 copies of The Beatles Anthology 1 and The Beatles Anthology 2. The thought was the release of The Beatles Anthology…
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Happy Birthday, Eminem! US Rapper, Eminem turns 48 today. Born October 17, 1972, Marshall Bruce Mathers III had the 2000 UK No.1 single “The Real Slim Shady”. 2000 The Marshall Mathers LP was a worldwide No.1 album. Alan Jackson’s Birthday Alan Jackson, the country music singer, was born today in 1958. Jackson has recorded over a…
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