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2016In the day after David Bowie's passing, his music videos on VEVO are viewed 51 million times, shattering the previous record of 36 million held by Adele after she released "Hello." Most of the views are for Bowie's last two videos, "Lazarus" and "Blackstar," which portend his death.
2009Bruce Springsteen wins Best Song from a Motion Picture for "The Wrestler" at the Golden Globe Awards. Mickey Rourke wins for Best Actor in a Drama for his work on the film.
1992Paul Simon becomes the first international artist to perform in Johannesburg, South Africa, since the lifting of the UN boycott. Simon had violated the UN ban by traveling to South Africa years earlier to find musicians for his Graceland album.
1971Mary J. Blige is born in New York City. The "J." stands for Jane.
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2013Re/Create, a charity event to aid victims of 2012's Hurricane Sandy, holds a celebrity clothing auction. Among the items auctioned off are duds donated by music celebrities, including an autographed pair of Yeezy II sunglasses from Kanye West, a WeSC jacket Skrillex wore to the 2012 Grammys, a Mugler bag donated by Lady Gaga, and a Sue Wong evening gown from Kelly Osbourne.
2013Jimmy O'Neill, a DJ who hosted the TV show Shindig!, dies at age 73.
2005Jefferson Airplane drummer Spencer Dryden dies of cancer at age 66.
2003Mickey Finn, who helped supply the beat of glam rock as the drummer for T. Rex, dies at age 55.
2000After serving half of his four-month sentence for possession of child pornography, Gary Glitter is released from a British jail.
1999Peter Tork of The Monkees guest stars as a bandleader on the "Best Man" episode of The King of Queens.
1999Pop singer Miss Toni Fisher, known for the 1959 song "The Big Hurt," dies of a heart attack at age 68.
1995Sean McDonnell (lead singer, guitarist for Surgery) dies at age 30, four days after suffering a severe asthma attack.
1994Diana Ross makes Mr. Blackwell's Worst-Dressed List. Blackwell refers to her as "a Martian meter maid."
1992Nirvana make their first appearance on Saturday Night Live. They leave a mark: after performing their hit "Smells Like Teen Spirit," they play "Territorial Pissings" for their second song, then trash their instruments and anything else they can find on stage.
1971Tom Rowlands of The Chemical Brothers is born in Kingston upon Thames, England.
1967Jimi Hendrix records "Purple Haze" at De Lane Lea Studios in London.
1964Billboard publishes its first Country and Western Albums chart. Johnny Cash gets the first #1 with Ring of Fire.
1964The Whisky-a-Go-Go opens at Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, California, and quickly becomes a vital music venue. Some of the early acts to play the Whiskey include The Animals, The Doors and Otis Redding.
1963Despite warnings that a marriage would shatter his image as a teen idol, Frankie Avalon marries former beauty queen Kay Diebel. The union is successful and welcomes eight children, starting with Frankie Jr. in September.
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Queen And Iron Maiden Perform At The First Rock In Rio
1985
The festival is the first of its kind in South America. It welcomes native stars from the Brazilian music scene like Rita Lee and Gilberto Gil, along with global superstars: Ozzy Osbourne, AC/DC, Rod Stewart and James Taylor all play the 10-day event, which draws over 1.4 million fans.
Queen performs twice, with both performances broadcast live to record audiences throughout Brazil, later appearing in the US as the video Queen: Live In Rio. Frontman Freddie Mercury gets a kick out of the enthusiastic crowdgoers and conducts them during a performance of the hit "Love Of My Life."
Rock In Rio is the handywork of Brazilian entrepreneur Roberto Medina, who wanted to celebrate the nation's long-awaited escape from military dictatorship with a grand musical event at Rio de Janeiro's City of Rock, a venue built with modern light and sound systems especially for the occasion.
Rock in Rio becomes one of the largest music festivals in the world, recurring every two years in Rio de Janeiro and branching off in Lisbon, Madrid, and even Las Vegas.
The event is also a boon to McDonald's, which sells 58,000 hamburgers at the event in just one day, earning them a Guinness World Record they will hold for over two decades.
Queen performs twice, with both performances broadcast live to record audiences throughout Brazil, later appearing in the US as the video Queen: Live In Rio. Frontman Freddie Mercury gets a kick out of the enthusiastic crowdgoers and conducts them during a performance of the hit "Love Of My Life."
Rock In Rio is the handywork of Brazilian entrepreneur Roberto Medina, who wanted to celebrate the nation's long-awaited escape from military dictatorship with a grand musical event at Rio de Janeiro's City of Rock, a venue built with modern light and sound systems especially for the occasion.
Rock in Rio becomes one of the largest music festivals in the world, recurring every two years in Rio de Janeiro and branching off in Lisbon, Madrid, and even Las Vegas.
The event is also a boon to McDonald's, which sells 58,000 hamburgers at the event in just one day, earning them a Guinness World Record they will hold for over two decades.
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