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2012Fall Out Boy lead singer Patrick Stump makes a blog post titled "We Liked You Better Fat: Confessions of a Pariah" where he writes about hitting a low point with a failed solo album and taunts from audience members. The post prompts FOB bass player Pete Wentz to contact Stump, and they get the band back together, staging a triumphant comeback with their 2013 album Save Rock and Roll and the hit "My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)."More
2009Flo Rida's "Right Round" hits #1 on the Hot 100 for the first of six weeks. An unknown singer named Kesha Sebert provides the hook. She soon becomes a star under the moniker Ke$ha, with the $ in her name included for ironic purposes as she claims money isn't very important to her (which explains why she isn't too upset about getting paid very little for her contribution to this song).
1998Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On," from the movie Titanic, goes to #1 in the US. The film has been #1 at the box office since December 21, 1997, and the soundtrack has been #1 since January 24, 1998.More
1968Frankie Lymon dies of a heroin overdose at age 25.
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In Music History
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2012The Malaysian Government cancels a concert by Erykah Badu scheduled for the following day due to her tattoos, including one with the word "Allah" in Arabic.
2008Mike Smith (lead vocalist, keyboardist for The Dave Clark Five) dies of pneumonia at age 64.
2004Gigli sweeps the 24th Golden Raspberry Awards with nine nominations and six wins, including Worst Actress for star Jennifer Lopez and Worst Actor for Ben Affleck (whose award also includes his roles in Daredevil and Paycheck). Despite having a highly publicized off-screen romance, the pair also lands Worst Screen Couple.
1998Garth Brooks hosts Saturday Night Live. As the musical guest, he performs his hit "Two Piña Coladas."
1996Alison Krauss and Shenandoah's "Somewhere In The Vicinity Of The Heart" wins the Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration With Vocals. The single, a #7 hit, was Krauss's first Top 10 entry on the country chart.
1995Billie Joe Armstrong (of Green Day) and wife Adrienne welcome their first child, son Joseph "Joey" Marciano Armstrong, named for Ramones singer Joey Ramone.
1991"Curtis Mayfield Day" is declared in Los Angeles.
1989The sitcom Coach debuts on ABC, starring Craig T. Nelson as a college football coach and Shelley Fabares as his longtime girlfriend. Fabares became famous in the '50s and '60s, starring in The Donna Reed Show - on which she debuted the hit "Johnny Angel" - and appearing in three films with Elvis Presley.
1985Uriah Heep lead singer David Byron dies at his Berkshire home from liver disease and seizures caused by excessive consumption of alcohol. He is just 38 years old.
1985Bruce Springsteen wins for Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Songwriter of the Year and pretty much any award he was eligible for in the Rolling Stone reader's poll.
1984Alabama wins a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for "The Closer You Get."
1981Eddie Rabbitt's country crossover "I Love A Rainy Night" makes #1 on the US Hot 100.
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Gaga Sings For Survivors But Loses To Sam Smith
2016
At the Oscars, Lady Gaga is introduced by Vice President Joe Biden and performs "Til It Happens To You" joined by a group of sexual assault survivors. A few minutes later, it loses the Best Song award to Sam Smith's "Writing's On The Wall."
Smith's win is somewhat anti-climatic following Gaga's performance and the importance of her song's subject matter. Lady Gaga wrote the song with Diane Warren for the film The Hunting Ground, a documentary about rapes on college campuses. After the song was released (but apparently not with enough time to reach Oscar voters), Gaga spoke out about the time she was raped when she was 19; she kept quiet about it for seven years and channeled her experience into the song.
When Smith is announced as the winner, the crowd is hushed, as they have been primed for a Gaga victory. Smith, whose song appeared in the James Bond film Spectre, delivered an off-pitch performance earlier in the ceremony that he later says was "the worst moment of my life." Accepting the award, he dedicates the win to the LGBT community all around the world, and says, "I read an article a few months ago by Sir Ian McKellen, and he said that no openly gay man had ever won an Oscar."
In fact, many openly gay men had won Oscars (McKellen was referring to the Best Actor category), including Elton John, Stephen Sondheim and director Pedro Almodóvar.
When Smith is announced as the winner, the crowd is hushed, as they have been primed for a Gaga victory. Smith, whose song appeared in the James Bond film Spectre, delivered an off-pitch performance earlier in the ceremony that he later says was "the worst moment of my life." Accepting the award, he dedicates the win to the LGBT community all around the world, and says, "I read an article a few months ago by Sir Ian McKellen, and he said that no openly gay man had ever won an Oscar."
In fact, many openly gay men had won Oscars (McKellen was referring to the Best Actor category), including Elton John, Stephen Sondheim and director Pedro Almodóvar.
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