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2017Lady Gaga opens the Super Bowl halftime show with a verse from "God Bless America," followed by the song Woody Guthrie wrote as a parody, "This Land Is Your Land."More
1948Actor Christopher Guest, known as Alan Barrows of the fictional folk trio The Folksmen and Nigel Tufnel of Spinal Tap, is born in New York City. The mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap tells us Tufnel was born in Squatney, London.
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In Music History
2012The Cult's "She Sells Sanctuary" is mashed with Flo Rida's "Good Feeling" for a special Budweiser commercial that airs during Super Bowl XLVI.
2012The Super Bowl XLVI halftime show becomes the most-watched television event in history, at 118 million views. Performing artists include Madonna, LMFAO, Nicki Minaj, and Cee Lo Green.
2009R&B/blues singer-songwriter Piney Brown dies at age 87.
2008Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the developer of the Transcendental Meditation technique that attracted The Beatles and The Beach Boys, among others, during the 1970s, dies in his sleep at age 90.
2007Apple Computers settles a long-standing legal battle with Apple Records, which is the label set up by The Beatles. The companies have disputed the rights of the computer maker to sell music under the Apple name.
2006A 29-year-old man is shot to death near a video shoot for rapper Busta Rhymesin the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn, New York. The man worked as a bodyguard at Kiss the Cactus Productions, where the video for Rhymes's "Touch It" was being filmed.
2000Powered by a sample of Bob Dylan's "Knockin' On Heaven's Door," "Rise," by Gabrielle goes to #1 in the UK.
1998Elton John and Stevie Wonder perform at the White House for US President Bill Clinton and British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
1998Tim Kelly (guitarist Slaughter) dies in a car accident in Arizona at age 35.
1981Joni Mitchell is inducted into Canada's Juno Hall of Fame.
1979The Pointer Sisters' "Fire" is certified Gold.
1977Mary MacGregor's "Torn Between Two Lovers" hits #1 for the first of two weeks.
1976Elvis Presley records "For the Heart," "Hurt," and "Danny Boy."
1973Elton John's "Crocodile Rock" is certified Gold.
1972Paul Simon releases "Mother and Child Reunion."
Stars Come Out To Support Obama
2008
Long before he is the Democratic presidential nominee, luminaries from across many genres of music (country - not so much) voice their enthusiastic support for Barack Obama.
This Super Tuesday sees a wave of artists as disparate as Grateful Dead, will.i.am, OK Go and members of Pearl Jam rallying behind Obama's bid for the presidency.
Obama enjoys a surge in voter turnout, and wins 13 of the 23 contests (caucuses or primaries) held that day. As the year goes on and Obama's campaign gathers momentum, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan, Jay-Z, Common, Nas, Patti Smith, Young Jeezy, Coldplay, Usher and countless others endorse or even play concerts in support of Obama, who goes on to defeat Hillary Clinton in the primary and beats John McCain in the general election to become the 44th US president.
Obama enjoys a surge in voter turnout, and wins 13 of the 23 contests (caucuses or primaries) held that day. As the year goes on and Obama's campaign gathers momentum, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan, Jay-Z, Common, Nas, Patti Smith, Young Jeezy, Coldplay, Usher and countless others endorse or even play concerts in support of Obama, who goes on to defeat Hillary Clinton in the primary and beats John McCain in the general election to become the 44th US president.
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