2002The Avalon Ballroom in Boston hosts "virtual band" Gorillaz on their first show in the USA. The band members, who appear as animated characters in music videos, play behind a giant projector screen. Their 9-date tour of North America ends on March 8 at the Palladium, Los Angeles.
1995Frank Sinatra performs in public for the last time. On the last day of the Frank Sinatra Desert Classic golf tournament in Palm Springs, Ol' Blue Eyes sings a handful of songs to a VIP invitational audience: "I've Got the World On a String," "You Make Me Feel So Young," "Fly Me to the Moon," "Where or When," "My Kind of Town," and "The Best is Yet to Come."
1992TLC release their debut album, Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip. Their first single, "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg," hits the Top 10 on both the Hot 100 and R&B charts.
1991Director Cameron Crowe brings members of the cast and crew of his movie Singlesto the Off Ramp in Seattle, where Pearl Jam, who appear in the film, are playing. Matt Dillon and Campbell Scott hang out with the band all night, but the real Seattle scene is a little too grungy for the other actors, who leave early.
1985British synthpop duo Tears For Fears release their sophomore album, Songs From The Big Chair, featuring the hits "Shout" and "Everybody Wants To Rule The World."More
1984Van Halen's "Jump" hits #1 in the US, where it stays for five weeks.
1970Ernie sings "Rubber Duckie" on Sesame Street. It goes over so well that the song is released as a single, which in September reaches #16 on the Hot 100.More
1968The Jimi Hendrix Experience play two shows at the Civic Opera House in Chicago. Between shows, Hendrix gets "casted" by the inventive groupie Cynthia Plaster Caster, who makes a mold of his love gun.More
1943George Harrison is born in Liverpool, England. He becomes lead guitarist of The Beatles, a successful solo artist, and a member of The Traveling Wilburys.
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2015Madonna falls down a set of stage stairs during her performance of "Living For Love" at the Brit Awards when the cape she is wearing doesn't release properly when pulled by a dancer. She gamely gets up and finishes the performance, later reassuring fans that she is fine, and that "love really lifted me up."
2014Kelis' Saucy and Sweet show premieres on The Cooking Channel. The singer trained part-time as a chef in the late 2000s, eventually graduating from Le Cordon Bleu culinary school.
2012Bluesman Louisiana Red (real name: Iverson Minter) dies after suffering a stroke in Hanover, Germany, at age 79. Known for his 1975 song "Sweet Blood Call."
2011Rick Coonce (drummer for The Grass Roots) dies of heart failure in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, at age 64.
2009Memphis bluesman Mark Sallings (Mark Sallings and the Famous Unknowns) dies in a car accident in Arkansas at age 56.
2008Stephen "Static Major" Garrett, who co-wrote Ginuwine's "Pony," Lil Wayne's "Lollipop" and many tracks for Aaliyah, dies at age 32 after contracting a rare autoimmune disorder.
2004Estelle Axton, co-founder of Stax Records, dies at age 85.
2003Having recently signed with Columbia Records, Switchfoot release The Beautiful Letdown, their major-label debut album.
1999Prince, who is now using an unpronounceable symbol for his moniker, sues nine websites to prevent unauthorized downloads. He takes another stand in 2007 when he sues other sites to remove images of him.
199811-year-old Zac Hanson is the youngest songwriter to ever be nominated for a Grammy when Hanson's debut hit, "MMMbop," is considered for Record of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.
1997At Clive Davis' annual pre-Grammy party, DMC of Run-DMC meets Sarah McLachlan, whose music he credits with keeping him alive as he fights off depression. Years later, after DMC learns he was adopted, he collaborates with McLachlan on the song "Just Like Me" and learns that she was also adopted.
1995Madonna's "Take A Bow" hits #1 on the Hot 100 and stays for seven weeks. The song is produced by Babyface.
1993Toy Caldwell (lead guitarist for The Marshall Tucker Band) dies of cocaine-related cardio-respiratory failure at his home in Moore, South Carolina, at age 45.
1992James Brown receives a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award.
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Soy Bomb And ODB Disrupt Grammy Awards
1998
Strange things are afoot at the Grammy Awards. A shirtless dude with "Soy Bomb" written on his chest intrudes on Bob Dylan's performance, and when Shawn Colvin wins Song Of The Year (for "Sunny Came Home"), Ol' Dirty Bastard of Wu-Tang Clanrushes the stage, commandeering the microphone and talking about how his group should have won the Best Rap Album award over Puff Daddy because "Wu-Tang is for the children."
"Soy Bomb" is a performance artist named Michael Portnoy. For a good 30 seconds, he dances wildly next to Dylan, who is completely unfazed. When security finally comes for him, Dylan simply goes on performing the song, "Love Sick."
Portnoy infiltrated the show by getting work as a "head nodder," whose job is to appear in the background during performances and act like he's having fun. These folks are often hired for awards shows since regular fans can be unpredictable.
He explains that "Soy Bomb" is a two-word poem with a deep meaning. "Soy represents dense nutritional life. Bomb is, obviously, an explosive destructive force. So, 'soy bomb' is what I think art should be: dense, transformational, explosive life."
In 2005, Eels write a song about him called "Whatever Happened to Soy Bomb."
Colvin is a big winner. She and her co-writer John Leventhal win Record of the Year for "Sunny Came Home" and accept it without incident, but when they win for Song of the Year, ODB beats them to the podium and gives a bizarre speech. "I went and bought me an outfit today that costed a lot of money, because I thought Wu-Tang was going to win," he says. "Wu-Tang is for the children. We teach the children. Puffy is good, but Wu-Tang is the best."
Colvin is confused, but accepts the award without further incident.
Other winners at the ceremony include Paula Cole for Best New Artist and Dylan for Time Out of Mind, which wins Album of the Year.
Portnoy infiltrated the show by getting work as a "head nodder," whose job is to appear in the background during performances and act like he's having fun. These folks are often hired for awards shows since regular fans can be unpredictable.
He explains that "Soy Bomb" is a two-word poem with a deep meaning. "Soy represents dense nutritional life. Bomb is, obviously, an explosive destructive force. So, 'soy bomb' is what I think art should be: dense, transformational, explosive life."
In 2005, Eels write a song about him called "Whatever Happened to Soy Bomb."
Colvin is a big winner. She and her co-writer John Leventhal win Record of the Year for "Sunny Came Home" and accept it without incident, but when they win for Song of the Year, ODB beats them to the podium and gives a bizarre speech. "I went and bought me an outfit today that costed a lot of money, because I thought Wu-Tang was going to win," he says. "Wu-Tang is for the children. We teach the children. Puffy is good, but Wu-Tang is the best."
Colvin is confused, but accepts the award without further incident.
Other winners at the ceremony include Paula Cole for Best New Artist and Dylan for Time Out of Mind, which wins Album of the Year.
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