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2006My Chemical Romance release their wildly popular third album, The Black Parade, which was recorded during the band's stay at the notoriously haunted Paramour Mansion in Los Angeles.More
1995Former Selena fan club president Yolanda Saldivar is convicted of murdering the Tejano star outside a Texas motel on March 31, 1995. The jury deliberates only 2 1/2 hours before handing down their guilty verdict.
1976Led Zeppelin, who avoid TV appearances because of sound problems, appear on American television for the first time when they play Don Kirshner's Rock Concert.
1961Dion's "Runaround Sue" hits #1 for the first of two weeks. Dion pulled the name Sue out of thin air, but when he later marries a woman named Sue, she tells everyone the song is about her - even though she knows it isn't.
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In Music History
2016Dead Or Alive lead singer Pete Burns dies of a heart attack at age 57. Known for the 1985 hit "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)," Burns estimated that he had 300 plastic surgeries in his lifetime.
2014English rocker Alvin Stardust dies at age 72 after a battle with prostate cancer.
2014Jeanne Black, known for the 1960 hit "He'll Have To Stay," dies two days before her 77th birthday.
2010Buffalo Springfield reunite after a 43-year stage absence for Neil Young's annual Bridge School benefit concert at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California. Other acts on the roster include Jackson Browne, Elton John, Lucinda Williams, Kris Kristofferson (subbing for an ailing Merle Haggard), and Bridge veterans Pearl Jam.
2005Rapper Cam'ron is shot during an early morning carjacking attempt in Washington, D.C. Two men pull alongside Cam'ron's 2006 Lamborghini and open fire while the artist is stopped at a traffic light at New York and New Jersey avenues. He is hit by one bullet, which travels through one of his arms and into the other. He drives himself to Howard University Hospital for treatment.
2003Mexican rap-rock band Molotov tops the second annual MTV Video Music Awards Latin America with four wins, including Video of the Year and Best Group.
2002Johnnie Johnson, who is the "Johnny" in "Johnny B. Goode" and Chuck Berry's longtime pianist, loses his lawsuit against Berry in which he claims he co-wrote many of the rock pioneer's hits.
2002Lyricist Adolph Green dies in New York City age 87.
2001R.E.M. plays a surprise show at Seattle's Crocodile Cafe, which guitarist Peter Buck co-owns with his wife, Stephanie Dorgan.
2001Bush release Golden State, a commercially disappointing album. The group goes on hiatus in 2002, returning with the album The Sea of Memories in 2011.
2000Heather Kinley of The Kinleys hosts the K-9 Classic Charity Golf Tournament at the Hermitage Golf Course in Old Hickory, Tennessee, outside Nashville. The event benefits ACT Now (Animal Care Taskforce of Nashville, Inc.) and their programs.
1998Eddie Nichols (of Royal Crown Revue) is arrested in Toledo, Ohio, for allegedly punching a sheriff in a diner. Nichols is charged with a felony and held without bail over a weekend.
"Weird Al" Yankovic Is Born
1959
"Weird Al" Yankovic is born Alfred Matthew Yankovic in Downey, California, and raised in Lynwood.
Young Alfred seals his fate when, just before his seventh birthday, the budding musician chooses the accordion over the guitar. He learns to play classical and polka music through formal training but teaches himself how to recreate his favorite pop tunes by ear, which comes in handy when he starts skewering the genre's biggest hits.
He's one of a few artists to land a Top 40 hit on the Hot 100 each decade since the '80s, with comedic jabs at Michael Jackson (1984: "Eat It," #12), Nirvana (1992: "Smells Like Nirvana," #35), Chamillionaire (2006: "White And Nerdy," #9), and Robin Thicke (2014: "Word Crimes," #39).
Aside from Coolio, who takes offense to Al's Amish treatment of "Gangsta's Paradise," most artists are cool with his good-natured parodies. Greg Kihn took Al's interest in his 1983 hit "Jeopardy," lampooned as "I Lost On Jeopardy," as a vote of confidence. He explained: "If you're not well-enough known to be parodied, well, you're just not well-enough known."
He's one of a few artists to land a Top 40 hit on the Hot 100 each decade since the '80s, with comedic jabs at Michael Jackson (1984: "Eat It," #12), Nirvana (1992: "Smells Like Nirvana," #35), Chamillionaire (2006: "White And Nerdy," #9), and Robin Thicke (2014: "Word Crimes," #39).
Aside from Coolio, who takes offense to Al's Amish treatment of "Gangsta's Paradise," most artists are cool with his good-natured parodies. Greg Kihn took Al's interest in his 1983 hit "Jeopardy," lampooned as "I Lost On Jeopardy," as a vote of confidence. He explained: "If you're not well-enough known to be parodied, well, you're just not well-enough known."
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