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2000Britney Spears' second album, Oops!… I Did It Again, sells 1.3 million copies in its debut week, setting a new record for highest debut by a female artist.
1980Elvis Presley's doctor, George Nichopoulous, is brought before the Memphis medical board and officially charged with 14 counts of abusing his right to prescribe medication. Though he will be acquitted in November, his case will be reopened twelve years later, when his license will be revoked.
1980Alabama releases their first RCA Nashville single, "Tennessee River," which becomes their first #1 hit on the country charts.
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In Music History
2012Chuck Brown, the "Godfather of Go-Go," dies at age 75.
2010Black Sabbath singer Ronnie James Dio succumbs to stomach cancer at age 68.
2007Parma, Italy, names streets after Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Louis Armstrongand Ella Fitzgerald.
2003Hoboken, New Jersey, names its post office after its favorite son, Frank Sinatra.
2003While undergoing dialysis, Barry Whitesuffers a stroke. Though his sister publicly claims he will soon perform again, it proves to be the end of White's public life.
2002Cher appears on the TV show Will & Grace for the second time. This episode is titled "A.I.: Artificial Insemination."
2001Brian Pendleton (rhythm guitarist for Pretty Things) dies of lung cancer at age 57.
2000With his Warner Bros. contract terminated, Prince starts using that name again. He changed it to an unpronounceable symbol in 1993 after a dispute with the label.
1998Keith Richards injures his ribs and chest when he falls from a chair at his Connecticut home, and The Rolling Stones are forced to reschedule the first four dates of their upcoming tour while he recovers.
1993R&B singer Marv Johnson, Motown's earliest performer, dies of a stroke at age 54.
1990Sammy Davis Jr. dies of complications from throat cancer at age 64.
1990Famous puppeteer Jim Henson, who was also a songwriter and musician, dies of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome at age 53.
1987David Crosby marries his longtime girlfriend Jan Dance in Los Angeles, with bandmate Stephen Stills giving away the bride and Graham Nash renewing his vows with wife Susan.
Michael Jackson Introduces The Moonwalk
1983
Michael Jackson introduces the Moonwalk for the first time on TV when he breaks out the move on the Motown 25th anniversary TV special.
Thanks to his videos for "Billie Jean" and "Beat It," Jackson has become known as much for his dancing as for his music, with a signature style incorporating toe stands, crotch grabs and funky leg kicks. At the special, he performs "Billie Jean," doing the choreography from the video as the crowd goes bananas. In the bridge, he breaks out a new move where he glides backward but looks like he is walking forward. This becomes Jackson's signature move, which he calls the Moonwalk.
Jackson didn't invent the move - Jeffrey Daniel performed it on Soul Train in 1979 and claims he was brought in to teach it to Jackson before the special. Known as the Backslide, it is known to viewers of the show and aficionados of street dance, but for everyone else, Jackson's walk on the moon is the first sighting.
This is also the first time Jackson performs "Billie Jean" live, and the first time he wears his single, sequined glove on stage.
Other highlights of the show include one of Marvin Gaye's last performances, a Supremesreunion, and Adam Ant's new wave version of "Where Did Our Love Go," where he is joined by Diana Ross.
The show was recorded March 25, 1983 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in California. Jackson's album Thriller was the #1 album at the time of filming, and is still on top when the show airs.
Jackson didn't invent the move - Jeffrey Daniel performed it on Soul Train in 1979 and claims he was brought in to teach it to Jackson before the special. Known as the Backslide, it is known to viewers of the show and aficionados of street dance, but for everyone else, Jackson's walk on the moon is the first sighting.
This is also the first time Jackson performs "Billie Jean" live, and the first time he wears his single, sequined glove on stage.
Other highlights of the show include one of Marvin Gaye's last performances, a Supremesreunion, and Adam Ant's new wave version of "Where Did Our Love Go," where he is joined by Diana Ross.
The show was recorded March 25, 1983 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in California. Jackson's album Thriller was the #1 album at the time of filming, and is still on top when the show airs.
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