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2012Electro-dubstep musician Skrillex, in a sign of the times, hits #1 on a chart for the first time. The chart is the Billboard Social 50, which measures digital audiences on websites such as YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter. The video for Skrillex's song "Goin' In" gets 11.8 million views on social media. Everybody heaves a sigh of relief, because this means that the 21st century is finally getting underway.
1986Santana celebrate their 20th anniversary with a massive group reunion, as all 17 current and former members play a concert in San Francisco.
1974Joey Ramone becomes the new lead singer for The Ramones.
1940The industry publication Billboardcombines their sales charts for the first time, including all major labels. The first #1 is Tommy Dorsey's "I'll Never Smile Again," with vocals by Frank Sinatra.
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In Music History
2016Weed-loving rappers Wiz Khalifaand Snoop Dogg begin their "High Road" tour with a show in West Palm Beach, Florida. Says Khalifa, "It's a joint performance."
1996De La Soul's Stakes Is Highdebuts at #13 on the Billboard200 chart, and #4 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
1987Paul McCartney records "Kansas City," "Twenty Flight Rock," "Lawdy Miss Clawdy," "I'm In Love Again," "Bring It On Home To Me," "Lucille," "I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday," "That's Alright Mama," "Summertime," "Just Because," and "Midnight Special."
1986Sid and Nancy, the biopic about The Sex Pistols' Sid Vicious, premieres. Gary Oldman stars as Vicious.
1984The NeverEnding Story debuts in US theaters, featuring a theme song by former Kajagoogoo lead singer Limahl.
1983The British security services foil a terrorist plot by the Irish Republican Army to detonate a bomb at a Duran Duran concert in London's Dominion Theatre. Their intended targets are Prince Charles and Princess Diana, but bomber Sean O'Callaghan informs the Police instead of going through with the plan.
1983Diana, Princess of Wales meets Duran Duran for the first time at a charity event in London for the Princes Trust. She has been widely quoted in the tabloid press as saying they are her favorite band.
1978Elliott Yamin is born Efraym Elliott Yamin in Los Angeles, California.
1976Wolfmother lead singer Andrew Stockdale is born in Brisbane, Australia.
1975Steven Van Zandt makes his first appearance in concert with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.
1972Vitamin C is born Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick in Old Bridge Township, New Jersey.
1970The Carpenters appear as guest bachelor and bachelorette on ABC's Dating Game TV show.
1969R&B singer Roy Hamilton, who sang a popular cover of "Unchained Melody" in 1955, dies shortly after suffering a stroke at age 40.
1968Hugh Masekela's "Grazing In The Grass" hits #1.
Man Walks On The Moon, Bowie Soundtracks It
1969
When the Apollo 11 spacecraft lands on the moon and Neil Armstrong takes his one giant leap for mankind, it reverberates through the world of music.
In the UK, David Bowie's "Space Oddity" is used to soundtrack the coverage - Bowie is grateful for the publicity, even though the song was inspired by the film 2001: A Space Odyssey and describes an astronaut (Major Tom) cutting himself loose and drifting into space.
In the US, the #1 song is "In the Year 2525" by Zager & Evans, which describes humankind as becoming more detached with each passing millennium:
God is gonna shake his mighty head then
He'll either say I'm pleased where man has been
Or tear it down and start again
In the year 9595
In the US, the #1 song is "In the Year 2525" by Zager & Evans, which describes humankind as becoming more detached with each passing millennium:
God is gonna shake his mighty head then
He'll either say I'm pleased where man has been
Or tear it down and start again
In the year 9595
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