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1998Fugeesmember Lauryn Hill releases her solo album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. It becomes the first hip-hop album to win the Grammy for Album of the Year.More
1994Billy Joel is officially divorced from model Christie Brinkley. Their marriage lasted nine years.
1994Jimmy Page and Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin reunite in a London studio to record the concert that would become the MTV special Unledded.
1979The Knack's "My Sharona" hits #1 in the US for the first of six weeks.
1976Boston releases their self-titled debut album.
1970The little-known, 23-year-old singer Elton John plays his first live show in the United States, co-headlining with the singer/songwriter David Ackles at The Troubadour in West Hollywood. The show gets rave reviews, giving him a huge career boost in America.More
1970Jimi Hendrix opens Electric Ladyland Studios in New York City. He dies a few months later, but the studio lives on, with many major acts recording there over the years.
1967Jimmy Page's band The Yardbirds play the Village Theatre (later the Fillmore East) in New York City, where their opening act, Jake Holmes, plays his song "Dazed And Confused." Later with Led Zeppelin, Page releases a very similar song with the same title.More25
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2009Chris Brown is sentenced to five years probation and six months hard labor for beating Rihanna when he was arrested for the assault earlier in February 2009, the night of the Grammy awards. He and Rihanna, who had been dating, were in Los Angeles for the event. Chris Brown is also ordered to stay away from her for the next five years and undergo a full year of domestic violence counseling. According to the Associated Press, the sentencing judge told Brown that he could be sent to state prison if he violated any terms of the sentence.
2007While singing his 1968 hit "Fire" on stage in Lewes, England, Arthur Brown catches on fire after wearing his customary tinfoil hat with a small fire burning in the center.
2007The Veronicas' fashion line for Target is released in Australia. "It's a bit punk princess, mixed with rock 'n' roll,'' says Lisa Origliasso.
2006Longtime Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton misses his first gig in 24 years after being diagnosed with throat cancer.
1995Dutch rock 'n roller Arnie Treffers (of Long Tall Ernie & the Shakers) dies of lung cancer in Westeremden, Groningen, Netherlands, at age 48. Had an international hit in 1977 with "Do You Remember."
1994Jimmy Buffett swims to safety after crashing his seaplane while trying to take off in Nantucket.
1992Mary J. Blige releases "Real Love," her first Top 10 hit on the Hot 100.
1989Chicago mayor Richard Michael Daley declares today "Pops Staples Day" in honor of the native musician and leader of The Staple Singers.
1987Mötley Crüe lead singer Vince Neil suffers a mustard-related injury when he angrily breaks a jar of Gulden's before a show in Rochester, New York (he wanted Frenchie's). The show is cancelled, and Neil is airlifted to Baltimore, where surgeons work to repair nerve and tendon damage in his hand.
1984Menudo, the Puerto Rican boy band with the ever-changing lineup, release their 16th studio album, Evolucion. The album introduces their new 12-year-old singer, Ricky Martin.
1979Bandleader Stan Kenton dies days after having a stroke in Los Angeles, California, at age 67. Known for hits with June Christy and a popular version of "Laura," named for the 1944 film-noir of the same name.
1977California governor Jerry Brown appoints singer and longtime environmental activist Helen Reddy to the state's Parks Commission.
1976Frankie Avalon's summer replacement variety series, Easy Does It, debuts on CBS-TV.
1973Butch Trucks, drummer for The Allman Brothers Band, crashes his car while driving in Macon, Georgia, breaking his leg in the process. This happens within sight of the spot where Duane Allman had died in a crash two years earlier.
Aaliyah Dies In Plane Crash
2001
After shooting the music video for "Rock The Boat" in The Bahamas, 22-year-old Aaliyah dies in a plane crash along with eight others when the overloaded aircraft goes down shortly after takeoff.
Aaliyah's self-titled album debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 albums chart two months earlier but sales are beginning to wane, making her record labels, Blackground and Virgin Records, anxious for a high-charting single to boost profits. With veteran hip-hop director Hype Williams at the helm, Aaliyah and her entourage head to the Bahamas to shoot a video for "Rock the Boat," a contemporary R&B groove about sexual satisfaction that is sure to rock the charts. Williams, who was keeping busy with a string of clips for the likes of TLC, R. Kelly, and Ginuwine, recalls the laidback beach sessions with fondness for the star: "Some stars have a unique way of capturing their audience without saying a word. That comes from charisma, it comes from charm. A lot of it comes from someplace else. I can't really define it, but I'm always able to recognize it. She had that 'magic,' for lack of a better word."
Despite the fun in the sun, Aaliyah is ready to go home early, a day before her flight is scheduled. The aircraft is smaller than the one she and her crew arrived in, but seems to accommodate the seven passengers, including her make-up artist and record execs, and all of their equipment. Shortly after takeoff, however, the overloaded plane crashes and explodes on the runway. An ensuing FAA investigation also finds that pilot Luis Morales III was unlicensed and under the influence of drugs and alcohol. The coroner's report attributes Aaliyah's death to "severe burns and a blow to the head."
Aaliyah was being hyped as a rising star in hip-hop-oriented R&B and pop on the strength of her R. Kelly-produced debut, Age Ain't Nothing But A Number, and her sophomore release, One In A Million, the latter pairing her with producers Missy Elliott and Timbaland. The record labels get their wish in the most tragic of ways, as the singer's untimely death does wonders for her album sales. Aaliyah propels to #1, the first time an artist posthumously topped the chart since John Lennon did in 1980 with Double Fantasy. "Rock The Boat" lands at #14 on the pop chart (#2 R&B) and is nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.
Despite the fun in the sun, Aaliyah is ready to go home early, a day before her flight is scheduled. The aircraft is smaller than the one she and her crew arrived in, but seems to accommodate the seven passengers, including her make-up artist and record execs, and all of their equipment. Shortly after takeoff, however, the overloaded plane crashes and explodes on the runway. An ensuing FAA investigation also finds that pilot Luis Morales III was unlicensed and under the influence of drugs and alcohol. The coroner's report attributes Aaliyah's death to "severe burns and a blow to the head."
Aaliyah was being hyped as a rising star in hip-hop-oriented R&B and pop on the strength of her R. Kelly-produced debut, Age Ain't Nothing But A Number, and her sophomore release, One In A Million, the latter pairing her with producers Missy Elliott and Timbaland. The record labels get their wish in the most tragic of ways, as the singer's untimely death does wonders for her album sales. Aaliyah propels to #1, the first time an artist posthumously topped the chart since John Lennon did in 1980 with Double Fantasy. "Rock The Boat" lands at #14 on the pop chart (#2 R&B) and is nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.
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