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1995The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opens in Cleveland, with opening ceremony performances by Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Little Richard, Al Green, The Allman Brothers Band, Booker T. & the MG's, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, The Pretenders, John Fogerty, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, George Clinton, The Kinks, John Mellencamp, Bruce Springsteen, The Animals' Eric Burdon, and Boz Scaggs.
1993Pearl Jam's "Jeremy" video wins four awards, including Video of the Year, at the MTV Video Music Awards. Pearl Jam responds by not making any more videos until 1998.More
1987Sonny Bono announces his run for mayor of Palm Springs, California, after running into zoning problems with his restaurant there. He wins and later becomes a congressman.
1957Pete Seeger plays "We Shall Overcome" at the Highlander Folk School in Tennessee as part of its 25th anniversary celebration. On hand is Martin Luther King, Jr., who gives the closing speech at the celebration. The song becomes ingrained with the civil rights movement as King and Seeger fight for equality.
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2011T.I. is arrested just days after serving an 11-month sentence at the US Penitentiary in Arkansas. Under his probation agreement, the rapper was allowed to provide his own transportation from Arkansas to a halfway house in Atlanta. However, prison officials objected to his vehicle of choice - a luxury SUV motor coach - and took him back into custody for violating his parole.
2008Rage Against The Machine bring their trademark chaos to the Republican National Convention with a near-riot, an impromptu march and a fierce concert.
2008At the GQ "Men of the Year" Awards, Lily Allen manages to drink herself into oblivion, insults her co-host Sir Elton John and ends the night by leaking news of her brother's recent engagement in London.
2007This is not "Ike Turner Day" in St. Louis, as the mayor there refuses him the honor. Turner was playing the Big Muddy Blues Festival in the city, and asked the mayor for recognition.
1998Sandra Denton (aka Pepa of Salt-N-Pepa) gives birth to a daughter named Egypt. The father is Naughty by Nature rapper Treach.
1994Hootie & the Blowfish make their first of several appearances on The Late Show with David Letterman. They were still well under-the-radar at this point but take off a few months later.
1989Thanks to a saucy Flashdance-inspired video directed by David Fincher, Paula Abdul's "Cold Hearted" goes to #1 in America.More
1989N.W.A.'s "Express Yourself" debuts at #45 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, becoming their second single to reach that chart.
1988The Human Rights Now! tour to benefit Amnesty International kicks off with a show at Wembley Stadium in London. Performers on the 20-date trek are Youssou N'Dour, Peter Gabriel, Bruce Springsteen, Tracy Chapman and Sting. It is Springsteen's last tour with the E Street band until 1999.
1982Fleetwood Mac kick off their Mirage tour in Atlanta. Their opening act is Men at Work, whose debut album Business as Usual is racing up the charts in America. Two weeks after the tour ends in October, Men At Work get their own tour as headliners.
1978Teddy Pendergrass plays a midnight "For Women Only" concert at Avery Fisher Hall in New York to promote his album Life Is A Song Worth Singing. It's ladies only in the crowd, and they are treated to white chocolate and lollipops. It proves very popular and more women-only shows are held to capitalize on Pendergrass' appeal to the opposite sex.
1978George Harrison marries Olivia Arias.
1976Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Fivebecome the first rap act to play a theater when they do their first major gig, performing at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem. They would introduce various DJ techniques along with rap interplay and choreography.
1975Soul/R&B singer Tony Thompson (lead singer for Hi-Five) is born Waco, Texas. He would be raised in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Michael Jackson And Lisa Marie Presley Go Topless
1995
Michael Jackson's "You Are Not Alone" becomes the first song to debut at #1 on the Hot 100. In the video, Jackson and his wife, Lisa Marie Presley, appear topless.
Released as a single from his widely anticipated album HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I, "You Are Not Alone" launches to the top spot, thanks to a huge promotional push that includes a rare on-screen appearance between Jackson and Lisa Marie.
Jackson and Presley were secretly married in May 1994 but didn't announce it until August. In September, they shared a long, gooey kiss at the MTV Video Music Awards, but were rarely seen together in public, as Presley didn't like the attention. She reluctantly agreed to appear in the video for "You Are Not Alone," which Jackson sprung on her when she returned from a trip to Hawaii. She can barely muster a smile in their scenes together, where she is shirtless with her back to the camera.
Presley realizes that she is being used to promote the album. "It didn't seem possible that a person would be so cynical," she later tells GQ. In January 1996, she files for divorce.
Jackson and Presley were secretly married in May 1994 but didn't announce it until August. In September, they shared a long, gooey kiss at the MTV Video Music Awards, but were rarely seen together in public, as Presley didn't like the attention. She reluctantly agreed to appear in the video for "You Are Not Alone," which Jackson sprung on her when she returned from a trip to Hawaii. She can barely muster a smile in their scenes together, where she is shirtless with her back to the camera.
Presley realizes that she is being used to promote the album. "It didn't seem possible that a person would be so cynical," she later tells GQ. In January 1996, she files for divorce.
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