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2004With Confessions, Usher becomes the first R&B artist to have an album sell 1.1 million copies in its first week.
2002The O Brother Where Art Thou? soundtrack, featuring a popular revival of the mountain ballad "Man of Constant Sorrow," takes bluegrass to #1 in America.More
2002At the 22nd Golden Raspberry Awards, Mariah Carey takes home her first Razzie as Worst Actress for her starring role in Glitter. The film earns a total of six nominations, including one for Mariah's cleavage as Worst Couple.
2002At the 75th Academy Awards, Eminem becomes the first rapper to take home an Oscar when "Lose Yourself," from his semi-biographical film 8 Mile, wins Best Original Song. Eminem doesn't bother to attend the ceremony, thinking he has no chance of winning, so his friend and producer Luis Resto accepts the honor in his absence.
1990The romantic comedy Pretty Woman, starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts, debuts in US theaters. Named for Roy Orbison's classic tune, it also boasts an impressive soundtrack, including the #1 hit "It Must Have Been Love" by Roxette.More
1985John Fogerty's comeback album Centerfield hits #1 in America. He had plenty of time to work up material: Fogerty took 10 years off because of a dispute with his former record label.
1974Hall & Oates' "She's Gone" peaks at #60 on the Hot 100. Later that year, a version by Tavares hits #50, and in 1976, the original goes to #7 when it is re-released. The duo were each dealing with girl problems when they wrote the song together.
1959Bobby Darin's first full-length album, That's All, is released. Among the tracks is "Mack The Knife," a song about a cold-blooded murderer popularized in the play The Threepenny Opera. Considered just an album cut at first, in August the song is released as a single, and it transforms Darin's career, going to #1 for nine weeks and making him one of the most popular entertainers in America.
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2008The Jonas Brothers sing the national anthem at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House.
2002In Houston, Texas, Dusty Hill of ZZ Top marries Charleen McCrory. He looks sharp, but we can't tell if there's a black tie under that beard.
1993Depeche Mode release Songs of Faith and Devotion in America, where it goes to #1 despite charting no singles higher than "I Feel You," which tops out at #37.
1992Billy Ray Cyrus releases "Achy Breaky Heart." It becomes his signature song and starts a line-dancing craze throughout the US.
1988Mick Jagger performs his first solo gig in Japan, 15 years after having been barred from entering the country due to prior drug convictions.
1987Whitesnake releases "Is This Love" in the UK.
1983ZZ Top release their album Eliminator, which features Billy Gibbons' custom hot rod on the cover. Thanks to videos for "Gimme All Your Lovin'," "Sharp Dressed Man" and "Legs" featuring the car and various babes, they become unlikely MTV stars, earning a new generation of fans.More
1980U2 sign a worldwide deal with Island Records. They get about $100,000 for their first album.
1980Reggae musician Jacob Miller (of Inner Circle) dies in a car accident in Jamaica at age 27.
1978A&M Records sign a new, young band called The Police.
1969Countering the counter-culture, about 30,000 people attend the "Rally For Decency" in Miami after Jim Morrison was charged with indecent exposure in the city. Celebrities at the event included Kate Smith, Jackie Gleason, The Lettermen and Anita Bryant.
1968Blur frontman Damon Albarn is born in England.
1965Marti Pellow (lead singer of Wet Wet Wet) is born Mark McLachlan in Clydebank, Scotland.
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Billy Joel Marries His Uptown Girl
1985
Billy Joel marries the "Uptown Girl" Christie Brinkley. They remain married for nine years.
Two years after Brinkley teaches dance steps to a begrudging Joel on the set of his "Uptown Girl" music video, which cast him as a mechanic opposite Brinkley as the title character, the singer and the supermodel tie the knot aboard a yacht in New York Harbor. It's the second marriage for both: Joel was previously wed to Elizabeth Weber Small from 1973 to 1982, while Brinkley was married to French artist Jean-François Allaux from 1973 to 1981.
Brinkley, who stole Joel's heart from his other supermodel girlfriend Elle Macpherson, will appear in several more of her husband's videos, including "Keeping The Faith," "All About Soul," "The River Of Dreams," "A Matter Of Trust," and "Leningrad." She'll also inspire tunes like "Christie Lee" and "All About Soul," and will even paint the cover art for Joel's River Of Dreams album. Their most important collaboration, however, arrives on December 29, 1989: baby daughter, Alex Ray.
After nine years, Joel's constant touring (along with a rumor that he was unfaithful) strains the marriage and leads to an amicable split. They announce in a joint statement: "We have been there to support each other during critical times and expect to be there for each other in the future."
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