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2013Pearl Jam play a sold-out show at Wrigley Field in Chicago, the first American stop touring behind their 10th studio album, Lightning Bolt. Seven songs in, the show is delayed by... lightning. After midnight, the band returns to the stage and plays a rousing set, as the place is still packed.
1995Clueless debuts in theaters, reviving the teen movie genre and boosting the film career of Alicia Silverstone, who appeared in the music video for Aerosmith's "Cryin'." The accompanying soundtrack gives retro hits a modern makeover, with the pop-punk act The Muffs covering Kim Wilde's "Kids In America."More
1985Joan Jett calls up-and-coming heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson before his fight with Larry Sims, which Tyson wins handily. The superstitious Tyson insists on getting a call from Jett before every fight, which he does until breaking tradition for his bout against Buster Douglas on February 11, 1990 - Tyson's first loss.More
1966Doing it his way, the 50-year-old Frank Sinatra marries the 20-year-old actress Mia Farrow in New York, causing a predictable media event. The marriage lasts just two years.
1958The Drifters manager George Treadwell, who owns the name, fires the group and replaces them with members of The Five Crowns. When Ben E. King joins the group a short time later, The Drifters become consistent hitmakers, scoring with "There Goes My Baby," "This Magic Moment" and "Save The Last Dance For Me."
1947Queen guitarist (and astrophysicist) Brian May is born in Hampton, Middlesex, England.
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In Music History
2017Performing barefoot as usual, singer-songwriter Barbara Weldens is electrocuted on stage at Gourdon, France and dies from cardiac arrest.
2014Nine Inch Nails and Soundgarden launch a co-headlining tour at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Nevada.
2011Rebecca Black, the world's most ironic celebrity, cashes in on her worldwide viral Internet fame by launching her own record label, RB Records, and her first single on the label, "My Moment." The song fails to get the same attention as her breakout hit, "Friday."
2004James Lowe and Mark Tulin of the Electric Prunes, famous for their 1967 garage-psych hit "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night," sue their former label and publishing company for over one million dollars in unpaid royalties.
2002It's "Solomon Burke Day" in Philadelphia in honor of their native singer.
2001Soul singer Judy Clay dies at age 62 from injuries sustained in a car accident.
2001Mariah Carey makes a surprise appearance on MTV's Total Request Live where she comes off as rather unhinged, rambling aimlessly and doing a striptease for the host, Carson Daly.More
2000Shel Talmy, who produced the first Who album, My Generation, puts the master tapes up for auction on eBay for $500,000. As intended, it gets the attention of the band, who buy them (for significantly less) and in 2002 release the My Generation: Deluxe Edition CD using the tapes.
1997The Fat Of The Land by The Prodigy becomes the first album by an electronic group to hit #1 in America.
1990Singer Vicki Carr helps dedicate the Nixon Presidential Library, singing in front of all four living presidents (Nixon, Carter, Reagan, and George H.W. Bush), all of which she had performed for at the White House during their terms.
1989After finding over $40,000 in cash and checks in his cell at the Stevenson Correctional Institute in South Carolina, officials move James Brown to a cell with tighter security.
1985The Legend of Billie Jean, starring Helen Slater and Christian Slater as teens who become accidental outlaws, debuts in theaters, boasting the hit theme song "Invincible" by Pat Benatar. The teen flick receives mixed reviews but goes on to become a cult classic, despite Benatar calling it "one of the worst movies ever made."MoreGenesis Has Only #1 With "Invisible Touch"
1986
Genesis have their first (and only) #1 Hot 100 hit as "Invisible Touch" tops the chart.
Several bands have had #1 hits and then seen one or more individual members top the chart as solo artists, but this is the first time an artist has reached the summit solo, and then with a band. Phil Collins became one of the biggest hitmakers of the decade when he launched a solo career in the '80s, but he didn't leave his band behind. After three huge albums and four #1 hits, he picks up with Genesis for the Invisible Touch album, which is radio catnip - a far cry from the prog-rock Genesis of yore.
The title track has lyrics written by Collins and influenced by the Sheila E. hit "The Glamorous Life," a Prince composition about a girl with expensive tastes. In the Genesis song, the girl has a bewildering power over the singer, who knows she's bad news but can't resist.
The next week, "Invisible Touch" is replaced at the top by "Sledgehammer," the first chart-topper from Peter Gabriel, the original lead singer in Genesis.
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