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2003The movie Daredevil is released, featuring two songs by a new band called Evanescence: "Bring Me To Life" and "My Immortal." Both songs later appear on the group's debut album, Fallen, and become hits.
2001Prince launches the NPG Music Club, one of the first music subscription services. The club acts as a virtual hub for the Prince faithful, with a thriving community, online access to his music, VIP passes to concerts and other exclusives. It runs until 2006, when Prince shuts it down, saying it "has gone as far as it can go."
1996Prince, 37, marries the 22-year-old model/belly dancer Mayte Garcia at a ceremony in Minneapolis. White doves are released when they exchange vows - no word on if they were crying. The marriage is annulled three years later, and Garcia takes up with Tommy Lee of Mötley Crüe.
1992Lead singer Vince Neil, who had been pursuing IndyCar racing, is booted from Mötley Crüe. "Race car driving has become a priority in Neil's life," the band's management says in a statement. "His band mates felt he didn't share their determination and passion for music." Neil returns to the fold in 1997.
1991Boyz II Men release their debut album, CooleyHighharmony, with Michael Bivins of Bell Biv DeVoe as executive producer. Bivins' former group, New Edition, inspired the Boyz' name with their 1988 track "Boys To Men."
1987Bon Jovi's "Livin' On A Prayer" hits #1 in the US, where it stays for four weeks.
1981The Funky 4 + 1 become the first hip-hop group to perform on national TV when they do "That's The Joint" on Saturday Night Live. Debbie Harry of Blondie, an early proponent of rap music, is the host.
1976After singing about "The valentines I never knew" in her song "At Seventeen," Janis Ian gets hundreds of Valentine's Day cards from fans.More
1974Daryl Dragon and Toni Tennille (Captain & Tennille) are married in Virginia City, Nevada. Love keeps them together until 2014, when they divorce after nearly 40 years of marriage.
1972Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty is born to American parents in West Germany.More
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2015Lady Gaga gets engaged to actor Taylor Kinney. She confirms the news two days later by posting a photo of the heart-shaped diamond ring on Instagram with the caption, "He gave me his heart on Valentine's Day, and I said YES!"
2014With their music in legal limbo, De La Soul give away free downloads of their first six albums to anyone who signed up on their website. Their catalog isn't available digitally because of rights issues with the samples. "We're in the Library of Congress, but we're not on iTunes," group member Posdnuos says, referring to their debut album 3 Feet High And Rising.
2012Dory Previn, a singer-songwriter who wrote many songs with her second husband André Previn, dies at 86.
2010Blues musician Lil' Dave Thompson dies in a car accident at age 40.
2009Jazz drummer Louie Bellson dies at age 84 of Parkinson's disease and complications from a broken hip.
2008Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher marries Nicole Appleton of the girl group All Saints.
2006The Veronicas' debut studio album, The Secret Life of..., is released in the US.
2006English pop singer Lynden David Hall dies at age 40 of complications from a stem cell treatment he received to treat Hodgkin's lymphoma.
2006Willie Nelson issues the single "Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other."
2004After nine weeks at #1 in the US, "Hey Ya" gives way to another OutKast song, "The Way You Move," which has been #2 the previous eight weeks, a record for most weeks at #2 before claiming the top spot.
2002Sweet drummer Mick Tucker dies of leukemia at age 54.
1999Rocker Buddy Knox dies of lung cancer at age 65.
1999Elton John appears on the "I'm with Cupid" episode of The Simpsons, where he does a re-worked version of "Your Song."
1999The Deftones, on the final stop of their tour opening for Black Sabbath, find that their truck has been stolen from the parking lot of the Holiday Inn in Dearborn, Michigan. Taken are all of the band's backline equipment and instruments, including several of Chi Chings' Precision Fender Bass guitars, and Stephen Carpenter's custom-made guitars and racks.
1998Madonna performs at New York nightclub the Roxy, making her first club performance in over 10 years.
Wayne's World Brings Back "Bohemian Rhapsody"
1992Thanks to Alice Cooper's appearance in Wayne's World, we learn that "Milwaukee" is Algonquin for "the good land." We also get a fresh blast of "Bohemian Rhapsody."
When Wayne and Garth (Mike Myers and Dana Carvey) fire up the Mirth Mobile and party on to "Bohemian Rhapsody," we're reminded that the song is totally worthy. Re-released as a single, the song is welcomed back, garnering renewed airplay and making it to #2 on the Hot 100 ("Jump" by Kris Kross keeps it out of the top spot). It marks a resurgence in the music of Queen, whose frontman Freddie Mercury died in November 1991. The film also brings Alice Cooper out of the grave to perform a new song, "Feed My Frankenstein," and teach the boys a thing or two about history. Gary Wright's "Dream Weaver" and Jimi Hendrix' "Foxy Lady" also make appearances, as does "Ballroom Blitz," in a rousing rendition by Tia Carrere.
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