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2016After a trial in which the three living members of Led Zeppelin testified, a jury rules that they are not guilty of plagiarizing the intro of "Stairway To Heaven" from the 1968 song "Taurus" by the band Spirit. In 2018, the case is sent back to trial on a technicality, but is upheld in a 2020 ruling.
1994The stage musical Copacabana (based on Barry Manilow's song) opens in London.
1984Duran Duran's "The Reflex" hits #1 in America. This version is a remix of the album cut done by Chic's Nile Rodgers.
1979The Charlie Daniels Band release "The Devil Went Down To Georgia." Daniels plays the fiddle parts for both Johnny and the Devil; he says the Devil part is "just a bunch of noise."
1962Ray Charles' landmark album Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music hits #1 in America.
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In Music History
2021Britney Spears asks a court to end her conservatorship, which is controlled by her father. "This conservatorship is doing me way more harm than good," she says. "I deserve to have a life." Despite her passionate plea, her request is denied, but she gets her wish five months later when her conservatorship is terminated.
2019Dave Bartholomew, who co-wrote many of Fats Domino's hits, dies at age 100.
2016Alanis Morissette and husband Mario "Souleye" Treadway welcome their second child, a daughter named Onyx Solace.
2015Leon Bridges releases his debut album, Coming Home, featuring the popular retro-soul singles "Coming Home" and "Smooth Sailin'."More
2013Bobby "Blue" Bland dies of an undisclosed illness at age 83.
2006Kevin Richardson of Backstreet Boys leaves the group to pursue other interests.
2004St. Andrews University in Scotland presents Bob Dylan with an honorary doctorate in Music.
2003Diana Ross pleads not guilty to drunk driving charges in Tucson after being discovered with a 0.2 BAC, claiming that the arresting officer threatened her with injury if she didn't take the breath test.
2000Michael Jackson is sued by a German promoter for $21 million after the singer cancels two once-in-a-lifetime millennial New Year's concerts.
1990Actor Gary Busey, best-known for his lead role in the controversial 1978 biopic The Buddy Holly Story, purchases one of Buddy's guitars, complete with tooled leather case made by the rocker, in auction for approximately $240,000.
1990During their headlining set at the Glastonbury Festival, The Cure pause during a performance of "Fascination Street" so a police helicopter can rescue a woman who's nearly been crushed to death by the overzealous crowd.
1984Duffy (Amie Ann Duffy) is born in Gwynedd, Wales. Her 2008 album, Rockferry, is a worldwide smash, but her 2010 follow-up, Endlessly, is a disappointment, and she retreats from the public eye.More
1980The Rolling Stones release Emotional Rescue.
1979Supertramp's LP Breakfast In America hits #1.
1977Jason Mraz is born in Mechanicsville, Virginia.
Tiffany Begins Her Mall Tour
198715-year-old Tiffany starts her Mall Tour at the Bergen Mall in Paramus, New Jersey, performing what in November will be her #1 hit, "I Think We're Alone Now."
Tiffany recorded her self-titled debut album a year earlier with her producer/manager, George Tobin. She was signed to MCA records, who released the album but didn't know how to promote it, since radio stations had little interest in unknown teenaged singers. They come up with a novel idea: a mall tour. It makes sense, since the mall is where you are likely to find 15-year-old girls, and it's where Tiffany can find an audience. "Mall Tours" have been around for a while, but they are promotional vehicles for products, with marketers setting up stations in the hubs to peddle their wares. One of these tours, "The Beautiful You: Celebrating The Good Life Shopping Mall Tour '87," is already on the road, so MCA arranges for Tiffany to join. She does three sets a day every weekend, singing over pre-recorded backing tracks for about 20 minutes, then doing interviews and greeting onlookers. Her first weekend in Paramus, she sells about 60 copies of the album and intrigues the media, which starts covering her story at every stop. She makes 10 stops on the tour before heading back to high school in Norwalk, California, for her junior year. By the last stop in Littleton, Colorado, she is a featured attraction and "I Think We're Alone Now" is starting to garner airplay. On November 7, the song hits #1 in America, and in January 1988, the album hits the top spot, making her the youngest woman (at 16) ever to top that chart. During the tour, Tobin shoots footage that is used to make the music video for "I Think We're Alone Now," which gets a lot of attention on MTV. Tiffany follows up with "Could've Been," which also climbs to #1 in February. In June, she starts a 6-week arena tour. Her opening act: New Kids on the Block.
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