Written on the spot and recorded as an afterthought near the end of a session at Gold Star Studios in Los Angeles, the song—” Tequila ” —...
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Showing posts with label This Day In History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label This Day In History. Show all posts
MARCH 16, 1970 : MOTOWN SOUL SINGER TAMMI TERRELL DIES
Over a span of just 12 months beginning in April 1967, the duo of Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell enjoyed a string of four straight hits wi...
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JANUARY 28, 1985 : AMERICAN RECORDING ARTISTS GATHER TO RECORD “WE ARE THE WORLD”
The special instruction Quincy Jones sent out to the several dozen pop stars invited to participate in the recording of “We Are the World...
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JANUARY 01, 1958 : INMATE MERLE HAGGARD HEARS JOHNNY CASH PLAY SAN QUENTIN STATE PRISON
“Folsom Prison Blues” gave Johnny Cash his first top-10 country hit in 1956, and his live concert performance at Folsom—dramatized memor...
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DECEMBER 31, 1985 : RICK NELSON DIES IN A PLANE CRASH
Former teen idol Rick Nelson dies in plane crash in De Kalb, Texas, on December 31, 1985. When the teenage Ricky Nelson launched his p...
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DECEMBER 29, 1957 : PAT BOONE EARNS SECOND #1 HIT WITH “APRIL LOVE”
In the mid 1950s, two young white men began their successful musical careers by bringing the sound of black rhythm-and-blues music to pre...
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NOVEMBER 10, 1958 : FUTURE COUNTRY LEGEND CONWAY TWITTY EARNS A #1 HIT AS A ROCK-AND-ROLL IDOL
Between 1965 and his death in 1993, the legendary Conway Twitty placed an astonishing 40 #1 hits on the country-music charts. Indeed, no ...
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December 16, 1977 : Saturday Night Fever turns Travolta into movie star
On this day in 1977, Saturday Night Fever , a movie that ignites the disco dance craze across America, along with the movie career of it...
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July 19, 2003 : Thousands of fans join the Miami funeral procession of Celia Cruz
On July 19, 2003, three days after her death from cancer at the age of 77, Latin music legend Celia Cruz has one of her final wishes gra...
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