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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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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Pablo Cruise Biography
Pablo Cruise achieved some measure of success during the latter part of the '70s with their mellow, easygoing California pop. The ba...
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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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