On this day in 1977, Hollywood composer Bill Conti scores a #1 pop hit with the single “ Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky) .” Bill Co...
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July 01, 1979 : The first Sony Walkman goes on sale
The transistor radio was a technological marvel that put music literally into consumers’ hands in the mid-1950s. It was cheap, it was re...
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June 30, 1975 : Cher marries Greg Allman
On June 30, 1975, less than one week after her divorce from Sonny Bono became final , Cher — America’s most famous newly single woman — ...
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Garnet Mimms Biography
Best known for his original rendition of " Cry Baby ," later a major item in Janis Joplin's repertoire, Garnet Mimms ' ...
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The Flying Burrito Brothers Biography
The Flying Burrito Brothers helped forge the connection between rock and country, and with their 1969 debut album, The Gilded Palace of...
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June 29, 1967 : The Stones fight the law, and the law wins
On June 29, 1967, Keith Richards sat before magistrates in Chichester, West Sussex, England, facing charges that stemmed from the infam...
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