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The Year: 1970
Diana Ross performs for the first time as a solo artist, starting an 11-night engagement at the Monticello in Framingham, Massachusetts, where she hones her act for her Las Vegas debut in May. She left The Supremes two months earlier.
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The Year: 1963
The Four Tops get a $400 advance to sign with Motown. They spend the rest of the year singing backup for other acts, including The Supremes.
The Year: 1987
Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys becomes the first rap album to top the US chart. It stays at #1 for seven weeks.
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The Year: 1983
Bananarama release their debut album, Deep Sea Skiving, featuring a hit cover of Steam’s “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye” and the Top 10 UK entry “Shy Boy.”
The Year: 2000
Eric Clapton is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, making him the first person inducted three times. He is also in as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream.
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The Year: 1982
Beauty and the Beat hits #1 in America, making The Go-Go’s the first all girl band with a #1 album.
The Year: 2009
Michael Jackson announces his “This Is It” series of concerts to be held at the O2 Arena in London. The shows quickly sell out, but Jackson dies before they begin.
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The Year: 1975
Rod Stewart meets the Swedish actress Britt Ekland when she comes backstage after his concert at the Los Angeles Forum, kicking off an affair that results in a famous song and a nasty lawsuit.
The Year: 1993
Melanie Chisholm, Melanie Brown and Victoria Adams are among 400 hopefuls at a London dance studio auditioning for producers who are forming a new group. They are selected, and along with Geri Halliwell and Emma Bunton, become the Spice Girls.
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The Year: 1984
The Police play the final concert of their Synchronicity tour in Melbourne, Australia. It is their last show, except for a few special events together, until 2007.
The Year: 1986
Metallica release their third album, Master Of Puppets, featuring an anthemic title track that becomes their most played live song.
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The Year: 1973
Elton John’s album “Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player” hits #1 in America, where it stays for two weeks.
The Year: 1988
U2 win their first Grammy Awards, taking Album of the Year and Best Performance by Rock Duo or Group with Vocal for The Joshua Tree.
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The Year: 1962
Jon Bon Jovi is born John Francis Bongiovi in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. As a teenager, he gets a gig cleaning up the studio his cousin Tony owns, which he uses to record demos and form the band Bon Jovi.
The Year: 1984
Justin Bieber is born in London, Ontario, Canada.
Discovered on YouTube, he moves to Atlanta and is mentored by Usher. By the time he’s 18 he has two #1 albums and a phalanx of female fans known as Beliebers.
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The Year: 1969
Jim Morrison of The Doors is arrested after a Miami concert after allegedly exposing himself to the audience.
The year: 1990
At the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, The Byrds’ David Crosby, Roger McGuinn, and Chris Hillman reunite for a tribute concert honoring the recently deceased Roy Orbison and raising money to support the homeless, a cause Orbison was passionate about.
Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, John Fogerty and Bonnie Raitt are also on the bill; the concert is later broadcast as a Showtime special.
Barry Enderwick is eating his way through history, one sandwich at a time.
Every day from his home in San Jose, California, Enderwick posts a cooking video from a recipe that time forgot.
Does Rescuing recipes from the dustbin of history lead to culinary success?
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