Iluvthe80s
5-23-02, 10:33 PM
1944 Patti LaBelle is born in Philadelphia.
1955 Country singer Rosanne Cash is born in Memphis. Her parents are Johnny Cash and his first wife, Vivian Liberto.
1956 Larry Blackmon of Cameo is born in New York.
1968 Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull are arrested on charges of marijuana possession. The same day the Stones release "Jumpin' Jack Flash," generally seen as a comeback record following the flop of Their Satanic Majesties Request. It goes to No. 3.
1979 Patrons looking to buy tickets to Genesis' benefit show at L.A.'s Roxy are surprised to find the band itself manning the box office. Proceeds from the show go to local hospitals.
1980 The awesome "Stomp!" by the Brothers Johnson peaks at No. 7 on the pop singles chart.
1982 Drummer Topper Headon leaves the Clash. Jefferson Starship, the Grateful Dead, Boz Scaggs, and Country Joe McDonald play San Francisco's Moscone Center to raise money for the Vietnam Veterans Project.
1983 Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet break up Yazoo - better known as Yaz in the U.S.
1986 Garth Brooks marries Sandy Mahl. Davy Jones, Mickey Dolenz, and Peter Tork reunite as the Monkees, kicking off their reunion tour at the Concord Hotel, in New York's Catskills Mountains.
1989 In a typically productive recording session, "Weird Al" Yankovic cuts "Generic Blues," "Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota," "Hot Rocks Polka," "Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters," and "Spam." The five tracks all appear on the soundtrack to his film UHF.
1990 Axl Rose and Erin Everly file for divorce. They were married for less than a month.
1999 An online audience watches David Bowie write and record the song "What's Really Happening" in a Webcast. The Webcast implements a 360-degree FullView camera. The song turns up on Bowie's hours... album.
1955 Country singer Rosanne Cash is born in Memphis. Her parents are Johnny Cash and his first wife, Vivian Liberto.
1956 Larry Blackmon of Cameo is born in New York.
1968 Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull are arrested on charges of marijuana possession. The same day the Stones release "Jumpin' Jack Flash," generally seen as a comeback record following the flop of Their Satanic Majesties Request. It goes to No. 3.
1979 Patrons looking to buy tickets to Genesis' benefit show at L.A.'s Roxy are surprised to find the band itself manning the box office. Proceeds from the show go to local hospitals.
1980 The awesome "Stomp!" by the Brothers Johnson peaks at No. 7 on the pop singles chart.
1982 Drummer Topper Headon leaves the Clash. Jefferson Starship, the Grateful Dead, Boz Scaggs, and Country Joe McDonald play San Francisco's Moscone Center to raise money for the Vietnam Veterans Project.
1983 Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet break up Yazoo - better known as Yaz in the U.S.
1986 Garth Brooks marries Sandy Mahl. Davy Jones, Mickey Dolenz, and Peter Tork reunite as the Monkees, kicking off their reunion tour at the Concord Hotel, in New York's Catskills Mountains.
1989 In a typically productive recording session, "Weird Al" Yankovic cuts "Generic Blues," "Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota," "Hot Rocks Polka," "Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters," and "Spam." The five tracks all appear on the soundtrack to his film UHF.
1990 Axl Rose and Erin Everly file for divorce. They were married for less than a month.
1999 An online audience watches David Bowie write and record the song "What's Really Happening" in a Webcast. The Webcast implements a 360-degree FullView camera. The song turns up on Bowie's hours... album.