Iluvthe80s
6-09-02, 09:59 PM
1966 The Monkees go into a recording studio for the first time, to cut "Let's Dance On."
1967 Human Breathbox (Darren Robinson) of the Fat Boys is born on this date.
1977 Punk rock palaver as Joe Strummer and Topper Headon of the Clash are arrested in London. Their crime? They wrote the band's name on a wall.
1978 The Rolling Stones open a tour in Lakewood, Fla. Bill Wyman falls off stage.
1981 Steve Howe, Geoff Downes, John Wetton, and Carl Palmer form Asia.
1986 For his part in dreaming up Live Aid, Boomtown Rat Bob Geldof is awarded an honorary knighthood by the queen of England.
1989 Wind Beneath My Wings by Bette Midler is #1 on the US pop singles chart.
1990 Days after a federal judge declared 2 Live Crew's As Nasty as They Wanna Be obscene, two members of the Crew are arrested for performing songs from the album at a club gig.
1992 Rod Stewart breathes a sigh of relief as a judge throws out a palimony suit brought against him by model Kelly Emberg. She bore his child during a five-year relationship that ended in 1990.
1967 Human Breathbox (Darren Robinson) of the Fat Boys is born on this date.
1977 Punk rock palaver as Joe Strummer and Topper Headon of the Clash are arrested in London. Their crime? They wrote the band's name on a wall.
1978 The Rolling Stones open a tour in Lakewood, Fla. Bill Wyman falls off stage.
1981 Steve Howe, Geoff Downes, John Wetton, and Carl Palmer form Asia.
1986 For his part in dreaming up Live Aid, Boomtown Rat Bob Geldof is awarded an honorary knighthood by the queen of England.
1989 Wind Beneath My Wings by Bette Midler is #1 on the US pop singles chart.
1990 Days after a federal judge declared 2 Live Crew's As Nasty as They Wanna Be obscene, two members of the Crew are arrested for performing songs from the album at a club gig.
1992 Rod Stewart breathes a sigh of relief as a judge throws out a palimony suit brought against him by model Kelly Emberg. She bore his child during a five-year relationship that ended in 1990.