Iluvthe80s
6-12-02, 10:53 PM
1957 Nena's drummer, Rolf Brendel, is born today.
1958 Frank Zappa graduates from high school.
1970 Christine Perfect says she will retire from music following the release of her self-titled solo album. However, she later follows her husband, John McVie, into the ranks of Fleetwood Mac, penning plenty of future hits.
1980 Roadie opens across America. Appearing in the film are Meat Loaf, Blondie, Pat Benatar, Cheap Trick, Alice Cooper, and Styx. Roy Orbison and Jerry Lee Lewis also appear. Before a Philadelphia Phillies game today, Benatar performs a short set and dances with the team mascot, the Phillie Phanatic.
1982 Pink Floyd begin sessions for The Final Cut.
1983 Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble release their debut album, Texas Flood. By the end of the year, Vaughan wins Guitar Player magazine's awards for Best New Talent, Best Electric Blues Guitar Player, and Best Guitar Album - the first person to win all three awards since Jeff Beck in 1976.
1984 The Jacksons release "State of Shock" with Mick Jagger. It went to No. 3.
1986 The King of Swing dies, Benny Goodman succumbs to a heart attack at age 77. Wal-Mart continues to clean up its stores, having already removed records containing obscenities. This time the targets are rock magazines, including Rolling Stone and Tiger Beat.
1987 Atlantic Starr's single "Always" is #1 on the US Pop Singles Chart.
1987 Motley Crue's album "Girls, Girls, Girls" debuts on the US album chart at #5.
1987 "Lean On Me" by Club Nouveaux becomes the first US gold single of the year.
1989 Jerry Lee Lewis gets a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
1991 Mick Jagger announces that he and Jerry Hall are expecting their third child together.
2000 The New York Patrolmen's Benevolent Association holds a rally to protest Bruce Springsteen's new song "American Skin," which takes as his subject the police shooting of Amadou Diallo. Prince celebrates his 42nd birthday a few days too late with a three-and-a-half-hour performance at Minneapolis' Northrop Auditorium.
1958 Frank Zappa graduates from high school.
1970 Christine Perfect says she will retire from music following the release of her self-titled solo album. However, she later follows her husband, John McVie, into the ranks of Fleetwood Mac, penning plenty of future hits.
1980 Roadie opens across America. Appearing in the film are Meat Loaf, Blondie, Pat Benatar, Cheap Trick, Alice Cooper, and Styx. Roy Orbison and Jerry Lee Lewis also appear. Before a Philadelphia Phillies game today, Benatar performs a short set and dances with the team mascot, the Phillie Phanatic.
1982 Pink Floyd begin sessions for The Final Cut.
1983 Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble release their debut album, Texas Flood. By the end of the year, Vaughan wins Guitar Player magazine's awards for Best New Talent, Best Electric Blues Guitar Player, and Best Guitar Album - the first person to win all three awards since Jeff Beck in 1976.
1984 The Jacksons release "State of Shock" with Mick Jagger. It went to No. 3.
1986 The King of Swing dies, Benny Goodman succumbs to a heart attack at age 77. Wal-Mart continues to clean up its stores, having already removed records containing obscenities. This time the targets are rock magazines, including Rolling Stone and Tiger Beat.
1987 Atlantic Starr's single "Always" is #1 on the US Pop Singles Chart.
1987 Motley Crue's album "Girls, Girls, Girls" debuts on the US album chart at #5.
1987 "Lean On Me" by Club Nouveaux becomes the first US gold single of the year.
1989 Jerry Lee Lewis gets a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
1991 Mick Jagger announces that he and Jerry Hall are expecting their third child together.
2000 The New York Patrolmen's Benevolent Association holds a rally to protest Bruce Springsteen's new song "American Skin," which takes as his subject the police shooting of Amadou Diallo. Prince celebrates his 42nd birthday a few days too late with a three-and-a-half-hour performance at Minneapolis' Northrop Auditorium.