Iluvthe80s
6-17-02, 10:35 PM
1942 Paul McCartney is born in Liverpool, England.
1948 Your listening pleasure gets drop-kicked into the future as Columbia unveils the 33 1/3 RPM long-playing record in New York.
1961 Alison Moyet of Yaz is born in Basildon, England.
1980 The Blues Brothers, starring Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as the deadpan rare groove fans, premieres in New York. Monthly Film Bulletin's Paul Taylor laments, "It meanders expensively like some pedigreed shaggy dog through 70s/80s American cinema and 50s/60s American rock, cocking its leg happily at every popular landmark on the way."
1983 The Swiss electronica group Yello release the world's first 3D picture disc, "I Love You."
1984 At New York's Madison Square Garden, nutty Judas Priest fans tear up hundreds of seats as their idols perform. The Dolly Parton/Sly Stallone movie Rhinestone opens in theaters.
1987 Bruce Springsteen separates from his first wife, Julianne Phillips. A concertgoer sues Motley Crue, claiming that she went deaf because their PA was turned up too loud.
1988 The Timelords' "Doctorin' the Tardis," tops the U.K. charts. Terence Trent D'Arby's "Sign Your Name," enters the American top 40. Sallie Martin, known to many as "the Mother of Gospel," dies in Chicago.
1989 Cecil Campbell, steel guitarist with the Tennessee Ramblers, dies.
1997 Jon Bon Jovi plays his first solo club gig in New York to support Destination Anywhere.
1999 Disney releases Tarzan, with a soundtrack by Phil Collins. In an effort to penetrate every major international market, Phil releases songs accompanying the film sung in English, French, German, Italian, Latin American Spanish, and Castillian.
1948 Your listening pleasure gets drop-kicked into the future as Columbia unveils the 33 1/3 RPM long-playing record in New York.
1961 Alison Moyet of Yaz is born in Basildon, England.
1980 The Blues Brothers, starring Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as the deadpan rare groove fans, premieres in New York. Monthly Film Bulletin's Paul Taylor laments, "It meanders expensively like some pedigreed shaggy dog through 70s/80s American cinema and 50s/60s American rock, cocking its leg happily at every popular landmark on the way."
1983 The Swiss electronica group Yello release the world's first 3D picture disc, "I Love You."
1984 At New York's Madison Square Garden, nutty Judas Priest fans tear up hundreds of seats as their idols perform. The Dolly Parton/Sly Stallone movie Rhinestone opens in theaters.
1987 Bruce Springsteen separates from his first wife, Julianne Phillips. A concertgoer sues Motley Crue, claiming that she went deaf because their PA was turned up too loud.
1988 The Timelords' "Doctorin' the Tardis," tops the U.K. charts. Terence Trent D'Arby's "Sign Your Name," enters the American top 40. Sallie Martin, known to many as "the Mother of Gospel," dies in Chicago.
1989 Cecil Campbell, steel guitarist with the Tennessee Ramblers, dies.
1997 Jon Bon Jovi plays his first solo club gig in New York to support Destination Anywhere.
1999 Disney releases Tarzan, with a soundtrack by Phil Collins. In an effort to penetrate every major international market, Phil releases songs accompanying the film sung in English, French, German, Italian, Latin American Spanish, and Castillian.