Iluvthe80s
6-18-02, 10:54 PM
1950 Ann Wilson of Heart is born in San Diego.
1959 Horn player Mark DeBarge of DeBarge is born in Grand Rapids, Mich.
1963 It's Paula Abdul's birthday today. Drummer Simon Wright (AC/DC, Dio) is born.
1980 David Geffen makes his first signing to Geffen Records ... and it's disco queen Donna Summer.
1982 "Don't You Want Me?" by the Human League tops the US singles chart.
1982 Asia live up to their "supergroup" tag when their self-titled debut tops the albums chart.
1984 Tickets for Bruce Springsteen's 10-night stand at New Jersey's Meadowlands go on sale. Twenty-four hours later, 202,000 tickets have been snatched up.
1987 Whitney Houston becomes the first woman to debut at No. 1 on the albums chart with her second album, Whitney.
1988 Anthrax's Danny Spitz marries fiancee Valerie. Michael Jackson performs in West Berlin, attracting a crowd of 3,000 East Berliners who listen to the gig from the other side of the wall that divides the city.
1991 Outside a Boston nightclub, New Kid on the Block Jordan Knight allegedly tells his bodyguard to punch a heckler. Assault charges were later dropped.
1993 Duran Duran's single "Come Undone" peaks at No. 7 on the singles chart.
2000 David Bowie plays a concert for the members of his online Artist Pages featuring songs from 1965 to the present. Thomas "She Blinded Me With Science" Dolby joins him during the encore.
1959 Horn player Mark DeBarge of DeBarge is born in Grand Rapids, Mich.
1963 It's Paula Abdul's birthday today. Drummer Simon Wright (AC/DC, Dio) is born.
1980 David Geffen makes his first signing to Geffen Records ... and it's disco queen Donna Summer.
1982 "Don't You Want Me?" by the Human League tops the US singles chart.
1982 Asia live up to their "supergroup" tag when their self-titled debut tops the albums chart.
1984 Tickets for Bruce Springsteen's 10-night stand at New Jersey's Meadowlands go on sale. Twenty-four hours later, 202,000 tickets have been snatched up.
1987 Whitney Houston becomes the first woman to debut at No. 1 on the albums chart with her second album, Whitney.
1988 Anthrax's Danny Spitz marries fiancee Valerie. Michael Jackson performs in West Berlin, attracting a crowd of 3,000 East Berliners who listen to the gig from the other side of the wall that divides the city.
1991 Outside a Boston nightclub, New Kid on the Block Jordan Knight allegedly tells his bodyguard to punch a heckler. Assault charges were later dropped.
1993 Duran Duran's single "Come Undone" peaks at No. 7 on the singles chart.
2000 David Bowie plays a concert for the members of his online Artist Pages featuring songs from 1965 to the present. Thomas "She Blinded Me With Science" Dolby joins him during the encore.