Iluvthe80s
6-24-02, 11:11 PM
1946 Keyboardist Ian McDonald of Foreigner is born in London.
1946 Allen Lanier of Blue Oyster Cult is born on this date.
1949 Billboard magazine renames the Hillbilly Chart as the Country & Western Chart.
1952 Split Enz singer and occasional Crowded House contributor Tim Finn is born Brian Finn in Te Awamutu, New Zealand.
1954 David Paich of Toto is born on this date.
1963 George Michael is born on this date.
1966 Neil Diamond makes his first appearance on American Bandstand, serenading Dick Clark with "Solitary Man."
1970 Hall & Oates record together for the first time. As Whole Oats.
1982 The Rolling Stones play Wembley Stadium in London, their first concert in England in six years.
1984 Prince's Purple Rain sells a record-setting 1.3 million copies in the last 24 hours. Patti Scialfa joins the E Street Band as a vocalist. She would later join Bruce Springsteen on a more physical level, becoming his second wife.
1987 Country diva Reba McEntire files for divorce from her husband, former rodeo king Charlie Battles.
1990 Poison release "Unskinny Bop".
1946 Allen Lanier of Blue Oyster Cult is born on this date.
1949 Billboard magazine renames the Hillbilly Chart as the Country & Western Chart.
1952 Split Enz singer and occasional Crowded House contributor Tim Finn is born Brian Finn in Te Awamutu, New Zealand.
1954 David Paich of Toto is born on this date.
1963 George Michael is born on this date.
1966 Neil Diamond makes his first appearance on American Bandstand, serenading Dick Clark with "Solitary Man."
1970 Hall & Oates record together for the first time. As Whole Oats.
1982 The Rolling Stones play Wembley Stadium in London, their first concert in England in six years.
1984 Prince's Purple Rain sells a record-setting 1.3 million copies in the last 24 hours. Patti Scialfa joins the E Street Band as a vocalist. She would later join Bruce Springsteen on a more physical level, becoming his second wife.
1987 Country diva Reba McEntire files for divorce from her husband, former rodeo king Charlie Battles.
1990 Poison release "Unskinny Bop".