Pop Music Flashback
1975 - Elton John's single "Philadelphia Freedom" broke into the Top 40 chart.
1979 - The Village People's single "In The Navy" was certified Gold.
1980 - Dan Fogelberg's "Longer" peaked at number two on the pop singles chart.
Pat Benatar's "Heartbreaker" peaked at number 23 on the pop singles chart.
1983 - Diana Ross' album "All The Greatest Hits" was certified Gold.
1985 - Sheena Easton's album "A Private Heaven" was certified Platinum.
1986 - Starship's "Sara" hit number one on the pop singles chart.
Pet Shop Boys' single "West End Girls" broke into the Top 40.
1987 - Frankie Goes To Hollywood announced the group was breaking up.
Boy George took part in a benefit recording of The Beatles' "Let It Be," which was issued to raise money for victims of a ferry disaster off the coast of Belgium.
1990 - New Kids On The Block set a record for a pay-per-view audience when 13-point-seven-million homes signed up for the show.
1991 - Hammer's videos "Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'em" and "Hammer Time" were certified multi-Platinum.
Boyz II Men released the album "Cooleyhighharmony."
1994 - Whitney Houston and Toni Braxton both received two awards at the "8th annual Soul Train Music Awards."
1995 - Madonna announced that she would be taking the title role in the upcoming movie "Evita."
1996 - Chris Isaac's album "Forever Blue" was certified Platinum.
1999 - Billy Joel was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
2003 - Michelle Branch made an in-store appearance at the Marshall Field's in the Chicago suburb of Schaumburg, Illinois.
2004 - Prince was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Class of 2004. The ceremony at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel featured current artists Alicia Keys and OutKast as presenters.
2005 - "American Idol" started the final 12 portion of the show minus one of the chosen finalists. Mario Vazquez had earlier quit the show for "personal reasons." He was replaced by Nikko Smith. Vazquez appeared on "The Late Show with David Letterman" that night to give the "Top Ten" reasons why he left "American Idol."
2006 - Melissa McGhee was the first Top 12 contestant voted off on Fox's "American Idol."< |