this day in music
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Today in 1967: Otis Redding at the Monterey Pop Festival
50 years ago today, Otis Redding played the show that officially made him a superstar, even if he didn’t live long enough to really enjoy his status. When it comes to the iconic rock festivals of the 1960s, say what...
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This Day in ’68: Rod Stewart Makes His US Live Debut with The Jeff Beck Group
49 years ago today, The Jeff Beck Group performed their first ever show in America, thereby also providing Rod Stewart – who was fronting the band – with his US live debut. It says something about how early into both...
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This Day in ’88: Pet Shop Boys Play Live
29 years ago today, the Pet Shop Boys were talked into performing a pair of songs at the Piccadilly Theater, an occasion which is often described as the duo’s live debut. In fact, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe first hit...
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This Day in 1986: The Monkees Reunite
31 years ago today, The Monkees kicked off their first proper reunion tour since the group’s original dissolution. Although Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, and Peter Tork had made a few appearances here and there in each other’s lives and shows...
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This Day in 2014: Christine McVie is awarded the Novello Lifetime Award
Three years ago today, Christine McVie was the recipient of one of the most prestigious awards in the British music industry: the Ivor Novello Lifetime Achievement Award. When you consider how many hits McVie brought to the table as a...
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This Day in 1991: Ray Charles Joins The Atlanta Celebrity Walk
26 years ago today, Ray Charles was named as one of the first 10 individuals to be enshrined as members of the Atlanta Celebrity Walk. Born and raised in Georgia – Albany, to be precise – Charles was a full-fledged...
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This Day in 1970: David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” Gets Transmitted Via Satellite
47 years ago today, David Bowie performed “Space Oddity” for what was almost certainly the largest audience of his career up to that point, thanks to a little help from a satellite. Although he wasn’t yet the superstar that he...
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This Day in 1998: Puffy and Page on the SNL Stage
19 years ago today, P. Diddy – then known as Puff Daddy – was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live, where he was joined by once and future Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page. After finding considerable success with such...
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This Day in 1960: Ben E. King signs with Atco
57 years ago today, Benjamin Earl Nelson signed on the dotted line at Atco Records, officially beginning his tenure on the label under his stage name: Ben E. King. Not that Ben E. hadn’t been working prior to putting his...
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