this day in music

Nine years ago today, Metallica was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, an event important enough to reunite the band lineup that recorded the band’s multi-platinum self-titled LP. “The Black Album band will be back together and...

52 years today, Peter Tork played a date by himself at the Troubadour, getting a chance to make a name for himself just in time to set aside his solo career in favor of making a Monkee out of himself....

48 years ago today, the Faces released their debut album, its title aptly describing how the LP was only just the beginning of what the band had to offer. Produced by the band and recorded between August 1969 and January...

Yes, we know it may seem a little weird to be doing one of our This Week pieces on a week that’s taking place more or less right now, but it’s actually a pretty notable occasion: Phil Collins’ Not Dead...

32 years ago today, Valerie Day and John Smith – known collectively as Nu Shooz – released the single that would prove to be the duo’s signature song as well as their biggest chart hit. Originally recorded in late 1984,...

23 years ago today, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant blew the minds of Led Zeppelin fans around the world by kicking off their first-ever world tour as a duo. The origins of the Page-Plant duo can be traced specifically back...

15 years ago today, Jaheim released the second single from his sophomore album, a track which to date remains his highest-charting hit on the Billboard Hot 100. Following on the heels of “Fabulous,” his collaboration with Tha’ Rayne, Jaheim’s “Put...

15 years ago today in the city of Mobile, two bona fide R&B legends were inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame. Discussions to begin an Alabama Music Hall of Fame first started in 1978, but it would take...

27 years ago today, a New Mexico radio station got a lot of attention – and simultaneously sent its listenership into turmoil – by playing a rock classic for 24 straight hours. Based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, KLSK-FM had just...