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Billboard top 100 july 20th 19694/29/2024 ![]() ![]() In a statement Springsteen said, "Some things are more important than a rock show and this fight against prejudice and bigotry which is happening as I write is one of them."Ģ020 - American guitarist, composer and lyricist Steve Farmer died at age 71. He then took up a career playing Southern rock music.Ģ016 - Bruce Springsteen cancelled a concert in North Carolina, joining business groups in condemning a state law that rolled back protection for gay and transgender people. He began playing guitar and piano as a child, mentored by his cousin Ronnie Van Zant, but largely gave up music until the 1977 plane crash in which Ronnie, the founder and lead singer of Lynyrd Skynyrd, was killed. Tragically, her mother, Paula Yates, died from similar causes in 2000, when Peaches was 11.Ģ016 - Jimmie Van Zant died in a hospice in Florida after several years of treatment for liver cancer. The official cause of death was a drug overdose. The Canadian singer-songwriter won single of the year for "1234," Album and Pop Album for The Reminder, as well as Artist and Songwriter of the Year.Ģ014 - 25-year-old Peaches Geldof, daughter of the Live Aid mastermind Bob Geldof, was found dead in Kent, England. At this time, Love was unaware that her husband Kurt Cobain was dead at their home (his body wasn't discovered until April 8 by an electrician who had arrived to install a security system at their house).ġ998 - George Michael was arrested for disorderly conduct at a park restroom in Beverly Hills, CA after an undercover officer observed Michael performing a "lewd act." Michael plead no contest to the charge and was sentenced to community service.Ģ008 - Bob Dylan got an honorary Pulitzer Prize for his "profound impact on popular music and American culture." He was the first Rock musician to win the award.Ģ008 - Feist won five prizes, including Album of the Year at the Junos, Canada's top music awards. Top 100 singles chart were Brits - a new record.ġ994 - Courtney Love was arrested on drug and theft charges after a reported overdose. He started recording in September 1977 at Sound 80 in Minneapolis, where he had previously made a demo.ġ984 - A second British Invasion? Forty of the artists on the U.S. All tracks were produced, arranged, composed, and performed by Prince. The album had the singles "Soft and Wet" and "Just as Long as We're Together". ![]() album chart with Lady Sings The Blues.ġ978 - Prince released his debut album For You. charts.ġ973 - Diana Ross started a two-week run at No. The song was written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach, and hit No. Thomas wins the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" from the 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Read more: Musicheads Essential Artist: Billie Holidayġ956 - The CBS Radio Network premiered the first regularly scheduled national broadcast rock 'n' roll show, Alan Freed's Rock 'n' Roll Dance Party.ġ962 - Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and early Rolling Stones pal Dick Taylor met Brian Jones for the first time at the Ealing Club, a London spot where Brit blues lovers liked to hang out.ġ969 - Leanord Cohen released his second studio album, Songs from a Room.ġ970 - B.J. Nicknamed “Lady Day,” Holiday was the once-in-a-generation voice that defined songs like “Strange Fruit” and “God Bless the Child.” She influenced countless jazz and pop music artists, and still stands out as an icon. ![]()
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