One of his backing dancers is a young Cuba Gooding Jr.ġ982 The "Performance Video" exhibition opens at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. It goes to #1 in eight countries, including America, where it sells 16 million copies.ġ984 Lionel Richie performs his hit song " All Night Long (All Night)," with special lyrics written for the occasion, at the closing ceremony of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Moreġ999 The Kiss-produced movie Detroit Rock City, the story of fans on their way to a Kiss concert, opens nationwide.ġ991 Metallica release their fifth album, which is self-titled but commonly known as The Black Album. This one features a black-and-white photograph by William Speer of Elvis in 1955 and is part of the Music Icon series that began in 2013. The song is a love letter to his wife, the actress Cynthia Rhodes, who was away shooting a film when he wrote it.Ģ015 Elvis Presley is granted the honor of a second postage stamp bearing his likeness (the first was introduced in 1993). Moreġ989 Richard Marx lands his third consecutive US #1 as " Right Here Waiting" hits the top spot. They use their time to road test songs like " No Surprises" and " Paranoid Android," which appear on their next album, OK Computer.ġ996 With ska booming in America, Time magazine runs an article titled "It's a Ska World After All." Sublime, No Doubt and 311 all have albums on the chart.ġ992 Composer John Cage dies of a stroke at age 79 in Manhattan, New York.ġ989 The Rolling Stones play a surprise set at the 700-capacity Toad's Place in New Haven, Connecticut, 19 days before the official start of their Steel Wheels Tour. The album was released to international markets a year earlier.ġ996 In Buffalo, New York, Radiohead start a run of 13 shows opening for Alanis Morissette. MoreĢ001 Shania Twain and her husband/producer Mutt Lange welcome a baby boy, Eja (pronounced "Asia").ġ997 MTV debuts the Fleetwood Mac reunion concert The Dance, marking the first time the five had been on stage together since 1982.ġ997 Blues guitarist Luther Allison dies of cancer at age 57 in Madison, Wisconsin.ġ997 Backstreet Boys issue their self-titled debut album in America, where it goes on to sell over 14 million copies. 2015 66-year-old Billy Joel becomes a father for the second time when his fourth wife, Alexis, gives birth to a baby girl, Della Rose.Ģ014 Lauren Bacall, the last living film star mentioned in Madonna's song " Vogue," dies at age 89.Ģ009 Les Paul, a popular electric guitarist whose inventions and techniques were key to the development of the instrument, dies of complications from pneumonia at age 94.Ģ008 The man who shot and killed John Lennon, Mark David Chapman, is denied parole for the fifth time.Ģ008 Metallica release " The Day That Never Comes," the lead single from their ninth studio album, Death Magnetic.Ģ008 The Jonas Brothers' A Little Bit Longer, featuring the hit single " Burning Up," debuts at #1 in America.
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