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Today is MARCH 31st - and here's what happened on this day in music:
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I'm Your Biggest Fan!  On this day in 1995, two fans crossed the line from obsessed to psychotic.A former Led Zeppelin fan who calls the band's music "satanic" is arrested for allegedly trying to stab guitarist Jimmy Page backstage with a pocket knife at a Page and Robert Plant concert in the Detroit area. Tejano singing idol Selena is shot to death by Yolanda Saldivar, president of Selena's fan club and once a close friend of the Grammy-winning singer, outside a Corpus Christi, Texas, motel room. |
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THE PAST:
1703:
Death of German composer Johann Christian Bach in Eisenach Germany at age 60.
1732:
Composer Franz Joseph Haydn born.
1922:
KFI-AM in Los Angeles CA begins radio transmissions
THE FIFTIES:
1957:
Angus Young (from AC/DC) is born.
THE SIXTIES:
1967:
Jimi Hendrix begins first his British tour as part of a package that includes Cat Stevens.
THE SEVENTIES:
1972:Official Beatles Fan Club closes down.
1975:
No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "Lovin' You,'' by Minnie Riperton. The song is produced by Stevie Wonder.
THE EIGHTIES:
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Billboard Top 10 4/2/1988
1. Michael Jackson 6. The Jets 6. INXS 9.Whitney Houston |
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First Golden Raspberry Awards: Can't Stop the Music 'wins'
1982:
Rock group Doobie Brothers split up.
1986:
O'Kelly Isley of the Isley Brothers dies of a heart attack at the age of 48.
THE NINETIES:
1992:
"La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol. One," White Zombie's major label debut album, is released on Geffen Records.
1996:
Radio Canada International's final shortwave broadcast
1999 :
It is announced that tickets for the Cranberries' forthcoming U.S. tour are to be sold exclusively on the Internet. Tickets for the nine-date U.S. tour, which begins April 28 in Washington, D.C., are to be available only through the band's Web site, www.cranberries.com.
AND NOW:
2000:
At the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Riders in the Sky present their 21st annual benefit concert to aid Hospital Hospitality House, which offers a home away from home for family members of critically ill patients and outpatients receiving medical treatment in Nashville area hospitals.
2004:
In what is her first live television performance since her infamous Super Bowl halftime show, Janet Jackson appears on ABC's "Good Morning America." Jackson is interviewed by anchors Diane Sawyer and Charles Gibson prior to the performance in New York's Battery Park, which is broadcast on a five-second delay.
Music Trivia:Yesterday's question What Blondie song topped the charts this week in 1981, and stayed there for two weeks? was correctly answered by Gisela S. , who knew it was "Rapture"! Congratulations!
Today's Question:
What Tijuana Brass man was born on this day in 1935?
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As for the article...love pages like this with trivia and history. Quickly expands the knowledge without having to read a heavy book. Congrads on these series of articles.
Gregg
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Herb Alpert for sure... my mom had a real thing for him....
Your Artistic skill and your Journalism flair are to be admired.
I love what you've done with this!
Blessings ~
Rene
(and I'm not a big music fan)
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