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| 7/27/2010 |
Pop Music Flashback
1968 - Bee Gee Robin Gibb collapsed from nervous exhaustion just before the group was scheduled to begin its first U.S. tour.
1974 - George McCrae's "Rock Your Baby" hit number one on the UK pop singles chart.
Elton John's "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" hit number two on the pop singles chart.
Paul Anka's single "(You're) Having My Baby" and Donny Osmond's single "I'm Leaving It All Up To You" broke into the Top 40.
1976 - Tina Turner filed for divorce from husband Ike.
1978 - Frankie Valli's single "Grease" was certified Gold.
1982 - Air Supply's "Now And Forever" album was certified Gold.
1983 - Madonna released the album "Madonna."
1984 - Prince's movie "Purple Rain" opened in the U.S.
Duran Duran's Roger Taylor married Giovanna Cantonne in a ceremony in Naples, Italy.
1985 - Whitney Houston's "You Give Good Love" peaked at number three on the pop singles chart.
Paul Young hit number one on the pop singles chart with "Every Time You Go Away."
Phil Collins' single "Don't Lose My Number," Pat Benatar's single "Invincible," and Kool & The Gang's "Cherish" broke into the Top 40 chart.
1991 - Bryan Adams captured the number one spot on the pop singles chart with "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" from the movie "Robin Hood." The song held that position for seven weeks.
Jesus Jones' "Right Here, Right Now" peaked at number two on the pop singles chart.
Cathy Dennis' "Too Many Walls" and C&C Music Factory's "Things That Make you Go Hmmm," and Michael Bolton's "Time, Love And Tenderness" broke into the Top 40.
1993 - UB40 released the album "Promises and Lies."
1995 - Selena's posthumous release "Dreaming Of You" debuted at number one on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart. It was her first English-language album.
TLC's album "Crazysexycool" was certified multi-Platinum.
1996 - Toni Braxton's double sided single "You're Makin' Me High/Let It Flow" hit number one on the pop singles chart.
The Spice Girls' "Wannabe" hit number one on the UK pop singles chart.
1998 - Gloria Estefan's "Gloria" album was certified Gold.
1999 - Macy Gray released the album "On How Life Is."
2001 - The Go-Go's Belinda Carlisle and TLC's Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes each won 32-thousand dollars for charity on ABC's "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire." Carlisle was playing on behalf of the Little Angels Pug Rescue, while Lopes' money went to the Village Foundation.
Britney Spears, Beyonce, and Justin Timberlake were among those voted as having the best smiles in show business.
2002 - Britney Spears caused a stir in Mexico. When she arrived to play the first of two concerts she was caught on camera making an obscene gesture to all the photographers surrounding her. She later apologized for the incident.
'N Sync's annual two-day Challenge for the Children charity benefit began in Orlando.
2004 - Beyonce Knowles and Britney Spears were the top pop nominees for the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards. Beyonce had five nods, while Spears had four. Alicia Keys, Jessica Simpson and Christina Aguilera also received multiple nominations.
2005 - Surviving TLC members T-Boz and Chilli kicked off their UPN reality show "R U The Girl with T-Boz and Chilli." While the contest was a search for the next TLC wannabe, the ladies were adamant that they were not looking to replace their departed bandmate Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes. Lopes died in a car accident in Honduras back in 2002.
2006 - Former "American Idol" runner-up Katharine McPhee was a guest host on ABC's "The View." She also sang her rendition of "Over the Rainbow."< |
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