On October 7th 2022, Slipknot were at No.1 in the UK with their seventh studio album The End, So Far. This record, which reached No.2 on the US chart, was dedicated to the band’s late co-founder and former drummer, Joey Jordison, who had passed away in his sleep the previous July.
In 2017, Cardi B made it to the top spot in the United States with the single “Bodak Yellow,” becoming the first female rapper to achieve this feat without a featured artist since Lauryn Hill’s hit song, “Doo Wop (That Thing)”, back in 1998.
At the 2017 Saturday Night Live show, Jason Aldean commemorated Tom Petty and those hurt by the Las Vegas tragedy that had occurred 7 days prior by presenting “I Won’t Back Down”.
In 2016, The Rolling Stones made history when they headlined the Desert Trip festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. This six-day event (split over two weekends) was also graced by Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Roger Waters, and the Who, and it went on to become the highest-grossing music festival of all time.
In 2014, the long-awaited release of The Wonder Years, the TV series that had stopped airing in 1993, finally hit the shelves on DVD. People were left wondering what had caused the delay; the answer was that the company had to go through the laborious process of obtaining permission to use the 285 songs featured in the show, including the theme song, Joe Cocker’s rendition of “With A Little Help From My Friends.”
In 2013, Annie Lennox commented on the sexualised imagery of modern pop videos, deeming them “dark” and “pornographic”, and called for them to be rated as films were.
At the age of 93, Vic Mizzy, the composer of the soundtracks to Green Acres and The Addams Family, passed away in Bel Air in 2009.
Barbra Streisand also made headlines in 2009 when she topped the Billboard Hot 200 for the ninth time with her album Love Is the Answer. This CD extended Streisand’s reign as the female artist with the most chart toppers in the history of the Billboard Hot 200.
2009 , Davy Jones from The Monkees ruled out ever reuniting with his former bandmates after launching a scathing attack on each of them in The National Enquirer.
Bruce Springsteen went to No.1 on the UK album chart with Magic in 2007. He also reached No.1 on the US album chart.
In the same year, 25-year-old Hip-hop artist Lil’ Wayne was arrested during a US tour on a drug possession charge.
In 2006, Babyshambles postponed their UK tour to give singer Pete Doherty more time to recover from drug treatment.
Boy George was arrested in New York in 2005 when Police found traces of drugs in his apartment.
Motley Crue guitarist Mick Mars had a hip replacement operation in a LA hospital in 2002.
Mick Jagger donated £100,000 to his old Grammar school in Dartford in 2002 to help pay for a music director and buy musical instruments.
It was reported in 1999 that four musicians who claimed they worked on Lauryn Hill’s Miseducation album were suing her for unpaid royalties.
Also in 1999, Don Henley and Eagles Ltd. filed a federal suit against Lovearth, a Sarasota, Florida-based Internet company, alleging that its registration of certain domain names constituted copyright infringement.
In 1999, Garth Brooks put out a record under the alias of “Chris Gaines,” a make-believe persona he had invented for a movie. This deception deterred some of his fans and the album was the first one of his since 1995 that did not start out at the top, charting behind Creed’s Human Clay.
Alanis Morissette went to No.1 on the US album chart with her third album Jagged Little Pill in 1995.
Paula Abdul topped the US album chart with Forever Your Girl in 1989.
Factory Records released Transmission, the debut single by English post-punk band Joy Division, in 1979.
In 1978, Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page was given a 12-month conditional discharge after being found guilty of possessing cocaine.
The film soundtrack to Grease featuring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John started a 13 week run at No.1 on the UK chart in 1978.
John Lennon was awarded his ‘Green Card’ – permanent residency status – at a hearing in New York in 1976.
Jose Feliciano performed a controversial version of The Star Spangled Banner before the fifth game of the World Series between the Detroit Tigers and the St. Louis Cardinals in 1968.
The Beatles rejected an offer of $1 million from promoter Sid Bernstein to make a second appearance at New York’s Shea Stadium in 1967.
Cass Elliot from The Mamas & the Papas spent the night in a London jail after being accused of stealing from a hotel in 1967.
Johnny Kidd was killed in a car crash while on tour in the UK in 1966.
Smiley Lewis, New Orleans R&B; singer, died of stomach cancer in 1966.
Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones recorded the Lennon and McCartney penned song ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’ at De Lane Lea Studios in London in 1963.
In 1955, US Music magazine Billboard reported that Marvin Gaye had twice filed bankruptcy papers earlier in the year, with debts of $7 million.
In 1939, 16-year-old Judy Garland recorded the iconic song “Over The Rainbow” for the film The Wizard of Oz.
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