Pop Music Flashback
1970 -
Dawn's "Candida" peaked at number three on the pop singles chart.
The Carpenters' "We've Only Just Begun" broke into the Top 40.
1974 -
Andy Kim's single "Rock Me Gently" was certified Gold.
1977 -
Firefall's album "Luna Sea" was certified Gold.
1981 -
Air Supply's "Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You)" broke into the Top 40.
1983 -
Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney released the single "Say, Say, Say" in the UK.
Billy Joel's album "An Innocent Man" was certified Gold and Platinum.
Bonnie Tyler's album "Faster Than The Speed Of Night" and the single "Total Eclipse of the Heart" were certified Gold.
1987 -
Smokey Robinson's "One Heartbeat" peaked at number ten on the pop singles chart.
1989 -
Milli Vanilli's album "Girl You Know It's True" was certified multi-Platinum.
1992 -
Madonna's video "Erotica" had its premier on MTV.
1993 -
Madonna arrived in Israel for her first ever concert in that country.
1994 -
Billy Joel's album "Storm Front" was certified multi-Platinum.
Toto's album "Fahrenheit" was certified Gold.
1995 -
Mariah Carey released the album "Daydream."
1998 -
Hootie & the Blowfish were among the performers at Farm Aid '98, staged at the New World Music Theater in Tinley Park, Illinois.
2000 -
Ricky Martin released the single "She Bangs."
2002 -
Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue, Madonna, and Britney Spears were among those on "Q" magazine's list of the 50 most powerful people in the music industry.
2005 -
AOL Music offered Lindsay Lohan's single "Confessions of a Broken Heart" exclusively for 24 hours.
Michael Jackson filed a lawsuit against promoter Marcel Avram, seeking to block Avram's attempt at arbitration over a previously-settled case. In 2003, a jury awarded Avram five-point-three-million dollars for Jackson's failure to perform at two 1999 New Year's Eve parties.< |