Archive for July 8, 2009
So You Think You Can Dance, The Top Six Couples
Jul 8th
I have a slight headache and have been attacked by a serious case of the lazies tonight, but fear not, the “Recap” will go on, come rain, come snow, come sleet…ah just keep reading. More >
This Day in Music…July 8
Jul 8th
1882 – Composer Percy Aldridge Grainger was born.
1958 – The first gold record album was presented by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The award went to the soundtrack “Oklahoma!”
1969 – Marianne Faithfull took an overdose of barbiturates on the set of the movie “Ned Kely.”
1970 – “The Everly Brothers Show” was launched on ABC-TV as a summer series.
1978 – Exile’s “Kiss You All Over” was released.
1985 – “Playboy” and “Penthouse” magazines went on sale with nude pictures of Madonna.
1996 – The Spice Girls debut single “Wannabe” was released in Great Britain.
1997 – Marty Stuart and Connie Smith were married.
1998 – Two armed men broke into the home of Foxy Brown. Brown and her mother were both in the apartment but suffered no injuries.
1998 – The Roy Orbison Estate filed a $12 million royalty suit against Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
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