1974- Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band appeared at the State Theatre in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The gig was unadvertised by its promoter, who gambled that word-of-mouth would be enough to fill the 550-seat venue, only 250 people attended. Tickets cost $4.50 and $5.50 in advance.
1980- R.E.M. played their first gig as R.E.M. at the 11:11 Soffee Club, Athens, Georgia to 150 people. The show ended at 2am when police closed it down due to the venue being unlicensed.
1980- Blonde went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Call Me’, featured in the Richard Gere, movie “American Gigolo’, the track was also a No.1 in the UK.
1980- For the first time ever the Top five artists on the US country chart were all female, Crystal Gayle who was at No.1, with Dottie West, Debbie Boone, Emmylou Harris and Tammy Wynette making up the rest of the Top 5.
1986- Prince started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Kiss.’ Prince also had the No.2 song “Manic Monday’, by The Bangles, which he wrote under the pseudonym ‘Christopher.”
1997- Michael Jackson attended an unveiling of a wax statue of himself at the Grexi, Museum of Wax in Paris, France. Jackson provided one of his own outfits to dress the figure.
