#OnTheDayInMusic - 28th Feb 2008
Arctic Monkeys won 3 prizes, including best British band at this year's NME Awards held in London. Muse were presented with the best live band award and US group The Killers took best international act.
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#OnTheDayInMusic - 27th Feb 1981
The Who released 'You Better You Bet,' their first single since the death of Keith Moon in 1978. The single peaked at No. 9 in the UK, and upon the launch of MTV on 1st August '81, it was the fourth video played.
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#OnTheDayInMusic - 26th Feb 2019
English drummer Andy Anderson died of cancer aged 68. He is best known for being in The Cure and playing on ‘Love Cats’ and ‘The Caterpillar’. He also worked with Steve Hillage, Mike Oldfield, and Peter Gabriel.
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#OnTheDayInMusic - 25th Feb 2019
Musician/singer-songwriter Mark Hollis died at the age of 64. He achieved critical acclaim in the 1980s & 1990s as lead singer/principal songwriter of band Talk Talk. Hollis wrote or co-wrote most of Talk Talk's music.
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#OnTheDayInMusic - 24th Feb 1982
The Police won Best British Group at the 1st-ever Brit Awards. Adam & The Ants won best album for 'Kings Of The Wild Frontier', Human League won the British Breakthrough Act, & Outstanding Contribution went to John Lennon.
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#OnTheDayInMusic - 23rd Feb 1985
The Smiths scored their first UK #1 album with Meat Is Murder. The original image used on the album was taken from Emile de Antonio's 1968 documentary In the Year of the Pig.
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21st February 1970
Simon and Garfunkel went to No.1 on the UK chart with Bridge Over Troubled Water. The album went on to stay on the chart for over 300 weeks, returning to the top of the charts eight times.
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20th February 1970
The single 'Instant Karma!' by The Plastic Ono Band was released in the US. John Lennon had written, recorded and mixed the track all in one day on the 27th January 1970.
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19th February 2004
Johnny Cash's family refused permission for advertisers to use his song 'Ring of Fire' to promote haemorrhoid-relief products. Cash's daughter Rosanne said they 'would never allow the song to be demeaned like that.'
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18th February 1966
Beach Boy leader Brian Wilson began recording 'Good Vibrations.' Widely considered to be among the era’s most important recordings, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1994.
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17th February 2005
Scottish rockers Franz Ferdinand made music history after taking 2 top prizes at the NME Awards. They won best album and single & became the first act to win the Mercury Music Prize, Brit & NME awards in the same year.
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16th February 1985
Bruce Springsteen went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Born In The USA', his first UK No.1 album. The album produced a record-tying string of seven Top 10 singles.
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#OnTheDayInMusic - Feb 1, 1995
Manic Street Preachers guitarist Richey Edwards vanished without telling anyone. His car was found on the Severn Bridge outside Bristol, 16 days later. Edwards has never been found, and has been declared officially dead.
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#OnTheDayInMusic - Jan 30, 1976
UK music paper Sounds readers Poll Winners included Queen's 'A Night At The Opera' and 'Bohemian Rhapsody' as best album and single. Bore of the year went to The Bay City Rollers, how very trendy of Sounds...
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#OnTheDayInMusic - Jan 29, 1983
Aussie pop group Men At Work went to #1 on the UK & US singles *and* album charts simultaneously with 'Down Under' and 'Business As Usual'. The last artist to achieve this was Rod Stewart in 1971.
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#OnTheDayInMusic - Jan 28 1984
Frankie Goes To Hollywood started a five-week run at #1 on the UK singles chart with 'Relax!' BBC Radio 1 DJ Mike Read hated the record's suggestive sleeve/lyrics, and refused to play the record.
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#OnTheDayInMusic - Jan 27, 1998
James Brown was charged with possession of marijuana and unlawful use of a firearm after police were called to his South Carolina home. Brown later clamed the drugs were used to help his 'eyesight.'
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#OnTheDayInMusic - Jan 26, 1980
Prince made his TV debut on the US show American Bandstand. When interviewed after his performance, the singer froze and struggled to reply to the questions he was being asked.
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#OnTheDayInMusic - Jan 25, 1978
Post-punk legends Joy Division made their live debut at Pips Disco in Manchester. The band had a short career, and after Ian Curtis took his own life in 1980, the remaining members regrouped to form New Order.
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January 24th, 1998
Oasis went to no.1 with 'All Around The World'. The longest running-time for a no.1 with a duration of 9 minutes 38 seconds. It was one of the first songs to be written by Noel Gallagher.
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January 23rd, 1971
George Harrison became the first member of The Beatles to top the UK charts as a solo artist with his debut single, “My Sweet Lord.” The song appeared on 'All Things Must Pass' and remained at #1 for 5 weeks in the UK.
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January 22nd, 1972
David Bowie came out as bisexual during an interview in the music weekly Melody Maker. Bowie later claimed this to have been, "The biggest mistake I ever made. Christ, I was so young then. I was experimenting".
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January 21st, 1972
Pink Floyd played a gig at The Guildhall in Portsmouth, England. This was the first time they played a set of songs that would later take form as the classic album 'The Dark Side Of The Moon'.
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January 20th, 1967
The Monkees TV show was shown for the first time in the UK. The show followed the adventures of the band trying to make a name for themselves. They went on to sell more than 75 million records worldwide.
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January 19th, 1963
The Beatles made their UK TV debut on 'Thank Your Lucky Stars'. They played their second single, “Please Please Me,” which had just been released a week earlier.
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January 18th, 1997
Tori Amos was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Professional Widow' (It's Got To Be)'. The song had been remixed by Armand Van Helden and was rumoured to be about Courtney Love, Kurt Cobain's ex-wife.
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#OnTheDayInMusic - Jan 11, 1992
Nirvana appeared on TV's Saturday Night Live performing two songs, 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' and 'Territorial Pissings'. Also on this day, the group's Nevermind went to No.1 on the US album chart.
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#OnTheDayInMusic - January 10, 2016
Music icon David Bowie died following a battle with cancer. His death came as a shock to fans, particularly as the news arrived just two days after the release of his 25th album, Blackstar.
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#OnTheDayInMusic - January 9th, 1976
Queen began a nine-week run at the top of the UK pop chart with their epic operatic hit, “Bohemian Rhapsody.” The single would later be named the UK’s third best-selling single of all time.
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#OnTheDayInMusic - Thursday 8th January
Jamaican reggae/rap/ragga duo Chaka Demus and Pliers reached #1 in the UK with their version of Twist and Shout. The song by the Top Notes has also been covered by The Isley Brothers and The Beatles.
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