Moreġ948 Robert Plant is born in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England. More than 100,000 fans show up to hear Isaac Hayes, The Bar-Kays, The Staple Singers, and Kim Weston, among others, perform at what becomes known as Black Woodstock. Moreġ972 Stax Records commemorates the seventh anniversary of the 1965 Watts riots with a star-studded benefit concert at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Two years earlier, the Eagles hit #1 with a song with the same title.ġ977 The Voyager 2 space probe is launched, carrying with it a "Golden Record" of sounds and images representing Earth. Moreġ983 Taco's cover of the Irving Berlin song " Puttin' On the Ritz" reaches #9 on the Hot 100, making the 95-year-old Berlin the oldest living songwriter ever to land a Top 10 on that tally.ġ977 The Emotions hit #1 in the US with the disco track " Best Of My Love" for the first of five weeks. Oasis go on to enjoy worldwide mainstream success, while Blur later veer from the Britpop sound, developing an artier, more experimental style – heavily inspired by Pavement.ġ992 Embroiled in controversy over his song " Cop Killer," Ice-T doubles down by appearing in a police uniform on the cover of Rolling Stone. Moreġ995 After a lengthy press-fueled feud culminates in simultaneous singles releases, Blur's " Country House" beats Oasis' track " Roll With It" to the #1 spot in the UK. Downie was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer in December 2015. 2016 The Tragically Hip play their final concert, calling it quits at a show in lead singer Gord Downie's hometown of Kingston, Ontario.
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