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UK No.1 on this day in 1987: Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up https://t.co/JXvXD7cNCB via @YouTube
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) August 29, 2023
#NewOrder - ‘Run 2’ from the album ‘Technique’ and released as a single today in 1989https://t.co/jByeOQHAeP via @YouTube pic.twitter.com/98rObHCF7Y
— 🧀 NYcheesy (@NYcheesy) August 28, 2023
For 18 years,she was the 'voice of God' with the #CocteauTwins Last summer working alongside her partner #DamonReece she delivered her most substantial musical statement in a quarter century. The world is a better place with Elizabeth singing.#HappyBirthday to #ElizabethFraser pic.twitter.com/nd3OLYrT1m
— G.U.Mass (@GeorgiosMasman2) August 29, 2023
30 August 1939. John Peel was born in Heswall, Cheshire. He was a passionate champion of new rock talent, especially acts outside the traditional commercial mainstream. He was also the longest serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting from 1967 to 2004. pic.twitter.com/4Ys4D5ZDDg
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) August 30, 2023
UK No.1 on this day in 1969: Zager And Evans - In The Year 2525 https://t.co/6zZGq9N0IB via @YouTube
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) August 30, 2023
USA No.1 on this day in 1985: Seal - Kiss From A Rose https://t.co/dCQnwQSGXF via @YouTube
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) August 30, 2023
Remembering #SterlingMorrison 🎸who died today in 1995 aged 53.
‘Venus in Furs’ #TheVelvetUnderground
https://t.co/xokxEqe3U9 via @YouTube pic.twitter.com/Kt4oWlSXBZ
— 🧀 NYcheesy (@NYcheesy) August 30, 2023
#MacyGray
‘Sweet Baby’ (ft. Erykah Badu) included on the compilation album ‘The Very Best of Macy Gray’ released today in 2004https://t.co/iDgqRhJQhH via @YouTube pic.twitter.com/dTQGhD28QG— 🧀 NYcheesy (@NYcheesy) August 30, 2023
31 August 1945. Rock legend, Van Morrison, was born in Belfast. He rose to fame as lead singer of Them. His solo career began in 1967 with Brown Eyed Girl. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him 42nd on its list of “100 Greatest Artists of All Time”. He was knighted in 2015. pic.twitter.com/hZiJW6LKxK
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) August 31, 2023
#RIP #OTD in 2002 jazz vibraphonist, pianist, composer ("Flying Home"), bandleader, actor, Gates, Hamp, Mad Lionel, Lionel Hampton died from congestive heart failure at Mount Sinai Hospital, Manhattan at the age of 94. Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx https://t.co/eUzGwXnc7O pic.twitter.com/mhukB2t7mP
— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) August 31, 2023
UK No.1 on this day in 1974: The Osmonds - Love Me For A Reason https://t.co/09W2eqXLut via @YouTube
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) August 31, 2023
USA No.1 on this day in 1979: The Knack - My Sharona https://t.co/DNnhf4QhVk… via @YouTube
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) August 31, 2023