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The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! MAR 8: Happy birthday to Mickey Dolenz of The Monkees, born today in 1945! Dolenz is the only surviving member of the pop group. He was the only member to be a part of every inception of the band. Want more content like this? Subscribe to our free MusicGoldmine newsletter which comes out every two weeks. Go here to sign up. Be the envy of all your friends! Get MusicGoldmine.com Music History in your Facebook feed each day. Just follow us on...

The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! FEB 16: Happy birthday to Andy Taylor, born today in 1961! Taylor began playing guitar as a preteen and soon he was playing in local bands. In 1980, he joined Duran Duran and shot to international fame. After leaving the band in the late 80s, he worked on his solo career and producing/writing/playing guitar for other artists, including Rod Stewart, Belinda Carlisle, Robert Palmer, and more. In 2022, Taylor along with his Duran Duran bandmates were inducted into the Rock and...

The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! FEB 7: Happy birthday to Garth Brooks, born today in 1962!Amazingly, Brooks is the only artist ever to have nine - yes 9 - albums go to diamond status (10M copies = Diamond). He is one of the best-selling artist's having sold more than 170 million records worldwide. Plus, he's supposedly a nice guy! FEB 12: Today, Burt Bacharach passed away at 94. His songs have been recorded by an astounding 1000+ different artists! As one of the most important and prolific...

The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! JAN 19: Sad news today, David Crosby has passed away at age 81 after a long illness. The singer-songwriter and guitarist was a founding member of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash - he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with each. RIP Photo courtesy: David Gans [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.e JAN 26: Happy birthday to Anita Baker, born today in 1958! She released her debut album in 1983, but it was her album, Rapture, in 1986 that would catapult...

The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! JAN 2: Today in 1989, Poison was at #1 with "Every Rose Has Its Thorn". It is their only #1 single in the U.S. Who saw Poison on the stadium tour this past summer?! JAN 11: Jeff Beck has passed away at age 78 after a short illness. In 1965, he joined The Yardbirds to replace Eric Clapton. By 1967, he was out of the band and formed his own group The Jeff Beck Group, which would include Rod Steward and Ronnie...