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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! 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...

The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! DEC 26: Happy birthday to Lars Ulrich of Metallica, born today in 1963! In 1981, he met James Hetfield and the two formed Metallica. They are the two sole remaining original members. Ulrich along with his bandmates was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2009. Photo courtesy: Raph_PH [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en]   DEC 31: Happy 80th birthday to Andy Summers of The Police, born today in 1942!He began his career in the mid-60s as a guitarist in London for Zoot...

The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! DEC 13: Today in 1967, The Monkees were at #1 with "Daydream Believer". It stayed up top for four weeks and was their last #1 in the U.S. RIP Davy, Michael, and Peter. DEC 18: Happy birthday to Elliot Easton of The Cars, born today in 1953! The lead guitarist is also one of the iconic band's founding members. After the band broke up in 1988, Easton went on to work with various artists and released his own solo work. In 2018,...