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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! OCT 12: Today in 1974, the group Blondie performed for the first time as Blondie at CBGB's in NYC! Originally, they were billed as Angel and the Snake before renaming themselves Blondie - supposedly derived from the catcalls of truck drivers directed at Debbie Harry of "Hey, Blondie!" OCT 15: Today in 1988, UB40 was at #1 with "Red Red Wine". The song went to #1 in several countries and is the writer and original performer's favorite cover of any of his...

The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! OCT 7: Today in 1995, Alanis Morrissette was at the top of the U.S. album charts with one of the best-selling albums of all-time, Jagged Little Pill. The album has sold over 33 million copies worldwide and won five of the nine Grammys that it was nominated for in 1996! SEPT 28: Today, rapper Coolio passed away at the age of 59. Coolio gained prominence with the theme song "Gangsta's Paradise" from the hit movie Dangerous Minds. The song would win Coolio...

Eddie Van Halen (1955-2020). In October 2020 the music world lost guitar virtuoso and talented songwriter Eddie Van Halen. As we reflect on the loss two years on, it's best to remember the rock god for his incredible guitar prowess. What better way to do that than to listen to some isolated Eddie guitar magic? Every rock guitarist alive in the 80s regarded Eddie Van Halen as a god. It's the truth. While Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and others were influences that Eddie would often acknowledge, he took the art of rock guitar to another level, literally inventing techniques that would influence...

The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! SEPT 20: Today in 1984, John Waite topped the charts with "Missing You". Ironically, one of the most recognizable songs from the 80s only spent one week at #1 - the only song to do so in all of 1984! It also gave the Brit a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal Performance Male. SEPT 13: Happy birthday to Peter Cetera, born today in 1944!🎂🎤Cetera is best known as the lead singer and bassist for Chicago, which he joined in...

The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! SEPT 8: Today in 1973, Marvin Gaye was at the top of the charts with the soul classic "Let's Get It On". Written by Gaye and Ed Townsend, the song would stay at #1 for two weeks. SEPT 11: This week 35 years ago in 1987, the Pet Shop Boys released "actually" (stylized on the album as "Pet Shop Boys, actually"). It was their second album and produced hits, "It's A Sin", "What Have I Done To Deserve This?", and "Rent". The...