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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 15: On this day in 1955, an unknown Buddy Holly performing as Buddy & Bob opened for Elvis Presley in Lubbock, Texas. A Nashville talent scout was in the audience and arranged for Holly to audition and record demos for Decca. OCT 21: Happy birthday to Steve Lukather from Toto, born today in 1957! Lukather has led Toto since forming the band in 1976 and has been the sole continuous member. In addition to his work with Toto, he has...

The iconic status of The Doors is punctuated by the fact that they were the first group to see their first eight consecutive albums be certified Gold by the RIAA. Their star burned brightly, both live and in the studio, until the group disbanded after singer/poet Jim Morrison's untimely death at the age of 27 in 1971. RIAA record awards for the group have always been highly desired by collectors, especially when those awards are highly coveted "white matte" awards from the 60s and early 70s. Even more so, when they are presented to the group or members of the...

The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! SEPT 28: Today in 1985, Dire Straits were at #1 with "Money For Nothing"! This song was strongly pushed to the top by its cool video that played around the clock on MTV and the backing vocals from Sting. OCT 8: Happy birthday to Bruno Mars, born today in 1985! As crazy as it sounds, Mars is one of the best selling solo artists of all-time having sold over 130 million records worldwide! Photo courtesy: slgckgc [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en] Want more content like this?...

The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! SEPT 18: Today in 1983, KISS went without makeup for the first time in an interview on MTV to promote their new album Lick It Up! Photo courtesy: Dustin Gaffke [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en] SEPT 20: Happy birthday to Matthew and Gunnar Nelson, born today in 1967! They found success in the early 90s with their first release, After the Rain. In addition to playing as Nelson, they also head a Ricky Nelson tribute band Ricky Nelson Remembered and play with the all-star rock band...

The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! AUG 30: Today in 1981, Lionel Richie and Diana Ross were at #1 with "Endless Love" from the movie of the same name. The song was written, produced, and performed by Richie along with his duet partner, Diana Ross. Who remembers slow dancing to this one?! SEPT 7: Happy 70th birthday to Chrissie Hynde, born today in 1951! Hynde is best known as the front woman of the Pretenders, which she co-founded in 1978. She was inducted along with her bandmates into...