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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! APR 16: Happy birthday to Dave Pirner of Soul Asylum, born today in 1964! Photo courtesy: Daniel Schwen [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en] APR 20: Today in 1986, Prince was at #1 with "Kiss". It would stay up top for two weeks and go on to sell over 1M copies! Who sang "Kiss" in a popular 1990 movie? 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!...

Queen's iconic "Bohemian "Rhapsody" is probably their most famous hit (although soccer/football fans might argue it's "We Are The Champions"). Below you can hear the group's vocal-only tracks from the record, synched with a video of them performing the tune. These isolated tracks unearth interesting detail behind the recordings. Here they reveal Freddie Mercury's soaring range and power, but also the equally amazing harmony vocals of Mercury along with guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor (who sang the highest parts). The group recorded the tune in summer 1975, with Roy Thomas Baker at the helm as producer, in a...

The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! MAR 30: Today in 1967, The Turtles were at #1 with "Happy Together". It was the band’s  only trip to the top of the Billboard Hot 100. APR 8: Today in 1967, John Lennon had his Rolls Royce customized in a psychedelic color scheme and fit with interior/exterior sound system, television, telephone, and refrigerator! The extravagance came in at $2,600 - over $22,000 in today's dollars. Want more content like this? Subscribe to our free MusicGoldmine newsletter which comes out every two...

This coming week it's Record Store Day 2022! This year taking place on April 23, the goal of the day is to celebrate and foster support for independently owned record stores. Each participating record store plans special events that reflect their community and celebrate special artist releases planned around the day. Special pressings are typically manufactured in limited quantities and offered only for sale on this specific day at participating stores.Record Store Day has helped increase sales of vinyl and contributed to the growing trend of vinyl exceeding CD sales that was first observed in 2019. The day was founded in 2007 by...

The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! MAR 20: Today in 1986, Heart was at #1 with "These Dreams". The song had been offered to Stevie Nicks who passed. It would become Heart's first number one on the Billboard Hot 100! Bonus fact: It was co-written by Bernie Taupin. MAR 25: Sadly, it was just announced that Taylor Hawkins, drummer of the Foo Fighters, has passed away at age 50. RIP Photo courtesy of Raph_PH [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en] Want more content like this? Subscribe to our free MusicGoldmine newsletter which comes...