It’s that time of the day. Let’s open the books on Today In Music History. It was a busy summer day so let’s do this. Today we have history from Abba To Ozzy Osbourne and here we go!
2019
Forbes magazine announced that Rihanna was the richest female musician in the world. The singer had amassed a fortune of about $600 million.
2016
The four members of ABBA performed alongside one another for the first time since 1982
2008
Ozzy Osbourne accepted undisclosed libel damages and an apology over a UK newspaper claims that he was ill at the Brit Awards
2007
Sir Paul McCartney released his 21st solo album, ‘Memory Almost Full’ on the new Hear Music Starbucks label
2007
Jurors in the murder trial of music producer Phil Spector were shown the bloody revolver that was found at the feet of Lana Clarkson, the actress he was accused of killing at his home in the early hours of February 3rd, 2003.
2001
Officials in Singapore threw out an appeal against a ban on Janet Jackson’s latest album, ‘All For You’. They decided that the lyrics of the album, particularly one song, ‘Would You Mind’, were “not acceptable to our society”.
Happy Birthday
1979 – Pete Wentz, bassist, Rock band Fall Out Boy.
1956 – Kenneth Bruce “Kenny G” Gorelick
1956 – Singer with the English rock band The Psychedelic Furs
1947 – Tom Evans, English musician and songwriter Tom Evans, from Badfinger
1946 – Freddie Stone, guitar player, Sly and the Family Stone
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