1992 Concerned that students are
identifying with 
Freddie Mercury, who has
recently died of AIDS, the principal at
Sacred Heart School in Clifton, New Jersey,
doesn't allow 8th graders to perform the
Queen song "We Are The Champions"
at their graduation ceremony.
When students flood the radio station
Z100 with requests for the song, it is
re-released as a single.
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1971 The Rolling Stones' "Brown Sugar" hits
the top of the Hot 100 for the first of two weeks.
1969 Crosby, Stills & Nash release their
self-titled debut album, lighting a path for '70s
bands like America and the Eagles with rich harmonies and mysterious lyrics.
1976 Diana Ross'
"Love Hangover" hits #1 in America.
It's the first disco hit for Motown Records, which
is slow to embrace the sound.
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