1955 Bill Haley & His Comets' "
Rock Around The Clock" becomes the first Rock song to hit #1 on the Billboard Pop chart, where it stays for eight weeks. The song was originally released as a the B-side of "Thirteen Women," but became a massive hit after it appeared in the film Blackboard Jungle.
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2009 In an article published in The Guardian, "
Hallelujah" writer Leonard Cohen admits the song is overplayed. "I think it's a good song, but I think too many people sing it," he says.
1968 David Ruffin is fired from
The Temptations after missing a show. The lead singer on their hits "
My Girl" and "
Ain't Too Proud To Beg," Ruffin clashes with his bandmates and with Motown head Berry Gordy before he is fired.
1988
Cheap Trick, hitless since the '70s, go to #1 in America with "
The Flame," joining the power ballad party of the late '80s.
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