New Jersey 101.5 » Dire Straits http://nj1015.com New Jersey News Sun, 26 May 2013 02:43:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 This Weekend in Music History http://nj1015.com/this-weekend-in-music-history-16/ http://nj1015.com/this-weekend-in-music-history-16/#comments Sat, 30 Mar 2013 14:42:49 +0000 Big Joe Henry http://nj1015.com/?p=246864 March 30th, 1991 - Gloria Estefan hits No.1 on the singles chart with 'Coming Out Of The Dark'. It is the first single released after Estefan's tragic accident where an 18-wheeler rammed her tour bus, nearly causing death.

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1965 - The Rolling Stones help kick off the second season of the music variety show "Shindig!" by singing '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction'. Also performing that night were The Kinks and The Byrds.

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1969 - Simon & Garfunkel's Bookends hits No. 1 on the American albums chart. This knocks down their soundtrack to The Graduate from the top spot. 

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March 17th
1968 - The Bee Gees made their US television debut when they appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show.

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