New Jersey 101.5 » Stevie Wonder http://nj1015.com New Jersey News Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:10:39 +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-20/ http://nj1015.com/this-weekend-in-music-history-20/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:00:47 +0000 Big Joe Henry http://nj1015.com/?p=258397 April 26th, 1980 - Blondie is at No.1 with 'Call Me'. It would be the band's biggest selling single to date and was used in the Richard Gere flick 'American Gigolo'. Originally, Stevie Nicks

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April 12th, 1967 - Mick Jagger receives a punch to the face by an airport official at Le Bourget Airport in France. Jagger had lost his temper when The Rolling Stones were all searched for drugs.

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1965 - The Who record 'My Generation' at Pye studios in London. The single would almost be a chart topper when released, however it was held off of hitting the No.1 position by The Seekers' 'The Carnival Is Over'.

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1958 - Elvis Presley gives one last press conference in Brooklyn at the Military Ocean Terminal, with special permission from the Army. He then joined the rest of the 3rd Armored Division on the USS General Randall for a voyage to Bremerhaven, Germany.

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1968 - While on tour in the UK, Roy Orbison's house in Nashville burns down, and he losses his two oldest sons to the fire. An official from the scene of the fire later said that "from what we've been able to piece together

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1963 - The Ronettes enter the singles chart with 'Be My Baby' their only top 10 hit. Lead singer and original "bad girl" of rock n roll, Ronnie Spector, would eventually have to take ex-husband Phil Spector to court

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1963 - Little Stevie Wonder starts his three week run at No.1 on the singles chart with 'Fingertips part II'. At the age of 13, this makes him the youngest singer to top the charts.

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1963 - Stevie Wonder, at the age of 13, enters the singles charts as Little Stevie Wonder with "Fingertips Part One and Two". The song was the first live, out of studio recording to hit No. 1 on the Billboard singles chart in the US since

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