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Take a stroll down memory lane and see what happened this week in music history, July 9-15.

December 12th, 1970 – Smokey Robinson and the Miracles start a two week run at No.1 on the singles chart with ‘Tears Of A Clown’. It was the group’s 26th Top 40 hit and first No.1.

During a recent interview, Duran Duran bassist John Taylor talked to NME about who should be touted as the next James Bond theme song singer.

July 11th, 1971 - Bruce Springsteen's band opens for Peter Frampton's band Humble Pie at the Sunshine Inn, Asbury Park. Afterward Frampton, impressed with Bruce offers to have them open for him on a national tour and audition for his record label, A & M records.

Been a while since we’ve heard from 2 of the quintessential bands that defined the 80s sound. But Culture Club will be starting work on a new album – their first attempt since their last album came out in 1999. The band will be touring and making stops at New York City’s Beacon Theater and here in Jersey at the Mark G...

Power Station is a 1980's "supergroup" named after the recording studio where their albums were recorded!

December 14th, 1998 - Billy Preston pleads guilty to insurance fraud in a LA court and agrees to testify against six others who allegedly participated in similar acts. Allegedly, Preston was part of a group who staged car crashes, thefts, and fires for a total of 18 fraudulent insurance claims...

August 10th, 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. It was also, the first live, non-studio recording to reach number one on the singles chart since Johnny Standley’s 1952 comic monologue ‘It’s in the Book’...

December 15th, 1956 - A phrase is born when Elvis Presley gave his final performance on a live radio program in Louisiana. At the end of the show, the DJ uttered the now legendary phrase "Elvis has left the building."  Presley had made 50 appearances on that particular radio show throughout his career.

The illness of keyboardist Nick Rhodes forced the last-minute cancellation of rock group Duran Duran's Saturday night concert at Atlantic City's Revel.