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This Day in Music History – August 8th

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1960 – 25,000 copies of “Tell Laura I Love Her” were destroyed by Decca Records. It was said that the song was “too tasteless and vulgar for English sensibility.”

1970 – Janis Joplin bought a headstone for the grave of blues singer Bessie Smith. Smith was one of Joplin’s idols.

1975 – Hank Williams, Jr. fell 500 feet down a mountain in Montana. After, two years of surgeries he returned to music.

1983 – The Metallica single “Whiplash” was released. It was their first single.

1986 – David Crosby (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young) was released from prison after serving a sentence for drug and weapons possession.

1989 – Danny Elfman’s musical score “Batman: Motion Picture Score” was released.

1992 – James Hetfield (Metallica) was injured by a stage explosion at a concert in Montreal. A riot occurred at the same show when Axl Rose cut Guns ‘N’ Roses’ set short because of a sore throat.

2000 – Attorney generals in 28 states filed a lawsuit that alleged that record companies forced discount stores to raise CD prices in 1995.

2006 – Travis Barker (Blink-182) filed for a divorce from ex-beauty queen Shanna Moakler.


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Written by: Vipology Staff Writer

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