Results tagged “Live Aid”

This Day in Music, November 25: Do They Know It's Christmas?

Friday, November 25, 2011
On this day in 1984, the cream of the British pop world gathered at SARM Studios, London, to record the historic “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”

By Neil Cossar

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This Day in Music, September 5: They Were the Champions

Monday, September 5, 2011
There was defiantly only one Freddie Mercury.

By Neil Cossar

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This Day in Music, July 23: Moon the Loon, Queen, and Elvis' Autopsy

Saturday, July 23, 2011
In 2010, surgical instruments allegedly used to conduct Elvis Presley's autopsy were removed from an upcoming auction amid doubts about their authenticity.

By Neil Cossar

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This Day in Music, July 13: The Global Jukebox Plugs In

Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Billed as The Global Jukebox, and described as "The Day Rock and Roll Changed the World," Live Aid became the biggest live rock event ever.

By Neil Cossar

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This Day in Music, May 9: Billy Joel, Boomtown Rats

Monday, May 9, 2011
On May 9, 1949 the "Piano Man" Billy Joel was born, ushering in 33 Top 40 hits, while Live Aid creator and Boomtown Rats frontman, Sir Bob Geldof, gives meaning to hating Mondays and 'shooting the whole day down.'

By Neil Cossar

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