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On this day in 1985, 41 years ago: Pop's biggest stars record "We Are the World." Straight from the American Music Awards, dozens of singers gathered at A&M Studios to finish the Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie song, produced by Quincy Jones, for African famine relief. Here's USA for Africa with “We Are the World.”
On this day in 1956, 70 years ago: Elvis Presley makes his network TV debut. On CBS's Stage Show, hosted by the Dorsey brothers, he tore through "Shake, Rattle and Roll" and "I Got a Woman," the first of six appearances on the program.
On this day in 1995, 31 years ago: TLC's "Creep" begins a four-week run at No. 1. Written and produced by Dallas Austin, the lead single from CrazySexyCool was the trio's first US No. 1 and later won them a Grammy.
On this day in 2023, 3 years ago: Miley Cyrus's "Flowers" debuts at No. 1. Her single replaced Taylor Swift's "Anti-Hero" at the top and stayed at No. 1 for a total of eight weeks across two separate runs.
On this day in 1887, 139 years ago: Pianist Arthur Rubinstein is born in Łódź. Celebrated above all for his Chopin, he gave his first concert at age seven and kept performing for about 80 years before retiring at 89.
On this day in 1929, 97 years ago: Clarinetist Acker Bilk is born in Somerset. His mellow instrumental "Stranger on the Shore" was Britain's best-selling single of 1962 and also topped the US Hot 100.
On this day in 1968, 58 years ago: Rakim is born on Long Island. As half of Eric B. & Rakim, his cool delivery and intricate, multisyllabic rhymes on albums like Paid in Full changed how rappers wrote and flowed.
On this day in 1968, 58 years ago: Sarah McLachlan is born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Besides hits like "Angel" and "Building a Mystery," she founded Lilith Fair, the all-women touring festival that raised millions for charity in the late 1990s.
On this day in 1994, 32 years ago: Maluma is born in Medellín, Colombia. The Colombian singer scored with "Felices los 4" and "Hawái," which held the top of Billboard's Hot Latin Songs for nine straight weeks.
On this day in 2016, 10 years ago: Jefferson Airplane co-founder Paul Kantner dies. The San Francisco guitarist and singer helped launch the Airplane in 1965 and later revived the band's name as Jefferson Starship. He was 74.
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