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2004, as the third season of American Idol was aired on US TV a memo was leaked showing a list of songs banned from being performed at this year's auditions that included, Elton John's 'Candle In The Wind' and 'Fallin' by Alicia Keys. Also all songs 
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2002, George Harrison had the posthumous UK No.1 single with the re-release of the 1971 former No.1 'My Sweet Lord'. Harrison's single replaced Aaliyah's 'More Than A Woman', the only time in chart history that one deceased artist had taken over from Posted Mon 19 Jan 2009 8:27AM GMT
2001, it was reported that Paul McCartney was set to become the world’s first pop star billionaire. McCartney was said to be worth £725 million ($1,233) and was expected to become a billionaire after huge sales from The Beatles compilation hit Posted Sun 18 Jan 2009 8:58AM GMT
2008, Four photographers were arrested for reckless driving after they chased Britney Spears' car on the outskirts of Los Angeles. The four were among a group of paparazzi seen driving at high speed, each of the men were ordered to post $5,000 (£2,5 Posted Sat 17 Jan 2009 9:51AM GMT
2003, a long-lost recording featuring John Lennon and Mick Jagger was set to spark a biding war at a London auction. ... Posted Fri 16 Jan 2009 9:01AM GMT
2005, Elvis Presley's single ‘One Night’ made chart history by becoming the 1,000th UK number one. Elvis, who led last week's chart with ‘Jailhouse Rock’, had now scored more number one UK hits than any other artist with 20 number Posted Thu 15 Jan 2009 8:43AM GMT
2008, Ronnie Wood was recovering following an operation for a hernia after he sustained the injury during the band's recent Bigger Bang tour. The 60-year-old Rolling Stones guitarist was told to rest for two months after the procedure. 2002, 1980's B Posted Wed 14 Jan 2009 7:52AM GMT
2007, Amy Winehouse started a two week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Back To Black’ (which went on to become the biggest-selling album of 2007 with sales over 1.5m copies). Nas was at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Hip Hop Is Dead.'2005 Posted Tue 13 Jan 2009 8:25AM GMT
2005, a report showed that more songs had been written about Elvis Presley than any other artist. It listed over 220 songs including: ‘Graceland’ by Paul Simon, ‘A Room At The Heartbreakhotel’ by U2, ‘Calling Elvis’, Di Posted Mon 12 Jan 2009 9:31AM GMT
2005, it was announced that the Strawberry Field children's home immortalised by The Beatles was to close. The home in Woolton, Liverpool was made famous when John Lennon wrote ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ after playing there as a child. 2001, | Select a Blog | Posts |
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