August 17th: On this Day 1953, Born on this day, Kevin Rowland, singer, Dexys Midnight Runners, (1982 UK No.1 & 1983 US No.1 single Come On Eileen). Solo 1986 UK No.13 single Because Of You). 1974, Eric Clapton started a four-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 461 Ocean Boulevard, a No.3 hit in the UK. The house featured on the album cover is 461 Ocean Boulevard in the town of Golden Beach, Florida near Miami where Clapton lived while making the album. 1991, Nirvana shot the video for Smells Like Teen Spirit at GMT Studios in Culver City, California, costing less than $50,000 to make, the shoot features real Nirvana fans as the audience. The video won Nirvana the Best New Artist and Best Alternative Group awards at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards, and in 2000 the Guinness World Records named Teen Spirit the Most Played Video on MTV Europe. 2009, A thief in New Zealand took the unusual step of leaving his contact details at the site of his crime. The man reserved a copy of Pink Floyds The Wall at a record shop in Christchurch, leaving his name and phone number, before robbing the till. He was a regular customer at the shop and already had several records on order
Posted on: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 10:34:47 +0000
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