JUNE 27, 1975: DAVID BOWIE\’S \”FAME\”
Co-written with John Lennon, David Bowie scored his first #1 single in the US with \”Fame\”.

The single spent two non-consecutive weeks at #1, and sold 1,000,000 copies on its own.

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JUNE 29, 1984: \”DANCING IN THE DARK\” VIDEO
Brian De Palma (Scarface) directed the video for Springsteen\’s \”Dancing in the Dark\”.

Filmed live in concert at St. Paul Civic Center, the song was performed twice to ensure De Palma had all the shots he\’d need.

The video\’s notable for featuring a 19-year-old Courteney Cox, who is brought on stage to dance with The Boss.

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JUNE 30, 1984: \”DANCING IN THE DARK\” IS #2
The day after shooting the video in St. Paul, \”Dancing in the Dark\” peaked at #2 on the charts where it stayed for 3 weeks.

It likely would have gone #1, if it hadn\’t been for the biggest song of 1984: \”When Doves Cry\” by Prince.

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JULY 1, 1966: BOB DYLAN RELEASES BLONDE ON BLONDE
Blonde on Blonde is the first of only three of Bob Dylan\’s albums to go multi-platinum.

The classic album contains the hit singles \”Rainy Day Women ♯12 & 35\”, \”I Want You\” and \”Just Like a Woman\”.

Blonde on Blonde routinely places very high on Rolling Stone\’s 500 Great Albums of All Time list.

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JULY 2, 2005: PINK FLOYD REUNITE AT LIVE 8
The classic Pink Floyd lineup reunited at Live 8 for their only concert with Roger Waters since 1981.

Their 5-song set included \”Breathe\”, \”Breathe (Reprise)\”, \”Money\”, \”Wish You Were Here\” and \”Comfortably Numb\”.

With Richard Wright\’s passing in 2008, Live 8 would prove to be the lineup\’s final show together.