Category Archives: Popular Music 1990s

‘The Beatles Anthology’ premieres on ABC-TV 20 years ago this hour (Nov 19 1995)


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(Sunday, November 19, 1995, 9:00-11:00 p.m. EST)The Beatles Anthology, a documentary series on the career of The Beatles, premiered tonight on ABC-TV. The six-hour series concluded on the evenings of Nov. 22 and 23, 1995. Continue reading ‘The Beatles Anthology’ premieres on ABC-TV 20 years ago this hour (Nov 19 1995)

‘Lisa the Vegetarian’ episode airs on ‘The Simpsons’ 20 years ago this hour (Oct 15 1995)


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(Sunday, October 15, 1995, 8:00 p.m. EDT) — After a trip to a petting zoo, Lisa finds herself unable to eat lamb exposing her to ridicule and resentment from her father and friends on tonight’s episode of the Fox animated sitcom television series The Simpsons. Continue reading ‘Lisa the Vegetarian’ episode airs on ‘The Simpsons’ 20 years ago this hour (Oct 15 1995)

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opens with all-star concert 30 years ago this hour (Sep 2 1995)


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(Saturday, September 2, 1995, 7:30 p.m. EDT) — The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opened tonight in Cleveland with an all-star concert at Cleveland Stadium featuring Chuck Berry, Bob Dylan, Al Green, Jerry Lee Lewis, Aretha Franklin, Bruce Springsteen, Iggy Pop, John Fogerty, John Mellencamp and many others.

‘You Are Not Alone’ by Michael Jackson peaks at #1 in USA 20 years ago today (Sep 2 1995)

(Saturday, September 2, 1995)“You Are Not Alone” by Michael Jackson peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. It was Jackson’s 13th and final number one hit on the chart (1972-1995) after reaching the top of the chart four times with the Jackson 5 (all in 1970).

Grateful Dead singer, guitarist Jerry Garcia dies while undergoing drug rehab 20 years ago this hour (Aug 9 1995)


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(Wednesday, August 9, 1995, 4:23 a.m. PDT)Jerry Garcia, lead singer of the Grateful Dead, died today in his room at Serenity Knolls, a residential drug treatment center in Forest Knolls, California, of a heart attack eight days after turning 53.