Perhaps the most iconic rap album of the ’90s hit shelves today, Tupac Shakur’s double disc, “All Eyez on Me.” It was critically acclaimed and zoomed off the shelves. Both “How Do You Want It” and “California Love” hit number one on the Billboard singles charts. Shakur would be killed just seven months later.
It was tonight in 1976 that everyone in America fell in love with 19-year old Dorothy Hamill, who won the gold medal in the Women’s Figure Skating competition at the Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. If you were old enough, 12 girls in your class had her hair cut in the next week.
It was this afternoon in 1983 when Marvin Gaye out-shined the NBA All-Stars with his classic rendition of the National Anthem. Dr. J won the game MVP award, scoring 25 points.
In other hoop news, it was tonight in 1954 that Furman’s Frank Selvy became the only DI player to ever score 100 points in a game. It was senior night for Furman and the coach had deemed it, “Frank Selvy” night, hoping to get Selvy as many points as possible. Selvy hit a buzzer beater from just past half-court to hit the magic number. The future internet was outraged.
The debut album by The Black Crowes, “Shake Your Money Maker” hit stores today in 1990. The album was hip and it spawned the hits, “Hard to Handle” and “She Talks to Angels.”
“Gee, you know that information… really would’ve been more useful to me *yesterday.*”
In the, “where in hell does the time go?” category…. “The Wedding Singer” came out 15 years ago today.
Happy Birthdays to Peter Gabriel (63) and Randy Moss (36).
Gabriel’s Top Five:
- In Your Eyes
- The Book of Love (cover of a Magnetic Fields song)
- Solsbury Hill
- Red Rain
- Don’t Give Up
— Bill Hubbell