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Comedy might not have been born on this day in 1937, but one of the greatest comedians ever to walk to earth did arrive on this date: George Denis Patrick Carlin. Although he left us back in 2008, his legacy...

32 years ago today, Madonna rose to the pinnacle of the Billboard Hot 100 for the second time in her career with a track from a film about a love story between a high-school wrestler and an older woman. “Crazy...

The success Joni Mitchell achieved on her wonderful run of hit albums in the early '70s (from LADIES OF THE CANYON through COURT AND SPARK) provided her with sufficient artistic credit to explore whatever avenues she desired. She chose jazz...

47 years ago today, David Bowie performed “Space Oddity” for what was almost certainly the largest audience of his career up to that point, thanks to a little help from a satellite. Although he wasn’t yet the superstar that he...

29 years ago today, Prince released his tenth studio album, an effort which featured nine tracks…unless you got the CD, that is, in which case it featured one really, really long track. Recorded – as you might expect – at...

19 years ago today, P. Diddy – then known as Puff Daddy – was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live, where he was joined by once and future Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page. After finding considerable success with such...

This year marks the 40th anniversary of Alice Cooper’s third album as a proper solo artist (as opposed to when he was fronting the band called Alice Cooper), but it’s also the 40th anniversary of the introduction of a character...

Order Now - MAY 1977: GET SHOWN THE LIGHT Order Now - CORNELL 5/8/77 on 5LP Order Now - CORNELL 5/8/77 on 3CD There are concerts, and then there are live performances so epic that they are still spoken of...

26 years ago today, the Berklee College of Music doled out a handful of honorary degrees, and if you’re a regular Rhino.com visitor, then you’ll recognize that most of the recipients were folks with a connection to this here label...