Monday, March 25, 2013

The Retroscope: 25 March

25 March 1983: Motown Records celebrated its 25th anniversary with a concert in Pasedena featuring acts like The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, etc. 25 March 1986: Guns ‘N Roses signed a world wide deal with Geffen Records after the phenomenal success of their debut album, Appetite for Destruction. 25 March 1989: Madonna reached #1 on the UK singles chart with “Like A Prayer”, her sixth UK #1. The highly controversial music video was voted in 2005 as the “Most Groundbreaking Music Video Of All Time” by viewers of MTV. At the time the controversy prompted Pepsi Cola to withdraw a commercial featuring the artist.

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