2012 – Seal responds to Heidi Klum’s divorce filing on This Day in Rock Music History! Seal is tooling up over a major dispute on who gets what from the marraige. Heidi claims of a postnuptial agreement which disputes the state of community assets. But in Seal’s papers, he claims there are “community and quasi-community […]
1942 – Paul McCartney is born in Liverpool, England. The Beatles have 20 No. 1 songs, more than any other recording act, and McCartney by himself or in duets has another nine. His biggest post-Beatles hits are “Ebony and Ivory,” a duet with Stevie Wonder that stays at No. 1 for seven weeks, and “Say […]
2005 – English singer and lucky bastard Seal marries model Heidi Klum on a beach in Mexico. There might have been a kiss from a rose on a plate involved.
1995 – Seal hit number 1 in 1995 when “Kiss From a Rose” had its only week at the top. The song was included in the Batman Forever movie, as well as on his second self-titled album. “Kiss From a Rose” would eventually win Grammys for Song of the Year, Record of the Year and […]
1995 – Seal, Porno for Pyros, Biohazard, Ned’s Atomic Dustbin, the Goats and Face to Face perform at Warp magazine’s second annual Board AID rock ‘n’ ski benefit on the slopes of Big Bear, Calif.
1995 -Van Halen, scored their first US No.1 album with ‘Balance.’ Balance is the tenth studio album by the American hard rock band Van Halen. It was released in 1995 and, to date, is the final Van Halen album featuring lead singer Sammy Hagar. It is the fourth full length studio album with Sammy Hagar. […]
1987 – MTV chooses Kevin Seal as an MTV VJ from more than 1250 college students who entered MTV’s nationwide campus VJ search.
1963 – Singer Seal (“Kiss From a Rose”) is born Sealhenry Samuel in Paddington, England.
1955 – Edward Lodewijk “Eddie” Van Halen (born January 26, 1955), is a Dutch guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter and producer most famous for being the lead guitarist and co-founder of the rock band Van Halen. Biography Childhood Van Halen was a son of saxophonist Jan Van Halen; his mother Eugenia was from Java, Indonesia. At the […]
1949 – Producer Trevor Horn, who gave tracks by Yes (“Owner of a Lonely Heart”), Frankie Goes to Hollywood (“Relax”), and Seal (“Crazy”) a little “English,” is born in Hertfordshire, England. He also scored a top 40 hit as a member of the Buggles with “Video Killed the Radio Star.”
1947 – Marc Bolan (Marc Feld) of T. Rex is born in London. Marc Bolan (born Mark Feld; 30 September 1947 – 16 September 1977), was an English singer, songwriter and guitarist whose hit singles, fashion sensibilities and stage presence with T.Rex in the early 1970s helped cultivate the glam rock era and made him […]
1941 – Jim Seals of Seals & Crofts is born in Sidney, Texas.
