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While you’re busy checking out all the new music that dropped today, it never hurts to take a peek back at what happened this week in year’s past. Say, for instance, did you know that this week in 1967, the late Heavy D (pictured above) was born? Or that this week in 1997, iconic singer The Spice Girls were at the top of the charts? Take a trip back in time and revisit all (good and bad) that’s happened in music during this week.
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This Week in Music History: May 8- 14
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May 26, 1926 – Jazz icon Miles Davis is born.
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May 24, 1941 – World-famous singer/songwriter Bob Dylan is born.
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May 26, 1943 – The Band’s Levon Helm is born.
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May 28, 1944 - Singer Gladys Knight is born.
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May 28, 1945 – Creedence Clearwater Revival singer John Fogerty is born.
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May 26, 1948 – Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks is born.
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May 22, 1959 – The Smiths singer Morrissey is born.
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May 26, 1964 – Rocker Lenny Kravitz is born.
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May 24, 1967 – Rapper Heavy D is born.
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May 26, 1969 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono begin an eight-day ‘bed in‘ in room 1742 of The Hotel La Reine Elizabeth in Montreal to promote world peace.
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May 22, 1971 – The Rolling Stones album Sticky Fingers starts a four-week run at No.1 on the charts, the group’s second No.1 album.
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May 27, 1971 – TLC’s Lisa “Left-Eye” Lopes is born.
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May 23, 1972 – Singer Maxwell is born.
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May 25, 1975 – Singer Lauryn Hill is born.
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May 27, 1975 – Outkast rapper Andre 3000 is born.
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May 26, 1981 – Lead singer of The Fray, Isaac Slade, is born.
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May 28, 1985 – Pop star Colbie Calliat is born.
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May 23, 1991 –  Photographer Michael Lavine takes what would be the iconic publicity shots for Nirvana’s Nevermind album at Jay Aaron Studios in Los Angeles.
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May 26, 1994 – Michael Jackson marries Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis Presley. The couple divorce in 1995.
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May 24, 1997 – The Spice Girls go to No.1 on the US album chart with Spice.
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May 24, 1997 – Hanson start a three-week run at No.1 on the singles chart with “MMMBop.”
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May 28, 2000 – Britney Spears is at No.1 on the  album chart with Oops!… I Did It Again.
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May 26, 2006 – Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale become parents when their baby boy Kingston James McGregor Rossdale is born.
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May 25, 2009 – Jay Bennett, a former member of Wilco, dies at his home in Illinois at the age of 45.
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May 24, 2010 –  Paul Gray, the bassist with metal band Slipknot, is found dead in a hotel in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Flashback: This Week’s Number One Singles
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(2011) Adele – “Rolling in the Deep”
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(2009) Black Eyed Peas – “Boom Boom Pow”
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(2007) Maroon 5 – “Makes Me Wonder”
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(2002) Ashanti – “Foolish”
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(1992) Kriss Kross – “Jump”
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