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2006
Bruce Springsteen releases We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions, a collection of songs popularized by Pete Seeger. The album brings Seeger into the spotlight, drawing attention to his work as a musicologist and scion of folk music. “I've managed to survive all these years by keeping a low profile,” Seeger says. “Now my cover's blown.”
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1999
It's Joe DiMaggio Day at Yankee Stadium, where Paul Simon performs “Mrs. Robinson,” which contains the classic line, “Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?”
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1994
A jury rules that Michael Bolton's 1991 hit “Love Is a Wonderful Thing” plagiarizes The Isley Brothers 1966 song of the same name and awards $5.4 million in damages, the largest ever in a music plagiarism case.
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1987
U2's fifth album, The Joshua Tree, hits #1 in America, giving the band their rock star bona fides in that country (they've been huge in their native Ireland for years). It holds the top spot for an impressive nine weeks, finally dethroned by Whitney Houston's Whitney.
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1970
The Jackson 5 bump The Beatles (“Let It Be”) off the top spot in America with “ABC.”
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November 23, 1992
Miley Cyrus is born Destiny Hope Cyrus in Franklin, Tennessee. Nicknamed “Smiley,” later shortened to “Miley,” she is the first child of country star Billy Ray Cyrus. She also has a famous godmother: Dolly Parton.
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October 18, 2007
Miley Cyrus, who stars on the Disney Channel series Hannah Montana, kicks off the Best Of Both Worlds Tour in St. Louis with opening act the Jonas Brothers. She does the first half of the show in character as Hannah, then transforms into Miley for the second half.
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April 10, 2009
Hannah Montana: The Movie, based on the Disney Channel TV series that made Miley Cyrus a star, premieres in US theaters. Her character Miley Stewart becomes too preoccupied with her famous alter-ego, Hannah Montana, and is forced to rediscover her roots in her Tennessee hometown. Taylor Swift, who performs the country ballad “Crazier” in the movie, wrote the song “You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home” for the film.
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February 4, 2024
Miley Cyrus wins her first pair of Grammys when “Flowers” takes the trophies for Record Of The Year and Best Pop Solo Performance. The self-love anthem is the lead single from her 2023 Endless Summer Vacation album.
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May 30, 2025
Miley Cyrus releases her ninth studio album, Something Beautiful, featuring the singles “End Of The World” and “Easy Lover.” The singer describes the accompanying musical film of the same name as being in the same vein of Pink Floyd's 1982 surrealist film The Wall “but with a better wardrobe and more glamorous and filled with pop culture.”