#1 Songs in America
(May 4th)
1980 - "Call Me"
Blondie
4/19 - 5/30
1981 - "Morning Train
Sheena Easton
5/2 - 5/17
1982 - "I Love Rock 'n' Roll"
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
3/20 - 5/7
1983 - "Beat It"
Michael Jackson
4/30 - 5/20
1984 - "Against All Odds"
Phil Collins
4/21 - 5/11
1985 - "We Are the World"
USA for Africa
4/13 - 5/10
1986 - "Addicted to Love"
Robert Palmer
5/3 - 5/9
1987 - "(I Just) Died in Your Arms"
Cutting Crew
5/2 - 5/15
1988 - "Where Do Broken Hearts Go"
Whitney Houston
4/23 - 5/6
1989 - "Like a Prayer"
Madonna
4/22 - 5/12
May 4th in 80s History
1988 - Space Shuttle Fuel Caused an Explosion in Henderson, Nevada Killing 2 and Injuring 372
* Known as The PEPCON Disaster With Over $100 Million in Damages
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Sixteen Candles Premiered in Theaters
1973 - The Sears Tower Became the Tallest Building in the World
* 1,451 Feet
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1987 - Candy Maldonado (San Francisco Giants) Hit For the Cycle Against the St. Louis Cardinals
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Other Notable Birthdays
Audrey Hepburn (Actress)
May 4, 1929 - January 20, 1993
Passed Away at Age 63 From Stomach Cancer
Best Known For the 1961 Film Breakfast at Tiffany's
Russi Taylor (Voice Actress)
May 4, 1944 - July 26, 2019
Passed Away at Age 75 From Colon Cancer
Voice of Minnie Mouse
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Passed Away
(On This Day)
Cathryn Damon (Actress)
September 11, 1930 - May 4, 1987
Passed Away at Age 57 From Ovarian Cancer
Played Mary Campbell on Soap
Dom DeLuise (Actor)
August 1, 1933 - May 4, 2009
Passed Away at Age 75 From Kidney Failure
Best Known as Captain Chaos in The Cannonball Run
Adam Yauch (Rapper)
August 5, 1964 - May 4, 2012
Passed Away at Age 47 From a Cancerous Parotid Gland and Lymph Node
MCA From the Beastie Boys
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80s Movies
(Released On This Day)
1984 - Sixteen Candles
Director: John Hughes
Starring: Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall and Michael Schoeffling
Budget: $6.5 Million
Box Office: $23.7 Million
1984 - Breakin’
Director: Joel Silberg
Starring: Adolfo 'Shabba Doo' Quinones, Michael “'Boogaloo Shrimp” Chambers and Lucinda Dickey
Budget: $1.2 Million
Box Office: $38.7 Million
1984 - Alphabet City
Director: Amos Poe
Starring: Vincent Spano, Jami Gertz and Michael Winslow
Budget: N/A
Box Office: $7 Million
1984 - The Bounty
Director: Roger Donaldson
Starring: Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Edward Fox and Laurence Olivier
Budget: $20 Million
Box Office: $18.3 Million
1988 - The House on Carroll Street
Director: Peter Yates
Starring: Kelly McGillis, Jeff Daniels and Mandy Patinkin
Budget: $14 Million
Box Office: $459,824
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80s Television
(On This Day)
1980 - America's Top 10 Premiered in Syndication
* The Television Version of Radio's American Top 40, Also Hosted by Casey Kasem
1986 - The TV Miniseries North and South: Book II Aired on ABC
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80s Music
(Albums Released On This Day)
1982 - Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium (Compilation Album)
Stevie Wonder
1982 - Special Forces
38 Special (5th Album)
Billboard Charts: #10
1984 - Ocean Rain
Echo & the Bunnymen (4th Album)
Billboard Charts: #87
* #4 in the UK
1987 - Always & Forever
Randy Travis (2nd Album)
Billboard Charts: #19
* #1 on the Country Charts
1987 - Dawnrazor
Fields of the Nephilim (Debut Album)
Singles Released
1982 - “Hungry Like the Wolf”
Duran Duran
Reached #3 on the US Billboard 200 Charts
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80s Sports
(On This Day)
1980 - The Los Angeles Lakers Beat the Philadelphia 76ers 109 - 102 in Game 1 of the NBA Finals
1980 - The Los Angeles Dodgers Hit Out of Order in the 1st Inning Against the Chicago Cubs
1985 - Angel Cordero, Jr. Won the 111th Kentucky Derby Aboard Spend a Buck
Post Position: #9
Trainer: Cam Gambolati
Owner: Hunter Farm
1987 - Dr. J Was on the Cover of Sports Illustrated
Title: “Thanks For The Memories”
1987 - Candy Maldonado Hit For the Cycle
* The San Francisco Giants Had 21 Hits in a 10 - 7 Victory Over the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium
Attendance: 22,833
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In Other News
(On May 4th)
1776 - Rhode Island Became the First American Colony to Renounce Allegiance to King George III
1871 - The First Professional Baseball League, the National Association Began Its First Season In Fort Wayne, Indiana
1904 - The United States Began Construction on the Panama Canal
1932 - Al Capone Began Serving His 11-Year Prison Sentence For Tax Evasion
1959 - The First Grammy Awards Were Held
Location: Beverly Hills Hotel
Network: NBC
Awards
Album of the Year: The Music from Peter Gunn (Henry Mancini)
Record of the Year: "Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu (Volare)" (Domenico Modugno)
Song of the Year: "Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu (Volare)" (Franco Migliacci and Domenico Modugno)
Headlines
(May 4th)
1984 - Sixteen Candles Premiered in Theaters
* Starring Molly Ringwald, Michael Anthony-Hall and Michael Schoeffling
John Hugh's Directorial Debut
Fun Fact!
Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall Initially Didn't Like Each Other Until John Hughes Took Them To a Record Store and Found Out They Liked the Same Music
* They Dated Briefly After the Movie and Before Filming The Breakfast Club
1985 - Angel Cordero, Jr. Won the 111th Kentucky Derby Aboard Spend a Buck
Post Position: 9
Odds: 4 - 1
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Happy 80s Birthdays
1930 - Katherine Jackson (Mother of the Jackson’s)
1951 - Nick Mars (Guitarist) Motley Crue
1951 - Jackie Jackson (Singer) Jackson 5
1953 - Pia Zadora (Actress) Butterfly
1956 - Ken Oberkfell (Baseball)
1959 - Randy Travis (Singer)
Fun Fact!
Randy Travis Won Back to Back Grammy Awards For Best Male Country Vocal Performance
"Always & Forever" (1988)