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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. For instance, did you know that this week in 2011 Amy Winehouse (pictured above) died at age 27? Or that this week in 1987, Guns N’ Roses released their legendary debut album, Appetite For Destruction? 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: July 17- 23
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July 20, 1940 – Billboard’s first comprehensive record chart is published.
July 19, 1947 - Queen guitarist Brian May is born.
July 20, 1947 – Legendary guitarist Carlos Santana is born.
July 21, 1947 – Singer/songwriter Cat Stevens is born.
July 22, 1947 - The Eagles singer Don Henley is born.
July 17, 1959 – Billie Holiday dies in a New York City hospital from cirrhosis of the liver after years of alcohol abuse at age 43.
July 20, 1964 – Soundgarden Chris Cornell is born.
July 23, 1965 – Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash, born Saul Hudson, is born.
July 17, 1967 – Jazz saxophonist and composer John Coltrane dies from liver cancer in Long Island, New York at age 40.
July 22, 1973 – Rufus Wainwright is born.
July 21, 1987 –  Guns N’ Roses release their debut album, Appetite For Destruction.
July 21, 1990 – Roger Waters The Wall takes place at the Berlin Wall.
July 18, 1992 – Bobby Brown marries Whitney Houston at her New Jersey estate.
July 23, 2000 – ‘NSync goes to Number One on the singles chart with “It’s Gonna Be Me.”
July 19, 2001 - Wu Tang Clan rapper Ol’ Dirty Bastard is sentenced to two-four years in prison after being found guilty of drug possession.
July 17, 2005 – R. Kelly starts a four-week run at Number One on the album chart with TP.3 Reloaded
July 22, 2007 – Ja Rule and Lil Wayne are arrested after a concert in Manhattan on charges of carrying illegal firearms. July 23, July 23, 2011- Amy Winehouse is found dead at her north London home at age 27.
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Flashback: This Week’s Number One Singles
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(2007) Rihanna feat Jay-Z – “Umbrella”
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(2003) Beyonce feat Jay- Z – “Crazy in Love”
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(2001) Usher – “U Remind Me”
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(1997) Puff Daddy- “I’ll Be Missing You”
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(1993) SWV – “Weak”
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