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This Day in Music History

Posted: 12:00 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013

This Day in Music History: Thursday, January 24th 

By Mike Lapitino

This Day in Music History...

1979: The Clash release their first US single, a cover of "I Fought the Law," the song originally popularized by The Bobby Fuller Four.

1979: The Cars are named best new band of the year in Rolling Stone's readers' poll.

1995: Van Halen release Balance, their last album with lead singer Sammy Hagar.

2000: Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young kick off their first tour together in 26 years in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

2010: German hard rock band Scorpions release a statement saying that their 2010 album, Sting in the Tail, and subsequent tour will be their last.

2011: Bret Michaels undergoes surgery to repair a hole in his heart at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix.

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