Today in Music History

Following her death on August 16, “Respect” re-entered the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at No. 21 and reached No. 1 on the R&B Digital Song Sales chart. It occupied 16 of the 25 positions on the digital chart, while the 1968 album “Aretha Now” returned to the Billboard 200 at No. 6.

The stone wall in front of Elvis Presley's Graceland estate in Memphis, Tennessee, was spray-painted with messages supporting the Black Lives Matter movement and calling for defunding the police. The messages covered many handwritten notes and tributes that Elvis fans had left there since his death in August 1977.

He joined The Bay City Rollers in 1976 and sang lead vocals on the title track of their fourth album “Dedication.” He died at the age of 62.

Marty Fried, drummer of The Cyrkle, which had the 1966 hits “Red Rubber Ball” and “Turn Down Day,” died at the age of 77 from pancreatic cancer. After the group broke up in 1968, he studied law, graduated from Wayne State University in 1972 and worked for nearly fifty years as an attorney specializing in bankruptcies in the Detroit suburbs.

Metallica's classic song “Enter Sandman” topped the list of songs with the most frequently misheard lyrics, while Mick Jagger was named the singer people found hardest to understand. A survey of 1,000 Americans by WordFinder also found that 65% of people preferred the incorrect version after discovering they had been singing their favorite song lyric incorrectly for years.

Singer, songwriter, actor and businessman Jimmy Buffett died at the age of 76 at his home in Sag Harbor, New York, from complications associated with Merkel cell carcinoma, a rare and aggressive form of skin cancer that he had battled for four years. He became known for his 1977 hit “Margaritaville,” which reached No. 8 on the U.S. chart. He turned his fame into a business empire associated with restaurants, resorts and the Margaritaville brand and created a devoted fan community known as “Parrotheads.” Other hits included “Come Monday,” “Cheeseburger in Paradise,” “It's Five O'Clock Somewhere” and “Knee Deep.” In 2004, the album “License to Chill” reached No. 1 on the U.S. chart.

ABBA joined the growing number of musicians who called on Donald Trump to stop using their music. At a rally in Minnesota in late July, ABBA hits “The Winner Takes It All,” “Money, Money, Money” and “Dancing Queen” were played, prompting a response from the Swedish group.

TikTok named Katy Perry's 2010 song “The One That Got Away” its Global Song of the Summer, with more than 55 billion video views. The next two songs on the list were also rediscoveries: “Cinderella” by Mac Miller from 2016 and “It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over” by Lenny Kravitz from 1991.