Today in Madonna History: September 7, 1995

September 7, 2021 By sonicboy19 in 1995, September Tags: Courtney Love, Interview Videos, Kurt Loder, Liz Rosenberg, MTV Video Music Awards, Take A Bow 2 Comments

On September 7 1995, Madonna won Best Female Video for “Take A Bow” at the 12th annual MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY. Madonna also presented the award for Best Rap Video.

Later, a post-show chat with Kurt Loder to promote her upcoming ballads collection Something To Remember quickly went off the rails when Courtney Love infamously interrupted the interview. While it may have been Liz Rosenberg’s worst nightmare, the hilarious encounter certainly gave viewers something to remember!

Today in Madonna History: September 6, 1985

September 6, 2021 By sonicboy19 in 1985, September Tags: Desperately Seeking Susan, Film, Interview Videos, Rosanna Arquette, Susan Seidelman, UK 1 Comment

On September 6 1985, Desperately Seeking Susan was released to cinemas in the United Kingdom.

Today in Madonna History: September 5, 1991

September 5, 2021 By sonicboy19 in 1991, September Tags: Award, Best Long-Form Video, Los Angeles, MTV Video Music Awards, The Immaculate Collection, VMA's 1 Comment

On September 5 1991, Madonna’s The Immaculate Collection won Best Long-Form Video at the 8th annual MTV Video Music Awards at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, California.

Today in Madonna History: September 4, 1987

September 4, 2021 By sonicboy19 in 1987, September Tags: Italy, Live Videos, Who's That Girl World Tour 2 Comments

On September 4 1987, Madonna performed the second-to-last show of her Who’s That Girl World Tour at the Stadio Comunale in Turin, Italy. Broadcast live in Italy, France, Germany, Austria and Spain, the television special also aired at a later date in Australia and The Netherlands. The commercially released Ciao Italia! combined the Turin & Tokyo broadcasts with additional footage from the tour’s final concert in Florence, Italy.

Today in Madonna History: September 3, 1983

September 3, 2021 By sonicboy19 in 1983, September Tags: Billboard, Charts, Madonna, The First Album 1 Comment

On September 3 1983, as Madonna’s first album entered the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart at # 190 in the U.S., the album was profiled for the second week in a row by Billboard magazine – this time being featured in the New On The Charts section (pictured above).

Today in Madonna History: September 2, 1993

September 2, 2021 By sonicboy19 in 1993, September Tags: Bye Bye Baby, Erotica (Single), Marlene Dietrich, Morocco, MTV Video Music Awards, The Girlie Show World Tour 3 Comments

On September 2 1993, Madonna opened the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards performing Bye Bye Baby. She cavorted on stage with three scantily clad women in a brothel-style setting, dressed in tuxedos and top hats, in a choreographed, highly sexual routine. According to choreographer Alex Magno, he wanted to do Justify My Love or The Beast Within on MTV, but Madonna decided that they might be too controversial for live television and abandoned the idea. Nevertheless, Bye Bye Baby was chosen and performed with the choreography they had been practicing for The Girlie Show World Tour, since it represented the whole idea behind the tour. Louis Virtel from The Backlot ranked the performance at number eight on a list for Madonna’s 11 Greatest VMA Moments. He praised Madonna’s rendition of the song at the Video Music Awards, calling it “a hell of a VMA performance” and a “killer cinematic throwback”.