Rick Posted March 27, 2012 Author Share Posted March 27, 2012 On March 27th in music history: Births 1914: Snooky Lanson1924: Sarah Vaughan1947: Tom Sullivan1947: Andrew Brown (The Herd)1950: Tony Banks (Genesis)1953: Wally Stocker (The Babys) Deaths none Events 1955: Frustrated over Ike Turner's inability to find a label to record the follow up to his hit, Jackie Brenston's "Rocket 88," Sam Phillips decides to form his own independent label in Memphis, known as Sun Records. Within a matter of days, Sun will release its first single, Johnny London's "Drivin' Slow" b/w "Flat Tire" (Sun 175). 1958: CBS Records announces its sound lab's latest invention, stereophonic sound, which when played on a compatible phonograph will send sound through two channels instead of one. 1960: Representative Emanuel Celler (D-NY) introduces two bills designed to halt the practice of "payola" -- that is, DJs receiving cash or gifts to promote certain records. Celler, echoing the sentiments of his era, declares that "the cacophonous music called Rock and Roll" could not possibly have risen up the charts without the practice of payola. 1965: P.J. Proby splits his tight pants while onstage in Hereford, England, a standard occurrence that on this occasion results in his concert being canceled. 1966: Roy Orbison takes a curve too tightly while out motorcycling in Hawkstone Park in Birmingham, England, fracturing his foot and resulting in the Big O playing his next few English dates in crutches on a stool. 1967: Fats Domino plays his first UK gig at London's Saville Theatre, on a ticket that includes the Bee Gees and Gerry & the Pacemakers. 1972: Grand Funk Railroad fires producer/manager Terry Knight for alleged nonpayment of royalties. 1973: Rolling Stone reports that Carlos Santana has become a devotee of Sri Chimnoy, and has therefore changed his name to "Devadip," which means "the lamp of the light of the Supreme." A routine speeding ticket in New Jersey becomes a headache for Grateful Dead leader Jerry Garcia when police search his car and find a significant quantity of LSD. He is released on two thousand dollars bail. 1978: All You Need Is Cash, a Beatles parody film developed from a skit by Eric Idle on BBC2's Rutland Weekend Television, introduces The Rutles to the world when it is shown for the first time on the BBC. 1979: Eric Clapton finally gets his "Layla" when he marries Pattie Boyd, ex-wife of best friend George Harrison. Harrison attends the wedding in Tucson, AZ, as do fellow Beatles Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney. Eric and Pattie would divorce in 1988. Bruce Springsteen's first video -- a live version of "Rosalita" -- makes its world debut on the BBC. 1982: Ronnie Lane, former bassist for the (Small) Faces, is taken to the hospital for treatment of his multiple sclerosis. Lane would succumb to the wasting muscle disorder in 1997. 2003: The Rolling Stones postpone a planned series of concerts in Hong Kong after the deadly SARS flu epidemic breaks out there; ironically, the Stones would later perform a benefit there to show the city was safe to visit. The city of Liverpool finally opens John Lennon's "Mendips" boyhood home, located at 251 Menlove Avenue, to the public. 2006: Victor Willis, the "policeman" in the Village People, is arrested in San Francisco for failing to appear at his trial for cocaine and gun possession. After agreeing to enter rehab, his sentence is reduced to three years probation. 2007: Jefferson Airplane/Starship vocalist Grace Slick sues former bandmate Paul Kantner for touring with different musicians under the name "Paul Kantner's Starship." Recording 1945: Ella Fitzgerald, "(It's Only A) Paper Moon"1951: Frank Sinatra, "I'm a Fool To Want You"1967: The Young Rascals, "Groovin'"1972: Elvis Presley: "Separate Ways," "For The Good Times," "Where Do I Go From Here?" Charts 1961: Del Shannon's "Runaway" enters the charts1965: The Who's "I Can't Explain" enters the charts1965: The Supremes' "Stop! In The Name of Love" hits #11971: Three Dog Night's "Joy To The World" enters the charts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted March 27, 2012 Author Share Posted March 27, 2012 On March 28th in music history: Births 1895: Paul Whiteman1915: Jay Livingston1923: Thad Jones1941: Charlie McCoy (Area Code 615)1945: Chuck Portz (The Turtles)1948: John Evans (Jethro Tull)1948: Milan Williams (The Commodores)1949: Sally Carr (Middle Of The Road) Deaths 1958: W.C. Handy1974: Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup2003: Rusty Draper Events 1957: Ral Donner, later to hit with the Elvis-soundalike "The Girl Of My Friend," sees Elvis for the first time, performing at the International Amphitheater in Chicago. 1958: Alan Freed's Big Beat Show tour kicks off the first of its 43 shows at the Brooklyn Paramount Theater with Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, Danny and the Juniors, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, The Chantels, The Diamonds, Screaming Jay Hawkins, and more. 1964: Radio Caroline, the UK's first all-day English-language "pirate" radio station, begins broadcasting from the Fredericia, a former Danish ferry, in the North Sea. Madame Tussaud's famous Wax Museum in London unveils its four new statues of the Beatles -- the first of any rock star to be created and displayed there. The figures will eventually become even more famous when the Beatles decide to use them on the cover of their 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. 1975: Barbra Streisand attends tonight's Elvis Presley show in Vegas and meets the King backstage to discuss offering him the lead role in her latest film project: a remake of the classic A Star Is Born. Despite the fact that Streisand's boyfriend, stylist Jon Peters, is slated to produce and direct, Presley is said to be ecstatic about the project. 1982: After driving erratically due to a toxic shock from drug abuse, David Crosby is arrested in San Diego for driving under the influence and possession of Quaaludes, cocaine, drug paraphernalia, and an unlicensed .45 pistol. When cops ask why Crosby is carrying the gun, he says two words: "John Lennon." 1984: Mick Fleetwood, whose band, Fleetwood Mac, had the biggest-selling album of all time just seven years earlier, files for bankruptcy. 1985: At 10:15 am EST, 6,000 North American radio stations begin playing the all-star benefit single, "We Are The World," written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie and performed by a cast of 45 of music's biggest stars, including Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Diana Ross, Billy Joel, Tina Turner, Dionne Warwick, Willie Nelson, and Daryl Hall. Proceeds from the sale of the single and related items -- some $38 million -- go to benefit victims of the recent Ethiopian famine. 1987: After hearing that Arizona Governor Evan Mecham would not honor the new national holiday Martin Luther King Day, the racially integrated Doobie Brothers move their upcoming show from Phoenix to Las Vegas. 1991: Eric Clapton quietly lays his son Conor, 4, to rest in England. The child, who had fallen from an apartment window a few days earlier, would later be the subject of Clapton's song "Tears In Heaven." 1996: Twenty years to the day after first appearing with them on stage as their new lead singer, Genesis frontman Phil Collins announces he is leaving the group. 2000: Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page wins his libel lawsuit against Ministry, a UK magazine that claimed Page actually watched bandmate John Bonham choke to death while trying to revive him with Satanic spells. 2003: The recent SARS scare forces the Rolling Stones to cancel their upcoming series of shows in Hong Kong -- though they would later reschedule those shows and play them as a sign to visitors that China was safe to visit. 2005: On Rev. Jesse Jackson's internet radio show, Michael Jackson claims that his recent child-molestation charges are a racist conspiracy. Releases 1960: Elvis Presley, "Stuck On You" b/w "Fame And Fortune"1970: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, "Woodstock"1973: Led Zeppelin, Houses Of The Holy Recording 1939: Hal Kemp, "Three Little Fishies"1958: Eddie Cochran, "Summertime Blues"1960: Brenda Lee, "I'm Sorry"1961: Elvis Presley, "Moonlight Swim"1962: Elvis Presley: "Mama," "Earth Boy," "Dainty Little Moonbeams," "I Don't Want To Be Tied," "Plantation Rock," "We'll Be Together"1966: Gary Lewis and the Playboys, "Green Grass"1967: Van Morrison, "Brown Eyed Girl"1967: The Beatles, "Good Morning Good Morning," "Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!"1972: Elvis Presley: "Burning Love," "Fool" Charts 1964: The Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love" enters the charts1964: Jan and Dean's "Dead Man's Curve" enters the charts1973: Pink Floyd's LP Dark Side Of The Moon hits #1 Certifications 1974: Blue Swede's "Hooked On A Feeling" is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted March 28, 2012 Author Share Posted March 28, 2012 On March 29th in music history: Births 1918: Pearl Bailey1942: Eden Kane1943: Chad Allan (The Guess Who)1944: Terry Jacks1945: Speedy Keen (Thunderclap Newman)1947: Bobby Kimball (Toto)1949: Michael Brecker (The Brecker Brothers) Deaths 1980: Mantovani1985: The Singing Nun Events 1958: New Army recruit Elvis Presley arrives for boot camp at Ft. Hood, TX. He is stationed there for six months, and insists on performing KP and guard duty like any other soldier. With a bank account larger than most soldiers, he is able to afford his own housing. His family arrives and moves into an off-base trailer. 1966: During a show in Marseilles, France, a rabid Rolling Stones fan throws a chair at singer Mick Jagger, opening a gash in his forehead that would require eight stitches to close. That same night in Cheshire, England, fans mobbing the Walker Brothers outside their hotel caused concussions in two of the band members. 1968: Glen Campbell becomes a television star overnight when the Smothers Brothers, on whose show he had been a featured regular, give him his own Summer replacement show on CBS-TV. 1970: Tonight's Ed Sullivan Show on CBS-TV features performances by Bobbie Gentry and Gladys Knight and the Pips, broadcast live from VA hospitals caring for Vietnam wounded. 1972: Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant and Jimmy Page travel to Bombay (Mumbai) India to record versions of the band's songs "Friends" and "Four Sticks" with the city's symphony orchestra. Musical and cultural barriers prevent the experiment from being a success, but the duo would return two decades later triumphant, recording those songs and many more for the MTV special Unledded. 1973: In a move that was destined to happen, the group Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show get their picture (an illustration) on the cover of Rolling Stone after their recent novelty hit, in which they daydreamed about doing just that. The cover puckishly refers to the group as "What's-Their-Names," but the band does indeed "buy five copies for (their) mother(s)." 1975: This week's Billboard shows Led Zeppelin with all six of their studio albums currently present on the "Billboard 200" album chart, including a Number One with their latest, Physical Graffiti. 1978: Tina Turner is officially divorced from husband Ike. 1980: A Chicago antiques dealer named Ronald Selle sues the Bee Gees, claiming that their 1978 hit "How Deep Is Your Love" borrows heavily from his own composition "Let It End." Although the Bee Gees deny the charge and claim to have never heard the track, a court would rule in Selle's favor. The group would win an appeal three years later. Pink Floyd's 1973 album Dark Side Of The Moon marks its 303rd week on the Billboard album charts, passing Carole King's Tapestry for longest stay on the "Billboard 200." 1985: Michael Jackson is honored with a wax statue at London's famous Madame Tussaud's museum. 1986: The Beatles' records are officially licensed for sale in the Soviet Union. 1996: Phil Spector's former bandmates in the Teddy Bears, Carol Connors and Marshall Lieb, sue the producer to collect royalties they claim are still owed from the group's 1958 smash "To Know Him Is To Love Him." 2001: A three-hour musical tribute is held at New York City's Radio City Music Hall in honor of the Beach Boys' guiding genius Brian Wilson, with vocal tributes in the form of covers by Paul Simon ("Surfer Girl"), Elton John ("God Only Knows"), and Billy Joel ("Don't Worry Baby"), as well as Heart's Ann and Nancy Wilson, the Go-Go's, Carly Simon, David Crosby, Wilson Phillips, Aimee Mann, and songwriter Jimmy Webb. Wilson himself performs "Barbara Ann," "Fun, Fun, Fun," and "Surfin' U.S.A." 2005: After experiencing blurred vision at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony the month before, Neil Young enters a New York hospital to have a brain aneurysm removed. 2006: Tom Jones is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. Recording 1967: The Beatles: "Good Morning Good Morning," "Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!," "With A Little Help From My Friends"1972: Elvis Presley: "Always On My Mind," "It's A Matter Of Time" Charts 1969: Blood Sweat & Tears' LP Blood Sweat & Tears hits #11975: Labelle's "Lady Marmalade" hits #1 Certifications 1962: Gene Chandler's "Duke Of Earl" is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted March 30, 2012 Author Share Posted March 30, 2012 On March 30th in music history: Births 1913: Frankie Laine1914: Sonny Boy Williamson1930: Rolf Harris1942: Graeme Edge (The Moody Blues)1944: Ronnie Rice (New Colony Six)1945: Eric Clapton1948: Jim "Dandy" Mangrum (Black Oak Arkansas)1955: Randy VanWarmer Deaths 1971: Arlester "Dyke" Christian (Dyke and the Blazers)2004: Timi Yuro Events 1923: The world's first dance marathon, which would become quite the fad in the Roaring Twenties, was held in New York City's Audubon Ballroom. 1962: Pravda, the official newspaper of the USSR, runs an article warning Russians against falling victim to the decadent new Western fad known as "The Twist." 1966: A famous riot occurs at a Rolling Stones show in Paris, one which leads to the arrest of no less than 85 concertgoers. Barbra Streisand's second TV special Color Me Barbra airs on CBS. 1967: The Beatles visit Chelsea Manor Studios in London to photograph the cover of their newest album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, wearing satin marching band outfits of various bright colors and posing amid cardboard cutouts of several dozen famous personages. Michael Cooper's series of photographs would become amongst the most famous in rock history. While set to perform "Purple Haze" on BBC-TV's Top Of The Pops, a technician instead mistakenly cues up Alan Price's version of Randy Newman's "Simon Smith And His Amazing Dancing Bear." Hendrix good-naturedly replies: "I don't know the words to this one, man." After Florence Ballard of the Supremes misses a series of gigs, Berry Gordy asks former Bluebelles member Cindy Birdsong to fill in; she would soon become a permanent member. 1972: The concert documentary Elvis: On Tour (working title: Standing Room Only begins filming with a simulated recording session in Hollywood. 1989: Gladys Knight performs her first solo show ever at Bally's in Las Vegas. 2004: At a restaurant near Lake Tahoe, the jazz trio house band are shocked when Paul McCartney steps onstage to join them for a rendition of "Don't Get Around Much Anymore." Then again, he'd done the same thing there one year earlier. 2005: Neil Young undergoes successful surgery to remove a brain aneurysm. 2007: A crazed stalker is arrested in Peasmarsh, Sussex, England, after driving at high speed through Paul McCartney's security checkpoint and up to just a few yards from his mansion. Led away after leading police on three-mile chase, the trespasser began screaming "I must get to him!" He was later judged mentally ill. Releases 1970: Miles Davis, ******* Brew1975: Jeff Beck, Blow By Blow Recording 1955: Fats Domino, "Blue Monday"1963: Lesley Gore, "It's My Party"1967: The Beatles, "With A Little Help From My Friends" Charts 1957: Buddy Knox's "Party Doll" hits #11963: The Chiffons' "He's So Fine" hits #11974: John Denver's "Sunshine On My Shoulders" hits #1 Certifications 1971: The Bee Gees' "Lonely Days" is certified gold1971: Jimi Hendrix's The Cry Of Love is certified gold Happy 67th Birthday Eric Clapton!! [^] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Wow, Clapton 67, time sure flies when you're havin' fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted March 30, 2012 Author Share Posted March 30, 2012 On March 31st in music history: Births 1908: Red Norvo1921: Lowell Fulson1928: Lefty Frizzell1933: Ina Anita Carter (The Carter Family)1934: Shirley Jones1934: John D. Loudermilk1935: Herb Alpert1944: Rod Allen (The Fortunes)1944: Mick Ralphs (Mott The Hoople)1946: Allan Nichol (The Turtles)1947: Jon Jon Poulos (The Buckinghams)1948: Thijs Van Leer (Focus)1947: Al Goodman (The Moments)1954: Tony Brock (The Tubes, The Babys)1955: Angus Young (AC/DC)1958: Pat McGlynn (Bay City Rollers) Deaths 1986: O’Kelly Isley (The Isley Brothers)1993: Mitchell Parish Events 1949: After nine years of development, the first 45 rpm record is introduced by the RCA Victor label, a 7-inch wonder promising better sound and easier playability than the current standard, the 12" 78 rpm record. 1956: Brenda Lee makes her US television debut, singing an unrehearsed version of Hank Williams' "Jambalaya" on ABC-TV's Ozark Jamboree. 1957: Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins begin their first and only tour together, a Southern swing that begins tonight in Little Rock, AK. 1959: NBC-TV's Jimmie Rodgers Show -- featuring a regular performer by the name of Connie Francis -- debuts. 1967: Jimi Hendrix plays his first British concert, on a bill with Cat Stevens, The Walker Brothers, and Englebert Humperdinck at the Rainbow Theatre in Finsbury Park, England. (Seriously.) On a whim, Hendrix sets fire to his guitar with lighter fluid for the first time, but burns his hands so badly he is admitted to a nearby hospital. 1969: George Harrison and his wife, Pattie, appear in court in Surrey, England, to answer recent charges of marijuana resin possession. Both are fined 250 pounds. On the same day, John Lennon and new wife Yoko Ono leave their "bed-in" at the Amsterdam Hilton in order to "make a lightning trip" to Vienna and premiere Yoko's new film Rape. During their stay, they enjoy the Hotel Sacher's famous chocolate cake, the Sachertorte. The Viennese trip is detailed in the next Beatles single, "The Ballad Of John And Yoko."1972: The official Beatles Fan Club disbands. 1977: During intermission at Elvis Presley's latest show in Baton Rouge, LA, the King becomes too ill to return to the stage. The concert is canceled and Elvis is admitted to Baptist Hospital in Memphis the next day, suffering from "fatigue" and "intestinal flu." 1982: After twelve years together, the Doobie Brothers announce their breakup. 1995: An audience member rushes the stage at a Jimmy Page/Robert Plant concert at The Palace in Auburn Hills, MI, determined to stab the guitarist to end his "Satanic" music. Two security guards that apprehend him are stabbed instead, but recover. 2002: Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees buys his childhood home in Manchester, England. Releases 1958: Chuck Berry, "Johnny B. Goode"1962: The Shirelles, "Soldier Boy" Recording 1960: Hank Ballard and the Midnighters, "Finger Poppin' Time"1967: The Beatles, "Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!" Charts 1962: Connie Francis' "Don't Break The Heart That Loves You" hits #11972: America's LP America hits #1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted March 31, 2012 Author Share Posted March 31, 2012 On April 1st in music histoery: Births 1921: Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith1932: Debbie Reynolds1934: Jim Ed Brown (The Browns)1939: Rudolph Isley (The Isley Brothers)1942: Phil Margo (The Tokens)1942: Frank Gari1942: Alan Blakley (The Tremeloes)1945: John Barbata (The Turtles, Jefferson Starship)1946: Ronnie Lane (The Small Faces)1947: M1948: Jimmy Cliff1948: Simon Cowe (Lindisfarne)1949: Gil Scott-Heron1951: Henry Gross (Sha Na Na) Deaths 1917: Scott Joplin1984: Marvin Gaye2003: Edwin Starr2004: Paul Atkinson (The Zombies) Events 1877: Thomas Edison designs plans for a telephone with a "carbon transmitter," a device that would later be altered to create the microphone. 1928: The first gramophone with record-changing ability, Victor's "Automatic Orthophonic," goes on sale. 1955: George Martin becomes head of A&R for Parlophone, which will lead to his producing the Beatles seven years later when they are signed to the label. 1956: Elvis Presley arrives at Paramount Studios for a screen test, lip-synching "Blue Suede Shoes" and performing a scene as Bill Starbuck in The Rainmaker, still in production. Presley will eventually be passed over for this film, and his role taken over by Burt Lancaster. Still impressed, however, Paramount and director Hal Wallis sign Elvis to a seven-year contract five days later. 1957: Frankie Lymon becomes the youngest act to ever headline London's Palladium when he performs there with the Teenagers. Elvis Presley performs the first two of only four concerts he will ever stage outside the US when he headlines at Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens. 1959: James Darren guest stars as teen idol "Buzz Berry" on tonight's "April Fool" episode of ABC-TV's The Donna Reed Show. 1960: In Miami, Elvis Presley tapes his post-Army comeback special, Frank Sinatra's Welcome Home, Elvis, also starring Sammy Davis Jr., Nancy Sinatra, Joey Bishop, and Peter Lawford. Elvis sings "Fame And Fortune" and "Stuck On You," as well as Sinatra's own "Witchcraft." Frank responds by singing "Love Me Tender." 1961: The Beatles begin their second, more successful string of gigs in Hamburg, the first of 92 nights at the Top Ten Club in the notorious Reeperbahn section of town. The lads will play seven hours a night, eight on weekends, with 15 minute breaks each hour, resulting in 503 total hours of live performance in just over three months. While in Germany, occasional member Stu Sutcliffe has his hair styled by his girlfriend, band photographer Astrid Kirchherr, into what would later be adopted by all band members as the "mop top." 1969: A band called Ambrose Slade, later to go on to glam glory as simply Slade, makes its stage debut at Walsall Town Hall in Walsall, England. The Beach Boys leave the Capitol label, suing them for over $2 million in back royalties and announcing their intention to start their own label, Brother. 1970: Woodstock, the acclaimed musical documentary of the happening, premieres in Hollywood. Ringo Starr enters Abbey Road alone for what would be the very last Beatles session, overdubbing percussion on "The Long and Winding Road," "Across The Universe," and "I Me Mine." Producer Phil Spector wraps things up by applying strings to all three. John Lennon and Yoko Ono play an April Fool's joke on an already confused press by announcing that they would undergo mutual sex-change operations. 1975: The Bay City Rollers' UK variety show Shang-A-Lang premieres on ITV. 1976: AC/DC makes its live UK debut at London club The Red Cow. 1978: Paul Simon, Peter Frampton, and James Taylor's jointly-owned soccer team, the Philadelphia Fury, plays its first match. 1992: Jimmy Buffett is the proud father of his second daughter, Sarah Delaney, with wife Jane Slagsvol. 2008: Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich declares today "Cheap Trick Day" in honor of its native sons. 2009: Carlos Santana reaches an agreement with the Vegas Hard Rock Hotel and Casino to stage 36 concerts called The Supernatural Santana: A Trip Through the Hits. Releases 1957: The Everly Brothers, "Bye Bye Love"1959: Freddy Cannon, "Tallahassee Lassie" Recording 1961: Troy Shondell, "This Time"1966: The Troggs, "Wild Thing"1967: The Beatles, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted April 1, 2012 Author Share Posted April 1, 2012 On April 2nd in music history: Births 1912: Herbert Mills1917: Lou Monte1928: Serge Gainsbourg1938: Warner Mack1939: Marvin Gaye1942: Leon Russell1943: Glen Dale (The Fortunes)1946: Kurt Winter (The Guess Who)1946: Leon Wilkerson (Lynryd Skynyrd) 1947: [A] Emmylou Harris [] Deaths 1987: Buddy Rich1998: Cor Van Beek (Shocking Blue)2004: Paul Atkinson (The Zombies) Events 1957: Elvis Presley appears for the first time outside the United States, performing at the Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. This and a show the next day in Ottawa would be the only Elvis concerts ever given outside the US. 1966: Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass set a chart record when four of their albums make the Top 10 of the Billboard album chart at the same time. 1967: An overzealous audience member throws a smoke bomb onto the stage at the Rolling Stones concert at the Town Hall in Vienna, Austria, leading to a riot and the arrest of 154 fans. Steve Winwood forms Traffic with Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason. 1970: The Magistrate's Court in London convenes to decide the fate of John Lennon's recent "Bag One" drawings -- some of which feature genitalia, masturbation, and sex acts -- are, in fact, obscene. Janis Joplin get tattoos on her wrist and heart, the one on her chest reading "One For The Boys." 1993: Robert Flack guest stars as herself on today's episode of ABC-TV's Loving. The London tabloids break the news that Rolling Stone bassist Bill Wyman's son Stephen is engaged to 46-year-old Patsy Smith, mother of Wyman's ex-wife, 22-year-old Mandy Smith. 1997: After 32 years, Joni Mitchell is reunited with her first daughter, Kilauren Gibb. Joni gave the child up for adoption at the start of her career. Releases 1964: Elvis Presley, Kissin' Cousins1973: The Beatles, The Beatles 1962-1966, The Beatles 1967-19701977: Stevie Wonder, "Sir Duke" Recording 1942: Glenn Miller, "American Patrol"1956: Johnny Cash, "I Walk The Line"1965: Freddie and the Dreamers, "Do The Freddie"1964: The Beach Boys, "I Get Around" Charts 1969: Frank Sinatra's "My Way" enters the charts1971: Janis Joplin's LP Pearl hits #11977: Fleetwood Mac's LP Rumours hits #1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted April 3, 2012 Author Share Posted April 3, 2012 On April 3rd in music history: Births 1924: Doris Day1928: Don Gibson1938: Jeff Barry1941: Jan Berry (Jan and Dean)1941: Phillippe Wynne (The Spinners)1942: Wayne Newton1943: Richard Manuel (The Band)1944: Tony Orlando1944: Barry Pritchard (The Fortunes)1945: Billy Joe Royal1949: Richard Thompson1951: Mel Schacher (Grand Funk Railroad) Deaths 1990: Sarah Vaughan1999: Lionel Bart2003: Homer Banks Events 1956: Elvis Presley makes the first of what would be two appearances on NBC-TV's Milton Berle Show, performing "Heartbreak Hotel," "Money Honey" and "Blue Suede Shoes" via live remote on the flight deck of the USS Hancock docked in San Diego. The show is seen by 40 million people around the US, approximately one-fourth of all TV sets. (Later in the show, Elvis plays "Blue Suede Shoes" again, this time with "Uncle Miltie" joining in as the King's "brother Melvin." 1959: The BBC, objecting to the concept of "spitballs," bans the Coasters' hit "Charlie Brown." They will reconsider two weeks later. 1960: The Everly Brothers make their UK stage debut in London. 1961: Paul Anka guest stars as himself on tonight's "" episode of CBS-TV's Make Room For Daddy. 1964: Bob Dylan has his first chart hit as "The Times They Are A-Changin'" enters the UK charts. One year later to the day, the single "Subterranean Homesick Blues" is his first to dent the US Top 40. 1966: Folksinger Peter Tork, who's auditioned for but not yet been accepted into The Monkees, opens a solo stint at the Troubadour in Hollywood. 1969: Having technically become a fugitive due to leaving Florida after his infamous stage antics in Miami, the Doors' Jim Morrison turns himself into the FBI in Los Angeles. He's released on $2000 bail, but not before being charged with six counts of lewd behavior and one of interstate flight. The case is eventually reduced to two misdemeanors and still pending appeal when Morrison dies in 1971. 1975: At his home, Steve Miller is arrested for an altercation with his party guest, Benita Diorio, when the veteran rocker sets fire to her clothes and personal effects. When the cops arrive Miller digs himself deeper by resisting arrest. Charges are dropped the next day. 1978: Cher's first solo TV special, appropriately titled Cher... Special, airs on CBS, featuring guest stars Dolly Parton, Rod Stewart, and The Tubes. 1984: Producer Jack Douglas is awarded $3 million in royalties owed him by the John Lennon estate for his work on the Lennon/Ono album Double Fantasy. 1987: While playing the opening night of their latest tour, onstage in Arizona, U2's "Bono introduces a version of "Helter Skelter" by announcing "This is a song Charles Manson stole from the Beatles. We're stealing it back." 1988: After working on each other's solo projects, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, and Roy Orbison gather in Malibu, FL, to record an all-star single called "Handle With Care." The session goes so well that the group, calling itself the Traveling Wilburys, goes on to record two whole albums together. 1991: Paul McCartney tapes his episode of MTV's acoustic showcase Unplugged. 1993: When his version of Leon Russell's "A Song For You" enters the Billboard singles chart, Ray Charles becomes the first performer to chart in six decades. (He'd first made the R&B charts in 1949 with the Maxin Trio's "Confession Blues." 1998: Michael Jackson and someone are the proud parents of Jackson's second child, daughter Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson. 2007: Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones denies to MTV his own earlier claim, made in an interview with the New Musical Express, that he once snorted the ashes of his late father. 2008: Mariah Carey's latest single, "Touch My Body," goes to #1, beating Elvis Presley's old record of 17 chart toppers. Only the Beatles have more with 20. Releases 1965: Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs, "Wooly Bully" Recording 1952: Harry Belafonte: "A-Roving," "Chimney Smoke"1960: Elvis Presley: "Fever," "Like A Baby," "It's Now Or Never"1967: The Beatles, "Within You Without You"1970: Bob Dylan, "Alberta" Charts 1961: The Marcels' "Blue Moon" hits #11965: The Sir Douglas Quintet's "She's About A Mover" enters the charts1965: Solomon Burke's "Got To Get You Off My Mind" hits #1 R&B1971: The Temptations' "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)" hits #11976: Johnnie Taylor's "Disco Lady" hits #11976: Henry Gross' "Shannon" enters the charts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted April 4, 2012 Author Share Posted April 4, 2012 On April 4th in music history: Births 1914: Frances Langford1915: Muddy Waters1934: Clive Davis1936: Margo Sylvia (The Tune Weavers)1938: Michael Parks1938: Norro Wilson1939: Hugh Masekela1940: Sharon Sheeley1941: Major Lance1942: Kris Jensen1948: Carol Douglas1948: Berry Oakley (The Allman Brothers)1948: Pick Withers (Dire Straits)1950: Pip Pyle (Gong, Hatfield and the North, National Health)1951: Steve Gatlin (The Gatlin Brothers)1952: Dave Hill (Slade)1952: Gary Moore (Thin Lizzy)1952: Pete Haycock (Climax Blues Band) Deaths 1983: Danny Rapp (Danny and the Juniors) Events 1960: RCA Victor decides to release all future singles -- starting with its next, Elvis Presley's "Stuck On You" -- in both mono and stereo versions. At tonight's Academy Awards, Frank Sinatra's "High Hopes" (from the comedy A Hole In The Head wins the Oscar for Best Original Song. 1961: Former teen idol Fabian graduates from Philadelphia's South Side High. 1964: The Beatles break all American chart records when the latest Billboard chart shows them with the Top Five records in the country simultaneously (#5: "Please Please Me," #4: "I Want To Hold Your Hand," #3: "She Loves You," #2: "Twist And Shout," #1: "Can't Buy Me Love"). Even more incredibly, nine other singles are scattered in various other positions around the "Hot 100." The Beatles had similarly dominated Canada and Australia's Top Ten earlier in the month. A court orders the Trashmen of "Surfin' Bird" fame to pay royalties to Beechwood Music, holder of the copyright for the Rivington's 1962 hit "Papa Oom Mow Mow," which the Trashmen hit borrows heavily from. 1967: Paul McCartney advises Beatles PR man Derek Taylor, currently producer of the upcoming Monterey Pop Festival, to consider this new guitar phenomenon he's seen named Jimi Hendrix. 1968: After hearing about the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis, riots break out in several black communities across the nation. In Boston, where James Brown is scheduled to perform, mayor Kevin White asks the singer to call for calm on stage and urge Bostonians not to riot. Meanwhile, at New York City's New Generation club, Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King, Al Kooper, Buddy Guy, Ted Nugent, and Joni Mitchell respond by gathering for an all-night jam in tribute. 1970: Janis Joplin reunites with Big Brother and the Holding Company in San Francisco for a one-off reunion concert. 1973: A taped Elvis Presley concert entitled Elvis: Aloha From Hawaii is telecast on NBC and proves to be a huge success. The total worldwide audience for the show, the first commercial worldwide satellite broadcast, amounts to over a billion people. 1996: Grateful Dead leader Jerry Garcia's ashes are scattered in the Ganges river in India by Dead guitarist Bob Weir and Garcia's widow, Deborah. While on parole, Wilson Pickett is arrested for possession of two grams of cocaine at his home in Englewood, NJ. 2003: The Rolling Stones make their stage debut in India, performing at Bangalore Palace in the middle of a monsoon! 2005: A man who won an out-of-court settlement in 1994 against the singer for a similar charge testifies in Michael Jackson's current molestation trial. 2007: Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones retracts a statement made to Britain music magazine New Musical Express a few days earlier to the effect that he once snorted his dad's ashes. Richards calls the remark "an April Fool's joke." 2008: The Rolling Stones release their Martin Scorsese-directed concert documentary, Shine A Light. Procol Harum's Gary Brooker wins an appeal in London to an earlier ruling, which stated that Harum organist Matthew Fisher was entitled to 40 percent of the royalties from the band's 1967 smash "A White Shade Of Pale." Though the new ruling notes that Fisher wrote the organ line and should be co-credited, it also overturns the royalty award by noting that Fisher waited 38 years to sue. Releases 1972: Elvis Presley, "An American Trilogy" b/w "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" Recording 1939: Glenn Miller, "Moonlight Serenade"1958: Earl Grant, "(At) The End (Of A Rainbow)"1960: Elvis Presley: "The Girl Of My Best Friend," "Dirty, Dirty Feeling," "Thrill Of Your Love," "I Gotta Know," "Such A Night," "Are You Lonesome To-night?" "The Girl Next Door Went A-walking," "I Will Be Home Again," "Reconsider Baby"1967: The Beatles, "Within You Without You" Charts 1961: The Marcels' "Blue Moon" hits #11970: Crosby Stills Nash & Young's LP Deja Vu hits #11971: The Temptations' "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)" hits #11976: Johnnie Taylor's "Disco Lady" hits #1 Certifications 1968: Bobby Goldsboro's "Honey" is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Too bad Gary is gone, fantastic guitar slinger! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted April 4, 2012 Author Share Posted April 4, 2012 Too bad Gary is gone, fantastic guitar slinger! He sure was!! I need to get his recent Blu-Ray release soon... http://www.amazon.com/Live-at-Montreux-2010-Blu-ray/dp/B005FLD3H6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1333514080&sr=8-2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panacea Engineering Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Rick, I just want to say that the amount of time, that you are putting into these daily "Snipperts" and the amount of information, that is provided, is extraordinary and awesome.....! They make for a huge knowledge base and window, into our music history. They make for very valuable and interesting reading and I for one, really appreciate your efforts.....! THANK YOU.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! W. C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted April 4, 2012 Author Share Posted April 4, 2012 Rick, I just want to say that the amount of time, that you are putting into these daily "Snipperts" and the amount of information, that is provided, is extraordinary and awesome.....! They make for a huge knowledge base and window, into our music history. They make for very valuable and interesting reading and I for one, really appreciate your efforts.....! THANK YOU.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! W. C. Thanks for the kind words, and I'm glad that you enjoy reading this thread!! [] It is not really that time consuming... I have a source that I just copy the info and paste it here, then search for a good photo of someone who is mentioned in that day's events... I know that there are many music lovers here, and it is nice to see that some of the members do enjoy reading it... At first I thought nobody seemed interested, and I'm glad that is not the case... Also, at times my source is missing things like some birthdays, apparently it is not fully up to date. So please, if anybody knows of something I missed on any day, don't hesitate to post it here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panacea Engineering Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Rick, It is still something, that you have committed yourself to, for 'Everyone Elses' Enjoyment" and that IS truly a labor of love. Even though you say it is "Easy" it is still, a time consuming task. Anyway.......what you are doing is truly appreciated by THIS member and please keep it up....! And Now, Back to Our Regularily Scheduled Programs......... Thanks AGAIN, W. C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LHF63 Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 I love this thread, too. Still tryin to figure out how Lynyrd Skynyrd got in a fight on Feb 29, 1977, though (see page 5). [*-)] Lou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted April 4, 2012 Author Share Posted April 4, 2012 I love this thread, too. Still tryin to figure out how Lynyrd Skynyrd got in a fight on Feb 29, 1977, though (see page 5). Lou Hi Lou, I'm glad you enjoy reading it as well... [Y] Regarding Lynyrd Skynyrd, do you mean because of the plane crash? It didn't happen until October 20th, 1977. From Wikipedia: Plane crash (1977) Main article: 1977 Convair CV-300 crash On October 20, 1977, just three days after the release of Street Survivors, and five shows into their most successful headlining tour to date, Lynyrd Skynyrd's chartered Convair CV-300 ran out of fuel near the end of their flight from Greenville, South Carolina, where they had just performed at the Greenville Memorial Auditorium, to LSU in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Though the pilots attempted an emergency landing on a small airstrip, the plane crashed in a forest in Gillsburg, Mississippi.[13] Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines, assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCreary and co-pilot William Gray were killed on impact; the other band members (Collins, Rossington, Wilkeson, Powell, Pyle, and Hawkins) and road crew suffered serious injuries. Following the crash and the ensuing press, Street Survivors became the band's second platinum album and reached #5 on the U.S. album chart. The single "What's Your Name" reached #13 on the single airplay charts in January 1978. The original cover sleeve for Street Survivors had featured a photograph of the band, particularly Steve Gaines, engulfed in flames. Out of respect for the deceased (and at the request of Teresa Gaines, Steve's widow), MCA Records withdrew the original cover and replaced it with a similar image of the band against a simple black background.[14] Thirty years later, for the deluxe CD version of Street Survivors, the original "flames" cover was restored. Lynyrd Skynyrd disbanded after the tragedy, reuniting just once to perform an instrumental version of "Free Bird" at Charlie Daniels' Volunteer Jam V in January 1979. Collins, Rossington, Powell and Pyle performed the song with Charlie Daniels and members of his band. Leon Wilkeson, who was still undergoing physical therapy for his badly broken left arm, was in attendance, along with Judy Van Zant, Teresa Gaines, JoJo Billingsley and Leslie Hawkins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted April 5, 2012 Author Share Posted April 5, 2012 On April 5th in music history: Births 1922: Gale Storm1925: Stan Levey1928: Tony Williams (The Platters)1929: Joe Meek1932: Billy Bland1934: Stanley Turrentine1939: Ronnie White (The Miracles)1941: Dave Swarbick (Fairport Convention)1942: Alan Clarke (The Hollies)1944: Crispian St. Peters1944: Nicholas Caldwell (The Whispers)1950: Agnetha Faltskog (ABBA) Deaths 1981: Bob "The Bear" Hite (Canned Heat)1998: Cozy Powell (ELP, Black Sabbath, Rainbow)2006: Gene Pitney Events 1936: The fourth deadliest tornado in US history rips through Tupelo, MS, killing 235 but sparing Elvis Presley, still an infant, who is held in his Great Uncle Noah's house by his mother Gladys until the storm passes. 1955: Ray Charles marries his second wife, Della Beatrice Howard, in Houston, TX. 1958: Johnny Mathis' compilation album Johnny's Greatest Hits, the first "greatest hits" LP, enters the Billboard charts, where it will stay for almost nine and a half years. It's a record that would only be broken in 1982 by Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon. 1964: The Beatles film the famous opening scene from their first movie, A Hard Day's Night, running away from several rabid female fans at London's Marylebone train station. The Searchers make their US television debut, singing "Needles and Pins" and "Ain't That Just Like Me" on on CBS' Ed Sullivan Show. 1967: Monkees fans march in London in protest of band member Davy Jones' announced induction into the Army. The teen heartthrob is eventually exempted from duty for being his family's main provider. Elvis Presley's 24th movie, Double Trouble, premieres in Hollywood. 1982: The record industry trade magazine Record World folds after 36 years. 1984: Marvin Gaye's funeral takes place at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Los Angeles, drawing some very notable mourners, including Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones, and Berry Gordy. Gaye had been shot to death three days earlier by his father after he intervened in an argument between his parents. 1987: Buddy Rich's funeral in Los Angeles also draws some very notable mourners, including Frank Sinatra, Artie Shaw, and Johnny Carson. 1990: After serving months of his sentence for drug possession, resisting arrest, and other charges, James Brown is put on a work-release program, moving from his jail to South Carolina's Lower Savannah Work Center, where he provides counseling for drug addicts. He is paid four dollars an hour. 2003: On stage in Melbourne, Australia on the eve of the Iraq War, Carlos Santana declares, "We are the architects of the world and our agenda is different to Saddam Hussein and George Bush. Dignity and grace are our weapons - unity, salvation and elegance." 2008: Toto breaks up after performing its final concert in Seoul. Charts 1975: Minnie Riperton's "Lovin' You" hits #1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LHF63 Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 I love this thread, too. Still tryin to figure out how Lynyrd Skynyrd got in a fight on Feb 29, 1977, though (see page 5). Lou Hi Lou, I'm glad you enjoy reading it as well... Regarding Lynyrd Skynyrd, do you mean because of the plane crash? It didn't happen until October 20th, 1977. Hi Rick. No, I meant I didn't see how anything could happen on Feb 29, 1977, because I don't think that was a leap year. [] Probably 1976, methinks. Thanks again for this thread, Lou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted April 5, 2012 Author Share Posted April 5, 2012 I love this thread, too. Still tryin to figure out how Lynyrd Skynyrd got in a fight on Feb 29, 1977, though (see page 5). Lou Hi Lou, I'm glad you enjoy reading it as well... Regarding Lynyrd Skynyrd, do you mean because of the plane crash? It didn't happen until October 20th, 1977. Hi Rick. No, I meant I didn't see how anything could happen on Feb 29, 1977, because I don't think that was a leap year. Probably 1976, methinks. Thanks again for this thread, Lou Ah, gotcha!! I hadn't thought of that... [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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