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Rick Posted April 5, 2012 Author Share Posted April 5, 2012 On April 6th in music history: Births 1916: "Pappy" Wade Ray1924: Dorothy Donegan1927: Gerry Mulligan1929: Andre Previn1937: Merle Haggard1942: Christopher Franke (Tangerine Dream)1944: John Stax (The Pretty Things)1944: Michelle Phillips (The Mamas and the Papas)1947: Tony Connor (Hot Chocolate) Deaths 1984: Ral Donner1998: Tammy Wynette2004: Niki Sullivan (The Crickets) Events 1956: Having impressed Paramount Studios with his screen test five days earlier, Elvis Presley is signed to a seven-year, three- picture deal worth nearly half a million dollars. 1960: The Everly Brothers begin their first European tour at London's New Victoria Theatre. 1962: Russia's official newspaper, Pravda, warns Soviet teens of the decadent dangers of the new "twist" dance craze. 1963: Fats Domino leaves Imperial Records for his new home, ABC-Paramount. 1968: Founding member Syd Barrett, already in a mental downward spiral from LSD abuse, leaves Pink Floyd. 1969: Original bassist Pete Quaife leaves the Kinks. 1971: The Rolling Stones unveil their new custom record label, Rolling Stones Records, which also features the group's new logo, the infamous tongue-and-lips "pop art" drawing created by London graphic artist John Pasche. Carly Simon is introduced to James Taylor backstage after her concert at Los Angeles' famous Troubadour nightclub. Instantly smitten, they would marry in November of 1972. 1972: The Monkees' Micky Dolenz guest stars as himself in tonight's "Barbara Lost" episode of ABC-TV's My Three Sons. 1974: After initially arguing with his record company about releasing it as a single ("it's the same thing over and over"), Billy Joel gets his first Top 40 hit with "Piano Man." ABBA become European stars overnight when their composition "Waterloo" wins the annual Eurovision Song Contest. California's biggest annual rock concert, the California Jam, has its debut in Ontario, CA, featuring performances by The Eagles, Earth Wind and Fire, Seals and Crofts, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Emerson Lake and Palmer, and Black Oak Arkansas performing for a crowd of 200,000. The concert documentary Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones, the first-ever such film with a quadraphonic soundtrack, premieres at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York. 1975: Labelle performs their recent hit, "Lady Marmalade," on CBS-TV's Cher show. 1979: In Beverly Hills, Rod Stewart marries George Hamilton's ex-wife, Alana. The couple would divorce in 1984. 1983: Ronald Reagan's secretary of the Interior, James Watt, cancels an appearance by The Beach Boys at Washington DC's Independence Day festivities, infamously stating that the band would attract "an undesirable element." 1984: Longtime E Street Band guitarist "Miami" Steve Van Zandt, a/k/a Little Steven, announces he's leaving the group. He will return in 1995. 1985: Gilbert O'Sullivan wins a two-million-dollar judgment against his manager, Gordon Mills, for royalties owed him on his 1972 smash "Alone Again Naturally." 1991: Ringo Starr guest stars as himself in tonight's "Brush With Greatness" episode of Fox-TV'sThe Simpsons. 1992: George Harrison performs his first full live solo concert since 1969, appearing in London in a benefit for the Natural Law political party. 1997: The Michael Jackson short film/theme ride Captain EO is shown for the last time at Disneyland. 1998: Chubby Checker, Lesley Gore, Fabian, and Dick Clark all guest star as themselves in tonight's "Opus One" episode of CBS-TV's Murphy Brown. 1999: Bob Weir and Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead appear at an Al Gore Presidential fundraiser, with Gore's wife, notorious anti-rock crusader Tipper, playing congas. Releases 1965: Elvis Presley, "Crying In The Chapel"1971: The Rolling Stones, "Brown Sugar" Recording 1925: Eddie Cantor, "If You Knew Susie"1963: Bobby Darin, "18 Yellow Roses"1963: The Kingsmen, "Louie Louie"1965: The Beach Boys, "California Girls"1966: The Beatles, "Tomorrow Never Knows" Charts 1957: Perry Como's "Round And Round" hits #11959: Fabian's "Turn Me Loose" enters the charts1965: Simon and Garfunkel's soundtrack LP The Graduate hits #11974: Blue Swede's "Hooked On A Feeling" hits #1 Certifications 1973: The Stylistics' "Break Up To Make Up" is certified gold Happy 75th birthday to Merle Haggard!! [^] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted April 6, 2012 Author Share Posted April 6, 2012 On April 7th in music history: Births 1908: Percy Faith1915: Billie Holiday1919: Ralph Flanagan1923: Mongo Santamaria1935: Bobby Bare1937: Charlie Thomas (The Drifters)1938: Spencer Dryden (Jefferson Airplane)1943: Alan Buck (The Four Pennies)1943: Mick Abrahams (Jethro Tull)1946: Bill Kreutzmann (Grateful Dead)1947: Patricia Bennett (The Chiffons)1947: Florian Schneider-Esleben (Kraftwerk)1948: Carol Douglas (The Chantels)1949: John Oates (Hall and Oates)1950: Steve Ellis (Love Affair)1951: Janis Ian Deaths 1981: Kit Lambert1994: Lee Brilleaux (Dr. Feelgood)2000: Heinz (The Tornadoes) Events 1956: The first national rock and roll radio series, Alan Freed's Rock 'N' Roll Dance Party, debuts on the CBS Radio Network. The Platters make their television debut on the Dorsey Brothers' Stage Show, broadcast on CBS. 1958: The Capitol label officially abandons issuing 78 rpm records. 1962: Elvis Presley arrives in Hawaii to begin shooting the ocean shots for his latest film, Blue Hawaii. At his hotel, the Kaiser Hawaiian Village, he is mobbed by over a thousand fans and sprints away from them, losing several pieces of jewelry in the process. (His ring was returned the next day.) Teen idol Bobby Rydell is ironically cast as Hugo Peabody in the film version of the hit Broadway musical Bye Bye Birdie. Unknown London musicians Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, attending a performance of Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated at the Ealing Jazz Club, meet a young guitarist named Brian Jones. 1967: San Francisco's KMPX becomes the first FM station to play "deep cuts" from albums, rather than merely singles, a "free-form" non-format that will soon transform rock radio. Sonny and Cher's ill-fated comedy film, a collection of film spoof skits called Good Times, debuts in Chicago. 1970: B.J. Thomas' "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head," featured in the Robert Redford / Paul Newman film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, wins Best Original Song at this year's Academy Awards. 1975: Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore leaves the group to form Rainbow. He will be replaced by Tommy Bolin. 1981: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band play their first concert outside North America, opening their new tour at the Congress Centre in Hamburg. 1988: While rehearsing a morbid "hanging" stunt for his upcoming tour, Alice Cooper is nearly killed when the safety rope breaks, leaving him swinging in the air for a few moments. Fortunately, a roadie quickly steps in and gets him down. 1990: As famed child AIDS victim Ryan White dies in his hospital bed, Elton John, who has taken up his cause, performs "Candle In The Wind" for him during Farm Aid IV in Indianapolis. 1994: Percy Sledge pleads guilty to evading taxes on $260,000 of his income and is sentenced to six months in prison (which he is allowed to serve in a "halfway house"). 2006: A fan site for the legendary psych-pop band Love reports (correctly) that leader Arthur Lee is dying from leukemia. 2008: Bob Dylan is awarded an honorary Pulitzer for "profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power." Olivia Newton-John begins a walk across the entire length of China's Great Wall in order to raise funds for and awareness of the battle to cure breast cancer. The walk will take three weeks and cover 141 miles. Releases 1958: Elvis Presley, "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck"1958: The Platters, "Twilight Time" Recording 1959: Marty Robbins, "El Paso"1960: Connie Francis, "Everybody's Somebody's Fool"1965: P.J. Proby, "That Means A Lot"1966: The Beatles: "Tomorrow Never Knows," "Got To Get You Into My Life" Charts 1954: The Crows' "Gee" enters the charts1956: Little Richard's "Long Tall Sally" enters the charts1962: Shelley Fabares' "Johnny Angel" hits #11973: Vicki Lawrence's "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia" hits #11973: Diana Ross' LP Lady Sings The Blues hits #11979: The Doobie Brothers' LP Minute By Minute hits #1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted April 8, 2012 Author Share Posted April 8, 2012 On April 8th in music history: Births 1929: Jacques Brel1941: J.J. Jackson1942: Roger Chapman (Family)1947: Steve Howe (Yes) Deaths 1985: J. Fred Coots Events 1956: The Johnny Burnette Trio makes its TV debut, performing "Train Kept A-Rollin'" on ABC's Ted Mack's Amateur Hour. They will appear two more times on the show, but never win. 1961: The BBC bans Gene McDaniels' hit "100 Pounds Of Clay" because of the lyrics' supposedly blasphemous suggestion that God made women from the substance. 1963: John Lennon and wife Cynthia are the proud parents of their first child, Julian, who would go on to have several hits of his own in the '80s and '90s. 1967: In a move that will have enormous implications for England and soul music, Stax makes its first European stop on its promotional tour, with Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, Booker T. and the MGs, Eddie Floyd, and Arthur Conley performing at London's Hammersmith Odeon. Sandie Shaw becomes the first female artist from the UK to win the Eurovision Song Contest, with her song "Puppet On A String." 1968: Petula Clark's first (and only) TV special, entitled simply Petula, airs on NBC, featuring guest star Harry Belafonte performing a duet on an antiwar song she'd written called "On The Path Of Glory." During taping, Clark had reached out to touch Belafonte's arm in a spontaneous gesture, causing the show's sponsor Chrysler to protest, fearing the interracial contact would upset viewers in the American south. As a result, the show is infamous even before it airs: Petula and the show's executive producer, her husband Claude Wolff, respond to the pressure by having all other takes of the duet destroyed so that the gesture would have to be aired. It was, historically, the first interracial contact to be broadcast on American television. (Director Steve Binder would go on to helm Elvis Presley's "'68 Comeback Special" later that year.) 1969: Neil Diamond becomes the first performer to sell out the Forum in Los Angeles for nine nights consecutively. 1971: Chicago becomes the first rock group to play Carnegie Hall, in a concert that will be immortalized on their hefty four-disc fourth album. 1985: The Ellie Greenwich tribute musical Leader Of The Pack opens on Broadway at the Ambassador Theatre. 1989: For the first time in its 33-year history, ABC's legendary dance show American Bandstand moves to the USA network, replacing longtime host Dick Clark with newcomer David Hirsch. The show would be canceled for good six months later. 1998: Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood and 11 other passengers are stranded in a boat off the coast of Brazil when its engine catches fire. A boat of nearby journalists, fortunately, rescues the stranded boaters just minutes before the burning engine causes the craft to explode. 2003: NBC airs the concert special Cher: The Farewell Tour. 2009: Mayor of Camden, NJ Gwendolyn Faison renames Mulford Street as Leon Huff Way in honor of the city's native son, legendary songwriter and founder of Philadelphia International Records. Recording 1957: Buddy Holly: "Words Of Love," "Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues"1964: The Supremes, "Where Did Our Love Go"1966: The Beatles, "Got To Get You Into My Life" Charts 1978: Eddie Money's "Baby Hold On" enters the charts Certifications 1968: The Beatles' "Lady Madonna" is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyto Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 It's not really history but one year ago today I joined this forum. It's been a fun and informative year [] Thanks all [Y] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted April 9, 2012 Author Share Posted April 9, 2012 On April 9th in music history: Births 1898: Paul Robeson1928: Tom Lehrer1932: Carl Perkins1943: Terry Knight1944: Gene Parsons (The Byrds)1945: Emil Stucchio (The Classics)1946: Les Gray (Mud)1948: Phil Wright (Paper Lace) Deaths 1976: Phil Ochs1988: Brook Benton1988: Dave Prater (Sam and Dave)1997: Laura Nyro1997: Mae Axton2009: Randy Cain (The Delfonics) Events 1860: French inventor Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, not Thomas Edison, makes the first sound recording when he records a female voice singing onto his invention, the Phonautograph. Unfortunately, the inventor records the sound waves only to study them, not knowing how to play them back, though they have since been processed into a recordable format and heard. 1953: A 14-year-old Elvis Presley appears in his high school's minstrel show singing the Stanley Brothers' "Keep Them Cold Icy Fingers Off Me," then is called back to perform Teresa Brewer's "Till I Waltz Again With You." 1962: At tonight's Academy Awards ceremony in Santa Monica, Henry Mancini wins Best Original Song for "Moon River," his contribution to the film Breakfast At Tiffany's. 1964: The Vee-Jay label suffers a fatal blow when it settles out of court with Capitol, who charged that nonpayment of royalties invalidated the label's licensing agreement to sell the Beatles' first few singles in the US. 1965: Bruce Johnston replaces Brian Wilson in the touring band of the Beach Boys, Brian having suffered a nervous breakdown while on the band's recent flight to Houston. 1966: During a Yardbirds show in Marseilles, France, guitarist Jeff Beck collapses from exhaustion; eleven years later to the day, his former bandmate Jimmy Page causes the end of a Led Zeppelin gig in Chicago when he's struck down by stomach cramps. 1967: The Doors play before their first large crowd when they appear (along with Jefferson Airplane) in front of 3,000 at a show in Venice, CA. 1973: Queen play their first show since being signed, a "showcase" gig at London's Marquee Club. 1974: Bruce Springsteen meets rock critic Jon Landau, who would go on to manage the singer and successfully hype him as "rock and roll's future." 1979: At tonight's Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, Best Original Song goes to Donna Summer's "Last Dance," from the flop movie Thank God It's Friday. 1982: Having revived her career in the UK with a hit cover of Al Green's "Let's Stay Together," Tina Turner begins a comeback tour in London. 1989: Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman, 52, announces his intention to marry model Mandy Smith, 19, further shocking the public by revealing that he's been dating Mandy for the past six years -- with her mother's permission. The marriage would last just under two years. 1994: Wayne Newton marries his second wife, lawyer Kathleen McCrone. 2003: Willie Nelson holds public celebrations of his 70th birthday at the Beacon Theatre in New York, featuring performances by (among many others) Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Paul Simon, ZZ Top, Leon Russell, and Ray Price. 2008: Elton John's benefit concert at Radio City Music Hall raises two and a half million dollars for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. Releases 1969: Bob Dylan, Nashville Skyline Recording 1956: Gene Vincent, "Be Bop-A-Lula" Charts 1966: The Righteous Brothers' "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" hits #11977: ABBA's "Dancing Queen" hits #1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rick Posted April 10, 2012 Author Share Posted April 10, 2012 On April 10th in music history: Births 1911: Martin Denny1921: Sheb Wooley1932: Nate Nelson (The Flamingos)1936: Bobbie Smith (The Spinners)1947: Karl Russell (The Hues Corporation)1947: Bunny Wailer (The Wailers)1950: Eddie Hazel (Funkadelic) Deaths 1958: Chuck Willis1962: Stuart Sutcliffe1979: Nino Rota1984: Nate Nelson (The Flamingoes)2003: Noel Fox (Oak Ridge Boys)2003: Little Eva Events 1953: Eddie Fisher is discharged from the US Army, having sold seven million records during his stint in the service. 1956: Leo Fender patents the successor to his popular "Telecaster" model of electric guitar, this time called the "Stratocaster." While performing at the Municipal Auditorium in Birmingham, AL, Nat King Cole is assaulted by five segregationists and tackled on stage, although local police quickly arrest the perpetrators, who had originally planned to kidnap the singer. Cole bravely performs a second show later that night. 1957: Ricky Nelson, then all of sixteen, performs his recently-recorded version of Fats Domino's "I'm Walkin'" -- done to impress a date -- on his family's TV sitcom, ABC's The Adventures Of Ozzie And Harriet. The record sells half a million copies in the next week alone. 1961: Del Shannon is the guest on ABC-TV's American Bandstand, singing his recent breakthrough hit, "Runaway." 1965: A public school in Wrexham, North Wales, asks parents to make sure children attend in school uniforms after Rolling Stones fans at the school begin showing up in "corduroy trousers" like their heroes. 1968: Bill Kreutzmann invites Mickey Hart to join the Grateful Dead as its second drummer. 1970: Paul McCartney makes the Beatles' secret breakup public by issuing a press release to announce that he has left the group, done in the form of a fake interview: "Q: Is your break with the Beatles temporary or permanent, due to personal differences or musical ones? PAUL: Personal differences, business differences, musical differences, but most of all because I have a better time with my family. Temporary or permanent? I don't really know." John Lennon is furious, especially since the breakup, already agreed upon by the group, was announced just one week prior to the British release of McCartney's first solo album. When a reporter tracks down Lennon for his thoughts, he replies, "Paul hasn't left. I sacked him." Keith Emerson of the Nice, Greg Lake of King Crimson, and Carl Palmer of Atomic Rooster join forces to form Emerson, Lake and Palmer. At one of the band's last concerts, in Boston, Doors frontman Jim Morrison asks the audience if they'd like to see something of his "that rhymes with 'sock,'" and then, more bluntly, screaming "Would you like to see my genitals?" The power in the stadium is switched off, and keyboardist Ray Manzarek pulls the singer, already facing similar charges from a Miami gig, off the stage. 1976: Stevie Wonder is featured in an ad in today's edition of Down Beat Magazine, edorsing the Mu-Tron III effects pedal, which uses synthesizer envelopes to create a wah effect for guitar. Wonder had used the pedal on his 1973 smash "Higher Ground." 1978: Aretha Franklin marries her second husband, actor Glynn Turman, in New York City. The Four Tops sing Stevie Wonder's "Isn't She Lovely" at the ceremony. 1991: Peter Noone guest stars as a rock star on tonight's "Glitter Rock - April 12, 1974" episode of NBC-TV's Quantum Leap. 1999: The all-star tribute concert Here There and Everywhere: A Concert For Linda is held at London's Royal Albert Hall, where Paul McCartney, George Michael, Chrissie Hynde, Elvis Costello and Sinead O'Connor raise money for animal charities while remembering Paul's wife Linda, who has recently succumbed to breast cancer. 2002: South Carolina Governor James Hodges makes it official by declaring James Brown the state's "Godfather Of Soul." 2007: Johnny Cash's last residence, a 14,000-square-foot house in Hendersonville, TN, burns to the ground. It had been purchased after Cash's death by Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees, and planned for renovation. Recording 1958: Bobby Darin: "Splish Splash," "Queen Of The Hop" Charts 1954: Perry Como's "Wanted" hits #11965: Freddie and the Dreamers' "I'm Telling You Now" hits #11971: John Denver's "(Take Me Home) Country Roads" enters the charts1976: Peter Frampton's LP Frampton Comes Alive! hits #1 Certifications 1973: Led Zeppelin's LP Houses Of The Holy is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LHF63 Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Dodge Chargers and Pocket Protectors. Great stuff in the pics, Rick. [Y] Lou 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rick Posted April 10, 2012 Author Share Posted April 10, 2012 On April 11th in music history: Births 1918: Jimmy Lewis1935: Richard Berry1946: Bob Harris Deaths 2006: June Pointer (The Pointer Sisters) Events 1956: Elvis Presley's tour plane develops engine trouble while flying the singer from Amarillo, TX to Nashville, forcing an emergency landing in Arkansas. When he calls his mother Gladys to tell her, she begs him to never fly again, instilling a fear of flying in Elvis which will take him years to get over. 1961: New York City gets its first introduction to a young folksinger named Bob Dylan when he makes his live Gotham debut at Gerde's Folk City, opening for John Lee Hooker and performing a new song entitled "Blowin' In The Wind." 1964: Having already set a record the week before by taking over the entire Top Five of the Billboard singles charts, the Beatles set another record when 14 of their singles are listed at the same time in the "Hot 100." "Can't Buy Me Love" is at #1, while "Love Me Do" holds down the bottom at #81. 1965: The British music trade paper New Musical Express holds its Third Annual NME Poll Winners Concert at London's Wembley Empire Pool, featuring The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Animals, The Moody Blues, Tom Jones, Them, Donovan, The Seekers, Freddie and the Dreamers, Herman's Hermits, and Cilla Black. 1966: NBC-TV's musical variety show Hullabaloo airs its last episode after sixteen months on the air, featuring Lesley Gore, Peter and Gordon, Paul Anka, and the Cyrkle. 1967: Flying back to England after participating in the Beach Boys' aborted Smile sessions, Paul McCartney comes up with the idea for the Beatles film and album Magical Mystery Tour. 1968: Janis Joplin makes her television debut when Big Brother and the Holding Company perform on ABC-TV's variety show Hollywood Palace. 1970: In Germany, Fleetwood Mac founding member Peter Green, having just come down from a long acid trip, announces his intention to leave the band to follow an obscure religion. He agrees to stay on through the current tour, however, to satisfy the band's contract. 1976: Relaxing in his hotel after a record-breaking Sydney show, Alice Cooper is placed under house arrest for alleged breach of contract after refusing to pay another promoter $59,000 for an Australian tour the year before. When it is discovered that the promoter's fallen short on his end of the deal as well, Cooper is released to fly back to the States. 1986: A stage musical entitled Time, produced by Dave Clark and starring Cliff Richard, Dionne Warwick, Freddie Mercury, and Leo Sayer, opens at London's Dominion Theatre. 1988: Cher wins Best Actress for the romantic comedy Moonstruck at tonight's Oscar Awards in New York. 1990: Elton John performs at the Indianapolis, IN funeral of Ryan White, the hemophiliac 18-year-old who'd contracted AIDS through a blood transfusion and been shunned for it. Michael Jackson also attends the service. 1997: Grand Funk Railroad reforms for their first tour in years to benefit the Bosnian-American Relief Fund, which helps victims of the recent genocide in Bosnia. 2002: Aretha Franklin and seven other Motown stars are honored with street names in Detroit's new low-income housing project. 2006: Paul Anka guest-stars as himself in tonight's "The Real Paul Anka" episode of WB-TV's Gilmore Girls. Recording 1956: Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps, "Be-Bop-A-Lula"1963: Nat "King" Cole, "Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer"1966: The Beatles: "Got To Get You Into My Life," "Love You To"1966: Frank Sinatra, "Strangers In The Night" Charts 1956: James Brown's "Please, Please, Please" enters the R&B charts1970: The Beatles' "Let It Be" hits #1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 On April 12th in music history: Births 1909: Lionel Hampton1916: Russ Garcia1917: Helen Forrest1921: Shakey Jake Harris1925: Ned Miller1938: Judy Lynn1940: Al Jarreau1940: Herbie Hancock1942: Larry Ramos (The Association)1951: Alex Briley (The Village People) Deaths 1975: Josephine Baker1999: Boxcar Willie Events 1961: At tonight's Grammy ceremonies, Ray Charles takes home four awards, including a Best Male Vocal for "Georgia On My Mind." 1963: Bob Dylan performs a spectacular concert at Town Hall in New York, which is recorded for a never-released live album on Columbia. 1964: Chubby Checker marries Miss World 1962, Catharina Johanna Lodders of the Netherlands. 1966: Tom Jones enters a hospital to have his tonsils removed, though some who claim to have seen his tonsils since claim his real visit was for a nose job. In an eerie recreation of the duo's single from the year before, Jan Berry of Jan and Dean crashes his Corvette into a parked truck on Beverly Hills' Whittier Drive, near a stretch of road in Los Angeles known as "Dead Man's Curve." Berry will require four years of rehabilitation to be able to talk and a full decade in order to perform live again. 1968: Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention perform at a New York dinner for the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences dinner in New York. Zappa calls the event "a load of pompous hokum" and yells from the stage: "All year long you people have manufactured this crap, now for one night you're gonna have to listen to it!" 1973: Stevie Wonder becomes one of the first rock stars to appear on PBS-TV's Sesame Street. The movie musical That'll Be The Day, starring Ringo Starr and David Essex, premieres in London. 1979: Mickey Thomas, vocalist on the Elvin Bishop Band's 1975 hit "Fooled Around And Fell In Love," becomes the new lead vocalist for Jefferson Starship. 1988: Sonny Bono succeeds in his bid to become mayor of his hometown, Palm Springs, CA. 1989: David Cassidy's comeback begins when Los Angeles KLOS, to which the former Partridge Family singer is listening, wonder what happened to him. Before long, he's at the studio, performing three songs that land him a new record deal. 1990: The Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center, located at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, AZ, announces that four newly discovered asteroids, 4147-4150, will be named Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, and Starr. 1992: The Eagles' Don Henley leads 6,000 fans through Walden Woods in Massachusetts as part of a benefit walk to save the literally significant woods popularized by Henry Thoreau's work. 2001: Gladys Knight marries her fourth husband, longtime friend William McDowell. 2008: With her latest single, "4 Minutes," Madonna beats Elvis as the artist with the most all-time Top Ten Hits on the Billboard charts (37). Lou Reed marries his second wife, conceptual artist Laurie Anderson. Releases 1954: Big Joe Turner, "Shake, Rattle, And Roll" Recording 1939: Woody Herman, "Woodchopper’s Ball"1954: Bill Haley and His Comets: "(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock," "Thirteen Women (And Only One Man In Town)" Charts 1969: 5th Dimension's "Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In" hits #11975: Elton John's "Philadelphia Freedom" hits #1 Certifications 1971: Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's LP Four Way Street is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted April 12, 2012 Author Share Posted April 12, 2012 On April 13th in music history: Births 1906: Bud Freeman1934: Horace Kay (The Tams)1936: Tim Field (The Springfields)1940: Lester Chambers (The Chambers Brothers)1942: Bill Conti1943: Eve Graham (The New Seekers)1944: Brian Pendleton (The Pretty Things)1944: Jack Casady (Jefferson Airplane)1945: Lowell George (Little Feat)1946: Al Green1946: Roy Loney (The Flamin' Groovies)1951: Max Weinberg (The E Street Band)1955: Louis Johnson (The Brothers Johnson) Deaths 1995: Burl Ives2004: Ritchie Cordell2005: Johnnie Johnson Events 1962: The Beatles begin their legendary stint at the new Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany. Performing three to four hours a night for 48 days (with only one day off), the group logs a total of 172 hours of performance. When they return to England, they're already stars with a recording contract. 1964: Melvyn Douglas wins Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Hud, handing a loss to Bobby Darin, nominated for his performance in Captain Newman, M.D.. 1965: At tonight's Grammy ceremonies in Los Angeles, Roger Miller is the big winner, taking home five awards (a first for a country artist at the Grammys) Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto win Record of the Year for "The Girl From Ipanema" and Album of the Year for Getz/Gilberto. The Beatles win Best New Artist and Best Performance by a Vocal Group for "A Hard Day's Night." 1967: The Rolling Stones play their first-ever gig behind the "Iron Curtain" of Soviet countries with a performance in Warsaw. When the club is overrun by kids without tickets, the local police react by dispersing the crowd with tear gas. 1969: Diana Ross makes her first television appearance as a solo act, performing on Dinah Shore's NBC special Like Hep. 1980: After $8 million in ticket sales and 3,883 performances, a record run for the time (not to mention one major motion picture), the Fifties musical Grease closes on Broadway. 1982: Still awaiting trial on a concealed weapon and illegal drug possession charge three weeks earlier, David Crosby is again arrested in Dallas after local police find him preparing a "speedball" of cocaine backstage before a show. 1989: Jack Jones is honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6104 Hollywood Blvd. 1994: After nine years of a very public marriage, Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley announce they have separated. They will divorce later in the year. 2008: Cult '60s Detroit Soul hero Nathaniel Mayer collapses from the brain hemorrhage that will, within the year, take his life. Releases 1963: The Beach Boys, "Surfin' USA" Recording 1959: Ronnie Hawkins, "Forty Days"1965: The Beatles, "Help!"1966: The Beatles: "Love You To," "Paperback Writer" Charts 1940: Glenn Miller's "In The Mood" hits #11957: Elvis Presley's "All Shook Up" hits #11959: The Fleetwoods' "Come Softly To Me" hits #11968: Bobby Goldsboro's "Honey" hits #11974: Elton John's "Bennie And The Jets" hits #11974: Paul McCartney and Wings' LP Band On The Run hits #1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted April 14, 2012 Author Share Posted April 14, 2012 April 14th in music history: Births 1933: Buddy Knox1935: Loretta Lynn1942: Tony Burrows (Edison Lighthouse)1945: Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple)1946: Patrick Fairley (Marmalade)1948: Larry Ferguson (Hot Chocolate)1949: Dennis Bryon (Amen Corner)1949: June Millington (Fanny)1949: Sonja Kristina (Curved Air) Deaths 1990: Thurston Harris1998: Dorothy Squires2005: Steve Jablecki (Wadsworth Mansion)2007: Don Ho Events 1956: Bobby Helms auditions for Decca Records and is signed on the spot. 1960: Inspired by the hysteria surrounding Elvis Presley and his Army stint, the musical Bye Bye Birdie, starring Dick Van Dyke, Dick Gautier, and Paul Lynde opens on Broadway at the Martin Beck Theatre. It will run for 607 performances. 1963: The Beatles visit the Crawdaddy Club in Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey, England, to see an unsigned band called The Rolling Stones. 1965: Elvis Presley's 17th movie, Girl Happy, co-starring Shelley Fabares, opens in US theaters. 1967: ABC-TV airs the final episode of their afternoon rock music variety show Where The Action Is, featuring the house band it made famous, Paul Revere and the Raiders. 1968: Famed producer Phil Spector takes his first wife, Ronnie Bennett of Ronettes fame. The legendarily unhappy marriage will finally end in 1972. 1969: The Monkees' dismal last gasp, the NBC-TV special 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee, airs to bad ratings and worse reviews. In a first for the Academy Awards, the Oscar for Best Actress is a tie: Katherine Hepburn forThe Lion In Winter and Barbra Streisand for Funny Girl. 1970: Stephen Stills breaks his wrist while driving into a parked car, forcing the cancellation of CSNY's upcoming American tour. Creedence Clearwater Revival makes their live UK debut at London's Royal Albert Hall. 1974: Pete Townshend of the Who makes his solo concert debut at the Roundhouse in London, backed solely by his own pre-recorded audio tapes. 1975: After a long audition process during the recording of their album Black and Blue, and after a slew of rumors about who would fill the position, the Rolling Stones announce former Faces member Ron Wood as their new guitarist, replacing the departed Mick Taylor. 1976: Stevie Wonder signs the largest music contract to that time when he resigns with Motown/Tamla for $13 million. Eric Faulkner of the Bay City Rollers takes too many Seconal and Valium and nearly dies from the overdose, which he claims is accidental and was brought on by sheer exhaustion from the group's touring and recording schedule. 1980: New Jersey considers a resolution to make Bruce Springsteen's "Born To Run" the new official state anthem, but eventually designate it as merely the Garden State's "rock anthem." Olivia Newton John's TV special Olivia's Hollywood Nights, also starring Elton John, The Carpenters, and Andy Gibb, airs on ABC. 1986: Ironton, OH evangelist Jim Brown famously claims that the Mr. Ed theme is just one of many popular songs that contain Satanic backwards messages. 2008: Liverpool's John Moore University names a new Chancellor -- Queen's Brian May. 2009: George Harrison is posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1750 Vine -- not coincidentally in front of the offices of George's old US label, Capitol. Releases 1955: Fats Domino, "Ain't It A Shame" (a/k/a "Ain't That A Shame")1967: The Bee Gees, "New York Mining Disaster 1941 (Have You Seen My Wife, Mr. Jones)" Recording 1966: The Beatles: "Paperback Writer," "Rain"1969: The Beatles, "The Ballad Of John And Yoko" Charts 1958: Laurie London's "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands" hits #11979: The Doobie Brothers' "What A Fool Believes" hits #1 Certifications 1967: Herman's Hermits' "There's A Kind Of Hush" is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted April 14, 2012 Author Share Posted April 14, 2012 On April 15th in music history: Births 1894: Bessie Smith1918: Eddy Arnold1933: Roy Clark1937: Bob Luman1939: Marty Wilde1940: Clarence Satchell (The Ohio Players)1942: Allan Clark (The Hollies)1944: Dave Edmunds1947: Mike Chapman Deaths 1989: Nesuhi Ertegun2005: John Fred Gourrier (John Fred and his Playboy Band)2007: Don Ho Events 1956: Mitch Miller and DJ Alan Freed appear, along with two psychiatrists, on Eric Sevareid's television programCBS Sunday News to discuss the "potentially negative effects of Rock 'n' Roll on teenagers." 1958: Buddy Holly has his guitar, a Fender Stratocaster, stolen from the Crickets' station wagon while the group stops to have lunch before a concert in St. Louis, MO. 1960: Dick Clark's movie Because They're Young, a friendlier Blackboard Jungle of sorts with appearances by James Darren and Duane Eddy, premieres in New York. 1964: After a long day of filming for their first movie, which is still titled Beatlemania!, The Beatles relax as Ringo Starr declares, oddly, that it's been "a hard day's night." John immediately begins writing the song of the same name on the back of an old greeting card; it will eventually become the title track for the film. 1966: Buffalo Springfield make their live debut, opening for the Byrds at the Orange County Showgrounds in San Bernardino, CA. 1969: Archie Bell of the Drells completes his tour of duty in Vietnam and is discharged from the US Army. 1971: The Illinois Crime Commission releases a list of "drug-oriented rock records" that include Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit" and Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade of Pale," but also, for some reason, The Beatles' "With A Little Help From My Friends" and "Puff The Magic Dragon," by Peter, Paul and Mary. At tonight's Oscar ceremonies in Los Angeles, The Beatles are awarded their one and only statuette, in the category of Original Song Score, for the title track to the film Let It Be. 1982: While riding his motorcycle in his native Long Island, New York (presumably not in the rain), Billy Joel slams into a moving car, breaking his wrist and requiring a month of hospitalization. 1989: Roy Orbison's comeback single, "You Got It," produced by Jeff Lynne, becomes his last big hit as it reaches the US Top Ten four months after his death from a heart attack. 1992: Queen reunites for a tribute charity concert dedicated to their fallen former leader, vocalist Freddie Mercury, who'd passed away from AIDS some six months earlier. Robert Plant, David Bowie, Elton John, Guns N' Roses, George Michael, Annie Lennox, Paul Young, Ian Hunter and Roger Daltrey, among others, show up to sing Freddie's and their own hits. 1996: The remainder of Grateful Dead leader Jerry Garcia's ashes are scattered near the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco; a week earlier, a portion had been scattered into India's Ganges river. Releases 1966: The Rolling Stones, Aftermath Recording 1966: The Beatles: "Paperback Writer," "Rain"1968: Aretha Franklin, "Think"1969: The Beatles, "The Ballad Of John And Yoko" Charts 1972: Roberta Flack's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" hits #11972: Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen's "Hot Rod Lincoln" enters the charts Certifications 1977: Lynyrd Skynyrd's LP One More For The Road is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted April 15, 2012 Author Share Posted April 15, 2012 On April 16th in music history: Births 1924: Henry Mancini1924: Rudy Pompilli (Bill Haley and His Comets)1929: Ed Townsend1929: Roy Hamilton1930: Herbie Mann1935: Bobby Vinton1939: Dusty Springfield1943: Lonesome Dave Peverett (Foghat)1947: Gerry Rafferty1963: Jimmy Osmond (The Osmonds) Deaths 1980: Morris Stoloff1999: Skip Spence (Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape) Events 1955: A young Roy Orbison sees Elvis for the first time, performing at the Sportatorium in Dallas, TX. 1965: The Hollies make their US stage debut at New York's Paramount Theatre. 1969: The Elektra label drops Detroit's MC5 from their roster after an infamous ad in a local music zine, replete with Elektra logo, advised buyers to "Stay alive with the MC5 -- and f*** Hudson's." Hudson's was a Michigan record chain that had refused to stock the band's latest album Kick Out The Jams, due to the lyric "Kick out the jams, m************!" 1972: Electric Light Orchestra make their live debut at Croydon, England's Fox and Greyhound pub. 1973: Paul McCartney's first television special, James Paul McCartney, airs on ABC, featuring a few Beatles songs, new Wings tracks, sketches, and a final performance of a song called "Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance," originally written for Twiggy. 1974: Queen make their US live debut at Regis College in Denver, CO. 1976: Boz Scaggs goes to visit friend Bobby "Blue" Bland backstage at the famed Antone's in Austin, TX, and is beaten unconscious by two bouncers. 1977: Stevie Wonder becomes the proud father of his second child, son Kieta, by Yolanda Simmons. 1990: Neil Young, Natalie Cole, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed, Tracy Chapman, Simple Minds, and more take part in the concert Nelson Mandela: An International Tribute for a Free South Africa, an "international reception" for the famed civil-rights leader, who had just been released from a 27-year prison sentence. 1995: Bob Seger becomes the proud parent of his second child, daughter Samantha Char, by his second wife, Annette Sinclair. 1996: At tonight's Grammy Awards ceremonies in New York, KISS, back again in full makeup, announce their reunion and upcoming tour, the first time all four original members have taken the stage together since 1981. Judy Collins marries her second husband, designer Louis Nelson. 1997: Elton John is awarded an honorary membership to his old alma mater, Britain's Royal Academy of Music. 2003: After suffering a stroke in his Manhattan apartment, Luther Vandross is admitted to a local hospital. Jerry Lee Lewis files for divorce from his sixth wife, former Jerry Lee Lewis fan club president Kerrie McCarver. 2008: Barbra Streisand donates $5 million to the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles for a women's heart education and research program. Releases 1964: The Rolling Stones, The Rolling Stones1964: Fleetwood Mac, "Dreams" Recording 1964: Dean Martin, "Everybody Loves Somebody"1964: The Beatles, "A Hard Day's Night"1966: The Beatles, "Rain"1969: The Beatles: "Old Brown Shoe," "Something" Charts 1977: David Soul's "Don't Give Up On Us" hits #1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 On April 17th in music history: Births 1930: Chris Barber1932: Don Kirshner1936: Tony Bellus1940: Billy Fury1943: Roy Estrada (Frank Zappa)1944: Bobby Curtola Deaths 1960: Eddie Cochran1974: Vinnie Taylor (Sha Na Na)1983: Felix Pappalardi (Mountain)1987: Carlton Barrett (Bob Marley and the Wailers)1998: Linda McCartney2003: Earl King2008: Danny Federici (Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band) Events 1964: Having finally decided on a title, thanks to a malapropism from Ringo, the Beatles announce that their first movie, which they are still filming, is to be called A Hard Day's Night. (The working title had been Beatlemania! An 18-year-old Van Morrison makes his first concert appearance with Them on the stage of the Maritime Hotel in Belfast. After an extensive investigation of the hit song "Louie Louie," and its supposedly filthy lyrics, the FBI issues a report claiming the words of the Kingsmen's famous version are incomprehensible. 1965: The development of the new 8-track tape player is announced by RCA and LearJet. 1969: Bob Dylan's former backing group, which has come to be known simply as "The Band," plays its first show alone and under its own name at the Winterland Auditorium in San Francisco. 1970: Although its accompanying press release had been issued back on April 9th, today's inclusion with Paul McCartney's first solo album, McCartney, makes it official: The Beatles are no more. The breakup, which the band has known about for months but agreed not to play up, takes the form of a Q and A between Paul and Apple director Peter Brown: Q: "Are you planning a new album or single with the Beatles?" A: "No." ...z Q: "Is your break with the Beatles temporary or permanent, due to personal differences or musical ones?" A "Personal differences, business differences, musical differences, but most of all because I have a better time with my family. Temporary or permanent? I don't really know." Q: "Do you foresee a time when Lennon-McCartney becomes an active songwriting partnership again?" A: "No." The same day, John Lennon spitefully tells a reporter, "Paul hasn't left. I sacked him." Richard Nixon invites Johnny Cash to perform at the White House, then surprises the singer by requesting Merle Haggard's reactionary "Okie From Muskogee." Cash declines, but does perform "A Boy Named Sue" instead. 1972: Keith Richards is the proud parent of his second child, daughter Dandelion, by girlfriend Anita Pallenberg. (She will later be renamed Angela.) 1973: Tito Jackson of the Jackson 5 and the band's drummer, Johnny Jackson, are arrested for purchasing what turns out to be a stolen TV and stereo. 1975: Elvis Presley purchases the famous Lisa Marie jet, a Convair that had been in service with Delta Airlines. The final cost of was three-quarter of a million dollars, with most of that number coming from extensive renovations: gold bathroom fixtures, a queen-size bed, a full audio-visual system, and Elvis' TCB logo on the tail. 1980: Bob Marley receives what he refers to as "the greatest honor of my life" when he headlines the Independence Day celebrations for the country of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia under British rule). 1995: Judy Collins marries her second husband, designer Louis Nelson, eighteen years to the day after first meeting him. 2000: Gloria Gaynor guest stars as herself on tonight's "I Will Survive" episode of Fox's Ally McBeal. Releases 1965: The Beach Boys, "Help Me Rhonda"1966: The Troggs, "Wild Thing"1970: Paul McCartney, McCartney1971: The Doors, "Love Her Madly" Recording 1958: Ricky Nelson, "Poor Little Fool"1962: Tony Bennett, "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams"1966: The Beatles, "Doctor Robert" Charts 1965: Cannibal and the Headhunters' "Land Of 1000 Dances" enters the chart1971: Three Dog Night's "Joy To The World" hits #1 Certifications 1972: The Stylistics' "Betcha by Golly, Wow" is certified gold1973: Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 On April 18th in music history: Births 1918: Tony Mottola1924: Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown1935: Paul Rothchild1936: Lennie Baker (Sha Na Na)1938: Hal Galper1939: Glen Hardin (The Crickets)1942: Mike Vickers (Manfred Mann)1946: Hayley Mills Deaths 1996: Bernard Edwards (Chic) Events 1957: Buddy Knox is inducted into the Army Reserve, leading his record label to rush him into the studio to record no less than twenty followups to his hit "Party Doll." None make the charts. 1963: Backstage at a Royal Albert Hall performance in London for the radio show Swingin' Sound '63, the Beatles' Paul McCartney meets an actress and TV personality named Jane Asher. 1969: Lulu marries Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees at St. James' Church, Buckinghamshire, England, a marriage that will last four years. 3,000 fans attend, as do John Lennon's wife, Cynthia, and producer Mickie Most. 1970: While on stage with Led Zeppelin in Phoenix, lead singer Robert Plant collapses from "exhaustion." 1971: The Diana Ross television musical special Diana, featuring guest stars Jackson 5, Bill Cosby, and Danny Thomas, airs on ABC. 1975: The Alice Cooper television special Welcome To My Nightmare airs on ABC. 1975: An entire crowd of Bay City Rollers fans attempt to swim across a nearby lake to meet the band at a BBC Radio-sponsored event in Mallory Park racetrack, Leicestershire, England. 39 fans are brought to the hospital, four of whom are admitted. 1981: Yes bassist Chris Squire and drummer Alan White begin rehearsals with the remaining members of Led Zeppelin, leading to rumors of the death of Yes and the beginning of a new band dubbed XYZ (Ex-Yes and Zeppelin). The rumored band never materializes, and Yes reforms under their old name for the hit 1983 album 90125. 1985: Liberace breaks his own record at Radio City Music Hall, pulling in two million dollars for his latest engagement. 1987: Aretha Franklin scores a #1 US hit with "I Knew You Were Waiting For Me," a duet with George Michael of Wham! Her first Number One in 19 years and ten months, it breaks the record for the longest span between #1 hits. 1988: The accused murderer of reggae legend Peter Tosh, Dennis "Leppo" Lobban, goes on trial in Jamaica. Legendary Motown songwriters Holland/Dozier/Holland are inducted into the Songwriters' Hall of Fame. Releases 1975: John Lennon, "Stand By Me" Recording 1936: Gene Autry, "Back In The Saddle Again"1969: The Beatles: "Old Brown Shoe," "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" Charts 1944: Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians' "It’s Love-Love-Love" hits #1 Certifications 1974: James Brown's "The Payback" is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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