Fish Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 I just wanted to note Davey Johnstone was born May 6, 1951.I was like wow, that dude is as old as my Dad ?, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted May 7, 2012 Author Share Posted May 7, 2012 On May 7th in music history: Births 1927: Jim Lowe1931: Teresa Brewer1939: Johnny Maestro (The Crests, The Brooklyn Bridge)1939: Jimmy Ruffin1942: Lorrie Collins1943: Rick West (The Tremeloes)1945: Christy Moore1946: Thelma Houston1946: Bill Danoff (Starland Vocal Band)1946: Bill Kreutzmann (Grateful Dead)1946: Jerry Nolan (New York Dolls)1948: Pete Wingfield1949: Keith1950: Prairie Prince (The Tubes) Deaths 1989: Ron Wilson (The Surfaris)1998: Eddie Rabbitt1998: Alphonso Howell (The Sensations)2004: Rudy Maugeri (The Crew Cuts)2010: Dave Fisher (The Highwaymen) Events 1955: Ray Charles breaks through with his first R&B #1, a revamped version of a gospel standard called "It Must Be Jesus" called "I Got A Woman." 1958: The Champs appear on ABC-TV's American Bandstand to perform their hit instrumental "Tequila." 1965: At London's Twickenham Studios, the Beatles film the scene in Help! entitled "The Exciting Adventures of Paul On The Floor," where a suddenly shrunken Paul McCartney tries to hide his newly-naked body. 1967: During Moscow's May Day celebrations, several Soviet teens dance the twist in outright violation of the Ministry of Culture's orders against Western decadence. 1967: Breaking his self-imposed exile after a motorcylce accident the previous year, Bob Dylan gives his first post-crash interview to the New York Daily News. 1968: Singer-songwriter Reginald Dwight changes his name legally to Elton Hercules John, the first and last names taken from his former bandmates in Bluesology, Elton Dean and Long John Baldry. 1972: Tom Jones' Special London Bridge Special, featuring the Carpenters and Engelbert Humperdinck but also celebrities from Kirk Douglas to Charlton Heston, airs on the BBC. 1978: Bob Dylan's upcoming series of concerts at London's Wembley Empire sell out all 90,000 tickets in just eight hours. 1982: Diana Ross is awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6712 Hollywood Blvd. 1991: In his hometown of Englewood, NJ, Wilson Pickett is arrested for insisting on driving over the lawn of his neighbor, Donald Aronson, who just happens to be the town's Mayor. After finding a knife and baseball bat in his vehicle, attempted murder is added to the charges. Pickett is inexplicably let off with a charity concert and a one-year probation. Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman, 54, ends his two-year marriage to model Mandy Smith, 21, whom he had begun dating at 13. Despite only spending two months total with Wyman during their marriage, she receives a settlement of $6.5 million. 1994: BTO's Randy Bachman acts as conductor in Vancouver for a 1,322-guitar orchestra, performing the band's hit "Takin' Care Of Business" for over an hour and, in the process, setting a new world record. 2002: London authorities wrap up their four-month investigation of Who guitarist Pete Townshend, charged with downloading child pornography in 1999. Townshend, who claimed he was researching a book he was writing about his own childhood sexual abuse, was not jailed but was placed on a national sex offender registry. 2003: Carole King appears as music store owner Sophie Bloom on tonight's "Help Wanted" episode of WB-TV's Gilmore Girls (King's re-recording of her hit "Where You Lead" is the show's theme song). 2009: Dolly Parton is awarded an honorary Doctorate of Music from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Releases 1972: The Rolling Stones, Exile On Main Street1973: George Harrison, "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)"1975: Elvis Presley, Today Recording 1941: Glenn Miller and his Orchestra, "Chattanooga Choo Choo"1968: Aretha Franklin, "Aretha in Paris" Charts 1949: Hank Williams' "Lovesick Blues" hits #11961: Tony Orlando's "Halfway To Paradise" enters the charts1966: Simon and Garfunkel's "I Am A Rock" enters the charts1966: The Mamas and the Papas' "Monday, Monday" hits #11977: The Eagles' "Hotel California" hits #1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted May 8, 2012 Author Share Posted May 8, 2012 On May 8th in music history: Births 1911: Robert Johnson1917: Papa John Creach (Jefferson Airplane)1940: Toni Tennille (The Captain and Tennille)1940: Rick Nelson1940: Gary Glitter1941: John Fred (John Fred and the Playboy Band)1942: Jack Blanchard (Jack Blanchard and Misty Morgan)1943: Paul Samwell-Smith (The Yardbirds)1943: Danny Whitten (Crazy Horse)1944: Bill Legend (T. Rex)1947: Rick Derringer (The McCoys, Edgar Winter Group)1947: Billy Burnette1951: Philip Bailey (Earth, Wind and Fire) Deaths 1974: Graham Bond1982: Neil Bogart2008: Eddy Arnold Events 1954: The BBC bans Johnnie Ray's latest single, "Such A Night," from airplay due to its somewhat suggestive lyrics. It would later become a hit for Elvis Presley. 1961: Teen idol Ricky Nelson turns 21 and, eager to shed his teenybop image, changes his professional first name to "Rick," which he would insist upon being called for the rest of his career. 1962: Beatles manager Brian Epstein, already somewhat discouraged by the Decca label rejecting them, runs into engineer Ted Huntly while at HMV Record Store in London. Huntly suggests sending the band demo to a producer at EMI named George Martin. 1967: During filming of what would become the documentary Dont Look Back Bob Dylan gets the idea to make a short film of his single "Subterranean Homesick Blues," featuring him standing in an alley next to London's Savoy Hotel. Featuring nothing but Dylan surrounded by friends Allen Ginsberg and Bob Neuwirth, flipping giant cue cards with the lyrics of the song on them, the clip -- one of the first "music videos" -- becomes an iconic rock moment. Gerry and the Pacemakers, increasingly out of step with changing rock trends, announce their disbandment. 1969: The Beatles sign a contract making Allen Klein their manager (through his company ABKCO). Paul, pointedly, refuses to show up and sign the agreement, a decision that will lead to the group's eventual dissolution. 1972: Following promoter Sid Bernstein's decision to reinvent Radio City Music Hall in New York as a rock venue, Billy Preston becomes the first rock performer to headline at the famous landmark. 1976: On stage during Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue in Houston, Willie Nelson joins Bob for a stirring rendition of the country standard "Will The Circle Be Unbroken," dedicated (as is the concert itself) to freeing wrongfully convicted ex-boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter from his murder sentence. BBC's Radio One fires DJ Johnny Walker after he refuses to promote teenybop phenoms The Bay City Rollers on the station. 1990: Tom Waits wins his $2.5 million suit against snack kings Frito-Lay for using a Waits "soundalike" in a commercial. 1991: 55-year-old Rolling Stone bassist Bill Wyman divorces his second wife, 21-year-old model Mandy Smith, after three years of marriage. 1998: The three former Beatles, along with Yoko Ono, win an injunction stopping the re-release of the band's live 1962 "Star Club" tapes, recorded in Hamburg at the famous venue. 2006: Former MC5 bassist Michael Davis is badly injured in a motorcycle accident while riding in his hometown of Detroit. Apple Computers wins a long, long legal battle over rights to sell music over the internet without violating the trademark of the Beatles' Apple label. 2008: Earth Wind and Fire vocalists Maurice White and Philip Bailey, along with Steve Winwood, are all granted honorary doctorates in music from Boston's famous Berklee College of Music. Releases 1961: Elvis Presley, "I Feel So Bad"1976: The Steve Miller Band, "Take The Money And Run" Recording 1963: Major Lance, "The Monkey Time" Charts 1976: John Sebastian's "Welcome Back" hits #1 Certifications 1979: Supertramp's LP Breakfast In America is certified platinum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted May 8, 2012 Author Share Posted May 8, 2012 On May 9th in music history: Births 1914: Hank Snow1937: Dave Prater (Sam and Dave)1937: Sonny Curtis (The Crickets)1939: Nokie Edwards (The Ventures)1941: Pete Birrell (Freddie and the Dreamers)1941: Danny Rapp (Danny and the Juniors)1942: Tommy Roe1942: Mike Millward (The Fourmost)1943: Bruce Milner (Every Mother's Son)1944: Don Dannemann (The Cyrkle)1944: Richie Furay (Poco)1945: Steve Katz (Blood Sweat and Tears)1946: Clint Holmes1949: Billy Joel1949: Bob Margolin1950: Tom Petersson (Cheap Trick)1953: John Edwards (Status Quo) Deaths 1968: George Dewey Hay1979: Eddie Jefferson Events 1958: Still angry that his employers refuse to back him in his defense of recent charges of inciting a riot at a Boston show, DJ Alan Freed quits New York radio station WINS, claiming they refused to "stand by my policies and principles." The same day, Freed debuts his new package tour in Hershey, PA, starring Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, Danny and the Juniors, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Larry Williams, and the Chantels. 1959: A sixteen-year-old singer named Wayne Newton, long ridiculed for his girlish voice, begins a two-week engagement at Vegas' Freemont Hotel, and proves so popular that he would headline at the location for over three years. He would go on to earn $20 million annually. 1963: The Rolling Stones sign their first management contract with Andrew Loog Oldham's management company Impact, agreeing to license their UK output to Decca. 1964: Chuck Berry makes his UK stage debut at London's Astoria Theatre, with The Animals, The Nashville Teens, and The Swinging Blue Jeans opening for him. 1965: Bob Dylan gives his first major performance in the UK, opening at London's Royal Albert Hall for an audience that includes the Beatles, the Stones, Donovan, and Marianne Faithfull. 1973: Mick Jagger adds $150,000 to the Rolling Stones' contribution of $350,000 for victims of a recent Nicaraguan earthquake. (Jagger's then-wife Bianca was born in Nicaragua.) 1974: A folk supergroup performs at New York's Felt Forum when Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Pete Seeger, and Arlo Guthrie perform "Blowin' In The Wind" and the standard "Spanish Is The Loving Tongue" for a Chilean benefit group. Unfortunately, a reportedly inebriated Dylan does not give his best performance. Bruce Springsteen gives the most important performance of his career, opening for Bonnie Raitt at her Boston Arena show. Playing his full two-hour set at Raitt's insistence, Bruce delivers a show so impressive that Rolling Stone's Jon Landau later wrote in Boston's The Real Paper, "I saw rock and roll future, and its name is Bruce Springsteen. And on a night when I needed to feel young, he made me feel like I was hearing music for the very first time." Landau would later become Springsteen's manager and producer. 1979: Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr attend Eric Clapton's marriage to George's ex-wife, Patti (whom a lovestruck Clapton wrote "Layla" for), with the "Threetles" performing some old rock and roll songs at Clapton's country manor. Mick Jagger, Elton John, Denny Laine, David Bowie, and Lonnie Donegan also attend. The couple would divorce in 1988. 1992: Bruce Springsteen finally makes his debut on US television, performing "Lucky Town" on NBC's Saturday Night Live. 1998: The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson performs his first-ever solo concert in St. Charles, IL. Recording 1939: Glenn Miller, "Stairway To The Stars"1966: The Beatles, "For No One" Charts 1964: Louis Armstrong's "Hello, Dolly!" hits #11970: The Guess Who's "American Woman" hits #1 Happy 63rd Birthday To Billy Joel!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted May 9, 2012 Author Share Posted May 9, 2012 On May 10th in music history: Births 1909: Mother Maybelle Carter1920: Bert Weedon1935: Larry Williams1938: Henry Fambrough (The Spinners)1940: Arthur Alexander1941: Danny Rapp (Danny and the Juniors)1944: Jackie Lomax1946: Dave Mason (Traffic)1946: Donovan1946: Graham Gouldman (10cc)1947: Jay Ferguson (Spirit)1951: Ron Banks (The Dramatics)1952: Lee Brilleaux (Dr. Feelgood)1952: Sly Dunbar Deaths 1999: Shel Silverstein Events 1960: A group from Liverpool named the Beatals (sic) changes its name to the Silver Beatles after local scenester Brian Casser declares the first name ridiculous. The five-piece -- which at this point includes Stu Sutcliffe on bass and Tommy Moore on drums) audition to become singer Billy Fury's backing group. Though they don't get the main gig, they do score a gig backing up fellow Liverpudlian Tommy Quickly on a Scottish tour. 1963: The Rolling Stones make their first recordings for Decca Records, including the Chuck Berry cover "Come On," but all are rejected by the label as "dreadful." 1964: Dusty Springfield makes her television debut on CBS' Ed Sullivan Show, singing "I Only Want To Be With You." 1966: Struggling singer Janis Joplin, back home in her native Texas, is invited back out to San Francisco by her friend Chet Helms, who invites her to audition with a group he's managing called Big Brother and the Holding Company. 1968: Reacting to alleged abuse of audience members by policemen, Jim Morrison incites a riot at a Doors concert at the Chicago Coliseum. 1969: Tricia Nixon, daughter of the US President, invites The Temptations and the Turtles to perform at a White House ball. For some reason, Turtles guitarist Mark Volman keeps falling off the stage; rumors persist later that he and the band had prepared for the gig by snorting cocaine off of Abraham Lincoln's desk. 1972: Slade begins their first tour as headliners, performing at St. George's Hall in Bradford with Status Quo opening. 1974: Led Zeppelin launches its new record label, Swan Song, with a swank dinner at the Bel Air Hotel in Los Angeles that quickly devolves into a food fight. 1975: "Human Kindness Day" is declared in Washington, DC, with Stevie Wonder performing a free concert at the Washington Monument to, er, celebrate. 2004: Glen Campbell is sentenced to 10 days in a jail after he pleads guilty to driving under the influence (and leaving the scene of the ensuing car wreck) the previous November in Phoenix. 2007: Pink Floyd's original members gather for the first time since 1980 to perform a concert at Barbican Centre, in London, a tribute to their recently deceased ex-frontman Syd Barrett. Releases 1974: Elvis Presley, "If You Talk In Your Sleep" Recording 1940: Jimmy Dorsey, "Perfidia"1965: The Rolling Stones, "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"1965: The Beatles: "Dizzy Miss Lizzie," "Bad Boy"1974: Eric Clapton, "I Shot The Sheriff"1979: Bob Dylan: "Precious Angel," "When You Gonna Wake Up," "Slow Train" Certifications 1974: The Main Ingredient's "Just Don't Want To Be Lonely" is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Rick...who is that dude in the picture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted May 10, 2012 Author Share Posted May 10, 2012 Rick...who is that dude in the picture? Today's picture? SHE is Mother Maybelle Carter...lol... [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Sorry Rick.......that must be the worst pic I ever saw of her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted May 10, 2012 Author Share Posted May 10, 2012 Sorry Rick.......that must be the worst pic I ever saw of her. You are right, that's not a very good photo of her. I went and changed it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 That is a better pic, I'm just used to seeing her with greying hair in older years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted May 11, 2012 Author Share Posted May 11, 2012 On May 11th in music history: Births 1888: Irving Berlin1931: Dick Garcia1935: Kit Lambert1941: Eric Burdon (The Animals)1943: Arnie Satin (The Dovells)1943: Les Chadwick (Gerry and the Pacemakers)1947: Butch Trucks (The Allman Brothers) Deaths 1979: Lester Flatt1981: Bob Marley1997: Ernie Fields2003: Noel Redding (Jimi Hendrix Experience)2004: John Whitehead (McFadden and Whitehead)2008: John Rutsey (Rush) Events 1957: The Everly Brothers make their stage debut in Nashville at the Grand Ole Opry. Buddy Holly and the Crickets fail an audition to appear on CBS-TV's Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts. 1959: Annette Funicello makes her first appearance as Gina Minelli on tonight's "Gina From Italy" episode of CBS-TV's sitcom Make Room For Daddy. 1964: Britain's latest hot group, the Rolling Stones, are nonetheless refused service for lunch at Bristol, England's Grand Hotel because they're not properly attired in jackets and ties. the next day, the Daily Express calls them "the ugliest group in Britain" and remarks, "The Rolling Stones gather no lunch." 1965: The Byrds make their television debut, singing their cover of Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" on NBC's musical variety show Hullabaloo. 1967: ABC-TV broadcasts its musical special ABC Stage 67: Rodgers and Hart Today, featuring the songwriting duo's classics being reinterpreted by the likes of Bobby Darin, The Supremes, The Mamas and the Papas, and Petula Clark. The Bee Gees make their first big splash on UK television. performing their new single, "New York Mining Disaster, 1941," on the BBC's Top Of The Pops. 1970: Sammy Davis, Jr. marries his third wife, Altovise Gore, a dancer in his current Broadway hitGolden Boy. The Rev. Jesse Jackson presides; the couple would remain married for the rest of Davis' life. 1972: John Lennon makes another celebrated guest appearance on ABC-TV's Dick Cavett Show and casually tells Cavett that he believes the FBI is wiretapping his phone in order to gather evidence for his deportment. As it turns out, he's entirely correct. David Cassidy, then at the very peak of his career, appears in a controversial nearly-naked pose on the cover of Rolling Stone. 1974: Elvis Presley plays a show at the Los Angeles Forum, attended by members of Led Zeppelin who were also in town for a gig. Upon learning of his famous fans, Elvis turns to his backup band after a somewhat sloppy opening number and jokingly admonishes them: "Wait a minute. Let's see if we can start together, fellas, because we’ve got Led Zeppelin out there. Let's try to look like we know what we’re doing." Afterwards, the band meets Elvis backstage and is more than a little starstruck; Zeppelin manager Peter Grant and Elvis spontaneously swap their expensive watches, and then Robert Plant, just before the meeting breaks up, finally summons up the courage to sing Elvis' 1956 hit "Love Me." Elvis joins in for a few bars. 1975: Cher's new boyfriend, rocker Gregg Allman of the Allman Brothers, appears as a guest on her CBS-TV show Cher. 1988: On the occasion of his 100th birthday, legendary Tin Pan Alley songwriter Irving Berlin is serenaded by a crowd of fans singing his standards outside his New York apartment. That night, Carnegie Hall presents a program of the composer's hits. 1989: The late Roy Orbison is posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York, with Eric Clapton presenting the award to Orbison's widow. 1990: The late Ritchie Valens is finally awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6733 Hollywood Blvd. 2003: Jackson Browne is the guest star (as himself) on tonight's "Brake My Wife, Please" episode of Fox-TV's The Simpsons. 2004: Willie Nelson undergoes cancels ten upcoming concerts in order to get some much-needed carpal tunnel surgery. Releases 1968: Richard Harris, "MacArthur Park"1970: The Beatles, "The Long And Winding Road"1970: The Who, Live At Leeds Recording 1967: The Beatles, "Baby You're A Rich Man"1967: Cream: "Tales Of Brave Ulysses," "Outside Woman Blues"1973: Stevie Wonder, "Higher Ground"1979: Bob Dylan: "Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking," "Precious Angel," "When You Gonna Wake Up," "I Believe In You," "Slow Train," "Gotta Serve Somebody" Charts 1959: Dave "Baby" Cortez' "The Happy Organ" hits #11968: The Monkees' LP The Birds, The Bees and The Monkees enters the charts Certifications 1970: The Chairmen Of The Board's "Give Me Just A Little More Time" is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted May 12, 2012 Author Share Posted May 12, 2012 On May 12th in music history: Births 1921: Joe Maphis1928: Burt Bacharach1940: Norman Whitfield1942: Billy Swan1943: David Walker (Gary Lewis and the Playboys)1944: James Purify (James and Bobby Purify)1945: Jayotis Washington (The Persuasions)1946: Ian McLagan (The Faces)1948: Steve Winwood (The Spencer Davis Group, Blind Faith, Traffic) Deaths 2001: Perry Como2004: John Whitehead (McFadden and Whitehead) Events 1951: Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats, a/k/a Ike Turner and his Kings of Rhythm, hit #1 on the R&B charts with their single "Rocket 88," which many historians now consider to be the first rock and roll song. 1955: Singer/actress Gisele MacKenzie debuts her new song, the soon-to-be-a-hit "Hard To Get," on the NBC-TV program Justice. 1958: The latest in a long line of quickie rock and roll movies, dubbed Let's Rock, debuts, featuring Paul Anka, Roy Hamilton, Danny and the Juniors and the Royal Teens. 1960: Frank Sinatra's Timex Spectacular special, cannily renamed Welcome Home, Elvis in honor of its guest star's release from the Army, is broadcast on ABC-TV and pulls in 41 percent of America's households. In it, Sinatra and Presley do a medley of each other's songs, with Frank taking on "Love Me Tender" and Elvis singing "Witchcraft." 1961: The Beatles sign their first recording contract -- in Hamburg, Germany, with Bert Kaempfert. 1963: Bob Dylan walks off the set during rehearsals for CBS-TV's Ed Sullivan Show when he is told he will not be able to perform his protest song Talking John Birch Society Blues. 1967: Archie Bell (of Archie Bell and the Drells) is drafted into the US Army. 1968: Jimi Hendrix is busted for hash and heroin on arrival at Toronto's International Airport; Jimi later claims the drugs were planted on him. Onetime Rolling Stones leader Brian Jones, now slipping into heavy drug use, makes what is to be his final appearance with the band, performing with them at the Empire Pool in Wembley, England for the NME Poll Winners Concert. 1971: In St. Tropez, France, Mick Jagger marries his first wife, a model from Nicaragua named Bianca Perez Morena de Macias. The rest of the band attends, as does Paul and Ringo from the Beatles, Eric Clapton, and Stephen Stills. The stormy marriage would end six years later. 1975: Jefferson Starship play a free concert in Central Park for 60,000, which unfortunately leaves WNEW, the radio station that sponsored it, with $14,000 in damages to clean up. Four years later to the day, the new, hard-rock Jefferson Starship lineup, minus Grace Slick and plus former Elvin Bishop vocalist Mickey Thomas, debuts in another free concert, this time at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. 1983: Despite selling ten million copies of his 1977 album Bat Out Of Hell Meatloaf files for bankruptcy just six years later, claiming debts in excess of a million dollars. 1995: Peter Tork guest stars as "Jedediah Lawrence" on tonight's "Career Day" episode of ABC-TV'sBoy Meets World. 1998: Elton John fires his longtime manager, John Reid, who had been with the singer since he started his solo career back in 1968. 2000: The iron gates to Strawberry Field, the orphanage which inspired the Beatles' classic "Strawberry Fields Forever," are stolen by thieves in Liverpool. Fortunately, the scrap-metal dealer who bought them realized what they were and promptly returned them to authorities. 2002: Dionne Warwick is arrested for possession of marijuana at Miami International Airport after eleven joints are discovered in her carry-on bag. 2004: The Bee Gees each receive honorary degrees in music from Manchester University in England, Barry posthumously. 2008: American biology professor Jason Bond decides to name a recently-discovered species of spider Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi, after Neil Young, his favorite musician. Releases 1956: Elvis Presley, "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You"1970: The Grateful Dead, Workingman's Dead Recording 1967: The Beatles, "All Together Now" Charts 1958: The Everly Brothers' "All I Have To Do Is Dream" hits #11958: Link Wray's "Rumble" enters the charts1964: The Beach Boys' album Beach Boys Concert hits #11973: Led Zeppelin's album Houses Of The Holy hits #1 Happy 64th birthday to Steve Winwood!! [^] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted May 13, 2012 Author Share Posted May 13, 2012 On May 13th in music history: Births 1911: Maxine Sullivan1912: Nervous Norvus1912: Gil Evans1914: Johnnie Wright (Johnnie and Jack)1933: Mike Stoller1941: Ritchie Valens1941: Joe Brown1943: Mary Wells1945: Magic Dick (J. Geils Band)1949: Overend Watts (Mott The Hoople)1950: Danny Kirwan (Fleetwood Mac)1950: Stevie Wonder1951: Paul Thompson (Roxy Music) Deaths 1975: Bob Wills1981: Joan Weber1988: Chet Baker1993: Neville Marcano2006: Johnnie Wilder Jr. (Heatwave) Events 1955: At tonight's show in Jacksonville, FL, Elvis Presley tells the girls who make up the majority of the 14,000-plus crowd that he'll "see (them) backstage." The crowd proceeds to do just that, ripping the King's clothes, causing Elvis' first-ever riot and, reportedly, convincing Tom Parker about Elvis' popularity once and for all. 1957: Elvis begins filming his third movie, Jailhouse Rock, in Hollywood. 1958: Six months after marrying his third wife, 13-year-old second cousin Myra Gale Brown, Jerry Lee Lewis is finally granted a divorce from his second wife, Jane Mitcham. 1960: The juvenile delinquent movie Platinum High School, starring Conway Twitty, opens in New York. 1965: Elvis Presley's sixteenth movie, Tickle Me, premieres in Hollywood. 1969: The Beatles meet at EMI House in London to replicate the cover of their first LP, Please Please Me, now with beards and long hair, for the cover of their next project, Get Back. When that project morphs into Let It Be, the photo is eventually used for the cover of their "blue album," The Beatles 1967-1970. 1970: The Beatles' last film, the misbegotten documentary Let It Be, premieres in New York. 1971: Jefferson Airplane's Grace Slick accidentally wrecks her Mercedes on a wall near the Golden Gate Bridge, forcing the band to put off recording its new album until the singer recovers from her injuries. Motown child prodigy Stevie Wonder turns 21, and is by law released from his recording contract and given $1 million of the $30 million he has earned while at the label. Nevertheless, after gaining complete artistic control, Wonder resigns to Tamla. 1974: An unlikely riot occurs at tonight's Jackson 5 concert at RFK Stadium in Washington DC when impatient fans begin smashing bottles in the parking lot. Fifty fans are injured; forty-three are brought to jail. 1977: Linda Ronstadt indirectly declines an offer placed in Hustler magazine, promising a million dollars to any of ten female celebrities (including Ronstadt) willing to pose for a nude photo shoot. 1978: With Yvonne Elliman's version of "If I Can't Have You" reaching the top of Billboard's pop chart, the Bee Gees' Barry Gibb becomes the first songwriter in history to have written four consecutive Number One US singles. 1985: Bruce Springsteen marries his first wife, model and actress Julianne Phillips, in Lake Oswego, OR, with Little Richard officiating and Percy Sledge singing "When A Man Loves A Woman." The couple would divorce in 1989. 2002: Dionne Warwick is arrested for possession of marijuana at Miami International Airport after authorities discover eleven "joints" in her lipstick case. Warwick's charges are later dropped after she films an anti-drug PSA directed at youth and gives $250 to a charity for children born with HIV. 2003: Michael Jackson sues Motown records for alleged nonpayment of Jackson 5 royalties and unauthorized usage of the group's music in TV commercials. 2004: In an Australian radio interview, Gene Simmons of KISS states of Islam: "This is a vile culture, and if you think for a second that it's willing to just live in the sands of God's armpit you've got another thing coming... they want to come and live right where you live and they think that you're evil." After a flood of angry calls from Muslims, Simmons claims he was speaking only of extremists. 2007: Queen's Brian May is put on a round-the-clock watch after a schizophrenic leaves a letter at the guitarist's home blaming him for his mental illness, claiming himself as the real Brian May, and marking the guitarist for death. After complaining of not feeling well during a gig in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the day before, and after becoming notably disoriented at the airport the next day, Bo Diddley is found to have suffered a mild stroke and is hospitalized at Crieghton University Medical Center in nearby Omaha, NE. 2008: The Turtles' Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, better known as "Flo and Eddie," sue Capitol Records for allowing the Ice Cube to sample the group's 1972 song "Buzzsaw" for Cube's 1992 hit "Jackin' For Beats." Releases 1966: The Rolling Stones, "Paint It Black" Recording 1938: Louis Armstrong, "When The Saints Go Marching In"1965: Elvis Presley: "Come Along," "Beginner's Luck," "Down By The Riverside," "When The Saints Go Marchin' In," "Please Don't Stop Loving Me," "Shout It Out"1966: The Kinks, "Sunny Afternoon"1970: Badfinger, "No Matter What"1971: James Brown, "Hot Pants" Charts 1967: Nancy and Frank Sinatra's "Somethin' Stupid" hits #11978: Yvonne Elliman's "If I Can't Have You" hits #1 Certifications 1971: Aretha Franklin's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" is certified gold Happy 62nd Birthday To Stevie Wonder!! [^] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted May 14, 2012 Author Share Posted May 14, 2012 On May 14th in music history: Births 1916: Skip Martin1917: Norman Luboff1925: Al Porcino1932: Bob Johnston1936: Bobby Darin1936: Charlie Gracie1943: Jack Bruce (Cream)1944: Troy Shondell1945: Derek Leckenby (Herman's Hermits)1945: Gene Cornish (The Rascals)1947: Al Ciner (The American Breed)1950: Arthur Grant (Edgar Broughton Band) Deaths 1959: Sidney Bechet1969: Martin Lamble (Fairport Convention)1976: Keith Relf (The Yardbirds)1988: Chet Baker1998: Frank Sinatra2005: Jimmy Martin Events 1956: Buddy Holly visits his optometrist's office to correct his horrible 20/800 vision with primitive contact lenses, but Buddy hates them, and decides to keep his signature glasses. 1959: The juvenile delinquent film Serious Charges, the first film to feature British rock sensation Cliff Richard in a supporting role, premieres in Britain. 1966: For the record ninth time in three years, the Kingsmen's hit version of "Louie Louie" enters the Billboard singles charts. 1968: Elvis Presley meets with NBC-TV producer Bob Finkel, helming his upcoming Christmas special with Singer, and tells him he wants to use this event to reintroduce and prove himself once again to the rock audience. On a publicity tour to promote their new venture, Apple, John Lennon and Paul McCartney agree to appear on NBC-TV's Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Unfortunately, Carson is on vacation that week, and his replacement, sportscaster Joe Garagiola, has almost no idea what to talk about with the pair (at one point, he actually asks which one of the two is Ringo). Guest Tallulah Bankhead, for her part, seems to look upon the duo's appearance as an affront to her Golden Age of Hollywood stardom. The interview is a disaster, cut short so as to give the appearance that the two lead Beatles have somewhere to go. The only existing video copy is a three-minute excerpt a fan films by pointing a video camera at his TV set; fan audio of the entire interview has been widely bootlegged. 1985: Ronald Reagan presents Michael Jackson with a special Presidential Humanitarian Award at the White House for his work against drunk driving. 1987: Frank Sinatra, who had played South Africa in the past, suddenly condemns the apartheid regime publicly, referring to president P.W. Botha as "a bum." 1988: Atlantic Records' 40th Anniversary celebration takes place at New York's Madison Square Garden, featuring appearances from many famous artists on the label's roster: The Bee Gees, Wilson Pickett, The Rascals, The Coasters, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Crosby Stills and Nash, Foreigner, Yes, Genesis, and the event's main attraction, a rare reunion of Led Zeppelin, featuring John Bonham's son Jason taking over drums for his late father. 1993: Christie's auction house in London sells the acoustic guitar on which Elvis Presley recorded his first Sun single, "That's All Right, Mama" b/w "Blue Moon Of Kentucky," to an unnamed bidder for $152,000. On the same day, the US tabloid Weekly World News claims that Elvis Presley has only recently died. 2002: The Fiftieth Annual BMI Pop Awards in Beverly Hills presents its annual Icon Awards to Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, and Little Richard. 2006: Ashton "Family Man" Barrett, former bassist with Bob Marley's Wailers, loses a lawsuit alleging that Island Records and Marley's estate have failed to pay him millions in royalties. Releases 1955: Elvis Presley, "Baby Let's Play House" b/w "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone"1956: The Platters, The Platters1970: Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, "Ohio" Recording 1938: Duke Ellington, "Caravan"1951: Howlin' Wolf, "Moanin' At Midnight"1964: Elvis Presley, "Roustabout"1964: Jan and Dean, "Little Old Lady (From Pasadena)"1965: Elvis Presley: "What Every Woman Lives For," "Petunia, The Gardener's Daughter," "Look Out, Broadway," "Everybody Come Aboard"1968: The Rascals, "People Got To Be Free" Charts 1955: Les Baxter's "Unchained Melody" hits #11955: Bill Haley and his Comets' "Rock Around The Clock" enters the charts1955: Bo Diddley's "Bo Diddley" enters the charts1977: Leo Sayer's "When I Need You" hits #1 Certifications 1971: The Honey Cone's "Want Ads" is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted May 15, 2012 Author Share Posted May 15, 2012 On May 15th in music history: Births 1918: Eddy Arnold1937: Trini Lopez1938: Lenny Welch1944: Ian Amey (Dave Dee, Dozey, Beaky, Mick and Tich)1947: Graham Goble (The Little River Band)1948: Gary Thain (Uriah Heep)1948: Brian Eno1953: Mike Oldfield Deaths 1992: Barbara Lee Jones (The Chiffons)2000: Geoff Goddard (The Tornadoes)2001: Brian Pendleton (The Pretty Things)2003: June Carter Cash Events 1954: A Memphis truck driver named Elvis Presley auditions with the house band at Memphis' Hi Hat Club and is told he'll never make it as a singer. 1961: Brenda Lee guest stars as struggling singer "Tina Davis" on tonight's "Teenage Thrush" episode of CBS-TV's Make Room For Daddy. 1963: The Rolling Stones sign to Decca Records. At the 5th Annual Grammy Awards, most of the big prizes go to Henry Mancini for his instrumental movie theme "The Days Of Wine And Roses." Best Album and Best Female Vocal go to The Barbra Streisand Album, while Nino Tempo and April Stevens inexplicably win Best Rock and Roll Recording for "Deep Purple." However, Ray Charles does win the top R&B award for "Busted." 1967: While attending a concert by Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames at London's ultrahip Bag O'Nails club, Paul McCartney meets a young photographer named Linda Eastman. They will meet again one year later to the day when Paul appears with John on NBC-TV's Tonight Show to talk about their upcoming venture, Apple Records. 1971: Pink Floyd play London's Crystal Palace Bowl, situated in front of a large lake in which, thanks to the band's volume, most of the fish will die. 1973: Former Boz Scaggs and Elvin Bishop backup singers the Pointer Sisters make their stage debut as an act of their own, singing at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. 1975: The latest and ultimately most famous lineup of Fleetwood Mac -- Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham, and Stevie Nicks -- play their first show together in El Paso. 1977: Procol Harum plays what will prove to be their last live show at the Academy of Music in New York. 1986: Bob Dylan signs for his first true acting gig, the disastrous love triangle Hearts Of Fire, also starring Rupert Everett and future pop-metal afterthought Fiona. 1996: The earliest-ever footage of the Beatles, found in a Liverpool home, was broadcast by Britain's ITV; it shows the group (minus sound) performing at the Casanova Club on February 14, 1961. 1997: Muzak turns four KISS hits, inexplicably, into its patented "beautiful music" instrumentals. 2009: Randy Bachman of the Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive is presented with Canada's highest civilian honor, an officer of the Order of Canada. Releases 1970: The Carpenters, Close To You1970: Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath Recording 1972: The Temptations, "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone" Charts 1965: The Byrds' "Mr. Tambourine Man" enters the charts1971: Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's LP 4 Way Street hits #11976: The Rolling Stones LP Black And Blue hits #11976: The Sylvers' "Boogie Fever" hits #1 Certifications 1972: Glen Campbell's Greatest Hits LP is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted May 16, 2012 Author Share Posted May 16, 2012 On May 16th in music history: Births 1913: Woody Herman1919: Liberace1929: Betty Carter1932: Isaac "Red" Holt (Young-Holt Unlimited)1935: Corinthian "Kripp" Johnson (The Del-Vikings)1939: Pervis Jackson (The Spinners)1945: Nicky Chinn1946: Robert Fripp (King Crimson)1946: Billy Cobham1947: Darrel Sweet (Nazareth)1947: Barbara Lee (The Chiffons)1951: Jonathan Richman (The Modern Lovers) Deaths 1953: Django Reinhardt1981: Ernie Freeman1990: Sammy Davis Jr.1993: Marv Johnson Events 1960: Billboard magazine reports that Detroit music mogul Berry Gordy is thinking of starting three new record labels, including one called Motown. 1963: At this year's Grammy Awards ceremonies in Los Angeles, Tony Bennett's "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" wins Record Of The Year and Best Male Vocal, while Ray Charles' "I Can't Stop Loving You" is awarded Best R&B Recording. For some reason, Best Rock and Roll Record goes to the Bent Fabric instrumental "Alley Cat." 1965: The Rolling Stones' limo is attacked by female fans on the way back to their hotel after a show in Long Beach, CA, standing on the roof in such numbers that it caves in. While the band holds the roof up with their hands, the chauffeur speeds away, leaving fans to fall on the road. 1969: Jack Casady, bassist for the Jefferson Airplane, is arrested in New Orleans for possession of marijuana and given a suspended sentence of two-and-a-half years. During the Who's set at the Fillmore East in New York, a plainclothes policeman rushes the stage to tell the audience that a fire has broken out, but guitarist Pete Townshend, figuring him for a rabid fan, kicks him off. Literally. The guitarist is arrested onstage, and later charged $30. 1970: Randy Bachman leaves the Guess Who to produce an album for Winnipeg band Brave Belt, which he eventually joins. At the suggestion of Neil Young, Bachman recruits fellow Winnipeg bassist and vocalist C.F. Turner, and the band Bachman-Turner Overdrive is born. Marty Balin of the Jefferson Airplane is arrested in his Bloomington, MN hotel room after police, responding to a noise complaint, find the singer smoking marijuana and having sex with teenage girls. His sentence is eventually reduced to a small fine. 1975: Tonight's episode of NBC-TV's The Midnight Special is a retro tribute hosted by Chubby Checker and featuring musical performances by Bo Diddley, The Drifters, Lesley Gore, The Angels, The Tymes, and Danny and the Juniors. 1976: Mayor James H. McGee declares today "Ohio Players Day" in the band's hometown of Dayton, OH. 1980: The Carpenters' last TV special, Music, Music, Music, airs on ABC. Brian May of Queen collapses onstage during a concert in and is rushed to the hospital, where he is diagnosed (for the second time) with hepatitis. Elvis Presley's doctor, George Nichopoulous, is brought before the Memphis medical board and officially charged with 14 counts of abusing his right to prescribe medication. Though he will be acquitted in November, his case will be reopened twelve years later, when his license will be revoked. 1986: Johnny Paycheck is convicted of shooting a man in a misunderstanding occurring at a bar in Hillsboro, OH. The fan was only grazed by the bullet, and Paycheck is pardoned after 22 months in prison. 1987: David Crosby marries his longtime girlfriend Jan Dance in Los Angeles, with bandmate Stephen Stills giving away the bride and Graham Nash renewing his vows with wife Susan. 1998: Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones reaches for a book of artistic nudes in his library at home in Connecticut and falls from a ladder, breaking a few ribs and forcing the band to postpone its upcoming tour. 1999: Diana Ross stars in her last major TV role, portraying the estranged mother of R&B singer Brandy in the NBC movie Double Platinum. 2002: Cher is the guest star (for the second time) on tonight's "A.I.: Artificial Insemination" episode of NBC-TV's Will & Grace. 2003: Hoboken, NJ names its post office after its favorite son, Frank Sinatra. While undergoing dialysis, Barry White suffers a stroke, though his sister publicly claims he will soon perform again, it proves to be the end of White's public life. Releases 1966: The Beach Boys, Pet Sounds Recording 1966: The Beatles: "Taxman," "For No One"1966: Frank Sinatra, "Summer Wind"1968: Tony Joe White, "Polk Salad Annie" Charts 1953: Bill Haley and His Comets' "Crazy, Man, Crazy" enters the charts1953: Percy Faith's "Song From Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart)" hits #11964: Mary Wells' "My Guy" hits #11970: Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's LP Deja Vu hits #1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted May 16, 2012 Author Share Posted May 16, 2012 This is really awesome and informative thread. It would be more awesome if spammers would not muck it up... [:@] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted May 16, 2012 Author Share Posted May 16, 2012 On May 17th in music history: Births 1921: Bob Merrill1925: Red Smiley (Reno and Smiley)1941: Malcolm Hale (Spanky and Our Gang)1942: Taj Mahal1944: Jesse Winchester1949: Bill Bruford (Yes, King Crimson)1953: George Johnson (Brothers Johnson) Deaths 1989: Wet Willie1992: Lawrence Welk1996: Johnny "Guitar" Watson2002: Little Johnny Taylor Events 1933: Jimmie Rodgers, already terminally ill with tuberculosis, begins recording his last two dozen songs for RCA Victor in Nashville. 1958: The Killer's hometown of Ferriday, LA, holds its first annual "Jerry Lee Lewis Day." 1963: The first annual Monterey Folk Festival opens with musical performances by, among others, Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Peter Paul and Mary, and Joan Baez. 1964: Bob Dylan makes his first major UK appearance onstage at London's Royal Festival Hall. 1966: Bob Dylan, who had recently "gone electric" and added rock and roll instruments to his folk music, appears at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester, England; just before he begins a version of his latest hit, "Like A Rolling Stone," a member of the audience, a folk purist angry at the move to rock, shouts out, "Judas!" Dylan responds with "I don't believe you," adding, "You're a liar!" Then proceeds to tell the band to play the song "f****** loud." 1967: Bob Dylan's legendary documentary Don't Look Back, which features the "Judas incident," debuts at the Presidio Theatre in San Francisco. 1968: Steve Binder is hired as director for Elvis Presley's upcoming NBC Christmas special; his credits include the legendary 1964 all-star rock broadcast The T.A.M.I. Show, the weekly rock revue Hullabaloo, and the infamous 1968 Petula Clark TV special Petula, which featured the white Clark touching the arm of the black Harry Belafonte, to the outrage of Chrysler, the show's sponsor. 1970: On the same afternoon, with the same band, and at the same session, Jean Knight records "Mr. Big Stuff" and King Floyd records "Groove Me" at the Malaco Studios in Jackson, MS. 1971: The Christian musical Godspell opens at the New York's Cherry Lane Theatre. It would become the third-longest-running off-Broadway production of its day. 1974: The Elton John TV special Say Goodbye To Norma Jean And Other Things airs on ABC. NBC-TV's The Midnight Special offers another salute to Fifties and Sixties rock and roll, with Frankie Avalon as host and performances by Sam and Dave, Lou Christie, Frankie Ford, The Fleetwoods, Shirley and Lee, and Fabian. 1975: An angry Mick Jagger thrusts his hand through the plate-glass window of a restaurant in Montauk, NY, requiring 20 stitches. 1978: The TV special The Carpenters: Space Encounters airs on ABC. The disco film Thank God It's Friday, starring Donna Summer, premieres in Los Angeles. 1980: After Gene Simmons' girlfriend, Diana Ross, tells KISS drummer Peter Criss he's too talented for the band, the drummer quits, to be replaced by Eric Carr. Just weeks after his harrowing incarceration in Tokyo, Paul McCartney appears (with wife Linda) as the musical guests on NBC-TV's Saturday Night Live. 1987: Tom Petty's home in Encino, CA, is ravaged by fire, causing over a million dollars' worth of damage. 1989: Rolling Stone ex-bassist Bill Wyman opens the first of his Stones-themed restaurants, Sticky Fingers, in London. 1993: Barry Manilow is the guest star (playing himself) on the "One" episode of CBS-TV's Murphy Brown. 1995: Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, and Little Richard share the stage for the first time ever at a concert in Sheffield, England. 2003: June Carter Cash's funeral is held in her hometown of Henderson, TN, with two thousand mourners attending, including her husband Johnny Cash as well as Kris Kristofferson and Hank Willams, Jr. Emmylou Harris, the Oak Ridge Boys, and Sheryl Crow all perform tributes. 2008: The Brothers Four's Bob Flick marries his third wife, actress Loni Anderson. Releases 1969: Chicago, Chicago Transit Authority Recording 1967: The Beatles: "You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)"1970: Jean Knight, "Mr. Big Stuff"1970: King Floyd, "Groove Me" Charts 1948: Nat King Cole's "Nature Boy" hits #11952: Georgia Gibbs' "Kiss Of Fire" hits #11975: Earth Wind and Fire's LP That's The Way Of The World hits #1 Certifications 1975: Elton John's LP Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy is certified platinum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted May 18, 2012 Author Share Posted May 18, 2012 On May 18th in music history: Births 1911: Big Joe Turner1912: Perry Como1922: Kai Winding1942: Albert Hammond1946: George Alexander (The Flamin' Groovies)1948: Joe Bonsall (The Oak Ridge Boys)1949: Bill Wallace (The Guess Who)1949: Rick Wakeman (Yes)1953: Butch Tavares (Tavares) Deaths 2004: Clint Warwick (The Moody Blues)2006: Freddie Garrity (Freddie and the Dreamers) Events 1963: At the first annual Monterey Folk Festival, Bob Dylan joins Joan Baez onstage to duet on his antiwar song "With God On Our Side." Jackie DeShannon makes her television debut, singing "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby" and "Just In Time" on CBS' Jackie Gleason Show. The Beatles begin their third tour of 1963 at the Adelphi Cinema in Buckinghamshire, England, opening for Roy Orbison; within a few days, thanks to growing "Beatlemania," they will be headlining. 1964: Yet another riot erupts at a Rolling Stones show, this time at the Chantinghall Hotel in Hamilton, Scotland, where 4,000 fake tickets create pandemonium. 1966: Bruce Springsteen steps into a recording studio for the first time, recording with his garage band The Castiles in Brick Town, NJ. 1967: The Beatles, it is announced, have been selected to represent the UK in the first global satellite broadcast, which will be called One World and broadcast on June 25. The band is commissioned to write a song for the event; Paul comes up with "Your Mother Should Know," but John comes up with the winning global anthem in "All You Need Is Love." 1971: The Band start their first-ever tour outside of North America, playing De Doelen in Rotterdam, Holland. 1975: Chaos ensues when the BBC stages a "Fun Day" concert in London featuring teen heartthrobs The Bay City Rollers; the crowd is so manic that 44 are injured, four of them seriously. 1978: The controversial but highly-regarded biopic The Buddy Holly Story, starring Gary Busey performing Buddy's songs himself, premiere in Dallas, TX. Busey's performance is so natural he is nominated for Best Actor at the Oscars the next year (losing out to Jon Voight in Coming Home. 1981: Diana Ross shocks the music industry by leaving Motown Records after 20 years for a new home on RCA. The $20 million contract sets a new record. 1988: In a Tampa courtroom, original drummer for the Byrds, Michael Clarke, is given permission to use the band name for his own touring group. 1994: Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley are married in the Dominican Republic in a private ceremony, one so private that the press doesn't find out about the wedding for two months. 2002: Barry Manilow's TV special Ultimate Manilow, a concert filmed at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, airs on CBS. 2003: The Isley Brothers set a record for the longest period between #1 albums when Body Kiss reaches the top of the Billboard charts. 2005: Two years after the abdominal aneurysm which nearly killed him, Gordon Lightfoot returns to performing with a triumphant concert in Toronto's Massey Hall. Releases 1967: Stevie Wonder, "I Was Made To Love Her"1968: Tiny Tim, "Tiptoe Through The Tulips"1970: The Beatles, Let It Be Recording 1963: The Kingsmen, "Louie Louie"1964: The Animals, "House Of The Rising Sun"1966: The Hollies, "Bus Stop"1966: The Beatles, "Got To Get You Into My Life"1967: The Rolling Stones, "We Love You" Charts 1959: Wilbert Harrison's "Kansas City" hits #11963: Jimmy Soul's "If You Wanna Be Happy" hits #11963: Lesley Gore's "It's My Party" enters the charts1968: Archie Bell and the Drells' "Tighten Up" hits #11974: Ray Stevens' "The Streak" hits #1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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