Rick Posted May 19, 2012 Author Share Posted May 19, 2012 On May 19th in music history: Births 1919: Georgie Auld1932: Alma Cogan1940: Mickey Newbury1945: Pete Townshend (The Who)1947: Jerry Hyman (Blood Sweat and Tears)1947: Steve Currie (T. Rex)1947: Paul Brady1948: Tom Scott1949: Dusty Hill (ZZ Top)1950: Mike Wedgwood (Curved Air)1950: Romeo Challenger (Showaddywaddy)1952: Barbara Joyce Lomas (B.T. Express)1954: Phil Rudd (AC/DC) Deaths 1969: Coleman Hawkins1989: Ron Wilson (The Surfaris)1991: Odia Coates2001: Mike Sammes2006: Freddie Garrity (Freddie and the Dreamers)2007: Frank Guida Events 1956: Skiffle comes to the US as Lonnie Donegan makes his US TV debut, singing his huge British hit "Rock Island Line" on NBC's Perry Como Show. 1958: The first single to be recorded on an 8-track console, Bobby Darin's "Splish Splash," is released. 1960: Massively influential DJ Alan Freed is officially indicted, along with seven others, in the "payola" scandal, charged with accepting over thirty thousand dollars from six different labels in order to play their songs. A 17-year-old Annette Funicello blows off her high school graduation ceremony in order to perform at Radio City Music Hall. 1961: The Everly Brothers form the Calliope label, the first artist-owned label to be formed by a rock group. 1963: For the first time, female Beatles fans attempt to sneak into the group's dressing room while they're supporting Roy Orbison at a gig in Hanley, England. The three girls, who used a ladder to get through the window, are caught but released without charges after the group signs a few autographs for them. 1965: Convinced that the lyrics to the Kingsmen's hit "Louie Louie" are as filthy as urban legends claim, the FBI visits Wand Records to ask a few questions. Eventually, they decide the group's version of the Richard Berry R&B classic is too garbled to make out, anyway. 1967: The release party for the Beatles' latest album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, is held at manager Brian Epstein's home in the Belgravia section of London. 1973: After Elvis Presley's critically-savaged debut at the Sahara resort on Lake Tahoe, and several more cancellations due to "illness," manager Colonel Tom Parker and Elvis' father Vernon plead with Los Angeles lawyer Ed Hookstratten to look into Elvis' prescription drug use and identify his main suppliers. With Elvis unwilling to cooperate, however, the investigation dies a slow death. 1976: Keith Richards nods off while driving and crashes his Bentley into a highway divider just north of London. Unfortunately, police who come to his rescue also find marijuana and cocaine in the car. 1979: Jessi Colter and husband Waylon Jennings, outlaw country's first duo, become the proud parents of their only child together, son Wayne Albright Jennings. 1980: Ringo Starr and his fiancee, actress Barbra Bach, crash their car very near the spot where T. Rex's Marc Bolan lost his life in a similar crash, but despite totaling the car, both are uninjured. 1984: Pink Floyd's epochal Dark Side Of The Moon LP marks its tenth anniversary, having never left the Billboard album charts. 1985: Motown celebrates the 50th anniversary of the legendary Apollo Theater in Harlem with NBC-TV's special Motown Returns To The Apollo, featuring performances by James Brown, The Cadillacs, Joe Cocker, The Commodores, Sammy Davis Jr., The Drifters, The Four Tops, Al Green, Thelma Houston, Chuck Jackson, Patti Labelle, Little Richard, The Manhattans, Marilyn McCoo, Wilson Pickett, Billy Preston, Lou Rawls, Martha Reeves, Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross, Mavis Staples, Rod Stewart, The Temptations, Sarah Vaughn, Mary Wells, and Stevie Wonder. 1998: Sonny and Cher are awarded with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7020 Hollywood Blvd. Peter, Paul and Mary begin their 40th anniversary tour with a three-night stint in Vegas. 2000: Guitarist and founder Dickey Betts leaves the Allman Brothers Band over "creative differences." Releases 1973: Paul Simon, "Kodachrome"1978: Dire Straits, "Sultans Of Swing" Recording 1958: Ritchie Valens, "Come On, Let's Go"1958: Peggy Lee, "Fever"1960: The Drifters, "Save The Last Dance For Me"1965: Elvis Presley, "Hard Luck" Charts 1958: The original Broadway soundtrack to South Pacific hits #11962: Johnny Tillotson's "It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin'" enters the charts1973: Stevie Wonder's "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life" hits #11979: Supertramp's Breakfast In America hits #1 Certifications 1964: Roger Miller's "King Of The Road" is certified gold1969: The Beatles' "Get Back" is certified gold [][][][][] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted May 20, 2012 Author Share Posted May 20, 2012 On May 20th in music history: Births 1920: Vic Ames (The Ames Brothers)1937: Teddy Randazzo1939: Sal Mineo1940: Shorty Long1942: Jill Jackson (Paul and Paula)1944: Joe Cocker1946: Cher1954: Jimmy Henderson (Black Oak Arkansas)1959: Susan Cowsill (The Cowsills) Deaths 1964: Rudy Lewis (The Drifters)1967: Manuel Fernandez (Los Bravos) Events 1920: Montreal Canada's XWA broadcasts the first scheduled radio program in North America. 1960: The US Congress' committee on "payola" indicts eight men accused of receiving $116,580 in illegal payoffs for promoting records. The indictments will lead, two years later, to highly influential DJ Alan Freed's eventual indictment for tax-evasion. A Liverpool band called Johnny and the Moondogs changes their name to the Silver Beetles and embarks on a Scottish tour, backing singer Johnny Gentle. The band members, except for leader John Lennon, take pseudonyms: Paul McCartney becomes Paul Ramon, George Harrison becomes Carl Harrison, and Stu Sutcliffe becomes Stuart de Stael. A punk band called the Ramones would later take their name from McCartney's fake one. 1964: Elvis' 15th movie, Viva Las Vegas, co-starring Ann-Margret, premieres in Hollywood. 1966: At tonight's Who gig in Windsor, England, Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey perform with the rhythm section of the opening act when John Entwistle and Keith Moon are late for the show. When the duo finally arrive, with the show half over, Townshend hits Moon over the head with his guitar. Keith and John quit the band, but are convinced to return within the week. <<< That made me chuckle... >>> [] Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band play their first gig at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco. 1967: The Beatles premiere their new album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, on Kenny Everett's BBC radio program Where It's At. All the tracks are played save "A Day In The Life," which the "Beeb" has banned the day before for its seemingly positive attitude towards drug use. Paul and John give live interviews about the making of the album. Jimi Hendrix signs with the Reprise label. 1968: John Lennon and Paul McCartney, fresh off their trip to India to study with the Maharishi, arrive at George Harrison's home in Esher, Surrey, to demo 28 new songs, all but a handful of which will turn up in some form on the band's next LP, The Beatles (a/k/a "The White Album"). Pete Townshend of the Who marries his first and only wife, Karen Astley, daughter of composer Ted Astley. The couple would divorce in 2000. 1970: George Harrison meets producer Phil Spector at Abbey Road Studios to play demos of the songs which will appear on his debut album, All Things Must Pass. 1971: Chicago singer and bassist Peter Cetera attends a Chicago Cubs game, where four Marines who notice his long hair beat him so badly he breaks his jaw and loses four teeth. He spends five hours in surgery and two days in intensive care. 1978: The beloved/notorious biopic The Buddy Holly Story, starring Gary Busey, premieres in Holly's hometown of Lubbock, TX. 1985: After extensive renovations, the historic Apollo Theatre in Harlem reopens with a concert that features Hall and Oates performing with Temptations Eddie Kendrick and David Ruffin. The concert is later released as Live At The Apollo. 1988: At the height of the "Is Elvis Dead" phenomenon, Priscilla Presley holds a press conference to confirm that the King did, indeed, pass on in 1977. 1995: The Eagles' Don Henley marries his first and only wife, model Sharon Summerall, in Malibu, with Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh, Randy Newman, Jackson Browne, David Crosby, Jimmy Buffett, Sheryl Crow, and other celebs attending. At the reception, live music is provided by Tony Bennett, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, and Sting. 1998: Frank Sinatra's funeral is held Beverly Hills' Church of the Good Shepherd, with attendees including Tony Bennett, Bob Dylan, Liza Minnelli, Jack Nicholson, Tony Curtis, Kirk Douglas, Sophia Loren, Bob Newhart, Faye Dunaway, Angie Dickinson, and ex Mia Farrow. Dylan's statement reads, in part, "Right from the beginning, he was there with the truth of things in his voice... He was one of the very few singers who sang without a mask." Ten years later to the day, May 13th is declared Frank Sinatra Day by the Congress of the United States. 2003: South Carolina's parole board pardons James Brown of all past offenses committed in the state, even the felonies, spurring James to spontaneously sing "God Bless America" at the conclusion of the hearing. 2006: Their hometown of Hawthorne, CA dedicates a monument to the three Wilson brothers in the Beach Boys. Releases 1954: Bill Haley and His Comets' "Rock Around The Clock" Recording 1941: Harry James, "You Made Me Love You"1957: Frank Sinatra, "Witchcraft" Charts 1967: The Young Rascals' "Groovin'" hits #11978: Wings' "With A Little Luck" hits #1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted May 20, 2012 Author Share Posted May 20, 2012 Robin Gibb December 22, 1949 - May 20, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 On May 21st in music history: Births 1901: Horace Heidt1904: Fats Waller1918: Dennis Day1941: Ronald Isley (The Isley Brothers)1943: Hilton Valentine (The Animals)1943: Vincent Crane (The Crazy World of Arthur Brown)1943: John Dalton (The Kinks)1944: Marcie Blane1947: Bill Champlin1948: Leo Sayer Deaths 1990: Morris Levy2001: Tommy Eyre Events 1956: 2,500 fans storm the stage at the Municipal Auditorium in Topeka, KS during Elvis Presley's show there. 1960: Fabian is reported to be working on two upcoming movies: High Time, starring Bing Crosby, and North To Alaska, starring John Wayne. 1964: After performing in England, Bob Dylan takes a vacation in Paris, where he would meet German model Nico, for whom he would later pen the classic "I'll Keep It With Mine." 1966: The Castiles, a band made up of five school kids from Freehold Regional High in New Jersey, perform at their own senior prom. Lead singer: future superstar Bruce Springsteen. 1968: Police raid the London flat of the Rolling Stones' Brian Jones and find marijuana, which Jones claims was left behind by a friend; although already on probation, he is merely fined 150 pounds by a sympathetic judge. 1971: Free announce their breakup; two of the band members would go on to form Bad Company. 1976: The Rolling Stones begin the first of six nights residency at London's Earls Court Arena, a tired series of shows, later immortalized on the Love You Live album, that lead to the first charge of "dinosaur" from the country's burgeoning punk movement. 1979: Elton John plays the first of eight historic concerts in Moscow, making him the first rock star to perform there. 1980: Gold albums of Jimi Hendrix' Are You Experienced?, Axis: Bold As Love, Cry Of Love, Rainbow Bridge, and Live At Monterey are stolen from New York's Electric Lady Studios. After poor ticket sales cause him to cancel his second concert there, Bob Dylan his last "gospel" show in Dayton, OH, eventually returning to secular music. 1981: Bob Marley is laid to rest, with full state honors, in St. Ann's, Jamaica. 1983: Ex-Doobie Brother Michael McDonald marries his first wife, singer Amy Holland. 1992: Johnny Carson, ending his 26-year tenure as host of NBC-TV's Tonight Show with his next-to-last show. The lone guest is Bette Midler, who famously sings a rewritten version of "You Made Me Love You" (as "You Made Me Watch You") and a moving version of "One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)." 2003: Paul McCartney is awarded an honorary doctorate in music from the conservatory of Russia's St. Petersburg University. 2008: Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, well-known for having overcome drug addiction decades earlier, shocks the rock world by checking into a rehab facility in Pasadena, CA. Releases 1968: Elvis Presley, "Let Yourself Go"1971: Paul McCartney, Ram Recording 1940: Will Bradley, "Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar"1955: Chuck Berry, "Maybelline"1957: Paul Anka, "Diana"1959: Jackie Wilson, "I'll Be Satisfied"1962: Dee Dee Sharp, "Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes)"1963: Stevie Wonder, "Fingertips (Part 2)"1964: The Drifters, "Under The Boardwalk"1965: Bob Dylan, "If You Gotta Go, Go Now" Charts 1966: Dusty Springfield's "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me" enters the charts1966: The Mamas and the Papas' LP If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears hits #11977: Stevie Wonder's "Sir Duke" hits #1 Certifications 1973: Sylvia's "Pillow Talk" is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted May 22, 2012 Author Share Posted May 22, 2012 On May 22nd in music history: Births 1923: Hurricane Smith1936: Ernie K-Doe1938: Bobby Hendricks (The Drifters)1943: Mick Green (Johnny Kidd and the Pirates)1945: Oliver1953: John Sparks (Dr. Feelgood) Deaths 1976: Florence Ballard (The Supremes)1987: Andy Warhol1994: Papa John Creach2001: John Fahey Events 1957: Gladys and Vernon Presley, Elvis' parents, are filmed in the audience as their son performs "Got A Lot O' Livin' To Do" for Loving You. After her death, Elvis will never watch the scene again. 1958: The Rock and Roll movie The Big Beat, a virtual rewrite of 1957's Rock Around The Clock, opens in Detroit, featuring The Diamonds, The Del-Vikings, The Mills Brothers, and Fats Domino, who sings the hit title track. 1963: Fulfilling the prophecy of producer George Martin, "Please Please Me" by The Beatles becomes the group's first Number One hit in the UK. That same day, the group forms their Northern Songs publishing company, and later manager Brian Epstein brings the group to a Soho eatery to celebrate. 1967: Having dispensed with an earlier attempt to hum a single chord, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and Beatles assistant Mal Evans, sitting at three different pianos, strike a simultaneous E major chord nine times, finally producing on the last take the final chord of "A Day In The Life." George Martin later overdubs the same chord on a harmonium, to get an even more lasting effect, and then the entire recording, which lasts 43 seconds, is overdubbed three times and attached to the end of the song. The fadeout is elongated by bringing up the faders in the studio, with the result that one of the piano stools can be heard creaking during the decay. (David Crosby of The Byrds is visiting in the studio, but does not contribute.) 1969: In Britain's {i]Oz Magazine, reviewer Felix Dennis says, of Led Zeppelin's debut album: "Very occasionally a long-playing record is released that defies immediate classification or description, simply because it's so obviously a turning point in rock music that only time proves capable of shifting it into eventual perspective." 1986: Having just acquired all 45 episodes of The Monkees, cable channel MTV airs them all in a 22-hour marathon, sparking a completely unexpected career revival for the prefab pop group. 1990: Stevie Wonder wins a lawsuit brought by an associate, Lloyd Chiate, who alleged that the singer stole part of his 1976 song "I Just Called To Say" for Stevie's 1984 smash, "I Just Called To Say I Love You." 2000: The recently departed soul legend Curtis Mayfield is honored at a First African Methodist Episcopal Church service in Los Angeles, featuring performances from Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, and, spontaneously, Lauryn Hill. 2001: British newspaper Sunday Mirror reports that the Beatles, who have been broken up for 31 years, are nevertheless the top grossing recording group of the year 2000. 2002: Little Richard is this year's recipient of the Image Award from the NAACP. 2004: Bobby Vinton collapses during a show in Lancaster, PA, but the piano player catches him before he falls. Sweating heavily, the singer recovers backstage and is not hospitalized. 2008: Muscle Shoals native Boyd Bennett, of "My Boy -- Flat Top" fame, is inducted into the Alabama Music Hall Of Fame. After much controversy and debate over whether or not to honor recently deceased musician and Mississippi native Ike Turner, the state legislature compromises and passes a resolution that honors his musical achievements only. Recording 1967: The Beatles, "A Day In The Life"1969: The Beatles, "I Want You (She's So Heavy)"1969: Elvis Presley: "In The Ghetto," "Who Am I?" Charts 1956: Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" enters the charts1960: Percy Faith's "Theme From A Summer Place" hits #11975: Average White Band's "Pick Up The Pieces" hits #11975: The Average White Band LP AWB hits #1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted May 23, 2012 Author Share Posted May 23, 2012 On May 23rd in music history: Births 1910: Artie Shaw1920: Helen O’Connell1928: Rosemary Clooney1934: Dr. Robert Moog1944: Raymond Fulwood (The Parliaments)1944: Norman Johnson (The Chairmen Of The Board)1945: Misty Morgan1946: Danny Klein (J. Geils Band)1953: Rick Fenn (10CC) Deaths 2006: Clifford Antone Events 1963: Paul Revere and the Raiders sign their first major label contract with Columbia. 1964: Elvis Presley's ninth film, Follow That Dream, opens. Ella Fitzgerald's cover of the Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love" enters the UK charts, making her the first outside artist to have a hit with a Beatles song. 1970: The latest (and last) Beatles album, Let It Be, logs record-setting advance orders of a staggering 3.7 million. The Grateful Dead make their UK stage debut with a four-hour show at the Hollywood Music Festival, ironically held in Staffordshire, England, with Mungo Jerry opening. 1971: Iron Butterfly announces their breakup. 1973: Columbia Records fires head Clive Davis, citing alleged misuse of company funds to pay for interior decorating and his son's bar mitzvah. 1977: San Francisco bans electric instruments from all free outdoor concerts, leaving Jefferson Starship to cancel their planned free concert in Golden Gate Park. Years later, Bernie Taupin would write "We Built This City" for the band about this event. 1978: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band begin their legendary "Darkness Tour" at Shea's Buffalo Theatre in Buffalo, NY. 1979: Tom Petty declares bankruptcy after his record label, ABC, is sold to MCA. ABC-TV airs the self-explanatory show The Third Barry Manilow Special. The Who's acclaimed documentary The Kids Are Alright debuts in New York. 1984: Tina Turner continues her historic comeback with the release of her Private Dancer LP, her first in five years. 1985: Still riding the crest of her own improbable comeback, Aretha Franklin has "Aretha Franklin Appreciation Day" declared in the state of Michigan by Governor James. J. Blanchard. 1987: The Doobie Brothers reform with most of their members past and present -- a dozen members in all -- for a Vietnam Veterans benefit that raises $350,000. Two thousand vets attend the show for free. 1990: Nick Mason, drummer for Pink Floyd, marries his second wife, Annette Lynton, in London. 1992: Freddie Mercury's will bequeaths the bulk of the deceased Queen singer's $17 million estate to his longtime companion, Mary Austin. 2007: The US Library of Congress hands out the first Gershwin Award to Paul Simon for being a "performer whose lifetime contributions exemplify the standard of excellence associated with the Gershwins." 2008: Shirley Bassey suffers from abdominal pains in Monaco, necessitating emergency surgery and forcing her to cancel her upcoming appearance at Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday concert. Releases 1964: The Beach Boys, "I Get Around"1966: The Beatles, "Paperback Writer" b/w "Rain"1969: The Who, Tommy Recording 1940: Frank Sinatra, "I’ll Never Smile Again"1967: Pink Floyd, "See Emily Play"1976: Bob Dylan, Hard Rain Charts 1953: Bill Haley and his Comets' "Crazy, Man, Crazy" enters the charts1960: The Everly Brothers' "Cathy's Clown" hits #11964: Millie Small's "My Boy Lollipop" enters the charts1970: Paul McCartney's LP McCartney hits #1 Certifications 1975: B.J. Thomas' "(Hey, Won’t You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" is certified gold1979: Sister Sledge's "We Are Family" is certified platinum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted May 24, 2012 Author Share Posted May 24, 2012 On May 24th in music history: Births 1938: Prince Buster1940: Tommy Chong (Cheech and Chong)1941: Bob Dylan1942: Derek Quinn (Freddie and the Dreamers)1944: Patti LaBelle1945: Priscilla Presley1946: Steve Upton (Wishbone Ash)1947: Cynthia "Plaster" Caster1947: Albert Bouchard (Blue Oyster Cult) Deaths 1963: Elmore James1974: Duke Ellington1991: Gene Clark (The Byrds, Dillard and Clark) Events 1965: John Lennon's second book of prose, A Spaniard In The Works, is published. 1966: Elvis begins filming his 20th film, Frankie And Johnny, in Hollywood. 1969: The Guess Who make their debut on American television, singing "These Eyes" and "Laughing" on ABC-TV's American Bandstand. 1970: Peter Green plays his last show with the band he founded, Fleetwood Mac, at the Bath Festival in Somerset, England. 1971: In honor of Bob Dylan's 30th birthday, Peanuts runs a strip in which Linus mentions the milestone to Charlie Brown, who replies "That's the most depressing thing I've ever heard." Dylan himself marks the occasion at Jerusalem's Wailing Wall. 1974: NBC-TV's wildly successful variety show, The Dean Martin Show, signs off after nine years. 1979: The three remaining members of Genesis give the fans a thrill by manning the box office and selling their own tickets to the upcoming show at the Roxy in Los Angeles. 1982: The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Starship, Boz Scaggs, and Country Joe and the Fish play a benefit concert for Vietnam vets at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. 1986: Riding the wave of their inexplicable MTV-fueled comeback, the Monkees (minus Mike Nesmith) begin their smash comeback tour at the Concord Hotel in New York's Catskill Mountains. 2003: Paul McCartney sits down for tea with Russian premier Vladimir Putin, then heads to Red Square for his very first performance behind the iron curtain, for an audience of 20,000. 2004: An auction of Bruce Springsteen's birth certificate on eBay is shut down by the Boss' legal team. Charts 1952: Doris Day's "A Guy Is A Guy" hits #11969: The Beatles' "Get Back" hits #11975: Earth Wind and Fire's "Shining Star" hits #1 Happy 71st Birthday To Bob Dylan!! [^] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Nice to know I share the same bday with tommy, and dylan amd many others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted May 25, 2012 Author Share Posted May 25, 2012 Nice to know I share the same bday with tommy, and dylan amd many others. Indeed, you share your birthday with some good ones... [Y][^][<)] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted May 25, 2012 Author Share Posted May 25, 2012 On May 25th in music history: Births 1921: Hal David1922: Kitty Kallen1926: Miles Davis1927: Norman Petty1936: Tom T. Hall1936: Donnie Elbert1942: Brian Davison (The Nice)1943: John Palmer (Family)1947: Jessi Colter1947: Mitch Margo (The Tokens)1950: Jean Millington (Fanny)1950: Robert Steinhardt (Kansas)1955: John Grimaldi (Argent) Deaths 1965: Sonny Boy Williamson (II)1981: Roy Brown1990: Gary Usher (The Hondells)2005: Domenic Troiano (The Guess Who, The James Gang)2006: Desmond Dekker Events 1961: Gidget Goes Hawaiian, starring teen idol James Darren and Sally Field, premieres in Honolulu. 1965: While onstage at a concert in Cardiff, Wales, Kinks guitarist Dave Davies slips and falls into Mick Avory's drum kit, knocking himself unconscious and forcing the group to cancel their current tour. 1966: Felton Jarvis takes over from Chet Atkins as Elvis Presley's producer. Jarvis, a fan from the early days, will be instrumental in moving the singer back to blues, gospel, and R&B-based material. 1967: Bobby Darin's latest film, Cop Out, in which he stars alongside James Mason, premieres nationwide. 1969: Folk group Fairport Convention holds a benefit at London's Roundhouse for recently deceased drummer Martin Lamble, who was killed in a car accident along with guitarist Richard Thompson's girlfriend and the band's clothes designer. 1973: Carole King holds a free concert in Central Park which draws a then-record 100,000 fans. 1978: The Who perform a concert at London's Shepperton Film Studios specifically for use in the upcoming documentary The Kids Are Alright. It will sadly prove to be the group's last performance with original drummer Keith Moon. 1995: The earliest known recording of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, dating all the way back to 1961, is sold at a London auction for over $85,000. 1997: Bob Dylan is admitted into a Los Angeles hospital suffering from chest pains and is eventually diagnosed as suffering from histoplasmosis, an inflammation of the cardial sac. Elvis Presley officially tops the list of dead entertainers with sales of over one billion records. 1998: Chicago mayor Richard Daley declares this Ramsey Lewis Week in honor of the native pop-jazz pianist. 2007: Wayne Fontana of Mindbenders fame arrives for his London trial on charges of dousing a police car in gas and setting fire to it, appearing as "Lady Justice" replete with a cape, crown, and dark glasses in place of a blindfold, and carrying a sword and scales. He is reprimanded by the judge. Releases 1962: The Isley Brothers, "Twist And Shout"1971: Elvis Presley, "Life" Recording 1961: Ral Donner, "You Don't Know What You've Got"1966: Elvis Presley: "Run On," "How Great Thou Art"1967: The Beatles, "It's All Too Much"1969: The Hollies, "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" Charts 1968: Simon and Garfunkel's LP Bookends hits #1 Happy Birthday to Jessi Colter [^] (not sure of her age as wikipedia and my source list different birth years 1943/'47) Anyone know for sure? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessi_Colter [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted May 26, 2012 Author Share Posted May 26, 2012 On May 26th in music history: Births 1886: Al Jolson1904: George Formby1909: "Papa" Charlie McCoy1916: Moondog1920: Peggy Lee1926: Miles Davis1940: Levon Helm1940: Ray Ennis (The Swinging Blue Jeans)1941: Art Sharp (The Nashville Teens)1944: Verden Allen (Mott The Hoople)1945: Garry Peterson (The Guess Who)1946: Mick Ronson (David Bowie, Mott The Hoople)1948: Stevie Nicks (Fleetwood Mac)1949: Vicki Lawrence1949: Hank Williams Jr. Deaths 1933: Jimmie Rodgers1968: Little Willie John1977: William Powell (The O'Jays)2006: Desmond Dekker Events 1953: After hitchhiking to the Jimmie Rodgers Memorial Show in Meridian, MS, Elvis Presley wins second prize in the talent competition there. 1956: Liberace plays to a huge crowd of 16,000 at Madison Square Garden in a three-hour solo performance that draws mostly ladies. Two months after heading to his scheduled television appearance and nearly dying in a car crash, Carl Perkins finally appears on NBC-TV's Perry Como Show. 1958: On the third date of his first English tour, Jerry Lee Lewis is booed off the stage, having two days previously revealed that he was married to his 14-year-old cousin, Myra Lee Brown. The scandal forces Jerry Lee to end this tour immediately, flying back to America, where he finds the scandal has unfortunately followed him. 1965: At their insistence, the Rolling Stones perform "How Many More Years" with one of their influences, bluesman Howlin' Wolf, on tonight's episode of ABC-TV's Shindig! 1969: Still on honeymoon, John Lennon and Yoko Ono check in to room 1742 in Montreal's Hotel La Reine, where they begin their second "bed-in" for peace. 1972: With Mott The Hoople threatening to disband due to public indifference, David Bowie gives the band two of his new, unrecorded songs. The band passes on "Suffragette City" but decides to cut a song called "All The Young Dudes," a massive hit that revives the group's career. 1974: An overenthusiastic crowd at a David Cassidy concert in London rushes the stage, injuring a thousand screaming fans and crushing 14-year-old Bernadette Whelan, who died from her injuries four days later. A distraught Cassidy refuses to tour for the next eleven years. 1976: On a transatlantic British Airways flight, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin get drunk and verbally harass the other first-class passengers on the flight, including actors Dudley Moore and Telly Savalas. 1977: The rock group KISS provides Marvel Comics with a small vial of their blood to be mixed with printers' ink for their upcoming faux-autobiographical comic. Beatlemania! a Broadway tribute to the music of the Beatles, starring sound- and look-alikes, opens at the Winter Garden Theater to rave reviews. 1982: The late Bobby Darin is awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1735 Vine St. 1993: Singapore lifts its decades-old ban on the music of the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Chicago. 1994: Michael Jackson marries his first wife, Lisa Marie Presley, only daughter of Elvis, in a secret ceremony held in the Dominican Republican. The couple would divorce twenty months later. 1996: Firemen arrive at the burning home of Eric Clapton to find the guitarist running in and out of the home to save his guitar collection. The house is gutted, with about three million dollars' damage. 2008: Yale awards Paul McCartney an honorary Doctorate of Music. Releases 1962: The Isley Brothers, "Twist And Shout"1973: Deep Purple, "Smoke On The Water" Recording 1937: Lionel Hampton, "Flying Home"1963: Elvis Presley: "Echoes Of Love," "Please Don't Drag That String Around," "(You're The) Devil In Disguise," "Never Ending"1966: Elvis Presley: "Where No One Stands Alone," "Down In The Alley," "Tomorrow Is A Long Time," "Love Letters"1966: The Beatles, "Yellow Submarine"1967: The Beatles, "It's All Too Much"1971: Don McLean, "American Pie" Charts 1962: Mr. Acker Bilk's "Stranger On The Shore" hits #11973: The Edgar Winter Group's "Frankenstein" hits #11973: The Beatles' LP The Beatles 1967-1970 hits #1 Certifications 1970: The Beatles' LP Let It Be is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted May 27, 2012 Author Share Posted May 27, 2012 On May 27th in music history: Births 1932: Junior Parker1935: Ramsey Lewis1935: Rudy Lewis (The Drifters)1939: Don Williams1943: Cilla Black1944: Lenny Davidson (The Dave Clark Five)1947: Peter Knight (Steeleye Span)1947: Marty Kristian (The New Seekers)1948: Pete Sears (Jefferson Starship) Events 1960: Frank Sinatra makes his television debut on NBC-TV's Star Spangled Revue special, hosted by Bob Hope. 1961: Johnny Cash guest stars on tonight's "The Deathly Quiet" episode of NBC-TV's little-remembered Henry Fonda Western The Deputy. 1962: At the Grammy Awards in New York, Andy Williams' "Moon River," from the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's, is named both Record and Song of the Year. 1964: Eleven schoolboys are suspended from a grammar school in Coventry, England, for showing up with Mick Jagger-style haircuts. 1966: The Exploding Plastic Inevitable show, featuring the Velvet Underground and the Mothers of Invention, plays its first gig on the West Coast, at San Francisco's Fillmore Auditorium. Before his concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London, Bob Dylan welcomes the Beatles again in his dressing room; Paul, anxious to impress the singer, plays him an early, electronic version of a track that would later become "Tomorrow Never Knows." "Oh, I get it, you don't want to be cute anymore," Dylan laughs, and leaves the room. 1967: Columbia and RCA announce plans to raise the price of long-playing LP (33 rpm) records one dollar to a high of $4.98. 1974: Lisa Marie Presley, then five, meets an 11-year-old Michael Jackson for the first time when Elvis brings her to the Jackson 5 show at the Sahara in Vegas. 1989: Celebrated anti-communist labor leader Lech Walesa presents Stevie Wonder with a "Badge of Solidarity" from his native Poland. For the first time since 1975, Chicago and the Beach Boys begin a joint headlining tour of the US, with Brian Wilson joining his old group on some of the dates. 1994: The Eagles reunite after 14 years, giving a two-and-a-half-hour performance in Burbank, CA, including two encores and a finale of "Desperado." 1999: Lionel Richie and wife Diane Alexander become the proud parents of their first child, Miles Brockman. 2004: The Bee Gees are made Commanders of the Order of the British Empire by Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace; Maurice's son Adam accepts on behalf of his father, who'd just died six months earlier. Releases 1957: Buddy Holly and the Crickets, "That’ll Be The Day"1963: The Beatles, "From Me To You"1963: Bob Dylan, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Recording 1957: Buddy Holly: "Not Fade Away," "Everyday"1963: Elvis Presley: "What Now, What Next, Where To," "Witchcraft," "Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers," "Love Me Tonight," "Memphis, Tennessee," "Long Lonely Highway," "Western Union"1966: Elvis Presley: "So High," "Farther Along," "By And By," "In The Garden," "Beyond The Reef," "Somebody Bigger Than You And I," "Without Him" Charts 1947: Ted Weems' "Heartaches" hits #11967: The Bar-Kays' "Soul Finger" enters the charts1972: The Chi-Lites' "Oh Girl" hits #1 Certifications 1971: The Bells' "Stay Awhile" is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted May 28, 2012 Author Share Posted May 28, 2012 On May 28th in music history: Births 1910: T-Bone Walker1917: Papa John Creach (Hot Tuna, Jefferson Starship)1931: Sonny Burgess1943: Tony Mansfield (Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas)1944: Gladys Knight1944: Gary Stewart1945: John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival)1948: Larry Gatlin (The Gatlin Brothers)1948: Ray Laidlan (Lindisfarne) Deaths 1943: Vaughn Deleath1985: Roy Plomley2001: Tony Ashton (Deep Purple) Events 1955: According to Billboard, "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" is the nation's most popular tune, with four different versions on the charts at one time, equaling 18 million copies sold. Elvis Presley makes his first appearance on theBig D Jamboree radio program, broadcast from the Dallas Sportatorium by KRLD. 1957: The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) is established, leading to the creation of the annual Grammy Awards. 1958: Buddy Holly receives his draft notice in Lubbock, TX, but is refused induction because of his notoriously poor eyesight and also a stomach ulcer. 1960: Elvis Presley visits Vegas, and his entourage is for the first time dubbed the "Memphis Mafia" in the local media, due to their penchant for wearing long coats and dark glasses. 1966: Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass' latest album, What Now My Love, enters the Billboard Top Ten, joining three other Alpert LPs there (Whipped Cream and Other Delights, South of the Border, and Going Places) and setting a record for most albums simultaneously in the top ten. 1967: The Association make their television debut, performing "Along Comes Mary" on CBS-TV'sSmothers Brothers Comedy Hour. 1969: Mick Jagger and girlfriend Marianne Faithfull are arrested in their London home on charges of marijuana possession, but released on 50 pounds' bail. 1973: Ronnie Lane leaves the Faces. 1976: After leader Gregg Allman testifies against the Allman Brothers' road manager, Scooter Herring in order to avoid prosecution in a drug trafficking sting, the band, considering Gregg's actions a betrayal against a member of the "family," breaks up. Herring is sentenced to 75 years in prison. 1977: Having finally settled his two-year-long legal battle with former manager Mike Appel, Bruce Springsteen is finally freed to record his follow-up to the 1975 smash Born To Run. 1978: David Cassidy is the guest star on tonight's "A Chance to Live" episode of NBC-TV's Police Story, a surprisingly effective dramatic turn that garnered such praise it led to his own show, the legendary flop David Cassidy: Man Undercover. 1988: Steven Tyler of Aerosmith marries his second wife, Teresa Barrick, in her hometown of Tulsa, OK. 2003: Paul McCartney and his second wife, model/activist Heather Mills, announce the upcoming birth of their first child, to be named Beatrice Milly. Releases 1965: Elvis Presley, "(Such An) Easy Question"1966: Tina Turner, "River Deep, Mountain High" Recording 1941: Frank Sinatra, "This Love Of Mine"1963: Elvis Presley: "Slowly But Surely," "Blue River," "Ask Me"1964: Marianne Faithfull, "As Tears Go By" Charts 1966: Percy Sledge's "When A Man Loves A Woman" hits #1 Certifications 1975: The Doobie Brothers' LP Stampede is certified gold Happy 67th Birthday to John Fogerty!! [^] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted May 28, 2012 Author Share Posted May 28, 2012 On May 29th in music history: Births 1903: Bob Hope1936: Sylvia Vanderpool (Mickey and Sylvia)1941: Roy Crewsdon (Freddie and the Dreamers)1942: Sir Monti Rock III (Disco Tex and his Sex-O-Lettes)1945: Gary Brooker (Procol Harum)1950: Joey Levine (Ohio Express, Reunion)1955: Mike Porcaro (Toto) Deaths 1977: Goddard Lieberson1989: John Cipollina (Quicksilver Messenger Service)1996: Jimmy Rowles2005: Oscar Brown Jr. Events 1959: Herndon Stadium in Atlanta holds one of the first outdoor rock concerts, featuring Ray Charles, Jimmy Reed, and B.B. King. Nine thousand people attend. 1971: Three dozen audiences members attending today's Grateful Dead show at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom are treated for hallucinations after drinking apple juice purposefully spiked with LSD (some say by the band themselves). 1972: After seeing his protest song "Give Ireland Back To The Irish" banned by the BBC for its content, Paul McCartney puckishly rush releases a version of the nursery rhyme "Mary Had A Little Lamb" as the followup. In the US, where no one is in on the joke, it actually makes it to #28. 1973: The Byrds officially disband for good (or so it seems) when founder and leader Roger McGuinn performs his first solo concert at New York's Academy of Music. 1975: The Osmonds' appearance at Wembley Pool in London sets off a riot amongst fans. 1977: Elvis leaves his show in Baltimore, MD for a full half-hour, angering and bewildering fans. 1983: KISS play their last concert in their traditional makeup (although, reformed with all original members, they would return to the painted faces in 1996). 1987: Michael Jackson's reputed offer of $50,000 for the bones of John Merrick, the infamous "Elephant Man," is first made public. 1988: Bob Dylan duets with Band drummer Levon Helm on the group's "The Weight" at a Helm show in New York. The duo also perform Chuck Berry's "Nadine." 1989: Elvis Presley's first grandchild, Danielle Riley Keough, is born to Lisa Marie Presley. 1992: After the recent AIDS-related death of lead singer Freddie Mercury, the Queen song "We Are The Champions" is banned from the graduation ceremony at Sacred Heart private school in Clifton, NJ. 1999: Photographers taking shots of old cars wrecked at the bottom of Malibu's Decker Canyon discover the body of Iron Butterfly bassist Philip Kramer, who had gone missing on February 12, 1995. His death is ruled a suicide. Releases 1973: Mike Oldfield, Tubular Bells Recording 1942: Bing Crosby, "White Christmas"1958: Little Anthony and the Imperials, "Tears On My Pillow" Charts 1961: Ricky Nelson's "Travelin' Man" hits #11963: Del Shannon's "From Me To You" enters the charts1965: The Beach Boys' "Help Me, Rhonda" hits #11971: The Five Man Electrical Band's "Signs" enters the charts1971: The Rolling Stones' "Brown Sugar" hits #11976: Diana Ross' "Love Hangover" hits #1 Certifications 1972: The Osmonds' LP Phase III is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted May 28, 2012 Author Share Posted May 28, 2012 On May 29th in music history: Births 1903: Bob Hope1936: Sylvia Vanderpool (Mickey and Sylvia)1941: Roy Crewsdon (Freddie and the Dreamers)1942: Sir Monti Rock III (Disco Tex and his Sex-O-Lettes)1945: Gary Brooker (Procol Harum)1950: Joey Levine (Ohio Express, Reunion)1955: Mike Porcaro (Toto) Deaths 1977: Goddard Lieberson1989: John Cipollina (Quicksilver Messenger Service)1996: Jimmy Rowles2005: Oscar Brown Jr. Events 1959: Herndon Stadium in Atlanta holds one of the first outdoor rock concerts, featuring Ray Charles, Jimmy Reed, and B.B. King. Nine thousand people attend. 1971: Three dozen audiences members attending today's Grateful Dead show at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom are treated for hallucinations after drinking apple juice purposefully spiked with LSD (some say by the band themselves). 1972: After seeing his protest song "Give Ireland Back To The Irish" banned by the BBC for its content, Paul McCartney puckishly rush releases a version of the nursery rhyme "Mary Had A Little Lamb" as the followup. In the US, where no one is in on the joke, it actually makes it to #28. 1973: The Byrds officially disband for good (or so it seems) when founder and leader Roger McGuinn performs his first solo concert at New York's Academy of Music. 1975: The Osmonds' appearance at Wembley Pool in London sets off a riot amongst fans. 1977: Elvis leaves his show in Baltimore, MD for a full half-hour, angering and bewildering fans. 1983: KISS play their last concert in their traditional makeup (although, reformed with all original members, they would return to the painted faces in 1996). 1987: Michael Jackson's reputed offer of $50,000 for the bones of John Merrick, the infamous "Elephant Man," is first made public. 1988: Bob Dylan duets with Band drummer Levon Helm on the group's "The Weight" at a Helm show in New York. The duo also perform Chuck Berry's "Nadine." 1989: Elvis Presley's first grandchild, Danielle Riley Keough, is born to Lisa Marie Presley. 1992: After the recent AIDS-related death of lead singer Freddie Mercury, the Queen song "We Are The Champions" is banned from the graduation ceremony at Sacred Heart private school in Clifton, NJ. 1999: Photographers taking shots of old cars wrecked at the bottom of Malibu's Decker Canyon discover the body of Iron Butterfly bassist Philip Kramer, who had gone missing on February 12, 1995. His death is ruled a suicide. Releases 1973: Mike Oldfield, Tubular Bells Recording 1942: Bing Crosby, "White Christmas"1958: Little Anthony and the Imperials, "Tears On My Pillow" Charts 1961: Ricky Nelson's "Travelin' Man" hits #11963: Del Shannon's "From Me To You" enters the charts1965: The Beach Boys' "Help Me, Rhonda" hits #11971: The Five Man Electrical Band's "Signs" enters the charts1971: The Rolling Stones' "Brown Sugar" hits #11976: Diana Ross' "Love Hangover" hits #1 Certifications 1972: The Osmonds' LP Phase III is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted May 29, 2012 Author Share Posted May 29, 2012 On May 30th in music history: Births 1909: Benny Goodman1944: Lenny Davidson (Dave Clark Five) Deaths 1972: John Ryanes (The Monotones)1980: Carl Radle (Derek and the Dominoes)1993: Sun Ra2003: Mickie Most Events 1966: University of New Brunswick student Anne Murray catches her first big break when the producers of the CBC-TV variety show Singalong Jubilee, for whom she'd auditioned two years earlier, offer her a weekly contract on the program. Dolly Parton marries her first and only husband, Carl Dean, in Ringgold, GA. 1969: The Beatles' latest single, John Lennon's autobiographical "The Ballad Of John And Yoko," is immediately banned at many radio stations in America due to its supposedly blasphemous lines "Christ, you know it ain't easy / You know how hard it can be / The way things are going / They're gonna crucify me." Some DJs create homemade versions of the song with the word "Christ" reversed, so as to defuse the controversy. 1972: Roxy Music make their stage debut at The Great Western Express Festival in Lincolnshire, England. 1978: Led Zeppelin begin recording what would be their final studio album, In Through The Out Door. 1992: Paul Simon marries his third wife, singer-songwriter Edie Brickell, in New York, raising some eyebrows due to the couple's 25-year age difference. 2002: On the eve of her latest tour, Diana Ross voluntarily enters rehab in Malibu in order to "clear up some personal issues." 2009: Six audience members are stabbed during gang violence at a War concert in Mountain View, CA. Little Richard, Chuck Berry, and B.B. King gather for a benefit concert to raise money for New Orleans public schools struggling to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina. Though too ill to perform, Katrina survivor Fats Domino attends as a special guest. Releases 1966: The Beatles, "Paperback Writer" b/w "Rain" Recording 1968: The Beatles, "Revolution 1" Charts 1964: The Beatles' "Love Me Do" hits #11970: Ray Stevens' "Everything Is Beautiful" hits #1 Certifications 1975: Alice Cooper's LP Welcome To My Nightmare is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted May 31, 2012 Author Share Posted May 31, 2012 On May 31st in music history: Births 1935: Herb Alpert1938: Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul and Mary)1938: Johnny Paycheck1940: Augie Meyers (Sir Douglas Quintet)1944: Mick Ralphs (Mott The Hoople, Bad Company)1947: Junior Campbell (Marmalade)1948: John Bonham (Led Zeppelin)1952: Karl Bartos (Kraftwerk)1954: Vicki Sue Robinson Deaths 1996: Elsbeary Hobbs (The Drifters)2000: Tito Puente2000: Johnnie Taylor Events 1956: Elvis Presley is the featured guest on Roy Orbison and the Teen Kings' weekly KOSA-TV show in Odessa, TX. A still-struggling Buddy Holly catches a showing of John Wayne's new movie, The Searchers, at the State Theatre in Lubbock, TX. At two points, the star sarcastically replies "that'll be the day" to another character, giving Buddy the impetus to write his first hit song. 1958: Guitarist Dick Dale performs his new song, "Let's Go Trippin'," at Balboa, California's Rendezvous Ballroom, a moment generally considered the birth of the surf music genre. 1961: Chuck Berry opens Berry Park in Wentzville, Missouri, with a public area featuring a petting zoo, picnic area, miniature golf, Ferris wheel, and swimming pool. 1964: The Dave Clark Five make their first appearance on CBS-TV's Ed Sullivan Show, performing "Glad All Over." Ed likes the clean-cut boys so much he has them on 18 more times over the course of the show's life, more than any other rock band. 1966: Lulu's first movie, To Sir With Love, begins filming in London. Filming begins on "The Monkees (Here Come The Monkees)," the first filmed episode of the television series The Monkees (though not the first shown). 1967: Big Brother and the Holding Company film a scene in the Richard Lester movie Petulia. 1968: During his vocal overdub on the Beatles song "Revolution 1," John Lennon begins to shout and scream "all right" and other wordless nonsense vocalizations over the long six-minute jam of the original recording, joined by Yoko Ono (attending her first Beatles session). The screaming and conversation between he and Yoko would become an integral part of the eventual track "Revolution 9." 1969: The Supremes host tonight's episode of ABC-TV's Hollywood Palace, also featuring The Jackson 5 and Sammy Davis Jr. 1973: Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham celebrates his 25th birthday with a Robert Plant-led audience singalong of "Happy Birthday" at the band's show in Los Angeles, then by carousing with friend George Harrison afterward. Harrison playfully throws the birthday cake at Bonham, who tosses George into the hotel pool. 1976: The Who secures its place as the World's Loudest Rock Band with a 120-decibel, 76,000-watt blast of a performance at Charlton Athletic Grounds in London. The record would stand for nearly a decade. 1977: The as-yet-unpublished tell-all book from Elvis Presley's bodyguards Sonny and Red West, entitled Elvis: What Happened? begins to leak out a chapter at a time to newspapers in England and Australia. 2005: Strawberry Field (no s), the Liverpool orphanage which inspired the Beatles' famous song, is closed by the Salvation Army after almost seventy years. 2007: Rob Grill, lead singer of the Grass Roots, is arrested for illegal possession of prescription painkillers at his home in Mount Dora, FL. Releases 1969: Stevie Wonder, "My Cherie Amour"1975: The Eagles, "One Of These Nights" Recording 1967: The Beatles, "It's All Too Much"1968: The Beatles, "Revolution 1"1969: The Rolling Stones, "Honky Tonk Women"1971: Badfinger, "Day After Day" Charts 1975: Freddy Fender's "Before The Next Teardrop Falls" hits #1 Certifications 1974: Gordon Lightfoot's LP Sundown is certified gold1974: William DeVaughn's "Be Thankful For What You Got" is certified gold1979: Supertramp's Breakfast In America is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rick Posted May 31, 2012 Author Share Posted May 31, 2012 On June 1st in music history: Births 1915: Johnny Bond1921: Nelson Riddle1934: Pat Boone1945: Jim McCarty (Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels, Cactus, Buddy Miles)1945: Linda Scott1947: Ron Wood (The Faces, The Rolling Stones)1950: Graham Russell (Air Supply) Deaths 1984: Nate Nelson (The Flamingos)1991: David Ruffin (The Temptations)1996: Alan Blakely (The Tremeloes) Events 1956: Doris Day signs a major five-year, million-dollar recording contract with Columbia. 1957: NBC-TV chooses Ricky Nelson as one of Five Stars For Springtime on its variety special of the same name, along with Patti Page, Nat King Cole, Gordon MacRae, and Andy Williams. 1959: BBC-TV's long-running Juke Box Jury series debuts, a panel show where guest stars review and rate the latest record releases. Johnny Mathis' Johnny's Greatest Hits, the album with the longest chart stay of the era, celebrates its first full year on the charts. 1961: Experimental FM stereo is heard for the first time in the New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Schenectady, NY markets. 1964: Having just graduated high school the day before, a young singer named Dolly Parton heads to Nashville to be discovered. The Rolling Stones visit the US for the first time, arriving at New York's Kennedy Airport in order to kick off their first American tour, an event which would inspire their song "Flight 505." 1965: Art Garfunkel graduates with a Master's in mathematics from New York's Columbia University.1967: Fairport Convention makes their stage debut with a performance at St. Michael's Hall in the Golders Green section of London. Though it was actually rush-released four days earlier, the Beatles hold a press conference and party to celebrate the official release of their new album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. 1971: The two-room shack in Tupelo, MS that served as a birthplace and early home for Elvis Presley is opened to the public. CBS-TV airs what would be the last Ed Sullivan Show, featuring guest performer Gladys Knight. The show would be canceled the next day, having run an astonishing 23 years. 1972: At Abbey Road Studios in London, Pink Floyd begin recording their landmark album Dark Side Of The Moon. 1973: Soft Machine drummer Robert Wyatt is left a paraplegic after falling four stories from his apartment window. 1975: On his 28th birthday, Ron Wood makes his stage debut with the Rolling Stones as the band kicks off its latest US tour at LSU in Baton Rouge, LA. 1992: Natalie Cole announces her separation from her husband, producer Andre Fischer. Rod Stewart is the proud parent of his fifth child, daughter Renee, by his second wife, model Rachel Hunter. 1997: Kenny Rogers marries his fifth wife, assistant Wanda Miller, at his home in Athens, GA. 1999: Northeastern University dropout Shawn Fanning, 18, invents a file-sharing program he calls Napster. Releases 1966: The Rolling Stones, Aftermath1971: Joni Mitchell, Blue1973: Paul Simon, There Goes Rhymin' Simon1973: Paul McCartney and Wings, "Live And Let Die"1975: Willie Nelson, Red Headed Stranger1977: KISS, Love Gun Recording 1957: Sam Cooke, "You Send Me"1964: The Beatles: "Matchbox," "I'll Cry Instead," "Slow Down," "I'll Be Back"1966: The Beatles, "Yellow Submarine"1970: Bob Dylan: "Ballad Of Ira Hayes," "Sara Jane" Charts 1959: Johnny Horton's "The Battle Of New Orleans" hits #11963: Lesley Gore's "It's My Party" hits #11968: Simon and Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson" hits #11968: Merrilee Rush's "Angel Of The Morning" enters the charts Happy 65th Birthday Ronnie Wood!! [^] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted June 2, 2012 Author Share Posted June 2, 2012 On June 2nd in music history: Births 1932: Sammy Turner1934: Johnny Carter (The Flamingos)1936: Otis Williams (The Charms)1937: Jimmy Jones1938: Lawrence Payton (The Four Tops)1939: Charles Miller (War)1941: Charlie Watts (The Rolling Stones)1941: William Guest (Gladys Knight and the Pips)1944: Marvin Hamlisch1949: Anthony Jones (Humble Pie)1950: Chubby Tavares (Tavares) Deaths 1998: Helen Carter (The Carter Family)1999: Junior Braithwaite (Bob Marley and the Wailers)2002: Boyd Bennett2008: Bo Diddley Events 1953: Elvis Presley graduates from Humes High School in Memphis. 1958: Massively influential DJ Alan Freed joins the staff of New York's WABC, where he gets his own weeknight spot. After wandering the US for a year, 17-year-old Barry Sadler, later of "Ballad of the Green Berets" fame, joins the Air Force. (He wouldn't become an Army Green Beret for a few years.) 1962: "Twist Baby," by Owen Gray, becomes the first 45 issued on the new Island Records label. 1964: The Rolling Stones play their first US gig at a high school in Lynn, MA; that same day, they make their American TV debut on WABC's Les Crane Show in New York. Gerry and the Pacemakers begin filming their film debut, Ferry Cross The Mersey, also starring Cilla Black. 1972: For the first time since 1960, Dion reunites with his old group, the Belmonts, for an oldies revival show at Madison Square Garden. 1973: Electric Light Orchestra begins their first US tour in San Diego. 1976: Paul McCartney and Wings set a new indoor stadium attendance record of 67,100 at the Seattle Kingdome. 1988: James Brown's wife Adrienne attempts to claim diplomatic immunity on charges of drugged driving, speeding and criminal trespass, invoking her status as the wife of the "Ambassador of Soul." Seriously. Ex-Temptation David Ruffin is sentenced to two years probation in Detroit for a cocaine possession rap the previous year. 1989: Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman, 52, marries model Mandy Smith, 19, in a secret ceremony. They would divorce two years later. 2002: Jimmy Buffett catches an unexpected gust of wind and crashes his plane into a sign while landing at Palm Beach International Airport in Florida. Unfortunately, he is not injured. <<< I sure hope the "unfortunately" was a typo from my source of info... [] 2003: After a public outcry (and legal protests from Yoko Ono), Paul McCartney agrees to drop his mission to have certain Beatles songwriting credits reversed to read "McCartney-Lennon." 2009: Cher sues Universal Music Group on behalf of herself and her late partner Sonny Bono, claiming the label owes them five million in unpaid royalties. Releases 1956: Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps, "Be-Bop-A-Lula"1965: James Brown, "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag"1967: The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band1967: David Bowie, David Bowie Recording 1964: The Beatles: "Any Time At All," "When I Get Home," "Things We Said Today"1966: The Beatles, "I Want To Tell You"1967: The Beatles, "It's All Too Much"1970: George Harrison, "Isn't It A Pity"1970: Bob Dylan: "Mary Anne," "Mr. Bojangles" Charts 1962: Ray Charles' "I Can't Stop Loving You" hits #11973: Paul McCartney and Wings' "My Love" hits #11973: Paul McCartney and Wings' Red Rose Speedway hits #11979: Donna Summer's "Hot Stuff" hits #1 Certifications 1964: The original Broadway cast album of Hello Dolly! is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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