Rick Posted August 29, 2012 Author Share Posted August 29, 2012 August 29th in music history: Births 1920: Charlie "Bird" Parker1924: Dinah Washington1942: Sterling Morrison (The Velvet Underground)1943: Dick Halligan (Blood, Sweat and Tears)1945: Chris Copping (Procol Harum)1953: Rick Downey (Blue Oyster Cult)1958: Michael Jackson Deaths 1976: Jimmy Reed1998: Charlie Feathers2006: "Jumpin'" Gene Simmons Events 1958: The first of Alan Freed's Big Beat revues is held at Brooklyn, New York's Fox Theatre, featuring Chuck Berry, Billy Haley and his Comets, Frankie Avalon, The Elegants, Bobby Freeman, and Jimmy Clanton. 1959: When the Les Stewart Quartet breaks up just before its opening-night gig at the new Liverpool hotspot the Casbah, Quartet guitarist George Harrison recommends local skiffle group the Quarrymen, on the verge of breaking up and down to two members: John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Harrison joins the group, which still has no drummer, that night. 1962: Elvis' tenth movie, Kid Galahad, opens in US theaters, featuring the King as an amateur boxer. Charles Bronson also stars. 1964: In a clear case of rock and roll being saved by the British Invasion, Billboard magazine notes that guitar sales are the highest they've been since the advent of Elvis Presley. 1966: The last episode of ABC-TV's musical variety show Hullabaloo airs, featuring guest stars Lesley Gore, Paul Anka, Peter and Gordon, and The Cyrkle. The Beatles play the last live gig for a paying audience, winding up their last world tour at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. The show, which ends with a cover of Little Richard's "Long Tall Sally," is filmed by Beatles press officer Tony Barrow. Afterwardsm George Harrison is heard half-joking, "Well, that's it. I'm not a Beatle anymore." 1969: Bob Seger divorces his first wife after only ten months of marriage. 1977: Three men are arrested in Memphis after attempting to steal Elvis Presley's recently-deceased body from a Memphis mausoleum, causing the Presley family to move his body to its present location in the "meditation garden" at Graceland. 1986: The American Bandstand studio located at 4548 Market Street in Philadelphia, PA is entered into the US National Register of Historic Places. 1990: Elton John enters rehab in Chicago to combat his bulimia and his various drug and alcohol addictions. 1995: The US Internal Revenue Service places a lien on Aretha Franklin's home for $600,000 in back taxes. 1999: HBO premieres Cher: Live In Concert From Las Vegas. 2005: Fats Domino, now 77, is rescued from his Ninth Ward home in New Orleans after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Releases 1964: Roy Orbison, "Oh, Pretty Woman"1970: The Kinks, "Lola" Recording 1946: Ella Fitzgerald, "It's A Pity To Say Goodnight"1966: The Youngbloods, "Get Together"1968: The Beatles, "Dear Prudence" Charts 1970: Edwin Starr's "War" hits #1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted August 29, 2012 Author Share Posted August 29, 2012 On August 30th in music history: Births 1919: Kitty Wells1939: John Peel1935: "Papa" John Phillips (The Mamas and the Papas)1941: John McNally (The Searchers)1944: Charles Colbert (The American Breed)1950: Micky Moody (Juicy Lucy, Whitesnake)1951: Dana1952: Kenny Andrews (The Darts)1954: Ronald Beitle (Wild Cherry) Deaths 1988: "Papa Dee" Allen (War)1995: Sterling Morrison (The Velvet Underground) Events 1959: Brill Building songwriter Carole King, already two months pregnant, marries her writing partner Gerry Goffin in New York City. The marriage lasts nine years. 1963: Jerry Lee Lewis welcomes his second child with wife (and cousin) Myra Gale Brown, a daughter named Phoebe, who would later become the Killer's manager. The Beatles are filmed for a English documentary on the "Mersey Beat" scene; some of this footage ends up being broadcast on NBC-TV's Jack Parr Show, which represents America's first broadcast of the group performing. ABC-TV's American Bandstand airs its final weekday show, becoming a weekly, rather than daily, show and moving to Saturdays for the rest of its run. 1965: The Beatles perform at their second Hollywood Bowl show of 1965, seven songs of which will make it to the eventual Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl LP released in 1977. 1969: The second annual Isle of Wight Festival takes place in England just two weeks after the triumphant Woodstock concert, featuring Bob Dylan, The Who, The Band, Joe Cocker, Free, Richie Havens, The Moody Blues, The Nice, Tom Paxton, Pentangle and The Pretty Things. 1972: The "One on One" benefit concert for mentally disabled children, instituted by John Lennon and Yoko Ono at the behest of friend Geraldo Rivera, takes place in New York City's Madison Square Garden, featuring performances by Stevie Wonder, Roberta Flack, Sha Na Na, and the duo themselves, who played many of their new "protest" songs at the event (later issued on the LP Live In New York City). The show raises somewhere in the neighborhood of a quarter million dollars for Willowbrook Handicapped Children's Home. 1973: After two years and two unsuccessful albums without deceased former frontman Jim Morrison, the Doors officially break up. 1975: Free's guitarist, Paul Kossoff, goes into a drug-induced coma and is legally dead for over 35 minutes, supposedly revived only after stirring at the morgue. 1988: Brenda Lee sues MCA for back royalties totaling over $20 million, but the suit is eventually settled out of court for an unknown amount. After tabloids publish photos of Bruce Springsteen, already married to actress Julianne Phillips, frolicking with back up singer Patti Scialfa, Phillips for divorce. (Springsteen married Scialfa two years later.) 1989: Billy Joel fires Frank Weber as his manager after discovering an alleged $90 million Weber had embezzled from his savings. Weber was the brother of Joel's ex-wife and former business manager Elizabeth Weber Small. 1990: Canadian-born singer Paul Anka finally becomes a US citizen in Las Vegas, but finds his car has been towed away during the naturalization service. 1991: Jan Berry of Jan and Dean marries his second wife, Gertie Filip, onstage during a concert at Las Vegas' Stardust Hotel. In a rush to make her performance at the Grand Ole Opry, country legend Dottie West is critically injured in a car crash near the Opry itself and dies five days later. 1993: Billy Joel appears as the first musical guest on David Letterman's new talk show, CBS-TV's Late Show With David Letterman. 1995: James Taylor and ex-wife Carly Simon reunite onstage for the first time in 16 years for a benefit concert in Martha's Vineyard, MA. Recording 1961: Gene Chandler, "Duke Of Earl"1968: The Beatles, "Dear Prudence" Charts 1959: Bobby Darin's "Mack the Knife" enters the charts1975: Orleans' "Dance With Me" enters the charts1975: KC and the Sunshine Band's "Get Down Tonight" hits #1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted August 31, 2012 Author Share Posted August 31, 2012 On August 31st in music history: Births 1918: Alan Jay Lerner1938: Jerry Allison (The Crickets)1945: Van Morrison1960: Tony DeFranco (The DeFranco Family) Deaths 2004: Joe Barry2004: Carl Wayne (The Move) Events 1955: London resident Sidney Turner is brought before the court and fined three pounds for attempting to drive his neighbors "mad" (his words) by playing Bill Haley's version of "Shake Rattle And Roll" all night long. 1956: Rock and roll's dominance of the UK is complete: for the first time, all of the Top Ten singles are those of American artists (although not quite all are rock). 1957: Elvis Presley makes his last concert appearance ever outside the US, performing at Canada Empire Stadium in Vancouver for a crowd of 26,000. 1958: Ricky Nelson takes the stage for the first time as a solo rock star, performing at Atlantic City's famous Steel Pier for two dates and selling a record 44,000 tickets. 1961: Bob Wooler's piece about the Beatles in today's edition of Mersey Beat is the first ink given to the still-unknown group. 1968: The Beatles' new single, "Hey Jude," debuts at #10, a record for Billboard at the time. 1969: After spending three years supposedly recuperating from a motorcycle accident that happily derailed his stardom, Bob Dylan reappears on stage for the first time since 1966, playing the Isle of Wight festival in England with backing by a group known simply as The Band. 1974: The final episode of The Partridge Family airs on ABC-TV. During his deportation battle, John Lennon testifies in court that President Nixon had started the proceedings in order to silence the ex-Beatle for his anti-Vietnam War stance. 1976: Though no one ever claims George Harrison stole the song intentionally, the ex-Beatle is nonetheless found guilty of "subconsciously" lifting several key melodic elements from the Chiffons' 1963 smash "He's So Fine" for his 1970 smash "My Sweet Lord." Harrison, who always maintained he was really trying to write something like the Edwin Hawkins Singers' hit "Oh Happy Day," would appeal for five years but eventually be ordered to pay the publisher $587,000. The Chiffons, who never saw royalties from their original hit, head back into the studio to cut a version of... "My Sweet Lord." 1980: In Beverly Hills, Karen Carpenter marries her first and only husband, real estate developer Thomas Burris. 2009: Patti Labelle is ordered by the IRS to pay $330,000 in back taxes. Releases 1968: The Rolling Stones, "Street Fighting Man"1974: The Rolling Stones, Goat's Head Soup Recording 1939: Frank Sinatra, "All Or Nothing At All" Charts 1963: The Angels' "My Boyfriend's Back" hits #11963: The Ronettes' "Be My Baby" enters the charts1968: Cream's LP Fresh Cream enters the charts Certifications 1973: Paul McCartney and Wings' "Live And Let Die" is certified gold Happy 67th birthday to Van Morrison!! [^] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted September 2, 2012 Author Share Posted September 2, 2012 On September 1st in music history: Births 1927: Tommy Evans (The Drifters)1931: Boxcar Willie1933: Conway Twitty1940: Dave White (Danny and the Juniors)1941: Roy Head1941: Diane Ray1944: Archie Bell (Archie Bell and the Drells)1946: Barry Gibb (The Bee Gees)1946: Greg Errico (Sly and the Family Stone)1949: Russ Field (Showaddywaddy)1950: Peter Hewson (Chicory Tip) Deaths 2005: Barry Cowsill (The Cowsills)2008: Jerry Reed Events 1887: Emile Berliner files the first patent for the gramophone, beating Thomas Edison to the punch. 1952: Ray Charles signs to Atlantic after leaving Swingtime Records; the label will take him in a harder R&B direction than the crooner-style pop and West Coast Blues he had been recording. 1953: Buddy and Bob, a country duo from Lubbock, TX, audition at local radio station KDAV, earning themselves a weekly Sunday afternoon show and officially kicking off the career of rock legend Buddy Holly. 1955: Legendary DJ Alan Freed holds his "First Anniversary Rock 'n Roll Party" at Brooklyn's Paramount Theater, featuring Chuck Berry, and for some reason, Tony Bennett. 1956: Jerry Lee Lewis, then all of nineteen years old, travels to Memphis to audition for Sam Phillips at Sun Records. However, Phillips is vacationing in Florida, so Jerry Lee records a few songs for him to hear when he returns. 1957: A young Jimi Hendrix catches Elvis Presley's performance at Seattle's Sicks Stadium. 1965: James Brown introduces America to "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag," his latest single, on tonight's episode of ABC-TV's Shindig! 1967: A young guitarist named Boz Scaggs joins the blues band led by his childhood friend, Steve Miller. The Beatles meet at Paul McCartney's home in St. John's Wood, London, to decide what course to follow after the recent death of their only manager, Brian Epstein. They postpone their trip to India to study under the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, but also agree to finally begin filming their next movie, Magical Mystery Tour, while managing their own business affairs. 1971: After their successful summer-replacement series, Sonny and Cher begin their fall TV variety series on CBS-TV. 1976: West Coast musical impresario Lou Adler and his right-hand man, Neil Silver, are kidnapped in Los Angeles by a couple who ransom them for $25,000. The couple are caught within the week, but an accomplice flees and is never caught. 2000: The last remaining original member of the Platters, Herb Reed, is awarded a court injunction against a group using the same name but containing no actual original members. 2006: While still fighting his first murder trial for the death of actress Lana Clarkson, Phil Spector marries his fourth wife, Rachelle. Ronald Isley of the Isley Brothers is sentenced to 37 months in jail for federal income tax evasion. He is scheduled for release in April 2010. Recording 1956: Elvis Presley, "Playing For Keeps," "Love Me," "How Do You Think I Feel?," "How's The World Treating You?"1961: The Marcels, "Heartaches" Charts 1962: Tommy Roe's "Sheila" hits #1 Certifications 1972: The O'Jays' "Back Stabbers" is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted September 2, 2012 Author Share Posted September 2, 2012 On September 2nd in music history: Births 1925: Hugo Montenegro1925: Russ Conway1939: Sam Gooden (The Impressions)1939: Bobby Purify (James and Bobby Purify)1940: Jimmy Clanton1943: Joe Simon1943: Rosalind Ashford (Martha and the Vandellas)1946: Marty Grebb (The Buckinghams)1951: Mik Kaminski (Electric Light Orchestra)1957: Steve Porcaro (Toto) Deaths 2004: Tyrone Davis Events 1931: CBS radio makes Bing Crosby a star overnight when it debuts his new show, accurately titled 15 Minutes With Bing Crosby. 1964: The Beatles are shocked to find their audience at Philadelphia's Convention Hall is completely white, management's response to the race riots the city had suffered days earlier. 1965: Mick Jagger and Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham appear on ITV's Ready Steady Go! to perform a mock-duet on Sonny and Cher's hit "I Got You Babe." 1970: An unknown art-rock band named Genesis runs an ad in Britain's Melody Maker magazine looking for a drummer, an audition 19-year-old Phil Collins will pass by mentioning that he played percussion on George Harrison's All Things Must Pass. 1971: The Rolling Stones sue former manager Andrew Loog Oldham for back royalties; on the same day, the Grateful Dead have their former manager, Lenny Hart, arrested for embezzling $70,000 from the group's coffers. 1975: Sixty people are arrested when over 500 attempt to crash the Great American Music Fair in Syracuse, NY, in order to see Jefferson Starship and the Doobie Brothers for free. 1978: Teddy Pendergrass promotes his latest album, Life Is A Song Worth Singing, by staging a "Ladies Only" concert at Avery Fisher Hall in New York. The crowd, which is indeed restricted to females, receives white chocolate lollipops shaped like teddy bears; the gimmick is so successful Pendergrass repeats it often during his solo career. 1980: Karen Carpenter marries her first husband, Thomas Burris, a California real-estate developer, in the Crystal Room of the Beverly Hills Hotel. 1987: Sonny Bono announces his intention to run for mayor of Palm Springs, CA, after running into endless red tape after trying to open a restaurant there. 1995: After nearly a decade of inducting musicians, the actual physical Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (and museum) opens in Cleveland, OH. Performing at the opening ceremony are Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Little Richard, Al Green, The Allman Brothers, Booker T. and the MGs, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, The Pretenders, John Fogerty, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, George Clinton, The Kinks, John Mellencamp, Bruce Springsteen, Eric Burdon, and Boz Scaggs. Releases 1971: Grateful Dead, Grateful Dead Recording 1927: Sophie Tucker, "Some Of These Days"1956: Elvis Presley, "When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again," "Long Tall Sally," "Old Shep," "Paralyzed," "Too Much," "Anyplace Is Paradise"1964: The Rolling Stones, "Little Red Rooster" Certifications 1965: The Beatles' "Help!" is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted September 3, 2012 Author Share Posted September 3, 2012 On September 3rd in music history: Births 1925: Hank Thompson1933: Tompall Glaser (The Glaser Brothers)1934: Freddie King1942: Al Jardine (The Beach Boys)1944: Gary Leeds (The Walker Brothers)1945: Mike Harrison (Spooky Tooth)1947: Eric Bell (Thin Lizzy)1948: Don Brewer (Grand Funk Railroad)1952: Leroy Smith (Sweet Sensation) Deaths 1970: Alan Wilson (Canned Heat)1994: Major Lance2004: Billy Davis2007: Janis Martin Events 1963: Three years after its inception, Frank Sinatra's Reprise Records is bought by Warner Brothers. 1965: Yet another riot during a Rolling Stones concert as 30 fans rush the stage during their performance in Dublin, Ireland, knocking lead singer Mick Jagger to the floor and forcing the band to flee. 1966: After 14 years on TV (and ten years on radio before that), the last episode of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, which made Ricky Nelson a household name, airs on ABC. 1967: A young Swedish singer named Anni-Frid Lyngstad wins a talent-show contest on the TV program Hyland's Corner with her group the Anni-Frid Four. She would later become famous as one of the two female lead singers of ABBA. 1968: Sly and the Family Stone's career gets another boost when the band wins the final round on NBC-TV's summer talent competition Showcase '68. Having quit the band in disgust a few weeks earlier due to endless band infighting during the "White Album" sessions, Ringo returns to Abbey Road Studios to find his drum kit covered in flowers. 1969: The 30th Elvis Presley movie, the '20s period piece The Trouble With Girls (And How To Get Into It), is released. 1970: The Dave Clark Band call it quits after ten years. An affair with Mick Jagger is cited in Marianne Faithfull's divorce proceedings from art dealer John Dunbar. The Crazy World of Arthur Brown suffers a setback when Brown is arrested after a performance at the Palermo Pop Festival in Italy for completely disrobing on stage. He spends four days in solitary confinement, during which he receives a petition signed by 200 locals advising him to leave the country immediately. The very first "bootleg" recording, a collection of Bob Dylan outtakes entitled Great White Wonder, reaches its peak sales figure of 350,000 copies. 1971: Paul McCartney decides to name his new band "Wings." 1991: Ike Turner is released from his four-year stint in the California Men's Colony state prison in San Luis Obispo after serving 18 months. 2002: The Ronettes sue ex-producer Phil Spector for $3 million in unpaid royalties from movie, TV, and commercial usage of their big early-Sixties hits. 2004: After 46 years with EMI, Cliff Richard shocks the music world by moving to Universal Records. Recording 1940: Artie Shaw, "Summit Ridge Drive"1956: Elvis Presley, "Ready Teddy," "First In Line," "Rip It Up"1959: Bobby Darin, "Clementine"1965: Lou Christie, "Lightnin' Strikes" Charts 1955: Mitch Miller's "The Yellow Rose Of Texas" hits #11955: The Four Lads' "Moments To Remember" enters the charts1966: The Four Tops' "Reach Out I'll Be There" enters the charts1966: ? and the Mysterians' "96 Tears" enters the charts1966: Donovan's "Sunshine Superman" hits #1 Certifications 1968: The Beatles' "Hey Jude" is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted September 3, 2012 Author Share Posted September 3, 2012 On September 4th in music history: Births 1942: Gene Parsons (The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers)1942: Bubba Knight (Gladys Knight and the Pips1946: Ronald LePread (The Commodores)1946: Gary Duncan (Quicksilver Messenger Service)1946: Greg Elmore (Quicksilver Messenger Service)1951: Martin Chambers (Pretenders) Deaths 1991: Dottie West Events 1952: At the birthday party for her cousin Bubba, eight-year-old gospel vocalist Gladys Knight forms a secular singing group The Pips, including Bubba and (eventually) two other cousins. They name themselves the Pips after their cousin (and manager) James Woods, who was nicknamed Pip. 1957: Baltimore's local dance program The Buddy Deane Show, premieres on WJZ-TV, becoming a regional institution and a major inspiration behind Baltimore native John Waters' film Hairspray. 1959: Dick Clark's first package tour opens at the Michigan State Fair, featuring The Coasters, LaVern Baker, Duane Eddy, Jan and Dean, Frankie Avalon, and Annette Funicello. After 17-year-old gang member Salvador Agron fatally stabs two teens in New York, station WCBS bans the Bobby Darin hit "Mack the Knife." 1962: The Beatles enter EMI's Abbey Road studios for their first formal recording session, rehearsing "Love Me Do" and "Please Please Me." Producer George Martin likes the former, but also insists the band record a song by Mitch Murray, "How Do You Do It." Unhappy with the song, which they feel inferior to their own, the Beatles tape it anyway; Martin later relents after the band revamps "Please Please Me," and "How Do You Do It" will become a #1 hit for Gerry and the Pacemakers -- but only after "Please Please Me" takes the top spot. It's then knocked off the #1 spot by another Lennon-McCartney original, "From Me To You." 1964: The Animals make their US stsge debut at Brooklyn's Paramount Theatre. 1965: While buying a guard dog for protection at England's Battersea Dog's Home, the Who's equipment van, parked just outside, is ironically stolen. 1968: The Beatles visit Twickenham Film Studios in London to film videos for "Hey Jude" and "Revolution," the two sides of their latest single. In order to cirsumvent union rules against lip-synching, John and Paul sing over the backing tracks for their respective songs. Anticipating a protest firestorm at the upcoming Democratic National Convention, Chicago bans the new Rolling Stones single, "Street Fighting Man," from its airwaves. The song calls for "fighting in the street" and a "palace revolution." 1969: In a notorious incident, the Youngbloods are canceled from NBC's Tonight Show at the last minute. The band was there to play "Get Together" as a replacement for CSNY, who'd just canceled due to Neil Young abruptly leaving the group. The Youngbloods tell the press they left because the show went back on their promise to let them play two songs. Host Johnny Carson, for his part, famously went on air that night and gave his side of the story: "They complained about the set, the lighting, the sound, the show -- everything. So we wiped their noses, told them they'd been in show business a day and a half, and sent them home." It would be years before the show would book another rock band. 1972: John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear on Jerry Lewis' nationally syndicated institution, the Muscular Dystrophy Telethon. Lennon performs "Imagine" and "Give Peace a Chance." 1986: The Allman Brothers' leader, Gregg Allman, is arrested for drunk driving in Florida, notable mainly because he'd just gotten his license back after a five year suspension for another such incident. 2008: The very first Fender Strat that Jimi Hendrix set on fire while performing is auctioned off at Sotheby's in London for approximately half a million dollars. Michael Jackson's funeral, a relatively small affair, is held at Forest Lawn in Los Angeles, with attendees including Quincy Jones, Berry Gordy, and ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley. The gold-plated coffin is borne by the surviving five Jackson brothers. Releases 1967: Sam and Dave, "Soul Man" 1967: The Rascals, "How Can I Be Sure" 1967: Lulu, "To Sir With Love" 1970: George Harrison, "My Sweet Lord" 1970: The Rolling Stones, Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! 1972: Johnny Nash, "I Can See Clearly Now" Charts 1952: Jo Stafford's, "You Belong To Me" hits #11961: The Highwaymen's "Michael" hits #11961: The Marvellettes' "Please Mr. Postman" enters the charts1961: The Beatles' "Help!" hits #11971: Paul McCartney's "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" hits #11976: The Bee Gees' "You Should Be Dancing" hits #11976: The album Fleetwood Mac hits #1 http://www.luxurylaunches.com/auctions/jimi_hendrixs_first_fire_guitar_auctions_for_almost_495000.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted September 5, 2012 Author Share Posted September 5, 2012 On September 5th in music history: Births 1912: John Cage1936: Willie Woods (Jr. Walker and the All Stars)1938: John Stewart (The Kingston Trio)1945: Al Stewart1946: Dean Ford (Marmalade)1946: Buddy Miles (The Electric Flag, Band Of Gypsys)1946: Freddie Mercury (Queen)1946: Loudon Wainwright III1949: Dave Clempson (Humble Pie) Deaths 1969: Josh White1978: Joe Negroni (Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers)1998: Sonny Knight2002: Peter Tetteroo (The Tee Set) Events 1957: Elvis Presley, flush from his new fame, gives his mother, Gladys, his pink 1955 Cadillac Fleetwood. 1962: The Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein, visits producer George Martin's London office to listen to the acetate of the group's first recording, "Love Me Do." 1968: Tiny Tim sues Bouget Records, his first label, for releasing some of his early recordings without permission. John Lennon takes a plane to Germany to begin filming his first and only major movie role, appearing as "Pvt. Gripweed" in director Richard Lester's latest movie, the WWI satire How I Won the War. While filming, Lennon is quite taken with the "granny glasses" his character uses, and begins to wear them upon returning home, resulting in a major piece of his visual iconography. 1976: During Jerry Lewis' annual Labor Day Telethon on NBC-TV, musical guest Frank Sinatra announces that he's brought a friend along -- and produces Dean Martin, Lewis' former comedy partner, who has not spoken to him since the duo's dissolution twenty years earlier. The tearful crowd erupts in laughter when Lewis greets Martin with, "So, you working?" 1987: After a full three decades on ABC, Dick Clark's American Bandstand is canceled, largely due to MTV's influence on the younger generation. The show will limp along on the USA cable channel and in syndication for another three years, with a different host, before finally throwing in the towel. Releases 1956: Johnny Cash, "I Walk The Line"1964: Manfred Mann, "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" Recording 1956: Elvis Presley: "Poor Boy," "Let Me"1957: Elvis Presley: "Treat Me Nice," "Blue Christmas"1965: The Rolling Stones, "Get Off Of My Cloud"1967: The Beatles, "I Am The Walrus" Charts 1960: Annette Funicello's "Pineapple Princess" enters the charts1964: The Animals' "The House Of The Rising Sun" hits #11970: Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs & Englishmen enters the charts Certifications 1972: Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway's "Where Is The Love" is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted September 6, 2012 Author Share Posted September 6, 2012 On September 6th in music history: Births 1925: Jimmy Reed1940: Jackie Trent1942: Dave Bargerdon (Blood Sweat & Tears)1943: Roger Waters (Pink Floyd)1947: Sylvester1948: Claydes Smith (Kool and the Gang)1954: Banner Thomas (Molly Hatchet) Deaths 1978: Tom Wilson1984: Ernest Tubb1985: Johnny Desmond1990: Tom Fogerty1994: Nicky Hopkins Events 1955: So many Elvis Presley fans crowd into the high school gym in Bono, AR, that the floor collapses under their weight. Fortunately, there are no injuries. 1957: Utilizing the latest technology in plastics, Nestle releases the world's first "flexi-disc" as a free giveaway with its latest candy bar. 1958: Georgia Gibbs capitalizes on the latest fad by singing "The Hula Hoop Song" on CBS' Ed Sullivan Show. 1961: Bob Dylan makes his New York City stage debut, performing at the Gaslight Cafe in Greenwich Village. 1963: Jerry Lee Lewis' contract with Sun expires, and, with the label refusing to release his latest records due to ongoing scandals, Lewis decides to sign with the Smash label, eventually gaining a whole new career as a country artist. 1967: Director D.A. Pennebaker's epochal movie about Bob Dylan, Don't Look Back, widely considered one of the greatest rockumentaries of all time, premieres in New York. 1968: George Harrison's friend Eric Clapton, also his neighbor in the UK county of Esher, gives George a lift to Abbey Road studios. Unhappy with the Beatles' infighting and his own attempts at a guitar solo for his latest song, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," George asks that Eric come into the studio and lay down a track. Clapton at first refuses, correctly noting that "nobody (famous) ever plays on the Beatles records!" but George insists. The invitation has its intended effect: the band members are completely professional and Eric's solo sounds great. But listening to the playback, the ex-Yardbird decides the result isn't "Beatle-y enough," so the solo is run through the Leslie rotating speaker of the Hammond B-3 organ cabinet, an effect the lads had been using at least as far back as "Tomorrow Never Knows." 1969: Declaring "I'm tired, man," James Brown announces after tonight's Memphis gig that his last live performance will be on July 4, 1970. Needless to say, he changes his mind. David Bowie gets his first big break as his psychedelic single "Space Oddity" enters the UK charts. 1970: Jimi Hendrix makes what is to be his last appearance on stage, performing at the Open Air Love and Peace Festival in Fehmarn, Germany. Just twelve days later, Jimi would die from complications of an overdose of sleeping pills. 1988: Elton John famously declares that he will never wear his trademark outrageous costumes again, auctioning off 2,000 pieces of wardrobe at Sotheby's in London. The auction would be memorialized in the title and cover of his next album, Reg Strikes Back. 1989: The NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers actually agree to practice somewhere besides their home, Three Rivers Stadium, after the Rolling Stones take it over in preparation for an upcoming concert. 2000: Michael Jackson is invited to give a speech to the Oxford University debating society,a and does so as a means of promoting his new charity, Heal The Kids. "Tonight I come before you less as an icon of pop," he says, "and more as an icon of a generation, a generation that no longer knows what it means to be children." 2001: Viagra sponsors its first pop music tour -- Earth, Wind and Fire's 30th anniversary jaunt. 2006: Village People lead singer Victor Willis is given three years probation in San Francisco for cocaine possession. Recording 1957: Elvis Presley: "My Wish Came True," "White Christmas," "Here Comes Santa Claus," "Silent Night," "Don't"1967: The Beatles: "I Am the Walrus," "The Fool on the Hill," "Blue Jay Way"1968: The Beatles, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" Charts 1952: Eddie Fisher's "Wish You Were Here" hits #11975: Glen Campbell's "Rhinestone Cowboy" hits #11975: Jefferson Starship's LP Red Octopus hits #1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted September 7, 2012 Author Share Posted September 7, 2012 On September 7th in music history: Births 1920: Al Caiola1921: Arthur Ferrante1929: Sonny Rollins1934: Little Milton1935: Ronnie Dove1936: Buddy Holly1939: Latimore1946: Alfa Anderson (Chic)1949: Gloria Gaynor1951: Morris Albert1957: Margot Chapman (The Starland Vocal Band) Deaths 1978: Keith Moon (The Who)2003: Warren Zevon Events 1958: Riding the crest of the nation's latest youth craze, Georgia Gibbs performs "The Hula-Hoop Song" on tonight's broadcast of CBS-TV's Ed Sullivan Show. 1963: The Rolling Stones' debut UK single, a cover of Chuck Berry's "Come On," stalls at #21. 1966: Roy Orbison begins filming his one and only starring role, in the unlikely Western comedy The Fastest Guitar Alive, with a cameo by Sam "The Sham" Samudio of "Wooly Bully" fame. 1968: Led Zeppelin take the stage for the first time, still under the Yardbirds name, at Denmark's Teen-Clubs Box 45. On the same night, the Doors make their UK stage debut at London's Roundhouse Club. 1969: After a four-year US run, ABC-TV cancels the Beatles' cartoon series. 1973: Having threatened to clear the label's roster of illegal drug abusers, and after hesitating when Eric Burdon of the Animals requests to have his contract terminated for just that reason, Mike Curb leaves his post as president of MGM Records. Infamous adult-movie star Linda Lovelace opens Elton John's show at the Hollywood Bowl by introducing Elton as "the biggest, largest, most gigantic and fantastic man" and "the co-star of my next movie." 1975: The Guess Who hold their final concert in Montreal, though leaders Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman have reunited onstage since then. 1985: Ringo Starr becomes the proud grandfather of Tatia Jayne by his son Zak -- the first Beatle to be so honored. 1986: Completing the Monkees' unlikely comeback, Michael Nesmith finally relents and joins the group for its first full stage reunion in Los Angeles. 1988: SSgt Barry Sadler of "Ballad Of The Green Berets" fame is seriously wounded by a gunshot to the head while riding in a cab in Guatemala. Sadler died 14 months later, still in a coma. Rumors to this day circulate over just who shot him and why: his death has been attributed to suicide, accident, robbery, and political intrigue. 2001: During his 30th Anniversary celebration at Madison Square Garden, Michael Jackson is reunited onstage with the Jackson 5 for the first time since 1984. 2007: Connie Stevens begins shooting her first film as director, a drama entitled Saving Grace B. Jones. Releases 1965: Bob Dylan, "Positively 4th Street" Recording 1940: Artie Shaw, "Temptation"1967: The Beatles, "Blue Jay Way" Charts 1968: The Doors' LP Waiting For The Sun hits #11968: Iron Butterfly's LP In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida enters the charts Certifications 1972: Curtis Mayfield's soundtrack LP Superfly is certified gold1974: Elton John's "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted September 8, 2012 Author Share Posted September 8, 2012 On September 8th in music history: Births 1897: Jimmie Rodgers1928: Earl Nelson (Bob & Earl)1929: Harlan Howard1932: Patsy Cline1942: Sal Spampinato (The Beau Brummels)1942: Brian Cole (The Association)1945: Kelly Groucutt (Electric Light Orchestra)1945: Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (Grateful Dead)1946: Dean Daughtry (Atlanta Rhythm Section)1947: Benjamin Orr (The Cars) Deaths 1997: Derek Taylor Events 1935: A singing group called the Hoboken Four, one of whose members is named Frankie Sinatra, makes their first national appearance, performing on WOR's radio show Major Bowes Amateur Hour. 1956: Eddie Cochran signs his first and only recording contract, a one-year deal with Liberty Records. 1958: According to Billboard, rock impresario Dick Clark now has a deal with ABC-Paramount that allows him to release records of his own. First up is a LP called Dance With Dick Clark, featuring covers of recent hits and credited to "The Bandstanders." 1971: Elvis Presley receives the extremely prestigious Bing Crosby Award, the GRAMNY's forerunner of its Lifetime Achievement Award, making him only the sixth recording artist to be honored for having "made creative contributions of outstanding artistic or scientific significance to the field of phonograph records." 1972: In San Francisco, Neil Young is the proud parent of his first son, Zeke, by actress Carrie Snodgress. Zeke is born with cerebral palsy, which will lead young to later found the Bridge School for children with disabilities. 1977: Jimmy McCulloch, best known for playing lead guitar on Paul McCartney and Wings' Venus and Mars and Wings at the Speed of Sound albums, leaves the group to join a relaunched Small Faces. 1997: Having refused to release singles in their native UK during the band's lifetime, Led Zeppelin finally release "Whole Lotta Love" as a single in order to promote their newly-remastered albums. 2003: To celebrate the release of his latest album, Reality, David Bowie performs the first interactive concert, broadcast to 21 theaters across the UK and allowing the singer to take requests through microphones connected to the internet. At his concert in Toronto, Bruce Springsteen pays tribute to singer/songwriter Warren Zevon, who had succumbed to cancer the night before, by performing Warren's song "My Ride's Here." 2005: Rod Stewart is ordered to pay two million dollars in lost revenue to the Rio casino in Las Vegas for failing to perform a scheduled New Year's Eve concert in 2000. Stewart had claimed a loss of voice due to a recent throat operation. Releases 1956: Elvis Presley: "Blue Suede Shoes" b/w "Tutti Frutti," "I Got A Woman" b/w "I'm Counting On You," "I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')" b/w "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You)," "Tryin' To Get To You" b/w "I Love You Because," "Blue Moon" b/w "Just Because," "Money Honey" b/w "One Sided Love Affair," "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" b/w "Shake Rattle And Roll"1957: Jackie Wilson, "Reet Petite" Recording 1941: Harry James and his Orchestra, "Misirlou"1967: The Beatles, "Flying" Charts 1951: Tony Bennett's "Because of You" hits #11973: Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" hits #11973: The Allman Brothers' LP Brothers and Sisters hits #1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted September 9, 2012 Author Share Posted September 9, 2012 On September 9th in music history: Births 1926: Jake Carey (The Flamingos)1940: Joe Negroni (Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers)1941: Duffy Power1941: Otis Redding1942: Inez Foxx1942: Luther Simmons (The Main Ingredient)1945: Dee Dee Sharp1946: Billy Preston1946: Doug Ingle (Iron Butterfly)1946: Bruce Palmer (Buffalo Springfield)1946: Trevor Leslie Oaks (Showaddywaddy)1947: Freddy Weller (Paul Revere and the Raiders) Deaths 1996: Bill Monroe2004: Ernie Ball2007: Hughie Thomasson (The Outlaws) Events 1926: The Radio Corporation of America, later known as RCA, launches its new radio network, the National Broadcasting Company (later known as NBC). 1954: Rising young star Elvis Presley performs at the opening of Memphis' Lamar-Airways shopping mall, and, afterward, meets audience member Johnny Cash for the first time. 1955: Seeburg introduces their latest jukebox, which not only holds a record 100 singles but is also capable of playing the same number of EPs. 1956: Elvis Presley makes the first of three contracted appearances on Ed Sullivan's CBS show. (Sullivan had previously announced he would never have such an act on, but ratings prevailed and Sullivan offered Elvis a record $50,000 for the three shows.) Charles Laughton hosts, filling in for an ailing Sullivan. Elvis performs "Don't Be Cruel," "Love Me Tender," "Ready Teddy," and "Hound Dog," but is shot from the waist up only, due to a scandalous swivel-hipped performance on NBC-TV'sMilton Berle Show a few months earlier. A record 54 million viewers -- nearly 83 percent of the nation's sets! -- are tuned in to the event; the next day, pre-orders for "Love Me Tender" begin rolling in, forcing the release of the single to be bumped up by weeks. In a particularly bad break, the Rock and Roll Trio (a/k/a The Johnny Burnette Trio) appear on Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hourover on ABC, and though they win the contest for the next three weeks, no one is watching. 1967: Fans left standing outside riot as a Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich concert in Bergen, England sells out ahead of expectations. 1973: Todd Rundgren records the audience singing one of his new songs ("Sons Of 1984") during his concert at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, only to see police disrupt the crowd during the performance in order to arrest a pot dealer. A riot breaks out, and eleven more concertgoers are arrested. 1975: Paul McCartney and Wings begin their historic 13-month world tour, US dates of which will be captured on record as the double LP Wings Over America. The group plays to over two million fans total during the course of the tour. 1982: Al Green and Patti Labelle add impressive new entries to their resume when they star in the debut production of the gospel musical Your Arms Too Short To Box With God at the Alvin Theatre in New York. 2003: Simon and Garfunkel announce plans for a reunion tour, the first in 20 years and the first onstage reunion of any kind in a decade. 2005: Despite numerous fan protests, the City of Liverpool, England declares its intention to go ahead and demolish Ringo Starr's birthplace on Madryn Street, which the famous drummer lived in until the age of five. Former Ray Charles employee and engineer Terry Howard is exonerated in a Los Angeles court for allegedly stealing dozens of recordings of the singer. 2008: Former Raspberries lead and solo star Eric Carmen is arrested in his hometown of Cleveland on DUI charges. He will be sentenced to six months in jail, but only serve 30 days. Releases 1967: Sam and Dave, "Soul Man"1971: John Lennon, Imagine1972: The Eagles, "Witchy Woman"1978: The Rolling Stones, "Beast Of Burden" Recording 1968: The Beatles, "Helter Skelter" Charts 1957: Paul Anka's "Diana" hits #11967: Brenton Wood's "Gimme Little Sign" enters the charts1972: Jim Croce's LP You Don't Mess Around With Jim hits #11978: The Who's LP Who Are You enters the charts1978: A Taste Of Honey's "Boogie Oogie Oogie" hits #1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted September 10, 2012 Author Share Posted September 10, 2012 On September 10th in music history: Births 1927: Yma Sumac1937: Tommy Overstreet1945: Jose Feliciano1946: Danny Hutton (Three Dog Night)1949: Barriemore Barlow (Jethro Tull)1950: Joe Perry (Aerosmith)1950: Don Powell (Slade)1951: Pete Tolson (Pretty Things) Deaths 1996: Lee Baker Events 1962: The BBC bans Bobby "Boris" Pickett's Halloween novelty single "Monster Mash," finding it in poor taste. However, in 1973 the radio giant lifts the ban, sending a re-release of the holiday favorite to #3. 1963: While en route to their London apartment in a taxi, John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham, who invites them to his clients' afternoon rehearsal for a show that night at the Ken Colyer Club. There, backstage, John and Paul offer to contribute a song to the group's repertoire; the duo immediately go off into a corner and finish one of Paul's latest ideas, a number called "I Wanna Be Your Man." The Stones get their recorded version out on November 1st, three weeks before the Beatles' version is released on the LP With The Beatles. "I Wanna Be Your Man" would prove to be an important early hit for the Stones, reaching #12 in the UK. 1964: Rod Stewart makes his first recording, a cover of Sonny Boy Williamson's "Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl" done with Rod's group the Hoochie Coochie Men. It fails to chart. 1965: Beatles manager Brian Epstein begins negotiating for a cartoon series on ABC-TV bearing the name and likenesses of the group. 1969: As part of their latest exhibition, celebrating the anonymity of "Bagism," John Lennon and Yoko Ono sit onstage for five hours in a white bag at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts. 1973: The Rolling Stones' single "Star Star" is banned by the BBC for its real lyrics, which feature the word "starf*****" sung a dozen times. 1974: After poor album sales and infighting caused by drug addiction, The New York Dolls break up for the first time. 1975: Bob Dylan performs three songs as tribute to the Columbia A&R man who discovered him during the PBS-TV special The World Of John Hammond. 1977: Bing Crosby invites David Bowie to appear on what would be his last annual Christmas TV special, suggesting they sing a duet. Bowie agrees. 1979: Having waited five years in vein for two #1 American singles in a row, ABBA finally begin their first US tour. 2008: Dan Fogelberg's hometown of Peoria, IL renames Abingdon Street after the soft-rock icon. Releases 1966: The Monkees, "Last Train To Clarksville"1975: KISS, Alive!1976: Bob Dylan, Hard Rain Recording 1954: Elvis Presley: "I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine," "Just Because"1965: The Byrds, "Turn! Turn! Turn!"1967: Elvis Presley: "Guitar Man," "Big Boss Man"1968: The Beatles, "Helter Skelter" Charts 1966: The Supremes' "You Can't Hurry Love" hits #11966: The Beatles' Revolver hits #1 Certifications 1975: Elton John's "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted September 11, 2012 Author Share Posted September 11, 2012 On September 11th in music history: Births 1918: Estelle Axton1940: Bernie Dwyer (Freddie and the Dreamers)1943: Mickey Hart (Grateful Dead)1946: Dennis Tufano (The Buckinghams)1948: John Martyn1953: Tommy Shaw (Styx) Deaths 1987: Peter Tosh2004: Fred Ebb2005: Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown Events 1952: Having left New Orleans and the Swingtime label the year before, Ray Charles makes his first recordings for his new label, Atlantic, in New York City. 1956: The London premiere of the Bill Haley film Rock Around the Clock leads to a riot at the Trocadero Cinema, leading to national outrage and a ban on the film in major UK cities. 1960: Nancy Sinatra marries her first husband, teen idol Tommy Sands. The marriage would last five years. 1962: At today's second attempt at cutting the Beatles' first single, "Love Me Do" b/w "P.S. I Love You," producer George Martin decides, for the first and only time, to use session drummer Andy White instead of Ringo Starr. Ringo can be heard playing on the album version of the song, but White is on the single, with Ringo on maracas and tambourine. 1963: Elvis Presley completes work on his 15th film, Viva Las Vegas. 1964: The 16-year-old winner of a Mick Jagger impersonation contest at Greenwich, England's Town Hall reveals himself to be... Mick's younger brother, Chris. 1967: The Beatles begin filming their ill-fated Magical Mystery Tour movie in the countryside west of London. The psychedelic bus which is to take the passengers on their "mystery trip" is two hours late, but eventually picks up Paul and an entourage, goes to Surrey to gather the rest of the band, stops off in Basingstoke, Hampshire for lunch, and ends the day almost 200 miles away in Teignmouth, Devon. The entire day's trip has been filmed, to little consequence. 1968: Larry Graham, bassist for Sly and the Family Stone, is arrested for possession of marijuana in London, leading to the group being kicked out of their hotel and off their planned BBC TV appearance. 1971: The Jackson 5's eponymous TV cartoon show debuts, naturally enough, on ABC. Unlike the Beatles' cartoon show, this one utilizes the brothers' actual voices. 1974: London's Wembley Stadium plays host to CSNY, Joni Mitchell, and the Band, with a record 50,000 attendance. 1976: Elvis Presley begins to hear rumors that recently fired bodyguards and hangers-on Red and Sonny West and Dave Hebler are collaborating on a tell-all book about their time with the King. This would eventually surface as the notorious Elvis: What Happened? 1977: Elton John lyricist Bernie Taupin makes a rare acting appearance, guest starring as the leader of a fictional rock band called Circus on the "Meet Dracula" episode of ABC-TV's The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries. 1979: The Who play their first concert without longtime drummer Keith Moon, who'd overdosed the previous year. Ex-Faces drummer Kenny Jones sits in during the gig at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, NJ, and will eventually become Moon's full-time replacement. 2002: James Brown's daughters Deanna and Yamma sue their dad for alleged songwriting royalties due for songs they helped co-write, including the 1976 hit "Get Up Offa That Thing," which they would have assisted him with when they were three and six, respectively. 2003: Cher, Bruce Springsteen, Fleetwood Mac and Steely Dan all decide not to take the stage on the second anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Recording 1962: The Beatles: "Love Me Do," "P.S. I Love You"1963: The Beatles: "I Wanna Be Your Man," "Little Child," "All I've Got to Do," "Not a Second Time," "Don't Bother Me"1967: Elvis Presley: ""Mine," "Just Call Me Lonesome," "Hi-Heel Sneakers," "You Don't Know Me," "We Call On Him," "You'll Never Walk Alone"1968: The Beatles, "Glass Onion" Charts 1961: Judy Garland's LP Judy at Carnegie Hall hits #11965: The Beatles' LP Help! hits #11971: Donny Osmond's "Go Away Little Girl" hits #11976: KC and the Sunshine Band's "Shake Your Booty (Shake, Shake, Shake)" hits #1 Certifications 1966: The Beatles' "Yellow Submarine" is certified gold1967: The Beatles' "All You Need is Love" is certified gold1975: Janis Ian's LP Between the Lines is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted September 12, 2012 Author Share Posted September 12, 2012 On September 12th in music history: Births 1931: George Jones1938: Gloria Jones1940: Tony Bellamy (Redbone)1940: Jewel Akens1943: Maria Muldaur1944: Barry White1944: Colin Young (The Foundations)1952: Gerry Beckley (America)1952: Neil Peart (Rush)1956: Brian Robertson (Thin Lizzy) Deaths 1997: Stig Anderson2003: Johnny Cash2004: Kenny Buttrey Events 1954: Frank Sinatrs scores his first UK #1 with "Three Coins in the Fountain." 1964: Brooklyn's Fox Theatre hosts an all-star concert featuring The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Dusty Springfield, The Temptations, The Miracles, The Ronettes, The Shangri-La's, Little Anthony and the Imperials, and Millie Small. 1966: NBC-TV debuts its new musical comedy show, The Monkees. Designed as a half-hour American version of the Beatles' A Hard Day's Night, it featured two L.A. folk singers, Peter Tork and Michael Nesmith, a British stage vet named Davy Jones, and a former child star named Micky Dolenz. The song featured in this episode, "Last Train to Clarksville," is already racing up the charts, but the TV debut vaults it all the way to #1. Four stars are born. 1967: The Beatles continue filming Magical Mystery Tour, with the famed psychedelic bus stopping off in Plymouth, Bodmin, and Newquay. An attempt is made to visit a nearby fair in Widecombe, but scrapped when the bus gets stuck on a bridge while avoiding traffic. That night in Newquay, the band finally decides to do some filming in one spot, rather than their original plan of roaming around the countryside. 1968: The BBC mainstay Top of the Pops is the first to broadcast a "promotional film" of the Beatles' new single, "Hey Jude." 1970: At a gig in New Orleans, Pink Floyd are the victims of thieves who steal $40,000 worth of their equipment. CBS debuts their new animated series about a female band, Josie and the Pussycats. The Woody Guthrie Memorial Concert is held at the Hollywood Bowl, featuring Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, and Woody's son Arlo Guthrie. 1977: Paul and Linda McCartney are the proud parents of their third and last biological child, and only son, James Louis McCartney. 1980: The ABC-TV newsmagazine show 20/20 airs television's first "expose" questioning if Elvis Presley died of drug overdose rather than a heart attack. 1986: The Moody Blues' leader Justin Hayward collapses in Los Angeles and is hospitalized for exhaustion. 1987: Ritchie Valens' music enjoys a revival when the soundtrack to his biopic, La Bamba, hits #1 (although it features his songs done in cover versions by Los Lobos). 1990: Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie announce that they have left Fleetwood Mac -- but rejoin just two years later, to play Bill Clinton's Presidential Inauguration. 2001: The Band's Garth Hudson declares bankruptcy for a third time. 2003: The Beatles sue computer giant Apple, asserting that iTunes violates their copyright-infringement agreement not to market music under the apple name. 2007: Led Zeppelin announce plans for what will probably prove to be their last gig together -- a performance at London's O2 Arena to honor Atlantic co-founder Ahmet Ertegun. Releases 1975: Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here Recording 1963: The Beatles: "Hold Me Tight," "Little Child," "Don't Bother Me," "I Wanna Be Your Man"1967: Elvis Presley: "Mine," "Just Call Me Lonesome," "Hi-Heel Sneakers," "You Don't Know Me," "We Call On Him," "You'll Never Walk Alone"1968: The Beatles, "Glass Onion" Charts 1964: Manfred Mann's "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" enters the charts Happy 81st birthday to George Jones!! [^] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted September 12, 2012 Author Share Posted September 12, 2012 On September 13th in music history: Births 1911: Bill Monroe1916: Dick Haymes1922: Charles Brown1925: Mel Torme1939: Dave Quincy (Manfred Mann)1941: David Clayton-Thomas (Blood Sweat and Tears)1943: Ray Elliot (Them)1944: Peter Cetera (Chicago)1952: Randy Jones (The Village People)1954: Dan Hegarty (The Darts)1956: Joni Sledge (Sister Sledge) Deaths 1997: Jimmy Witherspoon Events 1958: Cliff Richard makes his television debut on the ITV variety show Oh Boy!, singing his new hit "Move It." 1959: While he is stationed in the US Army in Germany, Elvis Presley's friend, airman Currie Grant, brings Priscilla Ann Beaulieu to a party at his apartment after meeting her in the nearby Eagles Club, a popular hangout for officers and their families. Wearing a sailor dress for the occasion, Priscilla says "It's a pleasure to meet you" and remarks that it's a shame the Army has taken his sideburns. He plays her a few songs on guitar. Elvis and "Cilla" are immediately smitten with each other, with the singer describing her to friends as smart, saying that she treats him like an ordinary guy, and dubbing her "the woman I've been looking for my whole life." 1960: A movement to ban Ray Peterson's new single "Tell Laura I Love Her" begins in the UK when it is feared that the song's powerful story of a stock-car driver who dies young while racing for his girl's love will inspire a "death cult" amongst teens. The FCC bans "payola," the controversial practice of paying DJs for playing songs, as a result of the scandal involving, among others, Dick Clark and Alan Freed. 1963: The Hollies' Graham Nash (later of CSNY) falls out of his touring van after a Scottish gig, leaning on an unlocked door and tumbling out at 40 mph. 36 years later to the day, the singer breaks both legs in a boat accident off the coast of Hawaii. Barbra Streisand marries her first husband, actor Elliot Gould, in New York. The two would divorce in 1971. 1964: To prevent the spate of stage-rushing going on at recent frenzied Rolling Stones concerts, Liverpool's Empire Club hires two dozen rugby players to act as a human shield; the crowd of 5,000 washes right over them. Murray The K's latest rock and roll at the Brooklyn Paramount Theatre ends after ten days, featuring Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Martha and the Vandellas, the Shangri-Las, and Jay & the Americans. 1965: The ill-fated variety program The Steve Lawrence Show, featuring guest star Lucille Ball, debuts on CBS-TV. Ringo Starr and wife Maureen become the proud parents of their first child, Zak Starkey. Six years later to the day, Paul and Linda McCartney celebrate the arrival of their second child, Stella. The Beatles win their first Grammys, for Best New Artist and Best Album (for A Hard Day's Night), at the awards ceremony in New York. 1969: John Lennon debuts the Plastic Ono Band at the Rock and Roll Revival Show in Toronto. So named because of the flexible "plastic" nature of the members, this lineup included Eric Clapton, longtime Beatles associate Klaus Voormann, and drummer Alan White, all of whom rehearsed for the first time on the plane trip over from England. The concert, mainly a mix of simple rock and roll oldies and stabs at "Give Peace A Chance," "Yer Blues," and John's forthcoming single "Cold Turkey," will later be released as Live Peace In Toronto 1969. 1982: David Bowie reports to the Cook Islands to begin filming his role in the movie Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence. 1993: Max Weinberg, drummer with Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, begins his new job as bandleader for NBC-TV's new show Late Night With Conan O'Brien. 2000: Elton John storms out of the Estoril Casino in Portgual just before his planned gig there and flies back to England, fuming that the supposedly sell-out crowd had only half arrived. Turns out they were merely lingering at a VIP dinner given just before the show. 2005: Jimi Hendrix' boyhood home in Seattle is saved from destruction after his estate and the city agree to renovate the building and turn it into a community center. 2008: Come Dancing, a musical devoted to the music of the Kinks, opens in London. Releases 1965: The Beatles, "Yesterday" Recording 1955: Little Richard, "Tutti Frutti"1963: Shirley Ellis, "The Nitty Gritty"1967: Joe Tex, "Skinny Legs And All"1968: The Beatles, "Glass Onion" Charts 1952: Jo Stafford's "You Belong To Me" hits #11969: Santana's LP Santana hits #11975: The Isley Brothers' LP The Heat Is On hits #11975: Bruce Springsteen's LP Born To Run enters the chartsCertifications 1968: Clarence Carter's "Slip Away" is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted September 13, 2012 Author Share Posted September 13, 2012 On September 14th in music history: Births 1914: Mae Axton1918: Cachao1944: Joey Heatherton1946: Pete Agnew (Nazareth)1947: Jon "Bowzer" Bauman (Sha Na Na)1949: Steve Gaines (Lynyrd Skynyrd)1950: Paul Kossoff (Free)1954: Barry Cowsill (The Cowsills) Deaths 1983: Perez Prado1993: Thomas Kaye (Jay and the Americans)1998: Johnny Adams Events 1963: The Beatles' "She Loves You" becomes England's best-selling single of all time, a record that wouldn't be broken until 1977, when ex-Beatle Paul McCartney will release "Mull Of Kintyre." Pete Seeger finally agrees to break a general folk music boycott of the ABC-TV variety show Hootenanny and appear, only to change his mind when the network asks him to sign a loyalty oath first. 1964: The ill-fated sitcom The Bing Crosby Show debuts on ABC-TV. 1968: CBS-TV debuts the animated show The Archies. Rolling Stone reports that the Who's Pete Townshend is working on a "rock opera" about a boy who is deaf, dumb, and blind. The US Information Agency sends 40 foreign diplomats to a Blood Sweat and Tears show in Washington DC, considering it a crash course in America's new cultural scene. Tragedy strikes Roy Orbison when his Hendersonville, TN home burns down during his European tour, trapping and killing two of his three sons, Roy Jr. (age 10) and Tony (age 6). 1969: Genesis take the stage for the first time, playing at the cottage owned by leader Peter Gabriel's former Sunday School teacher. 1970: Stevie Wonder marries his first wife, singer and former Motown secretary Syreeta Wright, in Detroit. They would divorce in 1972. 1976: Bob Dylan's Hard Rain concert airs on NBC-TV. 1979: Kenny Rogers is awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6666 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley also officially declares today "Kenny Rogers Day" in the city. The film version of Quadrophenia, the Who's 1973 rock opera about growing up Mod in London, opens in theaters. 1987: Though already on its last legs, ABC-TV's American Bandstand today becomes the longest-running entertainment show in America. 1994: The Temptations are awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7060 Hollywood Blvd. 1995: Paul McCartney's handwritten lyrics for the Beatles' "Getting Better" fetch $249,000 at Sotheby's in London. 2000: Paul Simon, Crosby Stills and Nash, and the Eagles' Don Henley and Glenn Frey perform at the joint VH1/Rolling Stone fundraiser for Al Gore. 2001: In the wake of the horrific September 11th attacks, Clear Channel Communications releases its infamous list of songs banned from radio stations until further notice for possibly being upsetting to American listeners. Included are improbably traumatizing oldies such as Louis Armstrong's "What A Wonderful World," The Beatles' "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds," "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da," and "Ticket To Ride," Petula Clark's "Sign Of The Times," Sam Cooke's "Wonderful World," Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Travelin' Band," Bobby Darin's "Mack The Knife," The Drifters' "On Broadway," The Jimi Hendrix Experience's "Hey Joe," The Hollies' "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother," Elton John's "Bennie And The Jets," "Daniel," and "Rocket Man," John Lennon's "Imagine," Martha and the Vandellas' "Nowhere To Run" and "Dancing In The Street," Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels' "Devil With A Blue Dress On," Ricky Nelson's "Travelin' Man," Elvis Presley's "(You're The) Devil In Disguise," The Rolling Stones' "Ruby Tuesday," Simon and Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water," Cat Stevens' "Morning Has Broken" and "Peace Train," The Surfaris' "Wipeout," The Youngbloods' "Get Together," Zager and Evans' "In The Year 2525," and the Zombies' "She's Not There." 2003: Gerry Marsden of Gerry and the Pacemakers undergoes surgery for a triple heart bypass in Liverpool. 2006: Marianne Faithfull announces she's undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Charts 1968: Big Brother and the Holding Company's LP Cheap Thrills enters the charts1968: The Chambers Brothers' "Time Has Come Today" enters the charts1974: Eric Clapton's "I Shot The Sheriff" hits #11974: Stevie Wonder's LP Fulfillingness' First Finale enters the charts Certifications 1973: Donny Osmond's "The Twelfth Of Never" is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RT FAN Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Thanks for posting this Rick. Under "Deaths' in 1998, we lost the great American singer Johnny Adams.One of my favorite singers, bested in my mind only by Otis Redding, The "Tan Canary' could do it all. R& B, Jazz, Blues, any style was in his repertoire. His run of records on the Rounder label is testament to his greatness. You want to hear him sing straight ahead jazz? Check out "The Verdict". Deep soulful blues? Pick up "One Foot in the Blues", or "Room With a View of the Blues." Cover the songs of Doc Pomus? Buy "The Real Me". His tribute to the great Percy Mayfield, Listen to "Walking on a Tightrope". All of these cds are in the regular rotation for me, if there is an artist deserving wider recognition for his contributions to American music, especially that of New Orleans, it is the great Johnny Adams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted September 15, 2012 Author Share Posted September 15, 2012 On September 15th in music history: Births 1903: Roy Acuff1924: Bobby Short1928: Cannonball Adderley1933: Pat Barrett (The Crew Cuts)1939: Jimmy Gilmer (Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs)1941: Les Braid (The Swinging Blue Jeans)1942: Signe Anderson (Jefferson Airplane)1942: Lee Dorman (Iron Butterfly)1946: Ola Brunkert (ABBA) Deaths 2008: Rick Wright (Pink Floyd) Events 1961: The Pendletones, a quintet from nearby Hawthorne, CA, audition for Los Angeles music publishers with a version of a folk song called "Sloop John B." The suits, however, are more interested with an original song the group mentions, a novelty called "Surfin'," kicking off the career of the band that would soon come to be known as The Beach Boys. 1962: A distressed Chinese news media reports that kids in Maoming Cultural Park have been spotted dancing the Twist. 1964: During the Beatles' concert at Cleveland's Public Auditorium, a group of overzealous fans manages to rush the stage, forcing the venue's announcer to grab the mic from John Lennon in mid-song and force the band to leave the stage for 15 minutes until the crowd is under control. 1965: Frankie Avalon is the guest star on tonight's "A Foggy Day In Brooklyn Heights" episode of ABC-TV's Patty Duke Show. Ford becomes the first American car company to offer 8-track tape players in its new models; however, the lack of home players means that car buyers must visit the Ford dealership itself to get the actual tapes. 1968: CBS-TV airs the Barbra Streisand concert special A Happening In Central Park. The Doors are forced to go on as a trio for their concert at Amsterdam's Concertgebouw after lead singer Jim Morrison, trashed by days of binge drinking and hashish, collapses while dancing onstage to opening act Jefferson Airplane. NBC-TV airs a variety special simply called Soul, touted as being staffed and starring only African-Americans. Guests include Lou Rawls and Martha and the Vandellas. 1969: Ed Sullivan, perhaps a little late to the game, releases his first recording, a dance novelty called "The Sulli-Gulli." It flops. 1970: Spiro Agnew, Vice President of the US, claims that "The youth of America are being brainwashed into a drug culture of rock music, movies, books and tabloid newspapers." 1994: A recording of the Quarry Men playing at St. Peter's Parish Church garden party in 1957 Liverpool -- the earliest known recording of John Lennon -- fetches #125,000 at Sotheby's of London. 1997: Elton John's "Candle In The Wind 1997," rewritten and rerecorded with new lyrics paying tribute to the recently-deceased Princess Di, sells a record 600,000 copies in one day in Britain alone. It would go on to become the biggest-selling single of all time. 2003: Johnny Cash is laid to rest in the family cemetery at Hendersonville, TN, next to the grave of his recently-deceased wife June Carter Cash. Emmylou Harris, Al Gore, and Sheryl Crow attend the private ceremony along with family members including daughter Rosanne Cash. Releases 1975: Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here1976: Ringo Starr, Ringo's Rotogravure1979: Bob Dylan, Slow Train Coming Charts 1962: The Four Season's "Sherry" hits #11973: Helen Reddy's "Delta Dawn" hits #11979: Led Zeppelin's LP In Through The Out Door hits #1 Certifications 1956: Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel" is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted September 16, 2012 Author Share Posted September 16, 2012 On September 16th in music history: Births 1925: Charlie Byrd1925: B.B. King1942: Bernie Calvert (The Hollies)1943: Joe Butler (The Lovin' Spoonful)1944: Betty Kelly (Martha and the Vandellas)1948: Kenney Jones (The Small Faces, The Who)1950: David Bellamy (The Bellamy Brothers)1954: Frank Reed (The Chi-Lites) Deaths 1977: Marc Bolan (T. Rex)2003: Sheb Wooley2008: Norman Whitfield Events 1959: Dick Clark's first "Caravan of Stars" tour opens in New York, featuring The Coasters, The Drifters, Lloyd Price, LaVern Baker, Duane Eddy, Paul Anka and Annette Funicello. 1963: Currently the #1 song in England, the Beatles' "She Loves You" is released by the tiny Swan label in America, but the stateside public has no idea who the group is, and the single fails to chart. Four months later, after "I Want To Hold Your Hand" and the attendant Beatlemania, a re-released "She Loves You" single will reach #1 in the US as well. 1964: ABC-TV premieres the musical variety show Shindig!, featuring the Everly Brothers, the Righteous Brothers, and Bobby Sherman. 1965: NBC-TV premieres The Dean Martin Show, featuring the theme song (and recent hit) "Everybody Loves Somebody," and, later, a chorus of beautiful showgirls named The Golddiggers. The famously laid-back and largely improvised show, which made stars of Dom DeLuise, Charles Nelson Reilly, Tom Bosley, and Nipsey Russell, would run for a full decade. 1966: Tom Drilberg, MP of Barking, England, asks the House of Lords to censure a magistrate who'd recently spoken out aganist the Rolling Stones as "complete morons (who) wear their hair down to their shoulders, wear filthy clothes and act like clowns." Pete Quaife, bassist for the Kinks, leaves the band after injuries from a recent car crash threaten his ability to play. He will eventually return and stay with the band through 1969. 1970: Jimi Hendrix takes the stage at a Eric Burdon and War concert at London club Ronnie Scott's, marking the last time the guitarist will ever play in public. After eight straight years, the Beatles are finally knocked from their perch as England's top act in the Melody Maker fan poll... by Led Zeppelin. 1972: Former Herd and Humble Pie guitarist Peter Frampton plays his first solo gig, opening for the J. Geils Band in New York. 2006: Bob Dylan's new album Modern Times goes to #1 in Billboard's album chart, making the 65-year-old the oldest musician to ever hold that honor. Releases 1972: John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Some Time In New York City Recording 1960: Johnny Burnette, "You're Sixteen"1968: The Beatles, "I Will"1974: Bob Dylan, "Meet Me In The Morning" Charts 1967: The Jimi Hendrix Experience's LP Are You Experienced? enters the charts1972: Three Dog Night's "Black And White" hits #11978: Boston's LP Don't Look Back hits #1 Certifications 1965: The Beatles' "Eight Days A Week" is certified gold Happy 87th Birthday to Mr. B.B. King!! [^] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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