Rick Posted September 16, 2012 Author Share Posted September 16, 2012 On September 17th in music history: Births 1923: Hank Williams1926: Bill Black1926: Brother Jack McDuff1929: Sil Austin1939: Lamonte McLemore (5th Dimension)1947: Lol Creme (10cc)1950: Mike Hossack (The Doobie Brothers) Deaths 1991: Rob Tyner (MC5)1996: Jessie Hill1999: Frankie Vaughan2006: Al Casey Events 1931: RCA Victor unveils its new invention, the 33 1/3 rpm long-playing or "LP" record, at the Savoy Plaza Hotel in New York. However, the company badly overprices the record players themselves, leading the new format to lie dormant for years until Columbia revives it in 1948. 1952: Frank Sinatra records his final session for Columbia; he will be dropped from the label due to poor sales, but rebound the next year after signing to Capitol and singing more "mature" fare. 1955: The Perry Como Show moves to NBC-TV, expanding from three 15-minute programs per week to one hour-long variety show on Saturday night. After DJs keep complaining that Les Paul's "Magic Melody" single ends abruptly, Capitol Records releases the shortest single of all time, Les Paul's "Magic Melody Part 2," which is merely the final two notes of the old "shave and a haircut" tag. Released only as a promo, it lasts exactly one second. 1956: The BBC bans Bill Haley's new single "Rockin' Through The Rye," based on the 17th-century Scottish tune "Comin' Through The Rye," to avoid offending its Scots listeners. 1964: The Beatles break with established practice and agree to add an extra date to their current US tour after the group is offered a then-record $150,000 by the owner of the Kansas City (Missouri) Athletics to perform a gig in KC's Municipal Stadium. The Beatles cannily add their medley of "Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!" to the setlist, the only time they would play this song in America. Afterward, their hotel manager sells their unwashed bedsheets to two businessmen from Chicago, who promptly cut them up and sell the pieces for $10 a pop. 1967: Appearing on CBS-TV's Ed Sullivan Show, the Doors are asked to change the line "Girl, we couldn't get much higher" in their hit "Light My Fire." Lead singer Jim Morrison agrees, then sings the offending words anyway, leading to a lifetime ban from the show. In an ill-advised move, Keith Moon of the Who rigs his bass drum to explode at the end of "My Generation" during the group's appearance on CBS-TV's Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. A stagehand, unfortunately, packs far too much explosive into the drum, and the resulting explosion damage's Keith's leg, and causes permanent hearing damage to guitarist Pete Townshend. 1969: Tiny Tim announces his forthcoming marriage to "Miss Vicki" Budinger, which would break records for TV viewership when the ceremony is broadcast on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show. The two are separated three years later, and divorce in 1977. 1975: Mayor Stephen Juba of Winnipeg, Canada, declares today "Guess Who Day" in honor of its native sons. 1997: Fleetwood Mac begin their first tour in 20 years at the Meadows Music Theatre in Hartford, CT. 2007: Barry Manilow cancels his upcoming appearance on ABC-TV's The View after learning he would not be allowed to ignore conservative co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck. Releases 1962: Arthur Alexander, "Anna (Go To Him)" Recording 1955: Tennessee Ernie Ford, "Sixteen Tons"1960: The Everly Brothers, "Walk Right Back"1968: The Supremes, "Love Child"1973: Billy Joel, "Piano Man"1974: Bob Dylan: "Shelter From The Storm," "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" Certifications 1968: 5th Dimension's "Stoned Soul Picnic" is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted September 18, 2012 Author Share Posted September 18, 2012 On September 18th in music history: Births 1929: Teddi King1933: Jimmie Rodgers1939: Frankie Avalon1946: Alan King (Ace)1949: Kerry Livgren (Kansas)1950: Michael Hossack (Doobie Brothers) Deaths 1970: Jimi Hendrix1979: Greg Arama (The Amboy Dukes)1992: Earl Van Dyke (Funk Brothers) Events 1947: The first-ever country music presentation is held at Carnegie Hall, featuring Ernest Tubb and Roy Acuff. 1955: CBS-TV's popular variety show Toast Of The Town is renamed what many people had been calling it all along, The Ed Sullivan Show. 1956: Rock shows are banned at the US Naval Station in Newport, RI after a fight breaks out during a Fats Domino concert. 1957: The Big Record, CBS-TV's answer to American Bandstand, premieres with host Patti Page and guests Billy Ward & the Dominoes and Tony Bennett. 1960: Teen idol Frankie Avalon turns 21, making him an adult and therefore eligible to claim the over $600,000 he earned while underage. 1967: The Beatles journey to the Raymond Revue bar in London to film the notorious "striptease" scene in Magical Mystery Tour. Accompanying stripper Jan Carson is the Bonzo Dog (Doo-Dah) Band, playing a song called "Death Cab For Cutie." 1971: Pink Floyd becomes the first rock at to perform at Montreux, Switzerland's Classical Music Festival. The ill-fated Bobby Sherman sitcom Getting Together premieres on ABC-TV. 1980: The tenth anniversary of Jimi Hendrix' untimely death is marked by a multimedia event, featuring Experience members Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell, held at the Paradise Club in Amsterdam. 1983: For an MTV publicity stunt to promote KISS' new album, Lick It Up, the band appear in public for the first time without makeup. 1985: The Gladys Knight/Flip Wilson sitcom Charlie And Company premieres on CBS-TV. 1999: The governor of Tennessee, Donald K. Sundquist, declares today Carl Perkins Day in honor of its native son. 2006: Willie Nelson's tour bus is stopped near Lafayette, LA, and Nelson, along with four members of his band, are arrested for possession of marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms. 2008: The Village People are honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk Of fame at 6529 Hollywood Blvd. Releases 1976: Boston, "More Than A Feeling" Recording 1962: Dee Dee Sharp, "Ride!"1968: The Beatles, "Birthday" Charts 1961: Hayley Mills' "Let's Get Together" enters the charts1961: Bobby Vee's "Take Good Care Of My Baby" hits #11976: Wild Cherry's "Play That Funky Music" hits #1 Certifications 1981: The Doors' LP Greatest Hits is certified platinum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted September 19, 2012 Author Share Posted September 19, 2012 On Sptember 19th in music history: Births 1931: Brook Benton1934: Brian Epstein1935: Nick Massi (The Four Seasons)1936: Brother Gene Dinwiddie (Paul Butterfield Blues Band)1940: Bill Medley (The Righteous Brothers)1940: Paul Williams1941: Lee Dorman (Iron Butterfly)1941: Cass Elliot1945: Freda Payne1945: Austin Roberts1945: David Bromberg1946: John Coghlan (Status Quo)1947: Lol Creme (10cc)1949: Twiggy1952: Nile Rodgers (Chic) Deaths 1973: Gram Parsons1998: Red Foley1999: Ed Cobb (The Four Preps)2004: Skeeter Davis2005: Willie Hutch2006: Danny Flores (The Champs)2008: Earl Palmer Events 1955: Pat Boone gains everlasting notoriety when his cleaned-up version of Fats Domino's "Ain't That a Shame" goes to the top of the charts, kicking off a string of bland copies of rock and roll hits that will deprive black artists of exposure in the still-segregated world of radio. 1957: Cliff Richard, only 16 and still going by his birth name of Harry Webb, gets his first break when he joins the Dick Teague Skiffle Group. 1960: Now at the peak of their popularity, Hank Ballard and the Midnighters become the first artists to have three songs in the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time: "Finger Poppin’ Time," "Let’s Go, Let’s Go, Let’s Go," and "The Twist" recently given more exposure by Chubby Checker's hit version. 1966: Also at the height of their popularity, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass give a command performance for Princess Grace of Monaco at her palace. 1967: The beleaguered Beatles search desperately for a place in which to wrap filming on their trouble-plagued Magical Mystery Tour film. Having forgotten to book their primary choice, Surrey's Shepperton Film Studios, in advance, the band settles on an abandoned US Air Force station in Kent, filming most of the uncompleted movie on and around the grounds over the next week. 1970: The first Glastonbury rock festival is held, with a lineup consisting of Marc Bolan, Quintessence, Jethro Tull leader Ian Anderson, and others. 1971: A major component in the band's sudden fame, the Jackson 5's Goin' Back to Indiana TV special airs on ABC, featuring Diana Ross and Bobby Darin. 1974: Drummer Max Weinberg joins the E Street Band, playing with them onstage for the first time at the Main Point in Philadelphia. 1975: After a notorious and ugly split with their original manager, Norman Sheffield, and after an abortive attempt by Led Zeppelin's Peter Grant to represent them, Queen sign a new contract with Elton John's manager, John Reid. 1976: Promoter Sid Bernstein, who had brought the Beatles to America and presented them in Shea Stadium, attempts to get the band to reunite as a "symbol of hope" by placing a full-page ad in the New York Times. Three years later to the day, the New York Post, excited by another Bernstein reunion appeal, this time to benefit the "boat people" of Kampuchea, runs a headline declaring "The Beatles are Back!" 1978: An unprecedented two million advance orders are placed for Linda Ronstadt's new album, Living in the U.S.A., ensuring it will ship double platinum. 1979: Madison Square Garden hosts the No Nukes benefit against nuclear power, featuring performances by Bruce Springsteen, The Doobie Brothers, Jackson Browne, Tom Petty, Carly Simon, Poco, Stephen Stills and David Crosby, and James Taylor. 1981: Simon and Garfunkel play their first concert since breaking up in 1970, a free show in Central Park that was so successful it spawned a hit live album and a planned year-long tour. Unfortunately, the reunion doesn't last that long. 1991: In Pasadena, an all-star benefit concert honoring Ray Charles features performances of Ray songs by Stevie Wonder, Willie Nelson, Michael McDonald and more. Entitled Ray Charles: 50 Years in Music, Uh-Huh!, the concert (and accompanying TV show) benefits the Starlight and Starbright Pavilion Foundations for terminally ill children. 1993: Ex-Mamas and Papas' vocalist Michelle Phillips is robbed by an unknown gunman outside a West Hollywood restaurant. 2003: Former Cream bassist Jack Bruce, diagnosed with liver cancer, undergoes a successful liver transplant in Los Angeles. 2004: With their latest hit, "You'll Come Around," Status Quo become the artists with the most all-time chart hits in the UK, an amazing 61 charted singles from 1968's "Pictures of Matchstick Men" (their only US hit). Releases 1970: Neil Young, After the Gold Rush Recording 1968: The Beatles, "Piggies"1968: Diana Ross and the Supremes, "Love Child"1974: Bob Dylan: "Buckets of Rain," "Simple Twist of Fate" Charts 1960: Chubby Checker's "The Twist" hits #11964: Chad and Jeremy's "A Summer Song" enters the charts1970: Diana Ross' "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" hits #1 Certifications 1968: Steppenwolf's "Born to be Wild" is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted September 20, 2012 Author Share Posted September 20, 2012 On September 20th in music history: Births 1924: Gogi Grant1925: Billy Nunn (The Coasters)1930: Eddie Bo1946: Michael Oldroyd (Manfred Mann's Earth Band)1949: John Panozzo (Styx)1949: Chuck Panozzo (Styx) Deaths 1973: Jim Croce1984: Steve Goodman2008: Nappy Brown Events 1967: Rick (no longer Ricky) Nelson becomes the proud father of his first two sons, Matthew and Gunnar. 22 years later, the two would form the hair-metal band Nelson. 1969: Frustrated by what he sees as a lack of artistic fulfillment, John Lennon announces privately to the rest of the Beatles that he will be leaving the band. The announcement, which comes at one of several grueling financial meetings designed to untangle the band's mismanaged assets, comes abruptly and takes everyone by surprise: when Paul announces that the band should go out on tour anonymously, playing small clubs to get back the feel of band unity, Lennon declares "I think you’re daft. I want a divorce." The band realizes they cannot go on without him, but agrees to delay the announcement until after the release of the Let It Be soundtrack -- an agreement Paul will break. On the same day, ATV (Associated Television) of Britain buys up controlling interest in the Beatles' songwriting catalog. 1970: In Miami, Jim Morrison of the Doors is sentenced to six months hard labor and a fine of $500 for allegedly exposing himself during an infamous show in the Dinner Key Auditorium in Coconut Grove, FL. The verdict will still be on appeal when Morrison dies of a drug overdose in Paris ten months later. 1971: Humble Pie guitarist and British teen idol Peter Frampton leaves the group to start his solo career. 1972: For the second time in a month, Paul McCartney and wife Linda are arrested on marijuana charges, this time for growing the drug on their farm in Campbeltown, Scotland. 1973: The Sunset Strip's legendary Roxy club opens in Los Angeles with a performance by Neil Young and his band Crazy Horse. 1975: The main competitor for the new late-night NBC sketch show Saturday Night, an ABC program entitled Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell, debuts with a performance by England's newest rage, boy band The Bay City Rollers. Though their performance of "Saturday Night," the song, will eventually push the single to #1, the show itself fizzles out after six months, at which point NBC's Saturday Night renames itself Saturday Night Live. 1976: The Captain and Tenille musical variety and comedy show debuts on ABC-TV, but will be canceled in six months after the duo find the workload of producing a weekly show too heavy. 1982: A seriously ill Karen Carpenter, now weighing only 77 pounds due to her anorexia, is admitted to Lenox Hill Hospital in New York and fed intravenously in order to get her weight back to normal. Six weeks later and 30 pounds heavier, she decides to check herself out of the facility. 1983: Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Steve Winwood, Eric Clapton, John Paul Jones, Charlie Watts and Kenney Jones perform at the first ARMS (Action into Research for Multiple Sclerosis) concert in London, a benefit for former Faces guitarist Ronnie Lane, now fighting MS. 1994: The Temptations are awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7060 Hollywood Blvd. 1997: Elton John's rewritten version of "Candle in the Wind," performed at Princess Diana's funeral as "Goodbye England's Rose," is released on record as "Candle in the Wind '97" and goes straight to #1 in the UK, quickly becoming the biggest selling single in world history. 2003: An unknown arsonist sets fire to the Wentzville, Missouri ranch of Chuck Berry, destroying most of it. 2004: Billy Joel is awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6233 Hollywood Blvd. In an interview with England's The Sun tabloid, Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones claims to have finally given up illegal drugs, in part because "the quality's gone down. All they do is try and take the high out of everything. I don't like the way they're working on the brain area instead of just through the blood system. That's why I don't take them any more. And you're talking to a person who knows his drugs." Recording 1965: The Animals, "It's My Life"1968: The Beatles, "Piggies" Charts 1969: The Archies' "Sugar, Sugar" hits #11969: The Blind Faith LP hits #11975: David Bowie's "Fame" hits #1 Certifications 1978: The Who's LP Who Are You is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted September 21, 2012 Author Share Posted September 21, 2012 On September 21st in music history: Births 1923: Jimmy Young1934: Leonard Cohen1941: Dickey Lee1944: Jesse Ed Davis1947: Don Felder (The Eagles) Deaths 1987: Jaco Pastorius1998: Oz Bach (Spanky and Our Gang) Events 1957: Elvis Presley's longtime guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black leave the King's band, dissatisfied over being denied pay raises by manager Colonel Tom Parker. Drummer D.J. Fontana stays on. 1962: A year and a half before the Beatles break in America, the Springfields' "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" becomes the first British song to reach the top 20 in the US. Later, member Dusty Springfield would have several more solo hits of her own. 1965: Having signed with Beatles manager Brian Epstein, the Moody Blues play their first major gig, as part of the manager's "Evening of Popular Music" at Royal Albert Hall in London. Other acts include Manfred Mann, the Kinks, Gerry and the Pacemakers, and Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames. 1968: Janis Joplin announces her upcoming departure from her band Big Brother and the Holding Company, which observant listeners had decried as too amateurish for her talents. 1971: The musical variety show The Old Grey Whistle Test premieres on BBC-TV, featuring America as well as clips of Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan. 1979: Kurt Waldheim, the UN Secretary General who was later found to have ties to Nazi-era Germany, makes an official appeal for the Beatles to reunite for a charity concert that would benefit the hordes of "boat people" fleeing postwar Vietnam. 1980: Bob Marley, who had refused treatment for a spreading melanoma due to his religious beliefs, collapses while jogging in New York's Central Park and is hospitalized. Two nights later her performs the next date on his North American tour, the Stanley Theater in Pittsburgh, but it sadly proves to be his last. Elton John leaves longtime label MCA and signs with David Geffen's new label for a six-year contract. 1986: The US Department of Health and Human Services honors Dionne Warwick for "exceptional service as a leading health ambassador" in fighting the spread of AIDS. 1991: Status Quo set a world record when they play four separate British arenas in one 11-hour period. 1999: While being searched at London's Heathrow Airport, Diana Ross allegedly assaults the security guard in question and is detained for five hours. 2001: All major television networks in the US simultaneously air the all-star benefit concert America: A Tribute To Heroes, the proceeds (in excess of $128 million) of which will go to victims of the infamous 9/11 attacks and their families. Performing guests include Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, Paul Simon, Billy Joel, Tom Petty, and Willie Nelson. 2004: Cat Stevens, known as Yusuf Islam since the late Seventies, is stopped from entering the US after his name is erroneously found on a terrorism watch list. Releases 1968: Jimi Hendrix, "All Along The Watchtower"1974: Bachman-Turner Overdrive, "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" Charts 1955: The Platters' "Only You" enters the charts1959: Santo and Johnny's "Sleep Walk" hits #11963: Bobby Vinton's "Blue Velvet" hits #11968: Jeannie C. Riley's "Harper Valley P.T.A." hits #11974: Barry White's "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" hits #1 Certifications 1971: Paul McCartney's "Another Day" and "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" are certified gold1976: The Bee Gees' LP Children Of The World is certified gold [][] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted September 22, 2012 Author Share Posted September 22, 2012 On September 22nd in music history: Births 1930: Joni James1931: George Chambers (The Chambers Brothers)1956: Debby Boone1958: Joan Jett Deaths 1981: Harry Warren1989: Irving Berlin2010: Eddie Fisher Events 1958: New US Army inductee Elvis Presley is promoted to Private First Class and holds a press conference at Brooklyn's Military Ocean Terminal before he departs for service in Germany with the 3rd Armored Division aboard the USS General Randall. A military band sees him off by performing "Tutti Frutti" (which Elvis had indeed recorded) and "Hound Dog." 1962: As one-half of the Springfields, a duo with her brother Tom, Dusty Springfield becomes the first British rock act to crack the US Top 20 with the song "Silver Threads and Golden Needles." Bob Dylan makes his Carnegie Hall debut as part of an all-star folk show. 1965: At the Coffee Gallery in North Beach, CA, a band called the Great Society debuts, featuring a vocalist named Grace Slick. 1967: Gerald Scarfe, later to become infamous for his artwork for Pink Floyd's The Wall, graces the cover of this week's Time with a caricature of the Beatles entitled "Their New Incarnation." 1969: A newly-solo Diana Ross guest stars on tonight's episode of NBC-TV's groovy comedy showLaugh-In. 1972: David Bowie shocks and confuses Cleveland when he uses the stage of the Music Hall to debut his Ziggy Stardust tour in America. 1974: Having ended The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour due to his divorce, Sonny Bono tries to go it alone on ABC-TV with his new comedy/variety show The Sonny Bono Comedy Revue. It proves to be a legendary flop. 1978: Teen idol Leif Garrett guest stars as twin brothers on tonight's "One of Our Teen Idols is Missing" episode of ABC-TV's Wonder Woman show. 1979: Former member of the James Gang and current Eagles member Joe Walsh announces he will run for President of the US. 1980: After label head David Geffen promises to put out anything he records without having to hear it first, John Lennon signs with Geffen Records. 1982: The Who kick off their first 40-date "farewell" tour at the Capital Center in Landover, MD. 1985: Based on an offhand remark made by Bob Dylan onstage at Live Aid, the first Farm Aid concert is held in Champaign, IL, featuring performances by Dylan, organizer Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, Billy Joel, Neil Young, Loretta Lynn, and more. The benefit concert raises $7 million for struggling American family farmers. 1992: Bruce Springsteen decides at the last minute to go electric for his appearance on MTV's Unpluggedshow, which is renamed Plugged for accuracy. 1999: Diana Ross is held at London's Heathrow Airport after an incident on the Concorde where the singer claims a female security guard touched her inappropriately during a pat down; Ross responded by rubbing her hands all over the guard. Though held for assault, no charges are filed. 2001: A multi-channel broadcast of the live music program A Tribute to Heroes airs all across America as a telethon-style benefit, raising money for the victims and families of those killed in the recent World Trade Center attack. Among those performing are Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, and Paul Simon. 2003: After suffering a devastating, crippling fall in Spain, Dave Clark Five singer Mike Smith undergoes surgery to repair his shattered vertebrae. 2004: Yusuf Islam, the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens, is refused entry into America when his name is found on a "watch list" of suspected terrorists. Yusuf was questioned and released after it was determined that the name on the list was spelled differently. Two British tabloids use this incident to suggest the singer is a supporter of terrorism; Yusuf subsequently sues successfully for libel. the singer would later write the song "Boots and Sand" about the incident. 2005: Former Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page is made an honorary citizen of Rio after opening a center to care for the city's many impoverished street children. 2006: Beaumont, TX, erects a monument to native son J.P. Richardson, better known as The Big Bopper. Paul Rodgers (formerly of Free and Bad Company) takes his second wife, Cynthia Kereluk, a former Miss Canada. Releases 1973: Elvis Presley, "Raised On Rock" Recording 1962: Elvis Presley: "I'm Falling In Love Tonight," "They Remind Me Too Much of You," "Cotton Candy Land," "A World of Our Own," "How Would You Like to Be?," "One Broken Heart for Sale," "Beyond the Bend," "Take Me To The Fair"1964: Elvis Presley, "Ain't That Lovin' You Baby"1965: The Supremes, "I Hear a Symphony"1970: Elvis Presley: "Snowbird," "Where Did They Go, Lord?" "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," "Rags To Riches"1973: Elvis Presley, "Sweet Angeline" Charts 1973: The Rolling Stones LP Goats Head Soup hits #1 Certifications 1966: The Lovin' Spoonful's "Summer in the City" is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted September 23, 2012 Author Share Posted September 23, 2012 On September 23rd in music history: Births 1926: John Coltrane1930: Ray Charles1935: Les McCann1938: Ben E. King1939: Roy Buchanan1943: John Banks (The Merseybeats)1943: Steve Boone, (The Lovin' Spoonful)1947: Jerry Corbetta (Sugarloaf)1947: Neal Smith (Alice Cooper)1949: Bruce Springsteen Deaths 1974: Robbie McIntosh (Average White Band) Events 1966: The Rolling Stones begin their biggest-ever headlining tour of Britain at the Royal Albert Hall in London, with an impressive array of opening acts including Ike and Tina Turner and the Yardbirds. The crowd is unusually well-behaved for a Stones audience, rushing the stage but avoiding a full-scale riot. 1967: The Strawberry Alarm Clock perform their one and only hit, "Incense and Peppermints," on ABC-TV's American Bandstand. 1970: After his band's concert at the Olympia in Paris, Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones meets heiress Bianca Pérez Morena De MacÃas for the first time, beginning a courtship that will end in their first marriage the next year. Naturally, there will be a bitter divorce in 1978, leading to some, er, inspired "tribute" songs in the Stones catalog. 1980: David Bowie makes a splash on Broadway when he takes over the title role in The Elephant Man from Philip Anglim. Having already collapsed in Central Park a few days earlier, a weak Bob Marley insists on continuing his US tour, and collapses again onstage during tonight's show at Pittsburgh's Stanley Theater. It will prove to be his last performance; the tour is canceled, and Marley heads to Germany for treatment where he will defy his original grim prognosis somewhat by staying alive until the following May. 1992: A scandal erupts when Jackson Browne is accused of physical assault by his girlfriend, actress Daryl Hannah. 1996: Agnetha Faltskog, one of ABBA's two female leads, publishes her biography, As I Am. 1998: Elvis Presley, once rejected for the Grand Old Opry, is inducted into Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame. 2007: Lionel Richie guest-stars as himself on tonight's "He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs" season opener of Fox-TV's The Simpsons. Releases 1957: Elvis Presley, "Jailhouse Rock" b/w "Treat Me Nice"1967: The Doors, "People Are Strange"1972: Mott The Hoople, "All The Young Dudes"1974: John Lennon, "Whatever Gets You Thru The Night"1978: Foreigner, Double Vision Recording 1953: The Spaniels, "Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight"1958: Fats Domino, "Whole Lotta Loving"1968: The Beatles, "Happiness Is A Warm Gun"1973: Elvis Presley: "I Miss You," "Are You Sincere?" Charts 1957: The Crickets' "That'll Be The Day" hits #11967: The Box Tops' "The Letter" hits #11967: Lulu's "To Sir With Love" enters the charts1972: Mac Davis' "Baby, Don't Get Hooked On Me" hits #1 Certifications 1971: Honey Cone's "Stick-Up" are certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rick Posted September 23, 2012 Author Share Posted September 23, 2012 On September 24th in music history: Births 1931: Anthony Newley1933: Mel Taylor (The Ventures)1936: Jim Henson1940: Barbara Allbut (The Angels)1941: Linda McCartney1942: Gerry Marsden (Gerry and the Pacemakers)1942: Phyllis "Jiggs" Allbut (The Angels)1946: Jerry Donahue (Fairport Convention) Deaths 1997: Larry Hall Events 1942: Bandleader Glenn Miller makes his last radio broadcast on CBS' Moonlight Serenade program before leaving to enlist in the Army. 1955: Judy Garland makes her television debut on CBS' variety show Ford Star Jubilee, breaking all previous ratings records. 1957: Legendary DJ Alan Freed debuts his fourth movie, Mister Rock And Roll, at New York City's Paramount Theatre. The film, named after Freed's nickname, features Alan playing himself and also several musical performances by Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, Brook Benton, LaVern Baker, Ferlin Husky, Lionel Hampton, and, for some reason, former middleweight boxing champion Rocky Graziano. 1966: En route from New York to London with his new manager, Chas Chandler, the guitarist formerly known as Jimmy James decides to change his name to Jimi Hendrix. Upon arrival, Jimi ends up in a jam session with British bluesman Zoot Money, witnessed by Andy Summers, later the guitarist for the Police. 1967: The Beatles film the (in)famous "Your Mother Should Know" dance segment of their film Magical Mystery Tour at the West Malling Air Force Station in Kent, England. Paul wears a black carnation when the group runs out of red ones, creating more "clues" for the "Paul is Dead" theorists. 1971: The Jackson 5 appear on the cover of Life magazine, with the headline "Rock Stars At Home With Their Parents." 1977: Just a month or so after his untimely death, the first national Elvis Presley convention takes place in Memphis. 1988: After allegedly breaking into an insurance class being held in a building he owns and waving a gun around, demandig to know who used his bathroom, James Brown becomes involved in a hour-long, two-state car chase with police in Augusta, GA, who were tipped off that Brown was behaving erratically and armed. Driving over six miles in his pickup truck after authorities shoot out his two front tires, Brown is arrested and charged with illegal possession of drugs and firearms, simple assault, carrying a deadly weapon in public, resisting arrest, and seven misdemeanors. He is released from jail after serving two years of a five-year sentence. 1989: Bob Dylan, as "Moishe Rubenstein," appears on the annual Los Angeles telethon L'Chaim -- To Life, playing flute and recorder with Harry Dean Stanton in a band called Chopped Liver. With vocals by Dylan's son-in-law Peter Himmelman, the band performs a traditional Jewish folksong. 1993: Following his recent arrest for drunk driving, John Denver is ordered to perform a benefit concert for victims of same. Releases 1977: Styx, "Come Sail Away" Recording 1940: Bob Chester, "Flinging A Wing-Ding"1954: Sarah Vaughan, "Make Yourself Comfortable"1958: The Platters, "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes"1968: The Beatles, "Happiness Is A Warm Gun" Charts 1966: The Association's "Cherish" hits #11966: Stevie Wonder's Uptight LP enters the charts Certifications 1968: The Vogues' "Turn Around, Look At Me" is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted September 25, 2012 Author Share Posted September 25, 2012 On September 25th in music history: Births 1932: Glenn Gould1933: Erik Darling (The Weavers, The Tarries, The Rooftop Singers)1936: Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes1943: Gary Alexander (The Association)1945: Onnie McIntyre (Average White Band) Deaths 1980: John Bonham (Led Zeppelin) Events 1956: Elvis Presley's upcoming single, "Love Me Tender," becomes the first 45 to reach one million in pre-orders. 1964: The Beatles' Brian Epstein is offered three and one-half million pounds for the group's contract. Epstein declines. 1965: The Beatles' self-titled animated TV series debuts on ABC. 1970: The Partridge Family's self-titled TV show debuts on ABC. 1975: While performing "Lonely Teardrops" onstage at the Latin Casino in Cherry Hill, NJ during a Dick Clark oldies revue, Jackie Wilson collapses from a heart attack, bashing his head on the stage and lapsing into a come from which he will remain until his death in 1983. 1979: The musical Evita premieres on Broadway. 1981: An infamous Rolling Stones concert at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, PA, is recorded for use in the upcoming flop concert pic Let's Spend The Night Together. 1990: The mayor of Macon, GA, renames Mercer University Drive "Little Richard Penniman Boulevard" in honor of its native son. 1993: A Patsy Cline commemorative stamp is issued by the United States Postal Service. 1998: Johnny Cash suffers a relapse of pneumonia and is admitted to a Nashville, TN hospital, just one year after nearly dying from the disease. 2000: A collection of letters, drawings, and other writings from Janis Joplin circa 1965 is sold on eBay. 2001: The first worldwide broadcast of a satellite radio station takes place as XM Radio takes the air. Releases 1954: Elvis Presley, "Good Rockin' Tonight" b/w "I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine"1970: Ringo Starr, Beaucoups Of Blues1971: Cat Stevens, "Peace Train"1979: The Eagles, The Long Run Recording 1934: Henry Busse, "Hot Lips"1962: Bobby Darin, "You're The Reason I'm Living"1964: The Temptations, "My Girl"1967: The Beatles, "The Fool On The Hill"1968: The Beatles, "Happiness Is A Warm Gun"1969: John Lennon, "Cold Turkey"1970: Janis Joplin, "Me And Bobby McGee" Charts 1954: Rosemary Clooney's "Hey There" hits #11965: Barry McGuire's "Eve Of Destruction" hits #11976: Blue Öyster Cult's Agents of Fortune LP enters the charts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted September 26, 2012 Author Share Posted September 26, 2012 On September 26th in music history: Births 1898: George Gershwin1901: Ted Weems1918: John "Drac" Zacherle1925: Marty Robbins1926: Julie London1931: George Chambers (The Chambers Brothers)1941: Joe Bauer (The Youngbloods)1945: Bryan Ferry (Roxy Music)1947: Lynn Anderson1948: Olivia Newton-John1945: Bryan Ferry (Roxy Music)1948: Stuart Tosh (Alan Parsons Project) Deaths 1937: Bessie Smith2000: Carl Sigman2003: Robert Palmer Events 1908: The first stereo advertisement, for an Edison Phonograph, appears in the Saturday Evening Post. 1955: Debbie Reynolds marries Eddie Fisher in New York City, a marriage that will last just four tumultuous years before Fisher leaves America's Sweetheart for Elizabeth Taylor. 1956: The mayor of Tupelo, MS declares today Elvis Presley Day in honor of its favorite son; among others, a young Tammy Wynette is in the audience at the concert Elvis gives later. 1957: The musical West Side Story, a retelling of Romeo and Juliet with New York City gang members, debuts on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre. It would run for 732 performances. 1961: Folksinger Bob Dylan lands his first major gig, opening for the Greenbriar Boys for two weeks at Gerde's Folk City in New York. Critic Robert Shelton of the New York Times says of today's performance: "Bob Dylan is one of the most distinctive stylists to play in a Manhattan cabaret in months... there is no doubt that he is bursting at the seams with talent... Mr. Dylan's voice is anything but pretty... a searing intensity pervades his songs. Mr. Dylan's highly personalized approach toward folk song is still evolving." This review essentially launches Dylan's career. 1965: Queen Elizabeth II presents the Beatles with the Order of the British Empire, recommended by Prime Minister Harold Wilson, who said later: "I saw the Beatles as having a transforming effect on the minds of youth, mostly for the good. It kept a lot of kids off the streets." The Beatles, who reportedly get high in a bathroom before the event, are said to be delighted, though many older and more conservative honorees return their honors in protest. John Lennon later gives his back, protesting "the war in Vietnam and also 'Cold Turkey' slipping down the charts." 1969: Legendary promoter Bill Graham opens the Fillmore West, a West Coast version of his popular New York "rock ballroom," in San Francisco. 1970: Motown announces that its newest singing sensation, the Jackson 5, have sold ten million records worldwide in just nine months. Returning to Abbey Road studios in London, ex-Beatle John Lennon begins work on his first proper solo album, John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band. 1975: The Rocky Horror Picture Show, starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, and a young unknown singer who goes only by the name of Meat Loaf, opens in Westwood, CA. A film version of the popular off-Broadway musical hit, it is an instant flop nationwide, and is miraculously resuscitated some time later when audiences at the midnight showings in New York City begin to talk back to the screen, creating a cult phenomenon that lasts to this day. 1984: Paul Anka is awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6840 Hollywood Blvd. Releases 1964: The Kinks, "You Really Got Me"1967: Elvis Presley, "Big Boss Man"1974: John Lennon, Walls And Bridges Recording 1957: The Monotones, "Book Of Love"1967: The Beatles, "The Fool On The Hill"1975: Vicki Sue Robinson, "Turn The Beat Around"1976: Marvin Gaye, "Live At The London Palladium" Charts 1953: The Ames Brothers' "You You You" hits #11954: Fats Domino's "Blueberry Hill" enters the charts1960: Connie Francis' "My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own" hits #11964: Roy Orbison's "Oh, Pretty Woman" hits #1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunburnwilly Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Would have been my dad's 82nd birthday . Rest in peace dad . Lt.Col. H.F.Puckhaber III USAR Ret. veteran of the Korean and Vietnam Wars born 9/26/1930 passed 8/1/2012 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted September 27, 2012 Author Share Posted September 27, 2012 On September 27th in music history: Births 1898: Vincent Youmans1941: Don Nix (Booker T. and the MGs)1944: Randy Bachman (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)1947: Meat Loaf1952: Robbie Shakespeare1958: Shaun Cassidy Deaths 1967: Rory Storm2007: Dale Houston (Dale and Grace) Events 1938: Comedian Bob Hope premieres a new song, "Thanks For The Memory," on his eponymous NBC radio show. 1942: Glenn Miller plays what was to be his last concert as a civilian, performing at the Central Theatre in Passaic, NJ. In December 1944, Miller's plane would disappear over the Atlantic Ocean en route to play for fellow soldiers in liberated Paris. 1959: Rockabilly singer Carl Dobkins, Jr. of "My Heart Is An Open Book" fame enlists in the Kentucky National Guard. 1964: The Beach Boys make their national television debut on CBS' Ed Sullivan Show, performing their recent hit "I Get Around." 1966: Elvis Presley begins shooting his twenty-third film, entitled Easy Come, Easy Go. 1968: Local favorites the Jackson 5 open a Stevie Wonder / Gladys Knight concert in their hometown of Gary, IN, prompting Knight to recommend them to Motown head Berry Gordy. 1970: After 22 years on various networks, the last Ted Mack's Amateur Hour show airs on CBS. 1973: Rolling Stone announces that Carlos Santana has changed his name legally to add the middle name "Devadip," meaning "the Lamp of the Light Supreme" and a reflection of Santana's recent studies with Sri Chinmoy. 1976: Dolly Parton's short-lived television variety show, entitled simply Dolly!, premieres on ABC. 1979: While onstage at the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles, CA, Elton John collapses from "exhaustion." The song he'd been performing, ominously, was entitled "Better Off Dead." 1986: Bob Dylan performs "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" for Pope John Paul II at Bologna, Italy's World Eucharistic Congress. 1990: Marvin Gaye is posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1500 Vine Street. 2001: Singer Jonathan King, best known for his 1965 hit "Everyone's Gone To The Moon," is found guilty of molesting several young boys and sentenced to seven years in prison. 2003: Carly Simon sues the owners of New York's famous Dakota apartment complex, claiming they kept her $59,000 down payment after rejecting her rental application. 2004: Legendary rock producer Phil Spector, best known for creating the "Wall Of Sound" on hits like the Ronettes' "Be My Baby" and the Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling," is indicted for the February 2003 murder of actress Lana Clarkson at his estate in Alhambra, CA. Recording 1938: Artie Shaw, "Nightmare"1962: Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, "I’ll Have To Let Him Go" Charts 1947: Johnny Ace's "My Song" hits #1 R&B1952: Patti Page's "I Went To Your Wedding" hits #11975: John Denver's "I'm Sorry" hits #11983: The Beatles' "Twist And Shout" re-enters the charts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 On September 28th in music history: Births 1902: Ed Sullivan1930: Tommy Collins1938: Ben E. King1943: Nick St. Nicholas (Steppenwolf)1946: Helen Shapiro1953: Keni Burke (Five Stairsteps) Deaths 1964: Nacio Herb Brown1968: Dewey Phillips1979: Jimmy McCulloch (Wings)1991: Miles Davis Events 1953: Johnny Horton marries Billie Jean Jones Eshliman, widow of Hank Williams Sr. 1963: A full two months before "I Want To Hold Your Hand" finally breaks Beatlemania in the US, New York disc jockey Murray The K obtains a copy of the Beatles' last single, "She Loves You," and plays it on his radio show for two solid weeks, becoming the first American DJ to play a Beatles record. The response is tepid. 1964: Connie Stevens premieres her first television sitcom, Wendy and Me, on ABC, featuring George Burns as her landlord. It lasts one season. 1968: Janis Joplin manager Albert Grossman announces that his client is leaving her band Big Brother and the Holding Company, feeling that they weren't "growing together." 1972: David Bowie catapults into US superstardom overnight when he sells out tonight's gig at Carnegie Hall. 1973: The Rolling Stones appear on the premiere of Don Kirshner's Rock Concert on ABC, performing "It's Only Rock N' Roll (But I Like It)," marking their first appearance on US television in six years. 1976: George Harrison, currently ill with hepatitis, is sued by his American label, A&M, for failing to deliver his latest album, 33 1/3, on time. 1987: The British tabloid The Sun reports erroneously that Elton John keeps several guard dogs with their larynxes removed so that he can't hear them bark, sparking a successful libel lawsuit from John that revolutionizes the way the tabloids in England deal with celebrities. Smokey Robinson and Gladys Knight are the celebrity team players on tonight's episode of Dick Clark's $100,000 Pyramid. 1989: Jimmy Buffett publishes his first book, a collection of short fiction entitled Tales From Margaritaville. 1996: Bob Dylan is nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature for his songwriting by Gordon Ball literature professor at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, VA. 2000: Ballet For Life, a ballet tribute to late Queen singer and AIDS casualty Freddie Mercury, premiers at London's Sadler's Wells Theatre. 2004: A Beverly Hills tribute concert in honor of Ray Charles, featuring Stevie Wonder, Michael McDonald, James Ingram, and Patti Austin, raises $15 million for Atlanta's African-American institution, Morehouse College. Releases 1958: The Teddy Bears, "To Know Him Is To Love Him" Recording 1928: Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra, "Under A Blanket Of Blue"1967: The Beatles, "Flying" Charts 1968: The Beatles' "Hey Jude" b/w "Revolution" hits #11974: Andy Kim's "Rock Me Gently" hits #11974: Bad Company's self-titled LP hits #1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 On September 29th in music history: Births 1935: Jerry Lee Lewis1942: Jean-Luc Ponty1944: Tommy Boyce (Boyce and Hart)1944: Mike Post1944: Tommy Tate1944: Anne Briggs1947: Peter Hope-Evans (Medicine Head)1948: Mark Farner (Grand Funk Railroad) Deaths 2002: Ellis Larkins2003: Wesley Tuttle Events 1930: Bing Crosby marries Dixie Lee. 1947: Dizzy Gillespie makes his Carnegie Hall debut. 1954: The original musical version of A Star Is Born, featuring Judy Garland, opens in Hollywood. 1956: The Gale Storm Show debuts on CBS-TV. 1962: After a wildly successful six-and-a-half-year run, the musical My Fair Lady closes on Broadway. 1963: The Rolling Stones begin their first British tour, opening for Bo Diddley, Little Richard, and the Everly Brothers at London's New Victoria Theatre. 1966: Jimi Hendrix meets the final member of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, bassist Noel Redding, when Redding unsuccessfully auditions for Eric Burdon's new Animals lineup at the Birdland club in London. 1967: While making mono mixes of The Beatles' new song, "I Am The Walrus," John Lennon turns on a radio in the studio and discovers a BBC radio broadcast of Shakespeare's King Lear. Intrigued, he mixes the live broadcast into the song. The words from the broadcast, at the time they are heard in the song, are as follows:Gloucester. (2:25) "Now, good sir, wh--" (Here Lennon changes the channel away from the station.)Edgar. (2:28) -- "poor man, made tame by fortune --" (2:34) "good pity--"Later, at the end of the song, John leaves the broadcast where it is, and we hear:Oswald. (3:52) Slave, thou hast slain me: Villain, take my purse. If ever thou wilt thrive, (4:02) bury my body, and give the (4:05) letters which thou findest about me to (4:08) Edmund Earl of Gloucester. (4:10) Seek him out upon the British party. O, (4:14) Untimely Death!Edgar. (4:23) I know thee well, a (4:25) serviceable villain. As duteous to the (4:27) vices of thy mistress as badness would desire. Gloucester. What, is he dead?Edgar. (4:31) Sit you down father, rest you. The Rolling Stones formally split from longtime manager Andrew Loog Oldham. Mickey Hart joins the Grateful Dead as its new drummer. 1976: At his 41st birthday party, a drunk Jerry Lee Lewis attempts to shoot a soda bottle with his .357 Magnum and instead hits his bass player, Norman Owens, twice in the chest. Owens makes a full recovery. 1977: David Bowie sets up a trust fund for Rolan Bolan, son of recently deceased T. Rex leader (and close Bowie friend) Marc Bolan. James Brown's backup band walks out on him before a gig in Hallendale, FL, complaining of being underpaid. Brown responds by hiring another band. 1989: Bruce Springsteen leaps onstage in Prescott, AZ, to jam with a local bar band called The Mile High Band, playing his own "I'm On Fire" and his favorite Sixties covers. A week later, a waitress who'd been complaining about her hospital bills receives a check from Springsteen for $100,000. 1994: The Pointer Sisters are awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6363 Hollywood Blvd. 1997: Don Henley of the Eagles is awarded a National Medal of Humanities from the Clinton White House. 1998: Frank Sinatra's estate sues Ross clothing stores of California for selling a unauthorized collection of the legend's songs called The Sinatra Collection. Releases 1967: Gladys Knight and the Pips, "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" Recording 1957: Buddy Holly and the Crickets, "Maybe Baby"1959: Little Anthony and the Imperials, "Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko Bop"1964: The Beatles, "Every Little Thing," "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party," "What You're Doing"1966: Elvis Presley, "She's A Machine," "The Love Machine," "Yoga Is As Yoga Does," "You Gotta Stop"1967: The Beatles, "I Am The Walrus," "Your Mother Should Know" Charts 1958: Tommy Edwards' "It's All In The Game" hits #11973: Grand Funk Railroad's "We're An American Band" hits #1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 On September 30th in music history: Births 1922: Oscar Pettiford1935: Jill Corey1935: Johnny Mathis1942: Dewey Martin (Buffalo Springfield)1942: Frankie Lymon1942: Gus Dudgeon1943: Marilyn McCoo (The 5th Dimension)1946: Sylvia Peterson (The Chiffons)1947: Marc Bolan (T. Rex)1953: Deborah Allen Deaths 1977: Mary Ford1992: Paul Jabara2003: Ronnie Dawson Events 1933: WLS radio in Chicago's popular program The National Barn Dance, one of the first country music radio programs, goes national with a move to NBC radio. 1935: The Gershwin musical Porgy and Bess opens at Boston's Colonial Theatre. While not commercially successful, a revival in 1942 would turn it into one of the longest-running musicals in history. 1954: Julie Andrews makes her Broadway debut in The Boy Friend. 1955: James Dean, icon of Fifties youth, dies in a car accident. Upon hearing the news in his Gladewater, TX, hotel room while on tour, Elvis Presley breaks down and cries. 1965: Elvis Presley is introduced to singer Tom Jones on the set of the King's latest film Paradise, Hawaiian Style. The two become fast friends. 1967: The UK radio network BBC Radio One takes the airwaves tonight with an opening spin of the Move's "Flowers In The Rain." 1987: Roy Orbison engineers his comeback with the taping of the star-studded, acclaimed HBO special Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night at Los Angeles' Coconut Grove. It features Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Jackson Browne, and J.D. Souther, and is indeed filmed in black and white! 1988: John Lennon is posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1750 Vine St. 1989: Bette Midler is awarded $400,000 in a landmark "intellectual property" lawsuit against Ford Motor Co. when the car giant used a soundalike version of Midler on one of their commercials. Neil Young performs his latest song, "Rockin' In The Free World," on tonight's episode of Saturday Night Live. 1991: Liza Minnelli is awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7000 Hollywood Blvd. 1993: On tonight's fifth-season episode of The Simpsons, entitled "Homer's Barbershop Quartet," David Crosby and George Harrison make guest appearances. 1998: Joe Walsh, Rick Neilsen, Dave Mustaine, Matthew Sweet, Slash, and Joey Ramone appear on tonight's "In Ramada Da Vida" episode of ABC-TV's Drew Carey Show. Releases 1977: Ringo Starr, Ringo The 4th Recording 1941: The Larry Clinton Orchestra, "That Solid Old Man"1963: The Beatles, "Money (That's What I Want)," "I Wanna Be Your Man"1964: The Beatles, "Every Little Thing," "What You're Doing," "No Reply" Charts 1977: Exile's "Kiss You All Over" hits #1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted October 1, 2012 Author Share Posted October 1, 2012 On October 1st in music history: Births 1913: Charles Randolph Grean1926: Max Morath1930: Richard Harris1932: Albert Collins1934: Geoff Stephens (The New Vaudeville Band)1935: Julie Andrews1942: Herb Fame (Peaches and Herb)1943: Jerry Martini (Sly and the Family Stone)1944: Barbara Parritt (The Toys)1944: Scott McKenzie1945: Donny Hathaway1947: Rob Davis (Mud)1948: Mariska Veres (Shocking Blue)1948: Cub Koda (Brownsville Station)1957: Andy Walton (Kenny) Deaths 1975: Al Jackson (Booker T. and The MGs)1992: Harry Ray (The Moments) Events 1956: When test audiences are horrified at Elvis' character dying in the original ending of Elvis' first film, Love Me Tender, the ending is quickly rewritten and Elvis called back to reshoot. Little Anthony and the Imperials record Neil Sedaka's "The Diary," and the results so displease the songwriter that he decides to record it himself, resulting in his first chart hit. 1962: The Beatles sign their first real management contract with Brian Epstein, with George and Paul's fathers signing for their sons, who are still minors. Epstein gets 25 percent of the group's earnings. Barbra Streisand is signed to Columbia Records. 1964: The Beatles' debut film, A Hard Day's Night, becomes the first movie to debut behind the "Iron Curtain" of Communist countries when it is shown in Prague. 1965: At Carnegie Hall, Bob Dylan presents his new backup band, formerly Ronnie Hawkins' backup band, known as the Hawks. Eventually, they will simply become known as (and famous as) The Band. 1966: Jimi Hendrix makes his UK stage debut when he jumps onstage to jam with Cream at London Polytechnic. 1967: The first edition of the program Top Gear, featuring host DJ John Peel, airs on BBC Radio 1. Traffic makes its stage debut at London's Saville Theatre. Mick Jagger's apartment in London is burglarized, with girlfriend Marianne Faithfull's furs and jewelry being among the items listed stolen. 1968: John Sebastian leaves the Lovin' Spoonful. 1970: Jimi Hendrix is laid to rest at Seattle's Greenwood Cemetery, under a headstone that reads "Forever In Our Hearts, James 'Jimi' Hendrix 1942 - 1970." Mourners include Eric Burdon, Johnny Winter, members of Derek and the Dominoes, and Miles Davis. Curtis Mayfield leaves the Impressions. 1976: In an attempt to end his cocaine addiction, David Bowie leaves England and moves to West Berlin, where he begins collaborating with Iggy Pop and Brian Eno. 1977: The Madison Square Garden Hall of Fame inducts its first musician, singer/songwriter Elton John. 1980: Paul Simon's semi-autobiographical film One Trick Pony, in which he stars, is released in the US. Critical and audience reaction is tepid. 1982: Sony introduces the world's first digital compact-disc player in Tokyo, which sells for about $650. 1983: The first worldwide David Bowie convention is held in London's Cunard Hotel. 1993: Wilson Pickett is sentenced to a year in jail for running into an 86-year-old man while driving drunk. 1998: Creedence Clearwater Revival's John Fogerty is awarded a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame at 7000 Hollywood Blvd. 2002: Barry White's label reveals that the singer has been hospitalized with kidney failure. Releases 1964: The Beatles Vs. The Four Seasons1966: Cat Stevens, "I Love My Dog"1969: The Beatles, Abbey Road1970: Elvis Presley, Almost In Love Recording 1928: Duke Ellington, "The Mooche"1928: Ben Pollack, "Forever"1968: The Beatles, "Honey Pie" Charts 1977: Meco's "Star Wars Theme / Cantina Band" hits #1 Certifications 1971: John Lennon's LP Imagine is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted October 2, 2012 Author Share Posted October 2, 2012 Births 1933: David Somerville (The Diamonds) 1939: Lolly Vegas (Redbone) 1941: Ron Meagher (The Beau Brummels) 1945: Don McLean 1950: Mike Rutherford (Genesis) 1967: Gillian Welch Deaths 1998: Gene Autry Events 1928: The first professional recordings in Nashville take place as DeFord Bailey lays down eight tracks in Victor Records (later RCA) Studios. 1945: Elvis Presley, then just ten years old, makes his first public appearance at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show singing "Old Shep" in a talent contest. He comes in second. 1954: Elvis Presley bombs at the Grand Ole Opry, which does not approve of his take on traditional country music. The Opry's talent director, Jim Denny, famously tells Presley he should go back to driving a truck. Elvis swears never to return. 1965: Manfred Mann plays Prague in Czechoslovakia, becoming the first Western band to take the stage behind the infamous Communist "Iron Curtain." 1967: The entire Grateful Dead are arrested for marijuana possession in San Francisco. 1968: Motown sues their most prolific songwriting team, Holland-Dozier-Holland, for their refusal to write more songs until their royalty rate is increased. The trio are eventually released from the label and go on to start their own Invictus and Hot Wax labels. 1971: The syndicated half-hour dance show Soul Train, sort of an American Bandstand of R&B, premieres, with special guests Gladys Knight and the Pips, Eddie Kendricks, and the Honey Cone. 1976: In response to John Belushi's popular caricature of himself on Saturday Night Live, Joe Cocker appears on the show, singing a dual-Cocker duet with Belushi on "Feelin' Alright." 1977: After a plot is uncovered to steal it, Elvis Presley's body is moved from its Memphis mausoleum to its final resting place in the Meditation Garden at Graceland. 1983: ABBA's Agnetha Faltskog is involved in a car crash in Skane, Sweden, and suffers a concussion, but soon recovers. 1986: The Everly Brothers are awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7000 Hollywood Blvd. 2000: Paul Anka files papers to end his 37-year marriage to former fashion model Anne de Zogheb. 2004: 55-year-old Billy Joel causes a stir by marrying his third wife, the 22-year-old cooking student Katie Lee, at his Long Island home. Releases 1961: The Crystals, "There's No Other Like My Baby" 1962: The Cookies, "Chains" 1976: Rod Stewart, "Tonight's The Night" Recording 1937: Benny Goodman, "Flying Home" 1957: Connie Francis, "Who's Sorry Now" 1967: The Beatles, "Hello Goodbye" 1968: The Beatles, "Honey Pie" Charts 1960: Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs' "Stay" enters the charts 1965: The McCoys' "Hang On Sloopy" hits #1 1971: Rod Stewart's "Maggie May" b/w "Reason To Believe" hits #1 1971: Rod Stewart's LP Every Picture Tells A Story hits #1 1971: John Lennon's LP Imagine enters the charts Certifications 1977: The LP Gene Simmons is certified platinum Happy 45th birthday to Gillian Welch!! [^] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 On October 3rd in music history: Births 1938: Eddie Cochran1940: Alan O'Day1941: Chubby Checker1945: Antonio Martinez (Los Bravos)1949: Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac)1950: Ronnie Laws (Earth Wind and Fire) Deaths 1967: Woody Guthrie Events 1901: The first record company, The Victor Talking Machine Company, is incorporated, later merging with the Radio Corporation of America to become RCA-Victor. 1952: The long-running radio hit The Adventures Of Ozzie and Harriet, now featuring a 12-year-old Ricky Nelson, debuts on CBS-TV, where it will run for another 14 years, bringing the total life of the show to 22 years! 1955: The Mickey Mouse Club, featuring a 12-year-old Annette Funicello, debuts on ABC-TV. 1957: ABC-TV premieres The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom variety show, later featured in Michael Moore's documentary Roger and Me. The show runs for three years. 1964: John Lennon writes "I Feel Fine." 1965: Johnny Cash is stopped by US Customs officials at the Mexican border on suspicion of heroin smuggling and found to be holding over 1,000 prescription narcotics and amphetamines. He receives a suspended sentence. 1977: The TV event Elvis In Concert, filmed just weeks before the King's death, is shown on CBS, with good friend Ann-Margret hosting. It shocks many with the depiction of a bloated and drug-addled Elvis Presley in his final days. 1978: Aerosmith posts bail for 30 fans convicted of smoking pot during their show at the Fort Wayne Coliseum in Ft. Wayne, IN. 1980: At tonight's show in Ann Arbor, MI, the first of his new tour, Bruce Springsteen forgets the words to his anthem "Born To Run." 1987: Lithonia, GA declares today "Brenda Lee Day" in honor of the native singer. A new street is named Brenda Lee Lane in her honor. 1988: Hollywood premiers the acclaimed documentary Imagine: John Lennon. 2000: After being questioned for nearly an hour by his parole board, John Lennon's killer is denied release on his first eligible parole, with the board stating that letting him free would "deprecate the seriousness of the crime." 2003: The film of the benefit concert The Concert For George, an all-star tribute to the recently deceased ex-Beatle George Harrison, opens in US theaters. 2007: The Rolling Stones' "A Bigger Bang" tour, named after their latest album, sets a new world record for grosses when the two-year jaunt rakes in nearly 560 million dollars. Releases none Recording 1945: Stan Kenton, "Painted Rhythm"1963: The Beatles, "Little Child," "I Wanna Be Your Man"1968: The Beatles, "Savoy Truffle" Charts 1964: The Supremes' "Baby Love" enters the charts1964: The LP The Animals enters the charts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 On October 4th in music history: Births 1929: Leroy Van Dyke1937: Perkle Lee Moses (The El Dorados)1942: Helen Reddy1944: Marlena Davis (The Orlons)1947: Jim Fielder (Buffalo Springfield, Mothers of Invention, Blood, Sweat and Tears)1963: Lena Zavaroni Deaths 1970: Janis Joplin1991: J. Frank Wilson1996: Jerry Rivers (Hank Williams Sr.)1999: Art Farmer2004: Michael Gibbins (Badfinger)2004: Bruce Palmer (The Buffalo Springfield) Events 1957: Elvis Presley comes in second as England's most popular vocalist in the annual New Musical Express (NME) music poll, coming in just behind... Pat Boone. 1961: Bob Dylan debuts at Carnegie Hall, playing for a grand total of 53 fans. Popular "recording" group Alvin and the Chipmunks get their own TV show when The Alvin Show debuts on CBS. 1963: A 17-year-old Eric Clapton, late of the Roosters and Casey Jones and the Engineers, joins the Yardbirds for tonight's gig at the Crawdaddy Club in Richmond, England, replacing original guitarist Anthony "Top" Topham. 1964: Dusty Springfield interviews the Beatles on this, their first appearance on England's ITV television program Ready Steady Go! 1968: Cream begins their announced farewell tour with a performance at Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, CA. 1974: Thin Lizzy debut their new twin-guitar attack with new additions Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson at tonight's concert in Wales. 1978: Country singer Tammy Wynette is allegedly kidnapped at a Nashville shopping center by an unknown man in a ski mask, beaten, and forced at gunpoint to drive roughly 90 miles. Doubt still exists as to whether this incident took place, due to a puzzling lack of physical evidence. 1980: For their work on the recent Fleetwood Mac single "Tusk," the University of Southern California Country marching band is presented with a platinum version of the album of the same name by three members of the rock band. On stage during a concert in Pittburgh, PA, Carly Simon collapses from "nervous exhaustion." 1988: Determined to finally clean his system of the alcohol and drugs he's been abusing for years, Ringo Starr, along with wife Barbara Bach, flies to Tucson, AZ to enter the Sierra Tucson Rehabilitation Clinic. He will stay six weeks. 1994: Singer Glenn Frey's stomach surgery causes the Eagles to postpone their much-anticipated reunion tour, puckishly titled Hell Freezes Over. 1996: The major motion picture That Thing You Do!, which deals with a fictional 1964 band attempting to break big, and starring Tom Hanks and Liv Tyler, opens in US theaters. 1999: Jimi Hendrix's half-sister Janie announces her plans to exhume the body of her famous brother and move it to a mausoleum where curious onlookers can view it for a price. The public outcry forces her to shelve the idea. Releases 1943: Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five, "Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby?"1974: John Lennon, Walls and Bridges Recording 1939: Ted Weems, "That Old Gang Of Mine"1968: The Beatles, "Martha My Dear," "Honey Pie" Charts 1969: Creedence Clearwater Revival's LP Green River hits #11975: Pink Floyd's LP Wish You Were Here hits #1 Certifications 1966: Bobby Hebb's "Sunny" is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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