Rick Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 On October 5th in music history: Births 1907: Mrs. Miller1924: Bill Dana1935: Margie Singleton1938: Carlo Mastrangelo (Dion and the Belmonts)1938: Johnny Duncan1939: Abi Ofarim1942: Richard Street (The Temptations)1943: Steve Miller1947: Brian Johnson (AC/DC)1948: Lucius Ross (Funkadelic)1949: B.W. Stevenson1949: Brian Connolly (sweet) Deaths 1981: Jud Strunk1992: Eddie Kendricks (The Temptations)1997: Arthur Tracey2005: Michael Gibbins (Badfinger) Events 1947: The first taped radio show is broadcast on ABC, a performance by Bing Crosby that demonstrated the capabilities of the new Ampex 200 recorder. 1957: Cliff Richard plays his first gig with the Shadows at Hanley, England's Victoria Hall. 1959: The legendarily bad movie Girls Town, featuring Paul Anka and Mel Torme, premieres in US theaters. 1962: The Beatles release their first single, "Love Me Do" b/w "P.S. I Love You," in the UK. That night, it is played on Radio Luxembourg, owned by EMI, representing the first time a Beatles song is ever heard on the airwaves. 1966: The Jimi Hendrix Experience forms in London. 1975: The three original Wailers -- Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Bunny Wailer -- perform together for the last time at Stevie Wonder's benefit concert, the Wonder Dream Concert, in Kingston, Jamaica. 1999: After breaking up "permanently" in 1983, the Who reform with an announcement by singer Roger Daltrey that the trio will re-form for a Las Vegas concert. 2000: The book The Beatles Anthology, some twenty years in the making, is published in the US. Price: $60. 2006: Jeffrey Borer, owner of company that sold Michael Jackson his private Gulfstream jet, is sentenced to six months in prison for ordering employee Arvel Jett Reeves to install two videocameras in it in order to catch Jackson saying something for which he could be blackmailed. 2007: A federal jury finds a Minnesota woman guilty of online music file sharing through the public service KaZaa, fining her $220,000. Releases 1961: The Marcels, "Heartaches"1975: Harry Chapin, "Cat's In The Cradle"1999: Paul McCartney, Run Devil Run Recording 1939: Ted Weems, "I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now"1961: Neil Sedaka, "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen"1968: The Beatles, "Savoy Truffle," "Martha My Dear" Charts 1959: Paul Evans' "Seven Little Girls (Sitting in the Back Seat)" enters the charts1959: Bobby Darin's "Mack The Knife" hits #11974: The Beach Boys' LP Endless Summer hits #11974: Olivia Newton-John's "I Honestly Love You" hits #1 Certifications 1965: Henry Mancini's soundtrack LP The Pink Panther is certified gold1976: Hall and Oates' LP Abandoned Luncheonette is certified gold1979: The Who's LP soundtrack LP The Kids Are Alright is certified platinum Happy 69th Birthday To Steve Miller!! [^] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxx Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 On October 5th in music history: Births 1907: Mrs. Miller1924: Bill Dana1935: Margie Singleton1938: Carlo Mastrangelo (Dion and the Belmonts)1938: Johnny Duncan1939: Abi Ofarim1942: Richard Street (The Temptations)1943: Steve Miller1947: Brian Johnson (AC/DC)1948: Lucius Ross (Funkadelic)1949: B.W. Stevenson1949: Brian Connolly (sweet) Rick, do you think that Mrs. Miller is Steve Miller's mother? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted October 5, 2012 Author Share Posted October 5, 2012 On October 5th in music history: Births 1907: Mrs. Miller 1924: Bill Dana 1935: Margie Singleton 1938: Carlo Mastrangelo (Dion and the Belmonts) 1938: Johnny Duncan 1939: Abi Ofarim 1942: Richard Street (The Temptations) 1943: Steve Miller 1947: Brian Johnson (AC/DC) 1948: Lucius Ross (Funkadelic) 1949: B.W. Stevenson 1949: Brian Connolly (sweet) Rick, do you think that Mrs. Miller is Steve Miller's mother? You never know, it could be...lol... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted October 6, 2012 Author Share Posted October 6, 2012 On October 6th in music history: Births 1945: Robin Shaw (The Flowerpot Men)1946: Millie Small1949: Thomas McClary (The Commodores)1949: Bobby Farrell (Boney M)1951: Kevin Cronin (REO Speedwagon)1951: Gavin Sutherland (The Sutherland Brothers) Deaths 1966: Johnny Kidd1978: Johnny O'Keefe1985: Nelson Riddle Events 1967: Jimi Hendrix performs on the new BBC 1 radio show Top Gear, with Stevie Wonder, who was visiting the studios, sitting in on drums for a jam called (appropriately enough) "Jammin'" and a version of Stevie's "I Was Made To Love Her." 1971: Pat Boone guest-stars on tonight's "The Academy" episode of NBC-TV's thriller Night Gallery. 1977: Rod Stewart is named in a $15 million "palimony" suit by actress Britt Eklund. 1978: ABBA songwriter / musician Benny Anderson marries fellow band vocalist Anni-Frid Lyngstad in Sweden. The marriage lasts three years. (The group's other male-female pair had been married in 1971.) The Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger apologizes to activist Jesse Jackson, who raised a public outcry over the lyrics of the Stones' recent song "Some Girls," specifically the line "black girls just want to get ------ all night." Jagger refuses calls to change the lyrics. 1980: With the disco craze officially over, The Bee Gees file a $200 million mismanagement lawsuit against longtime manager Robert Stigwood and his label RSO Records, one that would within the year be settled out of court. 1991: The Fox TV network airs the special Ray Charles: 50 Years Of Music, featuring guests Stevie Wonder, Willie Nelson, Paul McCartney, Randy Travis, Michael Bolton, and more. Michael Jackson gives Elizabeth Taylor away to Larry Fortensky during her eighth wedding, held at Jackson's California ranch, Neverland. 2002: Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones donates 100,000 pounds to the school he once attended in Dartford, England, for musical instruments and a band director. The resultant musical center is named after the singer. 2006: Before Game Three of baseball's AL Divisional Playoff in Detroit, MI, the Four Tops sing the US national anthem. Releases 1956: Elvis Presley, "Love Me Tender"1969: The Beatles, "Something" b/w "Come Together"1979: The Eagles, "Heartache Tonight" Recording 1941: Claude Thornhill, "Autumn Nocturne"1964: The Beatles, "Eight Days A Week"1965: Gary Lewis and the Playboys, "She's Just My Style," "Sure Gonna Miss Her"1967: The Beatles, "Blue Jay Way"1976: Salsoul Orchestra, "Christmas Medley" Charts 1973: Cher's "Half-Breed" hits #11979: Robert John's "Sad Eyes" hits #1 Certifications 1976: Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots' "Disco Duck" is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muel Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 On Sept 22, 2012 Howard H. Scott, a Developer of the LP, Dies at 92 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/arts/music/howard-h-scott-a-developer-of-the-lp-dies-at-92.html?hpw&_r=0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted October 7, 2012 Author Share Posted October 7, 2012 On October 7th in music history: Births 1911: Vaughn Monroe1911: "Papa" Jo Jones1922: Martha Stewart1927: Al Martino1939: Colin Cooper (The Climax Blues Band)1941: Tony Silvester (The Main Ingredient)1941: Martin Murray (The Honeycombs)1945: Kevin Godley (10cc)1949: David Hope (Kansas)1950: David Taylor (Edison Lighthouse) Deaths 1966: Smiley Lewis Events 1950: CBS debuts The Frank Sinatra Show, a variety program and the first TV show for the crooner. Though he has a five-year contract, the show only lasts two seasons. 1952: The Philadelphia dance show Bandstand, hosted by Bob Horn and, later, by Dick Clark as American Bandstand, debuts on WFIL-TV. 1957: Elvis Presley's upcoming first Christmas album, entitled simply Elvis' Christmas Album, goes gold in pre-orders nine days before its release. 1959: Connie Stevens lands the role that will make her famous, as the TV detective show Hawaiian Eye debuts on ABC-TV. 1964: The Beatles appear (on tape) during a special British Invasion-themed episode of the popular ABC-TV variety show Shindig!, performing "Kansas City / Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!," "I'm A Loser," and "Boys." 1967: After a London hotel accuses the Mamas and the Papas' Cass Elliot of running out on her bill, the singer is jailed overnight and strip-searched, forcing the cancellation of both an upcoming gig and television appearance. Promoter Sid Bernstein, who had promoted the Beatles at their first two Shea Stadium concerts, offers one million dollars to the group, who is retired from the road, to perform a third concert there. They refuse. 1968: At the fifth game in baseball's World Series (Detroit vs. St. Louis), Jose Feliciano stuns and outrages the attendees with his jazzy acoustic take on the US National Anthem. 1975: The US Court of Appeals overturns the longstanding deportation order for John Lennon, ruling that Lennon, in being held accountable for violating a foreign law (a 1968 rap for possession of marijuana in England), had been denied due process. 1976: Dennis Edwards announces he is leaving the Temptations. Four years later, he would rejoin for the group's successful Power album. 1978: The Rolling Stones perform their new single, "Beast Of Burden," on tonight's episode of NBC-TV's Saturday Night Live. Merle Haggard marries third wife Leona Williams, a bass player and singer with Loretta Lynn. The marriage lasts six years. Billboard magazine reveals that Marvin Gaye has declared bankruptcy twice in the past year claiming debts of over seven million dollars. 1982: Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page is given a one year suspended sentence for cocaine possession. Releases 1971: Michael Jackson, "Got To Be There" Recording 1940: Artie Shaw, "Stardust"1960: Elvis Presley, "Flaming Star"1968: The Beatles, "Long Long Long" Certifications 1969: The Youngbloods' "Get Together" is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted October 8, 2012 Author Share Posted October 8, 2012 On October 8th in music history: Births 1934: Doc Green (The Drifters)1940: Fred Cash (The Impressions)1941: George Bellamy (The Tornadoes)1941: Dave Arbus (East Of Eden)1942: Buzz Clifford1944: Susan Raye1945: Ray Royer (Procol Harum)1945: Butch Rillera (Redbone)1947: Tony Wilson (Hot Chocolate)1949: Hamish Stuart (The Average White Band)1950: Robert "Kool" Bell (Kool and the Gang) Deaths 1990: Barrie Wilson (Procol Harum) Events 1935: Bandleader Ozzie Nelson marries his lead vocalist, Harriet Hilliard. 1962: Joining what he is told is a gospel music tour in England with Sam Cooke, Little Richard instead finds himself part of a rock and roll revue (featuring a young Billy Preston on keyboards). Cooke's popularity with his secular set convinces Richard to return to rock, and his self-imposed exile is ended... for the first time, anyway. 1966: Cream drummer Ginger Baker collapses while on stage at a Sussex University gig in England, just after completing his epic 20-minute solo on "Toad." 1968: "Mama" Cass Elliot's initial solo engagement at Caesars' Palace is a disaster, with Elliot collapsing from exhaustion and her backup band ill-rehearsed. While hospitalized, she contracts tonsillitis, forcing the cancellation of the entire two-week engagement. 1977: NBC airs The Paul Simon Special, which again reunites the singer with old friend Art Garfunkel. 1985: Little Richard passes out behind the wheel while driving his sports car in West Hollywood and runs into a telephone pole, seriously injuring him and forcing him to miss his induction in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. After he recovers, he returns yet again to spiritual music. 1987: The acclaimed Chuck Berry documentary Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll premieres in US theaters on the same day that Berry himself is awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame at 1777 N. Vine. Promoting their space-themed Afterburner record, ZZ Top book passage on what is announced as the first passenger flight to the moon. 1988: The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards performs his first solo single, "Take It So Hard," on tonight's episode of Saturday Night Live. 1989: After Rolling Stone Ron Wood suggested the Who were reforming for the money alone, Who guitarist Pete Townshend publicly answered: "Mick needs a lot more than I do. His last album was a flop," referring to the Stones' legendary miscue Dirty Work. 1992: The US Postal Service issues a booklet of commemorative rock and roll stamps featuring Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Otis Redding, Bill Haley, Ritchie Valens, Clyde McPhatter, and Dinah Washington. Releases 1979: Fleetwood Mac, Tusk Recording 1941: Benny Goodman, "Buckle Down Winsocki"1957: Jerry Lee Lewis, "Great Balls Of Fire"1964: The Beatles, "She's A Woman"1968: The Beatles, "Long Long Long," "I'm So Tired," "The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill" Charts 1955: The Four Aces' "Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing" hits #11977: Billy Joel's LP The Stranger enters the charts Certifications 1974: Dionne Warwick and The Spinners' "Then Came You" is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 On October 9th in music history: Births 1937: Pat Burke (The Foundations)1939: O.V. Wright1940: John Lennon1944: John Entwistle (The Who)1944: Peter Tosh1948: Jackson Browne Deaths 1978: Jacques Brel1988: Cliff Gallup (Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps) Events 1959: At 22 years of age, Bobby Darin becomes the youngest performer to headline the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas' famed Copa Room. 1962: The BBC bans Bobby "Boris" Pickett's hit "Monster Mash," feeling the subject matter -- comical as it is -- may be deemed grotesque or otherwise tasteless to some listeners. 1964: The Rolling Stones cancel an upcoming South African tour when the British Musicians Union declares an embargo of the country due to their apartheid polices. Bobby Darin begins filming his eighth movie, That Funny Feeling, in Hollywood. 1967: Legendary New York DJ Murray The K is fired from station WOR-FM, where he had moved to take advantage of the new free-form format of FM radio, when the station's new owners decided to move to a set playlist. Doc Severinsen, already a member of the house band on NBC-TV's Tonight Show, replaces Skitch Henderson as its leader. 1969: BBC's Top Of The Pops refuses to play the Number One hit in the country for the first time. The song, Serge Gainsbourg's "Je T'Aime Moi Non Plus," is considered one of the first "orgasm records," that is, one of the first to feature heavy female breathing and moaning. 1973: Priscilla Presley finalizes her divorce from Elvis with a second, revised settlement giving her $14,200 a year in support, $725,000 in cash now, half of the sale of the couple's Palm Springs home, and five percent of all new recordings. The ex-couple leave the courthouse holding hands. 1975: On father John Lennon's 35th birthday, Yoko Ono gives birth to Sean Ono Taro Lennon. 1978: The Faces' Ian McLagan marries his longtime girlfriend, former model (and first wife of Keith Moon) Kim Kerrigan. 1980: Despite years of hits in the UK, Gary Glitter declares bankruptcy. 1984: The extraordinarily popular children's show Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends begins its run on BBC-TV, featuring a narrator by the name of Ringo Starr. 2000: Barry White gives a speech to the debate squad at Oxford University. 2006: During tonight's show at Madison Square Garden, Barbra Streisand loses control and yells at a heckler to "Shut the ---- up." Releases 1971: Van Morrison, "Wild Night"1978: David Bowie, Stage1979: Styx, "Babe" Recording 1931: Russ Columbo, "Prisoner Of Love"1958: Eddie Cochran, "C'mon Everybody"1964: The Beach Boys, "Dance, Dance, Dance"1968: The Beatles, "Long Long Long," "Why Don't We Do It In The Road" Charts 1961: Ray Charles' "Hit The Road, Jack" hits #11965: The Beatles' "Yesterday" hits #11965: The Miracles' "My Girl Has Gone" enters the charts1976: Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band's "A Fifth Of Beethoven" hits #1 Certifications 1973: Paul Simon's "Loves Me Like A Rock" is certified gold I never knew that Sean Lennon was born on his father's 35th birthday until now, how cool is that!! [^] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted October 10, 2012 Author Share Posted October 10, 2012 On October 10th in music history: Births 1908: Johnny Green1914: Ivory Joe Hunter1917: Thelonious Monk1923: Louis Gottlieb1943: Denis D'Ell (The Honeycombs)1945: Alan Cartwright (Procol Harum)1945: Jerry Lacroix (Blood Sweat and Tears, Edgar Winter's White Trash)1946: John Prine1946: Ben Vereen1948: Cyril Neville (The Neville Brothers)1958: Tanya Tucker Deaths 2007: Art Todd Events 1902: Kalamazoo, MI, mandolin maker Orville Gibson founds the Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co, Ltd. In 1936 it would create the first commercially successful electric guitar. 1959: Paul McCartney helps to force the last non-Beatle member of the Quarrymen, Ken Brown, from the skiffle group after Brown gets paid for an engagement at Liverpool's Casbah Club for which he was too sick to perform. This leaves the Quarrymen as John, Paul, and George; by May of the following year, the group, now featuring Stu Sutcliffe and Pete Best, would be known as the "Beatals." Brenda Lee is diagnosed with thyroid deficiency -- the first of many neck problems for the full-throated singer -- and admitted to a Nashville hospital. 1970: The first issue of the legendary UK rock newspaper Sounds is published. The US' Federal Communications Commission (FCC) head, Nicholas Johnson, responds to recent comments made by Vice President Spiro Agnew that attacked radio stations for playing songs that contained "drug culture propaganda... (in) too many of the lyrics the message of the drug culture is purveyed," saying, "If we really want to do something about drugs, let's do something about life... The song writers are trying to help us understand our plight and deal with it. It's about the only leadership we're getting. They're not really urging you to adopt a heroin distribution program, Mr. Vice President." 1978: At tonight's Aerosmith show in Philadelphia, PA, an audience member tosses a "cherry bomb" firecracker onto the stage, injuring singer Steven Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry. Thereafter, the band performs behind a chain-link fence. 1979: Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley declares today "Fleetwood Mac Day" and unveils a star for the band on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6608 Hollywood Blvd. The film The Rose, a thinly-veiled biopic of Janis Joplin starring Bette Midler, premieres in Hollywood. 1997: Jimmy Osmond becomes the proud father of his second child, Zachary James, who becomes the 50th member of the Osmond clan. 1999: Las Vegas' Grand Hotel holds an auction of several hundred thousand dollars' worth of Elvis memorabilia, including the King's wristwatch, cigar box, and his 1956 Lincoln Continental. 2001: Dennis DeYoung sues Styx, his former band, for touring and singing his songs without him. He'd left the band in 1999 due to chronic fatigue syndrome. Releases 1959: The Miracles, "Bad Girls"1964: The Shangri-Las, "Leader Of The Pack"1970: Pink Floyd, Atom Heart Mother1970: Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, "The Tears Of A Clown" Recording 1940: Lanny Ross, "Moonlight And Roses"1963: Elvis Presley: "Once Is Enough," "Catchin' On Fast," "Anyone," "Smokey Mountain Boy," "There's Gold In The Mountains," "One Boy, Two Little Girls," "Kissin' Cousins," "Barefoot Ballad," "Tender Feeling"1968: The Beatles: "Piggies," "Glass Onion," "Why Don't We Do It In The Road?" Charts 1953: Stan Freberg's "St. George And The Dragonet" hits #11956: Elvis Presley's "Love Me Tender" enters the charts1960: Larry Verne's "Mr. Custer" hits #11970: Neil Diamond's "Cracklin' Rosie" hits #1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted October 11, 2012 Author Share Posted October 11, 2012 On October 11th in music history: Births 1919: Art Blakey1928: Ennio Morricone1932: Dottie West1943: Gene Watson1946: Gary Mallaber (The Steve Miller Band)1948: Daryl Hall (Hall and Oates)1950: Andrew Woolfolk1955: Lindy Boone (The Boone Family) Deaths 1963: Edith Piaf2004: Bruce Palmer (Buffalo Springfield) Events 1960: Aretha Franklin delivers her first secular performance tonight, at New York's famed Village Vanguard. 1965: Gerry Marsden of Gerry and the Pacemakers marries his first wife, Pauline Behan -- the former secretary of his fan club! 1967: CBS presents Barbra Streisand's third television special, The Belle Of 14th Street, also starring Jason Robards. 1969: Muddy Waters is severely injured in a car crash just outside Chicago that leaves three other passengers dead. Waters will remain absent from music for about a year, and will rarely stand up on stage again. 1970: Elvis Presley is made an honorary "special" deputy sheriff of Bel Air, CA. 1975: The very first musical guest on the new NBC-TV series Saturday Night (later Saturday Night Live) is Janis Ian, who performs her hit "At Seventeen." 1991: Apple Computers settles their first trademark lawsuit against the Beatles' Apple Corps for a paltry $29 million, an issue that the Beatles' handlers would open back up when the Internet made music sales possible on computers. 1999: Deborah Rowe, Michael Jackson's first wife and the former nurse at his plastic surgeon's office, files for divorce from the singer. Recording 1939: Coleman Hawkins, "Body And Soul"1940: Glenn Miller, "Make Believe Ballroom Time" Charts 1969: Creedence Clearwater Revival's LP Green River hits #11969: Grand Funk Railroad's LP On Time enters the charts1975: Neil Sedaka's "Bad Blood" hits #1 Certifications 1963: The Beatles' "She Loves You" is certified gold1968: Aretha Franklin's "I Say A Little Prayer" is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted October 12, 2012 Author Share Posted October 12, 2012 On October 12th in music history: Births 1925: Guitar Gabriel1935: Sam Moore (Sam and Dave)1942: Melvin Franklin (The Temptations)1948: Rick Parfitt (Status Quo) Deaths 1971: Gene Vincent1997: John Denver1999: Frank Frost2002: Ray Conniff Events 1944: What would come to be known as the "Columbus Day Riot" takes place in New York City, when 35,000 hysterical teenage girls crowd the Paramount Theatre for a chance to see the return of crooner Frank Sinatra. The crowd of teen "bobbysoxer" girls halt traffic in Times Square, refuse to leave between shows to the extent of fainting from hunger, and ruin several seats in the theater when several urinate there rather than take a chance on going to the bathroom. 1955: Chrysler introduces the world's first in-car sound systems -- vinyl record players, complete with an assortment of classical records, mounted under the dashboard. 1956: Massively influential DJ Alan Freed's second film, Don't Knock The Rock, starring Little Richard, Bill Haley, and the Treniers, opens in New York. 1957: After a harrowing plane flight on the way to tonight's gig in Sydney, Australia, during which one of the engines catches fire, Little Richard rejects rock and roll for the first time on stage. He tells tonight's crowd, "If you want to live for the Lord, you can't take rock 'n' roll, too. God doesn't like it." After his saxophone player, Clifford Burks, doubts his conviction to the conversion, Richard proves it by tossing his four diamond rings into the nearest river. 1962: The Beatles meet Little Richard for the first time when they open for him at the Tower Ballroom in New Brighton, England. Though Richard apparently finds John and George "rude," he is quite taken with Paul, reportedly to the point of attempting to seduce him. On the same day, the band's first single, "Love Me Do," enters the British charts. 1966: The Moody Blues, still in their first incarnation as a white R&B band, split up. Sammy Davis Jr. appears as a guest star on today's "The Clock King's Crazy Crimes" episode of ABC-TV's Batman series. The Jimi Hendrix Experience play their first headlining gig, opening at Paris' Olympia Theatre. 1969: Tom Zarski, a student at Eastern Michigan University, calls WKNR in Detroit, MI, and informs DJ Russ Gibb on air of the rumor that Paul McCartney died in a car crash, perhaps as long ago as 1966. Zarski tells Gibb that by playing a section of the band's "Revolution 9" backwards, a clue emerges: the phrase "Turn me on, dead man." Gibb proceeds to do just that. Listeners are stunned. 1970: The musical Jesus Christ Superstar, already a huge stage hit in the UK and on LP, opens on Broadway at the Mark Hellinger Theatre. 1972: The movie Lady Sings The Blues, a musical biopic of singer Billie Holiday that launches the movie career of star Diana Ross, opens in New York. 1974: "Rollermania" begins in earnest at the Bay City Rollers' debut album, Rollin', hits #1 in the UK. 1975: Singer Rod Stewart ends his longtime association with The Faces by playing one final gig with them at Nassau Coliseum in New York. 1979: Jethro Tull lead singer Ian Anderson has his right eye torn open by a thorn, situated on a rose an adoring fan threw on stage at the band's Madison Square Garden concert. 1980: Eight audience members are stabbed by a fellow concertgoer at a Blood Sweat and Tears show in Los Angeles. 1994: MTV airs the reunion concert special of Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, entitled Unledded. 1996: Though they've refused to release it on video for 27 years, largely due to dissatisfaction over their own performance, the Rolling Stones finally release their landmark 1968 all-star BBC television special, The Rolling Stones' Rock And Roll Circus. 2002: The new Elvis Presley compilation 30 No. 1 Hits debuts at #1 on the US album charts, the first Presley album ever to do so. 2003: For the first time since his notorious rendition at a Detroit baseball game in 1970, singer Jose Feliciano is invited to sing the US national anthem, performing it at a Florida Marlins playoff game with no incident. 2005: A 1974 Rolls Royce that belonged to late Queen singer Freddie Mercury is auctioned off on eBay. Recording 1965: The Beatles: "Run For Your Life," "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)"1968: The Beatles, "Savoy Truffle" Charts 1963: Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs' "Sugar Shack" hits #11968: Big Brother and the Holding Company's LP Cheap Thrills hits #11974: Olivia Newton-John's LP If You Love Me, Let Me Know hits #1 Certifications 1973: Elton John's LP Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted October 13, 2012 Author Share Posted October 13, 2012 On October 13th in music history: Births 1940: Pharaoh Sanders1940: Chris Farlowe1941: Paul Simon1941: Neil Aspinall1944: Robert Lamm (Chicago)1946: Dorothy Moore1948: Lacy J. Dalton1948: Peter David Spencer (Smokie)1950: Simon Nicol (Fairport Convention)1951: John Ford Coley (England Dan and John Ford Coley)1959: Marie Osmond Deaths 1974: Ed Sullivan1977: Shirley Brickley (The Orlons)1993: Wade Flemons (Earth, Wind & Fire)1998: Craig Atkinson (Count Five)2001: Peter Doyle (The New Seekers) Events 1957: ABC television presents a star-studded new musical variety special sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, featuring Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, and The Four Preps all singing the praises of... the Ford Edsel, a new model which would soon be considered the standard by which all automobile flops are measured. 1962: At London's Prince of Wales Theatre, The Everly Brothers' Don Everly collapses from exhaustion during rehearsal for the duo's upcoming tour of the UK. Brother Phil continues the tour alone. 1963: Beatlemania begins in earnest at the Beatles appear on the popular BBC television showSunday Night At The Palladium, performing "She Loves You," "From Me To You," "I'll Get You," and "Twist And Shout." 15 million people in the UK alone watch the live performance on television, while thousands of fans pack nearby Argyll Street to catch a glimpse of the group. 1968: The Supremes' Florence Ballard gives birth to premature twin daughters, Michelle and Nicole. 1970: The ashes of Janis Joplin are scattered into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Stinson Beach in California. 1975: Neil Young undergoes throat surgery in Los Angeles to remove a growth from his vocal cords. 1990: In a move that stuns his longtime fans, Bob Dylan is invited to perform at the West Point US Military Academy. Oddly, he performs his scathing anti-war attack "Masters Of War"; even more strangely, several cadets turn his protest song "Blowin' In The Wind" into a singalong. 1998: The box set The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live, 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall Concert" is released, featuring the first ever commercial release of the notorious concert where Dylan "went electric" and suffered a folk-purist heckler calling him a "Judas." Eric Clapton opens his Crossroads detox center in Antigua, charging $9,000 US for a month of rehab. 2000: The Eagles' Don Henley is sued by a fan who claims the singer bashed her on the head with maracas after she tried to take his picture at an Arkansas concert. 2001: Country legend Merle Haggard, who has a history of heart disease, cancels the remainder of his Us tour after complaining of tightness in his chest. 2004: The US Internal Revenue Service charges Ronald Isley of the Isley Brothers with five counts of tax evasion for failing to report income from 1997-2002. Exactly one year later to the day, he goes on trial in Los Angeles for the charges and is sentenced to three years in prison. Releases 1971: Don McLean, American Pie Recording 1939: Harry James, "On A Little Street In Singapore"1958: Tommy Dorsey, "Tea For Two Cha Cha"1958: The Everly Brothers, "Problems"1965: The Beatles, "Drive My Car"1965: The Who, "My Generation"1968: The Beatles, "Julia" Charts 1958: Frank Sinatra's LP Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely hits #11973: The Rolling Stones' LP Goat's Head Soup hits #11979: Michael Jackson's "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" hits #1 Certifications 1971: Donny Osmond's "Go Away Little Girl" is certified gold [^] Happy 71st birthday to Paul Simon!! [<)] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rick Posted October 14, 2012 Author Share Posted October 14, 2012 On October 14th in music history: Births 1907: Allan Jones1927: Bill Justis1930: Robert Parker1938: Melba Montgomery1940: Cliff Richard1942: Billy Harrison (Them)1946: Justin Hayward (The Moody Blues)1946: Dan McCafferty (Nazareth)1948: Marcia Barrett (Boney M)1948: Ivory Tilmon (The Detroit Emeralds) Deaths 1977: Bing Crosby1990: Leonard Bernstein2006: Freddy Fender Events 1930: Ethel Merman becomes a star overnight with her rendition of "I Got Rhythm," featured in the new Broadway hit Girl Crazy. 1955: A young singer and guitarist named Buddy Holly opens for Bill Haley and his Comets in Holly's hometown of Lubbock, TX, impressing Nashville talent scout Eddie Crandell so much he sets him up with studio time for his first demo. 1964: Charlie Watts, drummer for the Rolling Stones, marries his first and only wife, Shirley Ann Shepherd, in Bradford, England. They're still married. 1966: Former R&B cover band Pink Floyd debut an entire set of psychedelic originals at tonight's gig at All Saints Hall in London. Grace Slick makes her first stage appearance with the band Jefferson Airplane at their Fillmore West gig in San Francisco. 1969: Fred LaBour, entertainment reviewer for the University of Michigan student newspaper The Michigan Daily, turns his assigned review of the new Beatles album, Abbey Road, into a satirical piece headlined "McCartney Dead; New Evidence Brought to Light." In the article, LaBour repeats the musical "clues" that center around the recent "Paul Is Dead" rumors and adds several of his own. He also invents the name "William Campbell" as Paul's "replacement." This finally causes the mainstream press to take note of the phenomenon, and when contacted by other media outlets, LaBour furthers what he thinks is a joke by validating every rumor within the rumor. 1971: The current owners of the Specialty Records catalog sue Creedence Clearwater Revival leader John Fogerty for half a million dollars for allegedly copying several elements of Little Richard's "Good Golly Miss Molly" for the band's single "Travelin' Band." Ironically, CCR had covered "Good Golly" just a year before "Travelin' Band." The suit is later dropped. John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear on ABC-TV's The Dick Cavett Show to promote John's new album Imagine, Yoko's new book, and their upcoming art exhibition. 1972: Joe Cocker and six members of his touring band are arrested after a concert in Adelaide, Australia, when police allegedly discover marijuana and heroin in their hotel rooms. The group are not charged but instead given four hours to leave the country. 1977: At the personal request of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Linda Ronstadt sings the US national anthem at the beginning of their third World Series game against the New York Yankees. 1997: Max Steiner's acclaimed score to 1942's legendary film Casablanca is finally released, including selected dialogue and the vocal hit "As Time Goes By." 2000: The Beatles' official autobiography Anthology hits #1 on the New York Times nonfiction bestseller list. 2003: Former Temptation (and Dramatic, and Lakeside member) Barrington Henderson sues the band and the Motown label for wrongful termination and millions of dollars in alleged unpaid royalties. 2004: Eric clapton is busted for speeding in his Porsche 911 Turbo near Mercuil, France, and fined 750 Euros. Releases 1957: Elvis Presley, "Jailhouse Rock"1972: The Temptations, "Papa Was A Rolling Stone" Recording 1938: Bob Crosby and the Bob Cats, "Big Noise From Winnetka"1959: Connie Francis, "Among My Souvenirs"1968: The Beatles, "Savoy Truffle" Charts 1957: The Everly Brothers' "Wake Up Little Susie" hits #11967: Bobbie Gentry's LP Ode To Billie Joe hits #11972: Michael Jackson's "Ben" hits #11978: The KISS solo LPs Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss all enter the charts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted October 14, 2012 Author Share Posted October 14, 2012 On October 15th in music history: Births 1906: Victoria Spivey1913: David Carroll1925: Mickey Baker (Mickey and Sylvia)1935: Barry McGuire1938: Marv Johnson1942: Chris Andrews1942: Don Stevenson (Moby Grape)1943: SSgt. Barry Sadler1946: Richard Carpenter (The Carpenters)1951: Frank Dimino (Angel)1953: Tito Jackson (The Jacksons) Deaths 1964: Cole Porter1980: Bobby Lester (The Moonglows)1996: Ralph Middlebrooks (The Ohio Players)1999: Terry Gilkyson (The Easy Riders) Events 1955: Still part of a duo named Buddy and Bob, Buddy Holly opens for Elvis Presley at today's "Big D Jamboree" concert in Lubbock, TX. A young Mac Davis watches from the audience. 1960: While in Hamburg, The Beatles back Wally Eymond, the guitarist for Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, on his version of George Gershwin's "Summertime." As Beatles drummer Pete Best is absent from the session, the band plays with Rory Storm's drummer, Ringo Starr. This is the first known recording of the group together, though the master is lost to history; two years later, the group would hire Ringo permanently. 1964: British singer Screaming Lord Sutch runs for the English parliament. 1965: Mike Love of the Beach Boys marries his second wife, Suzanne Celeste Belcher, in Las Vegas. Jimi Hendrix signs his first recording contract -- for one dollar plus one percent of his royalties. 1968: The former New Yardbirds, now known as Led Zeppelin, perform their first gig under that name at England's Surrey University. 1969: Famed blues singer Howlin' Wolf suffers his first non-fatal heart attack. 1971: Rick Nelson (formerly Ricky) is invited to perform at the Seventh Annual Rock 'n' Roll Revival Show, an oldies concert held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Debuting some of his newer, country-rock material with his Stone Canyon Band, Nelson is booed by the audience; the experience so unnerves the former teen idol that he goes home and pens a song about the experience, puckishly entitled "Garden Party." Ironically, in 1972 it will become his first US Top Ten hit since 1963's "For You." 1973: Having experienced respiratory problems for the past four days, Elvis Presley is admitted to Memphis' Baptist Memorial Hospital, where Dr. George Nichopoulos, Elvis' personal physician, discovers his patient's addiction to Demerol. The US Supreme Court upholds, by a 7-2 vote, the 1971 FCC directive that bans radio DJs from playing songs that glorify drugs. The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards is found guilty in Nice, France, of possessing and intending to distribute both marijuana and heroin. He receives a one-year suspended sentence, is fined 5,000 francs, and is forbidden from entering the country for two years. 1979: ABBA perform their first concert in North America with an appearance in Vancouver, Canada. 1980: For the first time ever, London's legendary Abbey Road Studios auctions off thousands of dollars of equipment, including some used on Beatles recordings. 1991: Creedence Clearwater Revival leader John Fogerty is the proud father of son Shane Cody, his fourth child. 1995: Paul and Linda McCartney make a memorable appearance on tonight's "Lisa The Vegetarian" episode of FOX's The Simpsons, doing their voiceovers only on condition that the Lisa character stay a vegetarian forever after. 2000: Dave Edmunds undergoes a triple-bypass heart operation at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. 2003: Dave Clark Five lead singer Mike Smith suffers a tragic fall from a ladder at his home in Spain, leaving him without any movement in three limbs. He would remain a near-quadriplegic until his death in 2008 from pneumonia, a complication of the original injury. Releases 1977: Paul Simon, "Slip Slidin' Away" Recording 1955: Fats Domino, "I'm In Love Again"1956: Little Richard, "Good Golly Miss Molly"1958: Jackie Wilson, "Lonely Teardrops"1959: Jim Reeves, "He'll Have To Go"1961: Elvis Presley: "For The Millionth And The Last Time," "Good Luck Charm," "Anything That's Part Of You"1963: The Rip Chords, "Hey Little Cobra"1966: The Monkees, "I'm A Believer" Charts 1946: Frankie Carle's "Rumors Are Flying" hits #11966: The Four Tops' "Reach Out, I'll Be There" hits #11977: Debbie Boone's "You Light Up My Life" hits #1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted October 16, 2012 Author Share Posted October 16, 2012 On October 16th in music history: Births 1911: Mahalia Jackson1923: Bert Kaempfert1935: Sugar Pie DeSanto1937: Emile Ford (Emile Ford and the Checkmates)1938: Nico1942: Dave Lovelady (The Fourmost)1943: C.F. Turner (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)1947: Bob Weir (The Grateful Dead) Deaths 1969: Leonard Chess1973: Gene Krupa1990: Art Blakey1999: Ella Mae Morse2001: Etta Jones Events 1951: Jump-blues singer Richard Penniman, already going by the stage name Little Richard, makes his first recordings at Atlanta radio station WGST, though it would take four years and a move to clubs in New Orleans' French Quarter to turn him into a rock and roll phenomenon. 1954: Elvis Presley, still stinging from his rejection at the Grand Old Opry in Nashville, joins the Shreveport, LA radio broadcast Louisiana Hayride, appearing weekly for the grand sum of eighteen dollars. The show, broadcast on local station KWKH-AM, represents Presley's first major musical exposure and would prove invaluable to getting him noticed nationally. 1962: Motown launches its first "package tour," a revue of the label's artists featuring Marvin Gaye, The Miracles, The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, and Mary Wells, in Washington DC. 1966: Folk singer Joan Baez is among 124 antiwar protesters arrested for blocking entrance to an Army Induction Center in Oakland, CA. She is sentenced to ten days in jail. 1972: Internal strife between the three remaining band members -- reportedly due to leader John Fogerty's reluctance to give up creative control -- lead to today's public breakup of Creedence Clearwater Revival. The press statement tries to put the best possible face on the incident, "We don't regard this as breaking up. We look at it as an expansion of our activities." 1986: Chuck Berry is the center of an all-star "60th birthday" bash in his hometown of St. Louis, a tribute concert -- held three days before his actual 60th -- where the legendary rocker is joined by Keith Richards, Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Etta James, Robert Cray, Linda Ronstadt, and many others on stage at the local Fox Theatre. The making of the concert and the show itself are filmed by veteran director Taylor Hackford for the critically acclaimed hits 1987 documentary Hail! Hail! Rock 'N' Roll. 1993: Aretha Franklin sings the US national anthem in Toronto before tonight's World Series game between the city's Blue Jays and the visiting Philadelphia Phillies. 2001: After Bob Dylan hires extra security guards in preparation for his comeback "Love And Theft" tour, two of the guards turn Dylan himself back when the singer forgets his own pass. The new guards are fired. 2002: Country legend Dolly Parton begins her first tour of the United Kingdom in nearly two decades. Billy Joel leaves the Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan, CT, where it is rumored he's been undergoing treatment for alcoholism. 2003: Simon and Garfunkel open their new "Old Friends" Tour with a concert in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Releases 1957: Sam Cooke, "You Send Me"1971: Isaac Hayes, "Theme From Shaft" Recording 1941: Will Bradley, "Fry Me Cookie, With A Can Of Lard"1951: Johnnie Ray, "Cry"1965: The Beatles: "Day Tripper," "If I Needed Someone"1968: Jay and the Americans, "This Magic Moment" Charts 1976: Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots' "Disco Duck" hits #11976: Stevie Wonder's LP Songs In The Key Of Life hits #1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted October 17, 2012 Author Share Posted October 17, 2012 On October 17th in music history: Births 1909: Cozy Cole1933: Floyd Cramer1941: Jim Seals (Seals and Crofts)1941: Alan Howard (Brian Poole and the Tremeloes)1942: Gary Puckett1947: David St. Hubbins (Spinal Tap)1949: Bill Hudson (The Hudson Brothers) Deaths 1972: Billy Williams1981: Alberta Hunter1991: Tennessee Ernie Ford1999: Thomas Durden2001: Jay Livingston2002: Bashful Brother Oswald2007: Teresa Brewer Events 1919: The Radio Corporation of America, soon to be simply known as RCA, is founded by General Electric as a publicly-held monopoly, much the same way "the phone company" was originally envisioned. 1945: Ava Gardner marries her second husband, bandleader Artie Shaw. 1957: Elvis' third film, Jailhouse Rock, has its world premiere at the Loews State Theatre in Memphis, TN -- the same moviehouse where Elvis had his first job as an usher just five years earlier. 1960: Dion and the Belmonts' breakup becomes official when it is reported in Billboard magazine. Lead singer Dion DiMucci claims the group's not bluesy enough; the band claims Dion just wants a taste of solo fame. 1962: The Beatles make their very first television appearance anywhere when part of their afternoon show at the Cavern in Liverpool is broadcast live on Granada television's People And Places. The band performs two songs: "Some Other Guy" and "Love Me Do." 1963: The Beatles record the first of their "Christmas Records," spoken word greetings sent out on vinyl to members of their fan club. 1967: Hair, the world's first hippie rock musical, makes its public debut at the New York Shakespeare Festival. The Beatles attend a small, quiet memorial service for their manager Brian Epstein, held at the New London Synagogue in St. John's Wood (near the Abbey Road Studios). Phil Spector, Tommy Boyce, and Bobby Hart all guest star on tonight's "Jeannie, The Hip Hippie" episode of NBC-TV's I Dream of Jeannie. 1969: Having been refused union admission to American stages for four years due to both the Davies' brothers incessant fighting and a procedural violation during their last appearance on the NBC-TV show Hullabaloo!, the Kinks make their triumphant return, opening for Spirit at the Fillmore East in New York. 1970: While attending the Gospel Quartet Convention in Memphis, Elvis Presley indulges himself in a lifelong passion by singing backstage with members of the legendary Blackwood Brothers and the equally notable Statesmen Quartet, both major early influences on the singer. 1975: Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees marries his second wife, Yvonne Spencely. 1981: One man is killed and another injured in an attempted burglary of Rolling Stones ticket offices in Maryland. 1987: With their #1 comeback hit "You Win Again," the Bee Gees become the first group to score a UK Number One hit in three separate decades -- the 60s, 70s, and 80s. 1991: Sixties British singer Sandie Shaw is arrested and fined 100 pounds for refusing to take a breathalyzer test outside her home in London. 1995: The largest video release of all time is made by Rhino Home Video: 21 cassette tapes featuring 58 episodes of NBC-TV's The Monkees. 1999: Having been diagnosed with a severe case of pneumonia, Johnny Cash is admitted to Baptist Hospital in Nashville. 2000: At a charity auction organized by Mick Fleetwood in London, singer George Michael pays one and a half million pounds for the upright piano on which John Lennon wrote the 1971 hit "Imagine." 2005: Fats Domino returns to his Ninth Ward home for the first time since Hurricane Katrina to find it utterly destroyed, with his piano and several of his gold records among the ruined items. 2007: The section of West Grand Blvd. in Detroit, MI, that once housed the Motown studios is officially renamed "Berry Gordy Jr. Boulevard." 2007: California claims singer and resident Dionne Warwick owes $2.67 million in unpaid taxes. Releases 1966: The Zombies, "She's Not There"1968: Jose Feliciano, "The Star-Spangled Banner"1979: Fleetwood Mac, Tusk Recording 1940: Will Bradley, "Five O'Clock Whistle"1956: Mickey and Sylvia, "Love Is Strange"1963: The Beatles, "I Want To Hold Your Hand"1963: Bobby Goldsboro, "See The Funny Little Clown"1967: Bob Dylan: "Drifter's Escape," "I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine," "The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest"1978: Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand, "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" Charts 1960: The Drifters' "Save The Last Dance For Me" hits #11964: Manfred Mann's "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" hits #11970: The Jackson 5's "I'll Be There" hits #1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted October 18, 2012 Author Share Posted October 18, 2012 On October 18th in music history: Births 1926: Chuck Berry1937: Cynthia Weil1938: Ronnie Bright (The Coasters)1943: Russ Giguere (The Association)1947: Laura Nyro1949: Joe Egan (Stealers Wheel)1949: Gary Richrath (REO Speedwagon)1952: Keith Knudsen (The Doobie Brothers) Deaths 1994: Lee Allen1997: Glen Buxton (Alice Cooper)2000: Julie London Events 1922: The British Broadcasting Corporation, or BBC, the first national broadcasting corporation, is founded on this day in London. 1957: For the Quarrymen's gig at the New Clubmoor Hall, Norris Green, Liverpool, Paul McCartney joins the group on stage for the first time, as a guitar player. Having made a few mistakes on his solo for Arthur Smith's "Guitar Boogie," a distressed and nervous McCartney attempts to repair his image by showing Quarrymen leader John Lennon some of the songs he's composed. John responds in kind, leading to the beginning of the Lennon-McCartney songwriting partnership. ABC-TV debuts The Frank Sinatra Show. 1959: 75 teens are arrested outside of the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, KS after a riot breaks out, further goading civic leaders to decry the rock and roll "menace." 1963: Chuck Berry is released from prison after serving 19 months for a Mann Act violation (transporting a minor across state lines for immoral purposes). 1964: The Animals begin their first UK tour as headliners, playing the ABC Club in Manchester with supporting acts Carl Perkins, Gene Vincent, the Nashville Teens, and Tommy Tucker. 1967: The Richard Lester movie How I Won The War, an antiwar satire featuring John Lennon in the role of Pvt. Gripweed, opens at London's Premiere Theatre, with all four Beatles attending. 1968: John Lennon and Yoko Ono are busted for marijuana possession in their apartment in London's Montague Square, a flat leased to them by Ringo and previously lived in by Jimi Hendrix. Having gotten wind of the bust ahead of time (and also having begun experimenting with heroin), John, Yoko, and John's friend Pete Shotton clean the place to within an inch of its life, but the police nevertheless claim to find approximately 230 grains of cannabis resin, enough to arrest the two. Later in the day, fater paying a 150 pound fine, the pair are released, but not before Yoko begins to feel discomfort in her stomach, an ominous symptom of the miscarriage she will soon suffer. 1969: In Hawaii, Paul Kantner of the Jefferson Airplane is arrested for possession of marijuana. Rod Stewart joins the Faces, formerly known as the Small Faces. A clearly ill Bill Haley plays the First Annual Rock and Roll Revival show at New York's Madison Square Garden and, at the end of his set, receives an eight-minute standing ovation. The Jackson 5 make their television debut when they appear on tonight's episode of ABC's variety show Hollywood Palace. 1974: Al Green's ex, Mary Woodson, still jealous over his infidelities, breaks into his home in Memphis, TN, and dumps a pot of boiling grits on the singer's naked body while he is in the bathtub, burning Green very badly. A distraught Woodson then goes into the next room and takes her life with a handgun. Green will later point to this incident as one of the major catalysts for his decision to leave secular music behind. 1975: Paul Simon reunites with former partner Art Garfunkel on tonight's second-ever episode of Saturday Night Live, performing "Scarborough Fair," "The Boxer," and their new single, "My Little Town." 1979: Police break up a 15-man robbery ring set up in the parking lot of Madison Square Garden during an Earth, Wind and Fire concert there. After a series of renovations, New York's legendary venue Radio City Music Hall re-opens with a showing of its first film, Disney's Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs. 1986: Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie marries her second husband, Portugese music composer Eduardo Quintela. 1990: The city of Los Angeles declares today "Rocky Horror Picture Show Day" in honor of the 1975 cult classic musical. 2002: Citing a contract all group members signed in 1963, the New York Court of Appeals overturns an earlier ruling that awarded three million dollars in unpaid royalties from Phil Spector to the Ronettes, ending a 15-year court battle for the group. Releases 1967: The Kinks, "Autumn Almanac" Recording 1935: Tommy Dorsey, "I’m Getting Sentimental Over You"1964: The Beatles: "Eight Days A Week," "Kansas City / Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!," "Mr. Moonlight," "I Feel Fine," "I'll Follow The Sun," "Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby," "Rock And Roll Music," "Words Of Love"1964: The Beatles: "If I Needed Someone," "In My Life" Charts 1969: The Temptations' "I Can't Get Next To You" hits #11975: John Denver's LP Windsong hits #1 HAPPY 86TH BIRTHDAY TO CHUCK BERRY!! [^] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted October 19, 2012 Author Share Posted October 19, 2012 On October 19th in music history: Births 1911: George Cates1937: Jerry Jaye1940: Larry Chance (The Earls)1944: George McCrae1944: Peter Tosh1945: Jeannie C. Riley1945: Patrick Simmons (The Doobie Brothers)1946: Keith Reid (Procol Harum)1947: Wilbert Hart (The Delfonics)1956: Nino DeFranco (The DeFranco Family) Deaths 1986: Moses Asch1988: Son House1995: Don Cherry Events 1953: After popular singer and heartthrob Julius LaRosa finishes his version of "Manhattan" on today's CBS radio broadcast of Arthur Godfrey Time, host Godfrey says, "Thanks ever so much, Julie. That was Julie's swan song with us..." effectively firing the young singer on air without his prior knowledge. Godfrey later holds a press conference after the incident becomes a national scandal, claiming that by hiring his own manager, LaRosa had lost his "humility," but several historians claim that Godfrey was actually upset that the singer was beginning to receive more fan mail than the host. 1955: For the first and only time, Elvis Presley and Pat Boone share the bill for a performance at the Circle Theatre in Cleveland, OH. 1961: At a show in Litherland Town Hall in Liverpool, England, two popular local groups combine on stage to form the Beatmakers, performing Jerry Lee Lewis' "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," Ray Charles' "What'd I Say?," the pop standard "Red Sails in the Sunset," and Charles' "Hit the Road, Jack." The groups? Gerry and the Pacemakers and the Beatles. 1963: The Greatest Record Show, a package tour of American rock and pop acts, begins at London's Finsbury Park Astoria, featuring Lesley Gore, Brook Benton, Dion, Trini Lopez and Timi Yuro. 1964: The incredibly influential English concert called the "American ***** Blues Festival" kicks off, featuring Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon, Lightnin' Hopkins, and Sonny Boy Williamson, among others. It is the first glimpse of these bluesmen for many upcoming British R&B and rock legends. 1966: The Yardbirds, now featuring Jeff Beck on lead guitar and Jimmy Page on rhythm guitar, arrive in New York City to start their first American tour. 1970: Working from a design sketched out by his wife and himself, Elvis Presley orders a dozen 14-karat gold pendants from a Beverly Hills jeweler featuring the letters "TCB" set around a lightning bolt. Designed as totems for the Memphis Mafia (and also for security issues), the symbol stands, in Elvis' words, for "Taking Care of Business in a Flash." They would eventually come to symbolize the '70s era for Presley. The Australian outlaw film Ned Kelly, featuring Mick Jagger in his first starring role, is released to scathing reviews. 1981: At the Holiday Star Theater in Merriville, IN, Bob Dylan calls up longtime friend Larry Kegan, wheelchair-bound since the age of 15, and lets his perform Chuck Berry's "No Money Down" as tonight's encore. Releases 1967: The Kinks, "Autumn Almanac" Recording 1938: Bob Crosby, "I’m Free"1958: Brenda Lee, "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree"1965: The Beatles, The Beatles' Third Christmas Record 1967: Jose Feliciano, "Light My Fire"1967: The Beatles, "Hello Goodbye" Charts 1974: Billy Preston's "Nothing From Nothing" hits #11974: Bachman-Turner Overdrive's Not Fragile hits #1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted October 20, 2012 Author Share Posted October 20, 2012 On October 20th in music history: Births 1890: Jelly Roll Morton1937: Wanda Jackson1939: Jay Siegel (The Tokens)1939: Ray Jones (The Dakotas)1942: John Carter (Ivy League)1945: Ric Lee (Ten Years After) Deaths 1983: Merle Travis1997: Henry Vestine (Canned Heat)2008: Dee Dee Warwick Events 1955: Brooklyn High School in Cleveland, OH, is host to a rock and roll concert featuring Bill Haley, LaVern Baker, Roy Hamilton, Johnnie Ray, the up-and-coming artist Elvis Presley, and also, improbably, Pat Boone and The Four Lads. The concert is filmed for a documentary of local DJ Bill Randle, entitled The Pied Piper of Cleveland: A Day in the Life of a Famous Disc Jockey, but the film, which includes the very first known footage of Elvis, has never been released. 1964: A riot predictably breaks out during the Rolling Stones first-ever Paris gig, leading to the arrest of 150 concertgoers at the Olympia Theatre. 1966: The Yardbirds (featuring Jimmy Page) record a version of their hit "Over Under Sideways Down" as a jingle for General Foods' Great Shakes beverages. 1968: The Yardbirds end their stage career with a gig at Liverpool University. 1969: The Who begin a six-night run at the Fillmore East in New York, performing their new rock opera "Tommy" in its entirety. 1974: Former Animals lead singer Eric Burdon and his wife Rose celebrate the birth of their first daughter, which they name Mirage. (They will later think better of it and rename her Alexandria.) 1976: Marking time while lead singer Robert Plant recovers from a debilitating car accident, Led Zeppelin release the concert documentary The Song Remains The Same, a document of three 1973 shows at Madison Square Garden interspersed with several slightly ridiculous "fantasy" sequences. Though critical reaction is not kind, it goes on to be a success, as does the obligatory soundtrack album. 1977: Guitarist Steve Gaines, lead singer Ronnie Van Zandt, and backup singer Cassie Gaines of Lynyrd Skynyrd are all killed when the band's small Convair plane runs out of fuel and does down en route from Greenville, SC, to their next gig in Baton Rouge, LA. Crash landing in a forest near Gillsburg, MS, the accident also takes the lives of the band's assistant road manager as well as the two pilots, not to mention severely injuring the rest of the band and most of the other two dozen passengers. The remaining members would not reunite for another decade. 1979: Bob Dylan appears on tonight's episode of NBC'sSaturday Night Live to perform three new religious songs from his upcoming album Slow Train Coming, shocking listeners with his new fundamentalist Christian direction. 1994: In a surprise appearance, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young take the stage during Bob Dylan's concert at New York's Roseland Ballroom and perform "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" and "Highway 61 Revisited" with the legend himself. 1996: Carly Simon cancels a planned show aboard the famous cruise liner Queen Elizabeth II, docked in New York, after she comes down with a bad case of stage fright. 2001: The Concert For New York City, a benefit show for victims of the recent 9/11 terrorist attacks, is staged at Madison Square Garden, featuring (among others) The Who, Elton John, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Billy Joel, James Taylor, and David Bowie. 2003: Jimmy Cliff is awarded Jamaica's prestigious Order of Merit for his contributions to the world of music and movies. Releases 1962: The Four Seasons, "Big Girls Don't Cry"1969: John Lennon, "Cold Turkey" Recording 1939: Tommy Dorsey, "All The Things You Are"1954: LaVern Baker, "Tweedle Dee"1955: Harry Belafonte, "The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)"1965: The Beatles, "We Can Work It Out"1967: The Beatles: "The Fool On The Hill," "Hello Goodbye" Charts 1962: Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt Kickers' "Monster Mash" hits #11962: Peter Paul and Mary's LP Peter, Paul and Mary hits #11973: The Rolling Stones' "Angie" hits #11979: Herb Alpert's "Rise" hits #11979: The Eagles' LP The Long Run hits #1 Certifications 1965: The Beatles' "Yesterday" is certified gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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