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Post by Admin on Aug 7, 2014 9:26:24 GMT -5
Today In Music History: August 7 Births 1921: Warren Covington 1925: Felice Bryant 1926: Stan Freberg 1931: Herb Reed (The Platters) 1936: Charles Pope (The Tams) 1939: Ron Holden 1942: B.J. Thomas 1943: Lana Cantrell 1945: Kerry Chater (Gary Puckett and the Union Gap) 1949: Carlo Novi (Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes) 1952: Andy Fraser (Free) Deaths 1984: Esther Phillips 2001: Larry Adler 2009: Mike Seeger Events 1957: The Quarrymen (minus new member Paul McCartney, away at Scout camp!) make their debut at Liverpool's Cavern Club. Manager Alan Sytner instructs them not to play rock and roll, but midway through their skiffle performance, John lights into a version of Elvis' "Don't Be Cruel," which the crowd loves. 1957: Paul Anka makes his US television debut, singing "Diana" on ABC's American Bandstand. 1963: The first of the Frankie Avalon / Annette Funicello "beach movies," Beach Party, opens in American theaters, featuring music by surf legend Dick Dale. Exactly 24 years later on this day, the reunion movie Back To The Beach opens, with Frankie and Annette cast as parents with wild and crazy teens of their own, and featuring music by Fishbone and Pee-Wee Herman. 1970: Christine Perfect, now married to bass player John McVie, joins her husband's band, Fleetwood Mac, as its first female member. 1974: J. Geils Band frontman Peter Wolf marries movie star Faye Dunaway in a Beverly Hills courtroom. They would divorce in 1979. 1981: In recognition of the continuing popularity of Claude King's novelty hit "Wolverton Mountain" -- a real mountain located in Conway County, Arkansas -- the state of Arkansas declares today "Wolverton Mountain Day." 1991: Paul Simon gives a free concert in Central Park, much as he had in 1981 with partner Art Garfunkel. The performance eventually became the album Paul Simon's Concert In The Park. 1996: A federal appeals court overturns the ruling that original Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers members Jimmy Merchant and Herman Santiago co-wrote the group's biggest hit, 1955's "Why Do Fools Fall In Love?," ruling that copyright claims must be filed within three years of the song's publication. 2000: Having recently won back merchandising rights for their son's famous name, the family of Jimi Hendrix succeeds in shutting down the faux-official website www.jimihendrix.com. 2003: The Osmonds are awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. 2006: Barry Manilow cancels some dates at the Las Vegas Hilton while doctors attempt to repair torn cartilage in his hip. 2007: The Isley Brothers' Ron Isley begins serving a 27-month sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution at Terre Haute, IN for income tax evasion. Releases 1965: The Turtles, "It Ain't Me Babe" Recording 1937: Bunny Berigan, "I Can't Get Started" 1969: The Beatles, "The End" Charts 1954: The Crew-Cuts' "Sh-Boom" hits #1 1965: Herman's Hermits' "I'm Henry VIII, I Am" hits #1 1965: The Beatles' Help! LP hits #1 1971: The Bee Gees' "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?" hits #1 1976: Elton John & Kiki Dee's "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" hits #1 Certifications 1975: The Rolling Stones' Made in the Shade LP is certified gold
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Post by Admin on Aug 8, 2014 9:04:27 GMT -5
Today In Music History: August 8
Births
1907: Benny Carter 1921: Webb Pierce 1923: Jimmy Witherspoon 1926: Urbie Green 1932: Mel Tillis 1933: Joe Tex 1938: Connie Stevens 1939: Phil Balsley (The Statler Brothers) 1942: John David (Dr. Hook) 1944: Michael Johnson 1949: Keith Carradine 1949: Airrion Love (The Stylistics) 1950: Andy Fairweather-Low (Amen Corner) Deaths
1975: Cannonball Adderley
Events
1923: A fourteen-year-old clarinet player named Benny Goodman lands his first professional gig, playing for a cruise ship operating on Lake Michigan near Chicago.
1958: Bing Crosby and wife Kathryn announce the birth of their first child (and Bing's fifth overall), Harry Lillis Crosby III.(Harry is Bing's real first name.)
1960: Decca Records in England refuses to release Ray Peterson's latest single, "Tell Laura I Love Her," going so far as to throw away 25,000 pressings of the teen-tragedy song, which they felt was "too tasteless and vulgar for the English sensibility." A cover by Ricky Valance proves them wrong by going straight to Number One. (The grisly song, in which a stock-car driver mutters the title words before he dies, ironically only reaches #7 in America.)
1969: Photographer Iain MacMillan shoots the cover for what would be the Beatles' last recorded album, Abbey Road, just outside the studios of the same name where the band recorded most of its classic songs. The photo, which merely shows the band crossing the street while walking away from the studio, has become iconic in its own right, and provides "Paul Is Dead" enthusiasts with several erroneous "clues" to his "death," including the fact that Paul is barefoot. (Supposedly this represents a corpse, but McCartney has stated that it was simply a hot day.) The shoot, which lasts ten minutes, produces six shots, from which Paul picks the cover.
1970: At Philadelphia's Mount Lawn Cemetary, Janis Joplin purchases a headstone for her idol, Bessie Smith, the famous African-American blues singer who died from injuries suffered in a 1937 car crash -- after being refused at a whites-only hospital. (Bessie's widower refused to purchase a stone for her.)
1975: Hank Williams, Jr. falls 500 feet down Ajax Mountain near Missoula, MT, exposing part of his brain and keeping him in and out of hospitals for the next two years. The resultant facial scars would inspire his trademark "hat, beard, and shades" look.
1983: Harold Melvin and three members of the Blue Notes are arrested for cocaine, marijuana, and meth possession at Caesars Boardwalk Regency Hotel Casino in Atlantic City.
1986: David Crosby (The Byrds, Crosby Stills & Nash) is released from prison after serving only eight months of his original five-year sentence for cocaine and firearms possession.
2000: Twenty-eight US states' attorney generals file a class-action suit alleging the major record labels of forcing "discount" CD stores to raise prices.
2005: Two jurors in the Michael Jackson molestation case tell NBC-TV's Today that they have come to regret their ruling of "not guilty."
Releases
1966: The Beatles, Revolver 1966: The Beatles, "Eleanor Rigby" b/w "Yellow Submarine" 1970: Creedence Clearwater Revival, "Looking Out My Back Door"
Recording
1934: Bing Crosby, "I Love You Truly" 1941: Les Brown and his Band of Renown, "Joltin' Joe Dimaggio" 1960: Roy Orbison, "Blue Angel" 1969: The Beatles: "I Want You (She's So Heavy)," "The End"
Charts
1953: Les Paul and Mary Ford's "Vaya Con Dios (May God Be With You)" hits #1 1960: Brian Hyland's "Itsy Bitsy, Teenie Weenie, Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" hits #1 1970: Blood, Sweat & Tears' Blood Sweat & Tears 3 LP hits #1
Certifications
1974: Eric Clapton's 461 Ocean Boulevard LP is certified gold 1974: Roberta Flack's "Feel Like Makin' Love" is certified gold
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Post by Admin on Aug 9, 2014 8:22:20 GMT -5
Today In Music History: August 9
Births
1934: Merle Kilgore 1939: Billy Henderson (The Spinners) 1944: Vic Prince (The Pretty Things) 1946: John Parry (Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band) 1946: Marinus Gerritsen (Golden Earring) 1947: Barbara Mason 1947: Benjamin Orr (The Cars)
Deaths
1995: Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead)
Events
1958: Cliff Richard, a seventeen-year-old who would become England's first homegrown rock star of note, signs his first recording contract with EMI.
1963: ITV television in Britain premieres the legendary rock and roll variety show Ready! Steady! Go!, which would run until 1966. The first episode features co-host Dusty Springfield as well as musical guests The Searchers, Pat Boone, and The Tremeloes.
1964: Bob Dylan and Joan Baez share the stage for the first time, singing "With God On Our Side" at the Newport Folk Festival.
1964: The crowd of over three thousand at tonight's Rolling Stones gig in Manchester, England, prove hard to control, accidentally breaking the ribs of one policeman and causing another two to faint in the crush.
1967: At England's National Jazz and Blues Festival in Sunberry, Jerry Lee Lewis is kicked off the stage after the overenthusiastic crowd responds to his set with a near-riot.
1974: Four members of the jazz-rock group Chase, who'd scored a hit three years earlier with "Get It On," are killed in a plane crash near Jackson, MN, including leader Bill Chase.
1978: Muddy Waters performs at the Carter White House.
1985: After the massive success of the Motown 25 TV special on NBC, the network debuts the ill-fated Motown Revue variety series, which would only run for five weeks.
1986: Queen give what would prove to be their last live performance ever at the annual Knebworth Park Festival in England, closing as usual with "We Will Rock You / We Are The Champions" and "God Save The Queen."
1991: The 5th Dimension are awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
2002: Lisa Marie Presley is married to actor Nicolas Cage, in a union that lasts less than four months.
2007: As the first Phil Spector / Lana Clarkson murder trial winds down, the legal teams visit the famed producer's Alhambra mansion in California to take a look at the scene of the crime.
Releases
1969: Sly and the Family Stone, "Hot Fun In The Summertime" 1969: Three Dog Night, "Easy To Be Hard"
Recording
1932: Helen Morgan, "Bill" 1960: Johnny Horton, "North To Alaska" 1968: The Beatles, "Mother Nature's Son"
Charts
1959: Lloyd Price's "Stagger Lee" hits #1 1975: The Bee Gees' "Jive Talkin'" hits #1
Certifications
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Post by Admin on Aug 10, 2014 10:44:13 GMT -5
Today In Music History: August 10
Births
1909: Leo Fender 1928: Jimmy Dean 1928: Eddie Fisher 1940: Bobby Hatfield (The Righteous Brothers) 1943: Ronnie Spector (The Ronettes) 1943: James Griffin (Bread) 1946: Mick Clarke (The Rubettes) 1947: Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull)
Deaths
1993: Edward Roberts (Ruby and the Romantics) 2006: Barbara George
Events
1959: Four members of the Platters -- the male four -- are arrested in Cincinnati and charged with "aiding and abetting prostitution, lewdness, and assignation" after local police found the singers in a Sheraton Gibson Hotel after-show party entertaining four scantily-clad nineteen-year-olds, including three white girls. The members would be acquitted of the charges in December, but in the meantime, the arrest led to the Platters being banned in several major radio markets.
1964: On his way to visit two injured fans in Liverpool, England, Mick Jagger is pulled over and fined 32 pounds for speeding and driving without insurance.
1970: Jim Morrison of the Doors goes on trial in Miami, FL, for an infamous incident on March 1, 1969, where he allegedly exposed himself on stage. (Though no doubt drunk, disinterested, and verbally taunting the audience, according to firsthand accounts, Morrison is generally thought these days to have been innocent of the major charge, sparking talk of a posthumous public vindication by Florida officials.)
1972: Paul and Linda McCartney are arrested backstage in Gothenburg, Sweden, for possession of six ounces of marijuana. The couple are released after paying a combined fine of $1,200.
1975: The jazz vocal group Manhattan Transfer debut their summer variety series on CBS-TV.
1976: Elton John begins a historic record-breaking ten-night run of concerts at New York City's Madison Square Garden.
1987: Wilson Pickett is found guilty of threatening patrons at a New Jersey bar with a loaded shotgun after a brawl inside the club. He is given two years' probation and fined $1000.
1987: A Chorus Line, the Broadway smash that had become the longest-running show on Broadway four years earlier, celebrates a historic 5,000th performance.
2004: The Rolling Stones' Charlie Watts confirms that he is undergoing treatment for throat cancer, which will eventually go into remission.
Releases
1964: The Beatles: "Do You Want To Know A Secret" b/w "Thank You Girl," "Please Please Me" b/w "From Me To You," "Love Me Do" b/w "P.S. I Love You," "Twist And Shout" b/w "There's A Place"
1963: Allan Sherman, "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh! (A Letter From Camp)"
1968: The Who, "Magic Bus"
Recording
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Charts
1955: Chuck Berry's "Maybellene" enters the charts 1959: Elvis Presley's "A Big Hunk O' Love" hits #1 1959: Fats Domino's "I Want To Walk You Home" enters the charts 1963: Stevie Wonder's "Fingertips - Part 2" hits #1 1968: Cream's Wheels Of Fire LP hits #1 1968: The 1910 Fruitgum Company's "1-2-3 Red Light" enters the charts 1974: Roberta Flack's "Feel Like Makin' Love" hits #1 1974: John Denver's Back Home Again LP hits #1
Certifications
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Post by Admin on Aug 11, 2014 19:47:27 GMT -5
Today In Music History: August 11
Births
1925: Mike Douglas 1942: Mike Hugg (Manfred Mann) 1942: Guy Villari (The Regents) 1943: Kenny Gamble 1943: Jim Kale (The Guess Who) 1943: Denis Payton (The Dave Clark Five) 1948: Bill Hurd (The Rubettes) 1949: Eric Carmen (The Raspberries) 1950: Eric Braunn (Iron Butterfly) 1954: Bryan Bassett (Wild Cherry)
Deaths
1996: Mel Taylor (The Ventures) 2006: Mike Douglas
Events
1963: The Kingston Trio appear as the celebrity "mystery guests" on CBS-TV's What's My Line?. 1964: The Who, temporarily known as the High Numbers, take the stage at Harrow, England's Railway Hotel, but not before lead singer Roger Daltrey is involved in a fistfight with his father-in-law just outside. 1964: The Beatles' first film, A Hard Day's Night, has its US premiere in New York City. 1966: The Beatles fly to Chicago to begin their last world tour and give a press conference at the Astor Towers Hotel at which John Lennon attempts to apologize for his recent "bigger than Jesus" remarks: "If I had said television is more popular than Jesus, I might have got away with it... originally I was pointing out that fact in reference to England -- that we meant more to kids than Jesus did, or religion, at that time. I wasn't knocking it or putting it down, I was just saying it as a fact... I'm not saying that we're better, or greater, or comparing us with Jesus Christ as a person or God as a thing or whatever it is, you know. I just said what I said and it was wrong, or was taken wrong. And now it's all this..." Paul: "And this is the point-- you know, this is why we're getting in all these messes with saying things. Because, you know, we're just trying to move forwards. And people seem to be trying to just sort of hold us back and not want us to say anything that's vaguely sort of, you know, inflammatory... I think it's better for everyone if we're just honest about the whole thing." George: "Well, in the context that it was meant -- it was the fact that Christianity is declining, and everybody knows about that, and that was the fact that was trying to be made... I agree that it's on the wane." Ringo: "Well, I just hope it's all over now, you know. I hope everyone's straightened out, and it's finished." 1969: Diana Ross holds a party for 350 at Beverly Hills' Daisy Club to announce her discovery of the singing group the Jackson 5 -- even though Gladys Knight actually recommended them to Motown head Berry Gordy. That night, the group gains even more exposure by performing at the first Miss Black America pageant. 1972: The mayor of San Antonio, TX, declares today "Cheech and Chong Day" after the popular comedy duo, although neither was born anywhere near the city. 1973: Rather than join Paul McCartney in traveling to Nigeria to record the band's latest album, Band On The Run, Henry McCullough and Denny Seiwell both quit Wings, forcing Paul, wife Linda, and Denny Laine to record the album as a trio. 1976: Keith Moon of the Who is hospitalized after having a complete mental breakdown and trashing his room at the Fountainbleau Hotel in Miami, FL. 1982: Donna Summer has her first daughter, Amada Grace Sudano, with husband Bruce Sudano. 1986: Thanks to MTV's repeated marathons of their Sixties TV show, six vintage albums by The Monkees re-enter the Billboard album charts. 1987: Rolling Stone magazine declares the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band the best album of the last twenty years. 1989: Bruce Springsteen joins Ringo Starr onstage at a concert in Holmdel, NJ, to sing four songs: "Get Back," "Long Tall Sally," "Photograph," and "With A Little Help From My Friends." 1992: The vast Mall of America opens in Bloomington, MN with Ray Charles on hand to sing his famous version of "America The Beautiful." 1997: Sonny West, Red West, Lamar Fike and Marty Lacker, four of the biggest members of Elvis' "Memphis Mafia," recall the King in a one-time-only webchat. 1999: KISS are awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Releases
1962: The Beach Boys, "Surfin' Safari" 1962: Tony Bennett, "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" 1962: Booker T. and the M.G.s, "Green Onions" 1962: The Contours, "Do You Love Me" 1962: The Marvelettes, "Beechwood 4-5789" 1962: Ray Stevens, "Ahab The Arab" 1962: Mary Wells, "You Beat Me To The Punch" 1973: The Edgar Winter Group, "Free Ride"
Recording
1941: Glenn Miller, "Elmer's Tune" 1964: The Beatles, "Baby's In Black" 1969: The Beatles: "I Want You (She's So Heavy)," "Oh! Darling," "Here Comes The Sun"
Charts
1962: Neil Sedaka's "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" hits #1
Certifications
1958: Elvis Presley's "Hard Headed Woman" is certified gold
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Post by Admin on Aug 11, 2014 19:48:16 GMT -5
Today In Music History: August 12
-- Births
1926: Joe Jones 1927: Porter Wagoner 1929: Buck Owens 1940: Rod Bernard 1941: Craig Douglas 1949: Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits) Deaths
1982: Joe Tex 1985: Kyu Sakamoto 1997: Luther Allison Events
1877: Thomas Edison finishes the prototype of his new invention, the phonograph, and hands it over to his master mechanic John Kreusi to build. Kreusi bets Edison two dollars that the contraption will never work. 1957: Encouraged by Roulette exec George Goldner and his recent success in England, Frankie Lymon officially leaves his group, the Teenagers, to pursue a solo career. 1958: On "compassionate leave" from the Army, Elvis Presley travels to Memphis' Baptist Memorial hospital to be by the side of his mother, Gladys, who is quickly deteriorating from acute hepatitis. 1960: After "auditioning" for the band at the Jacaranda club (the band actually had no other prospects), Pete Best is hired as the Beatles' new drummer just as the band sets out for a series of dates in Hamburg, Germany. 1965: Jefferson Airplane make their stage debut, opening San Francisco's' new club The Matrix (3138 Fillmore). 1966: The Beatles begin the US leg of their last tour, playing a date at the International Amphitheater in Chicago, IL. 1967: Fleetwood Mac make their stage debut at the National Jazz and Blues Festival in Windsor, England, alongside such acts as Donovan, Cream, The Small Faces, and Chicken Shack, featuring a young Christine Perfect (later known as Christine McVie). 1968: The New Yardbirds, later to be known as Led Zeppelin, begin their first rehearsal beneath a record store at 22 Gerrard Street in Westminster, London, performing a cover of the old Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio number "Train Kept A Rollin'." 1970: At Harvard, Janis Joplin performs what would be her final concert, ending with a version of Gershwin's "Summertime." 1970: The Hollywood Bowl holds a memorial concert for recently deceased folk legend Woody Guthrie, featuring (among others) Bob Dylan, Arlo Guthrie, Richie Havens, Pete Seeger, Odetta, and Tom Paxton. 1994: The 25th Anniversary Woodstock concert, entitled "Woodstock '94," is held in Saugerties, NY, with over 30 bands playing for a crowd of about 350,000. The multi-day show is a huge success, with little hint of the violence that would mar the 30th anniversary concert. 1997: MTV debuts the Fleetwood Mac reunion concert The Dance, marking the first time the five had been on stage together since 1982. 1999: Governor Mel Carnahan of Missouri declares today "Porter Wagoner Day" in honor of the country legend. 1999: The movie Detroit Rock City, produced by KISS and telling the story of KISS fans on their way to a KISS concert, opens nationwide. Releases
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1940: Will Bradley, "Down The Road Apiece" 1953: The Four Lads, "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" 1958: The Crests, "Sixteen Candles" Charts
1978: The Commodores' "Three Times A Lady" hits #1 Certifications
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