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Post by JamesP on Sept 13, 2015 15:47:09 GMT -5
Today In Oldies Music History: September 13
-- Births
1911: Bill Monroe 1916: Dick Haymes 1922: Charles Brown 1925: Mel Torme 1939: Dave Quincy (Manfred Mann) 1941: David Clayton-Thomas (Blood Sweat and Tears) 1943: Ray Elliot (Them) 1944: Peter Cetera (Chicago) 1952: Randy Jones (The Village People) 1954: Dan Hegarty (The Darts) 1956: Joni Sledge (Sister Sledge) Deaths
1997: Jimmy Witherspoon Events
1958: Cliff Richard makes his television debut on the ITV variety show Oh Boy! 1959: While he is stationed in the US Army in Germany, Elvis Presley's friend, airman Currie Grant, brings Priscilla Ann Beaulieu to a party at his apartment after meeting her in the nearby Eagles Club, a popular hangout for officers and their families. Wearing a sailor dress for the occasion, Priscilla says "It's a pleasure to meet you" and remarks that it's a shame the Army has taken his sideburns. He plays her a few songs on guitar. Elvis and "Cilla" are immediately smitten with each other, with the singer describing her to friends as smart, saying that she treats him like an ordinary guy, and dubbing her "the woman I've been looking for my whole life." 1960: A movement to ban Ray Peterson's new single "Tell Laura I Love Her" begins in the UK when it is feared that the song's powerful story of a stock-car driver who dies young while racing for his girl's love will inspire a "death cult" amongst teens. 1960: The FCC bans "payola," the controversial practice of paying DJs for playing songs, as a result of the scandal involving, among others, Dick Clark and Alan Freed. 1963: The Hollies' Graham Nash (later of CSNY) falls out of his touring van after a Scottish gig, leaning on an unlocked door and tumbling out at 40 mph. 36 years later to the day, the singer breaks both legs in a boat accident off the coast of Hawaii. 1963: Barbra Streisand marries her first husband, actor Elliot Gould, in New York. The two would divorce in 1971. 1964: To prevent the spate of stage-rushing going on at recent frenzied Rolling Stones concerts, Liverpool's Empire Club hires two dozen rugby players to act as a human shield; the crowd of 5,000 washes right over them. 1964: Murray The K's latest rock and roll at the Brooklyn Paramount Theatre ends after ten days, featuring Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Martha and the Vandellas, the Shangri-Las, and Jay & the Americans. 1965: The ill-fated variety program The Steve Lawrence Show, featuring guest star Lucille Ball, debuts on CBS-TV. 1965: Ringo Starr and wife Maureen become the proud parents of their first child, Zak Starkey. Six years later to the day, Paul and Linda McCartney celebrate the arrival of their second child, Stella. 1965: The Beatles win their first Grammys, for Best New Artist and Best Album (for A Hard Day's Night), at the awards ceremony in New York. 1969: John Lennon debuts the Plastic Ono Band at the Rock and Roll Revival Show in Toronto. So named because of the flexible "plastic" nature of the members, this lineup included Eric Clapton, longtime Beatles associate Klaus Voormann, and drummer Alan White, all of whom rehearsed for the first time on the plane trip over from England. The concert, mainly a mix of simple rock and roll oldies and stabs at "Give Peace A Chance," "Yer Blues," and John's forthcoming single "Cold Turkey," will later be released as Live Peace In Toronto 1969. 1982: David Bowie reports to the Cook Islands to begin filming his role in the movie Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence. 1993: Max Weinberg, drummer with Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, begins his new job as bandleader for NBC-TV's new show Late Night With Conan O'Brien. 2000: Elton John storms out of the Estoril Casino in Portgual just before his planned gig there and flies back to England, fuming that the supposedly sell-out crowd had only half arrived. Turns out they were merely lingering at a VIP dinner given just before the show. 2005: Jimi Hendrix' boyhood home in Seattle is saved from destruction after his estate and the city agree to renovate the building and turn it into a community center. 2008: Come Dancing, a musical devoted to the music of the Kinks, opens in London. Releases
1965: The Beatles, "Yesterday" Recording
1955: Little Richard, "Tutti Frutti" 1963: Shirley Ellis, "The Nitty Gritty" 1967: Joe Tex, "Skinny Legs And All" 1968: The Beatles, "Glass Onion" Charts
1952: Jo Stafford's "You Belong To Me" hits #1 1969: Santana's LP Santana hits #1 1975: The Isley Brothers' LP The Heat Is On hits #1 1975: Bruce Springsteen's LP Born To Run enters the charts Certifications
1968: Clarence Carter's "Slip Away" is certified gold
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Post by JamesP on Sept 15, 2015 10:12:39 GMT -5
Today In Oldies Music History: September 15
-- Births
1903: Roy Acuff 1924: Bobby Short 1928: Cannonball Adderley 1933: Pat Barrett (The Crew Cuts) 1939: Jimmy Gilmer (Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs) 1941: Les Braid (The Swinging Blue Jeans) 1942: Signe Anderson (Jefferson Airplane) 1942: Lee Dorman (Iron Butterfly) 1946: Ola Brunkert (ABBA) Deaths
2008: Rick Wright (Pink Floyd) Events
1961: The Pendletones, a quintet from nearby Hawthorne, CA, audition for Los Angeles music publishers with a version of a folk song called "Sloop John B." The suits, however, are more interested with an original song the group mentions, a novelty called "Surfin'," kicking off the career of the band that would soon come to be known as The Beach Boys.
1962: A distressed Chinese news media reports that kids in Maoming Cultural Park have been spotted dancing the Twist. 1964: During the Beatles' concert at Cleveland's Public Auditorium, a group of overzealous fans manages to rush the stage, forcing the venue's announcer to grab the mic from John Lennon in mid-song and force the band to leave the stage for 15 minutes until the crowd is under control. 1965: Frankie Avalon is the guest star on tonight's "A Foggy Day In Brooklyn Heights" episode of ABC-TV's Patty Duke Show. 1965: Ford becomes the first American car company to offer 8-track tape players in its new models; however, the lack of home players means that car buyers must visit the Ford dealership itself to get the actual tapes. 1968: CBS-TV airs the Barbra Streisand concert special A Happening In Central Park. 1968: The Doors are forced to go on as a trio for their concert at Amsterdam's Concertgebouw after lead singer Jim Morrison, trashed by days of binge drinking and hashish, collapses while dancing onstage to opening act Jefferson Airplane.
1968: NBC-TV airs a variety special simply called Soul, touted as being staffed and starring only African-Americans. Guests include Lou Rawls and Martha and the Vandellas. 1969: Ed Sullivan, perhaps a little late to the game, releases his first recording, a dance novelty called "The Sulli-Gulli." It flops. 1970: Spiro Agnew, Vice President of the US, claims that "The youth of America are being brainwashed into a drug culture of rock music, movies, books and tabloid newspapers." 1994: A recording of the Quarry Men playing at St. Peter's Parish Church garden party in 1957 Liverpool -- the earliest known recording of John Lennon -- fetches #125,000 at Sotheby's of London. 1997: Elton John's "Candle In The Wind 1997," rewritten and rerecorded with new lyrics paying tribute to the recently-deceased Princess Di, sells a record 600,000 copies in one day in Britain alone. It would go on to become the biggest-selling single of all time. 2003: Johnny Cash is laid to rest in the family cemetery at Hendersonville, TN, next to the grave of his recently-deceased wife June Carter Cash. Emmylou Harris, Al Gore, and Sheryl Crow attend the private ceremony along with family members including daughter Rosanne Cash. Releases
1975: Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here 1976: Ringo Starr, Ringo's Rotogravure 1979: Bob Dylan, Slow Train Coming Recording
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1962: The Four Season's "Sherry" hits #1 1973: Helen Reddy's "Delta Dawn" hits #1 1979: Led Zeppelin's LP In Through The Out Door hits #1 Certifications
1956: Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel" is certified gold
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Post by JamesP on Sept 16, 2015 15:02:43 GMT -5
Today In Oldies Music History: September 16
-- Births
1925: Charlie Byrd 1925: B.B. King 1942: Bernie Calvert (The Hollies) 1943: Joe Butler (The Lovin' Spoonful) 1944: Betty Kelly (Martha and the Vandellas) 1948: Kenney Jones (The Small Faces, The Who) 1950: David Bellamy (The Bellamy Brothers) 1954: Frank Reed (The Chi-Lites)
Deaths
1977: Marc Bolan (T. Rex) 2003: Sheb Wooley 2008: Norman Whitfield
Events
1959: Dick Clark's first "Caravan of Stars" tour opens in New York, featuring The Coasters, The Drifters, Lloyd Price, LaVern Baker, Duane Eddy, Paul Anka and Annette Funicello.
1963: Currently the #1 song in England, the Beatles' "She Loves You" is released by the tiny Swan label in America, but the stateside public has no idea who the group is, and the single fails to chart. Four months later, after "I Want To Hold Your Hand" and the attendant Beatlemania, a re-released "She Loves You" single will reach #1 in the US as well. 1964: ABC-TV premieres the musical variety show Shindig!, featuring the Everly Brothers, the Righteous Brothers, and Bobby Sherman. 1965: NBC-TV premieres The Dean Martin Show, featuring the theme song (and recent hit) "Everybody Loves Somebody," and, later, a chorus of beautiful showgirls named The Golddiggers. The famously laid-back and largely improvised show, which made stars of Dom DeLuise, Charles Nelson Reilly, Tom Bosley, and Nipsey Russell, would run for a full decade. 1966: Tom Drilberg, MP of Barking, England, asks the House of Lords to censure a magistrate who'd recently spoken out aganist the Rolling Stones as "complete morons (who) wear their hair down to their shoulders, wear filthy clothes and act like clowns." 1966: Pete Quaife, bassist for the Kinks, leaves the band after injuries from a recent car crash threaten his ability to play. He will eventually return and stay with the band through 1969. 1970: Jimi Hendrix takes the stage at a Eric Burdon and War concert at London club Ronnie Scott's, marking the last time the guitarist will ever play in public. 1970: After eight straight years, the Beatles are finally knocked from their perch as England's top act in the Melody Maker fan poll... by Led Zeppelin. 1972: Former Herd and Humble Pie guitarist Peter Frampton plays his first solo gig, opening for the J. Geils Band in New York. 2006: Bob Dylan's new album Modern Times goes to #1 in Billboard's album chart, making the 65-year-old the oldest musician to ever hold that honor. Releases
1972: John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Some Time In New York City Recording
1960: Johnny Burnette, "You're Sixteen" 1968: The Beatles, "I Will" 1974: Bob Dylan, "Meet Me In The Morning" Charts
1967: The Jimi Hendrix Experience's LP Are You Experienced? enters the charts 1972: Three Dog Night's "Black And White" hits #1 1978: Boston's LP Don't Look Back hits #1 Certifications
1965: The Beatles' "Eight Days A Week" is certified gold
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Post by JamesP on Sept 17, 2015 8:26:19 GMT -5
Today In Oldies Music History: September 17
-- Births
1923: Hank Williams 1926: Bill Black 1926: Brother Jack McDuff 1929: Sil Austin 1939: Lamonte McLemore (5th Dimension) 1947: Lol Creme (10cc) 1950: Mike Hossack (The Doobie Brothers)
Deaths
1991: Rob Tyner (MC5) 1996: Jessie Hill 1999: Frankie Vaughan 2006: 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.
1955: 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.
1967: 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"
Charts
none
Certifications
1968: 5th Dimension's "Stoned Soul Picnic" is certified gold
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Post by JamesP on Sept 18, 2015 15:12:26 GMT -5
Today In Oldies Music History: September 18
-- Births
1929: Teddi King 1933: Jimmie Rodgers 1939: Frankie Avalon 1946: Alan King (Ace) 1949: Kerry Livgren (Kansas) 1950: Michael Hossack (Doobie Brothers)
Deaths
1970: Jimi Hendrix 1979: 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.
1971: 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 charts 1961: Bobby Vee's "Take Good Care Of My Baby" hits #1 1976: Wild Cherry's "Play That Funky Music" hits #1
Certifications
1981: The Doors' LP Greatest Hits is certified platinum
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Post by JamesP on Sept 19, 2015 15:29:15 GMT -5
Today In Oldies Music History: September 19
-- Births
1931: Brook Benton 1934: Brian Epstein 1935: Nick Massi (The Four Seasons) 1936: Brother Gene Dinwiddie (Paul Butterfield Blues Band) 1940: Bill Medley (The Righteous Brothers) 1940: Paul Williams 1941: Lee Dorman (Iron Butterfly) 1941: Cass Elliot 1945: Freda Payne 1945: Austin Roberts 1945: David Bromberg 1946: John Coghlan (Status Quo) 1947: Lol Creme (10cc) 1949: Twiggy 1952: Nile Rodgers (Chic) Deaths
1973: Gram Parsons 1998: Red Foley 1999: Ed Cobb (The Four Preps) 2004: Skeeter Davis 2005: Willie Hutch 2006: 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 #1 1964: Chad and Jeremy's "A Summer Song" enters the charts 1970: Diana Ross' "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" hits #1
Certifications
1968: Steppenwolf's "Born to be Wild" is certified gold
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Post by JamesP on Sept 20, 2015 9:20:57 GMT -5
Today In Oldies Music History: September 20
-- Births
1924: Gogi Grant 1925: Billy Nunn (The Coasters) 1930: Eddie Bo 1946: Michael Oldroyd (Manfred Mann's Earth Band) 1949: John Panozzo (Styx) 1949: Chuck Panozzo (Styx)
Deaths
1973: Jim Croce 1984: Steve Goodman 2008: 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.
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.
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.
2004: 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."
Releases
none
Recording
1965: The Animals, "It's My Life" 1968: The Beatles, "Piggies"
Charts
1969: The Archies' "Sugar, Sugar" hits #1 1969: The Blind Faith LP hits #1 1975: David Bowie's "Fame" hits #1
Certifications
1978: The Who's LP Who Are You is certified gold
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Post by JamesP on Sept 21, 2015 10:21:01 GMT -5
Today In Oldies Music History: September 21
-- Births
1923: Jimmy Young 1934: Leonard Cohen 1941: Dickey Lee 1944: Jesse Ed Davis 1947: Don Felder (The Eagles)
Deaths
1987: Jaco Pastorius 1998: 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.
1980: 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"
Recording
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Charts
1955: The Platters' "Only You" enters the charts 1959: Santo and Johnny's "Sleep Walk" hits #1 1963: Bobby Vinton's "Blue Velvet" hits #1 1968: Jeannie C. Riley's "Harper Valley P.T.A." hits #1 1974: 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 gold 1976: The Bee Gees' LP Children Of The World is certified gold
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Post by JamesP on Dec 10, 2015 9:05:21 GMT -5
Today (December 10) seems to be a busy day for birthdays and deaths in our industry.
Anyone care to expand on the lives and music of these great musicial talents?
Births
1906: Harold Adamson 1910: John Hammond 1914: Dorothy Lamour 1918: Professor Longhair 1924: Ken Albers (The Four Freshmen) 1926: Guitar Slim 1927: Joe Olivier (Bill Haley and His Comets) 1943: Chad Stuart (Chad and Jeremy) 1946: Ace Kefford (The Move), Walter "Clyde" Orange (The Commodores) 1948: Jessica Cleaves (Friends of Distinction), Ralph Tavares (Tavares) 1951: Johnny Rodriguez 1952: Susan Dey (The Partridge Family)
Deaths
1967: Otis Redding 1988: Bill Harris (The Clovers) 1996: Faron Young 1999: Rick Danko (The Band) 2003: Bill Deal (The Rhondels)
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