Today In Music History

[subterranean]

I'll posted it for you everyday...For the sake of information that is..Of course only for those who cares ;)


February 7, 1964

The Beatles arrive in New York for their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show." Thousands of fans greet them at Kennedy Airport, and Beatlemania in America is born.

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February 10, 1942

Glenn Miller's "Chattanooga Choo Choo" makes him the first artist awarded a gold disc.

[papayahed]

My hands felt just like two balloons

hehe, for the longest time I thought that line was:

"My hands felt just like tuba loos"

And no I didn't know what a tuba-loo was, I thought it was something british.

[subterranean]

U need glasses perhaps ;?

[papayahed]

U need glasses perhaps ;?

I have glasses.

I was talking about listening to the song. I mean I can read and all.

[subterranean]

o okeyy....

[papayahed]

Come on, you mean to tell me you've never gotten song lyrics wrong before....

[subterranean]

But Papay, ballons are the correct words

[baddad]

hehe, for the longest time I thought that line was:

"My hands felt just like tuba loos"

And no I didn't know what a tuba-loo was, I thought it was something british.


...LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL OLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOOhahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahaha....*wipes away tears*.....oh...yeah!!! Very funny stuff.....heheheheheheheh...

*Big....BIG hug and a squeeze for papayahead, for making my day all that much better....*

[subterranean]

eh?
I must have missed the joke

[papayahed]

ok, sub. I have heard the song many many many times before, on those occasions I though the lyrics were as I posted previously. (and yes I used to sing the wrong lyrics) A couple of years ago it occurred to me to look up the lyrics and sure enough it was two ballons and not tuba-loos.

You mean you've never mistook lyrics?

[papayahed]

...LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL OLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOOhahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahaha....*wipes away tears*.....oh...yeah!!! Very funny stuff.....heheheheheheheh...

*Big....BIG hug and a squeeze for papayahead, for making my day all that much better....*


Thanks Bad, I'm glad you enjoy my, my, my.....what's the word I'm looking for? Lyric impairedness. Next time you need a laugh, just ask me about forever in Blue Jeans....

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Ok papay, my mistake, I missed your point. And of course, I mistook many lyrics ;)

[Scheherazade]

forever in Blue Jeans....

ROTFL! :lol: :lol: :lol:
THAT is a prize winner!

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February 11, 1963

The Beatles record "I Saw Her Standing There," "Do You Want to Know a Secret," "Twist and Shout" and 11 other songs for their Please Please Me album at Abbey Road Studios in London. The session lasts 14 hours.

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February 12, 1974

Legendary folk and jazz club the Bottom Line opens in Greenwich Village, New York City

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February 13, 1914

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is formed in New York City.

[baddad]

Hey Sub...your not gonna quit posting these now are ya? I'm enjoying the data....

[subterranean]

Don't wory dad, I won't ;)

Sorry I missed yesterday :(

February 15, 1965
Nat King Cole dies of complications following surgery for lung cancer in Santa Monica, California. He was 48.

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February 16, 1965
Archie Shepp begins recording his seminal album Fire Music.

A little description about the man. Archie Shepp, a jazz musician, has been at various times a feared firebrand and radical, soulful throwback and contemplative veteran. He was viewed in the '60s as perhaps the most articulate and disturbing member of the free generation, a published playwright willing to speak on the record in unsparing, explicit fashion about social injustice and the anger and rage he felt.

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February 17, 1960

Warner Bros. signs the Everly Brothers to a ten-year contract. The deal is worth $1 million.

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February 17, 1960

Warner Bros. signs the Everly Brothers to a ten-year contract. The deal is worth $1 million.


wow!! A million $ for a ten year contract. now-a-days the great bands stipulate that much beer in their dressing rooms at each gig......

[baddad]

February 17, 1960

Warner Bros. signs the Everly Brothers to a ten-year contract. The deal is worth $1 million.


wow!! A million $ for a ten year contract. now-a-days the great bands stipulate that much beer in their dressing rooms at each gig......

Again, thanks for the great stuff Sub..........*gee, I really love those little dot things*.........

[subterranean]

Yea I notice that dad, you use them too often ;)

and No problemo :)

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February 18, 1933

Yoko Ono is born in Tokyo, Japan. Herman Santiago of Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers (1941), Dennis DeYoung (1947), and Robbie Bachman were also born on this day.

[amuse]

you know, i only recently found out that john lennon fell in love with yoko ono almost at first sight, and that she didn't know any english and learned it from him. and they tried to get her musical career off the ground out west but it didn't work for the publics' taste...i also think they look a lot alike.

[subterranean]

Yea true Ash, I'f I'm not mistaken they met in a museum in Tokyo...John saw her first I think :nod:

February 19, 1985

Carl Perkins leaves Sun Records for Columbia. "Pink Pedal Pushers," his first single for his new label, is released two weeks later.

A brief explanation about the man: rockabilly artist who became a one-hit wonder at the dawn of rock & roll's early years. His influence as the quintessential rockabilly artist has played a big part in the development of every generation of rockers to come down the pike since, from the Beatles' George Harrison to the Stray Cats' Brian Setzer to a myriad of others in the country field as well. After a long battle with throat cancer, Perkins died in early 1998.

[R. Schmidt]

These two paragraphs are referring to two different Carl Perkins. :)

The Carl Perkins who wrote "Pink Pedal Pushers" lived to be 65 years old, dying in 1998. And I think the date he left Sun Records is '58, not '85.

The second Carl Perkins died in 1958.

[subterranean]

Thank you.

yes, there are 2 Perkins..A jazz musician and a rocker ;). The Perkins who wrote Pink Pedal Pusher is the one who also wrote the song "Daddy Sang Bass" for Johnny Cash, "I Was So Wrong" for Patsy Cline, and "Let Me Tell You About Love" for the Judds

My mistake...thanks again Schmidt

[R. Schmidt]

Hey, no problem! :nod:

Also, I forgot to say thanks for doing this "day in music history" feature--I enjoy reading them!

[baddad]

Yeah Sub, LOVE IT, keep it up, YOUR THE MAN!!!!.......or not...... ( :

[subterranean]

Oh Shut up Dad...;)

February 20, 2003
Pyrotechnics go awry during a Great White concert in West Warwick, Rhode Island. One-hundred people were killed in the accident, including Great White guitarist Ty Longley.

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February 21, 1968

McGraw-Hill, Inc. beats out eight other American publishers in a bid for the US rights to The Beatles, Hunter Davies' authorized biography on the band. They pay $150,000.

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February 22, 1961

Abbey Lincoln (whose music really influenced by Billie Holiday) begins recording her masterpiece Straight Ahead.

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February 23, 1985

Meat Is Murder by the Smiths hits number one on the UK album chart, the band's first ever number one album.

A brief info about the band: The Smiths were the definitive British indie rock band of the '80s, marking the end of synth-driven new wave and the beginning of the guitar rock that dominated English rock into the '90s.

http://www.askmeaskmeaskme.com/photos/smiths3b.jpg


:thumbs_up

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February 24, 1973

"Killing Me Softly with His Song" by Roberta Flack hits number one on Billboard's Top
100 Pop Singles chart, a position it holds for five weeks.

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February 25, 1964

Eric Dolphy records Out to Lunch, one of the most important records in the jazz avant-
garde.

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Miss yesterday


February 27, 1960

The Miracles (who scored over 40 hits on the R&B Top 40 charts) make their television performance debut on American Bandstand.

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March 1, 1966

The Byrds' Gene Clark announces that he is leaving the band due to his fear of flying.

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March 2, 1964

The Beatles begin working on A Hard Day's Night, the group's first feature film.

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March 3, 1966

Neil Young, Stephen Stills and Richie Furay form Buffalo Springfield. Their self-titled debut is released a year later.

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March 4, 1955

A Charlie Parker appearance at Birdland marks his last public performance. He died eight days later, after a long battle with drug addiction and depression.

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March 5, 1979

MCA closes the doors on ABC Records.

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March 6, 1965

The Temptations hit number one on the US singles chart for the first time with "My Girl."

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http://www.shs.starkville.k12.ms.us/mswm/MSWritersAndMusicians/musicians/RuffinDavid/temptations.jpg

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March 7, 1929

Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians record the holiday standard "Auld Lang Syne."

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March 8, 1968

The Fillmore East opens in New York City. Albert King, Tim Buckley and Big Brother & the Holding Company perform on the opening bill.

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March 9, 1987

U2 release The Joshua Tree. It spent nine weeks at number one on Billboard's Top 200 albums chart and won a Grammy for Album of the Year.

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March 10, 1940

Jan & Dean's Dean Torrence is born in Los Angeles, California. Tom Scholz (1947), Jeff Ament (1963) and Edie Brickell (1966) were also born on this day.

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March 13, 1985

Bob Geldof and Midge Ure earn an award for Best Selling A Side at the 30th Ivor Novello Awards for "Do They Know It's Christmas."

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March 14, 1963

Gerry & the Pacemakers' Gerry Marsden is forced to pay 60 pounds after dodging British customs with a German guitar.

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March 15, 1999

Paul McCartney, Billy Joel, Dusty Springfield, Bruce Springsteen, the Staples Singers, Del Shannon, Curtis Mayfield and producer George Martin are among those inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Springfield had passed away from breast cancer just 11 days before.

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March 16, 1970

Tammi Terrell dies at Graduate Hospital in Philadelphia after undergoing six operations to remove a brain tumor within 18 months. She was 24


Tammi Terrell joined forces with the immortal Marvin Gaye to create some of the greatest love songs ever to emerge from the Motown hit factory; sadly, their series of classic duets — "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing," and "You're All I Need to Get By" among them — came to an abrupt and tragic halt with her premature death

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March 21, 1999

Blur hits number one on the UK album chart with 13. It was the band's fourth consecutive number one album, positioning Blur as only the third act behind R.E.M. and Simply Red, to have four number one albums on the British charts in the 1990s.

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March 22, 1989

Dick Clark announces that he is stepping down from hosting American Bandstand, ending the show's 33-year television run.

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March 24, 1973

The O'Jays hit number one on the US singles chart with "Love Train."

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March 28, 1964

The Beatles become the first pop stars to be honored at Madame Tussauds, London. A likeness of Elton John appeared 12 years later.

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March 29, 1975

The first six Led Zeppelin albums all place in the US Top 100 chart in the same week.



http://www.rockstore.net/Merchant/graphics/00000001/R.052%20LED%20ZEPPELIN.jpg

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March 30, 1963

The Chiffons begin a four-week run at number one on the US singles chart with "He's So Fine." Eight years later, George Harrison was accused of plagiarizing the song for his 1970 hit "My Sweet Lord" and paid $587,000 to settle the suit.

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March 31, 1955

Angus Young (AC/DC guittarist) is born in Glasgow, Scotland. Mick Ralphs, lead guittarist of Bad Company and Mott The Hoople, was also born on this day (1948).

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April 1, 1966


David Bowie releases his first single, "Do Anything You Say," on Pye Records

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April 3, 1979

Kate Bush kicks off her first and only concert tour at the Empire Theatre in Liverpool.

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April 4, 1960

Billboard announces that RCA Victor will issue all of their pop singles in mono-stereo format. Elvis Presley's "Stuck on You" was the label's first mono-stereo release.

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April 5, 1975

"Loving You" by Minnie Riperton hits number one on the US singles chart.

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April 6, 1937

Merle Haggard (one of the leading figures of the Bakersfield country scene in the '60s.) is born in Bakersfield.

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April 7, 1949

Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific debuts on Broadway.

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April 8, 1997

Laura Nyro dies of ovarian cancer at the age of 49.

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April 10, 1982

The Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney duet "Ebony and Ivory" debuts on the US singles chart at number 29. It eventually reached number one, a position it held for seven weeks.

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April 11, 1970

The Beatles' "Let It Be" hits number one on the US singles chart, a position it holds for two weeks. It became the band's 19th number one hit in America.

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April 12, 2000

Metallica files a copyright infringement suit against Napster, Yale University, The University of Southern California and Indiana University. They sought $100,000 for each copyright violation.



http://www.showandtellonline.com/images_splash/metallica.jpg

[amuse]

i never heard of Laura Nyro :blush: i love this site, B! btw, did you know Metallica have this most-sold out record or something or other for their concerts? funny, i didn't realize a metal group could look SO wholesome! cute, even!

[subterranean]

Do you mean among metal bands??
Well Nyro's songs found greater commercial success in the hands of other performers.

April 13, 1971
The Rolling Stones release "Brown Sugar," their first single for their own Rolling Stones Records. One month later, the song hit number one on the US singles chart.

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April 14, 1987

Fleetwood Mac releases the Tango In The Night album. It was their last record featuring the band's most popular lineup until 1997's The Dance.

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April 15, 1971

Rolling Stone reports that the Illinois Crime Commission has released a list of drug-oriented rock records, including Ray Charles' "Let's Go Get Stoned," Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade of Pale" and Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit."

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April 16, 1939

Dusty Springfield is born in Hampstead, London, England. Henry Mancini (1924), Herbie Mann 930) and $Selena (1971) were also born on this day.

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April 17, 1976

Breezin' by George Benson enters the US album chart. It became one of the best-selling jazz records of all time.

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April 18, 1988

Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland, aka Holland-Dozier-Holland, are inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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April 19, 1980

Brian Johnson replaces the late Bon Scott as the lead singer for AC/DC. The band began recording Back in Black shortly thereafter.

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April 21, 1978

Sandy Denny dies after falling down a flight of stairs at a friend's home. She was 31.

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April 23, 1978

Sid Vicious records his cover of the standard "My Way" for the Sex Pistols movie The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle.

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April 25, 1979

The Police make their television debut on the BBC's Top of the Pops.

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April 26, 1977

Studio 54 opens in New York City. Artists such as Cher, Diana Ross, Liza Minnelli, Elton John and Michael Jackson make frequent visits to the club.

[Veritas]

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[subterranean]

Well thank you Veritas..glad you could join here ;)

Cheers

[Veritas]

Thanks, subterranean
- and also thanks for the pleasure to have met you

[subterranean]

Same here :)

April 27, 1999

The Verve announce that they have broken up for the second time.

http://www.tuttoperinternet.it/musica/artisti_stranieri/images/The-Verve.jpg

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May 4, 1959

The first annual Grammy Awards is held at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Domenico Modugno's "Volare" wins Record of the Year, The Music from Peter Gunn by Henry Mancini wins Album of the Year and the Champs' "Tequila" wins for Best R&B Performance.

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May 5, 1968

Buffalo Springfield plays its final show in Long Beach, California.

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May 7, 1972

The Rolling Stones release Exile on Main Street, their second album for their own label.

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may 8, 1972

Billy Preston becomes the first rock performer to headline at Radio City Music Hall.

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May 10, 1975

Five years after its client, the Beatles , disband, Apple Records closes its doors.

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May 11, 1956

The first of two mammoth sessions by the Miles Davis Quintet produces material heard on four of his best LPs: Cookin', Relaxin', Workin', and Steamin'.

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May 12, 1963


Bob Dylan walks off stage during a rehearsal for The Ed Sullivan Show after he is forbidden to perform "Talking John Birch Society Blues."

[amuse]

wow, B, never heard of that before!

found lyrics at http://www.dylanchords.com/34_bootleg/talkin_john_birch_paranoid_blues.htm

[subterranean]

Yes Ash, it had something to do with the lyrics of the song..That even is also recorded as one of the act of cencorships in America's music history.



Some other music cencorship acts in the 60's recorded in history are:

October 1960, several radio stations refuse to play Ray Peterson's "Tell Laura I Love Her," calling it the "Death Disk."

1962, New York Bishop Burke forbids Catholic school students from dancing to "The Twist." Burke considers R&B music, and its associated dances, to be lewd and un-Christian.

1965, Cleveland Mayor Ralph Locher bans all rock concerts in the city following a Rolling Stones performance.

June 1965, In June, radio stations across the country ban the Rolling Stones hit "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" because they believe the lyrics are too sexually suggestive.

Still in 1965, MGM Records alters the Frank Zappa song "Money" because it contains a sexual reference.

March 1966, A statement by John Lennon, comparing the popularity of the Beatles to that of Jesus Christ, results in wide-spread Beatles record burnings and protests. Lennon's comments regarding what he perceives as a decrease in Christianity's popularity with teens are taken out of context. He says, "We're more popular than Jesus now."

1967, Producers of the Ed Sullivan Show request that Jim Morrison change the lyrics to "Light My Fire" for The Doors' September appearance on the program. Morrison initially agrees to alter the lyric "Girl we couldn't get much higher" to a more innocuous phrase. During the live performance, Morrison sings the original lyric. The band is not invited back on the program.

1967, Radio programmers pass on Van Morrison's "Brown Eyed Girl" because the lyrics reference premarital sex and teenage pregnancy. Morrison cuts an alternative version with more acceptable lyrics.

1968, The Doors' single "Unknown Soldier" is banned from airplay at many radio stations because of its anti-war theme.

January 1969, New York police seize 30,000 copies of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Two Virgins album.

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May 13, 1996



Oasis becomes the fastest ticket-selling group in British history after selling 330,000 tickets for its summer shows in Knebworth and Loch Lomond. Both shows sold out in nine hours.


http://www.oikade.gr/images/data/images/music%20oasis.jpg

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May 14, 1936

Bobby Darin is born Robert Walden Cassato in the Bronx, New York.

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May 15, 1993

Janet Jackson's "That's the Way Love Goes" hits number one on the US charts, and holds the position for eight weeks.

[Scheherazade]

"With or Without You" by U2 begins its three-week run run at the top of the US singles chart, making it the band's first number one hit in America.



http://www.allmusic.com/

[subterranean]

Thanks Scher

[Scheherazade]

Bob Dylan, Peter, Paul & Mary, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger and the Weavers perform at the first Monterey Folk Festival in Monterey, California.


Anytime, Sub.




http://www.allmusic.com/

[subterranean]

I like your "heroic" act by the way..

[amuse]

June 8

1954
US record labels started to supply radio stations with 45rpm discs for the first time, replacing the 78 records.

1969
Founder member of The Rolling Stones Brian Jones announced that he was leaving the group, saying that he no longer saw 'eye to eye' with the rest of the band.

1974
Dolly Parton was at No.1 on the US country chart with 'I Will Always Love You'. The Parton penned song later became a worldwide hit for Whitney Houston in 1992.

[amuse]

1965
The Beatles were included in the Queen's birthday honours list to each receive the MBE (Member of the British Empire). Protests poured into Buckingham Palace, MP Hector Dupuis said 'British Royalty has put me on the same level as a bunch of vulgar numbskulls'.

[Jay]

Elvis Presley graduates from L.C. Humes High School in Memphis. He becomes a rock & roll phenomenon three years later with the release of his self-titled debut.

sourece (http://www.allmusic.com/)

[amuse]

1973
Suzi Quatro had her first UK No.1 single with 'Can The Can'. 10CC were at No.2 with 'Rubber Bullets' and Fleetwood Mac at No.3 with 'Albatross.'

(love Albatross. painfully beautiful instrumental. *sighs. bought the album for that one song.)


1967
the three day Monterey Pop Festival in California began. All the proceeds went to charity when all the artists agreed to perform for free, the “Summer of Love” was born. The festival saw the first major US appearances by The Who, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin. Also on the bill were: The Byrds, Grateful Dead, Otis Redding, Simon & Garfunkel, The Steve Miller Band, Canned Heat, The Mamas And The Papas, Jefferson Airplane, Buffalo Springfield and The Electric Flag. Tickets cost $3.50–6.50 (£2–3.80).

1971
Born on this day, Tupac Amaru Shakur, (born Lesane Parish Crooks). Died from bullet wounds on September 13th 1996. 1996 US No.1 single 'How Do U Want It / California Love.' 1996 UK No. 6 single, 'California Love'.

[Jack_Aubrey]

Oh god, Monterey Pop festival would have been UNREAL. Many of those on the bill are some of my favorite bands/artists.

[amuse]

speaking of...
2000
The Experience Music Project was unveiled in Seattle by Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft. The £150 ($255) museum contained over 80,000 items of Hendrix memorabilia, including a smashed guitar from the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival.

1992
Luciano Pavarotti went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'The Essential Collection'.

1984
Duran Duran started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'The Reflex', the groups first US No.1, also a UK No.1.

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1987
Whitney Houston became the first women in US history to enter the album chart at No.1 with 'Whitney' she also became the first woman to top the singles chart with four consecutive releases when 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody' hit No.1.

1994
Aerosmith became the first major band to let fans download a full new track free from the internet.

1885
Chichester Bell and Charles Tainter applied for a patent on their invention the gramophone.