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luvthelighthouse
10-23-2009, 12:09 PM
I thought this would be fun, as I'm always hearing these updates on the radio.


1449 - Blind Boys of Alabama have a hit with I Can't See Everybody's Mother But My Own

1965 - The Byrds Turn, Turn, Turn is released

1966 - Jimi Hendrix Expierence records Hey Joe

1978 - Price hike in all albums to $8.98

Prettymaid
10-23-2009, 12:15 PM
Wow, those Blind Boys of Alabama are a lot older than I thought!
1449, huh? ;-)

Great idea LTL!

TimothyBFan
10-23-2009, 01:11 PM
1961-Dion's Runaround Sue hits #1.

1980-John Lennon's single Just Like Starting Over is released.

Great idea Evelyn--you know I'll be all over this one!:thumbsup:

luvthelighthouse
10-23-2009, 02:41 PM
Wow, those Blind Boys of Alabama are a lot older than I thought!
1449, huh? ;-)

Great idea LTL!


LOL I thought 1949 put them older than I though... I really aged them with 1449!!!

I love Lennon's Just like starting over!

sodascouts
10-23-2009, 05:44 PM
Great idea - it's so interesting to see these kind of things.

luvthelighthouse
10-24-2009, 12:26 PM
1962 - James Brown performs at the Appolo

1963 - Beatles leave for their first tour outside of Great Britian

1973 - John Lennon sues the goverment over alleged wire tapping

1989 - Bobby Darin, the Four Seasons, the Four Tops, Carole King, the Kinks, the Platters, Simon & Garfunkel and the Who are inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

luvthelighthouse
10-25-2009, 10:33 AM
1964 - Rolling Stones make first appearance on Ed Sullivan's show

1975 - Sweet hits #25 in the US with 'Desolation Boulevard'. (thought of TBF)

Koala
10-26-2009, 02:35 AM
1961 - Bob Dylan signs his first recording contract, with Columbia Records

1965 - The Beatles are awarded England's prestigious MBE (Members of the Order of tBritish Empire). John comments, "I thought you had to drive tanks and win wars to get the MBE."

1994 - MTV premieres EAGLES: Hell Freezes Over." The music special receives a 2.5 Nielsen rating and more than 2 million viewers tune in for this concert performance. This show marks the first time since 1980 that the band members Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmidt perform together.

TimothyBFan
10-26-2009, 08:32 AM
Thanks ltlh-That was the Sweet album that did it for me. I had heard Little Willy prior to that but hated that song at first because of all the teasing I received because of it, but once I heard Fox On The Run and Ballroom Blitz, I was absolutely hooked!

1968-Steppenwolf hits #3 with Magic Carpet Ride.

1979-Foreigner hits #12 with Dirty White Boy.

Koala
10-27-2009, 01:59 AM
1973
Genesis hits #3 in the UK with 'Selling England By the Pound'. :)

1975
Bruce Springsteen appears simultaneously on the covers of 'Newsweek' and 'Time' after 'Born to Run', his much-anticipated third album, quickly vaults to #3 on the album chart.

TimothyBFan
10-27-2009, 07:15 AM
Also 1973 Midnight Train To Georgia by Gladys Knight & The Pips tops the charts, and Bob Dylan's Knockin' On Heaven's Door hits #12.

1990 Fly To The Angels by Slaughter hits #19 in the US charts. (Love that group!)

TimothyBFan
10-28-2009, 07:19 AM
1967 The Who's I Can See For Miles hit #9.

1972 Arlo Guthrie hit #18 with The City Of New Orleans.

1989 Aerosmith hit #5 with Love In The Elevator.

1989 Motley Crue hit #6 with Dr Feelgood.

TimothyBFan
10-29-2009, 07:54 AM
I hate to be monopolizing this thread but you know I will if no one else gets in on it. :hilarious: Lots of history for all of us here-help me!

1965 The Who released My Generation

1965 James Brown reached #3 with I Got You (I Feel Good)

Koala
10-29-2009, 10:28 AM
1965
James Brown reaches #3 with "I Got You (I Feel Good)".

luvthelighthouse
10-29-2009, 10:30 AM
1971 - Duane Allman is killed in a motocycle accident

1977 - Meatloaf releases Bat out of Hell

1983 - Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon is the longest album on Billboard Charts at 491 weeks!

TBF, I'm happy you are all over this. Whoever gets here first and has info, more power to you... it's good knowledge for all of us!

Prettymaid
10-29-2009, 10:51 AM
1977 - Meatloaf releases Bat out of Hell


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/00/Bat_out_of_Hell.jpg/200px-Bat_out_of_Hell.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bat_out_of_Hell.jpg)

I loved this album! According to Wiki, it's one of the best selling albums of all time.

TimothyBFan
10-29-2009, 11:43 AM
1983 - Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon is the longest album on Billboard Charts at 491 weeks!


I am working on my 4th vinyl copy of this album and have had it on cassette and cd also. LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!! Every lyric (and they were GREAT) on this album was written by Roger Waters and it was engineered by Alan Parsons. The 2 singles that were released were Us And Them and Money but yet there were quite a few songs on it that still to this day get all kinds of FM airplay such as Breathe, Time, Brain Damage and Eclipse. The vocals by Roger Waters and David Gilmour are, without dispute, some of the best you will ever hear.

The lyrics to Time are still one of my favorites. Words to live by with such meaning....

Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way.
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way.

Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain.
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today.
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you.
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.

So you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again.
The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older,
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death.

Every year is getting shorter never seem to find the time.
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone, the song is over,
Thought I'd something more to say. __________________

Brooke
10-29-2009, 01:28 PM
Willie, how true those words are. Funny. I was just thinking a few minutes ago that life is short and we should live every day as if it's our last. That's hard to do sometimes. I for one tend to let real life get in the way and don't enjoy things as much as I should.

Thanks for posting that. :thumbsup:

Prettymaid
10-29-2009, 03:32 PM
I for one tend to let real life get in the way and don't enjoy things as much as I should.


Brooke, it doesn't look like you're letting anything get in the way of enjoying Halloween. Love your av and sig!

Brooke
10-29-2009, 04:05 PM
Hehehe, yes, I'm trying!

eaglesvet
10-29-2009, 05:14 PM
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/00/Bat_out_of_Hell.jpg/200px-Bat_out_of_Hell.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bat_out_of_Hell.jpg)

I loved this album! According to Wiki, it's one of the best selling albums of all time.
Ah, to relive the summer when I turned 15...that's what I think about whenever I hear a song off this album.

Koala
10-30-2009, 02:15 AM
1947
Timothy B. Schmit was born. :birthday:

1972
Genesis hits #12 in the UK with 'Foxtrot'.

1988
Kokomo (The Beach Boys) was a hit.

Koala
10-31-2009, 02:58 AM
1964
"Baby Love" by the Supremes hits #1.


1970
The more folk-oriented `Led Zeppelin III' becomes the band’s second #1 album

1986
Roger Waters files suit to formally dissolve Pink Floyd, a legal battle that
will drag on for years without deterring David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright from recording as Pink Floyd.

TimothyBFan
11-02-2009, 09:47 AM
1969 The Rolling Stones film Sympathy For The Devil debuts in San Francisco

1974 Elton John's The Bitch Is Back hit #2 and Bad Company's Can't Get Enough hits #5.

1974 George Harrison becomes the first Beatle to perform solo in Bristish Columbia.

1994 David Crosby is hospitalized for liver failure.

Koala
11-03-2009, 02:36 AM
1977
An exhausted EltonJohn announces at a London concert that he is retiring from live performances, which he does – for 15 months.

1988
'American Dream', by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, is released. Recorded at Neil Young´s California ranch studio, it is the second studio album by the CSNY foursome, appearing 18 years after 'Deja Vu'.

2005
Eric Clapton is made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Princess Anne.

TimothyBFan
11-03-2009, 08:42 AM
1972 James Taylor and Carly Simon are married.

1991 Santana performs for a crowd of 350,000 (WOW) at a memorial concert in San Fransisco for Bill Graham.

luvthelighthouse
11-03-2009, 04:08 PM
OMG, I had no idea James Taylor and Carly were married at some point! I'm pretty up my my musical knowledge, but this... wow, I'm embarrassed!

Koala
11-04-2009, 02:54 AM
1978
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young are sued for one million dollars by a former bass player over royalties he claims he was due.


1983
Yes hit #5 in the US with '90125'.

TimothyBFan
11-04-2009, 08:26 AM
1967 Aretha Franklin hits #8 with Natural Woman and Sam & Dave hit #2 with Soul Man.

1972 Rick Nelson hits #6 with Garden Party.

Koala
11-05-2009, 02:09 AM
1941 Art Garfunkel was born.

1967 Bee Gee Robin Gibb is on a train that derails near London, killing 49 people

1987 'Tunnel of Love' becomes Bruce Springsteen's fourth #1 album, following 'The River', 'Born in the U.S.A.' and 'Live 1975-85'.
According to 'Billboard', he is the only artist to amass four #1 albums in the past ten years.

2000 The Who lend their voices to Fox-TV's "The Simpsons"

TimothyBFan
11-05-2009, 10:02 AM
2003 Bobby Hatfield of the Righteous Brothers is found dead in his hotel room.

Koala
11-06-2009, 01:56 AM
1971 Sweet releases their debut album, 'Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be'.

1971 Cat Stevens hits #7 with "Peace Train."

1971 Michael Jacksons first solo single, "Got to Be There" (#4 pop, #4 R&B), is released. Already he's had eight Top Forty hits with the Jackson 5, including four consecutive chart-toppers.

1972 Deep Purple, named the loudest band by 'The Guinness Book of World Records', receives a gold album for 'Machine Head'.

TimothyBFan
11-06-2009, 09:58 AM
1971 Sweet releases their debut album, 'Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be'.

Ah, Reflections, Co-Co, Jeanie, Funny-Funny, Spotlight..... LOVE THEM!!!!!
Just a snippet--hilarious stuff...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs4zLG6aAcA


1966 Jonny Rivers Poor Side Of Town was a hit (funny because his birthday is this weekend also)

1977 Iggy Pop releases the album Lust For Life

Prettymaid
11-06-2009, 01:14 PM
1971 Cat Stevens hits #7 with "Peace Train."


My favorite Cat song! :inlove:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sjSHazjrWg

Koala
11-07-2009, 02:27 AM
1988 John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival is cleared in court of charges he plagiarized himself (his former record label thought "The Old Man Down The Road" sounded too much like "Run Through The Jungle").

1995 Queen's 'Made in Heaven,' the last album of original material featuring vocalist Freddie Mercury, is released four years after his death.

TimothyBFan
11-08-2009, 09:01 PM
1968 John and Cynthia Lennon are divorced.

1986 Boston's Amanda hits #1.

TimothyBFan
11-09-2009, 09:35 AM
1963-the Bee Gees first single, The Three Kisses Of Love, is released in Australia.

1966-"Paul Is Dead" was the headline.

1966-John Lennon and Yoko Ono meet at a preview of her art show.

1967-the first issue of Rolling stone magazine is published. John Lennon was on the cover.

1969-Rod Stewart releases his first album, An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down.

Prettymaid
11-09-2009, 12:16 PM
Wow! Lots of Beatle history today! The "Paul Is Dead" rumour and clues were unbelieveable! (Well, I guess to lots of people they were believeable!)

Koala
11-10-2009, 02:19 AM
1969 'Live/Dead,' the first of many live albums by Grateful Death is released. Compiled from concerts recorded in their hometown of San Francisco between January 26th and March 2nd, 1969, it remains one of their career highlights.

1973 Art Gafunkel hits #9 with "All I Know".

1974 What Ever Gets You Through the Night (Lennon John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band) was a hit.

2004 Cat Stevens (now known as Yusuf Islam) is given a "Man For Peace" prize by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Rome.

TimothyBFan
11-10-2009, 09:35 AM
1969-Elvis Presley's last feature film Change Of Habit opens.

1975-The Edmund Fitzgerald sinks in Lake Superior and later becomes the subject of the hit song by Gordon Lightfoot.

2002-Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Tom Petty & Elvis Costello all guest on The Simpsons.

TimothyBFan
11-11-2009, 09:31 AM
1968-John Lennon and Yoko Ono release their first album together, Two Virgins. The cover showing a full frontal view of the 2 of them naked was banned.

1969-Jim Morrison is arrested for drunkedness aboard an airplane.

1972-The Rascals broke up.

1972-Berry Oakley of the Allman Brothers dies in a motorcycle crash less than 3 blocks from where Duane Allman died in a crash a year earlier.

1999-The Recording Association of America names the Eagles to it's list of Artists Of The Century. It also announced that their album, Greatest Hits 1971-1975 had sold 26 million copies making it the top selling album of the 20th century.

luvthelighthouse
11-11-2009, 11:48 AM
Awe, I got chills reading the last one. How awesome it that? I don't care if they say they don't really pay attention to the charts and things like of that nature... It HAS to be cool to know "you" have the best selling album. :thumbsup:

sodascouts
11-11-2009, 11:55 AM
I love that they say "top selling album of the 20th century" - I think it's safe to say the Eagles beat out the album sales from prior centuries too! :lol:

Troubadour
11-11-2009, 04:36 PM
LOL!

Koala
11-12-2009, 03:43 AM
1970 The Doors perform for the last time with Jim Morrison, in New Orleans.

1971 Pink Floyd hits #3 in the UK with 'Meddle.'

1973 The Who hits #2 with 'Quadrophenia'.

TimothyBFan
11-12-2009, 09:31 AM
1996-MTV covers the private launch party of The Artist Formally Known as Prince's new album Emancipation. They cover all the party action at Paisley Park, Minneapolis, including a live performance of his and his New Power Generation band who perform songs from the new album.

1997-Carly Simon has a mastectomy and starts chemotherapy for treatment of breast cancer.

1999-Gary Glitter pleads guilty to possession of child porn and is sentenced to 4 months in jail.

Prettymaid
11-12-2009, 01:51 PM
1997-Carly Simon has a mastectomy and starts chemotherapy for treatment of breast cancer.


I had forgotten about this!

Koala
11-13-2009, 03:01 AM
1964 The Jackson 5, ranging in age from six to thirteen, first perform publicly at Mr. Lucky's, a nightclub in their hometown of Gary, Indiana.

1965 The Byrds reach #1 with "Turn! Turn! Turn!" and "Tambourine Man".

1968 Atlantic Record announces its signing of a "hot new English group" named Led Zeppelin.

Prettymaid
11-13-2009, 08:23 AM
1965 The Byrds reach #1 with "Turn! Turn! Turn!" and "Tambourine Man".


It makes me feel old, but what a wonderful time musically this was! An enchanting era.

TimothyBFan
11-13-2009, 08:42 AM
1968 Atlantic Record announces its signing of a "hot new English group" named Led Zeppelin.

And they said "They'll never fly"! But yet.....

1990-"Led Zeppelin", a 4 cd box set, is released. It reaches #18 on the album charts and sells over a million copies making it the best selling box set ever in rock history.

Koala
11-14-2009, 01:23 PM
1971 Slade hits #1 in the UK with "Coz I Love You."

1981 Spandau Ballet hits #30 in the UK with "Paint Me Down".

2000 Rod Sewart releases 'Human,' the 21st album of his career – not counting best-ofs, compilations and repackagings or his work with the Faces (five albums) and Jeff Beck Group (two albums).

2000
The Allman Brothers Band’s 'Peakin' at the Beacon,' a live album recorded at New York City's Beacon Theater, is released.

TimothyBFan
11-16-2009, 08:44 AM
1964-The Animals record Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood.

1973-David Bowie host an NBC special.

1996-The Spice Girls debut album, Spice, enters the UK charts at #1.

Koala
11-16-2009, 10:44 AM
1975 Frank Zappa hits #6 in the US with 'Bongo Fury'.

1985 David Foster hits #15 with "Love Theme from 'St. Elmo's Fire'".

2001 A life-sized statue of Sonny Bono is unveiled in downtown Palm Springs, California, where he once was mayor.

Freypower
11-16-2009, 07:25 PM
I didn't know any of Zappa's albums ever made the charts. I should listen to Bongo Fury - perhaps it is one of his more 'strictly commercial' albums. He had a minor hit single with Valley Girl a couple of years later with his daughter Moon Unit doing all the 'like, fer sure, totally bitchin'' vocals.

Koala
11-17-2009, 02:06 AM
1979 ELO hits #10 with "Shine a Little Love".

1980 'Double Fantasy,' by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, is released.

1984 Human League hits #13 in the UK in the "Louise".

1990 David Crosby of the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash breaks his ankle, leg and shoulder in a motorcycle crash.

2003 Meat Loaf collapses onstage in London and undergoes heart surgery to cure an irregular heartbeat.

TimothyBFan
11-17-2009, 08:18 AM
1967-Davy Jones opens a boutique in New York's Greenwich Village.

1973-Jim Croce hits #10 with I've Got A Name.

1980-Sammy Davis Jr. and Aretha Franklin give a royal command performance for Queen Elizabeth in London.

2000-Cher guests on NBC-TV's Will And Grace

Prettymaid
11-17-2009, 06:18 PM
I loved Jim Croce!

Koala
11-18-2009, 02:01 AM
1954 Ray Charles records "I Got a Woman," a seminal moment in the adaptation of sacred gospel to secular rhythm & blues, in Atlanta, Georgia.

1973 Photograph by Ringo Starr was a hit.

1978 Foreigner hits #2 with "Double Vision".

1997 'Led Zeppelin: BBC Sessions,' a double CD of archival live performances on British radio from 1969-71, is released.

1994 The first live rock concert is streamed on the Internet (twenty minutes of the Rolling Stones from Dallas, Texas).

2003 The Beatles release "Let It Be...Naked" (minus the Phil Spector embellishments on the original album).

TimothyBFan
11-18-2009, 09:20 AM
1998-Mick Jagger and Jerri Hall legally seperate.

MikeA
11-18-2009, 09:38 AM
Koala:

1990 David Crosby of the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash breaks his ankle, leg and shoulder in a motorcycle crash.

I just finished reading the second of Crosby's semi-autobiography. This was talked about in the book. He ended up suing the manufacturer of the carburetor that was on his American made Harley Davidson. It was a Japanese carb and they got witnesses to testify that the carb was faulty from the plant where it was made. Crosby remembers the accident as happening in 1991. The 1.2 million dollar suit was settled after he'd gotten out of jail in Texas and came at a time when he and Jan were financially destitute! I can't find the details of that in the book right now...the book isn't written chronologically. Anyway the IRS was hounding them for monies due them because of the way their one-time manager had mishandled their money. He was taking what one artist had earned and buying things for other artist while all the time, investing the money without authorization from the artists he managed! That scheme finally collapsed on him and the truth came to light that he had "lost" virtually all of their assets. Not an uncommon story back in the Day. Probably not uncommon today either.

TimothyBFan
11-19-2009, 08:33 AM
1966-The Supremes hit #1 with You Keep Me Hanging On.

1986-MTV announces plans to give away a town in Texas. The MTV town is given away on January 1 1987.

1988-Bon Jovi hits #1 with Bad Medicine.

2007-Neil Diamond confesses at Caroline Kennedy's 50th birthday party that the song Sweet Caroline was inspired by her.

2007-Brian Mays was named chancellor of John Moores University in Liverpool.

Koala
11-19-2009, 12:55 PM
1969 Rod Stewart releases his first solo album, entitled 'An Old Raincoat Won’t Ever Let You Down' in the U.K. and 'The Rod Stewart Album' in the U.S.

1981 'Re-ac-tor,' Neil Young's 16th and final album for Reprise Records – until his return to the label in 1988 – is released.

1983 Spandau Ballet hits #29 in the US with "Gold".

Koala
11-20-2009, 02:38 AM
1961 Bob Dylan begins recording his first, self-titled, album.

1975
Earth, Wind and Fire hits #1 with "Shining Star".

1994 David Crosby of the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash receives a liver transplant in Los Angeles.

TimothyBFan
11-20-2009, 09:07 AM
1965-The Supremes hit #1 with I Hear A Symphony.

1971-The Theme From Shaft by Isaac Hayes hits #1.

1976-Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot hits #2.

Koala
11-21-2009, 01:10 PM
1965 The Rascals' debut single, "I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore," is released.
It is credited to the Young Rascals, as are all of their records through 1967.

1981
Queen's collaboration with David Bowie, "Under Pressure," tops the U.K. charts. Surprisingly, it only reaches #29 in the U.S.

2000 'Road Rock Volume 1,' a live album credited to Neil Young, Friends & Relatives, is released.

Koala
11-22-2009, 04:31 AM
1960 Are You Lonesome Tonight? from Elvis Presley was a hit.

1963 The Beatles second British album, "With The Beatles" is released.

1975 Alice Cooper hits #35 "Welcome to My Nightmare".

1976 Jerry Lewis is arrested for drunk driving in Memphis. Later, at three a.m., he appears at Graceland, Elvis Presley's residence, brandishing a pistol and demanding to see Elvis. He is handcuffed and taken to jail.

1976 The self-titled debut album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers is released. It contains “Breakdown” (#40), their first Top Forty hit.

1987 (I've Had) The Time of My Life (Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes) was a hit.

2006 Fleetwood Mac's Mick Fleetwood becomes a U.S. citizen in Los Angeles.

Freypower
11-22-2009, 06:18 PM
I could have sworn Are You Lonesome Tonight was later than 1960. According to Wikipedia it is indeed that old.

TimothyBFan
11-23-2009, 09:44 AM
1968-Mary Hopkins hits #3 with Those Were The Days.


1993 -Geffen Records and MTV unleash "The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience," the duo's recording debut.

Koala
11-23-2009, 01:40 PM
1986 You Give Love a Bad Name (Bon Jovi) was a hit.


1991 Genesis hit #4 in the US with 'We Can't Dance'.

Koala
11-24-2009, 05:26 AM
1972 ABC-TV's "In Concert" program debuts with Chuck Berry and Blood, Sweat & Tears.

1985 Separate Lives (Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin) was a hit.

1991 Freddie Mercury of Queen dies of AIDS-related causes at his home in London.

1994 Tom Jones hosts the first annual MTV European Music Awards live at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany. Viewers in more than 240 million homes witness the presentation of awards in eight categories such as Best Group, Breakthrough Artist and Best Song.

2006 Roger Daltrey of the Who guests on CBS-TV's "CSI".

TimothyBFan
11-24-2009, 08:09 AM
1991- Eric Carr of Kiss dies of a cerebral hemmorhage while hospitalized with cancer.

1991-Little Richard officiates at Cyndi Lauper's wedding.

1995-Junior Walker of The All Stars dies of cancer.

2003-Glen Campbell is arrested for extreme drunk driving and hit & run.

Koala
11-25-2009, 02:33 AM
1969 John Lennon returns his Member of the British Empire medal to protest Britain's involvement in Biafra and Vietnam.

1984 Bob Geldof, Midge Ure and 34 other artists record "Do They Know It's Christmas?" to raise money for Ethiopian famine victims, launching the Band-Aid Trust and presaging Live Aid.

TimothyBFan
11-25-2009, 08:28 AM
1968-Beatles White album is released.

Prettymaid
11-25-2009, 08:44 AM
1968-Beatles White album is released.


I played this album to death!

TimothyBFan
11-25-2009, 09:00 AM
I played this album to death!

So did everyone else and that's why I have never been able to replace the crappy copy I have with a good vinyl copy without having to sell my first born to afford it.

Freypower
11-25-2009, 06:30 PM
1991- Eric Carr of Kiss dies of a cerebral hemmorhage while hospitalized with cancer.

1991-Little Richard officiates at Cyndi Lauper's wedding.

1995-Junior Walker of The All Stars dies of cancer.

2003-Glen Campbell is arrested for extreme drunk driving and hit & run.


Eric Carr died the same day as Freddie Mercury.

TimothyBFan
11-25-2009, 07:01 PM
FP-I noticed that also when I saw Koala's post on the previous page where she mentioned Mercury's death. What a coincidence huh?

Koala
11-26-2009, 02:01 AM
1966 "I'm a Believer" by the Monkees is released.

1968 Cream plays their farewell concert at London's Royal Albert Hall.

1980 Paul McCartney's "Wings Over America" film premieres in New York.

1982 Peter Gabriel hits US #28 with his fourth self-titled album.

1994 'No Quarter,' by Led Zeppelin mainstays Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, enters the album chart at #4.

Koala
11-27-2009, 01:53 AM
1971 Led Zeppelin’s fourth album, which features four runes (symbols) as its title, enters Billboard’s album chart, where it will remain for the next five years. Oddly, it doesn’t quite reach #1, peaking at #2.


1982 Supertramp hits #5 in the US with 'Famous Last Words'.

1989 Stevie Wonder joins Paul McCartney onstage at Paul's Los Angeles concert to sing "Ebony And Ivory" together, 1989

Koala
11-28-2009, 03:25 AM
1965 Turn! Turn! Turn! (The Byrds) was a hit.

1970 The Who hits #12 in the US with "See Me, Feel Me" from 'Tommy'.

1974 John Lennon performs three songs with Elton John at Madison Square Garden. It will turn out to be his last public performance.

1981 Foreigner hits #2 with "Waiting For A Girl Like You".

1981 Genesis hits #29 with "No Reply At All".

Koala
11-29-2009, 03:51 AM
1966 Donovan hits #1 with "Sunshine Superman"; Tim Buckley releases his first album.

1968 Crosby Stills & Nash hit #21 with "suite Judy Blue Eyes".

1969 The Beatles reach #1 with "Come Together".

1986 Bruce-mania remains in full swing as Bruce Springsteen's hotly anticipated five-album box set, Live/1975-85, becomes a retail sensation at Christmastime. The decade-spanning collection of concert recordings enters the chart at #1.

2001 George Harrison dies at the age of 58 after a long battle with cancer.

TimothyBFan
11-30-2009, 09:28 AM
1968-The Supremes hit #1 wihth Love Child.

1996-Tiny Tim collapses on stage and later dies in a Minnesota hospital.

Prettymaid
11-30-2009, 01:57 PM
2001 George Harrison dies at the age of 58 after a long battle with cancer.

"The quiet one." His songwriting and musicianship showed in his work with The Beatles and as a solo artist. So sad he's gone.

Brooke
11-30-2009, 03:15 PM
Anyone see the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary show last night? Paul Simon, David Crosby and Graham Nash did a beautiful rendition of George's "Here Comes The Sun". Breathtaking.

Ive always been a dreamer
11-30-2009, 03:43 PM
Oh I would have loved to have seen that. George Harrison was an amazing talent who was content to be in the shadows of John and Paul. He is missed!!!

Koala
12-01-2009, 01:56 AM
Anyone see the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary show last night? Paul Simon, David Crosby and Graham Nash did a beautiful rendition of George's "Here Comes The Sun". Breathtaking.
Do you mean this?
it is really great!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T17b5x5cVcc

Koala
12-01-2009, 02:05 AM
1960 "Please Come Home for Christmas" is Charles Brown's last hit (#21 R&B, #76 pop). The Eagles' cover version becomes a Christmastime hit again in 1978, reaching #18.

1961 "Please Mr. Postman," by the Marvelettes, becomes Motown's first Number one pop hit and second million-seller.

1971 Give It Up, Bonnie Raitt's sophomore album, expands her range with three self-penned songs and outside contributions from contemporary writers like Jackson Browne and Eric Justin Kaz.


1972 Having moved to the West Coast, a dispirited Billy Joel begins a six-month stint as a lounge pianist under the name Bill Martin. He encapsulates the experience in a song that will serve as his creative and commercial breakthrough, "Piano Man."

1974 Linda Ronstadt reaches Number One with the single "You're No Good" and the album Heart like a Wheel.

1985 Broken Wings (Mr. Mister) was a hit.

1992 Nirvana's Nevermind hits Number One on Billboard's Top 200 album chart. It grosses $50 million in sales.

Prettymaid
12-01-2009, 09:02 AM
Anyone see the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary show last night? Paul Simon, David Crosby and Graham Nash did a beautiful rendition of George's "Here Comes The Sun". Breathtaking.

It was on again last night! Loved it! Thanks for finding it on youtube Koala.

Love love love Heart Like A Wheel. There's not a bad song on it IMO.

TimothyBFan
12-01-2009, 09:23 AM
1958-Ricky Nelson becomes the first rock n roller to appear on the cover of Life magazine.

1963-The Beatles first American single, I Want To Hold Your Hand, is released.

Koala
12-03-2009, 02:24 AM
1961 The Beatles meet future manager Brian Epstein for the first time, at his Liverpool record store.

1971 A fire at a Frank Zappa concert at the Casino in Montreaux, Switzerland is later immortalized in Deep Purple's "Smoke On The Water".

1976 Bob Marley and his entourage are attacked by gunman. A wounded but undeterred Marley electrifies a crowd two nights later at a free "Smile Jamaica" concert.

TimothyBFan
12-03-2009, 09:25 AM
1965-Keith Richards is electrocuted and knocked unconscious during a concert in Sacramento. (That explains alot doesn't it?)

1966-The first Monkees concert is held in Hawaii.

1969-John Lennon is asked to play the title role in Jesus Christ Superstar. The offer is withdrawn the next day.

sodascouts
12-03-2009, 12:25 PM
1969-John Lennon is asked to play the title role in Jesus Christ Superstar. The offer is withdrawn the next day.

What genius thought that would go over well? :lol:

Koala
12-04-2009, 02:14 AM
1956 The "Million Dollar Quartet"—Presley, Perkins, Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis—records old gospel, country and pop songs at an impromptu session. The recordings aren't officially released until the mid-Eighties.

1971 Yes hits #4 in the US with 'Fragile'.

1976 Former Deep Purple lead guitarist Tommy Bolin dies in Miami of multiple drug overdoes.

1980 Led Zeppelin releases a statement announcing that it is disbanding in the wake of drummer John Bonham's death.

1983 Say Say Say (Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson) was a hit.

1993 Frank Zappa dies of prostate cancer at home in Los Angeles, California.

EagleLady
12-04-2009, 02:42 AM
1965-Keith Richards is electrocuted and knocked unconscious during a concert in Sacramento. (That explains alot doesn't it?)

1966-The first Monkees concert is held in Hawaii.

1969-John Lennon is asked to play the title role in Jesus Christ Superstar. The offer is withdrawn the next day.


Poor Keith couldn't stay out of trouble even in the 60s :hilarious:

Koala
12-06-2009, 07:19 AM
1965 The Beatles release their "Rubber Soul" album and "Day Tripper" single (which, strangely enough, isn't from that album).

1969 Led Zeppelin enters the Top Forty with "Whole Lotta Love," which reaches #4. It is this album-oriented band's highest-charting single.

1969 Hell's Angels members used as security kill a man holding a gun (and three other audience members die, as well) as the Rolling Stones play their infamous concert in Altamont, California.

1975 'Still Crazy After All These Years, Paul Simon's third solo album of the Seventies, tops the album charts.

1993 The Eagles tape a video for country star Travis Tritt's version of "Take It Easy", which leads to the group's reunion.

sodascouts
12-06-2009, 03:27 PM
This article about Altamont has a Bernie mention:

Chris Hillman Calls Altamont 'A Complete Nightmare' - Spinner.com (http://www.spinner.com/2009/12/04/chris-hillman-calls-altamont-a-complete-nightmare/)

After the Flying Burrito Brothers (http://www.spinner.com/tag/FlyingBurritoBrothers/)' first song at Altamont, a member of the band pleaded with the crowd, "Please, you people -- stop hurting each other." Chris Hillman (http://www.spinner.com/tag/ChrisHillman/), a member of the Burrito Brothers, had no idea that someone would be killed that day but he tells Spinner he had reservations before the concert even began.

"I had a bad feeling about even doing it," says Hillman, whose bandmates included Gram Parsons (http://www.spinner.com/tag/GramParsons/) and Bernie Leadon. "I said, 'I don't want to do this show.' Gram talked everybody into it because he was sort of kowtowing to the Rolling Stones (http://www.spinner.com/tag/RollingStones/) at the time. But it was a complete nightmare for everybody involved."

Forty years ago on Dec. 6, the '60s music festival scene, which began optimistically with the Monterey Pop Festival and reached an apex at Woodstock, came to a violent end. It had been the Stones who came up with the idea of a free concert -- a gift to their fans -- at the Altamont Speedway in northern California. On the recommendation of the Grateful Dead (http://www.spinner.com/tag/GratefulDead/), members of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang were hired to provide security. But instead of protecting fans, they bullied them, along with the acts that performed there.

During Jefferson Airplane (http://www.spinner.com/tag/JeffersonAirplane/)'s performance, a biker knocked guitarist Marty Balin unconscious. Having seen that, the Grateful Dead refused to play. While the Burrito Brothers did perform, they didn't stick around.

"That was such an ugly day," Hillman says. "As soon as the last note was resonating off my bass, I handed it to the road guys and I left. We just got out of there as quick as we could."

Later, as the Stones performed 'Under My Thumb,' 18-year-old Meredith Hunter was stabbed and beaten to death by members of the Angels, a chilling scene later shown in the 1970 movie 'Gimme Shelter (http://www.moviefone.com/movie/gimme-shelter/5901/main).' While the death would put an end to music festivals for many years, it had an even broader implication: Hillman, who had performed at Monterey with the Byrds in 1967, said it also marked the end of the peace movement.

"From the light of Monterey -- a perfect weekend -- to Altamont, where somebody was murdered, that was the beginning of the end for the social experiment of the '60s," he says.

Koala
12-07-2009, 02:43 AM
1963 The Beatles appear on the British TV show "Jukebox Jury" declaring Elvis Presley's new record, "Kiss Me Quick", a "hit".

1974 Genesis hits #10 in the UK with 'The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway'.

1984 Michael Jackson testifies in a Chicago courtroom that he, not an Illinois man, wrote "The Girl Is Mine" (he wins).

TimothyBFan
12-07-2009, 09:43 AM
1987-MTV launches it's first game show, Remote Control.

1994-Billy Joel is given Billboard's Century Award.

sodascouts
12-07-2009, 02:03 PM
1987-MTV launches it's first game show, Remote Control.

Oh my gosh, I freaking LOVED this show. It's the only game show where you got to eat Cheetoes while answering. ;) It's where Colin Quinn, Adam Sandler, and Pauly Shore got their starts. What a blast from the past!

That was back before MTV sucked.

For those not familiar with it, here's a clip from YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6OLcvfVmws

Koala
12-08-2009, 02:37 AM
1943 Jim Morrison of the Doors is born

1973 Roxy Music's 'Stranded' tops the UK charts for a week.

1973 Elton John hits #2 with "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," the title track from a double album that would itself reach #1 and remain on the album charts for two years.

1980 John Lennon is shot by a deranged assailant as he and Yoko return to the Dakota after a recording session. He is pronounced dead at Roosevelt Hospital.

1995 The Grateful Dead officially disband, four months after the death of Jerry Garcia.

TimothyBFan
12-08-2009, 09:52 AM
1968-Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits plays the title role while Burl Ives is Gepetto on the NBC-TV "Hallmark Hall of Fame" production of "Pinocchio".

1969-Jimi Hendrix is acquitted of drug charges in a Toronto court.
2008-Peter Grabriel breaks his leg while skiing in Switzerland.

luvthelighthouse
12-08-2009, 05:25 PM
"From the light of Monterey -- a perfect weekend -- to Altamont, where somebody was murdered, that was the beginning of the end for the social experiment of the '60s," he says.

How sad... not only the death of a person, but the end of an era.

Koala
12-09-2009, 02:14 AM
1965 A Charlie Brown Christmas" first airs on CBS-TV.

1967 Cream's second album, 'Disraeli Gears', enters the U.S. charts.

1967 Jim Morrison of the Doors is arrested for breach of the peace in New Haven, Connecticut.

1992 Bill Wyman retires from the Rolling Stones.

1995 The first volume of the Beatles' 'Anthology' series, produced by George Martin, enters the U.S. album chart at #1.

TimothyBFan
12-10-2009, 09:20 AM
1967 -Otis Redding dies in a plane crash.

1971-Frank Zappa breaks a leg as he is thrown into the orchestra pit by a London fan's angry boyfriend, while in concert there

Koala
12-11-2009, 02:56 AM
1967 Jethro Tull is formed.

1972 The first U.S. Genesis concert is held, at Brandeis University near Boston, Massachusetts.

1968 The Rolling Stones film the 'Rock and Roll Circus', with guests Eric Clapton, John Lennon, Jethro Tull and the Who.

1988 MTV Europe exceeds the 5 million household mark.

2008 Mick Jagger's home town of Dartford, England approves the naming of streets there after Rolling Stones songs.

Prettymaid
12-11-2009, 08:24 AM
[quote=Koala;92235]1965 A Charlie Brown Christmas" first airs on CBS-TV.

Not sure how this relates to rock n' roll history, but it gives me the opportunity to say how much I love this cartoon. I don't watch it every year (I've memorized most of it anyway) but it is by far my favorite. I'm surprised the far left have not petitioned to have it pulled off the air yet.

TimothyBFan
12-14-2009, 09:05 AM
1963-Louie Louie by the Kingsmen hits #6.

1972-Born To Boogie, a documentary filmed by Ringo Starr and starring T Rex, premieres in London.

1986-Elton John performs in Sydney Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. The concert is released as a double album, Live In Australia in 1987.

1994-MTV premieres Unplugged with Bob Dylan.

Koala
12-15-2009, 02:15 AM
1979 Pink Floyd releases their double-album epic, 'The Wall.' It stays at #1 for 15 weeks and has to date been certified 23 times platinum (signifying one million copies) in the US, making it the third best-selling album of all time.

1984 Duran Duran hits #2 in the US with "The Wild Boys".

1988 James Brown is sentenced to a six-year prison term after a year's worth of arrests on various assault, drug possession and vehicular charges. He leaves prison on parole on February 27, 1991.

TimothyBFan
12-15-2009, 08:50 AM
1979 Pink Floyd releases their double-album epic, 'The Wall.' It stays at #1 for 15 weeks and has to date been certified 23 times platinum (signifying one million copies) in the US, making it the third best-selling album of all time.
.

I have done my part to help out that cause a few times! :p


1969-The Peace For Christmas charity concert for UNICEF in London features John Lennon, Eric Clapton, George Harrison & Keith Moon.


2001-Joe Walsh is given an honorary Doctorate Of Music by Kent State University.

Koala
12-16-2009, 02:33 AM
1961 The soundtrack to Blue Hawaii reaches #1 on the album charts, where it will remain for 20 weeks. With sales of 2 million, it is Elvis Presley´s best-selling album to date.

1966 The Jimi Hendrix Experience release "Hey Joe" in England. By February 1967, it reaches Number Four on the British charts. The next single, "Purple Haze," reaches Number Three. The group's debut album, Are You Experienced?, will remain near the top of the charts through the summer of 1967.

1977 The "Saturday Night Fever" film opens.

1983 The Who disband (until the seemingly unending series of "reunions"),

TimothyBFan
12-16-2009, 08:58 AM
1958-Ritchie Valens performs a concert at the Junior High School he attended. The show is recorded and released in 1960 as Ritchie Valens Live, after his death.

1960-George Harrison is deported from Germany for being to young to perform with the Beatles there.

1969-"War Is Over!!! If You Want It!!" billboards go up in 11 cities around the world as a Christmas message from John Lennon and Yoko Ono.

1972--Me And Mrs Jones by Billy Paul hits #1.

1973-Stephen Stills loses a paternity case filed by a California woman.

1981-Ray Charles gets a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.

2007-Dan Fogelberg dies of prostate cancer.

sodascouts
12-16-2009, 07:48 PM
2007-Dan Fogelberg dies of prostate cancer.

Wow - I can't believe it's been two years.

TimothyBFan
12-17-2009, 09:04 AM
1965-The Supremes open the Houston Astrodome with a concert there.

1977-Decade, a triple album by Neil Young is released

Brooke
12-17-2009, 11:09 AM
Wow - I can't believe it's been two years.

I know. I had this same thought when I read that. :-(

ETA: About Dan Fogelberg's passing, since the quoting took that part off.

TimothyBFan
12-18-2009, 08:57 AM
1969-Tiny Tim married Miss Vicky on the Tonight Show.

1971-T Rex hits #1 in the UK & #35 in the US with Electric Warrior.

1975-Rod Stewart leaves Faces.

2000- Posion's Every Rose Has It's Thorn is certified gold by RIAA.

Koala
12-19-2009, 03:05 AM
1957 Elvis Presley is served with his draft notice while home at Graceland for the Christmas holidays. He is sworn in as a private in the U.S. Army on March 24, 1958, and later sent to basic training in Fort Hood, Texas. Shipped to Germany, he will serve in Company D, 32nd Tank Battalion, 3rd Armor Corps, from October 1, 1958, to March 1, 1960.

1978 "The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait" airs on ABC-TV.

1986 Whitesnake hits #2 with "Is This Love".

1993 Michael Clarke of the Byrds ("Eight Miles High") dies of liver failure.

1996 Lubbock, Texas names a street after native son Buddy Holly.

Koala
12-20-2009, 03:23 AM
1964 I Feel Fine (The Beatles) was a hit.

1967 Jethro Tull is formed.

1968 Peter Paul and Mary hit #1 with "Leaving On A Jet Plane" written by John Denver.

1970 My Sweet Lord (George Harrison) was a hit.

1975 Joe Walsh joins the Eagles :smile::partytime::guitar:

Koala
12-21-2009, 02:15 AM
1940 Frank Zappa is born in Baltimore, Maryland.

1946 Carl Wilson (Beach Boys) was born.

1968 Crosby, Stills & Nash is formed

1984 Prince hits #1 with "When Doves Cry" and "Let's Go Crazy" and #2 with "Purple Rain".

1992 Elton John establishes the Elton John AIDS Foundation, aimed at AIDS prevention education and direct care services.

1992 David Crosby guests on ABC-TV's "Roseanne".

1994 Beach Boy Mike Loves settles a dispute with Brian Wilson over authorship of 35 of the group's tunes out-of-court, receiving $5 million,

TimothyBFan
12-21-2009, 04:35 PM
1984 Prince hits #1 with "When Doves Cry" and "Let's Go Crazy" and #2 with "Purple Rain".


You guys wouldn't believe me if I told you how many times I saw Purple Rain and about my Prince infactuation in the 80's. It's embarrassing!!! :???:

TimothyBFan
12-22-2009, 08:59 AM
1973-Hello It's Me by Todd Rundgren hits #5.

1975-Ike & Tina Turner are robbed of $86,000 in concert receipts.

Koala
12-23-2009, 02:27 AM
1966 Pink Floyd perform for the first time at London's UFO Club, home the the burgeoning "London Underground" scene.

1969 Elton John and Bernie Taupin begin writing songs together.

1977 Cat Stevens converts to Islam, changing his name to Yusef Islam.

1991 James Brown sues the producers of the movie "The Commitments" claiming his name and likeness were used without his permission (he loses the case five years later).

Koala
12-24-2009, 04:07 AM
1967 Hello Goodbye ( The Beatles) was a hit.

1977 "How Deep Is Your Love," the Bee Gees' first single from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, hits #1 for the first of three weeks. Remaining in the Top Ten for 17 consecutive weeks, it sets a 'Billboard' chart record for longevity.

Koala
12-25-2009, 07:12 AM
1966 I'm a Believer (The Monkees) was a hit.

1976 Boston hits #5 with "More Than a Feeling".

1976 'Hotel California' enters the album charts for the first of 107 weeks.

1976 Elton John hits #6 with "Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word".

Koala
12-26-2009, 05:02 AM
1963 Capitol Records releases the Beatles' "I Want To Hold Your Hand" in the United States.

1965 The Sounds of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel) was a hit.

1967 The Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour" film debuts on BBC-TV.

1968 Led Zeppelin arrive for their first U.S. tour

1969 'Let It Bleed' by The Rolling Stones enters the charts.

1981 AC/DC hits #1 with "For Those About to Rock We Salute You".

Koala
12-27-2009, 04:47 AM
1969 Led Zepprlin II' tops the U.S. album charts for the first of seven weeks; it will reach #1 in the U.K. in February 1970.

1975 Queen's 'A Night at the Opera,' featuring the seven-minute rock operetta "Bohemian Rhapsody," tops the U.K. album charts. The album reaches #4 in the U.S. while an edited "Bohemian Rhapsody" climbs to #9.

1980 "(Just Like) Starting Over," by John Lennon, reaches #1 for the first of five weeks.

Koala
12-29-2009, 02:45 AM
1955 Barbra Streisand makes her first recording, at the age of 13.

1962 Ray Charles hits #1 on the R&B chart and #7 on the pop chart with "You Are My Sunshine".

1966 The Beatles begin recording "Penny Lane".

1973 Led Zeppelin hits #20 with "D'yer Mak'er".

1973 The Who hit #76 in the US with "Love Reign O'er Me" from their rock opera 'Quadrophenia'.

1973 Emerson, Lake & Palmer hit #11 in the US with 'Brain Salad Surgery'.

Koala
12-30-2009, 02:54 AM
1967 The Beatles reach #1 with "Hello Goodbye".

1968 Frank Sinatra records "My Way".

1978 Emerson, Lake & Palmer break up.

1999 George Harrison is stabbed by an intruder in his home (but manages to subdue the assailant).

Koala
12-31-2009, 06:32 AM
1961 The Beach Boys perform for the first time using that name, in Long Beach, California.

1970 Paul McCartney files suit to dissolve the Beatles partnership.

1982 The last ABBA concert is held, in Stockholm.

1994 Rod Stewart performs on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro for an audience of 4.2 million people. He make into the Guinness Book of World Records for staging the largest outdoor concert in history.

2002 Eric Clapton surprises the guests at his daughter's christening by marrying her mother at the service

Ive always been a dreamer
12-31-2009, 02:03 PM
I think that is interesting factoid about Paul McCartney filing a suit to desolve The Beatles on the very last day of 1970. Hmmm - I wonder if lots of lawsuits are filed on New Year's Eve??? And thanks Koala for taking the time to keep this thread going during the holidays. Even though I don't often respond to it and other similar threads, I really do enjoy reading them. :thumbsup:

Brooke
12-31-2009, 03:39 PM
Just read this snippet in the latest Rolling Stone:

"Bad PR Move of the Decade

Labels Sue Fans

Recording Industry Association of America: What the hell were you thinking? General Motors didn't hire a team of ninjas to slash the tires of people who bought Camrys! (Actually, that might have saved Detroit. Also, we love ninjas.) Yet in 2003, the tone-deaf record-industry lobbyists, in an effort to curb music piracy, began suing illegal file-sharers in what RIAA president Cary Sherman described as "a tough-love form of education." Defendants included a 12-year-old girl, a grandmother who didn't even own a computer and Colin Powell. (OK, not Powell.) By the time the RIAA finally retired the policy earlier this year, the trade group had sued 35,000 fans."

*********************

I wonder if Don knows they've retired the policy?!

Koala
01-01-2010, 11:02 AM
1962 The Beatles audition for Decca Records in England, who turn them down and sign the Tremeloes instead.

1964 The Beach Boys record "Fun Fun Fun".

2003 Aretha Franklin sings the national anthem as Michigan's first woman governor is sworn in.

Koala
01-02-2010, 03:26 AM
1966 We Can Work It Out (The Beatles) was a hit.

1971 Van Morrison hits #9 with "Domino".

1972 Paul Simon's self-titled album is released a year after the breakup of Simon and Garfunkel. It yields two popular singles: "Mother and Child Reunion" (#4 and "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard (#22).

1975 John and Yoko are reunited. The Beatles' final dissolution takes place in London.

Koala
01-04-2010, 02:42 AM
1954 A young Elvis Presley visits the Memphis Recording Service to record "Casual Love Affair" and "I'll Never Stand in Your Way" and meets Sun Records owner Sam Phillips.

1970 Keith Moon of the Who accidentally runs over and kills his chauffeur, in Hatfield, England.

1974 Yes hits #6 in the US with 'Tales From Topographic Oceans'.

1975 Elton John hits #1 with his remake of the Beatles’ "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds." John Lennon plays guitar on this non-LP single under the pseudonym Dr. Winston O’Boogie.

Koala
01-05-2010, 03:00 AM
1959 "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" becomes the last release from Buddy Holly before his death.

1976 Beatles road manager Mal Evans is killed during a confrontation with Los Angeles police.

1998 Sonny Bono ("I Got You Babe" with then-wife Cher) dies in a skiing accident in South Lake Tahoe, California.

2003 Little Richard guests on Fox-TV's "The Simpsons".

TimothyBFan
01-05-2010, 09:36 AM
I forgot to get on here yesterday about one that meant something to me.

1986-Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy died of a heart attack brought on by a drug overdose. He was only 36 years old.

Koala
01-06-2010, 02:56 AM
1946 Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd is born.

1964 The Rolling Stones headline their first tour, beginning in Harrow, England.

1977 David Bowie releases 'Low,' the first of a trilogy of more experimental albums that also includes 'Heroes' (1977) and 'Lodger' (1978).

Koala
01-07-2010, 02:48 AM
1968 David Gilmour is asked to join Pink Floyd, briefly making them a five-piece band´.

1975 Jethro Tull hits #11 in the US with "Bungle In The Jungle."

1975 Led Zeppelin fans riot before a Boston concert, causing $30,000 in damages and the concert to be cancelled.

2008 Jewels valued at $171,000 are stolen from Dionne Warwick's Rome hotel room.

TimothyBFan
01-07-2010, 10:07 AM
1968 David Gilmour is asked to join Pink Floyd, briefly making them a five-piece band´.


I was only 5 and certainly don't remember this but about 10 years later--this meant the world to me. He is one of my all time favorite vocalist.

Koala
01-08-2010, 02:48 AM
1935 Elvis Aron Presley is born to Gladys and Vernon Presley in a two-room cabin on North Saltillo Road in East Tupelo, Mississippi.

1947 David Robert Jones, a.k.a. David Bowie, is born in Brixton, London.

1957 Elvis Presley passes the pre-induction exam for the Army.

1966 The Who and the Kinks perform on the last "Shindig" show on ABC-TV.

1974 Governor Jimmy Carter declares it "Elvis Presley Day" in Georgia (three years before his death).

1981 ''Elvis Presley Day" is declared in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, North and South Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

1988 Tracy Chapman's self-titled debut achieves multi-platinum status.

1993 "MTV Unplugged" with Eric Clapton is nominated for four Grammy Awards.

Koala
01-09-2010, 01:58 AM
1967 The Gibb family moves from Australia to London, England. Within months, the Bee Gees enjoy their first international hit: "New York Mining Disaster 1941" (#14 U.S., #12 U.K.).

1983 Down Under (Men At Work) was a hit.

2007 Britain's Royal Mail issues a series of Beatles postage stamps.

Koala
01-11-2010, 10:40 AM
1967 The Hollies record "On A Carousel".

1965 The Beach Boys record "Do You Wanna Dance".

1992 Paul Simon becomes the first international performer to play in Johannesburg, South Africa after a U.N. apartheit boycott is lifted.

2009 Bruce Springsteen wins a Golden Globe award for Best Original Song for "The Wrestler" from the movie of that name.

Koala
01-12-2010, 02:31 AM
1964 the Beach Boys reach ‘1 with I Get Around.

1993 Cream is induced into tue Rock Hall Of Fame.

1995 Led Zeppelin is induced into tue Rock Hall Of Fame.

1998 The Eagles are is induced into tue Rock Hall Of Fame.Jimmy Buffett is their presenter.

1998 Fleetwood Mac is is induced into tue Rock Hall Of Fame.

2003 Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees died.

Prettymaid
01-12-2010, 08:22 AM
1998 The Eagles are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the thirteenth annual induction dinner. Jimmy Buffett is their presenter.



:blueblob::yay::applause::nod::iloveyou:

luvthelighthouse
01-12-2010, 12:47 PM
I will remember the date the Eagles were inducted, because it's my birthday! =)

I remember hearing they were going to be inducted, but I wasn't hardcore at the time. I remember saying to myself, oh cool, maybe I should watch what is televised... but I never did. Thanks to this site I was able to watch it in hindsight!

TimothyBFan
01-12-2010, 01:42 PM
Evelyn--are you saying that today is your birthday? :worried: If so--sorry I didn't realize! You need to let us know these things!! :brickwall:

luvthelighthouse
01-12-2010, 03:51 PM
Yes it is... but no biggie. Just another year older... :)

Koala
01-13-2010, 03:57 AM
1969 Elvis Presley begins recording his "Memphis Sessions" (including "Suspicious Minds").

1973 Backed by an all-star band, Eric Clapton performs a solo concert at London's Rainbow Theatre. It is promoted as a comeback concert, returning Clapton to the public eye after a reclusive period of heroin addiction. Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert is released in abbreviated form on LP (6 tracks) in 1973 and in expanded form on CD (14 tracks) in 1995.

1973 Aerosmith's self-titled debut is released. It contains the band staples "Dream On" and "Mama Kin."

1973 Cat Stevens hits #16 with "Sitting".

1973 Jethro Tull hits #11 in the US with "Living in the Past."

1983 Neil Young kicks off his association with a new label, Geffen Records, with 'Trans,' an album of heavily synthesized, computer-generated songs interspersed with breezy love songs. It reaches #17, his best showing until 'Harvest Moon' peaks at #16 in 1992.

Koala
01-14-2010, 03:08 AM
1973 Elvis Presley's "Aloha From Hawaii" concert is broadcast live to a billion people around the world (but not in the U.S., where it will air on TV two months later).

1978 The Sex Pistols perform a tumultuous final concert at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom. They break up soon after.

1997 The Beach Boys guest star on an episode of ABC-TV's "Home Improvement".

Koala
01-15-2010, 02:40 AM
1958 Elvis Presley records "Hard Headed Woman".

1967 The Rolling Stones perform a cleaned-up "Let's Spend Some Time Together" on CBS-TV's "Ed Sullivan Show" (at Ed's request).

1971 Earth, Wind & Fire's self-titled debut album enters the Billboard album chart, peaking at #172.

1972 Don McLean hits #1 with "American Pie".

1984 Owner Of a Lonely Heart (Yes) was a hit.

TimothyBFan
01-15-2010, 09:36 AM
1967 The Rolling Stones perform a cleaned-up "Let's Spend Some Time Together" on CBS-TV's "Ed Sullivan Show" (at Ed's request).


That has always cracked me up!! :hilarious:

1961-The Supremes sign to Motown Records.

1977-Linda McCartney is names one of ten Most Watched Woman by the Bachelor's Club.

1994-Harry Nilsson dies of heart disease.

Koala
01-16-2010, 04:07 AM
1970 Scotland Yard confiscates eight John Lennon lithographs from a London art gallery for being obscene.

1980 Paul McCartney is jailed in Tokyo for marijuana possession.

1992 Eric Clapton performs an all-acoustic set for that is taped for the MTV series Unplugged. It airs on March 11, winning a record audience for the show, and is released on CD and videotape in August. The 70-minute live set, which includes an acoustic arrangement of "Layla," reaches #1. It goes on to sell three million copies and earns a Grammy for Album of the Year.
I love this Unplugged concert!

1996 Pink Floyd is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the eleventh annual induction dinner. Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins is their presenter.

Koala
01-17-2010, 04:00 AM
1967 Genesis is formed by Charterhouse School mates Peter Gabriel, Mike Rutherford, Anthony Phillips and Tony Banks. :partytime:

1969 The first Led Zeppelin album (self-titled) is released.

1970 The Doors record their "Absolutely Live" album in Los Angeles.

1976 Sweet hits #5 in the US with "Fox on the Run."

1977 Bob Marley and the Wailers cut new material in London, marking the first time they’ve recorded outside of Jamaica in six years. Of more than 20 songs recorded, ten turn up on 'Exodus' (1977) and ten on 'Kaya' (1978).

TimothyBFan
01-17-2010, 08:43 PM
1976 Sweet hits #5 in the US with "Fox on the Run."
(1978).

:headbang: Whoo Hoo!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MDCbIhTa_w

Koala
01-18-2010, 02:07 AM
1965 Paul Simon drops out of law school to become a full-time musician.

1969 Pete Best's defamation lawsuit against the Beatles is settled out-of-court

1996 Lisa Marie Presley files for divorce from Michael Jackson.

2009 Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock, James Taylor and John Mellencamp perform at an inauguration concert for Barack Obama.

Koala
01-19-2010, 02:39 AM
1992 John Lennon is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the ninth annual induction dinner. Paul McCartney is his presenter, and Yoko Ono accepts the award on behalf of her late husband.

1993 The reunited quintet, Fleetwood Mac including Buckingham, performs "Don't Stop" at President Clinton's Inaugural Gala.

1994 Elton John is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the ninth annual induction dinner. Axl Rose, of Guns and Roses, is his presenter.

1994 Rod Stewart is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the ninth annual induction dinner. Jeff Beck is his presenter. Stewart himself misses the ceremony because of the Los Angeles earthquake two days earlier.

Koala
01-20-2010, 02:18 AM
1969 Elvis Presley records "In The Ghetto"

1970 Creedence Clearwater Revival hits #2 with "Travelin' Band" and "Lookin' Out My Back Door," and #4 with "Up Around the Bend."

1973 Stevie Wonder returns to performing-- in London-- five months after a car crash put him in a coma.

1974 You're Sixteen (Ringo Starr) was a hit.

Koala
01-21-2010, 02:13 AM
1965 The Byrds record "Mr. Tambourine Man''

1967 "I'm a Believer" by the Monkees tops the UK charts for four weeks.

1984 Yes hits #1 in the US with "Owner of a Lonely Heart".

1989 MTV world premieres Metallica's first video, "One."

2005 Journey receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

TimothyBFan
01-22-2010, 09:11 AM
1968-Archie Bell & The Drells hit #1 with Tighten Up

1983-Kajagoogoo hits #1 with Too Shy

2008-Ringo Star walks off Live with Regis & Kelly over the length of his performance

Koala
01-24-2010, 04:43 AM
1976 John Denver hits #13 with "Fly Away".

1981 Spandau Ballet hits #17 in the UK with "The Freeze".

1988 Need You Tonight (INXS) was a hit.

1991 "MTV Unplugged," the network's highly acclaimed acoustic music series, is recorded in Europe for the first time. The Cure and Paul McCartney are the artists captured in performance in London.

1998 "All Around the World" by Oasis reaches #1.

Koala
01-25-2010, 02:29 AM
1958 "Oh Boy!" becomes Buddy Holly's third Top Ten hit.

1969 'Proud Mary', the Creedence Clearwater Revival LP, is released. "Proud Mary" eventually reaches #2 on the charts.

1975 Cat Stevens hits #26 with "Ready".

1984 Yoko Ono donates $375,000 to Liverpool's Strawberry Fields retirement home, the inspiration for her late husband, John Lennon's, song.

Koala
01-27-2010, 02:26 AM
1956 Elvis Presley's debut single for RCA, "Heartbreak Hotel," is released. The first of Presley's 17 Number One hits, it holds down the top spot for eight weeks. "Heartbreak Hotel" establishes Elvis Presley and rock and roll itself as national phenomena.

1968
"Daydream Believer" by the Monkees (written by Neil Diamond) peaks the UK charts at #5.

1968 The Bee Gees make their first-ever appearance in the U.S., at the Anaheim, California Convention Center (then head immediately back to England).

1973 Sweet's "Blockbuster" tops the UK charts where it will remain for five weeks.

TimothyBFan
01-27-2010, 09:53 AM
1973 Sweet's "Blockbuster" tops the UK charts where it will remain for five weeks.

OMG--LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!
"You better beware, you better take care.
You better watch out if you've got long black hair...."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgrYf7VWASE

sodascouts
01-27-2010, 11:04 AM
1968
"Daydream Believer" by the Monkees (written by Neil Diamond) peaks the UK charts at #5.

You mean "written by John Stewart" right?

LOVE that song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uohP4gk0wU

As a child watching it in 1986 on MTV, it was the first real "love song" I got into.

Koala
01-27-2010, 12:18 PM
You mean "written by John Stewart" right?


upps, of course, was the composer John Stewart, I have no idea why I wrote Neil Diamond!http://www.smilies.4-user.de/include/Denken/smilie_denk_46.gif

sodascouts
01-27-2010, 02:44 PM
upps, of course, was the composer John Stewart, I have no idea why I wrote Neil Diamond!http://www.smilies.4-user.de/include/Denken/smilie_denk_46.gif

Probably got it confused with another of their hits, "I'm a Believer," which was written by Neil Diamond. Not an uncommon mistake!

GlennLover
01-27-2010, 07:02 PM
Love Davy Jones! :smitten: I was in grade school when The Monkees were formed & they became my 1st "favorite band". :lol:

Koala
01-28-2010, 02:11 AM
1956 Elvis Presley makes his first appearance on network TV as a guest on Stage Show, hosted by jazz bandleaders Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey. Throughout 1956, Presley's biggest year, he will also appear on The Milton Berle Show, The Steve Allen Show and The Ed Sullivan Show.

1984 The Smiths hit #12 in the UK with "What Difference Does It Make?"

1985 We Are The World" is recorded in Hollywood by a plethora of stars raising money for hunger relief in Africa.

2004 James Brown is arrested for domestic violence at his home in Beech Island, South Carolina.

Koala
01-29-2010, 02:36 AM
1964 The Beatles record "Sie Liebt Dich" (the German version of "She Loves You").

1983 Peter Gabriel hits #29 in the US with "Shock the Monkey".

1997 The Paul Simon musical "The Cape Man", opens on Broadway (it lasts only 68 performances)

Koala
01-30-2010, 04:41 AM
1969 The Beatles make their last performance as a group on the roof of the Apple building during the filming of 'Let It Be'.

1971 Led Zeppelin hits #15 with "Immigrant Song".

1973 Kiss plays its first live show in Queens, New York.

1975 Genesis hits #41 in the US with 'The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway'. :-)

1983 Africa (Toto) was a hit.

Koala
01-31-2010, 04:04 AM
1963 Seventeen year-old Neil Young performs his first professional date at a Winnipeg country club

1963 The Beach Boys record "Surfin' U.S.A." and "Shutdown.

1970 "I Want You Back," the first of four consecutive #1 hits in a nine-month period from the Jackson 5, reaches the top of the charts. The others: "ABC" (April 1970), "The Love You Save" (June 1970) and "I'll Be There" (October 1970).

1973 Bruce Springsteen performs in New York City for the first time.

1987 Genesis hits #4 in the US with "Land of Confusion". :partytime:

Koala
02-01-2010, 02:25 AM
1964 Seventy-three million Americans tune in to see the Beatles perform on the Ed Sullivan Show.

1966 The Mamas and the Papas reach Number Four with "California Dreamin'."

1968 Fleetwood Mac's self-titled debut album is released in Britain. It is followed by 'Mr. Wonderful' in September.

1977 Fleetwood Mac's Rumours begins its reign at Number One.

1985 Glenn Frey of the Eagles appears on an episode of NBC-TV's "Miami Vice".

TimothyBFan
02-01-2010, 09:10 AM
What a day in rock n roll history for someone like Soda! :thumbsup:

sodascouts
02-01-2010, 12:42 PM
Yes! Feb 1 = red letter day! ;)

Koala
02-02-2010, 02:20 AM
1942 Graham Nash was born.

1963 The Beatles begin their first British tour.

1973 Keith Emerson's hands are injured during an Emerson, Lake and Palmer concert when a rigged piano explosion goes off prematurely.

1985 Foreigner hits #1 with "I Want to Know What Love Is".

eaglesvet
02-02-2010, 09:57 AM
Yes! Feb 1 = red letter day! ;)
What's that?

Freypower
02-02-2010, 09:07 PM
What's that?

See Koala's post concerning February 1. Three things of interest to Soda occurred: Fleetwood Mac's first album was released, Rumours went to Number One and Glenn appeared in Miami Vice.

luvthelighthouse
02-03-2010, 01:00 AM
I think she meant, what is Red Letter Day? Why would it be called that?

sodascouts
02-03-2010, 01:13 AM
Sorry guys, didn't mean to cause confusion!

A "red letter day" is an expression meaning an important or special day.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_letter_day

Koala
02-03-2010, 02:40 AM
1959 After performing at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, Buddy Holly charters a plane to fly him to Fargo, North Dakota. Shortly after takeoff, the plane crashes eight miles northwest of the airfield, killing Holly, Ritchie Valens, J.P. Richardson (a.k.a. The Big Bopper) and pilot Roger Peterson.

1973 Elton John's "Crocodile Rock" hits #1. It is the first of a half dozen chart-topping singles for John over the next three years.

TimothyBFan
02-03-2010, 09:16 AM
1979-Ace Frehley of Kiss hits #13 with his solo song New York Groove.

(as much as I dislike Kiss--I loved this song and bought Ace's album.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-4vMQOOiUY
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-4vMQOOiUY)

luvthelighthouse
02-03-2010, 11:07 AM
I had forgotton it was this early in the month... the day the music died... the plane crash.

So so sad!

Koala
02-04-2010, 02:46 AM
1977 'Rumours', by Fleetwood Mac, destined to become the fifth best-selling album in music history, is released.

1978 "Stayin' Alive," whose thunderous disco beat plays in the opening scene of 'Saturday Night Fever', reaches #1 for the first of four weeks.

1978 Queen's biggest hit of the Seventies, "We Are the Champions," reaches #4 in the U.S. (#2 in Britain). The Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive" holds down the top spot.

1989 Mike & the Mechanics hit #2 in the UK with The Living Years. :thumbsup:

Koala
02-05-2010, 02:38 AM
1974 Barry White hits #1 with "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe".

1983 Tears For Fears hits #4 in the UK with "Change".

1991 The first date in what becomes an annual stand of Eric Clapton concerts at London's Royal Albert Hall finds Clapton joined in different segments by a four-piece band, nine-piece band, blues band, and orchestra. The series lasts for 24 nights - hence the title of a live double-CD documentary, 24 Nights, released later in the year.

TimothyBFan
02-05-2010, 10:40 AM
1991 The first date in what becomes an annual stand of Eric Clapton concerts at London's Royal Albert Hall finds Clapton joined in different segments by a four-piece band, nine-piece band, blues band, and orchestra. The series lasts for 24 nights - hence the title of a live double-CD documentary, 24 Nights, released later in the year.


I've got this dvd---It's a must for any Eric Clapton fan!! Awesome!

Koala
02-06-2010, 03:18 AM
1945 Bob Marley is born in St. Ann’s Parish in Jamaica.

1981 While touring South American soccer stadiums, Queen performs in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to the largest crowds of paying fans ever to witness a concert.

2003 The Rolling Stones perform a free concert in Los Angeles to draw attention to global warming.

2009 Neil Diamond is honored as the MusiCares Person of the Year.

Koala
02-06-2010, 03:25 AM
1991 The first date in what becomes an annual stand of Eric Clapton concerts at London's Royal Albert Hall finds Clapton joined in different segments by a four-piece band, nine-piece band, blues band, and orchestra. The series lasts for 24 nights - hence the title of a live double-CD documentary, 24 Nights, released later in the year.
I've got this dvd---It's a must for any Eric Clapton fan!! Awesome! I don't have the DVD yet, but they is on my list for my next DVD and CD ordering!

Koala
02-07-2010, 04:34 AM
1964 The Beatles arrive at Kennedy Airport in New York for their first American tour

1976 Queen hits #9 with "Bohemian Rhapsody".

1976 "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover," by Paul Simon, reaches #1 for the first of three weeks. It is the biggest single of his career.

2008 The Rolling Stones' "Shine A Light" documentary premieres at the Berlin Film Featival.

Koala
02-08-2010, 02:52 AM
1969 Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood form Blind Faith.

1988 The Who (minus the late Keith Moon) reunite for their 25th anniversary, at a London awards ceremony.

2009 I Dreamed There Was No War won its Grammy!!:)

Koala
02-09-2010, 02:40 AM
1964 The Beatles perform for 73 million Americans on CBS-TV's "Ed Sullivan Show".

1972 Wings make their concert debut, at Nottingham University in England.

1974 Art Garfunkel hits #38 with "I Shall Sing".

1975 You're No Good (Linda Ronstadt) was a hit.

1980 Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark (OMD) hits #67 in the UK with "Red Frame/White Light".

TimothyBFan
02-09-2010, 08:56 AM
1997-Brian Connolly, lead singer of Sweet, died of liver failure. RIP Brian!!

The song that started my love affair with Sweet (even tho I actually hated this song for obvious reasons when it first came out).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmbEuRzlhIs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fdwBTsw6no

Koala
02-10-2010, 02:13 AM
1976 "Dream On," from Aerosmith's debut album, is re-released as a single and reaches #6.

1979 Rod Stewart's "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" tops the singles charts for the first of four weeks. It owns the distinction of being the first 48-track 12-inch disco remix.

1990 Aerosmith hits #4 with "Janie's Got a Gun".

1993 Oprah Winfrey gets the first interview in fifteen years with Michael Jackson on her prime-time ABC-TV special.

Koala
02-11-2010, 01:49 AM
1964 The Beatles hold their first American concert, at the Colliseum in Washington, DC

1964 Simon & Garfunkel's debut, 'Wednesday Morning 3 A.M.', is released.

1972 America hits #1 with "A Horse With No Name".

1984 Genesis hits #6 in the US with "That's All!" :)

2009 Chris Squire of Yes undergoes leg surgery, forcing the group to cancel the remaining dates on their tour.

Koala
02-12-2010, 01:47 AM
1966 Pink Floyd performs at a series of Sunday afternoon multimedia happenings at London's Marquee Club, dubbed the "Spontaneous Underground."

1972 Led Zeppelin hits #15 with "Black Dog".

1998 “Sir” Elton John is knighted by Queen Elizabeth.

Koala
02-14-2010, 07:48 AM
1970 King Crimson hits #28 in the US with 'In the Court of the Crimson King'.

1970 The Who record their "Live At Leeds" album in Yorkshire, England.

1973 David Bowie collapses from exhaustion after a Madison Square Garden concert in New York.

1984 Rod Stewart and Olivia Newton-John attend Elton John's first wedding (the one to wife Renate) in Sydney, Australia (it lasts less than five years).

1987 Bon Jovi hits #1 with "Livin On a Prayer".

Koala
02-15-2010, 02:09 AM
1968 The Beatles depart for Rishikesh, India, for an advanced course in transcendental meditation.

1969 The hotly anticipated, self-titled debut album by Led Zeppelin enters the album charts, ultimately reaching #10.

1971 Creedence Clearwater Revival hits #8 with "Have You Ever Seen the Rain."

1979 "Just the Way You Are" by Billy Joel wins Grammies for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

1989 MTV premieres Madonna's "Like a Prayer" video.

Koala
02-16-2010, 02:34 AM
1964 The Beatles make their second appearance on CBS-TV's "Ed Sullivan Show''

1972 Rick Nelson starts his first-ever British tour.

1975 Cher's solo weekly TV show (cleverly named "Cher") premieres on CBS with guest-star Elton John.

1980 Led Zeppelin hits #21 with "Fool In the Rain."

1990 Ike Turner is convicted on cocaine charges and sentenced to four years in prison (he serves 18 months).

Koala
02-17-2010, 02:28 AM
1966 Brian Wilson begins recording the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations".

1969 Bob Dylan records with Johnny Cash in Nashville (nothing is released at the time, though).

1972 Pink Floyd premiere a new piece of music entitled "Eclipse" at London's Rainbow Theater. It will evolve into the album 'Dark Side of the Moon.'

Koala
02-18-2010, 02:17 AM
1973 Killing Me Softly With His Song (Roberta Flack) was a hit.

1978 Foreigner hits #20 with "Long, Long Way From Home".

1987 Frank Zappa releases 'Jazz From Hell'.

1993 Elton John’s album 'The One' becomes the first to receive multi-platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Previously, albums were only certified gold (500,000 copies sold) or platinum (1,000,000 copies sold).

Koala
02-19-2010, 02:58 AM
1964 Simon & Garfunkel complete work on the original, acoustic version of "The Sounds Of Silence''.

1967 "Love is Here and Now You're Gone" by the Supremes hits #1.

1980 Bon Scott, leader of the Australian band AC/DC, dies in London after choking on his own vomit.

1984 Jump (Van Halen) was a hit.

Koala
02-20-2010, 09:45 AM
1967 Kurt Cobain of Nirvana is born.

1976 Kiss immortalize their hand prints at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.

1977 New Kid in Town (The Eagles) was a hit.

1988 Foreigner hits #6 with "Say You Will".

1991 Phil Collins wins a Grammy for Record Of The Year (Another Day In Paradise)

Koala
02-21-2010, 09:59 AM
1958 The very first Gibson model Flying V guitar is shipped from a factory in Kalamazoo, Mich.

1970 Having been in release for only 15 weeks, Led Zeppelin II approaches sales of 2 million.

1981 AC/DC hits #37 with "Back In Black".

1983 'Thriller' tops the album charts for the first of 37 weeks.

1990 Paul McCartney is given the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles.

Koala
02-22-2010, 02:17 AM
1970 Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon & Garfunkel) was a hit.

1989 Carlos Santana wins a Grammy for Best Instrumental Rock Performance for his album Blues for Salvador.

1990 Stevie Wonder wins a plagiarism lawsuit filed against him in Los Angeles over the song, "I Just Called To Say I Love You".

2001 The Sunday Mirror lists the Beatles as the biggest money-earners of 2000. Although they no longer exist, the band pulled in a tidy $50 million.

Koala
02-23-2010, 02:14 AM
1974 Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells" (also know as the theme to the movie 'The Exorcist') debuts on the singles chart.

1975 Best of My Love (Eagles) was a hit.

1978 'Rumours' wins Album of the Year at the 20th annual Grammy Awards.

1980 "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" tops the chart for the first of four weeks. Queen's first #1 hit also marks the first time singer Freddie Mercury plays guitar on record.


2003 Simon & Garfunkel sing together for the first time in ten years as they receive a Lifetime Achievement Grammy award

Koala
02-24-2010, 02:55 AM
1974 Seasons in the Sun (Terry Jacks) was a hit.

1982 John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s 'Double Fantasy' wins Album of the Year for 1981 at the 24th Annual Grammy Awards.

1987 Paul Simon wins Album of the Year for 'Graceland'at the 29th annual Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. It is his 11th Grammy to date.

1988 Alice Cooper runs for governor of Arizona (and loses)

1998 Sir Elton John is knighted by England's Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace

Koala
02-25-2010, 02:39 AM
1943 George Harrison was born.

1957 Buddy Holly records "That'll Be the Day" at Norman Petty's studio in Clovis, New Mexico. The single is released on the Brunswick label (a Decca subsidiary) and credited to the Crickets.

1963 The Beatles first U.S. single ("Please Please Me"/"Ask Me Why" on Chicago's Vee-Jay Records) is released (and Dick Biondi of WLS radio in Chicago plays the "A" side-- the first U.S. DJ to play a Beatles tune)

1984 Van Halen his their first #1 with "Jump".

Koala
02-26-2010, 02:32 AM
1932 Johnny Cash was born.

1956 Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" (his first million-seller) debuts on the Billboard charts.

1965 'Freak Out,' the debut album by the Frank Zappa-led Mothers of Invention, is released. This double album contains "Help I'm a Rock" and "Trouble Every Day."

1967 Ruby Tuesday (The Rolling Stones) was a hit.

1971 Rick Wakeman leaves the Strawbs to join Yes.

1978 (Love Is) Thicker Than Water (Andy Gibb) was a hit.

Koala
02-27-2010, 04:00 AM
1967 Pink Floyd record their first single, "Arnold Layne," at Sound Techniques Studio in London. It reaches #20 on the British singles chart.

1971 'Pearl,' the album that Janis Joplin was making at the time of her death, hits #1 on the album charts, where it will stay for nine weeks.

1983 Billie Jean (Michael Jackson) was a hit.

1993 Off the Ground enters the U.S. chart at #17. A month later, Paul McCartney kicks off another world tour in Perth, Australia. 'Paul Is Live', his third live album, appears in November.

Koala
02-28-2010, 03:38 AM
1970 Simon and Garfunkel hit #1 with "Bridge Over Troubled Water."

1970 Led Zeppelin perform in Denmark as "The Nobs" after the family of the late Ferdinand von Zeppelin threatens a lawsuit.

1975 Queen cancels six American tour dates because of Freddie Mercury's swollen throat.

1977 An audience member attacks Ray Charles onstage, trying to strangle him with a rope.

1994 Eric Clapton played his 100th performance at London’s Royal Albert Hall, in aid of the ‘Children In Crisis’, charity.

Koala
03-01-2010, 02:36 AM
1966 London's 'Evening Standard' publishes an interview with John Lennon in which he states that the Beatles are "more popular than Jesus now." The comment provokes several protests, including the burning of Beatles records.

1972 The Eagles record their eponymous debut album with producer-engineer Glyn Johns in London.

1975 "The Best of My Love" becomes the Eagles' first #1 hit and million-selling single. Four more will follow: "One of These Nights" (1975), "New Kid in Town" (1977), "Hotel California" (1977) and "Heartache Tonight" (1979).

1994 Nirvana played their final ever concert when they appeared at The Terminal Einz in Munich, Germany.

1995 Bruce Springsteen wins four Grammys for “Streets of Philadelphia” from the Tom Hanks film “Philadelphia.”

1995 From the Cradle, an album of blues interpretations released the previous fall, wins Eric Clapton a Grammy for Best Traditional Blues Album.

Koala
03-02-2010, 02:24 AM
1964 Beatles begin work on their first movie Hard Day’s Night in London, with director Richard Lester.

1985 Phil Collins: No Jacket Required UK LP is No. 1 in the UK.

1999 The Las Vegas House of Blues opens with a performance by Bob Dylan. U2’s Bono joins him to sing “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door.”

1999 Neil Young launches a solo tour in Vancouver, B.C. It is his first completely solo outing in more than 25 years.

Koala
03-03-2010, 02:22 AM
1969 Bob Dylan hits #7 with "Lay Lady Lay."

1973 John Denver hits #9 with "Rocky Mountain High".

1984 Queen releases "Radio Ga-Ga," their last Top Forty hit in the U.S. until "Bohemian Rhapsody"'s renaissance in 1992. The leadoff single from 'The Works,' Queen's 12th studio album, hits #16 in the U.S. and #2 in the U.K.

1989 MTV world premieres Madonna's "Like a Prayer" video.

1990 During a world tour Paul McCartney played the first of 6 sold-out nights at the Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan.

Koala
03-04-2010, 02:42 AM
1951 Chris Rea is born.

1968 'We’re Only in It for the Money,' by the Mothers of Invention, is released. Composed by bandleader Frank Zappa, It satirizes of hippie culture and the Beatles' 'Sgt. Pepper.'

1989 MTV premieres "Rockumentraies," a series which week profiles the music and career of a single band or solo artist.

1995 Mike & the Mechanics release their fourth album, 'Beggar On the Beach of Gold'.

Koala
03-05-2010, 02:34 AM
1971 Led Zeppelin perform “Stairway to Heaven” in concert for the first time at the Ulster Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It’s the first date in their Back to the Clubs Tour.

1982 John Belushi of the Blues Brothers ("Soul Man") dies.

1983 "Billie Jean," the second single from Michael Jackson's 'Thriller,' tops the singles charts for the first of seven weeks.

2000 Madonna went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with her version of the Don McLean 1972 hit ‘American Pie’. It was her 50th UK hit and the singers ninth UK No.1.

Koala
03-06-2010, 03:19 AM
1946 Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour is born.

1976 The Beatles re-release 22 singles in the UK. One of the singles, “Yesterday,” had never been released in the UK. Yesterday is the most recorded song of all time by other artists, which was released in the US in 1965.

1993 Bon Jovi hits #10 with "Bed of Roses".

2000 Eric Clapton is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the fifteenth annual induction dinner. Robbie Robertson is his presenter.

2004 David Crosby of the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash is arrested on marijuana and weapons charges in New York City (he's given a $5,000 fine and a conditional discharge).

Koala
03-07-2010, 04:01 AM
1962 The Beatles make their radio debut performing three songs, including Roy Orbison's "Dream Baby," on the BBC.

1970 Simon and Garfunkels album ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ started a ten week run at No.1 on the US chart. The duo had split-up by the time of release.

1976 Elton John becomes the first rock star since the Beatles to be immortalized at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in London.

1987 Peter Gabriel hits #8 in the US with "Big Time".

Koala
03-09-2010, 02:21 AM
1959 "It Doesn't Matter Anymore," written by Paul Anka and recorded by Buddy Holly at his last studio session, becomes a posthumous hit.

1976 Keith Moon collapses onstage at the beginning of a Who concert at the Boston Garden.

1987 Sam Cooke, John Lennon & Paul McCartney, Carole King & Gerry Goffin and Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil are all inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

1992 The Elvis Presley postage stamp is released.

Koala
03-10-2010, 10:56 AM
1973 the Pink Floyd album ‘Dark Side Of The Moon’ was released in America, it spent over 740 weeks on the chart over a 14-year period.

1981 Jimmy Page makes his first solo appearance since the dissolution of Led Zeppelin, joining Jeff Beck onstage in London to jam through three encores.

1988 Andy Gibb ("I Just Want To Be Your Everything") dies from a viral infection of his heart.

1998 Eric Clapton’s “Pilgrim” is issued worldwide. His Pilgrim album yields the introspective hit "My Father's Eyes," which wins Eric Clapton a Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.

2003 Yusuf Islam, better known as ’70s troubadour Cat Stevens, returns to popular music for the first time in 25 years, re-recording his old hit “Peace Train.”

2009 Tickets for a one-off gig by Sir Paul McCartney in Las Vegas sold out seven seconds after going on sale.

TimothyBFan
03-10-2010, 11:09 AM
2009 Tickets for a one-off gig by Sir Paul McCartney in Las Vegas sold out seven seconds after going on sale.

Is that even possible? WOW!

Koala
03-11-2010, 02:15 AM
1970 'Deja Vu', by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young is released. It contains underground favorites like Stills' "Carry On," Young's "Helpless" and Crosby's "Almost Cut My Hair," while launching three Top Forty singles: "Woodstock" (#11), "Teach Your Children" (#16) and "Our House" (#30).

1972 Neil Young’s fourth solo album, 'Harvest,' tops the album charts for the first of two weeks. Having sold more than 4 million copies, it remains his best-selling album.

1978 Genesis’s Follow You Follow Me enters UK chart. :)

1989 Guns N' Roses hits #5 with "Paradise City"

1997 Sir Paul McCartney is knighted by Britain's Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace

Koala
03-12-2010, 03:06 AM
1969 Paul McCartney and Linda Eastman are married in London.

1966 The Mamas and the Papas' debut single, "California Dreamin'," reaches #4. Over time, it becomes the Mamas and the Papas' signature song.

1974 Nilsson and John Lennon are ejected from the Troubador Club in Los Angeles for heckling Tom Smothers’ comedy act.

1978 Night Fever (The Bee Gees) was a hit.

2003 The Chinese government forbids the Rolling Stones from playing the songs “Brown Sugar”, “Honky Tonk Women”, “Beast Of Burden” and “Let’s Spend The Night Together” during their April tour.

Koala
03-13-2010, 08:10 AM
1960 Adam Clayton of U2 is born.

1965 Eric Clapton leaves the Yardbirds.

1976 Genesis hits #3 in the UK with 'A Trick of the Tail'.

1976 'Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975,' a best-of drawn from the Eagles' first four albums, enters the album chart. One-third of a century later it will be pronounced the best-selling album in history.

1988 Bob Seger receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Prettymaid
03-13-2010, 11:54 AM
1976 'Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975,' a best-of drawn from the Eagles' first four albums, enters the album chart. One-third of a century later it will be pronounced the best-selling album in history.


:yay: :D :rockon: :applause: :nod: :bow: :inlove::grooving: :thumbsup:

Koala
03-14-2010, 03:31 AM
1971 "Me and Bobby McGee," Janis Joplin's only Top Forty hit, reaches #1. It tops Billboard's pop singles chart for two weeks.

1981 Eric Clapton is seriously sidelined by an attack of bleeding ulcers today that leads him to cancel his 60-date tour of the U.S.

1983 Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora and Alec John Such formed Bon Jovi.

2006 U2 topped Rolling Stone magazine’s annual list of the year’s biggest money earners from 2005 with $154.2m. (£78m), The Rolling Stones were listed second with $92.5m (£47m) and The Eagles third with 63.2m. (£32.m). Paul McCartney was in fourth place with $56m (£28m) and Elton John in fifth with $48.9m. (£24.8m).

Koala
03-15-2010, 02:29 AM
1964 She Loves You (The Beatles) was a hit.

1975 Supertramp hits #4 in the UK with 'Crime of the Century'.

1975 Bee Gees hit #1 with "Jive Talkin'".

1975 Led Zeppelin went to No.1 on the UK chart with the double album ‘Physical Graffiti’, the first on their own ‘Swan Song’ label, the album spent six weeks at No.1 on the US chart.

1977 Pink Floyd played the first of six sold-out nights at Empire Pool, Wembley, London, England.

1980 Peter Gabriel hits #4 in the UK with "Games Without Frontiers".

1999 Bruce Springsteen is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

1999 Paul McCartney is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

1999 Billy Joel is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Koala
03-16-2010, 02:14 AM
1980 Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) (Pink Floyd) was a hit.

1989 MTV America launched a contest to give away Jon Bon Jovi’s childhood home.

1991 Seven members of country music singer Reba McEntire’s band and her road manager are killed when their private plane crashes in a mountain area near California’s border with Mexico. The singer takes a separate plane.

1992 during a Metallica gig at Orlando Arena fans dangled an usher by his ankles from the balcony as trouble broke out at the concert. The band was charged $38,000 (£22,353) for repairs and cleaning after the audience trashed the building.

Koala
03-17-2010, 02:28 AM
1968 The Bee Gees make their U.S. television debut, on the "Ed Sullivan Show" on CBS.

1970 'Deja Vu,' by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, is released. With the addition of Neil Young giving the band a more electric edge, the album goes to #1 and sells more than 7 million copies.

1975 Cher appears on the cover of Time magazine

1976 The Bob Dylan song “Hurricane” prompts boxer Rubin “Hurricane”‘ Carter’s retrial.

2003 Dire Straits singer-guitarist Mark Knopfler is hospitalized after his motorcycle collides with a car in London. He suffers a broken collarbone and six broken ribs.

2008 A London judge awards Paul McCartney's wife, Heather Mills, $48.6 million in their divorce settlement

Koala
03-18-2010, 02:25 AM
1975 The movie version of the Who’s Tommy premieres in New York, presented in “Quintophonic Sound.”

1976 'The Man Who Fell to Earth,' a science-fiction movie starring David Bowie in an award-winning performance, debuts takes place in London.

1978 California Jam 2 draws 250,000 fans to Ontario Motor Speedway near Los Angeles to hear Ted Nugent, Aerosmith, Foreigner and others. ABC televise event. Double LP released.

1994 In a tragic forerunner of later events, police confiscate 4 guns and 25 boxes of ammo after Kurt Cobain’s wife, Courtney Love calls them, fearing he would commit suicide.

1995 'Greatest Hits', an 18-track anthology that includes newly recorded tracks by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, enters the album chart at #1. A video documentary of the studio reunion is released in 1998 as 'Blood Brothers'.

2000 U2 are awarded the Freedom of the City of Dublin in a ceremony at which they perform four songs. Bono also takes advantage of the honor and brings some sheep to graze on a Dublin green.

Koala
03-19-2010, 03:42 AM
1957 Elvis Presley buys Graceland mansion for $102,500 ($37,000 of which is mortgaged)

1975 During a North American tour Led Zeppelin appeared at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada. Tickets cost $7.50 in advance.

1978 Billy Joel made his UK live debut at London’s Dury Lane Theatre.

1989 The Living Years (Mike & the Mechanics) was a hit.

TimothyBFan
03-19-2010, 08:58 AM
1975 During a North American tour Led Zeppelin appeared at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada. Tickets cost $7.50 in advance.



WTH? :brickwall: Are you kidding me?

Prettymaid
03-19-2010, 01:24 PM
Lennon tried to make them calm down, said they wouldn't play anymore if the noise didn't stop(couldn't even hear him over it), it didn't stop and they left the stage.

WOW! You saw The Beatles! :jealous:

Even when I was seven the screaming irritated me. As a young girl I thought, "If you like them so much shut up and listen!" :hilarious:

sodascouts
03-19-2010, 02:53 PM
And some people think we're over the top!

But the tween girls still do that for groups like the Jonas Brothers. Must be a rite of passage.

Koala
03-20-2010, 03:35 AM
1969 John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar.

1980 Joseph Riveria, a 28 year old truck driver from Texas, walks in the the New York offices of Elektra/Asylum Records, draws a gun and takes the office manager hostage. He demands to see either Jackson Browne or the Eagles, from whom he wants money to finance his trucking operation. Eventually, Riviera surrenders to police without hurting anybody.

1988 Man in the Mirror (Michael Jackson) was a hit.

1991 Eric Clapton's four year-old son Conor falls to his death from the window of a 53rd-story New York City apartment.

2003 The day America and three other countries begins bombing Iraq, Bruce Springsteen opens his show in Melbourne, Australia with an acoustic version of “Born in the U.S.A.” followed by his cover of Edwin Starr’s “War (What Is It Good For)”. Later in the show he dedicated “Land of Hope and Dreams” to “innocent Iraqi civilians.”

Koala
03-21-2010, 03:35 AM
1983 Pink Floyd release The Final Cut, their last album recorded with Roger Waters.

1987 Beatlemania returns to US charts as the group holds down the Top 4 on US CD chart:
1. Hard Day’s Night
2. Please Please Me
3. Beatles for Sale
4. With the Beatles

1991 Leo Fender dies.

1994 Bruce Springsteen wins the Best Original Song Academy Award for "Streets Of Philadelphia" from the movie, "Philadelphia".

Koala
03-22-2010, 02:41 AM
1975 'Physical Graffiti,' a double album by Led Zeppelin, reaches #1 in its second week of release. It stays there for six weeks.

1980 "Another Brick in the Wall," by Pink Floyd, tops the singles charts for the first of four weeks. It is their second and final Top Forty single in the US.

1991 Mike & the Mechanics release third album 'Word of Mouth'.

1997 Paul McCartney’s birth certificate is sold to a bidder for Beatles memorabilia for $84,146.

2000 A fan falls 90 feet to his death during a KISS concert at the Oakland Arena in California.

2006 Aerosmith cancel their North American tour as Steven Tyler enters hospital for throat surgery. A publicist denies the singer is suffering from throat cancer.

Koala
03-23-2010, 02:35 AM
1963 Johnny Cash records "Ring Of Fire".

1964 John Lennon's first book, 'In His Own Write,' is published and becomes an instant best-seller.

1972 Pink Floyd spend the first of eight days recording performances at Pompeii, Italy’s Roman amphitheater.

1978 In today’s issue of Rolling Stone, it’s reported that Fleetwood Mac are planning on performing in Moscow. However, their adviser Michael Shapiro says there’s one small condition: “Everything of course, depends on world peace.”

1999 Pope John Paul II’s “Abba Pater” compact disc is released. It rings up brisk sales in Italy, selling 50,000 copies on the first day of release. The CD features 11 tracks in which the pontiff chants and prays in Latin with a rich musical accompaniment.

2003 U2 makes their Oscar debut performing at the 75th Anniversary Academy Awards. The Irish quartet plays “The Hands That Built America” from “Gangs of New York.”

2004 An album Paul Simon recorded in 1965 that has never saw the light of day in America gets its first official release there. “The Paul Simon Songbook,” previously only available as an import and long out-of-print even in that form, is released via Columbia/Legacy. The original 12-track album was recorded in the wake of the lukewarm response afforded Simon & Garfunkel’s 1964 debut, “Wednesday Morning 3 A.M.”

Koala
03-24-2010, 02:09 AM
1966 Simon and Garfunkel hit UK chart for first time with Homeward Bound.

1973 Lou Reed (“Walk on the Wild Side”) is bitten by a fan who jumps on stage in Buffalo, N.Y.

1985 One More Night (Phil Collins) was a hit!

1986 Lionel Richie’s “Say You Say Me,” the theme from the film “White Nights,” wins an Oscar for Best Original Song.

2000 Elton John’s Aida opened on Broadway. It took Elton 21 days to write the music and five years to make the production.

2001 A Bon Jovi-headlined concert at the Colonial Stadium in Melbourne grosses Australian $1.7 million to benefit flood-stricken farmers.

TimothyBFan
03-24-2010, 09:02 AM
1978 In today’s issue of Rolling Stone, it’s reported that Fleetwood Mac are planning on performing in Moscow. However, their adviser Michael Shapiro says there’s one small condition: “Everything of course, depends on world peace.”


:hilarious::hilarious:

sodascouts
03-24-2010, 10:00 AM
Originally Posted by Koala https://www.eaglesonlinecentral.com/forum/images/simple-white/buttons/viewpost.gif (https://www.eaglesonlinecentral.com/forum/showthread.php?p=101055#post101055)
1978 In today’s issue of Rolling Stone, it’s reported that Fleetwood Mac are planning on performing in Moscow. However, their adviser Michael Shapiro says there’s one small condition: “Everything of course, depends on world peace.”

They just wanted to let Carter know not to drop any atomic bombs on Russia while they were there. :lol:

Koala
03-25-2010, 02:28 AM
1947 Elton John is born.

1967 The Who perform their first US shows in New York (at Murray The K’s Easter rock-and-roll extravaganza).

1967 Cream arrive in the U.S. to begin their first American tour. Featuring Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce and Eric Clapton.

1980 “Another Brick in the Wall,” Pink Floyd was a hit.

1995 Cher/ Chrissie Hynde/ Neneh Cherry/ Eric Clapton : Love Can Build A Bridge : UK single is no. 1 chart topper.

1999 Robbie Williams loses his two-year court battle with Nigel Martin-Smith, the manager of his former band Take That.

2005 Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne’s Buckinghamshire mansion catches fire. The pair are treated for smoke inhalation after rescuing their pets from the blaze.

Koala
03-26-2010, 02:08 AM
1948 Steven Tyler of Aerosmith is born.

1975 The movie version of "Tommy" premieres in London.

1980 The Police became the first Western pop group to play in Bombay, India for over ten years when they played a one off gig in the city.

2000 Phil Collins won an Oscar at the Academy Awards for Best Original Song with 'You'll Be In My Heart' from the Disney animated feature 'Tarzan.'

2006 Readers of Total Guitar magazine voted the guitar solo by Jimmy Page in Led Zeppelin’s 'Stairway To Heaven' as the greatest guitar solo of all time. The 1971 track was voted ahead of tracks by Van Halen, Queen, Jimi Hendrix and The Eagles by its UK readers.

TimothyBFan
03-26-2010, 09:13 AM
2006 Readers of Total Guitar magazine voted the guitar solo by Jimmy Page in Led Zeppelin’s 'Stairway To Heaven' as the greatest guitar solo of all time. The 1971 track was voted ahead of tracks by Van Halen, Queen, Jimi Hendrix and The Eagles by its UK readers.


Tell me that isn't true.... (sorry Eagles!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAHk14dRXgo

Koala
03-27-2010, 11:21 AM
1968 The Beatles were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Lady Madonna', the group's 14th UK No.1 and final No.1 on the Parlophone label.

1969 The Rascals release the ambitious 'Freedom Suite', comprising a disc of short songs and one of lengthy instrumentals. It joins the Who's 'Tommy', Cream's 'Wheels of Fire' and the Beatles' White Album as one of a relative few double albums from the Sixties.

1984 Metallica made their UK live debut at the Marquee, London.

1987 U2 performed from the roof of a store in downtown LA to make the video for 'Where The Streets Have No Name', attracting thousands of spectators and bringing traffic to a standstill. The police eventually stop the shoot.

Prettymaid
03-27-2010, 12:59 PM
1987 U2 performed from the roof of a store in downtown LA to make the video for 'Where The Streets Have No Name', attracting thousands of spectators and bringing traffic to a standstill. The police eventually stop the shoot.

Why, those copycatters! :wink:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30O7ALYzPC4

Freypower
03-28-2010, 06:35 PM
Similar to their statement that Charles Manson stole Helter Skelter and they were 'taking it back'.

They are not the Beatles and they never will be even close.

Koala
03-29-2010, 01:14 AM
1871 Queen Victoria opened the Royal Albert Hall, London. http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/graphics/spacer.gif

1975 Led Zeppelin becomes the first band in history to have 6 albums on the chart at once: 'Physical Graffiti' (#1), 'Led Zeppelin IV', 'House of the Holy', 'Led Zeppelin II', 'Led Zeppelin', and 'Led Zeppelin III'.

1980 The Bee Gees are sued by a Chicago man for Plagiarism over the tune "How Deep Is Your Love"

1980 Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side Of The Moon', spent its 303rd week on the US album chart, beating the record set by Carole King's album 'Tapestry.'

1980 Rick Wakeman and Jon Anderson leave Yes.

1986 Austrian singer Falco started a three-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Rock Me Amadeus', also a No.1 in the UK. Falco became the first German speaking artist to achieve a No.1 on the US charts.

2000 Phil Collins took out a high court action against two former members of Earth, Wind And Fire. Collins claimed his company had overpaid the musicians by £50,000 ($85,000) in royalties on tracks including ‘Sussudio’ and ‘Easy Lover’.

2001 Elton John, David Crosby and Paul Simon are among those who perform at a tribute to the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson in New York City.

Koala
03-30-2010, 01:26 AM
1945 Eric Clapton was born.

1967 The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper" album cover is photographed.

1985 Phil Collins started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'One More Night', his second US No.1, it made No.4 in the UK.

2000 Rolling Stone Mick Jagger made a nostalgic visit to his old school. He opened the new arts centre that had been named after him at Dartford Grammar. The singer said he had spent the worst years of his life at the school.

Koala
03-31-2010, 01:45 AM
1962 The Beatles played their first gig in the South of England when they appeared at The Subscription Rooms, Stroud, on the same bill as The Rebel Rousers, tickets cost 5 shillings, ($0.70).

1964 filming for A Hard Days Night, The Beatles played a "live television performance" in front of a studio of screaming fans (one of those fans was Phil Collins). The four songs used in the film were ‘Tell Me Why’, ‘I Should Have Known Better’, ‘And I Love Her’, and ‘She Loves You’.

1977 An Elvis Presley concert in Baton Rouge, La., is postponed after Elvis doesn’t return from the intermission.

1995 Jimmy Page escaped being knifed when a fan rushed the stage at a Page and Plant gig at Auburn Hills, Michigan. The fan was stopped by two security guards, who he knifes instead. After his arrest, he told police that he wanted to kill Jimmy Page because of the Satanic music he was playing.

1998 Available for the first time on video, “Good Times,” the only movie starring Sonny & Cher, hits stores. The video includes an unreleased version of “I Got You Babe.” The 1967 film was directed by William Friedkin (“The Exorcist”) and scored by the late Sonny Bono.

TimothyBFan
03-31-2010, 08:08 AM
1995 Jimmy Page escaped being knifed when a fan rushed the stage at a Page and Plant gig at Auburn Hills, Michigan. The fan was stopped by two security guards, who he knifes instead. After his arrest, he told police that he wanted to kill Jimmy Page because of the Satanic music he was playing.


:woah:My poor Pagey. :bow:

Koala
04-02-2010, 02:41 AM
1957 Johnny Cash records "I Walk The Line".

1964 The Beach Boys recorded their next single ‘I Get Around’, which became their first US No.1 in the summer of this year.

1964 The Beatles had their fourth UK No.1 single with 'Can't Buy Me Love.' With advanced sales of over 2.1 million, it holds the record for the greatest advanced orders for a single in the UK.

1965 The Who made their first radio appearance on the UK BBC's 'Joe Loss Pop Show.'

1977 Abba were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with their fifth No.1 'Knowing Me, Knowing You.' The song was also a Top 10 hit in over 15 countries.

1977 Fleetwood Mac went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Rumours.' Also on this day Fleetwood Mac kicked off a 7-date UK tour at the Odeon, Birmingham, England.

1990 Eric Clapton was fined £300 with £10 costs by Walton-on- Thames Magistrates court, after being booked for speeding at 105mph; Clapton was also banned from driving for three months.

Koala
04-03-2010, 02:24 AM
1956 Elvis Presley appeared on ABC-TV's 'The Milton Berle Show' live from the flight deck of the USS Hancock in San Diego, California. He performed 'Heartbreak Hotel', 'Shake Rattle And Roll' and 'Blue Suede Shoes.' It was estimated that one out of every four Americans saw the show.

1964 Bob Dylan made his first entry on the UK charts with 'The Times They Are A-Changin'.

1977 Dancing Queen (Abba) was a hit.

1979 Kate Bush kicked off the 28-date 'Tour Of Life' trek making her concert debut at Liverpool's Empire Theatre, England. Bush never set out on another tour again.

1991 Paul McCartney recorded his unplugged session for MTV.

2001 Robbie Williams won the award for the most radio plays in the UK for the third year running. The singer picked up the award at the Radio Academy awards in London.