Today in Rock n' Roll History

[Freypower]

All I will say about that video is that it is worth watching (I am not a French & Saunders fan).

[Koala]

1957 Elvis Presley started an eight week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'All Shook Up.' It went on to be the biggest single of 1957 selling over 2 million copies.

1967 Van der Graaf Generator releases their debut album, 'The Aerosol Grey Machine'.

1968 Simon and Garfunkel hit #1 with "Mrs. Robinson."

1968 Deep Purple made their live debut in Tastrup, Denmark.

1970 The New York Times reported that Catholic and Protestant youth group's had adopted The Beatles 'Yellow Submarine' as a religious symbol.

1974 Mike Oldfield hits #3 in the US with 'Tubular Bells'.

1979 Lighting director Billy Duffy was killed in an accident during a Kate Bush concert in Southampton, England. 21-year old Duffy fell twenty feet through an open trap door on the stage. Kate Bush held a benefit concert on 12th May with Peter Gabriel and Steve Harley at London's Hammersmith Odeon for his family.

1985 The charity record 'We Are The World' by USA For Africa was at No.1 on the UK singles chart. The US artists' answer to Band Aid had an all-star cast including Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner, Bruce Springsteen, Diana Ross, Bob Dylan, Daryl Hall, Huey Lewis, Cyndi Lauper, Kim Carnes, Ray Charles, Billy Joel and Paul Simon plus the composer's of the track, Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie.

1992 'A Concert For Life' took place at Wembley Stadium as a tribute to Queen singer Freddie Mercury and for aids awareness. Acts appearing included; Elton John, Roger Daltrey, Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath), David Bowie, Mick Ronson, James Hetfield, George Michael, Seal, Paul Young, Annie Lennox, Lisa Stansfield, Robert Plant, Joe Elliott and Phil Collen, Axl Rose and Slash.

1993 Aerosmith released the album ‘Get a Grip’, which became their first album to debut at No.1. It went on to sell 7 million copies in a 2-year timespan in the United States alone and sold 20 million copies worldwide as well as winning the band two Grammy awards.

[Koala]

1958 US country music singer Marvin Rainwater was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Whole Lotta Woman'. Rainwater was a full-blooded Cherokee Indian, known for wearing Native American-themed outfits on stage.

1963 I Will Follow Him (Little Peggy March) was a hit.

1969 Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention release 'Uncle Meat,' a sprawling and largely instrumental double-album masterwork.

1970 Tyrannosaurus Rex, Spooky Tooth, Jackie Lomax, Elton John (making his solo concert debut) and Heavy Jelly all appeared at The Roundhouse, London, tickets cost 25 shillings.

1977 Peter Gabriel hits #68 with "Solsbury Hill".

1984 Phil Collins started a three week run at No.1 in the US singles chart with the theme from 'Against All Odds'. It was Phil's first US No.1, a No. 2 in the UK

1988 Marking his return to Reprise Record, Neil Young releases 'This Note's for You,' a bluesy, swinging album featuring a full horn section.

1990 Fleetwood Mac scored their fourth UK No.1 album with 'Behind The Mask.'

1990 Sinead O'Connor started a four week stay at No.1 in the US singles chart with her version of the Prince song 'Nothing Compares To You'. The track was also a No.1 hit in 18 other countries.

[Koala]

1964 The President of The National Federation Of Hairdressers offered a free haircut to the next No.1 group in the UK pop charts. He said 'The Rolling Stones are the worst, one of them looks as if he's got a feather duster on his head.'

1969 On the roof of the Apple building in London, John Lennon changed his middle name from Winston to Ono.

1969 Fleetwood Mac kicked off a 10-date UK tour at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Also on the bill, BB King, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee and Duster Bennett.

1978 Bob Marley and the Wailers performed at the 'One Love Peace Concert' in Jamaica. It was Marley's first public appearance in Jamaica since being wounded in an assassination attempt a year and a half earlier.

1978 John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd made their first ever appearance as The Blues Brothers when they appeared on US TV's 'Saturday Night Live'.

1993 The Who's 'Tommy' opened on Broadway at the St James Theatre.


1997 A new album by the Bee Gees, 'Still Waters', is released as the group celebrates the 30th anniversary of its first hit. They undertake an 18-month world tour.

[MikeA]

1964 The President of The National Federation Of Hairdressers offered a free haircut to the next No.1 group in the UK pop charts. He said 'The Rolling Stones are the worst, one of them looks as if he's got a feather duster on his head.'

Ya gotta love that one! Hmm, I would have been in 10th grade I guess. It was only a couple of years prior to this that the "style of the day" for men's hair was either a Crew Cut or a Flat Top. Anything longer than either one of those cuts would obtain a label of "Greaser" for the kid.

[MikeA]

Isn't it funny! Back in the early Sixties, the "authorities" wanted to squash out ANY individualism and especially any "rebellion" and some how or other, HAIR became their focus...that and the kind of music and dancing the kids were indulging in.

I remember in the late 60's, going to work at Ling Tempco Vault Aerospace (LTVA) in Arlington/Grand Prairie, Texas and being told to "Go home and don't come back until you get a haircut....this is a Business not a Rock Concert!"

I did get a haircut and did go back...for about 3 months before finding another job and that "other job" launched me into a career in Data Processing. No Regrets. Well, not many! <LOL>

[Koala]

1936 Roy Orbison was born.

1956 Elvis Presley (with Scotty Moore and Bill Black), played the first night of a two-week engagement (playing 2 shows a day) at the New Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas. Presley was not the typical Las Vegas Strip entertainer of the time and his shows were met with a cool reception.

1964 Peter and Gordon were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with the Lennon & McCartney song 'A World Without Love.' The Duo's only UK No.1.

1969 The Beatles were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Get Back' the group's 16th UK No.1.

1971 The Rolling Stones released their classic album, 'Sticky Fingers' in the UK. The album made No.1 in the UK and the US and was the bands first release on Atlantic records. The cover a pair of jeans with a working zip was designed by Andy Warhol who was paid £15,000 for the art work.

1976 The Ramones released their eponymous debut album. On the same day The Sex Pistols played The Nashville Rooms, London supporting The 101'ers who featured Clash vocalist Joe Strummer.

1988 Roy Orbison celebrated his 52nd birthday at a Bruce Springsteen concert, during which the audience sang happy birthday to him.

1989 Kylie Minogue was seen on British TV for the first time in the Australian soap opera 'The Henderson Kids.'

1994 Pink Floyd release 'The Division Bell,' the fourth #1 album of their career. The ensuing live album 'Pulse,' which appears a year later, will become the fifth
　
　

[Koala]

1942 Barbra Streisand is born.

1959 Buddy Holly was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with the Paul Anka song 'It Doesn't Matter Anymore.' A No.1 hit six weeks after Holly's death.

1968 The Beatles new company Apple Records turned down the offer to sign new artist David Bowie.

1968 Enjoying a wild birthday party Keith Moon drummer with The Who drove his Lincoln car into a Holiday Inn swimming pool.

1968 Louis Armstrong was at No.1 in the UK with the single 'What A Wonderful World / Cabaret.' At 69 years of age, it made Armstrong the oldest act ever to score a UK No.1.

1971 Crosby Stills Nash & Young went to No.1 on the US album chart with '4 Way Street.'

1972 John Lennon's controversial single, ‘Woman Is the Nigger of the World’ was released in the US. The song peaked at No.57, despite virtually every radio station in the country refusing to play it. Yoko Ono said the phrase during a magazine interview in 1967 and Lennon later explained that he was making a point that women deserved higher status in society.

1976 Led Zeppelin scored their sixth UK No.1 album with 'Presence', also No.1 in the US.

1990 The road crew for Roger Waters discovered an unexploded World War II bomb while constructing the set for 'The Wall' concert in Potsdamer Platz, Germany.
　
　
　

[Koala]

1945 Stu Cook( Creedence Clearwater Revival) is born.

1945 Bjorn Ulvaeus (ABBA) is born.

1979 The Police made their debut on BBC TV's 'Top Of The Pops' performing 'Roxanne'.

1982 Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Ebony And Ivory.' This was McCartney's 24th No.1 hit single as a songwriter. The title was inspired by McCartney hearing Spike Milligan say "black notes, white notes, and you need to play the two to make harmony folks!". It was later named as the tenth worst song of all time by Blender magazine and in 2007 was named the worst duet in history by BBC 6 Music listeners.

1987 Madonna went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'La Isla Bonita.' The fifth and final single from her third studio album, True Blue, made her the only female artist to score four UK No.1 singles. The song had been offered to Michael Jackson for his Bad album.

1990 The Fender Stratocaster that Jimi Hendrix played at the Woodstock festival was auctioned off for a record $295,000.

1994 The Eagles played the first of two shows where they recorded their ‘Hell Freezes Over’ album. Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh, Don Felder and Timothy B. Schmit first got back together the previous December for the making of a Travis Tritt video of their song, ‘Take It Easy.’ The name of the album was taken from an earlier quote by Glenn Frey, who responded to the question "When will the Eagles get back together?"

[tequila girl]

The name of the album was taken from an earlier quote by Glenn Frey, who responded to the question "When will the Eagles get back together?"

I thought it was Don who said this?