Today in Rock n' Roll History

[Koala]

1962 Billboard Magazine reported that last year's most-played jukebox record was ‘Big Bad John’ by Jimmy Dean. The second most-played was Chubby Checker's ‘The Twist’.

1965 The Rolling Stones recorded '(I Can't Get No), Satisfaction' at RCA Hollywood studios. Keith Richards had come up with the guitar riff in the middle of the night a week earlier. It gave the band their first number 1 single in the US.

1968 Brian Jones made his final live appearance with The Rolling Stones when they appeared at the New Musical Express Poll Winners Concert at the Empire Pool, Wembley, England.

1973 Led Zeppelin started a three week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Houses Of The Holy', the group's third US No.1.
1973 Sweet hits #2 on the UK charts with "Hellraiser"

1977 Led Zeppelin received the outstanding contribution to British music at the second Ivor Novello Awards held at the Grosvenor Hotel, London.

2008 Singer-songwriter Neil Young had a spider named after him. US university biologist Jason Bond discovered a new species of trapdoor spider and decided to name it after his favourite musician. Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi was found in Jefferson County, Alabama, in 2007.

　

[TimothyBFan]

1973 Led Zeppelin started a three week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Houses Of The Holy', the group's third US No.1.

So much awesomeness here!!!
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T66Rci3KdrA[/ame]

Sweet hits #2 on the UK charts with "Hellraiser"

Forgive me but you know I just HAVE to post a Sweet video every time I see something in this thread!!

She's a hellraiser, star chaser, trail blazer, natural born raver.....
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1j-neXQQeE[/ame]

Singer-songwriter Neil Young had a spider named after him. US university biologist Jason Bond discovered a new species of trapdoor spider and decided to name it after his favourite musician. Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi was found in Jefferson County, Alabama, in 2007.

　

Is this for real? To funny!!

[WalshFan88]

1965 The Rolling Stones recorded '(I Can't Get No), Satisfaction' at RCA Hollywood studios. Keith Richards had come up with the guitar riff in the middle of the night a week earlier. It gave the band their first number 1 single in the US.

Probably the riff that led to most music as we know it from Classic Rock. The riff is SO SIMPLE, yet so effective. Keef is the man!

[Freypower]

So much awesomeness here!!!



Forgive me but you know I just HAVE to post a Sweet video every time I see something in this thread!!

She's a hellraiser, star chaser, trail blazer, natural born raver.....




Is this for real? To funny!!

1. Houses Of The Holy is a great album.
2. 'yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah'.... one of my favourites of theirs.
3. Mark Knopfler has a dinosaur named after him too.

[Koala]

1950 Stevie Wonder was born.

1950 Danny Kirwan is born.

1967 The Supremes scored their 10th US No.1 single with 'The Happening'; it made No.6 in the UK. It was the last single to be released as the Supremes, from now on they were known as Diana Ross and the Supremes.

1970 'ABC,' the Jackson 5's second album, is released. Two more -- 'Third Album' and 'The Jackson 5 Christmas Album' -- are released before the year is over.

1989 Bon Jovi went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I'll Be There For You', the group's fourth US No.1, a No.18 hit in the UK.

1989 Simple Minds went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Street Fighting Years', their fourth No.1 album. The album featured 'Mandela Day', 'Belfast Child' and 'Biko'.

2007 Brian May was under 24-hour security watch after a deranged man announced he was setting off to murder him - then disappeared. Police were hunting for a schizophrenic who left a letter behind at his home blaming the Queen guitarist for his illness. In it the man - said May was an "impostor" and that HE was the real rock star. He signed the letter "Brian May."

[TimothyBFan]

3. Mark Knopfler has a dinosaur named after him too.

Really? So they really do do this-that is so cool! How do you go about getting a dinosaur or spider named after you? I want one named Willieasaurus. Catchy-huh?

[Freypower]

He explains it here at about 6.56:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujK0yfEt5P4[/ame]

[Koala]

1961 Floyd Cramer was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'On The Rebound.' The US singers only UK No.1. The Nashville pianist played on many Elvis Presley hits.

1967 Paul McCartney met American photographer Linda Eastman for the first time, during a Georgie Fame concert at the Bag O'Nails nightclub in London, England. They married on March 12, 1969.
1971 Crosby Stills Nash & Young scored their second US No.1 album with '4 Way Street.'

1982 Asia went to No.1 on the US album chart with their self-titled album. It spent a total of nine weeks at No.1.

1998 American singer and actor Frank Sinatra died at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles aged 82.

2008 Neil Diamond reached the top of the US Billboard album chart for the first time in his career with ‘Home Before Dark’ the 67-year-old's 29th studio album. His previous highest chart position was in 1973 when the soundtrack to the film Jonathan Livingston Seagull peaked at No.2. At the age of 67, Diamond became the oldest artist to have a US number one, the record was previously held by Bob Dylan in 2006 with ‘Modern Times’ released when he was 65.
　

[Koala]

1969 Pete Townshend spent the night in a US jail for assaulting a man during a Who gig at The Fillmore East. What Townshend didn't know was the man who jumped onto the stage was a plainclothes policeman trying to warn the audience that a fire had broken out. The Who guitarist was later fined $30 for the offence.

1970 Crosby Stills Nash & Young went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Deja Vu'.

1987 U2 started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart 'With Or Without You', the group's first US No.1.

1998 Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards fell while reaching for a book of nude art in his Connecticut home. The fall broke his ribs, causing the Stones to postpone many dates on their Bridges To Babylon tour.

2009 Bob Dylan went to No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Together Through Life’, his 33rd studio album.

[Koala]

1966 During a UK tour, Bob Dylan appeared at The Free Trade Hall in Manchester. This was the concert where a member of the audience shouted out ‘Judas’ at Dylan unhappy with the singers move from acoustic to rock. Dylan replied with ‘You’re a liar’, the entire concert was eventually officially released in The Bootleg Series by Sony Music in 1999.

1975 Earth Wind and Fire started a three-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with the soundtrack to 'That's The Way Of The World.'

1975 Elton John was awarded a Platinum Record for sales of a million copies of the LP 'Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy', the first album ever to be certified Platinum on the day of its release.

1975 Led Zeppelin played the first of five sold-out nights at Earls Court Arena, London, England. Tickets cost £1 ($1.70) - £2.50 ($4.25).

2009 Green Day went to No.1 on the UK album chart with their eighth studio album ‘21st Century Breakdown’.