Not a Teletubbies fan, eh Koala? :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Koala
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Not a Teletubbies fan, eh Koala? :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Koala
Teletubbies are scary!!!!!:fear:
Tell me that doesn't scare you!
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...FWaVPYOZkV.jpg
Can't see it Willie, and now I really, really want to! :lol:
Oops---Is it better now? Scary little "things"!
http://bestsmileys.com/scared/8.gif AH-H-H-H-H-H-H!!! THERE THEY ARE!!!
EH-OH!
Lol!
NO!Quote:
Originally Posted by Prettymaid
They are stupid!
Love your shocked mouse, very suitably, by the Teletubbies you can only run away!
1959 The Kingston Trio started an eight-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Here We Go Again!'
1962 Bill Wyman made his live debut with The Rollin' Stones at the Ricky Tick Club, Star and Garter Hotel in Windsor, England. The group were know as The Rollin' Stones during this period.
1967 Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones was rushed to St Georges hospital in London after collapsing. A doctor reported Jones was tired and suffering from over strain and was also recovering from having some teeth out.
1968 Marvin Gaye scored his first US No.1 single when 'I Heard It Through The Grapevine' started a five-week run at the top. It was Marvin's 15th solo hit and also his first UK No.1 single in March 69.
1969 The Jackson Five made their first network television appearance in the US when they appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show. 1972, 'Born To Boogie' the Ringo Starr directed movie featuring T Rex premiered in London.
1973 Bruce Springsteen appeared at the Pinecrest Country Club, Shelton, Connecticut. Only 200 tickets were sold for the show.
1985 Whitney Houston scored her first UK No.1 single with 'Saving All My Love For You'. The song had been a minor hit for Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. in 1978 and was also a US No.1 for Houston.
1985 Peter Gabriel participate in Artists Against Apartheid.
2003 Ozzy & Kelly Osbourne went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Changes' a remake of a track first sung by Ozzy on the Black Sabbath album Volume IV in 1972. It was the first father and daughter chart topper since Frank & Nancy Sinatra in 1967.
1969The Peace For Christmas charity concert for UNICEF in London features John Lennon, Eric Clapton, George Harrison & Keith Moon.
1969 John Lennon played what would be his final ever gig in the UK when he appeared at The Lyceum Ballroom, London, with the Plastic Ono Band in a UNICEF 'Peace For Christmas' benefit. George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Delaney and Bonnie, Billy Preston and The Who's drummer, Keith Moon also took part.
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 'Do They Know It's Christmas' by Band Aid entered the UK chart at No.1 and stayed at the top for five weeks. It became the biggest selling UK single of all time with sales over 3 and a half million. Band Aid was masterminded by former Boomtown Rats singer Bob Geldof, who had been moved by a TV news story of famine in Ethiopia. Geldof had the idea of raising funds with a one-off charity single featuring the cream of the current pop world. Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, Paul Young, Culture Club, George Michael, Sting, Bono, Phil Collins, Paul Weller, Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt of Status Quo and Bananarama all appeared on the recording.
1998 Andrew Lloyd Webber is acquitted on charges that he plagiarized a liturgical composer’s 20-year-old song to write the theme from his 1988 global smash “The Phantom Of The Opera.”
2001 Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh was given an honorary Doctorate of Music from Kent State University in Ohio.
I just love this song! So fun to sing along to!Quote:
Originally Posted by Koala
Professor Joe! :nod:Quote:
2001 Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh was given an honorary Doctorate of Music from Kent State University in Ohio.
1966 the first Jimi Hendrix Experience single 'Hey Joe', was released in the UK on Polydor records, the track had been rejected by the Decca label. It went on to be a No.6 hit in the UK, but failed to chart in America.
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.
1970 five singles and five albums by Credence Clearwater Revival were certified gold in the US. The singles were: ‘Down on the Corner’, ‘Lookin out My Back Door’, ‘Travelin' Band’, ‘Bad Moon Rising’ and ‘Up around the Bend’. The LPs were ‘Cosmo's Factory’, ‘Willy and the Poor Boys’, ‘Green River’, ‘Bayou Country’ and ‘Credence Clearwater Revival’.
1983 The Who disband (until the seemingly unending series of "reunions").
1989 Billy Joel went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Storm Front'.
1993 MTV aired Nirvana's 'Unplugged' session for the first time.
2001 Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman started a three-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with their version of the Frank and Nancy Sinatra 1967 No.1 hit 'Somethin' Stupid'. The Christmas No.1 for this year. From William's album Swing When You're Winning.
2007 American singer songwriter Dan Fogelberg died at his home in Maine at the age of 56. The US singer, songwriter discovered he had advanced prostate cancer in 2004. Had the 1981 album ‘The Innocent Age’, which featured the hits ‘Leader of the Band,’ ‘Hard to Say,’ and ‘Run for the Roses.’
RIP Dan. :-(
I'll echo that. RIP Dan. We miss you. :-(
1962 Bob Dylan arrived in England for the first time; he played his first UK date the following night at the Troubadour Club in London.
1968 The Who played their Xmas party at the Marquee Club, London. Also on the bill was a new group called Yes. Members 15 shillings, ($1.80) or £1 ($2.40) on the night. Other acts appearing at the club this month included Joe Cocker, Free and Led Zeppelin.
1977 deputising for The Sex Pistols on NBC- TVs 'Saturday Night Live', Elvis Costello stops his performance of 'Less Than Zero', saying ' there's no reason to do this', and launches into 'Radio Radio' which he'd been told not to perform.
1977George Harrison played an unannounced live set for the regulars at his local pub in Henley-On-Thames.
2005 U2 had the top-grossing tour of 2005, according to an end-of-year chart compiled by US magazine Billboard. More than three million people watched the band's sell-out 90-date Vertigo tour which grossed $260m (£146.6m). The Eagles, took $117m (£66m) from 77 shows and Neil Diamond grossed more than $71m (£40m). Kenny Chesney was fourth with $63m (£35.5m), Paul McCartney $60m (£33.8m), Rod Stewart with $49m (£27m), Elton John with $45.5m (£25.6m), Dave Matthews Band with $45m (£25.3m), Jimmy Buffett with $41m (£23m) and Green Day with $36.5m (£20.5m).
Amazing even in 2005 that U2 or anyone else could out-gross the Eagles.
1943 Keith Richards was born.
1972 Bob Dylan starting filming his role in the film 'Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid.'
1983 Keith Richards married model Patti Hansen during a ceremony in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Mick Jagger was the best man.
1992 Canadian radio station CFRA bans the 27-year-old Beatles song “Run For Your Life.” Station officials say the lyric “I’d rather see you dead little girl, than to be with another man” promotes violence against women.
2000 *NSYNC fan Danielle McGuire filed suit against group member Justin Timberlake, alleging that he harassed and verbally assaulted her. McGuire, 15, filed suit in St. Louis, Missouri, charging Timberlake with false imprisonment of a minor.
2004 A guitar played by George Harrison and John Lennon sold for £294,000 ($570,000) at auction in New York. The Gibson SG guitar was used by Harrison from 1966 to 1969, including the recording of Revolver, and by Lennon during White Album sessions. Other items sold in the Christie's auction included a letter by Kurt Cobain, which fetched £10,000 ($19,400), and a school book report by Britney Spears (£1,000).
1964 The Beatles fourth album 'Beatles For Sale' started a seven-week run at No.1 on the UK album charts.
1969 Mick Jagger was fined £200 plus 50 guineas costs at Marlborough Magistrates Court for illegal possession of cannabis.
1969 The Beatles' seventh Christmas record, "The Beatles' Seventh Christmas Record" was released to members of their fan club in the UK and the US.
1970 Elton John's first US hit, ‘Your Song’ entered the Billboard Hot 100, where it went on to reach number eight. The Hollies had been offered the song and Three Dog Night had already recorded a version which was included on their ‘It Ain't Easy’ album.
1981 Abba scored their seventh UK No.1 album with 'The Visitors'.
1993 Michael Clarke drummer with The Byrds died of liver failure aged 47. Also worked with the Flying Burrito Brothers and Jerry Jeff Walker. Before his death Clarke had expressed a wish of alerting children to the dangers of alcoholism. Following his wishes, Clarke's girlfriend Susan Paul started a foundation in Clarke's name, called the Campaign for Alcohol-free Kids.
2005 Elton John turned down £5.7m for the exclusive rights to his civil union to his partner David Furnish. The couple had considered the offer from a US television channel, putting the money in the Elton John Aids Foundation, but they told Attitude magazine they had decided to keep the day private.
2006 two giant eyeballs donated by Pink Floyd raised £16,500 for the homeless charity Crisis. The 6ft-high props, made to promote the Pulse DVD, were on the auction site eBay for a week and attracted 46 bids. Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, a vice-president of Crisis, said extra help was needed in the winter months.
1947 KISS drummer Peter Criss is born in Brooklyn, N.Y.
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 by George Harrison was a hit.
1975 Joe Walsh officially replaced Bernie Leadon in The Eagles.
1980 Twelve days after John Lennon was shot dead in New York City, (Just Like) Starting Over gave the former Beatle his first ever UK solo No.1 single. Taken from his Double Fantasy album.
1940 Frank Zappa is born in Baltimore, Maryland.
1946 Carl Wilson (Beach Boys) was born.
1968 Crosby, Stills & Nash is formed.
1970 a stretch limousine carrying Elvis Presley pulled up outside the White House in Washington, D.C. The driver handed over a letter from Elvis addressed to President Nixon requesting a meeting to discuss how the King of Rock and Roll could help Nixon fight drugs. The President agreed to give Presley a Narcotics Bureau badge - but only after learning that the chief of the narcotics bureau had turned down the same request earlier that day and told Presley the only person who could overrule his decision was the President. At Elvis' request, the meeting remained secret for more than a year, until the Washington Post broke the story on January 27th, 1972.
1985 Bruce Springsteen's album, ‘Born in the USA’ passed Michael Jackson's ‘Thriller’ to become the second longest-lasting LP on the Billboard US Top 10. It stayed there for 79 weeks. Only ‘The Sound of Music’ with Julie Andrews lasted longer at 109 weeks.
1985 Lionel Richie’s “Say You, Say Me,” moves into the No. 1 spot, giving the movie White Nights two soundtrack singles in the top 5. The other single, placing at No. 5, is Phil Collins’ and Marilyn Martin’s “Separate Lives.” “White Nights” is only the sixth motion picture of the rock era to produce more than one No. 1 single. The first five are: Saturday Night Fever, “Grease,” “Flashdance,” “Footloose,” and “Purple Rain.”
1991 Bohemian Rhapsody / These Are The Days Of Our Lives' by Queen started a five week run at No.1 in the UK, the 1975 word-wide hit had been re-released following the death of Freddie Mercury.
1992 Elton John establishes the Elton John AIDS Foundation, aimed at AIDS prevention education and direct care services.
1949 Robin & Maurice Gibb are born.
1967The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Pink Floyd, The Who, Keith West and Tomorrow, Eric Burdon & The Animals, 1984 (featuring future Queen guitarist Brian May) and Soft Machine all appeared at The Olympia, London at an all night festival 'Christmas On Earth Continued'. The DJ was John Peel plus the venue featured a paddling pool, light shows and a movie theatre, tickets £1.
1973 Elton John started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road', it also had a eight week run at No.1 on the US chart.
1975 Ike & Tina Turner are robbed of $86,000 in concert receipts.
1981 At a rock & roll memorabilia auction in London, a stage suit worn by John Lennon sold for £2,300, a letter from Paul McCartney to a fan sold for £2,200 and a Perspex sculpture of John & Yoko was bought by singer Kate Bush for £4,200.
1991 James Brown launched an unsuccessful lawsuit against the producers of the movie The Commitments, claiming one of the characters too closely resembled him.
2003 the annual list of all-time music greats by the Guinness book of hit singles was again topped by Elvis Presley. The list based on the number of weeks spent on the UK singles chart looked like this; 1. Elvis Presley (1193), 2. Cliff Richard (1152), 3. The Shadows (771), 4. Elton John (623), 5. Madonna (606), 6. Diana Ross (560), 7. Michael Jackson (509), 8. Rod Stewart (477), 9. Beatles (456) and 10. David Bowie (452).
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.
1987 After Roger Waters threatens to get an injunction preventing Dave Gilmour from trading under the Pink Floyd name, the two sign an agreement that allows Gilmour to continue under the name Pink Floyd. In return, Waters receives a royalty whenever an image from his time with the band is used.
1989 Phil Collins started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Another Day In Paradise', his 7th US solo No.1, a No.2 hit in the UK.
1999 George Harrison's home in Maui was broken into by Cristin Keleher, who cooked a frozen pizza, drank beer from the fridge, started some laundry and phoned her mother in New Jersey. Keleher was arrested and charged with burglary and theft.
2007 The Police were named as the highest earning touring group for the past year, bringing in nearly £66.5m, ($132m). The band's 54 date North American tour had generated almost double the total of the second-placed act, Country star Kenny Chesney.
I'm happy that Cat Stevens found what he was looking for spiritually. That's the most important thing. But we sure did miss out on some good music during those years...:sigh: But Roadsinger (2009) is a good album, and I'm still hoping I get to see him perform some day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Koala
I hope you do too, because it was worth the wait.Quote:
Originally Posted by Prettymaid
1967 Hello Goodbye ( The Beatles) was a hit.
1967 The Bee Gees performed their Christmas special 'live' from Liverpool Cathedral, England which was broadcast on UK TV.
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.
1977 The Sex Pistols played their last ever UK gig, (until 1996), before splitting, at Ivanhoes in Huddersfield. It was a charity performance before an audience of mainly children.
1994 Bon Jovi hits #4 with "Always".
2000 Nick Massi of the Four Seasons dies.
1966 I'm a Believer (The Monkees) was a hit.
1954 Bing Crosby's ‘White Christmas’ entered the Billboard Pop chart for the eleventh time. Bing's rendition has sold over 100 million copies around the world, with at least 50 million sales as singles. It was the largest selling single in music history until it was surpassed by Elton John's ‘Candle in the Wind 1997’.
1964 Beatles fans attacked George Harrison's girlfriend Patti Boyd as they arrived at London's Hammersmith Odeon for tonight's Beatles concert.
1976 'Hotel California' enters the album charts for the first of 107 weeks.
1981 Michael Jackson phoned Paul McCartney and suggested they write and record together, the first result being ‘The Girl Is Mine’. The song was a US No.2 & UK No.8 in 1982.
1964The Beatles started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I Feel Fine'. It was the group's 6th No.1 of the year in which they had 30 entries on the chart, giving them a total of 18 weeks at the top of the charts.
1965 The Sounds of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel) was a hit.
1965 while spending Christmas at his father's home in Cheshire, Paul McCartney crashed from the moped he was riding and suffered a five-inch cut to his mouth.
1968 Led Zeppelin started their first North American tour supporting Vanilla Fudge and Spirit at Denver Auditorium, Colorado, tickets for this Sunday night gig cost $5.
1970 George Harrison started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'My Sweet Lord', making him the first Beatle to score a No.1 US hit. The song was originally intended for Billy Preston.
1981 AC/DC hits #1 with "For Those About to Rock We Salute You".
1989 U2 started a five-night run at Dublin's Point Depot in Ireland.
1960 The Beatles appeared at Litherland Town Hall Ballroom in Liverpool. Added to the bill at the last minute, The Beatles were not advertised to appear, so banners had been pasted onto advertising posters, saying "Direct From Hamburg, The Beatles!" Since The Beatles were playing in an area they'd only played in once before, most of the audience assumes they were a German group.
1969 Led Zeppelin II was at No.1 on the US album charts, it went on to sell over six million copies in the US. ; 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 John and Yoko's 'Double Fantasy' album started an eight-week run at No.1 on the US chart. 'Just Like Starting Over' started a five-week stay at No.1 on the singles chart.
1983 The Police played the first of four sold-out nights at Wembley Arena in London, England, on their Synchronicity world tour.
2008 Singer, songwriter, guitarist, Delaney Bramlett died in Los Angeles from complications after gall bladder surgery. Was a member of Delaney, Bonnie & Friends and worked with George Harrison, The Everly Brothers, John Lennon, Janis Joplin, J.J. Cale, and Eric Clapton.
I was born & brought up in Litherland.......but didn't get to see them as I was only 4 years old! :hilarious:Quote:
Originally Posted by Koala
Too bad TG. What I wouldn't give to have seen The Beatles!
Reading this thread really brings home just how amazing musically, the 60's and 70's really were. There were stars back in the 40's and 50's, but no where near the magnitude of those of the real glory years. It was a time of revolution in so many ways. I feel very privileged to have grown up in that era....and survived it!
1961 Danny Williams was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Moon River', the Oscar-winning song was from the film Breakfast At Tiffany's. The Tokens were at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight.'
1968 the three day Miami Pop festival took place, the first major rock festival held on the East Coast of the US, with Chuck Berry, The McCoys, Joni Mitchell, Fleetwood Mac, Marvin Gaye, The Turtles, The Box Tops, Steppenwolf, Three Dog Night, Pacific Gas and Electric, Procol Harum, Canned Heat, Iron Butterfly and The Grateful Dead.
1968 Vanilla Fudge appeared at the Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada supported by Led Zeppelin on their first US tour.
1983 after a heavy day's drinking Beach Boy Dennis Wilson drowned while swimming from his boat moored in Marina Del Rey, California. With the help of President Reagan he was given a burial at sea, normally reserved for Navel personnel. Dennis was the only genuine surfer in The Beach Boys.
2003 The Who’s Pete Townshend tells a London newspaper he contemplated suicide after police arrested him for accessing a kiddie porn Web site. Charges were later dropped.
2004 U2's Bono is the guest editor for the day on BBC Radio 4's flagship news program, Today. Among the features, British chancellor Gordon Brown addresses the problem of world poverty and a report traces Riverdance’s Islamic roots.
2005 Pink Floyd were voted the greatest rock stars ever in a survey of 58,000 listeners from UK radio station Planet Rock. Led Zeppelin were voted into second place, 3rd was The Rolling Stones, 4th The Who, 5th, AC/DC, 6th, U2, 7th, Guns N’ Roses, 8th, Nirvana, 9th, Bon Jovi and in 10th place Jimi Hendrix. Listeners also named the 1970s as the golden age of rock, followed by the 1960’s.
Ditto! :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeA
1955 Barbra Streisand makes her first recording, at the age of 13.
1956 Elvis Presley made chart history by having 10 songs on Billboards Top 100 for week ending Dec 19th.
1962 Ray Charles hits #1 on the R&B chart and #7 on the pop chart with "You Are My Sunshine".
1964 The Liverpool Youth Employment Service announced that some school leavers were finding it difficult to get jobs because their ‘Beatle’ style haircuts and clothing were unacceptable to employers.
1966 The Beatles begin recording "Penny Lane".
1973 Led Zeppelin hits #20 with "D'yer Mak'er".
1973 Jim Croce scored his second No.1 US single of the year when 'Time In A Bottle' went to the top of the charts. Croce was killed in a plane crash on the way to a concert on September 20th 1973.
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'.
We can only wonder what music would have continued to come from this great performer/songwriter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Koala
I had no idea Jim Croce died so soon after the song came out! How ironic as well as tragic.
The first time I heard "Time in a Bottle" was in Driver's Ed when I was 15. They were showing us a short movie about the dangers of drinking and driving - kind of a "scare you straight" piece - a "based on a true story" film about this nice girl who was killed accidentally by a drunk driver. As they portrayed her driving towards the intersection where she would be killed, they showed her smiling and listening to "Time in a Bottle" in her car. Then, of course the big crash and she was dead. To this day, when I hear that song, I'm reminded of that girl's "death"!
1967 The Beatles scored their 15th US No.1 with 'Hello Goodbye', Gladys Knight and the Pips were at No.2 with 'I Heard It Through The Grape Vine' and The Monkees at No.3 with 'Daydream Believer.'
1978 Emerson Lake and Palmer announced their official break up.
1968 Frank Sinatra records "My Way".
1999 George Harrison and his wife Olivia were attacked when an intruder broke into their home in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. Olivia beat off the attacker with a poker and heavy lamp. Harrison who was stabbed in the chest was admitted to hospital and treated for a collapsed lung and various minor stab wounds. His wife, Olivia, was treated for cuts and bruises she had suffered in the struggle with the intruder. Police later arrested Michael Abram from Liverpool who had nursed an irrational obsession with the Beatles.
1999 in the Queen's Millennium Honours list, former Slade singer Noddy Holder was awarded an MBE and guitarist Mark Knopfler was awarded an OBE.
1999 One of three victims of a Dec. 27, 1999 shooting at a nightclub attended by Sean Puffy Combs files a $100 million lawsuit against the rapper, his Bad Boy Entertainment, and others. Julius Jones claims that he was “Shot, battered, and assaulted” as the result of an altercation at Club New York allegedly involving Combs, Bad Boy rapper Jamal Barrow, and other employees of the label.
2006 British singer Rod Stewart is among the music industry stalwarts feted in the Queen’s New Year Honours list. Stewart is made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), for services to music.
Wow, the trials and tribs that the Beatles went through. I guess when you impact society as radically as did the Beatles, you are bound to inspire hate and greed in some as much as Love in others. But they did pay for it didn't they!
Yeah, I had completely forgotten that attack on George and his wife! How brave of Olivia to defend them against the attacker. I'll look at her in a new light now!
Ditto to the previous comments on the Beatles & the attack on George & Olivia, but re the above... where's the knighthood? :p If Rod Stewart is a CBE then Mark should at least get a CBE now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Koala
NB Annie Lennox gets an OBE this year, but for charity, not music.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/de...s-david-suchet