Today in Rock n' Roll History

1943 John Denver is born.

1955 Based on sales from stores, radio and jukebox plays Billboard named 'Unchained Melody' by Les Baxter the number 1 US song of 1955.

1961 The Beach Boys made their live debut using their new name when they appeared at Long Beach Civic Auditorium, California.

1966 The Monkees started a 7-week run at No.1 on the US singles charts with the Neil Diamond song 'I'm A Believer'. Also No.1 in the UK in 1967.

1970 Paul McCartney files suit to dissolve the Beatles partnership.

1973 Australian band AC/DC made their live debut when they appeared at Chequers Bar in Sydney.

1982 The last ABBA concert is held, in Stockholm.

1985 Ricky Nelson was killed along with six others, when his charted light aircraft crashed in Texas. It's rumoured that freebasing cocaine caused an onboard explosion. Nelson had played himself on his parent's US TV The Adventures Of Ozzie and Harriet.' (1958 US No.1 'Poor Little Fool', 1961 UK No.2 single 'Hello Mary Lou' plus over 30 US Top 40 hit singles).

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.

1996 Paul McCartney became a Sir after he was listed in the Queens New Year's Honours List.


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

1953 Country singer Hank Williams died of a heart attack brought on by a lethal cocktail of pills and alcohol aged 29. Made his first record in 1946, scored 36 Top 10 US country hits, his best Known being 'Your Cheatin Heart.' Over 20,000 mourners attended his funeral.

1955 Elvis Presley appeared at The Eagles Hall in Houston Texas. Presley went on to play over 250 shows in 1955.

1956 Bill Haley's 'Rock Around The Clock' went to No.1 on the UK singles chart for the second time.

1958 Johnny Cash played a free concert for the inmates of San Quentin Prison, California.

1962 The Beatles audition for Decca Records in England, who turn them down and sign the Tremeloes instead.

1964 The first edition of the BBC TV show Top Of The Pops was transmitted from an old church hall in Manchester, England. Introduced by DJ Jimmy Saville, acts miming to their latest releases included The Rolling Stones, (I Wanna Be Your Man), The Dave Clark Five, (Glad All Over), The Hollies, (Stay), and The Swinging Blue Jeans, (Hippy Hippy Shake). The first song played was Dusty Springfield's 'I Only Want To Be With You'. Also featured on disc and film, The Beatles, (I Want to Hold Your Hand), ’Freddie & the Dreamers, Cliff Richard and the Shadows and Gene Pitney.

1964 The Beach Boys record "Fun Fun Fun".

1965 The Yardbirds (with Eric Clapton), played two shows at The Odeon Cinema, Hammersmith in London. One at 6.15 and 8.45pm.

1971 Radio Luxembourg aired over seven hours of continuous Beatles music to celebrate the group's tenth year in the music business. Every track played was a single or LP track by The Beatles plus tracks from solo albums.

1977 Genesis played the first of three nights at the new-look Rainbow Theatre, London, and tickets cost £2.50 ($4.25). The theatre had been completely renovated at a cost of £80,000 ($136,000).

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

1926 The first issue of The Melody Maker went on sale priced at 3d. The monthly magazine was for 'all who are interested in the production of popular music'. In the first issue, Dance Band news, a feature on Ukuleles and how to read music by sight.
　
1966 We Can Work It Out (The Beatles) was a hit.

1968 the entire shipment of John and Yoko's album 'Two
Virgins' was seized by authorities in New Jersey due to the full frontal nude photograph of the couple on the cover. The album was eventually wrapped in plain brown paper in record stores.

1969 Led Zeppelin played the first of four nights at the Whisky A Go-Go, Los Angeles during the bands first North American tour. Support group was the Alice Cooper band.

1971 the George Harrison album 'All Things Must Pass' started a seven week run at No.1 on the US album chart, making Harrison the first solo Beatle to score a US No.1 album.


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.

1979 Sex Pistol's bass player Sid Vicious went on trial in New York accused of murdering his girlfriend Nancy Spungen three months earlier.

1988 Michael Jackson and Bono shared first place in an American poll of 'The Most Beautiful Lips.'

2005 Green Day were at No.1 on the UK album chart with their seventh album 'American Idiot.' The album went on to be nominated for seven Grammy Awards, winning the Best Rock Album of 2005.

2007 Cristin Keleher who once broke into former Beatle George Harrison's Hawaii home was found dead after an apparent murder-suicide in California, aged 34. She made headlines in December 1999 by entering Harrison's Maui estate and then cooking herself a frozen pizza. Police said her body had been found with that of a 48-year-old man in a car, both had gunshot wounds to their heads.

Thanks so much for taking the time to post these religiously, Koala - I don't always comment, but I love reading them!

Thanks Troub!

1955 Elvis Presley appeared in Boonesville, Virginia. The 20 year-old singer was still a regional star, but by the end of 56' he had become a national sensation, recording two albums, (which included 'Heartbreak Hotel' and 'Blue Suede Shoes'), appeared on national television 11 times, played over 100 concerts and signed a seven year contract with Paramount Pictures.

1963 Cliff Richard was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'The Next Time / Bachelor Boy,' both songs were from the film Summer Holiday. His sixth UK No.1.

1963 The Beatles began their first headlining tour with four nights in Scotland appearing at the Two Red Shoes Ballroom, Elgin. Two of the dates were cancelled due to bad weather.

1964 The Rolling Stones appeared at Glenlyn Ballroom in Forest Hill, England, supported by The Detours (later to become The Who).

1969 appearing live on UK TV's Lulu Show, Jimi Hendrix stopped performing his new single after a few bars and instead launched into a version of the Cream song 'Sunshine Of Your Love' as a tribute to the band who had split a few days earlier.

1974 Bob Dylan and The Band started a 39-date US tour, Dylan's first live appearance for over 7 years. There were more than 5 million applications for the 660,000 tickets.

1987 Aretha Franklin became the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Regarding Jim Croce-I had just seen him open for Poco a couple weeks before his tragic death. I was devastated when I heard the news-couldn't believe he was gone. He gave us such beautiful songs.:angel:

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1969 appearing live on UK TV's Lulu Show, Jimi Hendrix stopped performing his new single after a few bars and instead launched into a version of the Cream song 'Sunshine Of Your Love' as a tribute to the band who had split a few days earlier.

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How freakin' cool is THAT!

Hendrix loved Clapton. I mean he really admired him. Clapton on the other hand felt very insecure about what he saw as competition from Hendrix. Remember that this was the time of "Clapton is God"....the real "guitar hero" era.

1936 Billboard Magazine introduced the first ever-pop music chart that ranked records on national sales; big band violinist Joe Venuti was the first No.1.

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.

1965 The Fender guitar company was bought by CBS for $13 million (£7.6 million).

1967, The Doors released their self-titled debut album The Doors. Unique packaging of the album included each band member’s bio.

1970 chauffeur Neil Boland was accidentally killed when The Who's drummer Keith Moon ran over him. Moon was trying to escape from a Gang of skinheads after a fight broke out at a pub in Hatfield, England. Moon had never passed his driving test.

1970 The Beatles (without John Lennon) re-record vocals and a new guitar solo on the Paul McCartney song ‘Let It Be’ at Studio Two, EMI Studios, London. This session will be the final studio appearance for The Beatles, as a group. (The final date that all four of The Beatles were in the studio together is August 20, 1969).

1974 Bruce Springsteen played the first of a three night run at Joes’ Place in Cambridge Massachusetts. Supported by Peter Johnson & The Manic Depressives. On the ticket it said: “Because of the energy crisis all our outside lights except for one will be shut off”.

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

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.

1959 "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" becomes the last release from Buddy Holly before his death.

1961 The Beatles played at Litherland Town Hall, Liverpool. In the audience are two members from Rory Storm & the Hurricanes: Johnny Guitar and Ringo Starr who have just returned from Hamburg, Germany.

1968 Jimi Hendrix was jailed for one day in Stockholm, Sweden on drink charges after going berserk and destroying everything in his room at the Goteberg Hotel.

1973 Bruce Springsteen released his debut album ‘Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ.’

1974 Yes scored their first UK No.1 album with the double set 'Tales From The Topographic Oceans'.

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

1997 Sonny Bono was killed in a skiing accident at a resort near Lake Tahoe, aged 62. Bono who was one half on Sonny and Cher scored the 1965 UK & US No.1 single 'I Got You Babe' and had become a US Congressman.

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

2004 Kinks singer Ray Davies was shot in the leg while on holiday in New Orleans. The 59-year-old singer-songwriter was shot when running after two men who stole his girlfriend's purse at gunpoint. Davies was admitted to the Medical Centre of Louisiana but his injuries were not considered serious. New Orleans police said one person had been arrested, and police were still searching for the second.

1946 Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd is born.

1956 Elvis Presley performed in the gym at Randolph High School, Mississippi; this was the last time he ever appeared in a small auditorium.

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

1968 The Beatles 'Magical Mystery Tour' started an eight week run at No.1 on the US album chart, the group's 11th US chart topper.

1970 Crosby Stills Nash & Young made their UK live debut at the Royal Albert Hall, London.

1975 The mayor of Boston cancelled a Led Zeppelin concert after over 2,000 fans rioted trying to buy tickets. The fans caused an estimated $50,000 to $75,000 damage at Boston Garden. The gig during the bands North American tour was rescheduled for Feb 4th.

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

1979 The Village People scored their only UK No.1 single with 'Y.M.C.A.' At its peak the single was selling over 150,000 copies a day. In the gay culture from which the group sprang, the song was understood as celebrating the YMCA's reputation as a popular cruising and hookup spot.

1990 Phil Collins started a three-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with '...But Seriously'.

2001 Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour won the right to his dot com name. David took legal action in his battle to reclaim davidgilmour.com from Andrew Herman who had registered the URL and was selling Pink Floyd merchandise through the site.

2006 a collection of Elvis Presley memorabilia bought by a council worker who embezzled nearly £600,000 was set to be sold to compensate the local authority. Julie Wall, 46, from Rippon Drive in Sleaford, was jailed for three years for the offence last October. The collection - which included rare recordings and foreign pressings of Elvis songs – was to be auctioned off by a High Court receiver to provide compensation.

1955 'Rock Around The Clock' by Bill Haley and his Comets, entered the UK chart for the first time.

1964 The Beatles recorded a seven-song appearance for the BBC Radio program Saturday Club. They played ‘All My Loving’, ‘Money’, ‘The Hippy Hippy Shake’, ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’, ‘Roll Over Beethoven’, ‘Johnny B. Goode’, and ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’. The show was broadcast on February 15, while the Beatles were in the US.

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.

1977 Andy Gibb was at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I Just Want To Be Your Everything' a song written by his Bee Gee brother Barry.

1989 Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan started a three-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with the Stock, Aitken & Waterman produced 'Especially For You'.

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

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1975 The mayor of Boston cancelled a Led Zeppelin concert after over 2,000 fans rioted trying to buy tickets. The fans caused an estimated $50,000 to $75,000 damage at Boston Garden. The gig during the bands North American tour was rescheduled for Feb 4th.

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

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Wow! These guys sure caused a lot of trouble back in the day! 2 days in a row in 1975! I wasn't a fan back then, but shoulda been! :wink:

I think Led Zeppelin, Stones, Who and Eagles were all three in competition to see who could raise the most hell, cause the most damage and get the most wasted back in the early 70's. Amazing they could produce such music under those circumstances!

But in this particular case, I think it was the Fans and not Zep causing the problems. And yeah, the Fans were following role models trying to raise as much hell, cause as much damage and get the most wasted as possible. The 70's were a lot more violent than the 60's (though it was getting pretty bad in the late 60's).

Seems Eagles fans are a lot more laid-back though, at least from what I can tell!

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Originally Posted by sodascouts

Seems Eagles fans are a lot more laid-back though, at least from what I can tell!

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I think you are right Soda, but "why" I wonder? I guess it is understandable back in the Early 70's when the Eagles were into the much "softer" Country Rock. That music took a different personality/temperament to appreciate when compared to the over-the-top style of Zeppelin.

But in '75 (when Zep had that trouble in Boston), Eagles were breaking out of Country Rock and beginning to move into Rock more aggressively and by '77 with Hotel California, (and complimented by Felder and Walsh), they were more accepted by the Rock Snobs (myself included!). But with the possible exception of "Fast Lane", they really didn't get into the heavy stuff like Zep did.

But I've never heard of a riot at an Eagles concert!

I think it is just the less aggressive personalities that were drawn to Eagles. Or as you said in a single phrase "more laid back". I guess there's no mystery.

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.

1963 The Beatles appeared live on Scottish TV's Round Up, transmitted live from The Theatre Royal, Glasgow. They mimed to 'Please Please Me.'

1966 The Beatles started a six week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Rubber Soul' the group's seventh US chart topper, which went on to spend 56 weeks on the chart. The group also started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'We Can Work It Out' the group's 11th US No.1 single.

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

1969 Mike Jagger and Keith Richards were both barred from an exclusive hotel for wearing "op art" pants and nothing else. They were both asked to leave the Hotel Crillen in Lima, Peru after refusing to change clothes.


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

1979 Canadian rock band Rush were named the country's official Ambassadors Of Music by the Canadian government.

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.

1996 a Los Angeles court found Robert Hoskins guilty of five counts of stalking, assault and making terrorist threats to Madonna. Hoskins had twice scaled the walls of the singer's estate and had threatened to slash her throat from ear to ear.

2004 the estate of George Harrison started a $10 million (£5.8 million) legal action against Dr Gilbert Lederman of Staten Island University Hospital, claiming the doctor coerced Harrison to sign souvenirs. The main allegations of the legal action was that Dr Lederman got an extremely sick Harrison to sign his son’s guitar and autographs for his two daughters.

2010 Jimmy Page launched a new set of stamps in the UK which featured classic album covers from the last 40 years including Led Zeppelin IV.
Page, who helped design the artwork for IV, said: "Almost 40 years after the album came out, nobody knows the old man who featured on the cover, nor the artist who painted him; that sort of sums up what we wanted to achieve with the album cover, which has remained both anonymous and enigmatic at the same time."

1944 Jimmy Page was born.

1963 drummer Charlie Watts joined The Rolling Stones after leaving Blues Incorporated.

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.).

1967 Dave Matthews was born.

1972 American Pie, Parts I & II (Don McLean) was a hit.

1973 Mick Jagger was refused a Japanese visa on an account of a 1969 drug conviction causing The Rolling Stones to cancel a forthcoming tour.


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

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

1945 Rod Stewart is born in London.

1956 Elvis Presley made his first recordings for RCA Records at The Methodist television, radio & TV Studios in Nashville. 'Heartbreak Hotel' was one of the songs recorded during this session.

1958 Jerry Lee Lewis was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Great Balls Of Fire'. Lewis was the only major white rock 'n' roll star to play piano rather than guitar.
　
1977 David Bowie wins the US Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy and Horror Films Best Actor Award for 'The Man Who Fell to Earth'.

1981 John Lennon's 'Imagine' started a four-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart, 10 years after it was recorded. Lennon had two other songs in the Top 5 this week, 'Happy Christmas, (War Is Over') and '(Just Like) Starting Over.' 'Imagine' was voted by the viewers of BBC TV as the best lyrics of all time in a poll broadcast in Oct 1999.


2000 Singer Melissa Etheridge announced that David Crosby was the sperm donor of her two children with girlfriend Julie Cypher.

2006 an Australian woman appeared in court charged with repeatedly stabbing her partner with a pair of scissors in the back, shoulder and thigh because he played Elvis Presley's song "Burning Love" over and over again.

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1969 Mike Jagger and Keith Richards were both barred from an exclusive hotel for wearing "op art" pants and nothing else. They were both asked to leave the Hotel Crillen in Lima, Peru after refusing to change clothes.

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"Mike" Jagger..... :rofl:

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Originally Posted by WalshFan88

"Mike" Jagger..... :rofl:

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Poetic License. Everybody wants to be "Like Mike".

1958 The release date for the Elvis Presley single 'Jailhouse Rock' was put back a week after Decca Records pressing plant in the UK were unable to meet the advance orders of 250,000 copies.

1962 Cliff Richard was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'The Young Ones'. It stayed at the top of the charts for six weeks and made Cliff the first UK artist to enter the chart at No.1.

1964 'Ring Of Fire' by Johnny Cash became the first Country album to go to No.1 in the US album chart.

1967 The Hollies record "On A Carousel".

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

1985 a Brazilian rock Festival held in Rio, claimed to be the biggest ever staged. The festival featured featuring; Queen, Rod Stewart, AC/DC, Whitesnake, Yes and Iron Maiden.

1986 The Pet Shop Boys scored their first UK No.1 single with 'West End Girls.' The first version of the song was released in April 1984, becoming a club hit in the United States, after the duo signed with EMI, the song was re-recorded with producer Stephen Hague.

1990 Paul McCartney played the first of 11 sold out nights at Wembley Arena, London, England.

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

2003 Britain’s oldest rockers came out winners in The Pollstar listing of the Top 10 grossing US tours of 2002: Paul McCartney $68m (£40m), The Rolling Stones $58m (£34m), Elton John $47m (£27.6m), The Who $20m (£11.8m), Ozzy Osbourne $18m (£10.6m), Peter Gabriel $10m (£5.88m), Yes $6m (£3.5m), Elvis Costello $5m (£2.94m), The Moody Blues $4m (£2.35m) and Jethro Tull $3m (£1.76m).

2008 Ringo Starr helped launch the celebrations for Liverpool's year as European Capital of Culture. He was joined by acrobats who dangled on wires from cranes as the opening party kicked off a year-long programme of more than 350 events. Organisers hoped the Capital of Culture tag would attract an extra two million visitors to Liverpool and boost the economy by £100m.

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

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Originally Posted by WalshFan88

"Mike" Jagger..... :rofl:

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Michael is Jagger's real name. His family and close friends call him Mike, he doesn't like to be called Mick but fame has its price. Can't believe OGG didn't know that. Consider that payback:hilarious:........

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Michael is Jagger's real name. His family and close friends call him Mike, he doesn't like to be called Mick but fame has its price. Can't believe OGG didn't know that. Consider that payback:hilarious:........

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LOL that is SO not true. His name IS Michael Phillip but I've NEVER heard him referred to as "Mike Jagger" unless its a typo like above. I suggest you read up! :rofl: That's a weak payback! :nahnah: If his friends call him Mike that's one thing but in this case it's an obvious typo.......... I've heard him called "Sir Michael" and Michael but not Mike by the media or fans ...... :nahnah::nahnah::nahnah: Nice try.

Well, I think maybe he at one time was called "Mike" Austin. Whether anyone has called him "Mike" in the past 6 decades though was not mentioned even though I can see there there is not timeframe actually restricted to his nickname's usage.

From Wikipedia (which is known for misinformation)

From September 1950, Keith Richards and Jagger (known as "Mike" to his friends) were classmates at Wentworth Primary School in Dartford, Kent. In 1954, Jagger passed the eleven-plus, and went to Dartford Grammar School, where there is now The Mick Jagger Centre, as part of the school.

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Well, I think maybe he at one time was called "Mike" Austin. Whether anyone has called him "Mike" in the past 6 decades though was not mentioned even though I can see there there is not timeframe actually restricted to his nickname's usage.

From Wikipedia (which is known for misinformation)

From September 1950, Keith Richards and Jagger (known as "Mike" to his friends) were classmates at Wentworth Primary School in Dartford, Kent. In 1954, Jagger passed the eleven-plus, and went to Dartford Grammar School, where there is now The Mick Jagger Centre, as part of the school.

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That might be when he was a kid. I was just pointing out that no one in the media since the Stones have formed have called him that and that the above WAS a typo. That's all I meant, is just pointing out a typo. I did however know his name was Michael though. But I've never heard to him referred to as Mike in the Stones history (I have more books on the Stones than Carter has pills :rofl:). But I admittedly don't know much about his childhood. Just the band's history. I know more about Richards but I know some on Jagger.

Well Austin, you are hereby notified that you are now talking with the worlds least qualified authority on Michael Jagger on the planet! The only thing I can claim expertise to is the spelling of his name...which happens to be the same as mine. And, my Mother definitely did NOT name me after Jagger!

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Well Austin, you are hereby notified that you are now talking with the worlds least qualified authority on Michael Jagger on the planet! The only thing I can claim expertise to is the spelling of his name...which happens to be the same as mine. And, my Mother definitely did NOT name me after Jagger!

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:hilarious::hilarious::hilarious:

I don't know THAT much but I just knew it was a typo!

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LOL that is SO not true. His name IS Michael Phillip but I've NEVER heard him referred to as "Mike Jagger" unless its a typo like above. I suggest you read up! :rofl: That's a weak payback! :nahnah: If his friends call him Mike that's one thing but in this case it's an obvious typo.......... I've heard him called "Sir Michael" and Michael but not Mike by the media or fans ...... :nahnah::nahnah::nahnah: Nice try.

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Correction, this is sooo NOT true. I didn't put in his middle name as that is not the point of this so-called typo, which is NOT a typo. I have several books also about the Stones and the media doesn't call him by the real name simply because he's always been known as Mick, due to a real TYPO, since the early days of his singing career, But several of these books and also numerous articles have stated over the years what I told you.....only his family and close friends STILL call him Mike and he has never cared for Mick.

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Correction, this is sooo NOT true. I didn't put in his middle name as that is not the point of this so-called typo, which is NOT a typo. I have several books also about the Stones and the media doesn't call him by the real name simply because he's always been known as Mick, due to a real TYPO, since the early days of his singing career, But several of these books and also numerous articles have stated over the years what I told you.....only his family and close friends STILL call him Mike and he has never cared for Mick.

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Agree to disagree. ;)

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Originally Posted by WalshFan88

LOL that is SO not true. His name IS Michael Phillip but I've NEVER heard him referred to as "Mike Jagger" unless its a typo like above. I suggest you read up! :rofl: That's a weak payback! :nahnah: If his friends call him Mike that's one thing but in this case it's an obvious typo.......... I've heard him called "Sir Michael" and Michael but not Mike by the media or fans ...... :nahnah::nahnah::nahnah: Nice try.

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I agree. I have never heard Sir Mick referred to as Mike, ever. I would have thought if there was a typo calling him Mick early in his career & he wanted to be called Mike he would have moved heaven & earth to fix it.

Personally, I'd much rather that when I was a kid, I had picked up the nickname "Mick". No. Hun-uh! No Sir! They all called me "Mikey"! My Mother and Sisters still call me Mikey as do several of my closest cousins!

"Mike" is not so bad. ANYTHING but "Mikey"

My husband is 'Mike' to me & everyone he knows, but 'Michael' to his mother & my mother. He dislikes 'Mick'.

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Personally, I'd much rather that when I was a kid, I had picked up the nickname "Mick". No. Hun-uh! No Sir! They all called me "Mikey"! My Mother and Sisters still call me Mikey as do several of my closest cousins!

"Mike" is not so bad. ANYTHING but "Mikey"

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"Mikey will try it! He likes everything! HEY MIKEY!" :partytime:

1964 The Beatles appeared on the ATV show Sunday Night At The London Palladium performing ‘I Wanna Hold Your Hand’, ‘This Boy’, ‘All My Loving’, ‘Money’ and ‘Twist And Shout’. The compare for the evening was Bruce Forsyth. When The Beatles appeared on this show on October 13, 1963, their fee had been £250, now, just three months later, their fee was £1,000.

1974 The Steve Miller Band were at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'The Joker', the group's first of three No.1's. It reached No.1 on the UK chart in 1990.

1977 The Police had their first rehearsal, held at drummer's Stewart Copeland's London flat, with Henri Padovani on guitar.

1980 'The Bee Gees Greatest Hits' album was at No.1 on the US charts.


1992 Bob Geldof was arrested after a disturbance on a Boeing 727, which had been grounded for 5 hours at Stansted Airport.

1998 The Eagles are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the thirteenth annual induction dinner. Jimmy Buffett is their presenter.

1998 Fleetwood Mac is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the thirteenth annual induction dinner. Sheryl Crow is their presenter.

2001 British Airways staff complained about Oasis singer Liam Gallagher after he had grabbed a stewardess' bottom, refused to stop smoking and thrown objects around the cabin during a flight from London to Rio De Janeiro.

2002 Aaliyah had the posthumous UK No.1 single with 'More Than A Woman'. Aaliyah was killed in Aug 2001 in a plane crash in the Bahamas aged 22. The Cessna plane crashed a few minutes after take off killing everyone on board. Aaliyah had been filming a video on the island for her latest release ‘Rock The Boat’.

2003 Singer-songwriter Maurice Gibb from the Bee Gee's died aged 53 in Miami Hospital, Florida following a heart attack during abdominal surgery. The Bee Gees released over 20 albums and had the 1979 world-wide No.1 album 'Spirits Having Flown', and 'How Deep Is Your Love, 'Stayin' Alive', and 'Night Fever' from the soundtrack 'Saturday Night Fever' were all US No.1 singles. Gibb was married to the Scottish singer Lulu from 1969 to 1973. In 2002, Maurice was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE), along with his brothers.

My wife went into mourning when this happened (death of Maurice). The Bee Gee's just weren't my cup of tea though I did appreciate what they did. But I wish they had done it with Rock instead of freakin' DISCO!

It wasn't so much the music itself I didn't like. I just hated to watch all the clubs (or a lot of them anyway) switching from live bands to recorded music. I don't know if it was a cause and effect issue with it being cheaper for the clubs to spin discs or if it was because the public desired recorded music more than live performances. But whatever caused DISCO, I didn't like the result.

And I didn't like that white suit and disco move John Travolta utilized in "Saturday Night Live" either <LOL>

WOW--so much discussion over Mick Jagger's given name! In p47's defense, she did say his family and close friends call him Mike. I don't know about the rest of you, but I don't know any of his family or close friends so I don't know what they may call him. But does make sense that if his given name is Michael that at one point he would be called Mike and surely still is by some. Just saying. JMO

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Originally Posted by pueblo47

Michael is Jagger's real name. His family and close friends call him Mike, he doesn't like to be called Mick but fame has its price.

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But what Wiki says according to Mike's post looks as if she was correct in her statement. Even tho like Mike said, Wiki isn't always correct. Let's face it, none of us really know. No need to go on and on about it I believe. JMO again!

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From Wikipedia (which is known for misinformation)

From September 1950, Keith Richards and Jagger (known as "Mike" to his friends) were classmates at Wentworth Primary School in Dartford, Kent. In 1954, Jagger passed the eleven-plus, and went to Dartford Grammar School, where there is now The Mick Jagger Centre, as part of the school.

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For the record, I have a friend who's 1 year old son is named Jagger after Mick.

And just throwing this out there about the "Mike" nickname, my brother who is named after my grandfather who's name was Martin Henry has always been called Mike by all of his friends and family, as was my grandfather. :headscratch: Don't know how that got started!

I have a BIL called Brian. Well his family call him that, but my family have always known him to be Nick. :crazy: Confuses my sister (his wife) if the 2 families are together. :laugh:

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WOW--so much discussion over Mick Jagger's given name! In p47's defense, she did say his family and close friends call him Mike. I don't know about the rest of you, but I don't know any of his family or close friends so I don't know what they may call him. But does make sense that if his given name is Michael that at one point he would be called Mike and surely still is by some. Just saying. JMO



But what Wiki says according to Mike's post looks as if she was correct in her statement. Even tho like Mike said, Wiki isn't always correct. Let's face it, none of us really know. No need to go on and on about it I believe. JMO again!



For the record, I have a friend who's 1 year old son is named Jagger after Mick.

And just throwing this out there about the "Mike" nickname, my brother who is named after my grandfather who's name was Martin Henry has always been called Mike by all of his friends and family, as was my grandfather. :headscratch: Don't know how that got started!

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Just a debate..... No big deal... :eyebrow: I was just saying what I believe and from what I've read. That's all. I was just discussing. On that note, it's ended.

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The Bee Gee's just weren't my cup of tea though I did appreciate what they did. But I wish they had done it with Rock instead of freakin' DISCO!

It wasn't so much the music itself I didn't like. I just hated to watch all the clubs (or a lot of them anyway) switching from live bands to recorded music. I don't know if it was a cause and effect issue with it being cheaper for the clubs to spin discs or if it was because the public desired recorded music more than live performances. But whatever caused DISCO, I didn't like the result.

And I didn't like that white suit and disco move John Travolta utilized in "Saturday Night Live" either <LOL>

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I hear ya! I hate to use this smilie, but when you're talkin' disco....:puke:

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I hear ya! I hate to use this smilie, but when you're talkin' disco....:puke:

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Same here (about disco). :hilarious: