I immediately thought of you when I read that post, Willie. I thought that you would have been devastated at the time.
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I immediately thought of you when I read that post, Willie. I thought that you would have been devastated at the time.
1942 Graham Nash was born.
1963 Born on this day, Eva Cassidy, US singer. She is the only artist to score three posthumous UK No.1 albums: 2001’s ‘Songbird’; 2002’s ‘Imagine’ and 2003’s ‘American Tune’. In 2001 she also had a UK No.42 single with ‘Over The Rainbow’ and the 2007 UK No.1 single ‘What a Wonderful World’ with Katie Melua. Eva died of skin cancer on November 1st 1996, aged 33.
1973 Keith Emerson’s hands are injured during a performance by Emerson, Lake & Palmer in San Francisco. His piano, rigged to explode as a stunt, detonates prematurely
1977 Born on this day, Shakira, (Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll), singer, (2002 UK No.2 single ‘Whenever Wherever’, 2006 world-wide No.1 single ‘Hips Don’t Lie’). Highest selling Colombian artist of all time, having sold over forty million albums.
1979 Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols dies of a heroin overdose less than four months after fatally stabbing his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, at New York’s Chelsea Hotel.
1983 No. 1 : “Africa,” Toto. The group dominates the 1983 Grammy Awards, winning in six categories including Record of the Year (“Rosanna”) and Album of the Year (“Toto IV”).
1985 Foreigner hits #1 with "I Want to Know What Love Is".
1996 Bob Dylan plays a special corporate gig for 250 employees of Nomura Securities International, Inc. at Phoenix’s Biltmore Hotel.
2004 TV network CBS apologised for its broadcast of the American Super Bowl after Janet Jackson was left exposed when Justin Timberlake ripped her top. The pair had been performing a raunchy half-time duet when one of Jackson’s breast’s was exposed as Timberlake pulled at her top. CBS quickly cut away from the scene but was still flooded with calls from angry viewers about the half-time entertainment, produced by MTV. Timberlake insisted it had been an accident saying “I am sorry that anyone was offended by the wardrobe malfunction during the half-time performance of the Super Bowl.”
2004 Clive Davis, the record exec who has helped steer the careers of Whitney Houston, Santana and Alicia Keys, is made head of BMG Records. BMG’s current roster includes Dave Matthews and The Strokes.
1959 22 year old Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens, aged 17, died in a crash shortly after take-off from Clear Lake, Iowa, the pilot of the single-engined Beechcraft Bonanza plane was also killed. Holly hired the plane after heating problems developed on his tourbus. All three were traveling to Fargo, North Dakota, for the next show on their Winter Dance Party Tour which Holly had set - covering 24 cities in three weeks, to make money after the break-up of his band, The Crickets, last year.
1973 Elton John started a three-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Crocodile Rock'. Elton's first of five US No.1 singles.
1990 for the first time ever, the UK Top 3 singles featured non-British and non-American acts. Ireland's Sinead O'Connor, Australia's Kylie Minogue and Belgium's Technotronic. Sinead O'Connor had her first No.1 single with Nothing Compares To U', a song written by Prince.
2010 AC/DC singer Brian Johnson, joined a growing group of critics of Bob Geldof and U2 singer Bono over their very public charity work, saying they should stop lecturing audiences about charity work and instead do their good deeds in private. Johnson said “When I was a working man I didn’t want to go to a concert for some bastard to talk down to me that I should be thinking of some kid in Africa. I’m sorry mate, do it yourself, spend some of your own money and get it done. It just makes me angry.”
This reminds me of Santana. Don't go to one of his concerts if you aren't prepared to be preached at! There is one segment in every concert we've been to of his where he spends close to 10 minutes preaching about the concept from his Love Child days. "Just Love Everybody". Carlos doesn't seem a strongly "religious" person as far as modern religion goes. But he has a belief or profession that is strongly Hippy-Feeling to me. God is inside you. He's inside everything, the birds, people, rocks...everywhere.Quote:
2010 AC/DC singer Brian Johnson, joined a growing group of critics of Bob Geldof and U2 singer Bono over their very public charity work
I remember sitting around with a group of close friends out by a lake watching the sun come up as we were discussing such "heavy" concepts. The fact that we were on one hell of a trip might have influenced us <LOL>
There isn't anything wrong with that other than it took him 10 minutes each concert to get the point across. Just like it took me 10 minutes to type this in <LOL>
Sound like Carlos and I have something in common. :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeA
But as far as Brian Johnson's comment I agree, there is a fine line between making a statement on stage about kids in Africa and taking it too far. The audience may tolerate or even appreciate the first, but get bored or irate if it goes on too long.
True. I think a key part of Johnson's issues is that he feels like the concert-goer is getting "talked down to." I guess his mentality is that it's a lot easier for a billionaire to be generous than it is for the working guy, and they shouldn't be made to feel like they're pieces of crap if they don't give some of their hard-earned money to kids in Africa. A lot of working people give money to charities but they're usually local ones, or their church, and perhaps they feel that Bono shouldn't assume they need to be preached at in order to give money to a cause.
That said, for me personally, I appreciate the fact that Bono is sincerely trying to raise even more money for causes he cares about. His heart is in the right place. He just needs to be careful not to harp upon it and come off as badgering the audience or, as shown above, it backfires. Perhaps outside of the concert setting is best.
Just a thought here, but when I went to Live Aid in 1985, my niece and I paid £5 for our tickets with a £20 donation. £5 for 10 hours of great acts. !!!!
With the silly costs of tickets today, I wonder how many people would mind if part of their ticket money went to a charity of the artists choice. ? I know we didn't pay a lot but in my mind I went to the concert for £5 (and made a donation). Think of the amounts that could be raised not forgetting good PR for the artist(s).
But then it comes out of other people's wallets in the sense that we're paying the same amount for our ticket, yet they're not receiving as much profit. Of course, as you said, that would definitely give the artist some good PR!Quote:
Originally Posted by Annabel
I did say it was just a thought.Quote:
Originally Posted by sodascouts
Yes, we pay the same amount for the ticket, but you're going to pay that price anyway. So if a part of that cost goes to a charity, not the artists /promoters pocket (even $5 or £5 per person), the concert goer gets a warm fuzzy feeling for helping their band /artist's fave cause and the charity raises extra funds. The band /artist / promoters profits go down yes, but they do well enough it seems. If they want to help their charity enough they'd maybe consider it. Could stop some of the preaching too. :laugh:
I certainly didn't begrudge paying £25 for a '£5' ticket. (I know tickets cost a lot more now but at the time it was a lot. Honest ;)) Of course it also depends how charitable you are. Hmm maybe an opt out scheme, something like we have with the gift aid scheme here for charitable attractions like wild life parks. :shrug:
I like the way you think, Annabel!
:thumbsup: thanks Soda. Now who do I pitch my idea to. :laugh:
1967 The Monkees self-titled debut album started a seven-week run at No.1 on the UK chart.
1970,John Lennon and Yoko Ono donated their hair for an auction in aid of the Black Power movement.
1977 'Rumours', by Fleetwood Mac, destined to become the fifth best-selling album in music history, is released.
1978 Abba started a seven week run at No.1 on the UK chart with 'The Album' their third No.1 LP.
1983 Karen Carpenter died aged 32 of a cardiac arrest at her parent's house at her parents' home in Downey, California; the coroner's report gave the cause of death of imbalances associated with anorexia nervosa. The Carpenters 1970 album Close to You, featured two hit singles: ‘(They Long to Be) Close to You’ and ‘We've Only Just Begun.’ They peaked at No.1 and No.2, on the US chart. In 1975 - In Playboy's annual opinion poll; its readers voted Karen Carpenter the Best Rock Drummer of the year.
1984 Culture Club started a three-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Karma Chameleon’ the groups 5th US Top 10 hit, also a No.1 in the UK.
1984 Eurythmics scored their first UK No.1 album with their second release 'Touch', featuring the singles 'Here Comes The Rain Again', 'Who's That Girl' and 'Right By Your Side'.
2000 Bjorn Ulvaeus confirmed that the members of Abba had turned down a $1 billion (£0.58 billion) offer by American and British consortium to reform the group. “It is a hell of a lot of money to say no to, but we decided it wasn’t for us,” band member Benny Andersson told the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet.
2001 Jimmy Buffett is thrown out of a New York Knicks-Miami Heat after verbally abusing a referee.
One of my top favorite Mac albums.... I really like the Christine McVie tracks on this one. "You Make Loving Fun" is a great song and is one of my favorite FM tunes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Koala
What a natural talent she had! I was a fan and I remember being horrified at the news of her death. Not sure about the Best Rock Drummer award though...Quote:
Originally Posted by Koala
Very sad. I loved her songs. I'm not sure about the drummer bit either. :eyebrow:
1957 5,000 fans greeted Bill Haley when he arrived from New York on the liner Queen Elizabeth at Southampton, for his debut UK concert tour. Haley was the first American rock artist to tour the UK.
1967 The Beatles filmed part of the promo clip for 'Penny Lane' around the Royal Theatre, Stratford, London and walking up and down Angel Lane.
1983 Def Leppard's album 'Pyromania', started a 92 week run on the US charts, it never reached No.1 but sold over 6 million copies in the US alone.
1983 Toto went to No.1 on the US singles with 'Africa'; a No.3 hit in the UK.
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
1958 George Harrison joined Liverpool group The Quarrymen. The group who were named after Lennon's school featured John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Len Garry, Eric Griffiths and John Lowe.
1960,27 year-old Jesse Belvin, who scored a 1956 hit with ‘Goodnight, My Love’, was killed in a car accident in Hope, Arkansas. His wife and the car's driver also died of their injuries. The three were trying to make a fast get-a-way from the first ever mixed race audience concert in the town of Little Rock, after threats had been made against Belvin's life.
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.
1982 Kraftwerk were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'The Model / Computer Love', the first German act to score a UK No.1 single. The single spent 21 weeks on the UK chart.
1986 Al Green's first album for A&M Records, 'Going Away,' marks his reunion with longtime producer Willie Mitchell.
1998 American singer and guitarist Carl Wilson from The Beach Boys died aged 51 after a long battle with lung cancer, (Wilson was diagnosed with brain and lung cancer in early 1997). He sang lead vocal on 'God Only Knows', 'Good Vibrations,' and 'I Can Hear Music.' Wilson sang backing vocals on Elton John's 'Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me.'
1998 Austrian singer Falco (Johann Holzel) was killed in a road accident after his car collided with a bus. He scored the 1986 UK & US No.1 single 'Rock Me Amadeus' making him the first-ever Austrian act to score a UK and US No.1 hit single.
2001 Guitarist Don Felder was fired from The Eagles. He would later launch a $50 million law suit against drummer Don Henley and guitarist Glen Frey, alleging wrongful termination and breach of implied-in-fact contract. Henley and Frey then countersued Felder for breach of contract, alleging that Felder had written and attempted to sell the rights to a "tell-all" book. Both parties settled out-of-court for an undisclosed amount.
[quote}1960,27 year-old Jesse Belvin, who scored a 1956 hit with ‘Goodnight, My Love’, was killed in a car accident in Hope, Arkansas. His wife and the car's driver also died of their injuries. The three were trying to make a fast get-a-way from the first ever mixed race audience concert in the town of Little Rock, after threats had been made against Belvin's life. [/quote]
This is horrible. But Arkansas was like that in the 50's (separate drinking fountains in the State Capitol, separate restrooms and separate restaurants for that matter, separate concerts and separate night clubs.). It didn't end with the riots over Segregation. It took, and I hate to say it, is taking a lot longer than that. Unfortunately, it is STILL there a LOT more if it going on than you'd expect or hope for.
1959 the funeral of Buddy Holly took place at The Tabernacle Baptist Church in Lubbock.
1964 Pan Am flight 101 was greeted by over 5,000 Beatles fans as it arrived at New York's JFK airport, bringing The Beatles to the US for the first time and causing riotous scenes as they touched down.
1967 Robin, Maurice and Barry Gibb of The Bee Gees returned to the UK after living in Australia for nine years.
1969 John and Yoko were featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, on sale for 35 Cents, (2/6). John was named as Rolling Stone’s ‘Man Of The Year’.
1970 Led Zeppelin scored their first UK No.1 album with 'Led Zeppelin II'. Featuring the US single 'Whole Lotta Love', it went on to stay on the chart for 138 weeks selling over 6 million copies in the US.
1981 John Lennon was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Woman', an ode to his wife Yoko Ono. It was Lennon's third No.1 in seven weeks after his death on December 8, 1980.
Just bought a copy of this album at the last record show. A bit strange. Hubby had talked about it years ago but I had never really listened to any of it. Now I know why. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Koala
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1998
Love Rock Me Amadeus!!! Very sad.Quote:
Austrian singer Falco (Johann Holzel) was killed in a road accident after his car collided with a bus. He scored the 1986 UK & US No.1 single 'Rock Me Amadeus' making him the first-ever Austrian act to score a UK and US No.1 hit single.
And I would have been there but nobody would pick up a six year old hitchhiker. :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by Koala
1964 On their first full day in New York, The Beatles (minus George who had a sore throat), went for a photo-opportunity walk around Central Park. Extra police were called in to keep fans away. Later in the day The Ronettes interviewed the band for radio.
1975 Bob Dylan went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Blood On The Tracks' his second US No.1 album.
1983 winners at the second annual Brit Awards held in London included Paul McCartney who won Best British Male Solo Artist, Kim Wilde won Best British Female Solo Artist, Dire Straits won British Group, British Breakthrough Act went to Yazoo, International Act was Kid Creole & The Coconuts, Best Selling Single Dexy's Midnight Runners "Come On Eileen" and the Life Achievement Award went to Pete Townshend.
1994 Oasis were forced to cancel their first foreign tour after they were deported from Holland. The band were involved in a drunken brawl on a cross-channel ferry resulting in members of the band being arrested and locked in the brig on the ferry.
1998 winners at this years Brit Awards included Finley Quaye who won Best British Male Solo Artist, Best British Female Solo Artist went to Shola Ama, The Verve won British Group and Best British Album for ‘Urban Hymns’, British Dance Act went to The Prodigy, British Breakthrough Act was Stereophonics, Best Selling British Album Act was The Spice Girls, International Male, Jon Bon Jovi, International Female, Bjork, International Group, U2 and Outstanding Contribution went to Fleetwood Mac. During the show Chumbawamba singer Danbert Nobacon threw a plastic bucket full of cold water over UK Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott.
1964 The Beatles made their US live debut on CBS-TV's 'The Ed Sullivan Show'; they performed five songs including their current No.1 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' watched by an estimated 73 million people. The show had received over 50,000 applications for the 728 seats in the TV studio.
1967 the film for the latest Beatles single 'Penny Lane' and 'Strawberry Fields Forever' was shown on BBC-TV's Top Of The Pops. It was the first Beatles single not to make No.1 in the UK since 1963, held off the top by Engelbert Humperdinck's 'Release Me.'
1981 American singer Bill Haley was found dead, fully clothed on his bed at his home in Harlington, Texas from a heart attack, Haley had sold over 60 million records during his career. Scored the 1955 UK & US No.1 single 'Rock Around The Clock', and became known as the first Rock 'n' Roll star. Haley was blinded in his left eye as a child due to a botched operation and later adopted his distinctive spit-curl hairstyle to distract attention from his blind eye.
1982 George Harrison presented UNICEF with a cheque for $9 million (£5.3 million), ten years after the fundraising concert for Bangladesh.
2002 Billboard published the Top 5 selling albums in the world from 2001: Britney Spears’ 'Britney', $7m (£4.1m); Shaggy’s 'Hotshot', $7.2m £4.24m); Destiny’s Child’s 'Survivor', $7.8m (£4.6m); Linkin Park’s 'Hybrid', $8.5m (£5m) and Dido’s 'No Angel', $8.6m (£5.06m) sales.
2009 Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant took home five prizes for his collaboration with bluegrass singer Alison Krauss at this years Grammy Awards held in Los Angeles. The duo won album of the year for Raising Sand and record of the year for ‘Please Read The Letter.’ Coldplay, (who won song of the year for ‘Viva La Vida’) Adele, Duffy, Radiohead and Peter Gabriel were among other UK acts to be honoured. John Mayer won Best solo rock vocal performance for ‘Gravity’, Kings of Leon won Best rock performance by a group with ‘Sex on Fire’, Best rock song went to Bruce Springsteen for ‘Girls In Their Summer Clothes’ and Lil' Wayne won Best rap solo performance and Best rap album for Tha Carter III.
2009 Ringo Starr became the 2,401st person to be added to the Hollywood Walk Of Fame during a ceremony that marked the 50th anniversary of the attraction. The Beatles as a group were given a star in 1998.
This show is what inspired MANY to become musicians and to join/form bands. Almost everytime I read or hear an interview, they mention the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show.Quote:
Originally Posted by Koala
I remember my whole family watching that show! I would always sit crosslegged on the floor just a few feet from the TV (a year later at the age of seven I would be fitted with my first pair of eye glasses.) :wink: I remember my older brother saying, "Look at Cathy's head." and hearing laughter from my family behind me. I turned around to see what they were laughing about and saw my brother mimicking me bouncing my head back and forth to the music. Hey, I had the beat! :hilarious:
Them Be-At-Els was a purty good band. They put on a really good shoeeeee.
I didn't get to watch that show that night. It was Sunday and that meant Training Union and Church (and choir practice). Our choir director was a HUGE Beatles fan. All he could talk about was wishing that he had some way to watch that show. No such thing as home video equipment of any kind back then.
I was so pissed off! I was 15 at the time but that didn't make any difference. It was Church Night and those boys brought De Debils music to our country and shouldn't have been allowed over here! It was one of the events that convinced me that I had to get out on my own or else go completely crazy. I guess a lot of 15 year olds feel that way.
:lol: Love your stories, Pm and Mike! Too funny!
I remember watching the Beatles on ES, too. Loved it and I was only 8!
Yep - I watched it. And Brooke - since we are twins at birth, I must have been 8 as well! :lie:
Thanks for sharing your stories, guys. Sounds like it was a really epic event (even if you missed it).
And one of the guys there - our very own Joe Walsh!Quote:
2009 Ringo Starr became the 2,401st person to be added to the Hollywood Walk Of Fame during a ceremony that marked the 50th anniversary of the attraction.
1958 Frank Sinatra started a five week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Come Fly With Me.'
1962 Henry Mancini went to No.1 on the US album chart with the soundtrack to 'Breakfast At Tiffany's.'
1967 The Beatles recorded the orchestral build-up for the middle and end of ‘A Day in the Life’. At the Beatles' request, the orchestra members arrived in full evening dress along with novelty items. One violinist wore a red clown's nose, while another a fake gorilla's paw on his bow hand. Others were wearing funny hats and other assorted novelties. The recording was filmed for a possible ‘Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band’ television special which was ultimately abandoned. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Mike Nesmith from The Monkees and Donovan also attended the session.
1968 The Four Tops 'Greatest Hits' was at No.1 on the UK album chart, the first No.1 album for the Tamla Motown label.
1973 Elton John had his first UK No.1 album when 'Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player' started a six-week run at the top of the charts.
1976 Dream On," from Aerosmith's debut album, is re-released as a single and reaches #6.
1993 on a special edition of the Oprah Winfrey show, Michael Jackson gave his first TV interview for 14 years, live from his Neverland Valley Ranch.
1997 Brian Connolly singer with the 1970's Glam rock group Sweet died of kidney and liver failure aged 47. Connolly replaced Ian Gillan (later of Deep Purple and Black Sabbath) in Wainwright's Gentlemen who became Sweetshop and then shortened to Sweet.
2005 Prince topped Rolling Stone magazine’s annual list of the year’s biggest money earners after his 2004 tour grossed over $90 million (£53 million). Madonna came in second place after earning $54.9 million (£34.3 million) and Metallica came third with $43 million (£25.3 million).
1956 Julia, John Lennon's mother, bought him his first guitar through a mail order ad. His incessant playing prompts John's Aunt Mimi to say, "The guitar's all very well as a hobby, John, but you'll never make a living out of it." John forms his first group, the Quarrymen.
1964 The Beatles made their live concert debut in the US at the Washington Coliseum. Over 350 police surrounded the stage to keep the 8,000 plus screaming fans in control. One police officer who found the noise so loud, stuck a bullet in each ear as ear plugs. The Beatles had to stop three times and turn Ringo's drum kit around and re-position their microphones so that they faced a different part of the audience. The set list: ‘Roll Over Beethoven’, ‘From Me to You’, ‘I Saw Her Standing There’, ‘This Boy’, ‘All My Loving’, ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’, ‘Please Please Me’, ‘Till There Was You’, ‘She Loves You’, ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’, ‘Twist and Shout’, and ‘Long Tall Sally’.
1969 The Monkees set a new record when their second album, 'More Of The Monkees' jumped from No.122 to the top of the US chart. The album then stayed in pole position for eighteen weeks.
1972 America hits #1 with "A Horse With No Name".
1975 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers form from the seeds of the disbanded Mudcrutch. The lineup: Tom Petty (vocals, guitar), Mike Campbell (guitar), Benmont Tench (keyboards), Ron Blair (bass), Stan Lynch (drums).
1984Genesis hits #6 in the US with "That's All!"
1998 The hand-written lyrics to ‘Candle in the Wind’ by Bernie Taupin were auctioned off at Christie's in LA for £278,512.
1956 Dean Martin was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Memories Are Made Of This'. The American actor, comedian, singer and TV hosts biggest hit. Also covered by The Everly Brothers, Johnny Cash, Frank Sinatra and The Driffters.
1966 Pink Floyd performs at a series of Sunday afternoon multimedia happenings at London's Marquee Club, dubbed the "Spontaneous Underground."
1970 John Lennon performed 'Instant Karma', on BBC TV's 'Top Of The Pops', becoming the first Beatle to have appeared on the show since 1966.
1977 Barbra Streisand started a six-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'A Star Is Born.'
1995 Van Halen, scored their first US No.1 album with ‘Balance.’
1974 Genesis hits #70 in the US with 'Selling England By the Pound'.
1961 Frank Sinatra launched his own record label. Reprise Records, later the home of Neil Young, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, Randy Newman and The Beach Boys.
1967 The Beatles released the double A sided single 'Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane' on Capitol Records in the US. The single spent 10 weeks on the chart peaking at No.1.
1973 After becoming ill during a concert in Las Vegas Elvis Presley presented Doctor Sidney Bowers with a Lincoln Continental to show his appreciation for all his work.
1976 Genesis released their first album since the departure of Peter Gabriel, 'A Trick Of The Tail' featuring eight new tracks with drummer Phill Collins taking on the role of lead vocalist.
1977 Julie Covington was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Don't Cry For Me Argentina', taken from the Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd-Webber musical Evita. Covington had been in the 1977 UK TV series based on an all female group called Rock Follies. Madonna had a hit with her version of the song in 1996.
1989 This year’s Brit Awards was hosted by Sam Fox and Mick Fleetwood in which just about everything went wrong - lines were fluffed and bands mis-cued onto the stage. Winners included Phil Collins who won British Male Solo Artist, British Female Solo Artist was Annie Lennox, Erasure won Best British Group, Best British Album went to Fairground Attraction for ‘First Of A Million Kisses’, British Breakthrough Act was Bros, Michael Jackson won International Male, International Female went to Tracey Chapman and U2 won Best International Group. This was the last year the show was broadcast live.
1996 Take That split up, the biggest band of the 90s announced their demise in front of the world's press at The Hilton in Manchester, the band had achieved 7 No.1 singles & 2 No.1 albums. They released one more single and a Greatest Hits album.
2004 Led Zeppelin were awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Grammys. Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham all attended. Robert Plant did not, since he was working on a new album and tour.
The Biz was sure different "back then" wasn't it? I'm talking about the releasing of music. First comes the 45's with a lot of to-do made over the "sides" content. Usually there was one really good song on side "A" and a mediocre one on Side "B".
Now THAT might make for a good research project....which Single releases produced a bigger hit from the "B" side than the "A" side? Or did any?
Then came the album which would seem like a 'Greatest Hits" by todays standard (at least with the Beatles since just about everything they released went to #1). And the release of a Greatest Hits was something like a "best of the Best" and usually signaled the demise of another Rock Group.
That's probably not at all true, but that is the way it seemed to me.
Hmmm - that is an interesting thought, Mike. Wonder if there were any? I can't think of any off the top of my head, but that ain't saying much. :grin:Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeA
Just did a quick Google and found in Wikipedia
On a few occasions, the B-side became the more popular song. This was usually because a DJ preferred the B-side to its A-side and played it instead. Examples include "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor (originally the B-side of "Substitute"), "I'll Be Around" by The Spinners (originally the B-side of "How Could I Let You Get Away"), "Maggie May" by Rod Stewart (originally the B-side of "Reason To Believe"), "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" by Beyoncé (originally the B-side of "If I Were a Boy"), and Reddish -Diva Version- by D'espairsRay (B-side of their single "Gemini"). More rarely, both sides of the single would become hits, such as Queen's "We Are the Champions" and "We Will Rock You".
The entire entry in Wikipedia is an interesting read
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-side_and_B-side
1959 Cliff Richard was voted the best new singer in the annual NME awards.
1961 The Beatles perform at the Cassanova Club, Liverpool, and at Litherland Town Hall, Liverpool where they play a special Valentine's Day show. Paul McCartney sang Elvis Presley's "Wooden Heart", wearing wooden heart pinned to his coat, covered with satin and embroidered with the names "John", "Paul", "George", and "Pete". The heart was raffled off, and the winner also won a kiss from Paul.
1972 John Lennon and Yoko Ono started a week long run as co-hosts on 'Mike Douglas' US TV show.
1978 Dire Straits began recording their first album at Basing Street Studios, London. The whole project cost £12,500 ($21,250) to produce.
1986 Frank Zappa appeared on an episode of the television series Miami Vice. Zappa portrayed a crime boss named 'Mr. Frankie.'
1987 Bon Jovi started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Livin' On A Prayer', the group's second US No.1, a No.4 hit in the UK.
1990 The Rolling Stones played the first of ten nights at the Korakuen
Dome, Tokyo, Japan. The shows were seen by over 500,000 fans, making the band $20 million (£11.76 million).
1998 Celine Dion's 'My Heart Will Go On' set a new recorded for the most radio plays in the US with 116 million plays in one week.
2002 Mick Tucker, drummer with glam rock band Sweet died of leukaemia. Had the 1973 UK No.1 single 'Blockbuster', plus 14 other UK Top 40 singles.
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Originally Posted by Koala
Very, very sad. His and Brian's dates of death are only 5 days apart. He was nicknamed the man with the golden arm for a reason. What a talent.
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1. What a waste of money!!! :wink: :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Koala
2. I honestly didn't know FZ was in Miami Vice. I will now tell hubby that he & Glenn had something in common.
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1964 The Beatles scored their first US No.1 album with 'Meet The Beatles!' The album stayed at No.1 for eleven weeks.
1965 American singer and pianist Nat King Cole died of lung cancer. First hit was the 1943 'Straighten Up and Fly Right', had the 1955 US No.2 single 'A Blossom Fell' and 1957 UK No.2 single 'When I Fall In Love' plus over 20 other US & UK Top 40 singles. Father of singer Natalie Cole. In 1956 he became the first black American to host a television variety show.
1969 The hotly anticipated, self-titled debut album by Led Zeppelin enters the album charts, ultimately reaching #10.
1972 With the expiration of John Lennon's U.S. non-immigrant visa, deportation proceedings begin. Lennon will wage a four-year battle with the federal government to remain in the U.S.
1975 Linda Ronstadt went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'You're No Good', the singers only solo chart topper out of 12 other top 40 hits. Also today Ronstadt went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Heart Like A Wheel.'