Too funny!
He had a few hits here, but I sure didn't know he was that popular!
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Too funny!
He had a few hits here, but I sure didn't know he was that popular!
1966....the year I graduated from High School. I can remember this happening as clearly as if it were "Yesterday". The Preacher at the Baptist Church I attended preached an entire sermon on this proclaiming all Rock And Roll Music was destroying the morales of the youth of the world. He even admitted to the congregation that unfortunately, what John Lennon said was probably correct! This was really ironic because the Director of the choir thought Norwegian Wood was the greatest song that had ever been written!Quote:
1966 John Lennon's statement that The Beatles were 'more popular than Jesus Christ'
Our Preacher was dead set against Sex too because it often led to Dancing!
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Lol Mike! Did he have any children? :laugh:
Yes. They were his punishment. Thank God he didn't dance. I'd hate to think what that punishment would have been!Quote:
Originally Posted by Brooke
1955 Elvis Presley made his TV debut when he appeared on the weekend show 'Louisiana Hayride' on KWKH TV, broadcast from Shreveport Auditorium in Shreveport, Louisiana.
1963 Country singer Patsy Cline was killed in a plane crash at Dyersburg, Virginia, along with The Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins. They were traveling to Nashville to appear at a benefit concert for DJ 'Cactus' Jack Call, who'd died in a car crash. Cline was the first country singer to cross over as a pop artist. Two days later Country singer, Jack Anglin was killed in a car crash on his way to Cline's funeral.
1971 Led Zeppelin started a 12-date 'thank you' tour for British fans appearing at the clubs from their early days and charging the admission price from 1968. The first show was at The Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
1982 actor and singer John Belushi died from an overdose of cocaine and heroin. Belushi was one of the original cast members on US TV's Saturday Night Live, played Joliet 'Jake' Blues in The Blues Brothers and also appeared in the film Animal House. His tombstone reads "I may be gone, but rock n roll lives on."
1983 Michael Jackson started a seven week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Billie Jean', his fourth solo US No.1, also No.1 in the UK. And on this day Jacksons album 'Thriller' went to No.1 for the first time on the UK album chart, it went on to become the biggest selling album of all time with sales over 50 million.
1946 David Gilmour is born.
1965 'The Rolling Stones Number 2' album went back to No.1 on the UK charts for six weeks.
1965 The Temptations went to No.1 on the US singles chart with the Smokey Robinson penned song 'My Girl', making the group the first male act to have a No.1 for Motown, The single only reached No.43 in the UK but made No.2 when re-issued.
1967 The Beatles recorded sound effects onto the song ‘Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band’ at Abbey Road studios in London. The beginning audience murmurs and sounds of a band preparing for a performance are added, along with screams from a tape of the Beatles in concert at the Hollywood Bowl.
1971 Mungo Jerry were at No.1 on the UK singles chat with 'Baby Jump', the group's second and final No.1.
1972 Pink Floyd played the first night on a 7-date tour of Japan at the Tokyo-To Taiikukan, in Tokyo, Japan.
1973 Slade scored their fourth UK No.1 single with 'Cum On Feel The Noize', the first single to enter the charts at No.1 since The Beatles 'Get Back' in 1969. Elton John had the No.1 album with 'Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player'.
2000 Eric Clapton is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the fifteenth annual induction dinner. Robbie Robertson is his presenter.
2004 David Crosby was arrested and charged with criminal possession of a weapon and marijuana after leaving his bag in a New York hotel. The luggage was found by a hotel employee looking for identification, finding instead a handgun and marijuana. The employee called authorities, and Crosby, discovering the missing luggage himself, telephoned to say he would return for it. He was met by New York police, who arrested him.
"Innovative" would be an understatement! Their initial success I think gave them the Fame and Ego to try whatever they wanted without really having to worry about skid row if it didn't work out. For the most part, everything they did "worked out!"Quote:
1967 The Beatles recorded sound effects onto the song ‘Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band’ at Abbey Road studios in London. The beginning audience murmurs and sounds of a band preparing for a performance are added, along with screams from a tape of the Beatles in concert at the Hollywood Bowl.
1962 The Beatles make their radio debut performing three songs, including Roy Orbison's "Dream Baby," on the BBC.
1965 During a Rolling Stones gig at The Palace Theatre in Manchester, England a female fan fell from the circle while the group were playing. The crowd below broke her fall and the girl escaped serious injury just breaking a few teeth.
1970 Simon and Garfunkels album 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' started a ten week run at No.1 on the US chart. The duo had split-up by the time of release.
1976 Elton John was immortalised in wax at Madame Tussauds in London. The first rock star to be so since The Beatles.
1987 The first five Beatles albums, Please Please Me, With the Beatles, A Hard Day's Night, Beatles for Sale and Help! were released on Compact disc. Capitol Records decided to release the original UK mixes of the Beatles albums, which means that the first four CDs are released in mono. This marks the first time that many of these mono mixes were available in the US.
1987 Peter Gabriel hits #8 in the US with "Big Time".
1988 New Kids on the Block's (five Boston teens put together by Maurice Star)" Please Don't Go Girl" is added to radio play lists and starts the ball rolling for one of the biggest boy bands of the 80s.
This may be the wrong place to mention this. But does anyone else remember when, back in the 60's when you could buy a vinyl album but usually had the choice of buying a Stereo or Mono version of the vinyl?Quote:
1987 The first five Beatles albums, Please Please Me, With the Beatles, A Hard Day's Night, Beatles for Sale and Help! were released on Compact disc. Capitol Records decided to release the original UK mixes of the Beatles albums, which means that the first four CDs are released in mono. This marks the first time that many of these mono mixes were available in the US.
My memory may be playing tricks on me. I was in one of those "Record Clubs" where you got 100 albums free by agreeing to buy 12 albums at the "regular club price" (yeah I know, I was a sucker). But the ones they offered as freebies were either out of stock or were old releases or by bands you'd never heard of. But by being patient, I did eventually get 100 albums that I was not ashamed to have stacked along the walls.
Yeah, I remember too Mike.....I was also a member of one of "those" record clubs! :brickwall:
Eventually, the "membership" paid off but it was frustrating when I'd make out lists of albums I wanted to receive and find that about half of them were "out of stock". I'll bet that I selected 300 different albums before I finally got 100 that they actually had. It was Columbia Record Club I think. Seems like the normal price was around $11 or $12 plus shipping. Considerably more expensive for those 12 records than if I'd gone to one of the record shops or discount houses and bought them.
But I did get a lot of "folk music" and "blues". Those were not popular categories back in the 60's and early 70's so I could fill in the 100 freebies with those.
Well - Kudos to you for sticking with it, Mike and getting all of your albums. I was going to join one of those clubs one time, but I was lucky because a friend of mine "shared" his experiences with me before I signed up.
1947 Randy Meisner was born.
1973 Paul McCartney was fined £100 ($170) for growing cannabis at his farm in Campbeltown, Scotland. McCartney claimed some fans gave the seeds to him and that he didn’t know what they would grow.
1974 Bad Company kicked off their first UK tour at Newcastle City Hall. The band was made up by ex members from Free, (Paul Rodgers & Simon Kirke), Mott The Hoople, (Mick Ralphs), and King Crimson, (Boz Burrell).
1986 Diana Ross was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with the 'Chain Reaction.' Written and produced by the Bee Gees, (who also provided the backing vocals for the single). The single became her first No.1 single in the UK since 'I'm Still Waiting' in 1971.
1986 Whitney Houston went to No.1 on the US album chart with her self-titled album. It spent a total of 14 weeks at the No.1 position.
2008 China was set to impose stricter rules on foreign pop stars after Bjork caused controversy by shouting "Tibet, Tibet" at a Shanghai concert after a powerful performance of her song Declare Independence. Talk of Tibetan independence was considered taboo in China, which had ruled the territory since 1951. A spokesperson from the culture ministry said Bjork would be banned from performing in China if there was a repeat performance.
2009 A blue plaque in honour of The Who drummer Keith Moon was unveiled on the site of the Marquee Club in Soho, London, where in 1964 the band played the first of 29 gigs there. Fans on scooters turned up to pay tribute to Moon, who was 32 when he died of an accidental overdose in 1978. The blue plaque, which means the site is of historic importance, was awarded by the Heritage Foundation.
I believe Sir Paul's story. :hilarious:Quote:
1973 Paul McCartney was fined £100 ($170) for growing cannabis at his farm in Campbeltown, Scotland. McCartney claimed some fans gave the seeds to him and that he didn’t know what they would grow.
Me too Mike. Sounds logical. :wink:
Yeah...right Paul. :eyebrow:
I'm betting he thought it was Daisies or maybe....Poppies <LOL>
1964 The Beatles filmed the last day of train scenes for the movie A Hard Days Night. During their six days of filming aboard a moving train, The Beatles traveled a total of 2,500 miles on the rails.
1968 Bob Dylan started a ten-week run at No.1 on the UK chart with his ninth album 'John Wesley Harding'. A US No.2 in the same year.
1975 actor Telly Savalas was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with his version of the David Gates (from Bread) song 'If'. Savalas was currently high in the TV ratings playing the policeman Kojak.
1981 Robert Plant played a secret gig at Keele University, England with his new band The Honey Drippers.
1991 Chris Rea scored his second UK No.1 album with 'Auberge' the follow up to 'The Road To Hell', his 11th LP release.
1992 the Elvis Presley postage stamp is released.
1996 Take That scored their eighth and last UK No.1 single (until re-forming in 2006) with their version of The Bee Gees 1977 song 'How Deep Is Your Love', (originally intended for US singer Yvonne Elliman), and used as part of the soundtrack to the film Saturday Night Fever.
2004 Tom Jones was banned from wearing tight leather pants by his own son and manager Mark Jones. His son said it was time to “dress his age” as he was in danger of becoming a laughing stock at 63.
Sounds a bit like Eric Clapton about an octave lower. It was the video that got me. Reminded me so much of so many of the bike rides friends of mine and I used to take almost every weekend. Good Times.
That is hilarious! :rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by Koala
1960 UK trade paper Record Retailer published the UK's first ever EP (extended player) chart and LP chart. No. 1 EP was 'Expresso Bongo' by Cliff Richard & The Shadows and No.1 LP 'The Explosive Freddy Cannon.'
1973 the Pink Floyd album 'Dark Side Of The Moon' was released in America, it spent over 740 weeks on the chart over a 14-year period.
1977 at 7am in the morning on a trestle table set up out-side Buckingham Palace, London, The Sex Pistols signed to A&M Records. The contract lasted for six days.
1979 Gloria Gaynor started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I Will Survive', also a No.1 in the UK. The song was originally released as the B-side to a song first recorded by The Righteous Brothers called 'Substitute.'
1988 younger brother of The Bee Gees Andy Gibb died in hospital. His death from myocarditis (inflammation of the heart) followed a long battle with cocaine addiction, which had weakened his heart.
1998 His Pilgrim album yields the introspective hit "My Father's Eyes," which wins Eric Clapton a Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.
2000 The Daily Mail published pictures of Paul McCartney dancing with a cowgirl on the bar of a New York club. McCartney sang along to 'Whole Lotta Shakin' through a megaphone and mimicked a strip tease in front of 100 onlookers.
Ahhh he was one of my pin ups. :drool: I even joined his fan club. Was sad the way he died.Quote:
1988 younger brother of The Bee Gees Andy Gibb died in hospital. His death from myocarditis (inflammation of the heart) followed a long battle with cocaine addiction, which had weakened his heart.
Clapton's "Pilgram" is one of his better releases. Actually, I like most all of the albums and CDs that Eric has released. The guy can really play and his vocals are better than he gave himself credit for back when he was with Cream and the Blues Breakers. He and Walsh were very alike in that respect when they were kids.
1965 The Beatles release "Yes It Is".
1965 Tom Jones was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'It's Not Unusual.' The Welsh singers first of 16 UK Top 40 hits during the 60's.
1968 The Otis Redding single 'Dock Of The Bay', went gold in the US three months after the singer was killed in a plane crash.
1970 'Deja Vu', by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young is released. It contains underground favorites like Stills' "Carry On," Young's "Helpless" and Crosby's "Almost Cut My Hair," while launching three Top Forty singles: "Woodstock" (#11), "Teach Your Children" (#16) and "Our House" (#30).
1971 Jim Morrison of The Doors arrived in Paris booking into The Hotel George's, the following week he moved into an apartment at 17 Rue Beautreillis in Paris. Morrison lived in Paris until his death on July 3rd 1971.
1972 Neil Young went to No.1 on the US & UK album chart with 'Harvest.' The album featured the hit single 'Heart Of Gold.'
1978 Meat Loaf's 'Bat Out Of Hell', album began a 416-week run on the UK chart, going on to sell over 2 million copies.
1978 Van Halen's self-titled debut album enters the charts.
1989 Australian actor turned singer Jason Donovan scored his first UK No.1 single with 'Too Many Broken Hearts.' Written and produced by Stock, Aitken and Waterman.
2005 the front door of Ozzy Osbourne's childhood home in Birmingham went up for sale because the current owner was fed up with fans defacing it. Ali Mubarrat, who now owned the house in Lodge Road, Aston, said over the years it had become a pilgrimage destination. He was now auctioning the door on eBay and giving the money to charity.
2008 Madonna was inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at a star-studded ceremony in New York City, she received her honour at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel from singer Justin Timberlake. The 49-year-old thanked her detractors in an acceptance speech, including those who "said I couldn't sing, that I was a one hit wonder". Rock star John Mellencamp, Leonard Cohen, The Ventures and The Dave Clark Five were also among the inductees.
1963 The Beatles played at the Granada Cinema in Bedford. Also on the bill, Chris Montez and Tommy Roe. John Lennon, suffering from a heavy cold, was unable to perform, so The Beatles set was rearranged so that George and Paul could sing the parts that John usually sang.
1966 The Mamas and the Papas' debut single, "California Dreamin'," reaches #4. Over time, it becomes the Mamas and the Papas' signature song.
1969 Paul McCartney married Linda Eastman at Marylebone Register Office. They then held a reception lunch at The Ritz Hotel, Paul then went to Abbey Road studios in the evening to work. George Harrison and his wife Patti were arrested on the same day and charged with possession of 120 joints of marijuana.
1983 U2 scored their first UK No.1 album with 'War', which went on to spend a total of 147 weeks on the chart. The album featured the singles 'New Years Day' and 'Two Hearts Beat As One'.
1983 Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler had her only UK No.1 single with a song written by Meatloaf's producer, Jim Steinman, 'Total Eclipse Of The Heart'. Also No.1 in the US, (the only Welsh artist to score a US No.1), Canada and Australia, the single sold over 5 million copies.
2006 former Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour went to No.1 on the UK album chart with his third solo album 'On An Island.'
2009 Hundreds of fans queued at the O2 arena in London as Michael Jackson tickets went on sale to the public. The 50-year-old pop veteran had confirmed he would be playing a 50-date residency at the venue, beginning on 8 July 2009. Some 360,000 pre-sale tickets had already sold. Organisers said the This Is It tour had become the fastest-selling in history, with 33 seats sold each minute. Prices ranged from £170 to £10,000, but tickets bought directly from the singer's website cost up to £75. Jackson had said this would be the last time he would perform in the UK.
In 1967, I had dropped out of college and volunteered for the Army. Why not! Draft (conscription) was inevitable and bypassing the Draft and enlisting would give a volunteer a small chance of getting into training that they preferred to be involved in rather than the 99% surety of becoming cannon-fodder.
I didn't pass the physical (spontaneous pneumothorax...or collapsed lung) the year before disqualified me from military duty.
I was unprepared for that and with no training and no education other than high school, I had to take a job at a furniture factory (Curtis Mathis who made cabinets for Television Sets). I worked a swing shift from 4pm to midnight and it was a very boring vocation! Repetitious. LOUD. I was on a radial arm saw cutting little pieces of triangular shaped wood used to reinforce corners inside the cabinets.
At that time, all I could think of was getting to California! My dream was to buy a Harley Davidson bike and just take off. I sang "California Dreaming" incessantly for months while working in that factory.
I got so lax in attention that one night, I lopped off the tips of two fingers on my left hand! And, I was singing "California Dreaming" when it happened <LOL>
Yikes, Mike! I bet that woke you up!
You Bet Brooke! I did eventually make it to California in the mid 70's on a short business trip. San Francisco. But didn't even make it to Haight Ashbury. I did traverse the Golden Gate and did also take a heli-cab across the Bay and saw San Quinten fairly close up. That's one UGLY place too!
Not exactly the circumstances I had envisioned back in 1967 though.
Wow, Mike! You've lived a very interesting life, even if it didn't turn out the way you originally intended.
Sorry about those fingertips though! OOOOUUUUUCCCCH!
I shouldn't make fun Mike, but...does that make guitar playing any easier do you think, your fingers being a bit 'flattened?" :ack:Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeA
It sort of "tapered" my left index finger and my middle finger. The skin grafted both fingers and more or less rebuilt them. I haven't even lost the feeling in the ends nor did I permanently lose the fingernails. I was very lucky!
1965 Eric Clapton quit The Yardbirds due to musical differences with the other band members. Clapton wanted to continue in a blues type vein, while the rest of the band preferred the more commercial style of their first hit, ‘For Your Love’.
1976 Genesis hits #3 in the UK with 'A Trick of the Tail'.
1976 'Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975,' a best-of drawn from the Eagles' first four albums, enters the album chart. One-third of a century later it will be pronounced the best-selling album in history.
1985 Bob Geldof and Midge Ure received the best selling a side award at the 30th Ivor Novello Awards for 'Do They Know It's Christmas.'
1987 Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1993 Eric Clapton started a three-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Unplugged.'
2006 The Sex Pistols refused to attend their own induction into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in New York City. Blondie, Herb Alpert and Black Sabbath were all inducted but the Pistols posted a handwritten note on their website, calling the institution "urine in wine", adding "We're not your monkeys, we're not coming. You're not paying attention".
2007 Coffee house Starbucks announced the launch of its own music label, saying it would sign both established and new artists. The chain, which had 13,000 stores worldwide, had already released albums under its Hear Music brand, licensing songs from other companies. Starbucks bosses said the label would now become more independent and that music fitted with the firm's identity.
1971 "Me and Bobby McGee," Janis Joplin's only Top Forty hit, reaches #1. It tops Billboard's pop singles chart for two weeks.
1973 Elton John was at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Crocodile Rock'.
1981 Eric Clapton was hospitalised with bleeding ulcers causing a US tour to be cancelled. He was back in hospital five weeks later after being involved in a car crash.
1982 Metallica made their live debut when they appeared at Radio City in Anaheim, California.
1983 Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora and Alec John Such formed Bon Jovi.
2005 Michael Jackson was blasted by British Army veterans for wearing military badges while on trail for child abuse. The singer had appeared in court on most days with either an Army motif on his breast pocket or a cap badge tied around his neck.
2006 U2 topped Rolling Stone magazine’s annual list of the year’s biggest money earners from 2005 with $154.2m. (£78m), The Rolling Stones were listed second with $92.5m (£47m) and The Eagles third with 63.2m. (£32.m). Paul McCartney was in fourth place with $56m (£28m) and Elton John in fifth with $48.9m. (£24.8m).
1964 The Rolling Stones kicked off a 58-date UK tour at the Invicta Ballroom in Chatham, Kent. Half the dates saw the Stones playing two shows in one evening.
1967 The first session recording George Harrison's new song ‘Within You Without You’ took place at Abbey Road studios, London. George was the only Beatle to perform on this song, which was still called 'Untitled'. Harrison played the swordmandel and tamboura, Natver Soni played tabla, Amrat Gajjar played dilruba, PD Joshi played swordmandel, and an undocumented musician played a droning tamboura.
1969 Cream started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK chart with their album 'Goodbye.'
1975 Led Zeppelin went to No.1 on the UK chart with the double album 'Physical Graffiti', the first on their own 'Swan Song' label, the album spent six weeks at No.1 on the US chart.
1980 Peter Gabriel hits #4 in the UK with "Games Without Frontiers".
1998 Madonna scored her sixth UK No.1 album with 'Ray Of Light', no other female artist had achieved more than three UK No.1 albums.
1999 Paul McCartney is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
1999 Bruce Springsteen is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
1999 Billy Joel is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
2000 Mick Jagger was ordered to increase his child support payments to Brazilian model Luciana Morad from $5,500 (£3,235) a month to $10,000 (£5,888). Mick was asked to confirm that he was the father of her child by the court, while Ms Morad was seeking a $10 million (£3.8 million) settlement. Morad told the court her monthly expenses: $3,500 (£2,065) for a nanny; $2,500–3,000 (£1,670–1,765) for food and $3,350 (£1,970) to rent her place on New York’s Upper West Side.
Brazilian Model huh....I'm afraid I'd have had to tell her to come on and move in and I'd buy the Happy Meals for her and the kid!Quote:
Mick was asked to confirm that he was the father of her child by the court, while Ms Morad was seeking a $10 million
As it's Hall of Fame day here are a couple of shots from last night's ceremony; they include a couple of heroes of mine.
Neil Diamond & Alice Cooper:
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Neil with Paul Simon who inducted him:
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Neil with Robbie Robertson. Bruce Springsteen is in the background. Is his attendance at the RRHOF compulsory, or something?
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Inductees Neil, Darlene Love & Alice performing with Sir Elton. Sir Elton inducted Leon Russell & Neil Young inducted Tom Waits.
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Seems very strange to see Alice Cooper in a Tux........even if it is a blood splattered one! :rofl:
1963 The Beach Boys reach #3 with "Surfin' USA".
1968 Otis Redding has his only Number One hit, "Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay," after his death December 10, 1967 in a plane crash.
1972 John Lennon lodged an appeal with the US immigration office in New York, after he was served with deportation orders arising from his 1968 cannabis possession conviction.
1980 Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) (Pink Floyd) was a hit.
1989 MTV announces it is giving away Jon Bon Jovi's childhood home in Sayreville, New Jersey, on the network's "MTV's Giving Away Bon Jovi's house" contest. The network receives 3 million phone calls and blows out phone lines in Newark, NJ and Chicago.
1996, The Ramones performed what they claimed would be their last ever date in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2010, Abba were inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, along with Genesis and The Hollies. Abba's Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad accepted their trophies, in New York.
Ohhhhh...Robbie!!!! Lou---did you see this?Quote:
Originally Posted by Freypower