Today in Rock n' Roll History

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Originally Posted by MikeA

Agreed: "Hotel California" is right up there with "Bitter Creek"! (ducking and running)~!

Seriously, Hotel California, while it didn't "change my life" it did convince me that Eagles were making a full commitment to Rock n Roll...well, that song and the fact that Joe Freakin' Walsh had joined them! I knew they'd never be the same with HIM in the mix!

I'm NOT saying that the HC guitar solo was NOT the greatest guitar solo ever. But I would have a very hard time judging it from a technical as well as emotional level as being the absolute greatest ever.

You'd have to consider seriously the solos in "Stairway To Heaven", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Funk #49", Clapton's solo in "Crossroads" or "Layla" or any number of others. There's some really good work by Felder and Joe in "Life In The Fast Lane" too.

But when I think of guitar solos, I naturally think first of "Hotel California", "Stairway to Heaven" and Harrison and Clapton in "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." All three are monumental.

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There are a lot of "great" guitar solos Mike and a lot that I like. But I've never heard a guitar solo make as much of a statement or be on the same level as the Hotel California solo. There just isn't anything like it. It's truly an amazing solo. It's what changed my life. It really did - no exaggeration. It made me want to play guitar and that's when I learned. I wasn't sad anymore. I had something to do and it got me out of my shell for once.

I'm not saying the others you mentioned are bad, quite the contrary, but I wouldn't put them in the same league as Hotel California's solo though either. All of those you mentioned are great solos. But I can't say they are on the same level or better than Hotel California.

It just boils down to the fact that the Hotel California solo is SO widely known and has inspired many guitarists to play (myself included). Not saying the others didn't, because I'm sure they did. But I find it rather easy to say the solo in "Hotel" is in a league of it's own and the best guitar solo. I've heard 'em all pretty much as far as music from that time and it's just the one with most passion, feeling, energy, and wicked licks. I'm gettting goosebumps just talking about it. I play that song once daily. I love it. I never get tired of it and it is never overplayed IMO. It's legendary I think.

The whole Hotel California album is a masterpiece. It is their best and biggest known album and song IMO. It was magic. Getting new blood in there and just totally rockin' it up. It made a big difference. That's why it did so well. There is not one song on that album I do not like. It's the one everyone associates with the Eagles without even thinking about it. I wouldn't be as big of an Eagles fan today if that album had not been made or if Joe Walsh never joined the band. We've talked about this in the other thread but I'm a rock/blues purist - that's my kind of stuff. I've never been a big Country fan at all. I can tolerate it/somewhat like it with Rock/Blues mixed in but straightforward Country music is a like a screechy chalkboard to me. It's just what I like. That's what I grew up on. My mom is a huge 80s rock/hair metal fan and my dad is more like me, a huge late 70s classic rock fan. I find modern music appalling and I find Country music to be boring.

One great thing about the Eagles is they have "flirted" with many different kinds of music and there is an album or song for EVERYBODY regardless of musical preferences. They've done rhythm and blues, soul, classic rock, country, country rock, blues rock, etc. They've pretty much had songs within all of those genres. I just prefer Hotel California. But I've never said and never will say that any of their early albums are bad. Because they aren't. I just prefer Hotel California, The Long Run, On The Border, and One Of These Nights.

Yes, I grant that. Eagles have flirted with a lot of genres over the years. It is a bit surprising that a Reggae-Latino riff would have become the Eagles Signature song.

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Glenn Frey described the origins of the song:
The song began as a demo tape, an instrumental by Don Felder. He’d been submitting tapes and song ideas to us since he’d joined the band, always instrumentals, since he didn’t sing. But this particular demo, unlike many of the others, had room for singing. It immediately got our attention. The first working title, the name we gave it, was ‘Mexican Reggae'.

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I'd really have thought that it would have been something more like 'Lyin Eyes' in the Country spectrum or "Life In The Fast Lane" in the Rock genre. Have you ever tried to dance to HC? Not exactly a disco tune <LOL>

Still, I do agree that what Felder and Walsh did with the solo parts in HC was inspired....playing in different voiceings and still maintaining the general feel of the mood they were trying so successfully to convey. They did indeed "feed" off of each other and concert-goers did really get off on the interaction between Walsh and Felder...they pretty much stole the stage in that song. People in fact do sometimes tend to forget the classic vocals of Henley. They (or he anyway) took a lot of liberties with the English Language in that song <LOL>. But it accomplished what both he and Frey intended...an inside glimpse or at least a personal perspective of the potential trap that the entire LA scene was back in the Seventies. Genius.

"Stairway" was a work of art too. Page took that number from quiet dreaminess to all out assault on the senses! And he did it in such a way as to make the entire metamorphosis seem NATURAL (with a little help from Plant.) Then he brings it back down to the quiet serene part at the end that puts you back into the frame of mind of contemplating the statement made by the song. That was genius!

And Harrison with "Weeps"....like just about everything else done by the Beatles, it was unique in concept. According to Harrison, he determined that he'd write a song based upon the first words he saw in a random book from a random page. He opened the book, and the first thing he saw was "Gently Weeps". But instead of writing about a person, he wrote of himself with his companion guitar implying that no matter how bad things got on the world scene, his guitar was a faithful though mournful companion. He made a statement about the political scene and embellished that by ultimately in 1868 (WOAH! I meant 1968 <LOL>), convincing the Guitar God of the day, Eric Clapton, to join in the recording of it. Between Clapton and Harrison, they created a somewhat underrated masterpiece and did it in a "radio length" song rather than in a 7 or 12 minute Opus! Again, genius.

I understand the sentimental connection you have with the song and I take NOTHING away from that. It is to you what it is and I would never try to change that.

If anything, my point is that other than from an emotional perspective, it is pretty much impossible to pick one song or solo and have it universally accepted as being the best that's ever been done. So much of that type proclamation whether it be by "Guitarist Magazine", "The Academy" or individuals, really does depend on acceptance by the individual.

I personally cannot look at the task objectively and pick just one as being the greatest ever.

Another thing I think about Hotel California is that it was key to their increased success after the album was released.

The other day in a thread I can't remember which but I believe it was Dreamer said something to the effect that the Eagles probably wouldn't have had as much success and got launched into another level if it weren't for making the switch from country rock. I'll try to find the exact quote but I fully agree with it. I think it put them into a whole other level of success and stardom. I don't think they would have been as widely known today and as successful if it weren't for the Hotel California and Long Run albums and the addition of Joe Walsh....

Ah here it is! This is from Dreamer's post in the Felder thread:

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Although some of you may not agree, I’ll go so far as to say I think that had the band not made the switch from country rock and successfully experimented with different musical styles, they probably would not have achieved the longevity and legendary status that they now enjoy.

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I fully agree with it. I know everyone won't but I thought that pretty much sums up what I think too. Again, I have nothing against their early works but Hotel California really launched them into a new level and IMO made them even bigger and more widely known. And that's putting my bias or sentiment for the album aside. That is just what I think of the album. A true masterpiece. But that's just this rockin' dude's opinion on the matter. Like I said, the Eagles have recorded many different types of music and there is something for everybody I think in their music. And that's a great thing! :)

The key to it all though is just whichever is your favorite. I have mine! :D I just have preferences like everyone else. I just am a little bit more vocal about mine perhaps! :hilarious: But honestly, the HC solo does "get me off" to phrase it that way. I would give anything to see Walsh and Felder play that live with the band. I wish I could have seen them on the HFO tour. It was the only tour with Felder I could have seen as I wasn't born until 1988!

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Well, I wish you'd quit beating around the bush and tell me WHAT your favorite album is! (JK, heh heh heh)

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Originally Posted by Koala

In 1998 voted the readers of Guitarist magazine the solo from Don Felder and Joe Walsh with Hotel California as greatest solo of all time!
http://www.musicradar.com/guitarist/...ll-time-372381

Here the first 3 places

1. Hotel California - The Eagles (Joe Walsh And Don Felder)
2. Eruption - Van Halen (Edward Van Halen)
3. Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd (David Gilmour)

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My still small voice says very quietly and thankfully that Sultans Of Swing & Brothers In Arms are on that list because they deserve it.

Much as I love Bohemian Rhapsody I think the solo in that song isn't really long enough to merit inclusion in the Top 20 of all time.

"Bohemian Rhapsody"

That IS a piece of work! I'd agree that it doesn't belong on a list supposedly containing the greatest guitar solos, but it stands as a GREAT on its own merit!

1954 Reba McEntire is born.

1964 Madame Tussauds, London unveiled the wax works images of The Beatles, the first pop stars to be honoured.

1967 Working on session for the new Beatles album Sgt Pepper at Abbey Road studios in London, John Lennon recorded his lead vocal for ‘Good Morning Good Morning’, and Paul McCartney added a lead guitar solo to the track. Lennon had decided he wanted to end the song with animal sound effects, and asked that they be sequenced in such a way that each successive animal was capable of scaring or eating the preceding one.

1970 Simon and Garfunkel were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Bridge Over Troubled Water', the duo's only UK No.1. Only Art Garfunkel sang on the track.

1976 Genesis began their first North American tour since Peter Gabriel left the band, appearing in Buffalo, New York, with Phil Collins taking over as lead singer.

1986 Mike Rutherford of Genesis releases 'Mike & the Mechanics'. It reaches #26 in the US.

1992 over a $100,000 (£58,800) worth of damage was caused at The Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, California, when Ozzy Osbourne invited the first two rows of the audience on stage. Several others took up the offer and the band was forced to exit the stage.

1996 Phil Collins leaves Genesis.

2000 Jimmy Page accepted substantial undisclosed libel damages from a magazine which claimed he had caused or contributed to the death of his Led Zeppelin bandmate John Bonham. Page's solicitor, Norman Chapman, told High Court Judge Mr Justice Morland that the feature in Ministry magazine printed in 1999 claimed Page was more concerned with keeping vomit off his bed than saving his friend's life, and that he stood over him wearing Satanist robes and performing a useless spell.
　

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Originally Posted by Koala

2000 Jimmy Page accepted substantial undisclosed libel damages from a magazine which claimed he had caused or contributed to the death of his Led Zeppelin bandmate John Bonham. Page's solicitor, Norman Chapman, told High Court Judge Mr Justice Morland that the feature in Ministry magazine printed in 1999 claimed Page was more concerned with keeping vomit off his bed than saving his friend's life, and that he stood over him wearing Satanist robes and performing a useless spell.
　

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Seriously? Glad Jimmy filed against them for that! How awful a thing to accuse him of when it was such a devastating thing for them all to endure.

1966 Rolling Stone Mick Jagger was injured during a gig in Marseilles after a fan threw a chair at the stage, Jagger required eight stitches in the cut.
1969 John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Black Sabbath, The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, Curved Air, J.J. Jackson's Dilemma, Shy Limbs, Spontaneous Music Ensemble, Sunflower Brass Band and Toe Fat all appeared at the London Free Easter Festival in Bethnal Green, London, England.

1975 Led Zeppelin becomes the first band in history to have 6 albums on the chart at once: 'Physical Graffiti' (#1), 'Led Zeppelin IV', 'House of the Holy', 'Led Zeppelin II', 'Led Zeppelin', and 'Led Zeppelin III'.

1980 Rick Wakeman and Jon Anderson leave Yes.

1980 Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side Of The Moon', spent its 303rd week on the US album chart, beating the record set by Carole King's album 'Tapestry.' It remained on the charts for 741 weeks (from 1973 to 1988), longer than any other album in history, with an estimated 45 million copies sold.

1986 Austrian singer Falco started a three-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Rock Me Amadeus', also a No.1 in the UK. Falco became the first German speaking artist to achieve a No.1 on the US charts.

2000 Phil Collins took out a high court action against two former members of Earth, Wind And Fire. Collins claimed his company had overpaid the musicians by £50,000 ($85,000) in royalties on tracks including ‘Sussudio’ and ‘Easy Lover’.

　
　
　

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Originally Posted by Koala

1986 Austrian singer Falco started a three-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Rock Me Amadeus', also a No.1 in the UK. Falco became the first German speaking artist to achieve a No.1 on the US charts.

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Now the darn thing will be stuck in my head all day!! Gotta love it tho!

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Originally Posted by Koala

1980 Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side Of The Moon', spent its 303rd week on the US album chart, beating the record set by Carole King's album 'Tapestry.' It remained on the charts for 741 weeks (from 1973 to 198:cool:, longer than any other album in history, with an estimated 45 million copies sold.

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One of the best albums ever.....

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The only song I skip is Any Colour You Like which is an instrumental and it's not that I don't like it but I'm a vocals kind of girl.

Sorry---got a bit carried away with the videos, didn't I? :hilarious:

One of the main reasons I prefer Wish You Were Here is Any Colour You Like.

Dark Side & Wish You were here are my favourite two Pink Floyd Albums, both were bought when they were first released and are still on my regular play list! .....Love 'em! :thumbsup:

1945 Eric Clapton was born.

1974 The Ramones give their first live show at the Performance Studio in New York.

1974 John Denver went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Sunshine On My Shoulders', the singers first of four US No.1's.

1985 Phil Collins started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'One More Night', his second US No.1, it made No.4 in the UK.

2000 Rolling Stone Mick Jagger made a nostalgic visit to his old school. He opened the new arts centre that had been named after him at Dartford Grammar. The singer said he had spent the worst years of his life at the school.
　

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Originally Posted by tequila girl

Dark Side & Wish You were here are my favourite two Pink Floyd Albums, both were bought when they were first released and are still on my regular play list! .....Love 'em! :thumbsup:

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Me too tg!!! I actually listened to Dark Side yesterday after seeing the above. The drums, guitars and David's voice are just freakin' amazing!

1949 RCA Victor introduced the 45rpm single record, which had been in development since 1940. The 7-inch disc was designed to compete with the Long Playing record introduced by Columbia a year earlier. Both formats offered better fidelity and longer playing time than the 78rpm record that was currently in use. Advertisements for new record players boasted that with 45rpm records, the listener could hear up to ten records with speedy, silent, hardly noticeable changes.

1962 The Beatles played their first gig in the South of England when they appeared at The Subscription Rooms, Stroud, on the same bill as The Rebel Rousers, tickets cost 5 shillings, ($0.70).

1967 Jimi Hendrix set fire to his guitar live on stage for the first time when he was appearing at The Astoria in London, England. It was the first night of a 24-date tour with The Walker Brothers, Cat Stevens and Engelbert Humperdink. The Fender Stratocaster burned on stage by Hendrix sold for £280,000 at a 2008 London auction of rock memorabilia.

1979 Greatest Hits Vol 2' by Barbra Streisand started a four week run at No.1 on the UK album chart, the singers first UK No.1 LP.

1995 Jimmy Page escaped being knifed when a fan rushed the stage at a Page and Plant gig at Auburn Hills, Michigan. The fan was stopped by two security guards, who he knifes instead. After his arrest, he told police that he wanted to kill Jimmy Page because of the Satanic music he was playing.

1995 Mexican American singer Selena was murdered aged 23 by the president of her fan club Yolanda Saldívar. Warner Brothers made a film based on her life starring Jennifer Lopez in 1997.
　

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Originally Posted by Koala

1995 Jimmy Page escaped being knifed when a fan rushed the stage at a Page and Plant gig at Auburn Hills, Michigan. The fan was stopped by two security guards, who he knifes instead. After his arrest, he told police that he wanted to kill Jimmy Page because of the Satanic music he was playing.

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:shock: My poor Pagey!!!!! How awful! He can play all the Satanic music he wants to for me.

1971 Linda Ronstadt recruits Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner for her touring band from among a pool of musicians centered around the Troubadour, a Los Angeles club that is the center of the nascent country-rock scene.

1971 Bob Welch joins Fleetwood Mac, contributing guitar, vocals and songwriting. The group rebounds with two exquisite albums released in relatively quick succession: 'Future Games' (November 1971) and 'Bare Trees' (May 1972).

1975 Reba McIntyre records first single "I Don't Want To Be A One-Night Stand".

1976 The first Ramones album, entitled Ramones, is released. Recorded for only $6,000.00, it contains 14 songs, none over two minutes long.

1976 making their live debut in the UK, AC/DC played at The Red Cow in Hammersmith, London.

1984 Marvin Gaye is fatally shot by his father.

1989 Madonna scored her third UK No.1 album with 'Like A Prayer.' Also a US No.1 the album spent 70 weeks on the UK chart.

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1984 Marvin Gaye is fatally shot by his father.

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Man, there are some really sick humans in this world of ours!

I remember the moment I first heard that Marvin had been shot. I am a huge old Motown fan and that one really hurt bad--especially under since circumstances. He was just making a huge comeback when it happened. What a loss to the Motown family.

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Originally Posted by Koala

1971 Linda Ronstadt recruits Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner for her touring band from among a pool of musicians centered around the Troubadour, a Los Angeles club that is the center of the nascent country-rock scene.

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I wonder how they get the date "April 1" for this? She recruited them separately and their first date together wasn't until July. This makes it sounds like she picked them from a cattle call!

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Man, there are some really sick humans in this world of ours!

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Definitely. I like a lot of Marvin's music too.

I saw him in concert when I lived in Brighton. Just fab. Was a sad day when he died. :sad:

1965 The Who made their first radio appearance on the UK BBC's 'Joe Loss Pop Show.'

1967 154 Austrian Rolling Stones fans were arrested when a riot broke out at a 14,000-seated Town Hall gig; a smoke bomb was thrown on the stage.

1969 Bruce Springsteen’s new group Child made their live debut at the Pandemonium Club in Wanamassa, New Jersey.

1971 Janis Joplin was at No.1 on the US album charts with 'Pearl.'
1977 Fleetwood Mac went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Rumours.' Also on this day Fleetwood Mac kicked off a 7-date UK tour at the Odeon, Birmingham, England.

1977 Abba were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with their fifth No.1 'Knowing Me, Knowing You.' The song was also a Top 10 hit in over 15 countries.

1983 Pink Floyd scored their third UK No.1 album with 'The Final Cut.'

1990 Eric Clapton was fined £300 with £10 costs by Walton-on- Thames Magistrates court, after being booked for speeding at 105mph; Clapton was also banned from driving for three months.

1998 Rob Pilatus, one half of pop duo Milli Vanilli was found dead in a Frankfurt Hotel room after taking a lethal combination of drugs and alcohol. Milli Vanilli won the 1989 best new artist Grammy after hits like 'Blame it on the Rain' and 'Girl, You Know It's True,' selling 30 million singles and 14 million albums. But in late 1990, the performers were stripped of the award after it was revealed that neither actually sang on the Milli Vanilli album.

1964 Bob Dylan made his first entry on the UK charts with 'The Times They Are A-Changin'.

1969 The Doors' Jim Morrison turned himself in to the FBI in Los Angeles. He was charged on six charges of lewd behavior and public exposure at a concert in Miami on March 2nd, 1969. He was later released on $2000 bail.

1975 Steve Miller was charged with setting fire to the clothes of a friend, Benita Diorio. When police arrived at Miller's house, Diorio was putting out the flames, Miller then got into a fight with some of the policemen and was charged with resisting arrest.

1979 Kate Bush kicked off the 28-date 'Tour Of Life' trek making her concert debut at Liverpool's Empire Theatre, England. Bush never set out on another tour again.

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1964 Bob Dylan made his first entry on the UK charts with 'The Times They Are A-Changin'.

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Ya know, I was never a huge fan of Bob Dylan as a performer, but was always a devout follower of his ground breaking abilities as a poet, songwriter and just all round innovator.

And one of the songs I like best of his is "The Times, They Are A-Changing". I liked his version of that but also liked Peter, Paul & Mary's version. It was one of the first songs I learned to play on an acoustic guitar and I wore out strings playing it!

A couple of years ago, my Mother asked me to record that song I used to play and sing when I lived at home...you know the one, the one about "Brothers and Sisters". Something about times changing and singing about love between brothers and sisters.

Mother always saw what she wanted to see and she heard what she wanted to hear! Mother isn't captivated about any music unless it is a Church Hymn and her request really threw me! I thought at first she was talking about "Times" but the closest thing that came to what she was asking for in that song was:

Come mothers and fathers throughout the land
And don't criticize what you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command
Your old road is rapidly agin'
Please get out of the new one if you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a' changin'!

I don't she ever really listened to the entire song nor did she ever grasp the meaning of the protest and warning that song held. To some of us, it was and anthem of the mid-sixties.

Finally, I did figure out what she was asking for:

I'd hammer out danger,
I'd hammer out a warning,
I'd hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.

"If I Had A Hammer" also by PP&M (commonly known as "The Hammer Song". That lyric was the chorus and I played and sang that one almost as much as "Times".

Dylan didn't write that one...written by Pete Seeger in 1949. But it was so "Dylan" that for a long time, I thought he'd written it!

I will be seeing Bob at the end of this month. I don't really talk about him here as I'm really the only devoted fan he has here.

Re the 1979 entry on Kate Bush: my husband saw her on that one tour she did; at Sunderland's Empire Theatre.

[quote=Freypower;143927]I will be seeing Bob at the end of this month. I don't really talk about him here as I'm really the only devoted fan he has here.
Hey FP, Maybe not a devoted fan, but I grew up with him....and love him - as i'm sure many others do.....Talk away!!

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I've always liked his quirky songs. Favorite one is You Ain't Goin' Nowhere by the Byrds, doesn't make much sense but it rythmes:rofl:

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1964 The top five slots on the 'Billboard' chart are held by the Beatles, a feat never before or since matched.

1968 Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Joni Mitchell, Al Kooper and Ted Nugent met up for an all night blues, folk and rock session at The New Generation Club, New York after hearing the news of Martin Luther King's assassination.

1970 Crosby Stills Nash & Young went to No.1 on the US album chart with Deja Vu. The first album which saw Neil Young joining Crosby, Stills and Nash featured three US Top 40 singles: 'Teach Your Children', 'Our House' and 'Woodstock.'

1981 Styx went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Paradise Theatre'.

1987 The charity record by Ferry Aid 'Let It Be' was at No.1 on the UK singles chart. The single was recorded in aid of the 1986 Zeebrugge Ferry disaster, which killed almost 200 people. The song featured Paul McCartney, Boy George, Mark Knopfler, Kim Wilde, Nik Kershaw, Kate Bush and others.

1987 Genesis hits #3 in the US with "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight".

1992 Bruce Springsteen scored his third UK No.1 album with 'Human Touch.'

1992 The film soundtrack from 'Wayne's World' started a two-week run at No.1 on the US album chart.

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1968 Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Joni Mitchell, Al Kooper and Ted Nugent met up for an all night blues, folk and rock session at The New Generation Club, New York after hearing the news of Martin Luther King's assassination.

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Now THAT'S a diverse group of musicians! And Ted Nugent! This is about the third time in the last few weeks his name has popped up here on the Border. Except for this time, it was ME mentioning him and it seemed logical at the times and I don't particularly like him.

Mentioned here in that quote from today's "History" thread. Mentioned in the thread about over the top stage props. And I think I mentioned him in conjunction with a discussion about Phil Keaggy (Nugent sought Keaggy out to learn a guitar lick from him but Keaggy would show him ONLY if he would allow Phil to "witness" to him about Jesus!)

Nugent IS a character!

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Originally Posted by Koala

1964 The top five slots on the 'Billboard' chart are held by the Beatles, a feat never before or since matched.

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And that feat alone has earned them the spot as the greatest band ever, IMHO. If they had never accomplished anything else, they would still always be remembered for that. I remember at the time this was a big deal, but I don't think many young folks like myself at the time really appreciated the significance. I wonder if this will ever happen again.

I'm a big Dylan fan, too!

PS. I've only just caught up with this thread but THANK YOU WILLIE for all of those wonderful Pink Floyd videos! Love 'em.

1950 Agnetha Faltsmog (ABBA) is born.

1962 The Beatles performed at the Cavern Club in Liverpool as part of a special night presented by the Beatles' fan club. The Beatles wear their black leather outfits for the first half of the performance, for old time's sake, then change into their new suits for the second half of the show.

1967 'Piper at the Gates of Dawn,' the debut album by Pink Floyd -- and the only one to feature Syd Barrett as bandleader -- is released.

1980 Genesis scored their first UK No.1 album when 'Duke' went to the top of the charts.

1985 An estimated 5,000 radio stations around the globe simultaneously play “We Are the World.” The song is recorded by a collection of recording artists, USA for Africa, to raise money to feed starving people in Africa and the United States.

1994 Kurt Cobain committed suicide by shooting himself in the head at his home in Seattle. Cobain’s body wasn’t discovered until April 8, by an electrician who had arrived to install a security system, who initially believed that Cobain was asleep, until he saw the shotgun pointing at his chin. A suicide note was found that said, "I haven't felt the excitement of listening to as well as creating music, along with really writing . . . for too many years now". A high concentration of heroin and traces of Valium were found in Cobain’s body. His death was officially ruled as suicide by a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head.

2008 Apple's iTunes overtook supermarket group Wal-Mart to become the largest music retailer in the US. Market research firm NPD said iTunes surpassed Wal-Mart in January and February if 12 downloads are considered equal to the sale of one CD album. iTunes had sold more than four billion songs since its launch in 2003.
　

1968 Pink Floyd announced founder Syd Barrett had officially left the group. Barrett was suffering from psychiatric disorders compounded by drug use.

1968 Simon and Garfunkel went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'The Graduate.'

1971 The Rolling Stones launched their own record label, 'Rolling Stones Records', with Atlantic Records.

1974The California Jam 1 festival took place in Ontario, California, featuring The Eagles, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Earth Wind and Fire, ELP, Black Oak Arkansas and Seals & Croft. Over 200,000 fans attended.

1974 Billy Joel's "Piano Man" enters the 'Billboard' singles chart. It is the first in a string of Top Forty hits that numbers 33, to date.

1974 Waterloo" by Abba wins the Eurovision Song Contest and launches the group's internationally successful pop career.

1985 Paul Young scored his second UK No.1 album with 'The Secret Of Association.'

1987 Roger Waters' lawyers issued a statement that Roger believed himself to be the creative driving force behind Pink Floyd and therefore he would contest the use of the name by anyone else and any former members of Pink Floyd.

1992 Shakespear's Sister held the UK No.1 position on the singles chart with 'Stay', Vanessa Williams was at No.1 in the US with 'Save The Best To Last.'

1999 An all star tribute to singer, songwriter Johnny Cash took place in New York City with Sheryl Crow, Chris Isaak and U2 all performing for the TV special.

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Originally Posted by Koala

1974The California Jam 1 festival took place in Ontario, California, featuring The Eagles, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Earth Wind and Fire, ELP, Black Oak Arkansas and Seals & Croft. Over 200,000 fans attended.

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Wouldn't that have been a wonderful thing to be a part of? Of course I was only 10 so I doubt I would have been allowed to stay out past my curfew. ;)

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1985 Paul Young scored his second UK No.1 album with 'The Secret Of Association.'
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Lou's good friend Paul! ;)

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1987 Roger Waters' lawyers issued a statement that Roger believed himself to be the creative driving force behind Pink Floyd and therefore he would contest the use of the name by anyone else and any former members of Pink Floyd.

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So how'd that work out for you, Roger? :ack:

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1974The California Jam 1 festival took place in Ontario, California, featuring The Eagles, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Earth Wind and Fire, ELP, Black Oak Arkansas and Seals & Croft. Over 200,000 fans attended.

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A genuine Rock n Roll Milestone Event! Wish I'd been there!

Me, too! I was 17 and a senior in high school. If only I'd have known about it it would have made a great excuse to skip school and hitchhike out there! :shock: :lol:

Yep - I'll bet that was an experience. Must've felt something like this, only bigger :wink: ...

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1974The California Jam 1 festival took place in Ontario, California, featuring The Eagles, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Earth Wind and Fire, ELP, Black Oak Arkansas and Seals & Croft. Over 200,000 fans attended.

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I wish I was there too, but at this time I was not born!

1962 The Beatles played at the Casbah Coffee Club, Liverpool without George Harrison who was ill. This was the group’s last performance before leaving for their third extended engagement in Hamburg, West Germany.

1970 On this week's US Top 5 singles chart; No.5, 'Bridge Over Trouble Water' by Simon and Garfunkel, No.4, 'Spirit In The Sky', Norman Greenbaum', No.3, 'Instant Karma' by John Lennon, No.2, 'ABC' The Jackson Five and at No.1, 'Let It Be', The Beatles.

1971 Crosby, Stills & Nash's double live album '4 Way Street' is released. Showcasing the group's range and versatility, it includes group performances and solo spots

1975 Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore plays his last show with the group.

1981 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band kicked off their first full-scale tour in Hamburg, Germany. This was Springsteen's first tour outside North America, which would take in 10 countries.

1985 Wham! became the first western pop group to perform live in China, when they played at the workers gymnasium in Beijing.