Verna scored tickets to the Crosby/Nash concert at the casino in Oklahoma the 16th of April. I'm told that you have to get there an hour before the concert to find a good place to park it for the concert.
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Verna scored tickets to the Crosby/Nash concert at the casino in Oklahoma the 16th of April. I'm told that you have to get there an hour before the concert to find a good place to park it for the concert.
1967 Sandie Shaw won the Eurovision Song Contest held in Vienna representing Britain with the song 'Puppet On A String'. She became the first UK female artist to win the contest.
1970 The UK premiere of the Woodstock movie took place in London. The film was a documentary of the festival that took place in August 1969 at Bethel in New York.
1972 Written after the 'Bloody Sunday Massacre', in Northern Ireland Paul McCartney and Wings released 'Give Ireland Back To The Irish.' The song was banned by the BBC and the IBA. It peaked at No.16 in the UK and No.21 in the US.
1982 New Order's bass player Peter Hook was knocked unconscious during a riot at a gig in Rotterdam.
1989 Roxette went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'The Look', the duo's first US No.1, a No.7 hit in the UK.
1998 Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood was rescued along with 11 other passengers from a boat off the coast of Brazil after the engine exploded. The boat was exploring the islands near Angra Dos Reis, south of Rio De Janeiro, when one of the boat's engines caught fire. Passengers were rescued by nearby journalists, the boat exploded moments after the group was evacuated.
2000 Maria Maria, another single from Santana's 'Supernatural', hits #1 for the first of ten straight weeks.
2008 Led Zeppelin topped the list of Classic Rock magazine’s ‘Best Live Acts Of All Time’. The Who were voted in at No.2 and AC/DC at No.3.
1932 Carl Perkins was born.
1949 Ray Charles makes his chart debut with a solid hit, "Confessin' Blues," which appeared on the Downbeat (later Swingtime) label.
1970 Paul McCartney announces his "break with the Beatles" in a typed statement enclosed in copies of the solo album McCartney sent to the British press. Paul McCartney attributes the split to "personal differences, musical differences, business differences, but most of all because I have a better time with my family."
1977 Abba went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Dancing Queen', the group's 7th US Top 40 hit and first No.1. Also a No.1 in the UK in 1976.
1993 Take That released 'It Only Takes A Minute', in the US, along with a Take That breakfast cereal box.
2003 Paul McCartney played his first Manchester show in 24 years when he appeared at the MEN Arena as part of the UK leg on the 'Back In The World Tour 2003.'
2006 Former Smiths singer Morrissey went to No.1 on the UK album chart with his 8th solo album 'Ringleader Of The Tormentors.'
Morrissey is one of my favourite artists. His music means so much to me. His latest stuff is just as good as the old - possibly even better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Koala
Like Morrissey too!
1956 Nat King Cole was attacked on stage by a group of five racial segregationists during a show at the Municipal Hall in Birmingham, Alabama. The attackers were arrested by police and Cole returned later that night for a second show.
1970 Doors singer Jim Morrison was dragged off stage by keyboardist Ray Manzarek during a concert in Boston, after Morrison asked the audience, 'Would you like to see my genitals?'. Theater management quickly switched off the power. Morrison had been arrested in Miami a year earlier for "lewd and lascivious behavior" during a performance.
1976 UK music weekly The Melody Maker reviewed a Sex Pistols gig with the words, 'I hope we shall hear no more of them.'
1994 over 5,000 fans attended a US public memorial service for Kurt Cobain at Seattle Flag Pavilion.
1999 a charity tribute concert for the late Linda McCartney was held at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Among the performers were Paul McCartney, Chrissie Hynde, George Michael, Elvis Costello and Sinead O'Connor.
2001 Bruce Springsteen won a court battle to keep the rights to his early songs. Ronald Winter of Masquerade Music had released the album 'Before The Fame' was found to be in breach of copyright. Springsteen was awarded more than £2m damages.
2005 The final episode of The Osbournes was aired on MTV in the UK. The show reached a peak audience of eight million at it's height during a three year run, Ozzy was at a loss to explain its popularity, saying, "I suppose Americans get a kick out of watching a crazy Brit family like us make complete fools of ourselves every week."
The South...not just Alabama...was NOT the place to be African American, or long haired, or gay or anything that deviated from what the locals considered "normal".Quote:
1956 Nat King Cole was attacked on stage by a group of five racial segregationists during a show at the Municipal Hall in Birmingham, Alabama. The attackers were arrested by police and Cole returned later that night for a second show.
I myself was never able to distinguish a Hippy from anyone else just by looking at them. I came to understand that being a "Hippy" was more a state of mind than length of hair. But that wasn't true of others where I grew up. You had long hair...you WERE a Dirty Ole Hippy Freak. Hair was a small part of it. More than anything else though, it was about living together in harmony or trying to live that way. It was a whole lot about "Acceptance". Embracing almost anything or at least giving it a chance.
We unfortunately "embraced" some things we shouldn't have embraced, but kids fall down some when learning to ride a bicycle! It was a new and different way to be...and something had to change: There were just TOO MANY PEOPLE on the Planet not to do something different when the 60's arrived!
1954 Doris Day was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Secret Love'. The song featured in the film, Calamity Jane, and won the Best Song Oscar for 1953.
1970 Peter Green quit Fleetwood Mac while on tour in Germany, to avoid breach of contract he agreed to finish the current tour.
1988 Cher won an Academy Award for best actress for her work in 'Moonstruck.'
2001 Robbie Williams raised £165,000 at a charity auction with the money going to his old school in Stoke to build a performing arts block. The items sold were Robbie's personal possessions, including a toilet from a stage show, a Union Jack bikini, Tiger's head briefs, a Millennium jet pack and the hand written lyrics to 'Angels' which sold for £27,000.
1954 Bill Haley recorded 'Rock Around The Clock' at Pythian Temple studios in New York City. Considered by many to be the song that put rock and roll on the map around the world. The song was used over the opening titles for the film 'Blackboard Jungle', and went on to be a world-wide No.1 and the biggest selling pop single with sales over 25 million. Written by Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers, 'Rock Around The Clock' was first recorded by Italian-American band Sonny Dae and His Knights.
1963 Bob Dylan performed his first major solo concert at the Town Hall in New York City.
1975 Sweet hits #2 in the UK with "Fox on the Run."
1975 Elton John started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Philadelphia Freedom', his fourth US No.1, it made No.12 in the UK.
1995 Two weeks after her death, George W. Bush, (then the governor of Texas), declared "Selena Day" in Texas. The Mexican American singer Selena was murdered aged 23 by the president of her fan club Yolanda Saldívar on 31st March 1995.
1997 R Kelly started a three-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with his Grammy award winning song 'I Believe I Can Fly.' A No.2 hit in the US, the track was featured in the film 'Space Jam'.
:yay: One of my faves!! I was 11 years old and remember this single so well!!! :partytime:Quote:
Originally Posted by Koala
1966 During a four month world tour, Bob Dylan appeared at Sydney Stadium in Sydney Australia, the first of seven shows in Australia.
1967 Nancy and Frank Sinatra were at UK No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Somethin' Stupid', making them the only father and daughter to have a No.1 single as a team.
1970 Genesis appeared at Friars, Aylesbury, England. Peter Gabriel, Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks and band received £10 for the gig.
1971 The Rolling Stones released 'Brown Sugar' the first record on their own label, Rolling Stones Records, which introduces the infamous licking- tongue and lips logo.
1985 USA for Africa started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'We Are The World.'
1991 Londonbeat went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I've Been Thinking About You', a No.2 hit in the UK.
2003 The Beatles Apple Corp company was listed as Britain's fastest profit-growth firm with an annual profit growth of 194%.
2007 Julian Lennon sold a “significant” stake of his share in the songs his father John wrote for The Beatles to US music publishing company Primary Wave. The firm would now receive payments when any Lennon compositions were sold on CD, performed live or played on the radio. The company who were about to market Julian Lennon's new music project, declined to reveal how much the deal was worth.
:-o Wow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Koala
That wasn't the beginning of the end for Morrison, but it was sure part of it. It probably was the Miami thing that signaled to everyone he was crashing. One troubled guy!
1963 The Rolling Stones played at The Crawdaddy Club, Richmond. All four members of The Beatles were in the audience.
1966 The Spencer Davis Group were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Somebody Help Me', the group's second UK No.1.
1967 A riot broke out at Warsaw's Palace Of Culture as The Rolling Stones made their first appearance in an Iron curtain Country; police used tear gas in a battle with 2,000 fans.
1967 Polydor Records released the Bee Gees 'New York mining Disaster 1941' It was released with a promotional slogan announcing 'The most significant talent since The Beatles'. The record became a Top 20 hit in the UK and US.
1969 The recording of 'The Ballad Of John and Yoko' took place, with just two Beatles, Paul McCartney and John Lennon. Paul played bass, drums and piano with John on guitars and lead vocals. The song was banned from many radio stations as being blasphemous. On some stations, the word 'Christ' was edited in backwards to avoid the ban.
1970 Creedence Clearwater Revival made their live UK debut when they played the first of two nights at The Royal Albert Hall, London.
1973 Led Zeppelin started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Houses Of The Holy', also a No.1 in the US. The young girl featured on the cover of the album climbing naked up Giants Causeway in Northern Ireland is Samantha Gates who was 6 years old at the time of the photo shoot.
1975 After rumour's that Jimmy Page, Steve Marriott, Jeff Beck and Chris Spedding would replace Mick Taylor as guitarist in The Rolling Stones, a press release confirmed that Ron Wood would be joining the band for their forthcoming American tour.
1975 Art Garfunkel started a six week run at No.1 in the UK with the theme from the film 'Watership Down', 'Bright Eyes' which went on to become the biggest selling single of the year. Written by Wombles voice Mike Batt.
2009 Former Beatle George Harrison was honoured with a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. Sir Paul McCartney attended the unveiling outside the landmark Capitol Records building, joining Harrison's widow Olivia and son Dhani. Eric Idle, Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks, Joe Walsh and musician Tom Petty also attended the ceremony.
1965 Linda Perry is born , , songwriter, producer, singer, 4 Non Blondes, (1993 UK No.2 single ‘What’s Up’, 1993 UK No. 4 album ‘Bigger Better Faster More!). Wrote ‘Beautiful’ for Christina Aguilera, plus Jewel, Courtney Love, Gwen Stefani, Sugababes, Robbie Williams, Melissa Etheridge, Gavin Rossdale have all recorded her songs.
1982 Billy Joel, spent a month in hospital after breaking his left wrist when his motorbike hit a car in Long Island, New York.
1982 Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) Phil Collins was a hit.
1987 Queen were presented with an award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music at the 32nd annual Ivor Novello Awards held in London, England.
1989 The Fine Young Cannibals went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'She Drives Me Crazy.'
1996 The rest of Jerry Garcia's ashes were scattered near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. A small portion had been scattered in the Ganges River in India 11 days earlier. The Grateful Dead leader had died on 9th Aug 1995.
2001 Joey Ramone dies of lymphatic cancer in New York.
No kidding.Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeA
I remember hearing about Joey's passing. It was sad day...
Radio stations were actually playing some Ramones songs!
1968 The first major rock musical, 'Hair', opens in New York, bringing hippies (and nudity) to Broadway.
1972 The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Amazing Grace.' The single enjoyed a five-week run at No.1.
1988 A four CD box set documenting the first quarter century of Eric Clapton's career, Crossroads, is released. The 73-track retrospective, which includes rare and previously unreleased material, reaches #34 and goes on to sell more than two million copies.
1992 Annie Lennox went to No.1 on the UK album chart with her debut solo release 'Diva.'
2000 'The Wall Live: 1980-81,' culled from Pink Floyd's London performances of their all-time favorite work, is released.
2004 Guns N' Roses were at No.1 on the UK album chart with their 'Greatest Hits.'
2006 A sale of clothes belonging to Sir Elton John raised more than $700,000 (£395,000) for the singer's Aids charity. Over 10,000 pieces were sold during a five-day sale in New York City at the specially-created shop, Elton's Closet, at New York's Rockefeller Centre.
2006 A line from U2's 1992 hit ‘One’ was voted the UK's favourite song lyric after in a poll of 13,000 people by music channel VH1. The line "One life, with each other, sisters, brothers" came top. The Smiths lyric “So you go, and you stand on your own, and you leave on your own, and you go home, and you cry, and you want to die" from the song ‘How Soon is Now?’ came second in the poll, followed by "I feel stupid and contagious, here we are now, entertain us", from Nirvana's ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ which was voted into third place.
1965 The film T.A.M.I. (Teen-Age Music International) Show featuring The Rolling Stones, Supremes Four Tops, James Brown, The Beach Boys and Smokey Robinson & The Miracles opened in London, England under the title Teenage Command Performance.
1968 John Lennon, George Harrison and their wives left the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's ashram in Rishikesh, India two weeks before their study was complete. Ringo and Paul had already left.
1974 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band appeared at the State Theatre in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The gig was unadvertised by its promoter, who gambled that word-of-mouth would be enough to fill the 550-seat venue, only 250 people attended. Tickets cost $4.50 and $5.50 in advance.
1980 32 year old English singer with Geordie Brian Johnson joined Australian group AC/DC, replacing Bon Scott who died after a drinks binge.
1980 For the first time ever the Top five artists on the US country chart were all female, Crystal Gayle who was at No.1, with Dottie West, Debbie Boone, Emmylou Harris and Tammy Wynette making up the rest of the Top 5.
1988 Former singer and one half of Sonny and Cher; Sonny Bono was inaugurated as the Mayor of Palm Springs.
1990 On this weeks BBC- TV's 'French and Saunders' show, Mark Knopfler, David Gilmour, Lemmy, Mark King (Level 42), and Gary Moore all appeared in a comedy courthouse sketch. The sketch ended with all the guitarist's jamming together.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FroICbwvJII[/ame]Quote:
Originally Posted by Koala
I don't think I knew that he had been with Geordie before AC/DC. Learned something new.Quote:
Originally Posted by Koala
I love that video Koala!! That was fantastic!
All I will say about that video is that it is worth watching (I am not a French & Saunders fan). :rockguitar:
1957 Elvis Presley started an eight week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'All Shook Up.' It went on to be the biggest single of 1957 selling over 2 million copies.
1967 Van der Graaf Generator releases their debut album, 'The Aerosol Grey Machine'.
1968 Simon and Garfunkel hit #1 with "Mrs. Robinson."
1968 Deep Purple made their live debut in Tastrup, Denmark.
1970 The New York Times reported that Catholic and Protestant youth group's had adopted The Beatles 'Yellow Submarine' as a religious symbol.
1974 Mike Oldfield hits #3 in the US with 'Tubular Bells'.
1979 Lighting director Billy Duffy was killed in an accident during a Kate Bush concert in Southampton, England. 21-year old Duffy fell twenty feet through an open trap door on the stage. Kate Bush held a benefit concert on 12th May with Peter Gabriel and Steve Harley at London's Hammersmith Odeon for his family.
1985 The charity record 'We Are The World' by USA For Africa was at No.1 on the UK singles chart. The US artists' answer to Band Aid had an all-star cast including Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner, Bruce Springsteen, Diana Ross, Bob Dylan, Daryl Hall, Huey Lewis, Cyndi Lauper, Kim Carnes, Ray Charles, Billy Joel and Paul Simon plus the composer's of the track, Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie.
1992 'A Concert For Life' took place at Wembley Stadium as a tribute to Queen singer Freddie Mercury and for aids awareness. Acts appearing included; Elton John, Roger Daltrey, Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath), David Bowie, Mick Ronson, James Hetfield, George Michael, Seal, Paul Young, Annie Lennox, Lisa Stansfield, Robert Plant, Joe Elliott and Phil Collen, Axl Rose and Slash.
1993 Aerosmith released the album ‘Get a Grip’, which became their first album to debut at No.1. It went on to sell 7 million copies in a 2-year timespan in the United States alone and sold 20 million copies worldwide as well as winning the band two Grammy awards.
1958 US country music singer Marvin Rainwater was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Whole Lotta Woman'. Rainwater was a full-blooded Cherokee Indian, known for wearing Native American-themed outfits on stage.
1963 I Will Follow Him (Little Peggy March) was a hit.
1969 Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention release 'Uncle Meat,' a sprawling and largely instrumental double-album masterwork.
1970 Tyrannosaurus Rex, Spooky Tooth, Jackie Lomax, Elton John (making his solo concert debut) and Heavy Jelly all appeared at The Roundhouse, London, tickets cost 25 shillings.
1977 Peter Gabriel hits #68 with "Solsbury Hill".
1984 Phil Collins started a three week run at No.1 in the US singles chart with the theme from 'Against All Odds'. It was Phil's first US No.1, a No. 2 in the UK
1988 Marking his return to Reprise Record, Neil Young releases 'This Note's for You,' a bluesy, swinging album featuring a full horn section.
1990 Fleetwood Mac scored their fourth UK No.1 album with 'Behind The Mask.'
1990 Sinead O'Connor started a four week stay at No.1 in the US singles chart with her version of the Prince song 'Nothing Compares To You'. The track was also a No.1 hit in 18 other countries.
1964 The President of The National Federation Of Hairdressers offered a free haircut to the next No.1 group in the UK pop charts. He said 'The Rolling Stones are the worst, one of them looks as if he's got a feather duster on his head.'
1969 On the roof of the Apple building in London, John Lennon changed his middle name from Winston to Ono.
1969 Fleetwood Mac kicked off a 10-date UK tour at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Also on the bill, BB King, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee and Duster Bennett.
1978 Bob Marley and the Wailers performed at the 'One Love Peace Concert' in Jamaica. It was Marley's first public appearance in Jamaica since being wounded in an assassination attempt a year and a half earlier.
1978 John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd made their first ever appearance as The Blues Brothers when they appeared on US TV's 'Saturday Night Live'.
1993 The Who's 'Tommy' opened on Broadway at the St James Theatre.
1997 A new album by the Bee Gees, 'Still Waters', is released as the group celebrates the 30th anniversary of its first hit. They undertake an 18-month world tour.
Ya gotta love that one! Hmm, I would have been in 10th grade I guess. It was only a couple of years prior to this that the "style of the day" for men's hair was either a Crew Cut or a Flat Top. Anything longer than either one of those cuts would obtain a label of "Greaser" for the kid.Quote:
Originally Posted by Koala
Isn't it funny! Back in the early Sixties, the "authorities" wanted to squash out ANY individualism and especially any "rebellion" and some how or other, HAIR became their focus...that and the kind of music and dancing the kids were indulging in.
I remember in the late 60's, going to work at Ling Tempco Vault Aerospace (LTVA) in Arlington/Grand Prairie, Texas and being told to "Go home and don't come back until you get a haircut....this is a Business not a Rock Concert!"
I did get a haircut and did go back...for about 3 months before finding another job and that "other job" launched me into a career in Data Processing. No Regrets. Well, not many! <LOL>
1936 Roy Orbison was born.
1956 Elvis Presley (with Scotty Moore and Bill Black), played the first night of a two-week engagement (playing 2 shows a day) at the New Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas. Presley was not the typical Las Vegas Strip entertainer of the time and his shows were met with a cool reception.
1964 Peter and Gordon were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with the Lennon & McCartney song 'A World Without Love.' The Duo's only UK No.1.
1969 The Beatles were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Get Back' the group's 16th UK No.1.
1971 The Rolling Stones released their classic album, 'Sticky Fingers' in the UK. The album made No.1 in the UK and the US and was the bands first release on Atlantic records. The cover a pair of jeans with a working zip was designed by Andy Warhol who was paid £15,000 for the art work.
1976 The Ramones released their eponymous debut album. On the same day The Sex Pistols played The Nashville Rooms, London supporting The 101'ers who featured Clash vocalist Joe Strummer.
1988 Roy Orbison celebrated his 52nd birthday at a Bruce Springsteen concert, during which the audience sang happy birthday to him.
1989 Kylie Minogue was seen on British TV for the first time in the Australian soap opera 'The Henderson Kids.'
1994 Pink Floyd release 'The Division Bell,' the fourth #1 album of their career. The ensuing live album 'Pulse,' which appears a year later, will become the fifth
1942 Barbra Streisand is born.
1959 Buddy Holly was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with the Paul Anka song 'It Doesn't Matter Anymore.' A No.1 hit six weeks after Holly's death.
1968 The Beatles new company Apple Records turned down the offer to sign new artist David Bowie.
1968 Enjoying a wild birthday party Keith Moon drummer with The Who drove his Lincoln car into a Holiday Inn swimming pool.
1968 Louis Armstrong was at No.1 in the UK with the single 'What A Wonderful World / Cabaret.' At 69 years of age, it made Armstrong the oldest act ever to score a UK No.1.
1971 Crosby Stills Nash & Young went to No.1 on the US album chart with '4 Way Street.'
1972 John Lennon's controversial single, ‘Woman Is the Nigger of the World’ was released in the US. The song peaked at No.57, despite virtually every radio station in the country refusing to play it. Yoko Ono said the phrase during a magazine interview in 1967 and Lennon later explained that he was making a point that women deserved higher status in society.
1976 Led Zeppelin scored their sixth UK No.1 album with 'Presence', also No.1 in the US.
1990 The road crew for Roger Waters discovered an unexploded World War II bomb while constructing the set for 'The Wall' concert in Potsdamer Platz, Germany.
1945 Stu Cook( Creedence Clearwater Revival) is born.
1945 Bjorn Ulvaeus (ABBA) is born.
1979 The Police made their debut on BBC TV's 'Top Of The Pops' performing 'Roxanne'.
1982 Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Ebony And Ivory.' This was McCartney's 24th No.1 hit single as a songwriter. The title was inspired by McCartney hearing Spike Milligan say "black notes, white notes, and you need to play the two to make harmony folks!". It was later named as the tenth worst song of all time by Blender magazine and in 2007 was named the worst duet in history by BBC 6 Music listeners.
1987 Madonna went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'La Isla Bonita.' The fifth and final single from her third studio album, True Blue, made her the only female artist to score four UK No.1 singles. The song had been offered to Michael Jackson for his Bad album.
1990 The Fender Stratocaster that Jimi Hendrix played at the Woodstock festival was auctioned off for a record $295,000.
1994 The Eagles played the first of two shows where they recorded their ‘Hell Freezes Over’ album. Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh, Don Felder and Timothy B. Schmit first got back together the previous December for the making of a Travis Tritt video of their song, ‘Take It Easy.’ The name of the album was taken from an earlier quote by Glenn Frey, who responded to the question "When will the Eagles get back together?"
I thought it was Don who said this?Quote:
Originally Posted by Koala
Me too.Quote:
Originally Posted by tequila girl
It's usually attributed to Don, although as I've said in the past I think it was just a joke the Eagles made up for the "resumption" as opposed to something that was actually said to a reporter. If it was something Don said to a reporter, I've never seen the interview it was quoted in (although it's certainly not inconceivable I've missed it). It's not something he said regularly to members of the press, though, which is sometimes the impression given when people explain the name of the resumption. Still, that's the story and they're stickin' to it. ;)
1969 Pink Floyd appeared at Mothers Club in Birmingham, England. The show was recorded for the forthcoming album ‘Ummagumma'.
1974 a free afternoon event was held in the parking lot of the University of Connecticut, Ice Hockey Arena in Storrs. The four acts that appeared, Aerosmith, Bruce Springsteen, Fairport Convention and Fat Back. Springsteen then went on to play another gig that evening at the University of Hartford in Connecticut.
1975 Pink Floyd played the last of a four night run at Los Angeles' Sports Arena. A total of 511 fans were arrested over the four nights for possession of marijuana.
1981 Ringo Starr married actress and one time 'Bond girl' Barbara Bach. The pair met while filming the movie, Caveman, with Dennis Quaid and Shelley Long. In attendance at the wedding were George Harrison and Paul McCartney.
1994 Chicago scored their third US No.1 album with 'Chicago VII'.
2009 Aerosmith were to hold a free concert in Hawaii to placate angry fans who brought a legal case against them. Fans filed a class action case, which claimed the band had cancelled a sold-out show in Maui two years ago, leaving hundreds of fans out of pocket in favour of a bigger gig in Chicago. Lawyers for the would-be concert-goers said Aerosmith had now agreed to put on a new show, and would pay all expenses. ‘Everyone who bought a ticket to the original concert will receive a free ticket.
At a Floyd concert? :shock: Say it isn't so!!! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Koala
1968 The Broadway musical 'Hair' opened at the Baltimore Theatre in New York City. The show featured the songs ‘Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In’, ‘Good Morning Starshine’ and the title song. The production ran for 1,729 performances, finally closing on July 1st, 1972.
1973 Pink Floyd's album 'Dark Side Of The Moon' went to No.1 on the US chart, it went on to enjoy a record breaking 741 weeks, selling over 20 million copies world-wide.
1982 The California State Assembly consumer-protection-committee heard testimony from "experts" who claimed that when ‘Stairway To Heaven’ was played backward, contained the words: "I sing because I live with Satan. The Lord turns me off, there's no escaping it. Here's to my sweet Satan, whose power is Satan. He will give you 666. I live for Satan."
1999 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
HAIR...the only Broadway Play I've attended. Great Show! But I was never motivated to go to another. Well, other than Dinner Theater Comedy.
Now that business of "Stairway To Heaven"....man, people must really love that song to be playing it backwards! And others HATE it THAT MUCH to also play it backwards! Actually, I think someone needed a "cause" to build a reputation <LOL>. I can see the Beatles doing it...that was their kind of MoJo...anything new and unique. But to record a series of phrases and then play them backwards to get the phonics and then come up with lyrics that sound something like the phrases would sound like played backwards? Come-on!
1973 John Denver began a weekly live UK BBC 2 TV special, 'The John Denver Show'.
1976 After a gig in Memphis Bruce Springsteen took a cab to Elvis Presley's Graceland home and proceeded to climb over the wall. A guard took him to be another crank fan and apprehended him.
1981 Elton John paid £14,000 for 232 'Goon Show' scripts broadcast during the 50's at an auction held at Christies, London.
1998 Steven Tyler broke his knee at a concert in Anchorage, Alaska delaying Aerosmith's 'Nine Lives' tour and necessitating camera angle adjustments for the filming of the video for 'I Don't Want to Miss a Thing.'
2003 A $5 million lawsuit against former Creedence Clearwater Revival leader John Fogerty was dismissed after a personal-injury lawyer claimed that he suffered hearing loss in his left ear from attending a Fogerty concert. The Judge said the plaintiff assumed the risk of hearing damage when he attended the concert in 1997.
Really Dude? If you're going to claim hearing loss from a concert, I'd suggest using a band like AC/DC, Motley Crue, Metallica, Kiss, Floyd....but CCR? I'd be embarrassed!!!! :hilarious:Quote:
Originally Posted by Koala
1967 Elvis Presley marries Priscilla Beaulieu, who he met eight and a half years earlier during his tour of duty in Germany, at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas. Their daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, is born exactly nine months later, on February 1, 1968.
1976 Led Zeppelin started a two-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Presence', the group's fifth No.1 album.
1977 Eric Clapton's biggest-selling album of the Seventies, Slowhand, finds him recording at London's Olympic Studios for the first time since Fresh Cream, the first Cream album. Slowhand yields Top Forty hits in "Lay Down Sally" (#3) and "Wonderful Tonight" (#16), and an FM favorite and live staple in "Cocaine."
1979 Elton John became the first pop star to perform in Israel. In three weeks time he also became the first Western solo pop performer to tour Russia.
1980 the South African government banned Pink Floyd's single 'Another Brick In The Wall' after black children adopted the song as their anthem in protest against inferior education.
1987 Tom Jones appeared on UK TV Channel 4 Show 'The Last Resort' with Jonathan Ross. Jones performed a version of the Prince song 'Kiss'.
1990 'Behind the Mask', which finds Lindsey Buckingham replaced with Rick Vito and Billy Burnette, reaches #33 in the U.S. A month earlier, it entered the U.K. chart at #1.
2000 a writer who claimed Neil Young went back on an agreement to have a biography written about him filed a $1.8 million civil fraud suit against Young in Los Angeles Superior Court. Young had blocked the book's publication.
2003 American soul singer Barry White suffered a stroke while being treated for kidney failure. The singer died two months later on July 4th 2003.
2005 Bruce Springsteen went to No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘Devils & Dust’ the American singer songwriters sixth UK No.1.
2009 A Queen fan won a private two-hour guitar lesson with Brian May after bidding more than £7,500 at a charity auction in London. The auction was held in support of the Action for Brazil's Children Trust, of which May is a patron.
[quote=Queen]2009 A Queen fan won a private two-hour guitar lesson with Brian May after bidding more than £7,500 at a charity auction in London. The auction was held in support of the Action for Brazil's Children Trust, of which May is a patron. [/Queen]
I wonder if A Queen Fan ever became a famous guitar hero? If so, I've never heard of anyone with that name.