Today in Rock n' Roll History

1966 Donovan hits #1 with "Sunshine Superman"; Tim Buckley releases his first album.

1968 Crosby Stills & Nash hit #21 with "suite Judy Blue Eyes".

1969 The Beatles reach #1 with "Come Together".

1986 Bruce-mania remains in full swing as Bruce Springsteen's hotly anticipated five-album box set, Live/1975-85, becomes a retail sensation at Christmastime. The decade-spanning collection of concert recordings enters the chart at #1.

2001 George Harrison dies at the age of 58 after a long battle with cancer.

1968-The Supremes hit #1 wihth Love Child.

1996-Tiny Tim collapses on stage and later dies in a Minnesota hospital.

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Originally Posted by Koala

2001 George Harrison dies at the age of 58 after a long battle with cancer.

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"The quiet one." His songwriting and musicianship showed in his work with The Beatles and as a solo artist. So sad he's gone.

Anyone see the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary show last night? Paul Simon, David Crosby and Graham Nash did a beautiful rendition of George's "Here Comes The Sun". Breathtaking.

Oh I would have loved to have seen that. George Harrison was an amazing talent who was content to be in the shadows of John and Paul. He is missed!!!

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Originally Posted by Brooke

Anyone see the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary show last night? Paul Simon, David Crosby and Graham Nash did a beautiful rendition of George's "Here Comes The Sun". Breathtaking.

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Do you mean this?
it is really great!
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T17b5x5cVcc[/ame]

1960 "Please Come Home for Christmas" is Charles Brown's last hit (#21 R&B, #76 pop). The Eagles' cover version becomes a Christmastime hit again in 1978, reaching #18.

1961 "Please Mr. Postman," by the Marvelettes, becomes Motown's first Number one pop hit and second million-seller.

1971 Give It Up, Bonnie Raitt's sophomore album, expands her range with three self-penned songs and outside contributions from contemporary writers like Jackson Browne and Eric Justin Kaz.


1972 Having moved to the West Coast, a dispirited Billy Joel begins a six-month stint as a lounge pianist under the name Bill Martin. He encapsulates the experience in a song that will serve as his creative and commercial breakthrough, "Piano Man."

1974 Linda Ronstadt reaches Number One with the single "You're No Good" and the album Heart like a Wheel.

1985 Broken Wings (Mr. Mister) was a hit.

1992 Nirvana's Nevermind hits Number One on Billboard's Top 200 album chart. It grosses $50 million in sales.

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Originally Posted by Brooke

Anyone see the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary show last night? Paul Simon, David Crosby and Graham Nash did a beautiful rendition of George's "Here Comes The Sun". Breathtaking.

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It was on again last night! Loved it! Thanks for finding it on youtube Koala.

Love love love Heart Like A Wheel. There's not a bad song on it IMO.

1958-Ricky Nelson becomes the first rock n roller to appear on the cover of Life magazine.

1963-The Beatles first American single, I Want To Hold Your Hand, is released.

1961 The Beatles meet future manager Brian Epstein for the first time, at his Liverpool record store.

1971 A fire at a Frank Zappa concert at the Casino in Montreaux, Switzerland is later immortalized in Deep Purple's "Smoke On The Water".

1976 Bob Marley and his entourage are attacked by gunman. A wounded but undeterred Marley electrifies a crowd two nights later at a free "Smile Jamaica" concert.

1965-Keith Richards is electrocuted and knocked unconscious during a concert in Sacramento. (That explains alot doesn't it?)

1966-The first Monkees concert is held in Hawaii.

1969-John Lennon is asked to play the title role in Jesus Christ Superstar. The offer is withdrawn the next day.

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Originally Posted by TimothyBFan

1969-John Lennon is asked to play the title role in Jesus Christ Superstar. The offer is withdrawn the next day.

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What genius thought that would go over well? :lol:

1956 The "Million Dollar Quartet"—Presley, Perkins, Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis—records old gospel, country and pop songs at an impromptu session. The recordings aren't officially released until the mid-Eighties.

1971 Yes hits #4 in the US with 'Fragile'.

1976 Former Deep Purple lead guitarist Tommy Bolin dies in Miami of multiple drug overdoes.

1980 Led Zeppelin releases a statement announcing that it is disbanding in the wake of drummer John Bonham's death.

1983 Say Say Say (Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson) was a hit.

1993 Frank Zappa dies of prostate cancer at home in Los Angeles, California.

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Originally Posted by TimothyBFan

1965-Keith Richards is electrocuted and knocked unconscious during a concert in Sacramento. (That explains alot doesn't it?)

1966-The first Monkees concert is held in Hawaii.

1969-John Lennon is asked to play the title role in Jesus Christ Superstar. The offer is withdrawn the next day.

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Poor Keith couldn't stay out of trouble even in the 60s :hilarious:

1965 The Beatles release their "Rubber Soul" album and "Day Tripper" single (which, strangely enough, isn't from that album).

1969 Led Zeppelin enters the Top Forty with "Whole Lotta Love," which reaches #4. It is this album-oriented band's highest-charting single.

1969 Hell's Angels members used as security kill a man holding a gun (and three other audience members die, as well) as the Rolling Stones play their infamous concert in Altamont, California.

1975 'Still Crazy After All These Years, Paul Simon's third solo album of the Seventies, tops the album charts.

1993 The Eagles tape a video for country star Travis Tritt's version of "Take It Easy", which leads to the group's reunion.

This article about Altamont has a Bernie mention:

Chris Hillman Calls Altamont 'A Complete Nightmare' - Spinner.com

After the Flying Burrito Brothers' first song at Altamont, a member of the band pleaded with the crowd, "Please, you people -- stop hurting each other." Chris Hillman, a member of the Burrito Brothers, had no idea that someone would be killed that day but he tells Spinner he had reservations before the concert even began.

"I had a bad feeling about even doing it," says Hillman, whose bandmates included Gram Parsons and Bernie Leadon. "I said, 'I don't want to do this show.' Gram talked everybody into it because he was sort of kowtowing to the Rolling Stones at the time. But it was a complete nightmare for everybody involved."

Forty years ago on Dec. 6, the '60s music festival scene, which began optimistically with the Monterey Pop Festival and reached an apex at Woodstock, came to a violent end. It had been the Stones who came up with the idea of a free concert -- a gift to their fans -- at the Altamont Speedway in northern California. On the recommendation of the Grateful Dead, members of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang were hired to provide security. But instead of protecting fans, they bullied them, along with the acts that performed there.

During Jefferson Airplane's performance, a biker knocked guitarist Marty Balin unconscious. Having seen that, the Grateful Dead refused to play. While the Burrito Brothers did perform, they didn't stick around.

"That was such an ugly day," Hillman says. "As soon as the last note was resonating off my bass, I handed it to the road guys and I left. We just got out of there as quick as we could."

Later, as the Stones performed 'Under My Thumb,' 18-year-old Meredith Hunter was stabbed and beaten to death by members of the Angels, a chilling scene later shown in the 1970 movie 'Gimme Shelter.' While the death would put an end to music festivals for many years, it had an even broader implication: Hillman, who had performed at Monterey with the Byrds in 1967, said it also marked the end of the peace movement.

"From the light of Monterey -- a perfect weekend -- to Altamont, where somebody was murdered, that was the beginning of the end for the social experiment of the '60s," he says.

1963 The Beatles appear on the British TV show "Jukebox Jury" declaring Elvis Presley's new record, "Kiss Me Quick", a "hit".

1974 Genesis hits #10 in the UK with 'The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway'.

1984 Michael Jackson testifies in a Chicago courtroom that he, not an Illinois man, wrote "The Girl Is Mine" (he wins).

1987-MTV launches it's first game show, Remote Control.

1994-Billy Joel is given Billboard's Century Award.

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Originally Posted by TimothyBFan

1987-MTV launches it's first game show, Remote Control.

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Oh my gosh, I freaking LOVED this show. It's the only game show where you got to eat Cheetoes while answering. ;) It's where Colin Quinn, Adam Sandler, and Pauly Shore got their starts. What a blast from the past!

That was back before MTV sucked.

For those not familiar with it, here's a clip from YouTube:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6OLcvfVmws[/ame]

1943 Jim Morrison of the Doors is born

1973 Roxy Music's 'Stranded' tops the UK charts for a week.

1973 Elton John hits #2 with "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," the title track from a double album that would itself reach #1 and remain on the album charts for two years.

1980 John Lennon is shot by a deranged assailant as he and Yoko return to the Dakota after a recording session. He is pronounced dead at Roosevelt Hospital.

1995 The Grateful Dead officially disband, four months after the death of Jerry Garcia.

1968-Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits plays the title role while Burl Ives is Gepetto on the NBC-TV "Hallmark Hall of Fame" production of "Pinocchio".

1969-Jimi Hendrix is acquitted of drug charges in a Toronto court.
2008-Peter Grabriel breaks his leg while skiing in Switzerland.

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Originally Posted by sodascouts

"From the light of Monterey -- a perfect weekend -- to Altamont, where somebody was murdered, that was the beginning of the end for the social experiment of the '60s," he says.

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How sad... not only the death of a person, but the end of an era.

1965 A Charlie Brown Christmas" first airs on CBS-TV.

1967 Cream's second album, 'Disraeli Gears', enters the U.S. charts.

1967 Jim Morrison of the Doors is arrested for breach of the peace in New Haven, Connecticut.

1992 Bill Wyman retires from the Rolling Stones.

1995 The first volume of the Beatles' 'Anthology' series, produced by George Martin, enters the U.S. album chart at #1.

1967 -Otis Redding dies in a plane crash.

1971-Frank Zappa breaks a leg as he is thrown into the orchestra pit by a London fan's angry boyfriend, while in concert there

1967 Jethro Tull is formed.

1972 The first U.S. Genesis concert is held, at Brandeis University near Boston, Massachusetts.

1968 The Rolling Stones film the 'Rock and Roll Circus', with guests Eric Clapton, John Lennon, Jethro Tull and the Who.

1988 MTV Europe exceeds the 5 million household mark.

2008 Mick Jagger's home town of Dartford, England approves the naming of streets there after Rolling Stones songs.

[quote=Koala;92235]1965 A Charlie Brown Christmas" first airs on CBS-TV.

Not sure how this relates to rock n' roll history, but it gives me the opportunity to say how much I love this cartoon. I don't watch it every year (I've memorized most of it anyway) but it is by far my favorite. I'm surprised the far left have not petitioned to have it pulled off the air yet.

1963-Louie Louie by the Kingsmen hits #6.

1972-Born To Boogie, a documentary filmed by Ringo Starr and starring T Rex, premieres in London.

1986-Elton John performs in Sydney Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. The concert is released as a double album, Live In Australia in 1987.

1994-MTV premieres Unplugged with Bob Dylan.

1979 Pink Floyd releases their double-album epic, 'The Wall.' It stays at #1 for 15 weeks and has to date been certified 23 times platinum (signifying one million copies) in the US, making it the third best-selling album of all time.

1984 Duran Duran hits #2 in the US with "The Wild Boys".

1988 James Brown is sentenced to a six-year prison term after a year's worth of arrests on various assault, drug possession and vehicular charges. He leaves prison on parole on February 27, 1991.

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Originally Posted by Koala

1979 Pink Floyd releases their double-album epic, 'The Wall.' It stays at #1 for 15 weeks and has to date been certified 23 times platinum (signifying one million copies) in the US, making it the third best-selling album of all time.
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I have done my part to help out that cause a few times! :p


1969-The Peace For Christmas charity concert for UNICEF in London features John Lennon, Eric Clapton, George Harrison & Keith Moon.


2001-Joe Walsh is given an honorary Doctorate Of Music by Kent State University.

1961 The soundtrack to Blue Hawaii reaches #1 on the album charts, where it will remain for 20 weeks. With sales of 2 million, it is Elvis Presley´s best-selling album to date.

1966 The Jimi Hendrix Experience release "Hey Joe" in England. By February 1967, it reaches Number Four on the British charts. The next single, "Purple Haze," reaches Number Three. The group's debut album, Are You Experienced?, will remain near the top of the charts through the summer of 1967.

1977 The "Saturday Night Fever" film opens.

1983 The Who disband (until the seemingly unending series of "reunions"),

1958-Ritchie Valens performs a concert at the Junior High School he attended. The show is recorded and released in 1960 as Ritchie Valens Live, after his death.

1960-George Harrison is deported from Germany for being to young to perform with the Beatles there.

1969-"War Is Over!!! If You Want It!!" billboards go up in 11 cities around the world as a Christmas message from John Lennon and Yoko Ono.

1972--Me And Mrs Jones by Billy Paul hits #1.

1973-Stephen Stills loses a paternity case filed by a California woman.

1981-Ray Charles gets a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.

2007-Dan Fogelberg dies of prostate cancer.

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Originally Posted by TimothyBFan

2007-Dan Fogelberg dies of prostate cancer.

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Wow - I can't believe it's been two years.

1965-The Supremes open the Houston Astrodome with a concert there.

1977-Decade, a triple album by Neil Young is released

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Originally Posted by sodascouts

Wow - I can't believe it's been two years.

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I know. I had this same thought when I read that. :-(

ETA: About Dan Fogelberg's passing, since the quoting took that part off.

1969-Tiny Tim married Miss Vicky on the Tonight Show.

1971-T Rex hits #1 in the UK & #35 in the US with Electric Warrior.

1975-Rod Stewart leaves Faces.

2000- Posion's Every Rose Has It's Thorn is certified gold by RIAA.

1957 Elvis Presley is served with his draft notice while home at Graceland for the Christmas holidays. He is sworn in as a private in the U.S. Army on March 24, 1958, and later sent to basic training in Fort Hood, Texas. Shipped to Germany, he will serve in Company D, 32nd Tank Battalion, 3rd Armor Corps, from October 1, 1958, to March 1, 1960.

1978 "The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait" airs on ABC-TV.

1986 Whitesnake hits #2 with "Is This Love".

1993 Michael Clarke of the Byrds ("Eight Miles High") dies of liver failure.

1996 Lubbock, Texas names a street after native son Buddy Holly.

1964 I Feel Fine (The Beatles) was a hit.

1967 Jethro Tull is formed.

1968 Peter Paul and Mary hit #1 with "Leaving On A Jet Plane" written by John Denver.

1970 My Sweet Lord (George Harrison) was a hit.

1975 Joe Walsh joins the Eagles :smile::partytime::guitar:

1940 Frank Zappa is born in Baltimore, Maryland.

1946 Carl Wilson (Beach Boys) was born.

1968 Crosby, Stills & Nash is formed

1984 Prince hits #1 with "When Doves Cry" and "Let's Go Crazy" and #2 with "Purple Rain".

1992 Elton John establishes the Elton John AIDS Foundation, aimed at AIDS prevention education and direct care services.

1992 David Crosby guests on ABC-TV's "Roseanne".

1994 Beach Boy Mike Loves settles a dispute with Brian Wilson over authorship of 35 of the group's tunes out-of-court, receiving $5 million,

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1984 Prince hits #1 with "When Doves Cry" and "Let's Go Crazy" and #2 with "Purple Rain".

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You guys wouldn't believe me if I told you how many times I saw Purple Rain and about my Prince infactuation in the 80's. It's embarrassing!!! :???:

1973-Hello It's Me by Todd Rundgren hits #5.

1975-Ike & Tina Turner are robbed of $86,000 in concert receipts.