I'll add my thanks here too, Koala. I love this thread. I just wish I had time to reply to everything I'd like to on the board each day. Unfortunately, I'm sure like many of you, I just have to 'pick and choose' what I respond to.
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I'll add my thanks here too, Koala. I love this thread. I just wish I had time to reply to everything I'd like to on the board each day. Unfortunately, I'm sure like many of you, I just have to 'pick and choose' what I respond to.
Awww, thanks guys!
1945 Rick Wright (Pink Floyd) is born.
1954 The first press interview with 19-year-old Elvis Presley was published in the 'Memphis Press- Scimitar'.
1969 police in Moscow reported that thousands of public phone booths had been vandalised after thieves were stealing parts of the phones to convert their acoustic guitars to electric. A feature in a Russian youth magazine had shown details on how to do this.
1973 The Watkins Glen outdoor summer jam was held outside of Watkins Glen, New York with The Allman Brothers, The Grateful Dead and The Band. Over 600,000 rock fans attended. Many historians claimed the event was the largest gathering of people in the history of the United States. 150,000 tickets were sold for $10 each, but for all the other people it was a free concert. The crowd was so huge that a large part of the audience was not able to see the stage.
1990 Elton John started a five-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Sleeping With The Past', his fifth No.1 album.
2000 Five and Queen were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'We Will Rock You', the classic Queen song was only a B-side in 1977 and this new version featured boy band Five and Queen guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor.
Love this thread and the great job you do with it Koala!!:thumbsup:
Thanks TBF!
1963 Elvis Presley was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with '(You're The) Devil In Disguise'. His 14th UK No.1.
1966 Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker made their live debut as Cream at The Twisted Wheel, Manchester, England.
1966 Bob Dylan suffered a broken neck vertebra when he crashed his Triumph 55 motorbike near his home in Woodstock, New York.
1967 The Doors started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Light My Fire'. The group's first US No.1, it only reached No.49 on the UK chart. Re- issued in 1991 when it made No.7 in the UK.
1968 the first recording session of The Beatles seven-minute epic 'Hey Jude' took place at Abbey Road studios London. The Paul McCartney song was written about John Lennon's son Julian.
1972 ELO hits #9 in the UK with the debut single "10538 Over".
1973 Led Zeppelin lost $180,000 in cash when a thief made off with their hotel safe deposit box from two Madison Square Garden concerts in New York City.
1987 Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream introduces their "Cherry Garcia" flavor (named after the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia),
2005 John Lennon’s handwritten lyrics for “All You Need is Love”, gathered from his music stand after The Beatles’ final television appearance in 1967, sold at an auction in London for $1 million to an anonymous bidder.
1966 The Beatles started a five week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Yesterday...And Today', the group's 8th No.1 album.
1968 The Beatles closed their Apple Boutique in London after seven months of business, giving away all the stock to passers by and Apple staff.
1977 The Bee Gees younger brother Andy Gibb started a four-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I Just Wanna Be Your Everything', his first of three US No.1's, it peaked at No.26 in the UK.
1978 Fleetwood Mac and Steve Miller Band appeared at the JFK Stadium, Philadelphia.
2006 Top of the Pops airs for the last time on BBC, after 42 years of broadcasting performances by the likes of The Rolling Stones, Madonna, David Bowie, Robbie Williams and Shakira.
2007 a man admitted bootlegging charges after hearing evidence from Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page. Robert Langley, 57, from Buckingham, originally denied three trademark and two copyright infringements after being caught at a record fair in Glasgow. The seizure of CDs and DVDs two years ago included £11,500 of counterfeit Led Zeppelin material.
I hate to correct you but actually Andy's birthday is June 30th not July 30th. Sorry!Quote:
Originally Posted by Koala
Upps, no problem, then I'll correct this, thank you for pointing!Quote:
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1969 Elvis Presley kicked off a four week run at the Las Vegas International Hotel, ( his first live show since March 25, 1961). He reportedly netted $1.5m for the shows. On the menu an Elvis special, polk salad with corn muffins & honey.
1971 a security guard was stabbed to death duri
ng a concert by The Who at New York's Forest Hill Stadium.
1992 Michael Jackson made an unscheduled appearance on his hotel balcony in London after a man had threatened to jump from an apartment building across the street. 28 year-old Eric Herminie told police he would leap to his death if he didn't see Jackson, who was in Britain for a series of concerts. Jackson spent a couple of minutes waving to Herminie, who then climbed back into the building.
1942 Jerry Garcia ( Grateful Dead) is born.
1965 The Beach Boys' "California Girls," a last gasp of the L.A. surf-pop sound, reaches Number Three.
1970 Eric Clapton is released, peaking at #13. This same month, Clapton begins recording in Miami with his new band, Derek and the Dominos. They record the monumental double album Layla...and Other Assorted Love Songs in ten days. One writer called it "the most valid double since [Bob Dylan's] Blonde on Blonde."
1971 The concert for Bangladesh, featuring George Harrison, Bob Dylan and Eric Clapton, takes place in New York's Madison Square Garden.
1981 MTV launches in the United States at 12:01am. The first broadcasted video is "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles. Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, J.J. Jackson and Martha Quinn become MTV's first VJs.
1987 Bob Seger scored his first US No.1 single with 'Shakedown', taken from the film 'Beverly Hills Cop II'.
Oh my, my, my. I remember it like it was yesterday!Quote:
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