And I would have been there but nobody would pick up a six year old hitchhiker. :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by Koala
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And I would have been there but nobody would pick up a six year old hitchhiker. :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by Koala
1964 On their first full day in New York, The Beatles (minus George who had a sore throat), went for a photo-opportunity walk around Central Park. Extra police were called in to keep fans away. Later in the day The Ronettes interviewed the band for radio.
1975 Bob Dylan went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Blood On The Tracks' his second US No.1 album.
1983 winners at the second annual Brit Awards held in London included Paul McCartney who won Best British Male Solo Artist, Kim Wilde won Best British Female Solo Artist, Dire Straits won British Group, British Breakthrough Act went to Yazoo, International Act was Kid Creole & The Coconuts, Best Selling Single Dexy's Midnight Runners "Come On Eileen" and the Life Achievement Award went to Pete Townshend.
1994 Oasis were forced to cancel their first foreign tour after they were deported from Holland. The band were involved in a drunken brawl on a cross-channel ferry resulting in members of the band being arrested and locked in the brig on the ferry.
1998 winners at this years Brit Awards included Finley Quaye who won Best British Male Solo Artist, Best British Female Solo Artist went to Shola Ama, The Verve won British Group and Best British Album for ‘Urban Hymns’, British Dance Act went to The Prodigy, British Breakthrough Act was Stereophonics, Best Selling British Album Act was The Spice Girls, International Male, Jon Bon Jovi, International Female, Bjork, International Group, U2 and Outstanding Contribution went to Fleetwood Mac. During the show Chumbawamba singer Danbert Nobacon threw a plastic bucket full of cold water over UK Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott.
1964 The Beatles made their US live debut on CBS-TV's 'The Ed Sullivan Show'; they performed five songs including their current No.1 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' watched by an estimated 73 million people. The show had received over 50,000 applications for the 728 seats in the TV studio.
1967 the film for the latest Beatles single 'Penny Lane' and 'Strawberry Fields Forever' was shown on BBC-TV's Top Of The Pops. It was the first Beatles single not to make No.1 in the UK since 1963, held off the top by Engelbert Humperdinck's 'Release Me.'
1981 American singer Bill Haley was found dead, fully clothed on his bed at his home in Harlington, Texas from a heart attack, Haley had sold over 60 million records during his career. Scored the 1955 UK & US No.1 single 'Rock Around The Clock', and became known as the first Rock 'n' Roll star. Haley was blinded in his left eye as a child due to a botched operation and later adopted his distinctive spit-curl hairstyle to distract attention from his blind eye.
1982 George Harrison presented UNICEF with a cheque for $9 million (£5.3 million), ten years after the fundraising concert for Bangladesh.
2002 Billboard published the Top 5 selling albums in the world from 2001: Britney Spears’ 'Britney', $7m (£4.1m); Shaggy’s 'Hotshot', $7.2m £4.24m); Destiny’s Child’s 'Survivor', $7.8m (£4.6m); Linkin Park’s 'Hybrid', $8.5m (£5m) and Dido’s 'No Angel', $8.6m (£5.06m) sales.
2009 Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant took home five prizes for his collaboration with bluegrass singer Alison Krauss at this years Grammy Awards held in Los Angeles. The duo won album of the year for Raising Sand and record of the year for ‘Please Read The Letter.’ Coldplay, (who won song of the year for ‘Viva La Vida’) Adele, Duffy, Radiohead and Peter Gabriel were among other UK acts to be honoured. John Mayer won Best solo rock vocal performance for ‘Gravity’, Kings of Leon won Best rock performance by a group with ‘Sex on Fire’, Best rock song went to Bruce Springsteen for ‘Girls In Their Summer Clothes’ and Lil' Wayne won Best rap solo performance and Best rap album for Tha Carter III.
2009 Ringo Starr became the 2,401st person to be added to the Hollywood Walk Of Fame during a ceremony that marked the 50th anniversary of the attraction. The Beatles as a group were given a star in 1998.
This show is what inspired MANY to become musicians and to join/form bands. Almost everytime I read or hear an interview, they mention the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show.Quote:
Originally Posted by Koala
I remember my whole family watching that show! I would always sit crosslegged on the floor just a few feet from the TV (a year later at the age of seven I would be fitted with my first pair of eye glasses.) :wink: I remember my older brother saying, "Look at Cathy's head." and hearing laughter from my family behind me. I turned around to see what they were laughing about and saw my brother mimicking me bouncing my head back and forth to the music. Hey, I had the beat! :hilarious:
Them Be-At-Els was a purty good band. They put on a really good shoeeeee.
I didn't get to watch that show that night. It was Sunday and that meant Training Union and Church (and choir practice). Our choir director was a HUGE Beatles fan. All he could talk about was wishing that he had some way to watch that show. No such thing as home video equipment of any kind back then.
I was so pissed off! I was 15 at the time but that didn't make any difference. It was Church Night and those boys brought De Debils music to our country and shouldn't have been allowed over here! It was one of the events that convinced me that I had to get out on my own or else go completely crazy. I guess a lot of 15 year olds feel that way.
:lol: Love your stories, Pm and Mike! Too funny!
I remember watching the Beatles on ES, too. Loved it and I was only 8!
Yep - I watched it. And Brooke - since we are twins at birth, I must have been 8 as well! :lie:
Thanks for sharing your stories, guys. Sounds like it was a really epic event (even if you missed it).
And one of the guys there - our very own Joe Walsh!Quote:
2009 Ringo Starr became the 2,401st person to be added to the Hollywood Walk Of Fame during a ceremony that marked the 50th anniversary of the attraction.
1958 Frank Sinatra started a five week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Come Fly With Me.'
1962 Henry Mancini went to No.1 on the US album chart with the soundtrack to 'Breakfast At Tiffany's.'
1967 The Beatles recorded the orchestral build-up for the middle and end of ‘A Day in the Life’. At the Beatles' request, the orchestra members arrived in full evening dress along with novelty items. One violinist wore a red clown's nose, while another a fake gorilla's paw on his bow hand. Others were wearing funny hats and other assorted novelties. The recording was filmed for a possible ‘Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band’ television special which was ultimately abandoned. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Mike Nesmith from The Monkees and Donovan also attended the session.
1968 The Four Tops 'Greatest Hits' was at No.1 on the UK album chart, the first No.1 album for the Tamla Motown label.
1973 Elton John had his first UK No.1 album when 'Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player' started a six-week run at the top of the charts.
1976 Dream On," from Aerosmith's debut album, is re-released as a single and reaches #6.
1993 on a special edition of the Oprah Winfrey show, Michael Jackson gave his first TV interview for 14 years, live from his Neverland Valley Ranch.
1997 Brian Connolly singer with the 1970's Glam rock group Sweet died of kidney and liver failure aged 47. Connolly replaced Ian Gillan (later of Deep Purple and Black Sabbath) in Wainwright's Gentlemen who became Sweetshop and then shortened to Sweet.
2005 Prince topped Rolling Stone magazine’s annual list of the year’s biggest money earners after his 2004 tour grossed over $90 million (£53 million). Madonna came in second place after earning $54.9 million (£34.3 million) and Metallica came third with $43 million (£25.3 million).