Today in Rock n' Roll History

1960 Jimi Hendrix made his stage debut when he played a show at a High School in Seattle.

1971 The soundtrack to 'Jesus Christ Superstar' went to No.1 on the US album chart. The album peaked at No.6 on the UK chart.

1977 New Kid in Town (The Eagles) was a hit.

1978 Abba were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Take A Chance On Me', the group's seventh No.1 was also a top 3 hit in over 10 other countries.

1993 More than 34 years after his death, Buddy Holly and The Crickets had the #1 album on the UK chart with the “Words of Love” compilation album. Holly reached the Top 10 of the UK album chart for five straight decades.

2008 A 1976 Rolling Stones album bought for £2 at a car boot sale sold for £4,000 at an auction. The ‘Black and Blue’ LP was signed by John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Paul and Linda McCartney and George Harrison as well as members of the Rolling Stones. The seller obtained the album after haggling the cost down from £3.

1961,The Beatles played three gigs in one day. The first was a lunchtime show at the Cavern Club, then at night they appeared at the Cassanova Club, Liverpool and at Litherland Town Hall, Liverpool.

1970 Simon and Garfunkel went to No.1 on the UK chart with 'Bridge Over Troubled Water'. The album went on to stay on the chart for over 300 weeks, returning to the top of the charts on eight separate occasions and spending a total of 41 weeks at No.1.

1970 Having been in release for only 15 weeks, Led Zeppelin II approaches sales of 2 million.

1981 Phil Collins entered the UK album chart at No.1 with 'Face Value.'

1983 Thriller' tops the album charts for the first of 37 weeks.

1990 Milli Vanilli are awarded the Best New Artist Grammy. It would take until the following November for producer Frank Farian to confess that the duo of Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus never actually sang a single note on their recordings, causing the award to be withdrawn.

1990 Paul McCartney is given the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles.

1995 For the first time in seven years, Bruce Springsteen performs live with the E Street Band in a New York City nightclub for a video for Jonathan Demme’s film “Murder Incorporated.”

1998 Robbie Williams hits #4 in the UK with the ballad "Angels."

2008 A US music aficionado sold his collection of more than three million vinyl albums, singles and compact discs to an eBay buyer from Ireland for just over $3 million. An eBay spokeswoman said the sale is one of the highest ever for the online auction site.
　

1962 Elvis Presley was at No.1 o the UK singles chart with 'Rock-A- Hula Baby / Cant Help Falling In Love.' The tracks were from his latest film 'Blue Hawaii' and became the singers tenth UK No.1

1968 Genesis released their first single 'The Silent Sun.' Not a chart hit.

1969 Oz magazine reviews Led Zeppelin's first album. Writer Felix Dennis says the debut "defies immediate classification or description, simply because it's so obviously a turning point in rock music that only time proves capable of shifting it into eventual perspective."

1986 MTV celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Monkees by airing “Pleasant Valley Sunday,” a 22-hour broadcast of Monkees TV episodes.

1992, Shakespear's Sister started an eight-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Stay'. The duo was made up of ex Bananarama member Siobhan Fahey and singer Marcella Detroit (who co-wrote 'Lay Down Sally' with Eric Clapton). One of the longest running UK No.1's in chart history and the longest by an all-female act.

2001 The Sunday Mirror lists the Beatles as the biggest money-earners of 2000.
Although they no longer exist, the band pulled in a tidy $50 million.

2002,Two middle-aged women spent the first of eight nights sleeping in a car outside Bournemouth International Centre to make sure they were first in the queue for when tickets to Cliff Richard's forthcoming concert went on sale.

2003 Sir Paul McCartney played a private show in San Diego for the 50th birthday of Wendy Whitworth, the executive producer of CNN’s Larry King Show. Sir Paul donated his $1 million (£0.6 million) fee to the Adopt-a-Minefield charity.

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Originally Posted by Koala

2002,Two middle-aged women spent the first of eight nights sleeping in a car outside Bournemouth International Centre to make sure they were first in the queue for when tickets to Cliff Richard's forthcoming concert went on sale.

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:hilarious: Whenever I see stuff like this about Cliff Richard, it just cracks me up!! I just never realized how HUGE he was/is outside of the US.

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Originally Posted by TimothyBFan

:hilarious: Whenever I see stuff like this about Cliff Richard, it just cracks me up!! I just never realized how HUGE he was/is outside of the US.

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I have trouble believing it myself Willie :huh:

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1969 Oz magazine reviews Led Zeppelin's first album. Writer Felix Dennis says the debut "defies immediate classification or description, simply because it's so obviously a turning point in rock music that only time proves capable of shifting it into eventual perspective."

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That was "news" to me. Not the thought. But rather the foresight that "OZ" magazine had to review it as a groundbreaking first effort by a group that turned out to be one of the most significant in the industry as time would later reveal.

I still love their music and it dominates the recordings I actually listen too. Equaled only by Eagles, Joe Walsh and Heart <LOL>.

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Originally Posted by tequila girl

I have trouble believing it myself Willie :huh:

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I wonder "why" that is? Do you suppose tHEy just didn't market the US?

Could be Mike. Reminds me of my beloved Sweet. Same there.

1946 Rusty Young is born.
　
1971 George Harrison was fined and banned from driving for a year.

1974 Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells" (also know as the theme to the movie 'The Exorcist') debuts on the singles chart.

1978 Winners at this years Grammy Awards included Fleetwood Mac, Album of the year for 'Rumours', The Eagles, Record of the year for 'Hotel California' and Best pop vocal performance, The Bee Gees for 'How Deep Is Your Love.'

1978 Kenny Rogers’ “Lucille” wins a Grammy for Best Male Country Vocal Performance.

1979 Dire Straits played their first American show when they appeared in Boston.

1998 All members of Oasis were banned for life from flying Cathay Pacific Airlines after "abusive and disgusting behaviour" during a flight from Hong Kong to Perth, Australia.

1998 Luciano Pavarotti is honored as the 1998 MusiCares Person of the Year at a special tribute dinner and concert held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel’s Grand Ballroom in New York.

2000 Israeli singer Ofra Haza dies in Tel Aviv. She is 41. Haza had been hospitalized and on a respirator for a week, apparently due to pneumonia.

2000 A cover of the Led Zeppelin classic “What Is And What Should Never Be” by Jimmy Page and the Black Crowes becomes available for free download exclusively from e-tailer Musicmaker.com.

2002 The Bee Gees made their last ever concert appearance when they appeared at the Love and Hope Ball, Miami Beach, Florida.

2003 Norah Jones wins eight Grammys, including Album of the Year for Come Away With Me. At the show, Bruce Springsteen, “Little Steven” Van Zandt, Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters, Tony Canal of No Doubt, and Elvis Costello perform The Clash’s “London Calling” as a tribute to the late Joe Strummer.

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Originally Posted by Koala

2000 Israeli singer Ofra Haza dies in Tel Aviv. She is 41. Haza had been hospitalized and on a respirator for a week, apparently due to pneumonia.

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