That is hilarious! :rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by Koala
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That is hilarious! :rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by Koala
1960 UK trade paper Record Retailer published the UK's first ever EP (extended player) chart and LP chart. No. 1 EP was 'Expresso Bongo' by Cliff Richard & The Shadows and No.1 LP 'The Explosive Freddy Cannon.'
1973 the Pink Floyd album 'Dark Side Of The Moon' was released in America, it spent over 740 weeks on the chart over a 14-year period.
1977 at 7am in the morning on a trestle table set up out-side Buckingham Palace, London, The Sex Pistols signed to A&M Records. The contract lasted for six days.
1979 Gloria Gaynor started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I Will Survive', also a No.1 in the UK. The song was originally released as the B-side to a song first recorded by The Righteous Brothers called 'Substitute.'
1988 younger brother of The Bee Gees Andy Gibb died in hospital. His death from myocarditis (inflammation of the heart) followed a long battle with cocaine addiction, which had weakened his heart.
1998 His Pilgrim album yields the introspective hit "My Father's Eyes," which wins Eric Clapton a Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.
2000 The Daily Mail published pictures of Paul McCartney dancing with a cowgirl on the bar of a New York club. McCartney sang along to 'Whole Lotta Shakin' through a megaphone and mimicked a strip tease in front of 100 onlookers.
Ahhh he was one of my pin ups. :drool: I even joined his fan club. Was sad the way he died.Quote:
1988 younger brother of The Bee Gees Andy Gibb died in hospital. His death from myocarditis (inflammation of the heart) followed a long battle with cocaine addiction, which had weakened his heart.
Clapton's "Pilgram" is one of his better releases. Actually, I like most all of the albums and CDs that Eric has released. The guy can really play and his vocals are better than he gave himself credit for back when he was with Cream and the Blues Breakers. He and Walsh were very alike in that respect when they were kids.
1965 The Beatles release "Yes It Is".
1965 Tom Jones was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'It's Not Unusual.' The Welsh singers first of 16 UK Top 40 hits during the 60's.
1968 The Otis Redding single 'Dock Of The Bay', went gold in the US three months after the singer was killed in a plane crash.
1970 'Deja Vu', by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young is released. It contains underground favorites like Stills' "Carry On," Young's "Helpless" and Crosby's "Almost Cut My Hair," while launching three Top Forty singles: "Woodstock" (#11), "Teach Your Children" (#16) and "Our House" (#30).
1971 Jim Morrison of The Doors arrived in Paris booking into The Hotel George's, the following week he moved into an apartment at 17 Rue Beautreillis in Paris. Morrison lived in Paris until his death on July 3rd 1971.
1972 Neil Young went to No.1 on the US & UK album chart with 'Harvest.' The album featured the hit single 'Heart Of Gold.'
1978 Meat Loaf's 'Bat Out Of Hell', album began a 416-week run on the UK chart, going on to sell over 2 million copies.
1978 Van Halen's self-titled debut album enters the charts.
1989 Australian actor turned singer Jason Donovan scored his first UK No.1 single with 'Too Many Broken Hearts.' Written and produced by Stock, Aitken and Waterman.
2005 the front door of Ozzy Osbourne's childhood home in Birmingham went up for sale because the current owner was fed up with fans defacing it. Ali Mubarrat, who now owned the house in Lodge Road, Aston, said over the years it had become a pilgrimage destination. He was now auctioning the door on eBay and giving the money to charity.
2008 Madonna was inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at a star-studded ceremony in New York City, she received her honour at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel from singer Justin Timberlake. The 49-year-old thanked her detractors in an acceptance speech, including those who "said I couldn't sing, that I was a one hit wonder". Rock star John Mellencamp, Leonard Cohen, The Ventures and The Dave Clark Five were also among the inductees.
1963 The Beatles played at the Granada Cinema in Bedford. Also on the bill, Chris Montez and Tommy Roe. John Lennon, suffering from a heavy cold, was unable to perform, so The Beatles set was rearranged so that George and Paul could sing the parts that John usually sang.
1966 The Mamas and the Papas' debut single, "California Dreamin'," reaches #4. Over time, it becomes the Mamas and the Papas' signature song.
1969 Paul McCartney married Linda Eastman at Marylebone Register Office. They then held a reception lunch at The Ritz Hotel, Paul then went to Abbey Road studios in the evening to work. George Harrison and his wife Patti were arrested on the same day and charged with possession of 120 joints of marijuana.
1983 U2 scored their first UK No.1 album with 'War', which went on to spend a total of 147 weeks on the chart. The album featured the singles 'New Years Day' and 'Two Hearts Beat As One'.
1983 Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler had her only UK No.1 single with a song written by Meatloaf's producer, Jim Steinman, 'Total Eclipse Of The Heart'. Also No.1 in the US, (the only Welsh artist to score a US No.1), Canada and Australia, the single sold over 5 million copies.
2006 former Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour went to No.1 on the UK album chart with his third solo album 'On An Island.'
2009 Hundreds of fans queued at the O2 arena in London as Michael Jackson tickets went on sale to the public. The 50-year-old pop veteran had confirmed he would be playing a 50-date residency at the venue, beginning on 8 July 2009. Some 360,000 pre-sale tickets had already sold. Organisers said the This Is It tour had become the fastest-selling in history, with 33 seats sold each minute. Prices ranged from £170 to £10,000, but tickets bought directly from the singer's website cost up to £75. Jackson had said this would be the last time he would perform in the UK.
In 1967, I had dropped out of college and volunteered for the Army. Why not! Draft (conscription) was inevitable and bypassing the Draft and enlisting would give a volunteer a small chance of getting into training that they preferred to be involved in rather than the 99% surety of becoming cannon-fodder.
I didn't pass the physical (spontaneous pneumothorax...or collapsed lung) the year before disqualified me from military duty.
I was unprepared for that and with no training and no education other than high school, I had to take a job at a furniture factory (Curtis Mathis who made cabinets for Television Sets). I worked a swing shift from 4pm to midnight and it was a very boring vocation! Repetitious. LOUD. I was on a radial arm saw cutting little pieces of triangular shaped wood used to reinforce corners inside the cabinets.
At that time, all I could think of was getting to California! My dream was to buy a Harley Davidson bike and just take off. I sang "California Dreaming" incessantly for months while working in that factory.
I got so lax in attention that one night, I lopped off the tips of two fingers on my left hand! And, I was singing "California Dreaming" when it happened <LOL>
Yikes, Mike! I bet that woke you up!
You Bet Brooke! I did eventually make it to California in the mid 70's on a short business trip. San Francisco. But didn't even make it to Haight Ashbury. I did traverse the Golden Gate and did also take a heli-cab across the Bay and saw San Quinten fairly close up. That's one UGLY place too!
Not exactly the circumstances I had envisioned back in 1967 though.
Wow, Mike! You've lived a very interesting life, even if it didn't turn out the way you originally intended.
Sorry about those fingertips though! OOOOUUUUUCCCCH!