Today in Rock n' Roll History

[Freypower]

Love all those songs, Julie. Railroad hasalways been favorite. I agree that Maurice didn't get the credit that he deserved. I saw them in concert one time. A real highlight for me. I met their father, as we were staying at the same hotel. Quite a thrill.

Wow GL!

And you like Railroad too?!! I thought I was the only person in the world!!

[Koala]

Railroad is one of my favorites too!It's really a great song!

[Koala]

1962 Chubby Checker went back to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'The Twist'. The song first went to No.1 in Sept 1960 and became the only record in American chart history to top the charts on two separate occasions.

1967 Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr both went to the Bag O'Nails Club, London, England to see the Jimi Hendrix Experience.

1973 Aerosmith's self-titled debut is released. It contains the band staples "Dream On" and "Mama Kin."

1973 Eric Clapton made his stage comeback at the Rainbow Theatre, London, with Pete Townsend, Ronnie Wood, Stevie Winwood, Rebop, Jim Capaldi and support from The Average White Band. The night's two shows were recorded for the 'Rainbow Concert' album.

1979 the Y.M.C.A. sues the group The Village People over its song YMCA, but later drops the suit.

1990 New Kids On The Block had their second and last No.1 UK single with 'Hangin' Tough.' They had a further 7 Top 10 hits by the end of 1991. They broke up after that, but set the scene for numerous boy bands throughout the 90s.

2005 a report showed that more songs had been written about Elvis Presley than any other artist. It listed over 220 songs including: ‘Graceland’ by Paul Simon, ‘A Room At The Heartbreakhotel’ by U2, ‘Calling Elvis’, Dire Straits, ‘Happy Birthday Elvis’, Loudon Wainwright III, ‘There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis’, Kirsty MacColl, ‘I Saw Elvis in a UFO’, Ray Stevens. ‘Elvis Has Left the Building’ by Frank Zappa and 'My Dog Thinks I'm Elvis' by Ray Herndon.

[Annabel]

And afterwards. You Win Again, anyone? You are so right. I was lucky enough to see them live twice and they put on a couple of the most awesome shows I ever saw. I mourned Maurice deeply as I always felt he was very underrated, giving that he didn't get to sing the number of leads his brothers did (a notable exception is House Of Shame from the One album; great track, also a song called Railroad which can be found on the Tales From The Brothers Gibb box set). Magnificent though Stayin' Alive & Jive' Talkin' are, they are just part of the picture. I cite Nights On Broadway, from Main Course, which Jive' Talkin' comes from. It is one of THE great songs.

I saw them live at Wembley Arena and they were amazing. Confession time. I was in Andy Gibb's fan club. Mourned him after he died. He was cute.

[TimothyBFan]

You Win Again is one of the great songs too. I should do a Top 10:

1. Stayin' Alive
2. Nights On Broadway
3. Jive Talkin'
4. I Can't See Nobody
5. Holiday
6. To Love Somebody
7. You Win Again
8. Come On Over
9. E.S.P.
10 Lonely Days

(with an honourable mention for I Started A Joke, which is an extraordinary song).

I haven't even mentioned stuff like Mr Natural, Massachusetts, How Can You Mend A Broken Heart, Another Lonely Night In New York, Edge Of The Universe, How Deep Is Your Love, Run To Me, etc etc.

You've convinced me!! To be honest, I don't have any Bee Gees music downloaded and I had forgotten most of these songs above. I have now but that on my agenda for the day. Thanks for the reminder that they had some really good stuff.

[Koala]

1960 Elvis Presley's' 'GI Blues' started a seven-week run at No.1 on the UK chart.

1963 Charlie Watts made his live debut with The Rolling Stones at The Flamingo Jazz Club, Soho, London.

1967 Cliff Richard told the music paper the NME that he was retiring from show business to teach religious education in schools.

1978 The Sex Pistols played their last live gig at Winterland, San Francisco, (they re-formed in 96).

2005 a $100,000 (£58,823) statue honouring the late punk guitarist Johnny Ramone was unveiled by his widow Linda at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Johnny died from prostate cancer in September 2004 at the age of 55. Hundreds turned out for the ceremony, including Tommy Ramone – the only surviving band member. Dee Dee Ramone died of a drugs overdose in 2002 and Joey died in 2001 of lymphatic cancer.

[AzEaglesFan]

There was an article in the Phx paper called "Walk among Stars in LA Cemetery. One of the pictures in the article is of the statue of Johnny Ramone. It looks in the picture like it would worth seeing if I was ever to get over that way. It stands in the Garden of Legends part of the cemetery. One thing the writer mentions is, I guess it is the custom there for people to kiss the headstone of DeeDee Ramone for some reason. He said it is covered with lipstick "smacks".

[Koala]

1964 The Beatles played two shows at the Olympia Theatre, Paris, France, the first of an 18-night engagement. This first show was attended mostly by Paris' "top society" members (all dressed in formal evening attire). The French press had little good to say about The Beatles in the next day's papers, but The Beatles didn't care, because they'd just received news that their single ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’ had hit No.1 in the US, selling 10,000 copies an hour in New York City alone.


1992 Eric Clapton performs an all-acoustic set for that is taped for the MTV series Unplugged. It airs on March 11, winning a record audience for the show, and is released on CD and videotape in August. The 70-minute live set, which includes an acoustic arrangement of "Layla," reaches #1. It goes on to sell three million copies and earns a Grammy for Album of the Year.

1996 Pink Floyd is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the eleventh annual induction dinner. Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins is their presenter.

1969 Fleetwood Mac, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Albert Collins all appeared at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, California.

1970 John Lennon's London Art Gallery exhibit of erotic lithographs, 'Bag One' was closed by Scotland Yard.

[MikeA]

1992 Eric Clapton performs an all-acoustic set for that is taped for the MTV series Unplugged. It airs on March 11, winning a record audience for the show, and is released on CD and videotape in August. The 70-minute live set, which includes an acoustic arrangement of "Layla," reaches #1. It goes on to sell three million copies and earns a Grammy for Album of the Year.

This was the same MTV "Unplugged" show that Clapton also did "No More Tears In Heaven".

[TimothyBFan]

1996 Pink Floyd is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the eleventh annual induction dinner. Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins is their presenter.

And if you've ever seen the display at the HOF, you'll know it is one of the best there. So very awesome to see The Wall!!