Today in Rock n' Roll History

[Brooke]

Too funny!

He had a few hits here, but I sure didn't know he was that popular!

[MikeA]

1966 John Lennon's statement that The Beatles were 'more popular than Jesus Christ'

1966....the year I graduated from High School. I can remember this happening as clearly as if it were "Yesterday". The Preacher at the Baptist Church I attended preached an entire sermon on this proclaiming all Rock And Roll Music was destroying the morales of the youth of the world. He even admitted to the congregation that unfortunately, what John Lennon said was probably correct! This was really ironic because the Director of the choir thought Norwegian Wood was the greatest song that had ever been written!

Our Preacher was dead set against Sex too because it often led to Dancing!

[Brooke]

Lol Mike! Did he have any children?

[MikeA]

Lol Mike! Did he have any children?

Yes. They were his punishment. Thank God he didn't dance. I'd hate to think what that punishment would have been!

[Koala]

1955 Elvis Presley made his TV debut when he appeared on the weekend show 'Louisiana Hayride' on KWKH TV, broadcast from Shreveport Auditorium in Shreveport, Louisiana.

1963 Country singer Patsy Cline was killed in a plane crash at Dyersburg, Virginia, along with The Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins. They were traveling to Nashville to appear at a benefit concert for DJ 'Cactus' Jack Call, who'd died in a car crash. Cline was the first country singer to cross over as a pop artist. Two days later Country singer, Jack Anglin was killed in a car crash on his way to Cline's funeral.

1971 Led Zeppelin started a 12-date 'thank you' tour for British fans appearing at the clubs from their early days and charging the admission price from 1968. The first show was at The Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

1982 actor and singer John Belushi died from an overdose of cocaine and heroin. Belushi was one of the original cast members on US TV's Saturday Night Live, played Joliet 'Jake' Blues in The Blues Brothers and also appeared in the film Animal House. His tombstone reads "I may be gone, but rock n roll lives on."

1983 Michael Jackson started a seven week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Billie Jean', his fourth solo US No.1, also No.1 in the UK. And on this day Jacksons album 'Thriller' went to No.1 for the first time on the UK album chart, it went on to become the biggest selling album of all time with sales over 50 million.
　
　

[Koala]

1946 David Gilmour is born.

1965 'The Rolling Stones Number 2' album went back to No.1 on the UK charts for six weeks.


1965 The Temptations went to No.1 on the US singles chart with the Smokey Robinson penned song 'My Girl', making the group the first male act to have a No.1 for Motown, The single only reached No.43 in the UK but made No.2 when re-issued.

1967 The Beatles recorded sound effects onto the song ‘Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band’ at Abbey Road studios in London. The beginning audience murmurs and sounds of a band preparing for a performance are added, along with screams from a tape of the Beatles in concert at the Hollywood Bowl.

1971 Mungo Jerry were at No.1 on the UK singles chat with 'Baby Jump', the group's second and final No.1.

1972 Pink Floyd played the first night on a 7-date tour of Japan at the Tokyo-To Taiikukan, in Tokyo, Japan.

1973 Slade scored their fourth UK No.1 single with 'Cum On Feel The Noize', the first single to enter the charts at No.1 since The Beatles 'Get Back' in 1969. Elton John had the No.1 album with 'Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player'.

2000 Eric Clapton is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the fifteenth annual induction dinner. Robbie Robertson is his presenter.

2004 David Crosby was arrested and charged with criminal possession of a weapon and marijuana after leaving his bag in a New York hotel. The luggage was found by a hotel employee looking for identification, finding instead a handgun and marijuana. The employee called authorities, and Crosby, discovering the missing luggage himself, telephoned to say he would return for it. He was met by New York police, who arrested him.

[MikeA]

1967 The Beatles recorded sound effects onto the song ‘Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band’ at Abbey Road studios in London. The beginning audience murmurs and sounds of a band preparing for a performance are added, along with screams from a tape of the Beatles in concert at the Hollywood Bowl.

"Innovative" would be an understatement! Their initial success I think gave them the Fame and Ego to try whatever they wanted without really having to worry about skid row if it didn't work out. For the most part, everything they did "worked out!"

[Koala]

1962 The Beatles make their radio debut performing three songs, including Roy Orbison's "Dream Baby," on the BBC.

1965 During a Rolling Stones gig at The Palace Theatre in Manchester, England a female fan fell from the circle while the group were playing. The crowd below broke her fall and the girl escaped serious injury just breaking a few teeth.

1970 Simon and Garfunkels album 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' started a ten week run at No.1 on the US chart. The duo had split-up by the time of release.

1976 Elton John was immortalised in wax at Madame Tussauds in London. The first rock star to be so since The Beatles.

1987 The first five Beatles albums, Please Please Me, With the Beatles, A Hard Day's Night, Beatles for Sale and Help! were released on Compact disc. Capitol Records decided to release the original UK mixes of the Beatles albums, which means that the first four CDs are released in mono. This marks the first time that many of these mono mixes were available in the US.


1987 Peter Gabriel hits #8 in the US with "Big Time".

1988 New Kids on the Block's (five Boston teens put together by Maurice Star)" Please Don't Go Girl" is added to radio play lists and starts the ball rolling for one of the biggest boy bands of the 80s.

[MikeA]

1987 The first five Beatles albums, Please Please Me, With the Beatles, A Hard Day's Night, Beatles for Sale and Help! were released on Compact disc. Capitol Records decided to release the original UK mixes of the Beatles albums, which means that the first four CDs are released in mono. This marks the first time that many of these mono mixes were available in the US.

This may be the wrong place to mention this. But does anyone else remember when, back in the 60's when you could buy a vinyl album but usually had the choice of buying a Stereo or Mono version of the vinyl?

My memory may be playing tricks on me. I was in one of those "Record Clubs" where you got 100 albums free by agreeing to buy 12 albums at the "regular club price" (yeah I know, I was a sucker). But the ones they offered as freebies were either out of stock or were old releases or by bands you'd never heard of. But by being patient, I did eventually get 100 albums that I was not ashamed to have stacked along the walls.

[tequila girl]

Yeah, I remember too Mike.....I was also a member of one of "those" record clubs!