Birthdays:
Jimmy Dean (1928) “Big Bad John”
American singer and entertainer Eddie Fisher (1929)
James Griffin – Bread (1943)
Ian Anderson - Jethro Tull (1947)
Ronnie Spector - The Ronettes (1947)
Patti Austin (1948)
Gene Johnson - Diamond Rio (1949)
Mark Price - All About Eve (1959) Also worked with The Cure and Right Said Fred.
Julia Fordham - singer, songwriter (1962)
Todd Nichols - Toad The Wet Sprocket (1967)
Michael Bivins - New Edition (1968)
They Are Missed:
Michael "Panic" Houser, guitarist for Widespread Panic, died of pancreatic cancer in 2002 (age 40).
Born on this day in 1940, Bobby Hatfield, singer, The Righteous Brothers , “You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin.” He died on November 5, 2003.
Born today in 1909, Leo Fender, inventor of The Telecaster and Stratocaster guitars. Died March 21, 1991.
History:
Recorded in ’58, while Elvis Presley was on furlough during his Army stint, “A Big Hunk O’ Love” is released over a year later (1959) and takes only five weeks to reach #1.
In 1959, four members of The Platters were arrested after a gig in Cincinnati after being found with four 19 year old women, (3 of them white), in various stages of undress. The scandal resulted in radio stations across the US removing Platters records from their playlists.
13 year-old Little Stevie Wonder started a three week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1963 with “Fingertips part II,” making him the youngest singer to top the charts.
Cream started a four-week run at #1 on the US album chart in 1968 with “Wheels Of Fire.”
In 1968, the Who released their single "Magic Bus," which later went to #25.
The trial of Doors' singer Jim Morrison began in 1970. He faced numerous charges (lewd and obscene behavior) resulting from a '69 Miami concert. Morrison was found guilty but files an appeal which was still pending at the time of the singer's death less than a year later.
Following a concert in Sweden in 1972, Paul & Linda McCartney are busted for drug possession. They pay a fine and are on their way. (Paul is fined $1,000 and Linda $200)
In 1970, Elvis Presley began a 58-show stand at the Las Vegas Hilton International Hotel.
After doing two albums for Elektra/Asylum Records, Bob Dylan returned to his longtime label, Columbia Records in 1974.
John Denver went to #1 on the US album chart in 1974 with “Back Home Again.”
Roberta Flack went to #1 on the US singles chart in 1974 with “Feel Like Makin' Love,” the singers third US #1.
In 1976, Elton John played the first of ten nights sold out nights at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The $1.25 million generated from the shows broke the record set by The Rolling Stones in 1975.
Canadian singer, guitarist Bryan Adams scored his first US #1 album in 1985 with “Reckless.”
In 1985, Simon Le Bon from Duran Duran was air lifted to safety when his boat 'Drum' overturned while racing off the English coast. Le Bon was trapped under the hull with five other crew members for twenty minutes, until being rescued by the Royal Navy.
Also in 1985, after Paul McCartney advised him to invest in a music catalog, Michael Jackson buys ATV's for $47.5 million. The catalog contained 251 Beatles songs written by Lennon and McCartney.
"Like A Virgin," by Madonna, became the first 5 million seller by a solo female artist in 1985.
In 2004, Sammy Hagar’s career, his Montrose and solo efforts (but not Van Halen), was chronicled in “The Essential Red Collection.” Spanning 1973 – 1999, the Red Rocker’s set features twenty tracks, including two previously unreleased demos – “Call My Name” and “Thinking Of You,” recorded in 1975.
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