Birthdays:
Guitar legend B.B. King (1925)
Lamonte McLemore - 5th Dimension (1939)
Lol Creme - 10cc (1947)
Kenney Jones – Faces/Who (1948)
Fee Waybill - The Tubes (1950)
Rapper Doug E. Fresh (1966)
John Penney - Neds Atomic Dustbin (1968)
Keith Flint – Prodigy (1969)
Vinnie - Naughty By Nature (1970)
Anastacia (1973)
Flo Rida (1979)
Jonathan Jacob Walker - Panic at the Disco (1985)
They Are Missed:
Marc Bolan of T. Rex died in 1977 at the age of 29.
Born on this day in 1947, Jim Hodder, drums, Steely Dan. Hodder drowned at his home swimming pool on June 5, 1990.
The late Bill Black (bass player for Elvis Presley) was born in 1926.
Born today in 1923 Hank Williams, one of the biggest country stars ever. He scored 36 Top 10 Country hits including, “Your Cheating Heart” and “Hey Good Lookin.” Williams died in the backseat of a Cadillac on January 1, 1953 on the way to a gig.
Born in 1933, Jeanine Deckers, The Singing Nun, (1963 US #1 & UK #7 single “Dominique”). Deckers died on March 29, 1985 of an overdose of sleeping pills in a suicide pact with a friend.
Rob Tyner lead singer with the American hard rock band MC5 died in 1991 after he suffered a heart attack in the seat of his parked car in his hometown of Berkley, Michigan. MC5, (shortened from the Motor City Five), formed in Detroit, in 1965, they released their first album, ‘Kick Out the Jams’ in 1969.
In 1999, English singer Frankie Vaughan died of heart failure (age 71). During the 1950's he scored twenty UK Top 30 singles including the UK #2 “Green Door.” He was awarded an OBE in 1965 and a CBE in 1996.
History:
In 1931, the first 33 1/3 record players were launched by RCA victor at the Savoy Plaza Hotel in New York.
"Tennessee" Ernie Ford recorded "16 Tons" in 1955.
In 1955, Capitol Records released "Magic Melody, Part Two.” The song consisted only of the last two notes of the musical phrase, "Shave and a haircut, two bits." It was the shortest song to ever to be released.
"She Loves You" backed by "I'll Get You" by the Beatles was released by Swan Records in the US in 1963. However, "She Loves You" doesn't do anything until 1964 when it finally goes to #1.
In 1964, during a US tour, the Beatles appeared at the Municipal Stadium in Kansas City. The Beatles were paid $150,000 for the show, which was more than any other act had ever been paid for a live show. Tickets cost $4.50.
"Shindig!" premiered on ABC-TV in 1964. It was inspired by the success of British Invasion groups on "The Ed Sullivan Show." The show featured both British and American performers plus a cast of go-go dancers and a house band. Within a few months NBC has an imitation, "Hullabaloo."
In 1967, the Doors were banned from The Ed Sullivan Show after Jim Morrison broke his agreement with the show’s producers. Morrison said before the performance that he wouldn’t sing the words, “Girl, we couldn’t get much higher,” from 'Light My Fire' but did anyway. The Doors also performed their new single “People Are Strange.”
Also in 1967, on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, in one of the greatest rock TV moments ever, Keith Moon rigged his drum set to explode at the end of the Who's performance of "My Generation." The resulting detonation cuts Moon's leg, singes Pete Townshend's hair, and does some serious damage to his hearing.
Jimi Hendrix' debut LP, “Are You Experienced?” entered the album charts in 1967.
Also in 1970, Hendrix made his final public appearance, jamming with Eric Burdon and War at Ronnie Scott's club in London.
In 1969, media on both sides of the Atlantic were running stories that said Paul McCartney was dead. He was supposedly killed in a car accident in Scotland on November 9th, 1966 and that a double had been taking his place for public appearances. In fact, Paul and his girlfriend Jane Asher were on vacation in Kenya at the time.
Billy Joel began recording "Piano Man" in 1973.
In 1978, the Grateful Dead play a concert before the pyramids of Egypt. The concert was recorded, but has yet to be released on record.
In 1979, Rap makes it onto vinyl with the release of the Sugar Hill Gang's "Rapper's Delight." Sylvia Robinson (formerly of Mickey & Sylvia) formed the company to produce rap records despite industry warnings that rap had no commercial appeal. "Rappers Delight" was recorded over the instrumental break from Chic's "Good Times." The single becomes a disco smash, selling over two million copies in the US.
In 1991, Guns ‘N’ Roses released “Use Your Illusion I & II” at midnight. It’s either two single albums or a double album that can be bought separately. Their label shipped 4.2 million copies (the largest shipment to date).
In 1996, a bomb was found at a South London sorting office addressed to Icelandic singer Bjork. Police in Miami had alerted the post office after finding the body of Ricardo Lopez who had made a video of himself making the bomb and then killing himself.
Eminem had a $10 million lawsuit filed against him in 1999. The suit, brought by his mother, claimed that he had made defamatory remarks in several interviews.
Kelly Clarkson's first single "Before Your Love/A Moment Like This" was released in 2002.
Moving more than 490,000 copies in less than a week in 2008, Metallica's "Death Magnetic" debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200. Metallica is the first band ever to have five albums debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 (U2, The Beatles and Dave Matthews Band each have four).
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