In 1963,
Gary "U.S." Bonds files a $100,000 suit against
Chubby Checker, charging Checker rearranged "
Quarter to Three" and turned it into "
Dancin' Party." The suit is settled out of court.
In 1970, area residents file a $35,000 lawsuit for property damages against Max Yasgur, owner of the New York farm that hosted the 1969
Woodstock Festival.
1978 saw the soundtrack to
Saturday Night Fever enter the US album charts, where it will eventually hit number one and stay there for six weeks starting February 18. The album had a chart stay of 39 weeks and to this date, has sold over 15 million copies.
The "
Eagles Live" album went platinum in 1981. The two-record set will turn out to be the final
Eagles album until 1994's comeback LP,
"Hell Freezes Over".Led Zeppelin's "
In Through the Out Door" was awarded a platinum disc in 1980. It's the last album issued before the September 25th death of drummer John Bonham.
Paul Revere ("Hungry") turns 70.
Happy birthday to
Kenny Loggins ("
Your Mama Don't Dance" with Jim Messina) who turns 60.
In 1962,
Chubby Checker's "
The Twist" returns to #1, the only rock song to do that by the same artist.
Led Zeppelin fans riot before a Boston concert in 1975, causing $30,000 in damages and the concert to be cancelled.
In 1998,
Owen Bradley, who introduced slick instrumentation to the country genre in his productions for
Patsy Cline and
Brenda Lee and helped establish Nashville as the center of C&W, dies at the age of 82. His last work was on
k d lang's album Shadowland.
Early rock 'n' roll star
Larry Williams is found dead of a gunshot wound to the head in his Los Angeles home in 1980. The "
Bony Maronie" singer drifted into crime during the '60s, and although his death is ruled a suicide, many believe he was murdered.
Also in 1980,
The Rivingtons' Carl White dies in Los Angeles, aged 48. The West Coast doo-wop group made their mark on the pop culture with the two nonsense singles "
Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" and "
The Bird's the Word."
In 1964, the
Beatles record a session for the BBC Saturday Club program, during which they make their only known recording of the Chuck Berry song "
Johnnie B. Goode."
In 1967, The
Young Rascals, The
Doors and
Sopwith Camel played at Winterland in San Francisco.
Today in 1950, the song "
Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer," by
Gene Autry, topped the charts and stayed there for a week.
In 1956, the song "
Memories Are Made of This," by
Dean Martin, topped the charts and stayed there for 6 weeks.
Rolling Stone founder and editor Jann Wenner was born in New York City in 1946.
In 1968, David Gilmour is asked to join
Pink Floyd, briefly making them a five-piece band.
