Birthdays:
Al Jardine - Beach Boys (1942)
Gary Leeds - Walker Brothers (1944)
George Biondo - Steppenwolf (1945)
Mike Harrison - Spooky Tooth (1945)
Eric Bell - Thin Lizzy (1947)
Donald Brewer - Grand Funk Railroad (1948) Most successful US Heavy Metal band of the 70's selling over 20 million albums.
Steve Jones - Sex Pistols (1955)
Todd Lewis - Toadies (1965)
Jennifer Paige (1973)
David Mead (1973)
Tomislav 'Tomo' Milichevich Sarajevo - 30 Seconds to Mars (1979)
Jay 'Cone' McCaslin - Sum 41 (1980)
Robert Curry - Day26, also known as a contestant on the TV show Making the Band 4 (1984)
They Are Missed:
Major Lance ("Monkey Time") died of heart disease in 1994.
Born on this day in 1934, blues guitarist Freddie King. Eric Clapton covered his 'Have You Ever Loved A Woman' on the 'Layla' album. Died on December 27, 1976 of heart trouble and ulcers (age 42).
In 1967, folk singer Woody Guthrie died of Huntington's Chorea in New York City. He was 52.
In 1970, Alan Wilson guitar player with Canned Heat, was found dead at fellow band-members Bob Hite's garden in Topanga Canyon, Los Angeles (age 27).
History:
In 1955, Bill Haley & the Comets turned down their first invitation to tour outside of the U.S. because of a fear of flying. The Australian offer of $2,000 for 15 dates wasn't enough to get them on a plane.
Billboard reported in 1955 that independent record manufacturers were continuing to expand at an unprecented rate. They took in $20 million last year.
Band leader Mitch Miller had the #1 song in the US in 1955 with a song that was written in 1853, ‘The Yellow Rose Of Texas.’
During a US tour in 1964, the Beatles played two shows at the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis. They were paid $85,000 for the shows, tickets cost $4.00.
Lou Christie recorded "Lightnin' Strikes" in 1965.
Donovan's "Sunshine Superman" hit #1 on the chart in 1966. The track featured then Yardbird and future Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page.
Question Mark and the Mysterians' "96 Tears" makes into the Hot 100 in 1966 (it peaked at #1 for a week on October 29).
The Four Tops "Reach Out I'll be There" also entered the Hot 100 in 1966 where it claims the #1 position on October 15.
After a two week absence, Ringo Starr rejoined The Beatles in 1968. Upon Ringo's return to the studio, he found his drum kit covered with flowers to welcome him back.
The Four Seasons' "I've Got You Under My Skin" was released in 1969.
In 1970, Rolling Stone reported that the Bob Dylan bootleg "Great White Wonder" had sold over 350,000 copies.
At the Palermo Pop '70 Festival in Italy in 1970, Arthur Brown (of the Crazy World of Arthur Brown) was arrested and put in solitary confinement for four days after he set fire to his helmet and stripped naked during his stage performance. The audience threw all sorts of things at him. While in solitary, he was given a note signed by over 200 locals telling him to get out of Italy and stay out.
Also in 1970- The Dave Clark Five are now just Dave Clark. The band breaks up today, according to Rolling Stone, having scored eight top 10 hits, including "Bits and Pieces."
The Rolling Stones' "Angie" was released in 1973.
110,000 fans descended on Old Bridge, New Jersey in 1976 for an eleven hour concert by the Grateful Dead, the New Riders of the Purple Sage and the Marshall Tucker Band.
The three day U.S. Festival got under way in San Bernardino, California in 1982. Over 400,000 people show up to hear Fleetwood Mac, the Police, Jackson Browne, Tom Petty, the Grateful Dead, the Cars, Pat Benatar, Talking Heads, Dave Edmunds, Santana, the B-52's, the Kinks, Eddie Money, the Ramones, Gang of Four, the English Beat and Jerry Jeff Walker. It's financed by Steve Wozniak, the founder of the Apple Computer Company.
In 1977, the month after his death, Elvis Presley had 27 albums and 9 singles in the Top 100 charts in the UK. 'Moody Blue' was the #1 album while 'Way Down' was #1 on the singles chart, (putting him equal with the Beatles, each amassing 17 #1 hits).
The Eurythmics went to #1 on the US singles chart in 1983 with "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)."
David Bowie appeared on the cover of "Architectural Digest" in 1992, the first human to do so in 4 years. He tells the magazine that, "my ambition is to make music so uncompromising that I will have no audience left."
John Mellencamp and Me'Shell NdegeOcello's remake of Van Morrison's "Wild Night" peaked at #3 on the singles chart in 1994.
Neil Young’s album “Sleeps With Angels,” the title track referencing Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain, was released in 1994. Cobain’s suicide note contained a reference to Young’s “My My, Hey, Hey (Out Of The Blue”). “It’s better to burn out than fade away.” 1994
The largest music bootleg bust in US history was made in 1999. It was estimated that this one operation alone was responsible for $100 million in lost revenues. Recording equipment valued at $250,000 was confiscated, as were almost 1 million CDs and tapes.
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