Birthdays:
Blues guitarist Lonnie Brooks (1933)
Sam Andrew - Big Brother & the Holding Company (1941)
Keith Richards - Rolling Stones (1943)
Bill Nelson - Be Bop Deluxe (1948)
Martha Johnson - Martha And The Muffins (1950)
Elliot Easton - Cars (1953)
Geordie - Killing Joke (1958)
Greg d'Angelo - White Lion (1963)
DMX (Earl Simmons) - (1970)
Christina Aguilera (1980)
They Are Missed:
Jimmy Nolen, guitarist for James Brown, died in Atlanta, GA in 1983.
Born today in 1938, Chas Chandler, bass, The Animals. Chandler became the manager of Jimi Hendrix and Slade, he died on July 17, 1996.
UK singer, songwriter Kirsty MacColl was killed in a boating accident off the coast of Mexico in 2000 when a speedboat hit her. MacColl was aged 41.
History:
The Tokens started a three week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1961 with "The Lion Sleeps Tonight."
In 1961, Chubby Checker's "The Twist" was on the Hot 100 chart for 23 straight weeks, longer than any other disc on the chart.
Funeral services are held in Chicago for Sam Cooke in 1964. Hundreds of fans break the glass doors off and cause other damage to the A.R. Leak Funeral Home where Cooke's body is on display. Among his big hits were "Cupid," "You Send Me," "Chain Gang," "Having a Party," "Twistin' the Night Away" and "Wonderful World."
Stevie Wonder's "Uptight" enters the Hot 100 in 1965, where it stays put for 14 weeks, peaking at #3. It's Wonder's first trip to the top ten since his first smash, "Fingertips, Part Two."
S/Sgt. Barry Sadler recorded "The Ballad Of The Green Berets" in 1965.
The Beatles enter the Hot 100 in 1965 with both sides of their latest record, "We Can Work It Out" and "Day Tripper." The former is on the charts for 12 weeks making it to #1 while the latter only makes it up to #5.
Tara Browne was killed in 1966 when driving at high speed in his Lotus Elan after it collided with a parked lorry in South Kensington, London. A close friend of The Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and Brian Jones, his death was immortalized in The Beatles’s song "A Day In The Life" after John Lennon read a report on the coroner's verdict into Browne's death.
At a Christmas Party called "An Alchemical Wedding" at the Underground Club in London in 1968, John Lennon and Yoko Ono appeared, sort of. They're both onstage but they aren't visible. They're crawling inside a large white bag. This is the start of what Yoko terms "bag-ism." Umm, OK.
A 1969 New York Times article estimated that the youth audience in America accounted for 75-percent of the $1 billion spent annually on recorded music. The same issue contained one of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's full page "War is Over" ads.
Freakazoid Tiny Tim, 40, married Miss Vicki, 17, in 1970 on "The Tonight Show."
Sly and the Family Stone went to #1 on the US album chart in 1971 with "There's A Riot Going On."
Dial Records, a subsidiary of Mercury Records, released Joe Tex's funk record "I Gotcha" in 1971. In late January 1972, the song will reach #2 on the pop chart. A big factor in the success of the song is Tex's slurred delivery of the line "Told you not to play with my affection," which causes millions to mistake the last word for "erection." Anything to sell a record....
At a press conference in London in 1975, Rod Stewart announced he's leaving the Faces to go solo.
The Steve Miller Band's Fly Like An Eagle LP was released in 1976.
An estimated 35 million people around the world watched Rod Stewart's satellite televised concert at the Forum in Los Angeles in 1981. The show featured guest appearances by Kim Carnes, who sings "Tonight's the Night" with Stewart and Tina Turner who duets on "Hot Legs," "Stay with Me" and "Get Back." The broadcast is the first of its kind since Elvis Presley's "Aloha from Hawaii," back in 1973.
Hall and Oates started a four week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1982 with "Maneater," the duo's 5th #1 hit.
Madonna's "Like a Virgin was the #1 Billboard Pop Hit in 1984. The song was Madonna's first #1 hit.
In 2003, Michael Jackson was formally charged with seven counts of child molestation and two counts of administering intoxicating liquor to a minor with the intent of committing a crime. The abuse was claimed to have taken place between 7 February and 10 March 2003 and the alleged victim was identified only as 'John Doe'. Jackson's lawyer said the entertainer was 'unequivocally and absolutely innocent' and would fight the charges 'with every fibre of his soul.'
A guitar played by George Harrison and John Lennon sold for $570,000 at auction in New York in 2004. The Gibson SG guitar was used by Harrison from 1966 to 1969, including the recording of Revolver, and by Lennon during White Album sessions. Other items sold in the Christie's auction included a letter by Kurt Cobain, which fetched $19,400, and a school book report by Britney Spears $1,200.
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