Music History - February 28

[Dawn]

Today in music history:

1959 - "Cash Box" magazine began using a red 'bullet' on its record charts to indicate the records that have the strongest upward movement each week.

1968 - Frankie Lymon died of a heroin overdose.

1970 - Led Zeppelin performed as the Nobs in Denmark after the family of Ferdinand von Zeppelin threatened a lawsuit.

1974 - Bobby Bloom shot himself to death at the age of 28.

1977 - Ray Charles was attacked by an audience member onstage.

1984 - Michael Jackson won a record eight Grammy awards connected to the album "Thriller."

1991 - The Record Plant in Hollywood closed.

1991 - In Los Angeles, "Curtis Mayfield Day" was held.

1996 - The original members of Kiss appeared at the Grammy Awards. It was the first time in 17 years that the band had appeared in full make-up and costumes.

2000 - Songwriter Stan Penrige sued the members of Kiss, the band's publishing company, and Universal Music Group. Penrige charged that he had been shortchanged millions in publishing royalties for the song "Beth."

2000 - In a Los Angeles Superior Court, Celine Dion filed a suit against the "National Enquirer". The papers claimed an "intentional infliction of emotion distress, invasion of privacy, and unfair business practices." The headline that brought the suit was "Celine: I'm Pregnant With Twins".

[H2IZCOOL]

admin said:

Today in music history:

1959 - "Cash Box" magazine began using a red 'bullet' on its record charts to indicate the records that have the strongest upward movement each week.

1970 - Led Zeppelin performed as the Nobs in Denmark after the family of Ferdinand von Zeppelin threatened a lawsuit.

That's interesting, seeing that the phrase "#1 with a bullet" or any number with a bullet became THE way to describe a record that was moving up, but Billboard (which uses a star) has become the bible, and Cash Box is gone.

I guess that explains why the group Smith was a one-hit wonder.

[Dawn]

h2izcool said:

admin said:

Today in music history:

1959 - "Cash Box" magazine began using a red 'bullet' on its record charts to indicate the records that have the strongest upward movement each week.

1970 - Led Zeppelin performed as the Nobs in Denmark after the family of Ferdinand von Zeppelin threatened a lawsuit.

That's interesting, seeing that the phrase "#1 with a bullet" or any number with a bullet became THE way to describe a record that was moving up, but Billboard (which uses a star) has become the bible, and Cash Box is gone.

I guess that explains why the group Smith was a one-hit wonder.

I agree, that is interesting about the bullet. I've read that at one time Cash Box was considered the definitive chart, but over time, that must have changed. I have a Whitburn-type book of the Cash Box singles up to 1993, and it's interesting to compare the chart positions of the songs with Billboard's. Most of the time they're pretty close, but sometimes there's quite a bit of difference.

[H2IZCOOL]

admin said:

h2izcool said:

That's interesting, seeing that the phrase "#1 with a bullet" or any number with a bullet became THE way to describe a record that was moving up, but Billboard (which uses a star) has become the bible, and Cash Box is gone.

I guess that explains why the group Smith was a one-hit wonder.

I agree, that is interesting about the bullet. I've read that at one time Cash Box was considered the definitive chart, but over time, that must have changed. I have a Whitburn-type book of the Cash Box singles up to 1993, and it's interesting to compare the chart positions of the songs with Billboard's. Most of the time they're pretty close, but sometimes there's quite a bit of difference.

I think I'd heard that about Cashbox also, but I remember even back in the '60s, Billboard was the bible. The Cashbox singles are also on line.

members.aol.com/_ht_a/randypny/cashbox/index.html

[Dawn]

h2izcool said:

admin said:

I agree, that is interesting about the bullet. I've read that at one time Cash Box was considered the definitive chart, but over time, that must have changed. I have a Whitburn-type book of the Cash Box singles up to 1993, and it's interesting to compare the chart positions of the songs with Billboard's. Most of the time they're pretty close, but sometimes there's quite a bit of difference.

I think I'd heard that about Cashbox also, but I remember even back in the '60s, Billboard was the bible. The Cashbox singles are also on line.

members.aol.com/_ht_a/randypny/cashbox/index.html

That's a great site! The Cash Box book I have just lists the chart information by artist, but it's cool to see the actual week by week charts on the site, and compare them to Billboard's.