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Post by edehl on Oct 20, 2008 14:38:24 GMT -5
On Sunday, June 28, 1970, Led Zeppelin, Jefferson Airplane, Mothers of Invention, Byrds, and many others stormed the rainy stage at the Bath Festival of Progressive Blues and Music in the UK.. And somewhere thousands of miles away on that very same day, I made the headlines in the maternity ward, making my own loud music.... waaaaaaaa!  What happened in music on the day or month you were born? |
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Post by 55dodger on Oct 20, 2008 17:18:54 GMT -5
Apparently June 26, 1955 was a slow music news day. The only thing I could find was that guitarist Mick Jones & I share the same birthday.
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Post by gremashlo on Oct 20, 2008 17:53:17 GMT -5
The only thing I could find for January 14, 1966 was that the Greatful Dead had a concert at the legendary Fillmore Auditorium...but, weren't they performing there almost DAILY at that juncture?
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Post by edehl on Oct 20, 2008 21:47:36 GMT -5
The only thing I could find for January 14, 1966 was that the Greatful Dead had a concert at the legendary Fillmore Auditorium...but, weren't they performing there almost DAILY at that juncture? Probably..... But you don't have to list what concerts were being performed. If you want to note which song was number one or which band was getting arrested for drunkenly hacking apart their hotel room with chainsaws on that date, that's okay too. |
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Post by dave910 on Oct 20, 2008 23:46:22 GMT -5
The number one single was "War" by Edwin Starr The number one album was "Cosmo's Factory" by Creedence Clearwater Revival. This was recently released and remastered for the first time in years! How I would love to have an air check from a top 40 station or one from a rock station from the week I was born! A man can dream!  |
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Post by Dawn on Oct 21, 2008 10:56:30 GMT -5
Sunday, September 15, 1968:
At the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, a concert was held featuring Big Brother, Joan Baez, the Everly Brothers, The Byrds, Country Joe and the Fish, Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, the Mothers of Invention, Buffy St. Marie and Wilson Pickett.
Barbra Streisand's "A Happening in Central Park" was aired on CBS-TV.
Jimi Hendrix performed at Memorial Auditorium in Sacramento, CA.
The reigning #1 song was People Got to Be Free by the Rascals.
The #1 album was the Doors' Waiting for the Sun.
On the day after I was born, the Beatles recorded I Will at Abbey Road studios.
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Post by H2IZCOOL on Oct 21, 2008 11:49:22 GMT -5
March 25, 1944. Just about anything going on had to do with WW2. Not a lot of music information. But I did find that Lois Armstrong was performing in Milwaukee with the ABC Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands. I guess I could add that Diana Ross was born the next day. (Damn! She's one OLD lady! -- Oh -- wait a minute!  ) |
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Post by Ken on Oct 21, 2008 20:13:59 GMT -5
December 2nd 1949 - Gene Autry's song "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer," hit the record charts. 1957: "Daddy Cool," peaks at #36 on the Canadian charts. There's two versions in that spot at the same time, one by The Diamonds, one by The Rays. 1959 - TV show "This Is Your Life." surprised Bobby Darin with his story. 1967 - Jimmie Rodgers singing career ended. He was found in his car with a fractured skull after a serious but non fatal accident. 1969 - Cindy Birdsong of the Supremes was kidnapped by the caretaker of her Hollywood apartment, who, while holding a knife to her throat, forces her to tie up her two visiting friends. He then forces her into a car and drives toward Long Beach, but the singer jumps from the car and escapes. The kidnapper was arrested in Las Vegas four days later. 1971 - Taj Mahal performed for the men on death row at Wilmington State Penitentiary. 1973 - The Who were jailed overnight after causing $6,000 worth of damage in their hotel room after a show. 1978: Nelly Furtado is born. 1983 - MTV aired Michael Jackson's 14 minute "Thriller" video for the first time. 1986 - At a Eurythmics concert in Birmingham, singer Annie Lennox ripped off her bra while performing in front of 10,000 fans. 1986 - Jerry Lee Lewis checks into the Betty Ford Clinic to overcome a painkiller addition. 1995 - The Guinness Book of World Records confirmed that Ace of Base's "The Sign" was the best-selling debut of all time, with 19 million copies sold. 1997 - Whitney Houston pulled out of a concert sponsored by the Moonies two hours before she was due on stage. The religious group said they had no intention of suing providing the singer returned the $1m fee she had received. 2000 - Thieves broke into Madonna's home in London, forcing their way in through a basement door then took a set of car keys before loading up Guy Ritchie's car with some of the couple's possessions and driving off. 2003 - Justin Hawkins, singer, with Darkness was held for two hours at JFK Airport, New York after police mistook him for a wanted man with the same name and looks. The police let him go after Darkness manager, Sue Whitehouse, produced a tour schedule to prove that he was in England on July 4th. |
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Post by Jughead on Oct 23, 2008 0:07:52 GMT -5
May 18, 1981. A man by the name of Dave McKenna released a record of private solo piano recordings. The date actually appears on the record itself, so I guess that's kind of cool. The #1 song was Bette Davis Eyes, by Kim Carnes...and apparently, it stayed that way for most of the summer of '81. That's about it, though. |
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Post by Jughead on Oct 23, 2008 0:09:02 GMT -5
December 2nd 1949 - Gene Autry's song "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer," hit the record charts. 1957: "Daddy Cool," peaks at #36 on the Canadian charts. There's two versions in that spot at the same time, one by The Diamonds, one by The Rays. 1959 - TV show "This Is Your Life." surprised Bobby Darin with his story. 1967 - Jimmie Rodgers singing career ended. He was found in his car with a fractured skull after a serious but non fatal accident. 1969 - Cindy Birdsong of the Supremes was kidnapped by the caretaker of her Hollywood apartment, who, while holding a knife to her throat, forces her to tie up her two visiting friends. He then forces her into a car and drives toward Long Beach, but the singer jumps from the car and escapes. The kidnapper was arrested in Las Vegas four days later. 1971 - Taj Mahal performed for the men on death row at Wilmington State Penitentiary. 1973 - The Who were jailed overnight after causing $6,000 worth of damage in their hotel room after a show. 1978: Nelly Furtado is born. 1983 - MTV aired Michael Jackson's 14 minute "Thriller" video for the first time. 1986 - At a Eurythmics concert in Birmingham, singer Annie Lennox ripped off her bra while performing in front of 10,000 fans. 1986 - Jerry Lee Lewis checks into the Betty Ford Clinic to overcome a painkiller addition. 1995 - The Guinness Book of World Records confirmed that Ace of Base's "The Sign" was the best-selling debut of all time, with 19 million copies sold. 1997 - Whitney Houston pulled out of a concert sponsored by the Moonies two hours before she was due on stage. The religious group said they had no intention of suing providing the singer returned the $1m fee she had received. 2000 - Thieves broke into Madonna's home in London, forcing their way in through a basement door then took a set of car keys before loading up Guy Ritchie's car with some of the couple's possessions and driving off. 2003 - Justin Hawkins, singer, with Darkness was held for two hours at JFK Airport, New York after police mistook him for a wanted man with the same name and looks. The police let him go after Darkness manager, Sue Whitehouse, produced a tour schedule to prove that he was in England on July 4th. You also share a birthday with Britney Spears! ;D |
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Post by edehl on Oct 23, 2008 14:12:11 GMT -5
May 18, 1981. A man by the name of Dave McKenna released a record of private solo piano recordings. The date actually appears on the record itself, so I guess that's kind of cool. The #1 song was Bette Davis Eyes, by Kim Carnes...and apparently, it stayed that way for most of the summer of '81. That's about it, though. As a native Washingtonian, I remember the date of your birthday one year before you were born very well. |
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Post by Dawn on Oct 23, 2008 16:15:25 GMT -5
May 18, 1981. A man by the name of Dave McKenna released a record of private solo piano recordings. The date actually appears on the record itself, so I guess that's kind of cool. The #1 song was Bette Davis Eyes, by Kim Carnes...and apparently, it stayed that way for most of the summer of '81. That's about it, though. Yep, I remember that song was huge during late spring and summer of that year. That was a good period for music - a lot of those songs still hold up well. |
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Post by Jughead on Oct 23, 2008 17:49:18 GMT -5
May 18, 1981. A man by the name of Dave McKenna released a record of private solo piano recordings. The date actually appears on the record itself, so I guess that's kind of cool. The #1 song was Bette Davis Eyes, by Kim Carnes...and apparently, it stayed that way for most of the summer of '81. That's about it, though. As a native Washingtonian, I remember the date of your birthday one year before you were born very well. Yeah, the Mt. St. Helens eruption of 1980. Proof positive that I ALWAYS miss the excitement. ;D |
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Post by Ken on Oct 25, 2008 1:11:12 GMT -5
December 2nd 1949 - Gene Autry's song "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer," hit the record charts. 1957: "Daddy Cool," peaks at #36 on the Canadian charts. There's two versions in that spot at the same time, one by The Diamonds, one by The Rays. 1959 - TV show "This Is Your Life." surprised Bobby Darin with his story. 1967 - Jimmie Rodgers singing career ended. He was found in his car with a fractured skull after a serious but non fatal accident. 1969 - Cindy Birdsong of the Supremes was kidnapped by the caretaker of her Hollywood apartment, who, while holding a knife to her throat, forces her to tie up her two visiting friends. He then forces her into a car and drives toward Long Beach, but the singer jumps from the car and escapes. The kidnapper was arrested in Las Vegas four days later. 1971 - Taj Mahal performed for the men on death row at Wilmington State Penitentiary. 1973 - The Who were jailed overnight after causing $6,000 worth of damage in their hotel room after a show. 1978: Nelly Furtado is born. 1983 - MTV aired Michael Jackson's 14 minute "Thriller" video for the first time. 1986 - At a Eurythmics concert in Birmingham, singer Annie Lennox ripped off her bra while performing in front of 10,000 fans. 1986 - Jerry Lee Lewis checks into the Betty Ford Clinic to overcome a painkiller addition. 1995 - The Guinness Book of World Records confirmed that Ace of Base's "The Sign" was the best-selling debut of all time, with 19 million copies sold. 1997 - Whitney Houston pulled out of a concert sponsored by the Moonies two hours before she was due on stage. The religious group said they had no intention of suing providing the singer returned the $1m fee she had received. 2000 - Thieves broke into Madonna's home in London, forcing their way in through a basement door then took a set of car keys before loading up Guy Ritchie's car with some of the couple's possessions and driving off. 2003 - Justin Hawkins, singer, with Darkness was held for two hours at JFK Airport, New York after police mistook him for a wanted man with the same name and looks. The police let him go after Darkness manager, Sue Whitehouse, produced a tour schedule to prove that he was in England on July 4th. You also share a birthday with Britney Spears! ;D Hi Jug That's right, I forgot about that! |
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