Today In Music History - March 3

[jpkansas]

1983: A Hell's Angels biker identified only as "Butch" confirms, in front of a US Senate hearing, that the motorcycle gang had indeed taken out a contract to kill Mick Jagger. The Rolling Stones leader was seen as having blamed the gang for the death of concertgoer Meredith Hunter at Altamont. "There’s always been a contract on the band," he stated, noting "two attempts to kill them that I know about. They will some day. They swear they will do it."


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[H2IZCOOL]

1973: Slade's original version of "Cum On Feel The Noize" becomes the first song since the Beatles to debut at #1 in the UK.

... and here in the US, most people only know the Quiet Riot version that came 10 years later. They aren't even aware that the Slade version existed. I think it peaked somewhere in the 90-100 range on Billboard.

[Ken]

Ed that is so true. I remember telling my buddy's in High School that Slade did the original version of "Cum on Feel The Noize" and their reaction was who??