On this day in 1968, January 5, the Beatles's Magical Mystery Tour was shown in color - or colour, as the Brits put it - for the first time on a different BBC channel. Not that it mattered; showing the film in all its psychedelic glory wouldn't make it any better. :(

On this day thirty years ago - January 5, 1975 - The Wiz,a disco-soul version of The Wizard of Oz with an all-black cast, opened on Broadway.

On yesterday's date, January 7 -

1955: Marian Anderson made her Metropolitan Opera debut in New York in Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera."

1996: A ferocious blizzard crippled the northeastern United States, which most likely prompted several East Coast radio stations to play "California Dreamin'" by the Mamas and the Papas. Meanwhile, Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul, and Mary, stuck on an Amtrak train with several other passengers, entertained them with some songs he played on his guitar. :D

Although we covered this anniversary on this thread one year ago, I have to repeat it because of the significance of this year's seventy-year anniversary milestone. . .

Elvis was born seventy years ago, January 8, 1935.

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On this day thirty years ago - January 5, 1975 - The Wiz,a disco-soul version of The Wizard of Oz with an all-black cast, opened on Broadway.

There was also a movie version starring Diana Ross, Michael Jackson and Nipsy Russell since it was released three years later in theatres, it flopped big time.

There was also a movie version starring Diana Ross, Michael Jackson and Nipsy Russell since it was released three years later in theatres, it flopped big time.

Given that Diana Ross, who played Dorothy, was 34 when this movie was made - twice the age Judy Garland had been in 1939 when she played Dorothy - what would you have expected?

On yesterday's date in 1900, January 14, Puccini's opera "Tosca" had its world premiere in Rome.

On yesterday's date in 1978, January 14, the Sex Pistols were playing in San Francisco, and lead singer Johnny Rotten was paying no attention to the song he was singing. Finally, he stood up and sneered, "Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?" He tossed the mike aside and walked off the stage. The Sex Pistols broke up, and were not to perform together again for another eighteen years.

On this day in 1853, January 19, Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore" premiered in Rome. :)

On this day in 1911, January 26, Richard Strauss's opera "Das Rosenkavalier" premiered in Dresden, Germany.

(January must be a good month for new operas! :D )

On this day in music history, January 31:

1797 - Franz Schubert, famous for a symphony he never finished, was born in Vienna.

1969 - A day after their triumphant Apple rooftop concert, the Beatles performed a set of songs, concert-style, in their basement studio, completing the rehearsing and recording phase of what became the Let It Be album. (Segments of this session appear in the Let It Be film between Paul's discussion with John about "nervousness" over performing live and the rooftop gig.) But while the Beatles finished recording the album, mixing and compiling it would be done in fits and starts, and not finished for good until April 1970. :eek:

On this day in music history, February 3:

1968 -The Beatles began recording "Lady Madonna" as a song for their next single, which would be released while they were in Rishikesh, India, studying Trancsendental Meditation. ("Lady Madonna" and "Across the Universe" were in consideration for the single; the former song was chosen and was released in the UK on Friday, March 15, 1968 - with a U.S. release the following Monday, March 18.)

(We mentioned the Buddy Holly plane crash last year, folks. We don't want to repeat ourselves.)

On this day in music history, February 4:

1983 - Karen Carpenter, seventies MOR's greatest chanteuse, died after a long struggle with anorexia, which coincided with a long period of doubt over the direction of her singing career. She was 32. :(

Sixty years ago on this day - February 6, 1945 - Bob Marley was born.

GET UP, STAND UP - STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS!

On this day in 1942, February 10, Glenn Miller and his orchestra received a gold record from RCA Victor for their recording of "Chattanooga Choo Choo." :)

On this day in 1964, February 12, the Beatles played their first proper American concert, at Carnegie Hall in New York.

How did they get there? They practiced, of course! :lol:

On this day in 1964, February 16, the Beatles played their second date on "The Ed Sullivan Show" - live from the Deauville Hotel in Miami! :)

On this day in 1878, February 19, Thomas Edison secrued a patent for his then-latest invention, the phonograph - which made our discussions of great albums possible! :D

Fifty years ago today, February 25, 1955, Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music premiered on Broadway.

Forty years ago today, March 2, 1965, the renowned musical movie The Sound Of Music, starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, premiered in New York. :)

On this day in 1931, March 3, "The Star-Spangled Banner" was officially made the national anthem of the United States of America.

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On this day in 1953, March 5, Russian classical composer Sergei Prokofiev ("Peter and the Wolf") died, but no one really noticed because Soviet leader Joseph Stalin died the same day. I mean, guess which obitaury got more coverage in Pravda? :(

On this day in 1875, March 7, composer Maurice Ravel was born in France. Those of you ever saw 10 will recognize "Bolero!" :D

(Was "Bolero" the pompetus of love? :lol: )

On this day in 2002, March 9, I bought a vinyl copy of Family's fifth album, Fearless, at a record bourse in Secaucus, New Jersey. It was the first Family record I'd ever purchased; I had never heard Family's music before, but I was familiar with the fact of the group's existence. I brought it home and listened to it.

That was it- I never looked back! :cool: :) :thumbsup:

On this day in 1956, March 15, the Lerner-Loewe musical My Fair Lady, based on George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion," opened on Broadway.

On this day in 1969, March 16, the musical "1776," about the writing of the Declaration of Independence, opened on Broadway. patriot:

On this day in 1990, March 17, rock bassist Rick Grech, who played in Family, Blind Faith, and Traffic, died of liver and kidney failure at age 43. :(

On this day in 1685, March 21, Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany. :)

On this day in 1918, March 25, French composer Claude Debussy died in Paris. :(

On this day in history, 35 years ago - Good Friday, March 27, 1970 - Joe Cocker and his Mad Dogs and Englishmen touring band, led by Leon Russell, began a two-night Easter weekend engagement at the Fillmore East in New York. (I may have posted this factoid this time last year, but what the heck! :D )

"I was jus' gon' say, don't get hung up about Easter." - Leon Russell

On this day in 1967, March 30, the Beatles posed for the groundbreaking cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. :)

http://www.liam-alexander.co.uk/beatles/sgt%20pepper.JPG

Ten years ago today, March 31, 1995, the Tejano singer Selena was shot to death by the president of her own fan club. She joined Sam Cooke, John Lennon, Mountain bassist Felix Pappalardi, and Kurt Cobain (who shot himself) on the already long list of lives of popular musicians whose lives were cut short by a gun. :(

35 years ago today, April 1, 1970, Phil Spector oversaw the overdubbing of an orchestra on three Beatles songs -"Across The Universe," "I Me Mine," and, notoriously, "The Long and Winding Road" - for the Let It Be album. It was the last recording session for a Beatles ablum, and it featured the work of only one Beatle: Ringo, who played drums to augment the orchestra.

On this day in 1972, April 2, the Grateful Dead commenced a European tour in London. The tour yielded their Europe '72 triple live album, praised by Deadheads as the greatest live album of all time and damned by Dead haters as the worst live album of all time. :eek:

It was on this date, April 5th, 1985. That was 20 years ago:

Thousands of radio stations simultaneously played "We Are the Word" by members of the "USA for Africa" featuring Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross and a whole lot more. The song was #1 and sell 7,500,000 copies and raise $50 millino to the famine relief effort. The legendary Quincy Jones produced that record. But I have the song on both vinyl and 45 of the same name.

On this day 175 years ago, April 6, 1830, Joseph Smith founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which inevitably led to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, which inevitably led to, of course, the Osmonds. :D

Also on this day, April 6:

1966: The Beatles began recording sessions for their radical, groundbreaking album Revolver. "Tomorrow Never Knows," the epic sound collage song that closes Revolver and makes the rest of the album sound conventional by comparison, was the first song they began work on!

1971: Russian-born American composer Igor Stravinsky, famous for his piece "Night On Bald Mountain," died in New York City.

1998: Country singer Tammy Wynette, whose signature song was "Stand By Your Man," died in Nashville. She was only 55. :(

Six days late but let's not forget: April 1, 1984, a day before he would have turned 45, legendary soul singer Marvin Gaye was killed by his father after an argument.

Sixty-six years ago today - Easter Sunday, April 9, 1939 - Marian Anderson sang a recital at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. :) The U.S. Interior Department and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt set it up after Constitution Hall in Washington, owned by the Daughters of the American Revolution, wouldn't let Anderson perform there because she was black. :(

Thirty-five years ago today, April 10, 1970, Paul McCartney announced that the Beatles were no more. An entire generation was devestated.

(P.S. One year ago today, Olympic swimming champion Janet Evans got married. I was devastated! :D :eek: )

On this day in 1994, April 11, Rush Limbaugh, on his first day on the air since Kurt Cobain was found dead of a self-inflicted shotgun wound, offered a heartfelt, sincere eulogy for the late Nirvana frontman.

"Kurt Cobain was, ladies and gentlemen, a worthless shred of human debris."

:eek: :eek2:

Two weeks after Cobain was found dead, Richard Nixon died. Limbaugh, of course, would eulogize Nixon as one of the greatest Presidents of his lifetime.

FLUSH RUSH!!

:mad: :mad:

On this day in 1965, April 13, the Beatles recorded "Help!" - now the title of their second movie, having replaced Eight Arms To Hold You.

On yesterday's date in 1964, April 16, the Beatles recorded the title song for their first movie, A Hard Day's Night. It was the first time John Lennon and Paul McCartney had ever composed a song made-to-order, with the title already in place. :)

It was 40 years ago, today, April 18th, 1965:

The last day of music on 1010 WINS. The station has been playing top 40 since Alan Freed came in 1955 where he played rock & roll. The station went silent at 12:00 AM. The station would not go on until the next morning at 5:30 AM, 1010 WINS became an all-news station.

It was 40 years ago, today, April 18th, 1965:

The last day of music on 1010 WINS. The station has been playing top 40 since Alan Freed came in 1955 where he played rock & roll. The station went silent at 12:00 AM. The station would not go on until the next morning at 5:30 AM, 1010 WINS became an all-news station.

Which it remains to this day. . . . And it continues to use those annoying teletype sound effects! :eek:

On this day in 1967, April 25, the Beatles recorded the title song for their Magical Mystery Tour project. Work on the film and soundtrack record wouldn't begin in earnest until later that year.

On this day in 1970, April 26, the Stephen Sondheim musical "Company" premiered on Broadway. :)

On this day in 1786, May 1, Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" premiered in Vienna. :)

Fifty years ago today, May 5, 1955, the musical "Damn Yankees," about a baseball fan who sells his soul to the devil to make the Yankees lose the pennant, premiered on Broadway.

Insert 2005 Yankees joke here! :lol:

On this day in 1994, April 11, Rush Limbaugh, on his first day on the air since Kurt Cobain was found dead of a self-inflicted shotgun wound, offered a heartfelt, sincere eulogy for the late Nirvana frontman.

"Kurt Cobain was, ladies and gentlemen, a worthless shred of human debris."

:eek: :eek2:

Two weeks after Cobain was found dead, Richard Nixon died. Limbaugh, of course, would eulogize Nixon as one of the greatest Presidents of his lifetime.

FLUSH RUSH!!

:mad: :mad:At least Kurt had talent and was about HONESTY. Rush Limbaugh, the other hand, WASN'T. :mad: :fart: FLUSH RUSH--IF HE CAN FIT IN YER TERLIT BOWL!! :lol:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACK BRUCE

(The legendary Cream bassist was born 62 years ago today, May 14.)

On this day, May 16:

1965 - The musical "The Roar of the Greasepaint, The Smell Of the Crowd" opened on Broadway.

1987 - David Crosby, after nearly ten years of smokin' and tokin' and nine months in prison, finally settled down - sort of - and married his longtime girlfriend Jan Dance.

Released 38 years ago today, Thursday, June 1, 1967. . . .

The Beatles's Sgt.Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

On yesterday's date in 1966, June 10, the Beatles released "Paperback Writer" and "Rain," their most radical single to date. The former had overamplfied bass lines, the latter had backward vocal tracks. :)

Twenty-eight years ago today - June 17, 1977, also a Friday - Crosby, Stills and Nash released their third album together (counting Deja Vu, which they did with Neil Young). Simply called CSN, the 1977 LP featured songs such as Crosby's "Shadow Captian," Stills's "Dark Star," and Nash's "Just A Song Before I Go," which was a hit single. :)

On this day in 1942,Paul McCartney was born. :D

On yesterday's date in 1990, June 22, Billy Joel made history by playing the first ever pop concert in New York's Yankee Stadium. (Even the Beatles had to settle for playing only Shea. :lol: )

On this date in 1972, June 23, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles performed what was biled as their farewell concert, and a reunion or two notwithstanding, it pretty much was.

On this day in 1980, Canada Day, July 1, "O Canada" became the official national anthem of our neighbor to the north. :)

HAPPY CANADA DAY! :cool:

Fifty years ago yesterday - Saturday, July 2, 1955 - Bill Haley and the Comets's recording of "Rock Around the Clock" topped the Billboard singles charts, inaugurating the rock and roll era - an era which, of course, Russell Simmons and his partners in crime have ended. :mad:

On this day in 1966, July 3, Cream played their debut performance at the National Jazz and Blues Festival in Windsor, England. :guitar: :drummer: :guitar:

On this day in 1971, Jim Morrison, vocalist for the Doors, was found dead in a bathtub in Paris, from an apparent heart attack. Rumors abounded that he actually faked his death in order to pursue a writing career overseas.

No word forthcoming from the Lizard King. :wizard:

Twenty years ago today, Live Aid was held. There, I said it, ya happy now? :p

Joan Baez opened the concert in Philadelphia be telling Genreation Xers, "This is your Woodstock, and it's long overdue." I'm still waiting for the punch line! :barf:

On this day in 1939, July 13, Frank Sinatra recorded his first record with the Harry James Orchestra. :)

On yesterday's date in 1981, July 16, folk singer-songwriter Harry Chapin was killed in a car crash on the Long Island Expreessway. . . on his way to a benefit concert. :(

Forty years ago today, July 25, 1965, Bob Dylan was joined by an electric band - :guitar: - at the Newport Folk Festival. Suposedly booed for it by folk purists, Dylan may have actually been booed for the fact the sound was terrible and the group was underrehearsed.

Also, on this day in 1967, the Beatles put out an ad in a London newspaper calling for the legalization of marijuana in the United Kingdom. Even Dylan going electric went down better than that! :eek:

On yesterday's date in 1966, August 5, the Beatles released Revolver - regarded by many as their finest achievement - in the U.K. (It was released in the U.S., with three fewer songs, three days later.)

On this day in 1973, August 6, Stevie Wonder was riding in a car in North Carolina when it crashed on the highway, putting the famed musician in a coma that lasted quite awhile. :( He recovered quickly, and he then set about recording Fulfillingness's First Finale, the Wonder album Eddie Murphy calls "the good one."

It was ten years ago today, August 9, 1995, that Grateful Dead leader and guitarist Jerry Garcia suddenly died at the age of 53. . . . Ironically, he was in a clinic. :(

The Grateful Dead officially broke up four months later.

On this day in 1978, August 14, the English-born Graham Nash took the oath of citizenship with several other immigrants, becoming an American citizen. patriot: David Crosby, celebrating his thirty-seventh birthday that day, looked on; later, the two men celebrated the double occasion with their families and enjoyed an all-American meal of hot dogs and hamburgers. :)

Here's a song Graham Nash wrote in 1972, after a nasty encounter with a couple of insolent customs officials at Los Angeles International Airport while he was still a British subject.

Immigration Man - Crosby and Nash

There I was, at the immigration scene,
Shining and feeling clean,
Would it be a sin?
I got stopped by the immigration man,
He says he doesn't know if he can let me in.

Let me in, immigration man.
Can I cross the line and pray
I can stay another day?
Won't you let me in, immigration man,
I won't tow your line today,
I can't see it anyway.

There he was, with his immigration face,
Giving me a paper chase,
But the sun was coming.
'Cause all at once he looked into my space,
Stamped a number over my face,
Then he sent me running.

Won't you let me in, immigration man,
Can I cross the line and pray
I can stay another day?
Won't you let me in, immigration man,
I won't toe your line today,
I can't see it anyway.

Now here I am with my immigration form,
It's big enough to keep me warm
When a cold wind's coming.
So go where you will,
As long as you think you can,
You better watch out, watch out for the man
Anywhere you're going.

Come on and let me in, immigration man,
Can I cross the line and pray?
Take your fingers from the tray.
Let me in, irritation man.
I won't tow your line today,
I can't see it anyway.

:guitar:

On this day a quarter century ago, August 25, 1980, the musical "42nd Street" opened on Broadway. Ironically, and tragically, the director, the esteemed Gower Champion, died earlier that day, which producer David Merrick announced to a stunned crowd on opening night. :(

Ten years ago today, Saturday, September 2, 1995, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum opened in Cleveland, Ohio.

Yeah, baby! party: :guitar: :drummer: :singer: :rock:

On this day in 2003, September 12, Johnny Cash died. :(

On this day in 1968, September 14, Who leader Pete Townshend annoucned he was going to write a ninety-miniute suite of songs telling the story of a deaf, dumb, and blind boy who goes from being an ace pinball player to a religious leader. This "rock opera" would take its title from its main character. . . Tommy.

Thirty years ago today - September 15, 1975 - David Crosby and Graham Nash released their second album as a duo, Wind on the Water. It's still regarded as the duo's best work. :)

September 18, 1970:

Two very important events in rock and roll:

Jimi Hendrix died at from inhaling his own vomit after drinking wine with barbiturates at his London apartment. While Jimi's personal and professional life had taken a downturn in recent months, it was not believed that his death was a suicide. Many insiders felt he had suffered from extreme burnout. It was also possible that when ambulance aid crews carried him out, they blocked his breathing passages while carrying him out which hastened his death. Fans and musicians everywhere mourned the 27-year-old guitarist's premature passing. :(

Also on this day, Black Sabbath released their pivotal second album, Paranoid, which became the genre-defining album of heavy metal with hits such as War Pigs, Paranoid, Iron Man, Electric Funeral, Fairies Wear Boots and others. The album was originally going to be called War Pigs, in response to the Vietnam War, but the record company declined at the title. The anthemic title track was originally a throwaway track with was tacked on at the last minute when the band found it had a few minutes of space--it became an instant classic, one of the biggest rock songs of all time. The album cover made little sense with a man in full costume waving about a sword, but this was due to the album's original title, the man was a marauding warrior, but the change to Paranoid made the image connection puzzling. Iron Man became one of the heaviest songs of all time, and a staple for many aspiring guitarists to learn. The album stands the test of time with its ability to capture fear accompanied by a perfect electrifying guitar tone.

1979 - Gram Parsons dies of a drug overdose in Joshua Tree, California.

1979 - Gram Parsons dies of a drug overdose in Joshua Tree, California.Actually, he died on this day in 1973.

Actually, he died on this day in 1973.


One day before Jim Croce's fatal plane crash in Louisiana. :(

On yesterday's date, September 30, Marc Feld was born. He later changed his named to Bolan, and formed Tyrannosaurus Rex, which later changed its name to. . . T-Rex! ;)

1970, Jimi Hendrix was buried at The Greenwood Cemetery at the Dunlop Baptist Church Seattle. Among the mourners; Miles Davis, Eric Burdon, Johnny Winter and members of Derek and the Dominoes.

On this day in 1992, October 3, Sinead O'Connor performed Bob Marley's "War," a song exhorting the achievement of social justice by taking up arms against the rich and the powerful, on "Saturday Night Live." As she reached the line about the triumph of "good over evil," she held up a picture of Pope John Paul II at the mention of evil, then violently tore it up. "Fight the real enemy!" she yelled.

The backlash literally began immediately. SNL guest host Joe Pesci, himself a Catholic, picked up the pieces of the Pope's picture and taped them together. Switchboards at NBC were flooded with calls denouncing the act, which SNL producer Lorne Michaels professed to know nothing about in advance.

Thirteen days later, O'Connor's attempt to perform Bob Dylan's "I Believe In You" at the Dylan tribute concert was ruined by jeers and boos from the audience. She performed an abridged version of "War" instead before running into Kris Kristofferson's arms in tears. Dylan himself stayed above the fray, much to the chagrin of the Pope's leftist critics.

Sinead O'Connor never had another U.S. hit. Imagine what would have happened, though, if she'd dissed the late Ayatollah Khomeini! :eek:

And so it was on this day in 1992, October 16, that the Bob Dylan tribute concert was held in Madison Square Garden. A sampling of hte set list includes:

"All Along the Watchtower" - Neil Young
"Absolutely Sweet Marie" - George Harrison
"When the Ship Comes In" - the Chieftains
"Highway 61 Revisited" - Johnny Winter
"Like A Rolling Stone" - John Mellencamp
"It Ain't Me Babe" - Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash

and so much more. :)

And of course, Sinead O'Connor got booed off the stage on this day, October 16, 1992 - fourteen years to the day after the election of Pope John Paul II - for tearing up his picture on American television. Last time I looked, she came out of retirement for the 354,685,435th time. Even she doesn't take herself seriosuly anymore. :eek:

Forty years ago today, October 17, 1965, the musical On a Clear Day You Can See Forever opened on Broadway.

On this day in 1964, October 25, the Rolling Stones performed for the first tiem on The Ed Sullivan Show. . . and caused a riot in the Ed Sullivan Theater. Sullivan vowed that he'd never present a rock and roll act on TV again. He was, of course, telling an untruth. ;)

One year ago today, British radio disc jockey John Peel, whose BBC Radio 1 show was one of the greatest popular music broadcasts ever, died at 65. R.I.P. :(

I mentioned this last year, but it's worth repeating because it's a significant anniversary. . . .

Thirty-five years ago today, Elton John's country-rock album Tumbleweed Connection was released in Engalnd. (It was released in the U.S. the following spring.)

On this day in 1965, November 5 - my date of birth - the Beatles completed their first deliberately scheduled late-night session, for the Rubber Soul album, which had started at 11:00 PM on November 4. (The session ended at 3:30 in the morning of November 5, the day the Brits celebrate as Guy Fawkes Day.) The song they recorded was "What Goes On," the first Beatles song to give Ringo Starr part credit as a composer. His contribution? "About five words," he's said. :lol:

On this day in 1900, November 14, classical composer Aaron Copland was born. :)

On this day in 1959, November 16, "The Sound of Music" premiered on Broadway. :)

Thirty-five years ago, November 17, 1970, Elton John perfromed a live radio concert on New York rock station WABC-FM (now pop station WPLJ-FM) which was engineered by a young man named Phil Ramone. Elton performed some of his own songs, along with the Beatles's "Get Back" and Elvis's "My Baby Left Me." The concert was released as an album the following year under the title 11-17-70.

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Or 17-11-70, if you lived outside the United States, Canada, or the Philippines. :D

On this day in 1963, November 22, the Beatles were first shown on American television in a report o nthe CBS morning news. Also, With The Beatles, their second album, was released that day in Britain.

Then the focus shifted to Dallas, Texas, upon the news that shots were fired at President John F. Kennedy's motorcade. As the day unfolded, Kennedy would be dead. :( Beatlemania would soon lift a nation's spirits.

On this day in history - Thursday, November 24, 1966 - while the Beatles's American fans were celebrating Thanksgiving with their square Rat Pack-loving parents, the fabulous foursome entered Abbey Road Studios and began recording their follow-up to Revolver. The first recording they made was a single take of "Strawberry Fields Forever," originally intended for the new LP but eventually released as a single instead. The new album - begun under the working title One Down, Six To Go, a reference to their impending nine-year contract with EMI - would become. . .

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Crahn-berry sauce. . . . :lol: :turkey:

Forty years ago today, November 25, 1965, Arlo Guthrie and a friend dumped some garbage along the side of a side road as a favor to a couple named Alice and Ray; Guthrie and his pal were caught and arrested for littering. Guthrie later used his criminal record to avoid the draft, and the experience led to the composing of his famous Thanksgiving song "Alice's Resataurant." :turkey:

On this day in 1964, November 27, the Beatles released their eighth British single, "I Feel Fine." "Eight Days A Week" was almost chosen for the honor, but rather than become their eighth single (get it?), it became the eighth song on Beatles For Sale. ("Eight Days A Week" was issued as a single in America in February 1965.)

On this day in 1979, November 29, the original lineup of Kiss played in concert for the last time for over sixteen years.

Those were sixteen good years. :lol:

On this day in 1969, November 30, Simon and Garfunkel starred in their own TV special, in which they previewed songs from what would be their last studio album, Bridge Over Troubled Water.

Forty years ago today - December 3, 1965 - the Beatles released Rubber Soul.

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Some critics have called it their best album ever. :)

Twenty-five years ago today, December 4, 1980, Led Zeppelin announced their breakup in the aftermath of John Bonham's death on September 25. It was a dark day for rock and roll, the darkest of 1980.

Until four days later, when. . . . :( :mad:

Sixty-two years ago today, December 8, 1943, James Douglas Morrisson - Jim Morrison of the Doors - was born. Let us for once remember December 8 as a day in which a spirit was added among the living. :)

Ninety years ago today, December 12, 1915, Frank Sinatra was born. :)

On this day in 1979, November 29, the original lineup of Kiss played in concert for the last time for over sixteen years.

Those were sixteen good years. :lol:I think I saw one of the last concerts a few days before, around my birthday, in Seattle. I got my Dynasty Tour t-shirt right in front of me. :D

On this day in 1988, December 15, James Brown began serving a three-year prison sentence for a two-state high-speed car chase between South Carolina and Georgia. :eek:

On this day in 1964, December 26, the Beatles performed a Boxing Day cocnert at the Hammersmith Odeon in London.

December 29, 1983, vashti1999 buys his first Prince album, 1999, and has his life changed forever.

December 29, 1983, vashti1999 buys his first Prince album, 1999, and has his life changed forever.

happy anniversary Vashti. I didn't realize you bought it so late, I figured you spent all of spring and summer 1983 listening to the album, lol. My older sister had the cassette way back when and she would never play anything besides 1999/Little Red Corvette/Delirious in my presence... wasn't until years later when I got my own copy of it that I realized why I never heard more than those first three songs at that age, lol.

happy anniversary Vashti. I didn't realize you bought it so late, I figured you spent all of spring and summer 1983 listening to the album, lol.


I was still a non-Prince fan early in 1983. It was with each single (Little Red Corvette, Delirious) that I became more and more interested. I remember being in a record store a few days before Christmas considering buying all the singles because I was still unsure if I'd like the whole album. I ended up not buying anything, but it stayed on my mind everyday. It got to a point where I wouldn't rest until I went and bought that album. So I got up that day Friday, December 29, 1983 (had the week off from school) and went to a store to buy 1999 and came right back home to listen to it. The rest is history.


My older sister had the cassette way back when and she would never play anything besides 1999/Little Red Corvette/Delirious in my presence... wasn't until years later when I got my own copy of it that I realized why I never heard more than those first three songs at that age, lol.

I don't blame your sister. Those first three songs don't indicate what the rest of that album sounds like. :eek:

EDIT: I just checked a calendar and it says the 29th was on a Thursday in 1983. Now I don't know when the hell I bought the album. Could've sworn it was Friday the 29th.

One hundred years ago today, December 31, 1905, Broadway composer Jules Styne was born.

On this day in 1947, January 10, "Finian's Rainbow" opened on Broadway.

On this day in 1959, January 12, a Ford autoworker from Detroit named Berry Gordy, Jr. borrowed eight hundred dollars to start a recording company to produce rhythm-and-blues songs. The company was named for the Motor City. . . .

MOTOWN!

A quarter of a millenium ago today - 250 years ago, on January 27, 1756 - Wolfgans Amadeus Mozart was born. :)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Born in Salzburg, Austria, 1756-1791.

One of the world's greatest classical prodigies, creatiing works at the age of five. In spite of his great body of masterful work, he died in poverty and buried in an unmarked grave. :(

On this day in history, February 1:

1950: RCA introduced the 45-rpm seven-inch record, which could hold one song per side or two songs per side. The two-song version became known as the single, and the four-song version became known as the extended play record. Singles became popular in the U.S. and Canada, but not the EP; the opposite was true in France. Both became popular formats in the U.K.

1964: The governor of Indiana had "Louie Louie" by the Kingsmen banned in his state for being dirty, even though no one could figure out what the Kingsmen were singing. :eek:

196 years ago yesterday, February 22, 1810, Frederic Chopin was born. :)

On this day in 1973, February 25, Stephen Sondheim's musical A Little Night Music, based on the Ingmar Bergman movie Smiles of a Summer Night, premiered at the Schubert Theatre on Broadway.

SEND IN THE CLOWNS!!!!

http://www.redhat.com/img/clowns.jpg

:lol:

(Funny, they look like the guys in Psychic Tomato! ;) :brent

On this day in 1904, March 1, legendary bandleader Glenn Miller was born.

On this day, March 13:

1971: The Allman Brothers Band performed at the Fillmore East in New York, recording their legendary live album. The Fillmore East has long since closed, but the band has returned to New York every March erver since.

1987: Bryan Adams's "Heat of the Night," in addition to demonstrating his penchant for cliches, became the first single to be released on cassette. The "cassingle," however, never quite caught on, with compact discs making cassettes redundant in all audio media - long play, single, or extended play.

March 15. Ides. :D

On this day:

1956: My Fair Lady, Lerner and Loewe's muscial version of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion starring Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews, opened on Broadway.

1976: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers released their self-titled debut album on Leon Russell's Shelter label.

On this day in 1792, March 23, Joseph Haydn's Smyphony No. 94 in G Minor was premiered in London.

On this day in 1973, April 17, the Eagles's Desparado album was released.

(Funny, they look like the guys in Psychic Tomato! ;) :brent :lol: :lol: :lol:

On this day in 1936, April 18, Gene Autry recorded "Back In the Saddle." :)

On this day in 1962, May 8, the musical comedy A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Forum opened on Broadway. :)

On this day in 1954, May 13, the musical The Pajama Game premeiered on Broadway. One of the original cast members was John Raitt - Bonnie Raitt's father. :)

On this day in 1934, Robert Moog, the inventor of the synthesizer, was born. (He died in 2005.)

Also on May 23, 1969, the Who released Tommy. :)

On this day in 1968, June 29, Elvis Presley taped the "boxing ring" jam performance for his NBC comeback special with backing musicians Scotty Moore and D.J. Fontana from his old fifties band, along with newer compadres Charlie Hodge and Alan Fortas, for a studio audience. It ws the first time Elvis performed in front of a live audience in eight years.

All of the backing musicians wore beet-red Nehru jackets to avoid stealing attention from Elvis's supercool black leather suit. :cool:

August 1, 1981. . . a date that will live in infamy. . . MTV preimered that day. :mad:

Forty years ago today, the Beatles released Revolver in the United Kingdom. (It was issued in the U.S. - minus three songs previously issued on the North American repackage Yesterday and Today - three days later.)

http://www.muzieklijstjes.nl/Tips/BeatlesRevolver.jpg

Twenty years ago yesterday, August 8, 1986, David Crosby was released from prison in Texas, where he got off cocaine, after serving a sentence for drug possession.

Forty years ago today, the Beatles played their last public concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. As soon as the show was over, George Harrison was heard saying, "Well, that's it. I'm not a Beatle anymore."

On this day in 1969, August 31, Bob Dylan and the Band appeared at the Isle of Wight music festival in Britain. (Recordings rom the show that surfaced on Dylan's Self-Portrait LP the following spring suggested that anyone who wasn't there didn't miss much. :eek: )

One year ago today, September 2, 2005, NBC's networks simulcast a telethon concert of performances from Aaron Neville, Harry Connick, Jr., and Wynton Marsalis, among others to help Hurricane Katrina victims. The biggest news made by a popular musician came not from anyone who performed, but from rapper Kanye West, who was supposed to join Mike Myers in making a prescripted plea for help but instead went into a tirade about the racist elements in the media and in the White House. He got in one last lick before he was cut off. . . .

"George Bush doesn't care about black people." :eek:

The comment was later turned into a dance-rap remix record. :lol:

On this day in 1977, September 13, classical conductor Leopold Stokowski died.

Yesturday on september 13 in 1996 rap legend tupac shakur is prounced dead R.I.P.

Fifty years ago today, December 4, 1956, Jerry Lee Lewis was in Sun Records's studio in Memphis, Tennessee, helping on a session with Carl Perkins. Than Johnny Cash walked in with his wife Vivian and daughter Roseanne, and soon Elvis Presley walked in.

The quartet starting jamming, though Cash left early to go shopping. The remaining three contiunued into the night, with the tapes rolling all the way through.

It was the famous "Million Dollar Quartet" session.

On this day in 1969, January 30, the Beatles played their last public live performance on the rooftop of the offices of Apple Corps, 3 Savile Row, in London, as seen in the Let It Be movie.

Forty years ago today, Tuesday, December 26, 1967, the Beatles's TV movie Magical Mystery Tour aired for the first tiem on the BBC.

Fifteen million Brits saw it.

Not one of them liked it.

"We goofed, really, said Paul McCartney, "but you couldn't exactly call the queen's speech a gasser." :lol:

Forty-five years ago today - February 11, 1963 - the Beatles recorded Please Please Me, their first album.

"Twist and Shout" was saved for last. :)

Sixty-nine years ago today, George Harrison was born.

Sixty-eight years ago today (March 1), Roger Daltrey of the Who was born. (He's still alive. :) )

Elton John and Aretha Franklin - both still with us - were born on this date, March 25. Elton (born 1947) is 65 today, Aretha (born 1942) is 70 today. :)

British blues singer John Mayall turns 79 today. :)

Forty-four years ago today (April 30, 1969) John Lennon and Paul McCartney finished "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)," one of the Beatles' funniest and most obscure tracks. The version released in March 1970 as the B-side of "Let It Be" was later edited down to four minutes by John Lennon for an intended Plastic Ono Band single before it became a Beatles release.

Also, in that same April 30, 1969 session, George Harrison recorded the guitar solo that appears on the George Martin remix of "Let It Be" chosen for the single.

Today, May 13, is Stevie Wonder's birthday. He's 64.

Forty-five years ago today - August 18, 1969 - Jimi Hendrix closed Woodstock with a performance that included a cover of "The Star-Spangled Banner."

Today is Donny Osmond's birthday. He's 57 today.

On this day in 1969, "Someday We'll Be Together" by the Supremes was number one in the U.S., making it the last number one song of the sixties in America. Less than a month later, Diana Ross would go solo.

On this day in 1964, the Beatles played on "The Ed Sullivan Show" for the second time, this time from the Deauville Hotel in Miami.

On this day in 1969, "Someday We'll Be Together" by the Supremes was number one in the U.S., making it the last number one song of the sixties in America. Less than a month later, Diana Ross would go solo.


I remember reading somewhere that Diana Ross was actually the only Supreme singing that song and that the other two were not involved.

I remember reading somewhere that Diana Ross was actually the only Supreme singing that song and that the other two were not involved.

That's probably true. By the way, is it just me, or is there a male voice in the background ion that record saying "well . . .yeah . . ." ?

That's probably true. By the way, is it just me, or is there a male voice in the background ion that record saying "well . . .yeah . . ." ?

There is definitely a male voice there. Here is what Wikipedia has to say about the song.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Someday_We%27ll_Be_Together

There is definitely a male voice there. Here is what Wikipedia has to say about the song.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Someday_We%27ll_Be_Together

Fascinating! Thanks for the link. So that's Johnny Bristol along with Maxine and Julia Waters on the record. Maybe it should have been credited to Diana Ross and the Waters Sisters! :lol:

On this day in 1964, the Beatles held the top five position on the Billboard singles chart at once. No one had done that before, and no one's done it since.

On this day in 1964, the Beatles held the top five position on the Billboard singles chart at once. No one had done that before, and no one's done it since.

Of course! Nobody will ever do that again! Awesomeness!::guitar: :notworthy

No. 1, "Can't Buy Me Love"
No. 2, "Twist and Shout"
No. 3, "She Loves You"(my personal favorite):)
No. 4, "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
No. 5, "Please Please Me"

Of course! Nobody will ever do that again! Awesomeness!::guitar: :notworthy

No. 1, "Can't Buy Me Love"
No. 2, "Twist and Shout"
No. 3, "She Loves You"(my personal favorite):)
No. 4, "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
No. 5, "Please Please Me"

:)

On this date in 1970, 45 years ago today, Paul McCartney released his debut solo album McCartney.

On this day in 1970, the last Beatles LP release, Let It Be, was issued in Britain with a lavish picture book. (It was issued in America, without the book, on May 18, 1970.)

On this day in 1970, May 11, the Beatles released what would be their last new American single for nearly a quarter century, "The Long and Winding Road." Available in Britain only as a Let It Be album track, it was adorned with an orchestra by Phil Spector, which displeased Paul McCartney. Issued a week in advance of the U.S. release of the Let It Be LP, it was the Beatles' last American number-one single (for two weeks in June 1970).

On this day in 1970, May 11, the Beatles released what would be their last new American single for nearly a quarter century, "The Long and Winding Road." Available in Britain only as a Let It Be album track, it was adorned with an orchestra by Phil Spector, which displeased Paul McCartney. Issued a week in advance of the U.S. release of the Let It Be LP, it was the Beatles' last American number-one single (for two weeks in June 1970).

Cool:cool:

On this day in 1970, the Beatles' last movie, the Let It Be documentary, had its world premiere in New York. It is the only Beatles movie to have its world premiere outside the United Kingdom. Availability on home video has been, umm, sporadic.

MAY 14, 1968 - John Lennon and Paul McCartney appeared on NBC-TV's "The Tonight Show" to announce the formation of their new label, Apple Records. Guest-host Joe Garagiola was sitting in for Johnny Carson who was on vacation. Garagiola, a former pro baseball star and sportscaster who apparently knew very little about pop music or The Beatles, at one point actually asked which one of the two was Ringo. :eek: Another guest co-host, the actress Tallulah Bankhead, seemed to look upon the duo's appearance as an affront to her Golden Age of Hollywood stardom.

The conversation included some light-hearted banter about meditation, the forming of Apple Corps. and song writing, but was cut short so as to give the appearance that the two Beatles have pressing appointment. The only surviving video copy is a three-minute excerpt a fan filmed by pointing a video camera at his TV set, although another fan audio recording of the entire interview has been widely bootlegged.

On this day in 1970, the Beatles' last movie, the Let It Be documentary, had its world premiere in New York. It is the only Beatles movie to have its world premiere outside the United Kingdom. Availability on home video has been, umm, sporadic.



:eyes: :notworthy

On this day in 1970, May 16, Joe Cocker's and Leon Russell's Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour did with its last show in San Bernardino, California.

Today in music history, May 19:

1973: Paul Simon released the single 'Kodachrome' named after the Kodak 35mm film Kodachrome which became a No.2 hit in the U.S. It was not released as a single in Britain, because the BBC would not play the trademarked name. In America, some stations bleeped the word "crap" out.

1976: Rolling Stone Keith Richards crashed his car near Newport Pagnell, Bucks, after falling asleep at the wheel; marijuana and cocaine were found by the police resulting in another fine for the guitarist.

1979: Supertramp went to No.1 on the U.S. album chart with 'Breakfast In America', the group's only U.S. No.1. It featured three U.S. Billboard hit singles: 'The Logical Song', 'Goodbye Stranger' and 'Take the Long Way Home'.

1979: Jessi Colter and husband Waylon Jennings become the proud parents of their only child together. A son, Waylon Albright Jennings (Shooter).

Records Released:

1972 ● Elton John - Honky Chateau

1972 ● Uriah Heep - Demons & Wizards

1976 ● Billy Joel - Turnstiles

1977 ● The Kinks - Misfits

Today in music history, May 19:

1973: Paul Simon released the single 'Kodachrome' named after the Kodak 35mm film Kodachrome which became a No.2 hit in the U.S. It was not released as a single in Britain, because the BBC would not play the trademarked name. In America, some stations bleeped the word "crap" out.

1976: Rolling Stone Keith Richards crashed his car near Newport Pagnell, Bucks, after falling asleep at the wheel; marijuana and cocaine were found by the police resulting in another fine for the guitarist.

1979: Supertramp went to No.1 on the U.S. album chart with 'Breakfast In America', the group's only U.S. No.1. It featured three U.S. Billboard hit singles: 'The Logical Song', 'Goodbye Stranger' and 'Take the Long Way Home'.

1979: Jessi Colter and husband Waylon Jennings become the proud parents of their only child together. A son, Waylon Albright Jennings (Shooter).

Records Released:

1972 ● Elton John - Honky Chateau

1972 ● Uriah Heep - Demons & Wizards

1976 ● Billy Joel - Turnstiles

1977 ● The Kinks - Misfits

Wow! A lot of things did happen on this day! I love Supertramp!

By the way President John F. Kennedy's birthday is today May 19, 1917.

By the way President John F. Kennedy's birthday is today May 19, 1917.


May 29, actually.

May 29, actually.

OOPS! You're right! :crazy: :crazy:

OOPS! You're right! :crazy: :crazy:

No problem. :)

On this day in music history, June 1:

1971: The two-room shack in Tupelo, Mississippi, where Elvis Presley was born on January 8, 1935 was opened to the public as a tourist attraction.

1972: At Abbey Road Studios in London, Pink Floyd began recording their album Dark Side of the Moon.

1973: Former Soft Machine drummer Robert Wyatt broke his spine after attempting to leave a party by climbing down a drainpipe and falling three stories. It left Wyatt permanently crippled and confined to a wheelchair.

1975: The Rolling Stones kicked off their biggest ever U.S. tour at Louisiana State University. The tour would take in 45 shows in 26 cities. Guitarist Ron Wood joined The Stones on tour for the first time, replacing Mick Taylor.

1977: Bob Marley and The Wailers played the first of four nights at the Rainbow Theatre in London. There were six nights booked at the Rainbow, but the last two shows were cancelled due to a serious toe injury Marley received, (in a friendly football game with French journalists just before the tour's start in Paris). Subsequently the tour's second leg in the United States was postponed and then cancelled.

On this day in music history, June 5:

1975: The Rolling Stones become the first artists to be granted royalties from the Soviet Union whenever their records are sold there.

1977: Alice Cooper's boa constrictor, a co-star of his live act, suffered a fatal bite from a rat it was being fed for breakfast. Cooper held auditions for a replacement and a snake named 'Angel' got the gig.

Today in 1973, Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Frida’s first Swedish tour begins at the Liseberg Amusement Park in Gothenburg.


(Photo taken from ABBA The Official Photo Book)

Forty-five years ago today, Casey Kasem launched his radio show "American Top 40" on seven Top Forty radio stations, despite the decline of Top Forty radio in favor of album-oriented rock radio (which is currently declining). The number-one hit single for the week ending Saturday, July 4, 1970 was Three Dog Night's recording of "Mama Told Me (Not To Come)," Randy Newman's only number-one hit as a songwriter.

On This Day‬ 06,JUL,1964
The World Premiere of The Beatles 'A Hard Day's Night' at the London Pavilion.

It was fifty-eight years ago today, in 1957 that 16 year old, John Lennon met 15-year-old Paul McCartney. It was at St. Peter’s, Woolton’s Parish Church in Liverpool; John was playing with the Quarry Men at a church fete, come garden party.

Paul had gone along to the Saturday afternoon fete with his mate, Ivan Vaughan to watch John’s skiffle group, the Quarry Men. The group was made up of Eric Griffiths, Colin Hanton, Rod Davis, John Lennon, Pete Shotton and Len Garry. The group took their name from Quarry Bank High School, where they all went to school.

It was fifty-eight years ago today, in 1957 that 16 year old, John Lennon met 15-year-old Paul McCartney. It was at St. Peter’s, Woolton’s Parish Church in Liverpool; John was playing with the Quarry Men at a church fete, come garden party.

Paul had gone along to the Saturday afternoon fete with his mate, Ivan Vaughan to watch John’s skiffle group, the Quarry Men. The group was made up of Eric Griffiths, Colin Hanton, Rod Davis, John Lennon, Pete Shotton and Len Garry. The group took their name from Quarry Bank High School, where they all went to school.

It was July 6, not July 7.

July 7 - two British drummers born today! The Beatles' Ringo Starr (born 1940, 75 today) and Family's Rob Townsend (born 1947, 68 today). Both joined their respective groups and replaced earlier drummers (Pete Best and Harry Ovenall, respectively) just before the groups began their recording careers.

It was July 6, not July 7.

Oh, I saw that on Facebook a day too late! Oh well................:D

Twenty years ago today, July 9, 1995, the Grateful Dead played their last concert with Jerry Garcia. He died a month later.

On this day in music history, August 1:

1965: The Beatles performed at the ABC Theatre in Blackpool, where they played "Yesterday:" live for the first time.

1981: MTV debuted; the first video it played, with some smugness, was the promotional clip for the Buggles' 1979 single "Video Killed the Radio Star."

On this day in history, August 15:

Fifty years ago, the Beatles played Shea Stadium in New York.

On this day, August 16, Beatles manager Brian Epstein called Pete Best, the drummer for the Beatles, into his office to let him know he was fired. It was the band's decision, but they made Eppy break the bad news to Pete. Richard Starkey -better known as Ringo Starr - replaced him. Thus the Beatles as the world knows them was formed.

On this day in history, on August 18, 1962, the Beatles played for the first time with Ringo on drums at Hulme Hall on the outskirts of Liverpool's central business district. Their first Cavern date with Ringo shortly thereafter led to a riot caused by angry Pete Best fans, which resulted in George Harrison getting a black eye.

August 20, 1948 - Robert Plant was born. :)

On this day, August 25:

1948: Future rock bassist Chaim Witz is born in Israel. Later, he emigrates to New York City and assumes the name of Eugene Klein. By the 1970s, he will have a new persona and another new, and permanent, name. The 1974 debut album from Kiss introduces the world to Gene Simmons. :D

1970: Elton John performs his first American concert at the Troubadour in Los Angeles, California. His show is well-received and makes him a star in the United States after two years of struggling for success in his home country of Britain.

1975: Bruce Springsteen releases Born to Run, still regarded as one of his best albums.

2001: Pop/R&B singer Aaliyah Houghton dies in a plane crash in the Bahamas at 22. Four crashes of larger planes two-and-a-half weeks later - three of them into buildings - will overshadow the tragedy. :(

On this day, August 25:

1970: Elton John performs his first American concert at the Troubadour in Los Angeles, California. His show is well-received and makes him a star in the United States after two years of struggling for success in his home country of Britain.

Elton John's second, self-titled album was to be his last chance to save his recording contract with This Record Co. in Britain, after he'd had so many flops. It did just well enough in the U.K. to save his contract, being a modest success there, but in America it became one of the hottest LPs of 1970, a huge hit. :) Al Kooper, the former leader of Blood, Sweat and Tears, praised it to the hilt. :)

On this day, August 25:

1948: Future rock bassist Chaim Witz is born in Israel. Later, he emigrates to New York City and assumes the name of Eugene Klein. By the 1970s, he will have a new persona and another new, and permanent, name. The 1974 debut album from Kiss introduces the world to Gene Simmons. :D (

Sorry, it was 1949, not 1948.

AUGUST 26,1973 - 10cc made their live debut at the Palace Lido in Douglas on the Isle of Man at the start of an UK tour. Comprising of Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme, who had written and recorded together for some three years before assuming the 10cc name.

Beatles meet Elvis 50 years ago today.

http://scottymoore.net/images/vancouver/ElvisBeatles.jpg

27th Aug 1990, Stevie Ray Vaughan was killed when the helicopter he was flying in, hit a man-made ski slope while trying to navigate through dense fog. Vaughan had played a show at Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, Wisconsin with Robert Cray & His Memphis Horns, and Eric Clapton. Vaughan was informed by a member of Clapton's crew that three seats were open on a helicopter returning to Chicago with Clapton's crew, it turned out there was only one seat left; Vaughan requested it from his brother, who obliged. Three members of Eric Clapton's entourage were also killed.

Full story here: http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/stevie_ray_vaughan


Stevie Ray Vaughan

Before his untimely death in 1990, guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan had become the leading figure in the blues-rock-revival he spearheaded in the mid-'80s. Vaughan drew equally from bluesmen like Albert King, Buddy Guy and Albert Collins as well as rock guitarists like Jimi Hendrix and Lonnie Mack, whose 1985 comeback, Strike Like Lightning, Vaughan would co-produce. In spite of a short-lived mainstream career spanning just seven years, he is widely considered one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of blues music.

Born and raised in Dallas, Vaughan began playing guitar when he was just 7 years old, inspired by older brother Jimmie, (who later helped form the Fabulous Thunderbirds). By 12 he was playing in garage bands, and within a few years joined semi-professional bands that occasionally landed gigs in local nightclubs. At 17 he dropped out of high school to concentrate on playing music full time. By 1970 Stevie was playing in a nine-piece horn band and then formed his first blues band, Blackbird, a year later. Blackbird moved to Austin and after a few more stints in various bands Vaughan joined Paul Ray and the Cobras in 1975, (who won Austin’s Band of the Year in 1976).

Stevie then formed Triple Threat in 1977 which also featured bassist W.C. Clark, and vocalist Lou Ann Barton. Barton left the band in 1979 and the group became Double Trouble, the name inspired by the Otis Rush song. Double Trouble featured Jack Newhouse on bass, Chris Layton on drums and Vaughan became the band's lead singer. In 1981 Tommy Shannon (a bassist who had played with Johnny Winter in the late '60s joined on bass and the blues based power trio was set.




By 1982 the band's reputation was spreading and reached the Rolling Stones, who hired Double Trouble to perform at a private party in New York. That same year, veteran producer Jerry Wexler arranged for Vaughan's band to play the Montreux Jazz Festival, the first time an unsigned, group had done so. David Bowie happened to see their performance and invited Vaughan to play on his next album. Vaughan's gritty guitar work became one of the unexpected highlights of Bowie's No.1 hit 'Let's Dance'.

Inspired musically by American and British blues rock, he favored clean amplifiers with high volume and contributed to the popularity of vintage musical equipment. He often combined several different amplifiers together and used minimal effects pedals.

Vaughan received several music awards during his lifetime and posthumously. In 1983, readers of Guitar Player voted him as Best New Talent and Best Electric Blues Guitar Player. In 1984, the Blues Foundation named him Entertainer of the Year and Blues Instrumentalist of the Year, and in 1987, Performance Magazine honored him with Rhythm and Blues Act of the Year. Earning six Grammy Awards and ten Austin Music Awards, he was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2000, and the Musicians Hall of Fame in 2014. Rolling Stone ranked Vaughan as the twelfth greatest guitarist of all time.

Before the last song of the last show of a two-night stand at Alpine Valley Music Theatre, guitar legend Eric Clapton stepped up to the microphone. "I'd like to bring out to join me, in truth, the best guitar players in the entire world: Buddy Guy, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Robert Cray... Jimmie Vaughan." The band played an extended jam of the classic "Sweet Home Chicago," with 40,000 people soaking up blistering guitar licks as the performers traded vocals.

After the show, four helicopters were on site to take people to Chicago. According to interviews in Hopkins' book, Vaughan took the last remaining seat, eager to get to his hotel so he could call his girlfriend.

About 6:30 a.m. Aug. 27, wreckage of the Bell JetRanger was found about three-fourths of the way up the northeast side of the ski hill, a half-mile from the lodge, with the debris scattered across 150 feet. The helicopter had lifted only about 100 feet off the ground and traveled about 3,000 feet before the crash.

Pilot Jeff Brown was experienced, with more than 5,000 hours of flight time, including 4,327 in a helicopter. But the National Transportation Safety Board report that followed in 1992 indicated the pilot didn't gain altitude quickly enough to clear the 150-foot ski hill.

After the crash, Vaughan's music quickly sold out in local record stores, according to the Sentinel, and two subsequent posthumous albums — "Family Style" with his older brother Jimmie in 1990, and studio outtakes collection "The Sky is Falling" in 1991 — debuted in the top 10 on the Billboard charts.

Forty-eight years ago today, August 27, 1967: Brian Epstein, the Beatles' manager, died. :(

Forty five years ago this month - August 26 to 30, 1970 - the third Isle of Wight Festival was held in England. Acts included the Who, Family, Jethro Tull, Sly and the Family Stone, Joni Mitchell, Taste (Rory Gallagher's band), and, in his last British appearance, Jimi Hendrix. Logistics and costs proved to be such a headache that the fourth Isle of Wight festival wouldn't be held for 32 years.

‎On This Day‬ September 6, 1968 - George records "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" for the 'White Album' and brings Eric Clapton to the session to play lead guitar. After sessions on the 5th when he recorded a vocal take, George was driving from Surrey to London with Eric and asked him to come and play a solo on one of his songs. At first Eric was reluctant as very few musicians had ever played on a Beatles record, but with persuasion from George he agreed and played the wonderful solo we hear today on the 1957 cherry red Gibson Les Paul "Lucy" which Eric had recently given to George as a gift.


Side note; I had just started my Senior year in high school this week. Where has the time gone?!:eek:

Side note 2 ; I don't think these are the actual sessions pictures but I think they're cool of George and Eric playing together.:)

‎On This Day‬ September 6, 1968 - George records "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" for the 'White Album' and brings Eric Clapton to the session to play lead guitar. After sessions on the 5th when he recorded a vocal take, George was driving from Surrey to London with Eric and asked him to come and play a solo on one of his songs. At first Eric was reluctant as very few musicians had ever played on a Beatles record, but with persuasion from George he agreed and played the wonderful solo we hear today on the 1957 cherry red Gibson Les Paul "Lucy" which Eric had recently given to George as a gift.


Side note; I had just started my Senior year in high school this week. Where has the time gone?!:eek:

Side note 2 ; I don't think these are the actual sessions pictures but I think they're cool of George and Eric playing together.:)

When Clapton expressed his reluctance, George said to Clapton, "So what? It's my song!" :)

John Lennon wanted more guest artists on Beatles Records but Paul McCartney was against it. John's desire to work with more "heavies" was a factor in the Beatles' breakup.

September 18, 1970: Jimi Hendrix died in London at the age of 27.

45 years ago this week, "Lookin' Out My Back Door"/"Long as I Can See the Light" peaks at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Worthy competitor Diana Ross' "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" snags the #1 spot.

45 years ago this week, "Lookin' Out My Back Door"/"Long as I Can See the Light" peaks at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Worthy competitor Diana Ross' "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" snags the #1 spot.

CCR never had a number-one hit. Unbelievable! :mad:

CCR never had a number-one hit. Unbelievable! :mad:

I know! Very unbelievable!They were edged out by the likes of "Sugar Sugar" by the Archies!:crazy:

I know! Very unbelievable!They were edged out by the likes of "Sugar Sugar" by the Archies!:crazy:

The Top Forty began to go downhill around 1969 or 1970.

On This Day‬ Oct 12,1987 “Got My Mind Set on You” #45 single was released. It was the #1 single in the US the week before The Beatles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, making George one of the only artists to have an active single on the U.S. record charts at the time of induction.

October 13 - Family played their last concert in their hometown of Leicester, England, before part of the band reunited for a few shows in the 2010s. The end-of-tour, end-of-Family party at the Leicester Holiday Inn was legendary. Record company executives were pushed in the pool while others jumped in fully clothed on their own! :lol:

It was today in 2009 that Paul was named Songwriter of The Year at the 29th Annual ASCAP Awards in London. The awards presentation honoured songwriters and publishers of the most performed works in the US during 2008.

On This Day‬ Oct 12,1987 “Got My Mind Set on You” #45 single was released. It was the #1 single in the US the week before The Beatles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, making George one of the only artists to have an active single on the U.S. record charts at the time of induction.

It was also the last song by a former Beatle to hit #1. on the Billboard pop singles charts. The First was "My Sweet Lord" in 1970.

Today in 1976 the self titled debut album from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers was released.

Farewells on November 26:

1968: Cream played their last show for 47 years at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

1972: Family played their last-ever American concert date in St. Petersburg, Florida, as the warm-up act for Elton John on his fall 1972 U.S./Canadian tour.

‎On This Day‬ Nov. 27,1970 the ‪All Things Must Pass‬ triple album was released.

December 8, 1980: John Lennon was assassinated.

:rip:

Missing you so much John! :heart: :(

This week in 1992 Tom Petty presented his friend George Harrison the Century Award at the 3rd annual Billboard Music Awards in Universal City, CA

This day in 1970, January 4: The Beatles, minus John, overdubbed backing vocals and strings on "Let It Be." It was the Beatles' last recording session before the breakup was announced.

Forty-four years ago today - March 10, 1972 - Jethro Tull's Thick As A Brick was released in the U.S. It was the group's fifth studio album. It is notable for only including one song which spans the entire album. "Thick As a Brick" was deliberately crafted in the style of a concept album, as well as a "bombastic" and "over the top" parody of the then-prevalent vogue for concept albums. The original packaging, designed like a newspaper, claims the album to be a musical adaptation of an epic poem by a fictional eight year-old genius, though the lyrics were actually written by Ian Anderson. The album was a commercial and critical success and topped the Billboard Top Two Hundred album charts for two consecutive weeks.

Released 46 years ago today.

Another Jethro Tull anniversary release in March - 45 years ago today, Aqualung was released. Not a concept album, but an LP with related songs about homelessness, social injustice, and the cluelessness of organized religion, which made it seem like a concept album. Regarded as one of the best albums of the seventies, it was dismissed nonetheless by Jimmy Guterman and Owen O'Donnell in their 1991 book 'The Worst Rock and Roll Albums of All Time' as the eleventh worst album ever. Ian Anderson and Martin Barre later admitted that they weren't too thrilled with it, but it does have some good ideas (and "Hymn 43" is a graphic condemnation of Euro-American patriarchy). It was the group's fourth album, and the last to feature original drummer Clive Bunker.

The liner notes of Aqualung:

1 In the beginning Man created God;
And in the image of Man created he him.

2 And Man gave unto God a multitude of names,
that he might be Lord over all the earth when it was suited to Man.

3 And on the seven millionth day Man rested
and did lean heavily on his God and saw that it was good.

4 And Man formed Aqualung of the dust of the ground,
and a host of others likened unto his kind.

5 And these lesser men Man did cast into the void. And some were burned;
and some were put apart from their kind.

6 And Man became the God that he had created
and with his miracles did rule over all the earth.

7 But as these things did come to pass,
the Spirit that did cause Man to create his God
lived on within all men: even within Aqualung.

8 And Man saw it not.

9 But for Christ’s sake he’d better start looking.

It was this week in 1964 that the British invasion of America was conclusive. The Beatles’ 'Can’t Buy Me Love’ had jumped from No.27 on the Hot 100 to the No.1 spot, in the four places behind it were Beatles' records. It was an unprecedented achievement and it is one that will never be repeated.:notworthy

It was this week in 1964 that the British invasion of America was conclusive. The Beatles’ 'Can’t Buy Me Love’ had jumped from No.27 on the Hot 100 to the No.1 spot, in the four places behind it were Beatles' records. It was an unprecedented achievement and it is one that will never be repeated.:notworthy

It was more like last week in 1964. This is April 8. The Beatles's top-five domination occurred the week ending Saturday, April 4, 1964, which happened to be Easter Week (Easter Sunday was March 29).

On this date in 1969, April 8, the British band Family played their first American concert at the Fillmore East in New York, and it was a disaster. Bassist Rick Grech, who'd already announced he was leaving to join Blind Faith ,was thoroughly stoned and could barely play, and the rest of the group - opening for Ten Years After - weren't doing much better in winning over the audience. Lead singer Roger Chapman - who turned 27 that day - was so disgusted he threw his microphone stand . . . almost hitting Fillmore East proprietor Bill Graham unintentionally. Graham had them blacklisted among promoters, and the history of rock and roll was affected in so many unknown ways, as Family, despite a few good gigs in America and a successful run as Elton John's opening act on his 1972 U.S./Canadian tour. never did do much business in North America.

It was more like last week in 1964. This is April 8. The Beatles's top-five domination occurred the week ending Saturday, April 4, 1964, which happened to be Easter Week (Easter Sunday was March 29).

Well, that was posted on Facebook today. Oh well, close enough!:p
http://www.udiscovermusic.com/the-beatles-5-4-3-2-1


Whatever week it was it was/is quite a unique achievement!

Well, that was posted on Facebook today. Oh well, close enough!:p
http://www.udiscovermusic.com/the-beatles-5-4-3-2-1


Whatever week it was it was/is quite a unique achievement!

Absolutely! :)

40 years ago this week Johnny Cash scored his last #1 hit as a solo artist with this song. He reached the top spot again in 1985 as a member of the Highwaymen with "Highwayman."

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On this day fifty years ago, the Beatles released their single "Paperback and "Rain," which they promoted with a video shown on Ed Sullivan's show in the U.S.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x10fsh_the-beatles-paperback-writer-rain_music

On this day in 1966, July 2, the Beatles, in Japan on a concert tour, cabled their chosen title for their upcoming LP, which had been completed on June 22, 1966, to EMI in London. Among the titles considered - After Geography, Abracadabra (used before by someone else, later used by the Steve Miller Band), Magic Circles, and Beatles on Safari. The title chosen - Revolver. :)

"One of the most exciting and satisfying bands around...Creedence Clearwater Revival have come a long way since "Suzy Q"; they are now creating the most vivid American rock since Music from Big Pink." - Rolling Stone "Green River" review, 1969.

47 years ago yesterday, August 3,1969 Creedence Clearwater Revival's third studio album, "Green River," was released!

"One of the most exciting and satisfying bands around...Creedence Clearwater Revival have come a long way since "Suzy Q"; they are now creating the most vivid American rock since Music from Big Pink." - Rolling Stone "Green River" review, 1969.

47 years ago yesterday, August 3,1969 Creedence Clearwater Revival's third studio album, "Green River," was released!

:)

On this day in 1966, August 5, the Beatles released Revolver in the U.K. (it was relased in the U.S. three days later, minus three Lennon songs already used on Yesterday and Today).

On 8 August 1969, on a street in north-west London, almost directly outside a celebrated recording studio, one of the most famous ever images of the Beatles was created.

http://www.udiscovermusic.com/four-famous-men-one-zebra-crossing

The second photo is one of the alternative shots.

On 8 August 1969, on a street in north-west London, almost directly outside a celebrated recording studio, one of the most famous ever images of the Beatles was created.

http://www.udiscovermusic.com/four-famous-men-one-zebra-crossing

The second photo is one of the alternative shots.

The LP was completed twelve days later.

“Summer in the City” by The Lovin' Spoonful, a No. 1 hit on this day 8/13 /1966.

51years ago today, August 15, 1965 the Beatles played Shea Stadium in their most famous concert with 59,000 people in attendance.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/why-the-beatles-shea-stadium-show-was-even-greater-than-you-knew-20150814

Fifty years ago today, August 29, 1966, the Beatles played the last show of their last tour in San Francisco's Candlestick Park. Though they were ostensibly touring the promote their just -released Revolver LP, the group never played a single song from that album during their last tour. The problem was that two guitars, a bass, and a drum kit couldn't faithfully reproduce many of the album's songs, and because no one could hear the music anyway, the Beatles were not going to waste time and money to, say, bring a string octet on stage with them to play "Eleanor Rigby." Nor were they going to bother with songs like "Taxman" that could be faithfully reproduced with two guitars, a bass, and a drum kit. Below is a picture from their last show.

Hey, Hey! 50 years ago today, 9/12/1966, a TV series about four insane guys who lived together, played in a band, and got the funniest looks from everyone they met made its debut on NBC.
Yes, that’s right: it was The Monkees, who kicked off a wave of intense Monkeemania! :lol:

Johnny Cash died on this day in 2003, he also had the #1 country song in the U.S. 60 Years ago today with "I Walk the Line."

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A few days ago, thirty years ago, Metallica bassist Cliff Burton died in a freak bus accident on an icy highway in Sweden. The driver unsafely overcorrected when the bus slid, forcing the bus to capsize and fling Burton out of the open window from his bunk. The bus landed on top of him, killing him. The rest of the band suffered some injuries, but the loss of their bassist, who was a mentoring musical and personal figure in their lives, was immeasurable. Many have believed that Metallica would have been a better, more focused, band had he lived.

I wish I had a picture to post, but I'm currently without a disk.

Fifty-one years ago today, October 26, 1965, the Beatles received their M.B.E. medals.

December 31, 1969: Jimi Hendrix played at the Fillmore East in New York and played on after midnight, thus playing the Fillmore East's last show of the sixties and its first show of the seventies. :)

Fifty-five years ago today, January 1, 1962, the Beatles - John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Pete Best - auditioned for Decca Records, taping twelve cover songs and three originals. Decca turned them down.

January 3, 1970: On George Martin spent his 44th birthday (he would have been 91 today) guiding the Beatles (without John) through sixteen takes of "I Me Mine," a George Harrison song that would be the last song Paul, George and Ringo would record for nearly a quarter century.

Paul McCartney and Wings hit the big screen 34 years ago today. Their concert movie ‘Rockshow,’ named after a song on ‘Venus and Mars’ and filmed on the epic ‘Wings Over The World’ tour of 1975-76, premiered in New York on November 26, 1980.

That long gap between the tour and film meant that, with hindsight, the film was almost a farewell tribute to the band with whom McCartney had had such great success throughout the 1970s. Wings never announced an official split, and technically still existed into the early part of the new decade. But after 1979’s ‘Back To The Egg’ album, the former Beatle went back to recording under his own name and released the completely self-performed ‘McCartney II’ album in the spring of 1980. ‘Rockshow’ was a testament to the band he was effectively leaving behind.

The ‘Wings Over The World’ tour had begin with a 13-date British itinerary in September 1975, followed by five Australian shows in November. In March 1976, there were five shows around Europe, and more in September and October that year. But in between came the major tour of North America which led to nothing less than a triple live album, ‘Wings Over America,’ and ultimately to the ‘Rockshow’ movie.

What made the tour even more noteworthy was the fact that not only were the band performing a wide selection from the Wings catalogue, but McCartney was now adding Beatles material into the set. The album features ‘The Long and Winding Road,’ ‘I’ve Just Seen A Face,’ ‘Blackbird’ and ‘Yesterday,’ all of which also appear in the 30-song concert film.

The movie premiered at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York on this date in 1980, with a British premiere the following April, with McCartney present. It was re-released, restored to its 125-minute cut, in 2013, when Paul attended a VIP screening at BAFTA in London, and new audiences got to witness the Wingspan of his former band.

Paul McCartney and Wings hit the big screen 34 years ago today. Their concert movie ‘Rockshow,’ named after a song on ‘Venus and Mars’ and filmed on the epic ‘Wings Over The World’ tour of 1975-76, premiered in New York on November 26, 1980.

I saw it on - I am not kidding - December 7, 1980.

I saw it on - I am not kidding - December 7, 1980.


Cool!:cool:

On this day in 1973, January 14, Elvis Presley performed the first live worldwide broadcast concert – Aloha from Hawaii.

https://www.mysticstamp.com/info/this-day-in-history-january-14-1973-2/

Fifty years ago today, February 10, the orchestral overdubs on the Beatles' "A Day In the Life" were recorded. The orchestra musicians mostly improvised, going from their lowest notes to their highest notes, but the swelling orchestral music that links Paul's line about smoking on a bus to John's lyric about the potholes in Blackburn, Lancashire may have been properly scored.

August 8 2017 Glen Campbell dies

51years ago today, August 15, 1965 the Beatles played Shea Stadium in their most famous concert with 59,000 people in attendance.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/why-the-beatles-shea-stadium-show-was-even-greater-than-you-knew-20150814

52 years now! :)

Fifty years ago yesterday (August 27, 1967), Beatles manager Brian Epstein died of an accidental drug overdose. :(

Fifty-five years ago yesterday ,September 4, 1962, the Beatles had their first proper recording session for Parlophone/EMI. They taped "Love Me Do" with Ringo Starr on drums and also Mitch Murray's "How Do You Do It," both as possible songs for their debut single. "Love Me Do" made the cut, and "How Do You Do It" was recorded and released by their friends Gerry Marsden and the Pacemakers. :)

Yesterday (September 18) in 1970: Jimi Hendrix died in London, England at the age of 27.

Also on the 18th of September in 1970, on the same day of the death of Jimi Hendrix, rock and roll history was made with the release of the 'Paranoid' album by Black Sabbath, the official beginning of heavy metal, according to many (unless one considers the release of their debut album earlier that February).

Of course, there have been many other bands which have laid claim to the designation of being the first heavy metal band (i.e., Led Zeppelin, Blue Cheer, Mountain, Deep Purple), but none had such an impact with apocalyptic lyrics and doom-laden guitar riffs.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/64/Black_Sabbath_-_Paranoid.jpg/220px-Black_Sabbath_-_Paranoid.jpg