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Today in Rock History – February 2

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Rock history: 1963, The Beatles played at the Gaumont Cinema, Bradford1963, The Beatles played at the Gaumont Cinema, Bradford on the opening night of the nationwide Helen Shapiro UK tour. The Beatles were at the bottom of the six-act bill playing just four songs, “Please Please Me,” “Chains,” “Keep Your Hands Off My Baby,” and “A Taste of Honey.”

1966, The Rolling Stones released “19th Nervous Breakdown.” It peaked at number two on the singles chart.

1967, Pink Floyd appeared at Cadenna’s in Guildford, Surrey, England.

1967, The Jimi Hendrix Experience played live on UK TV show Top Of The Pops performing “Purple Haze.”

1969, Led Zeppelin played at The Rock Pile in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

1969, Yoko Ono divorced her husband Tony Cox. Yoko was granted custody of their daughter Kyoko. John Lennon and married Yoko the on March 30th.

1970, The Grateful Dead performed at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis, Missouri.

1970, Mason Proffit and The Hollies played at Robertson Memorial Fieldhouse, on the campus of Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois.

1971, Yes performed at the Palais des Sports in Paris.

1972, during a UK tour, Stevie Wonder appeared at the Manchester Odeon, Manchester, England.

1973, NBC premieres a new music series called Midnight Special, hosted by Helen Reddy.

1973, Keith Emerson of Emerson Lake and Palmer injured his hands when his piano rigged to explode as a stunt, detonated prematurely during a concert in San Francisco.

1974, The Carpenters started a four week run at number one on the UK album chart with The Singles 1969-73, featuring 12 hits and the US number one “Top Of The World.” It would return to the top of the charts on three other occasions.

1974, Barbra Streisand started a four week run at number one on the US singles chart with the theme from the film The Way We Were. The single won an Oscar for Best Song, and a Grammy for Song of the Year.

1975, Genesis played at Grand Valley State College, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

genesis-trick-of-the-tail1976, Genesis released A Trick Of The Tail, their seventh studio album, and the first to feature drummer Phil Collins as full-time lead vocalist following the departure of original vocalist Peter Gabriel. After auditioning over 400 vocalists, which saw Collins teaching the potential lead singers the songs, the band decided that Collins should be the new vocalist.

1978, Emerson, Lake & Palmer played at Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto.

1979, Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious died of a heroin overdose in New York City. There had been a party to celebrate Vicious’ release on $50,000 (£29,412) bail pending his trial for the murder of his former girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, the previous October. Party guests, said that Vicious had taken heroin at midnight. An autopsy confirmed that Vicious died from an accumulation of fluid in the lungs that was consistent with heroin overdose. A syringe, spoon and heroin residue were discovered near the body.

1980, Rush appeared at the Tarrant County Convention Center, Fort Worth, Texas.

1984, Ozzy Osbourne headlined at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

1985, Foreigner started a two-week run at number on the US singles charts with “I Want To Know What Love Is,” also a UK chart topper. London-born Mick Jones wrote the song and sang lead vocals with the British-American rock band.

1988, Frank Zappa appeared at the Palace Theatre, Albany, New York.

1993, Willie Nelson agreed to pay $9 million (£5.63m) of the $16.7 million (£10.4m) he owed the Internal Revenue Service. His accountants, Price Waterhouse, had not been paying Nelson’s taxes for years and in addition to the unpaid taxes, Nelson’s situation was worsened by the weak investments he had made during the early 1980s.

 2007, Keyboardist Joe Hunter, a veteran session musician as one of the Funk Brothers, who helped craft the distinctive Motown sound, died in Detroit, Michigan, at the age of 79. Hunter performed with such legendary Motown acts as Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson and Martha and the Vandellas.

Born on February 2: Alan Caddy, guitarist, The Tornadoes (1940); Graham Nash (1942); Ronnie Goodson, John Fred and His Playboy Band (1945); Howard Bellamy, The Bellamy Brothers (1946); Alan McKay, Earth Wind & Fire (1948); Russ Valory, Steve Miller Band (1949); Robert DeLeo, bass, Stone Temple Pilots, Talk Show, Army of Anyone (1966); Shakira (1977)

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Today in Rock History – January 11

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jimi-hendrix-bw-photo1967: The Jimi Hendrix Experience recorded “Purple Haze.” Jimi also signed to the new record label Track Records on this day.

1968: Jimi Hendrix moves into a London townhouse formerly owned by the Messiah’s composer George Frederick Handel. The guitarist tells the Daily Mirror that he will “not let the tradition down.”

1969:  The Rolling Stones go to number five in the American album charts with their new release Beggars Banquet.

1969: Jethro Tull release their debut album This Was.

1969, Led Zeppelin played at the Fillmore West in San Francisco.

1969, ‘Love Is,’ by Eric Burdon and The Animals, enters the US charts shortly after the band performs a farewell concert in the British city of Newcastle, where The Animals had begun seven years earlier.

1970, Yes performed at The Olympia Theatre in Paris.

1973, It was confirmed that the forthcoming Rolling Stones tour of Japan had been cancelled, despite record breaking ticket sales. Mick Jagger had earlier been informed that he was banned from entering the country because of a drugs conviction.

1974, Mike Bloomfield appeared at The Egress in Vancouver, British Columbia.

1975, The Alan Freeman BBC Radio 1 show broadcast a Pink Floyd show recorded at the Empire Pool, Wembley, London, England on 16th Nov 1974. The band had played four nights at Wembley on their Dark Side Of The Moon tour and tapes from these shows have been remixed.

1975, Genesis appeared at the Lakeland Theater in Lakeland, Florida on the Lamb Lies Down on Broadway tour.

1975, Led Zeppelin played their first concert in 18 months when they appeared at the Ahoy, Rotterdam, Holland, playing one of two warm-up shows for their forthcoming North American tour. The set list included some new songs: Sick Again, The Rain Song, Kashmir, No Quarter, and Trampled Under Foot.

1977, AC/DC played at Town Hall, Horsham, Australia.

1978: Elvis Costello and the Attractions appeared at Newcastle City Hall, England.

1978, Funkadelic hits number 28 with “One Nation Under a Groove.”

1979, The Grateful Dead performed at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, in Uniondale, New York.

1980, Foreigner appeared at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California.

1985, A Brazilian rock Festival held in Rio, claimed to be the biggest ever staged. The festival featured; Queen, Rod Stewart, AC/DC, Whitesnake, Yes and Iron Maiden.

1992, Nirvana appeared on NBC-TV’s Saturday Night Live performing two songs, “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and “Territorial Pissings.” Also on this day the group’s Nevermind went to number one on the US album chart.

Born on tJanuary 11: Slim Harpo, bluesman (1924) Clarence Clemons (1942) Tony Kaye, Yes (1946); Vicki Peterson, guitar, vocals, The Bangles (1958); and Mary J. Blige (1971)

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Today in Rock History – July 5

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1964, The Irish band Them, featuring Van Morrison, record “Gloria.”

1965, The Four Tops record their number five hit “It’s the Same Old Song,” which resembles their number one “I Can’t Help Myself.”

1965, Marty Balin and Paul Kantner formed a Folk-Rock group that would evolve into the Jefferson Airplane, the premier San Francisco psychedelic band of the late ’60s. The Airplane made its debut the following month at a Haight-Ashbury club, and was signed to RCA later in the year.

1966, On the recommendation of Rolling Stone Keith Richards’ girlfriend, Chas Chandler from The Animals went to see Jimi Hendrix play at The Cafe Wha? in New York City. Chandler suggests that Hendrix should come to England, which he does and Chandler became his manager.

1967, Jimi Hendrix played at Wollman Skating Rink Theater in New York City.

1967, Pink Floyd performed at The Dance Hall, Eel Pie Island Hotel, Twickenham, England.

1968, Bill Graham opens the Fillmore West in San Francisco.

1968, The Jeff Beck Group appeared at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit, Michigan.

1969, The Rolling Stones gave a free concert in London’s Hyde Park before an audience of 250,000, as a tribute to Brian Jones who had died two days earlier. Mick Jagger read an extract from Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Adonais and released 3,500 butterflies. The event was also guitarist’s Mick Taylor’s debut with the Stones.  King Crimson, Family, The Third Ear Band, Screw and Alexis Korner’s New Church also appeared on the day.

1969, The Who, Chuck Berry and Bodast all played two shows, one at 5:30 and another at 8:30pm, at The Royal Albert Hall.

1969, Vanilla Fudge performed at Place des Nations in Montreal, Quebec.

1970, The Allman Brothers Band were part of the Atlanta Pop Festival lineup held at Byron, Georgia.

1971, A Led Zeppelin gig in Milan turns violent when police fire tear gas at the crowd. The band escapes unharmed, but numerous arrests are made and a roadie is hit in the head with a bottle.

1972, The Rolling Stones performed at the Norfolk Scope, Norfolk, Virginia.

1972, Procol Harum and The Eagles appeared at the Golden Hall, San Diego, California.

1974, David Bowie played at the Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Roger Waters – photo by Danny Clifford (dannyclifford.com)

1975, Pink Floyd, Captain Beefheart, Steve Miller and Roy Harper all appeared at The Knebworth Festival, England, tickets cost £3.50 ($5.60). Pink Floyd premiered their new album Wish You Were Here with the help of Spitfires, pyrotechnics and an exploding plane which flies into the stage.

1975, Yes performed at Roberts Municipal Stadium, Evansville, Indiana.

1976, Elvis Presley appeared at the Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, Tennessee.

1978, The Grateful Dead appeared at the Civic Center in Omaha, Nebraska.

1978, the Electric Light Orchestra performed at the Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, Tennessee.

1978, The manufacturing of Some Girls the new album by The Rolling Stones was halted at EMI’s pressing plant after complaints from celebrities including Lucille Ball who were featured in mock advertisements on the album sleeve.

1979, Foreigner played at the Hollywood Sportatorium, Pembroke Pines, Florida.

1980, ZZ Top performed at the Tangerine Bowl, Orlando, Florida.

1981, Van Halen played at Cobo Arena, Detroit, Michigan.

1981, Rush appeared at Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, Wisconsin.

1982, Sun records musical director Bill Justis died of cancer aged 55. He worked with Sam Phillips at Sun Records, and also worked with Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Charlie Rich and Jerry Lee Lewis. He had the 1957 US number two single “Raunchy,” the first Rock and Roll instrumental hit. Also had a number one hit in Australia in 1963 with “Tamoure.”

1983, Eric Clapton played at Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Maryland.

1984, Van Halen performed at Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, Indiana.

1984, David Gilmour appeared at the Sunrise Musical Theater, Sunrise, Florida.

1995, More than 100 Grateful Dead fans were hurt when a wooden deck collapsed at a campground lodge in Wentzville, Missouri. Hundreds of people were on or under the deck sheltering from heavy rain. More than 4,000 Deadheads were staying at the campground while attending Grateful Dead concerts in the St. Louis suburb.

1999, The Eurythmics announced their first world tour for more than ten years, with all profits would be given to charity. The duo made the announcement from the Greenpeace boat ‘Rainbow Warrior’ moored on the River Thames in London.

2007, English jazz and blues singer and film critic George Melly died at his London home at the age of 80 of lung cancer and vascular dementia.

Born on July 5: Robbie Robertson (1944); Michael Monarch, guitar, Steppenwolf (1948); Huey Lewis (1951); Nick O’Malley, bass, Arctic Monkeys (1985)

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Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Foreigner Suite” by Cat Stevens

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Here’s a rare live version of Cat Stevens’ “Foreigner Suite” performed in its entirety for ABC TV’s “In Concert.” By 1973, Stevens was coming off a very successful run of records including “Mona Bone Jakon,” “Tea For The Tillerman,” “Teaser And The Firecat” and “Catch Bull At Four,” that were all recorded with pretty much the same band and producer. The release of “Foreigner” found Stevens jettisoning much of his musicians, branching out musically with this multi-section extended piece, turning his attention toward spiritual matters lyrically and taking on the production chores for himself. Musically, the suite featured many different sections melded together into a whole and was much in the same vein as fellow 1973 releases, “Band On The Run” by Paul McCartney and “A Passion Play” by Jethro Tull. While “Foreigner” was much maligned upon its release and sold poorly, Stevens bounced back with his follow up record “Buddha And The Chocolate Box.” In 2009, Stevens sued Coldplay for plagiarizing the melody of the final segment of “Foreigner Suite” with their song “Viva La Vida.”

The 3D RadioActivity – Game Show

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The 3D RadioActivity - The Game Show
The 3D RadioActivity – The Game Show

Welcome to The 3D RadioActivity, and this week and next we are playing songs as we observe The Olympic Games going on in London, the athletic festival that originated in ancient Greece and was revived in the late 19th century. Before the 1970s the Games were officially limited to competitors with amateur status, but in the 1980s many events were opened to professional athletes.

Currently the Games are open to all, even the top professional athletes in basketball and soccer.  In 1924 the Winter Games were sanctioned for winter sports. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition.  The ancient Olympic Games included several of the sports that are now part of the Summer Games program, which at times has included events in as many as 32 different sports.