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Today in Rock History – April 16

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1963, The Beatles perform on BBC TV for the first time on The 625 Show.

1964, The Rolling Stones first album was released in the UK, it went to No.1 two weeks later and stayed on the chart for 40 weeks, with 11 weeks at No.1.

1964, The Beatles filmed the “chase scenes” for A Hard Days Night with actors dressed as policemen in the Notting Hill Gate area of London. In the evening they recorded the title track for the film, ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ at Abbey Road. John and Paul had the title first, and had to write a song to order, completing the track in nine takes.

1967, Cream appeared at the ‘Daily Express Record Star Show’ at The Empire Pool, Wembley, England.

1969, Desmond Dekker and the Aces were at No.1 on the singles chart with ‘The Israelites’, making Dekker the first Jamaican artist to have a No.1 single.

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1969, Elektra Records dropped Detroit’s MC5 from their label after the band took out an advertisement in a local paper that included the company logo and said; “Fuck Hudsons.” The band were protesting at the Michigan department store’s refusal to stock their albums.

 

1970, The Led Zeppelin single Whole Lotta Love was certified Gold in the US after selling over a million copies. The single had peaked at No. 4 on the US singles chart. In the UK Atlantic Records had expected to issue the edited version themselves, and pressed initial copies for release on 5th December 1969. However, band manager Peter Grant was adamant that the band maintain a ‘no-singles’ approach to marketing their recorded music in the UK, and he halted the release.

1972, The Electric Light Orchestra made their debut at The Fox and Greyhound in Croydon, London.

1972, Pink Floyd appeared at the Township Auditorium, Columbia, South Carolina, USA. A typical set list on this the Dark Side of The Moon tour was: The Dark Side of the Moon (entire album), One of These Days, Careful with that Axe Eugene, Echoes, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun.

1973, During his Ziggy Stardust World tour, David Bowie appeared at the Kobe, Kobe Kokusai Kaikan, Japan.

1974, Queen play their first American concert at Denver’s Regis College.

1976, Aerosmith played at the Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, the first date on their 76 date North American Rocks Tour.

Born on this day – Henry Mancini (1924); Bobby Vinton (1935); Dusty Springfield (1939); Gerry Rafferty (1947); and Dave Pirner, Soul Asylum (1963)

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Today in Rock History – March 26

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Rolling-Stones-19651965, Mick Jagger, Brian Jones and Bill Wyman all received electric shocks from a faulty microphone on stage during a Rolling Stones show in Denmark. Bill Wyman was knocked unconscious for several minutes.

1966, The Who performed at St. George’s Ballroom in Hinckley, Leicestershire, England.

1967, Jimi Hendrix appeared at the Tabernacle Club in Stockport, Manchester, England.

1968, Pink Floyd performed live for the program Late Night Line Up at BBC Lime Grove Studios in London. It was broadcast on September 10th by BBC2 TV.

1969, Marvin Gaye was at number one on the singles chart, with “I Heard It Through The Grapevine.” The song was first recorded by The Miracles and had also been a million seller in 1967 for Gladys Knight and the Pips, reaching the number two spot. It has been covered by numerous artists, including the song has been covered by a range of musicians including Creedence Clearwater Revival, who recorded an eleven-minute version for their 1970 album, Cosmo’s Factory, that was released as a single, reaching 43 on Billboard‘s chart.

1970, Canned Heat and the MC5 played at the Varsity Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

1970, The Allman Brothers Band appeared at Alumni Hall in Atlanta, Georgia.

1970, Peter Yarrow of Peter Paul and Mary pleaded guilty to “taking immoral liberties” with a 14 year old girl in Washington D.C. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three months in jail. Just days earlier, the trio had won a Grammy Award for Best Recording for Children for their album, Peter, Paul and Mommy.

1971, Black Sabbath appeared at Memorial Coliseum in Dallas, Texas.

1972, Yes played at Lakeland Community College, Mentor, Ohio.

1973, The Grateful Dead played at the Civic Center in Baltimore, Maryland.

1974, Queen appeared at Douglas Palace Lido, Isle Of Man, England.

1976, the final US show of David Bowie’s World Tour.was held at Madison Square Garden in New York.  Afterwards, a small party was held at the Penn Plaza Club for Bowie and the crew.

1976, One-man blues band Duster Bennett was killed in a car accident. 1970 album Smiling Like I’m Happy.  Heworked with Alexis Korner, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Fleetwood Mac and B.B. King.

1976, Anita Pallenberg the girlfriend of Rolling Stone Keith Richards gave birth to a baby boy, Tara, (he died ten weeks later from pneumonia).

1977, Hall and Oates started a three week run at No.1 on the singles chart with ‘Rich Girl’, the duo’s first number one.

1978, Aerosmith performed at the Tower Theater, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania.

police-19801980, The Police became the first Western pop group to play in Bombay, India for over ten years when they played a one-off gig in the city.

1985, Radio stations in South Africa banned all of Stevie Wonder’s records after he dedicated the Oscar he had won the night before at The Academy Awards to Nelson Mandela.

1988, Morrissey went to No.1 on the UK album chart with his debut solo LP Viva Hate.

2000, Santana started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with Supernatural. The album went on to win eight Grammy Awards including Album Of The Year, Record Of The Year, and Song Of The Year.

2004, Jan Berry of Jan and Dean, died at the age of 62, after being in poor health sustained in a 1966 car crash. Had the 1963 US No.1 & UK No.26 single “Surf City,” (co written by Beach Boy Brian Wilson). At the height of their fame, Jan and Dean hosted and performed at The T.A.M.I. Show, the film also featured The Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, The Supremes and Smokey Robinson & The Miracles.

Born on March 26: Diana Ross (1944);  Richard Tandy, ELO  and Steven Tyler, Aerosmith (1948); Teddy Pendergrass (1950); James Iha, Smashing Pumpkins (1968)

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Today in Rock History – December 17

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1963, James Carroll at WWDC in Washington, DC, became the first disc jockey to broadcast a Beatles record on American radio. Carroll played “I Want To Hold Your Hand,” which he had obtained from his stewardess girlfriend, who brought the single back from the UK. Due to listener demand, the song was played daily, every hour. Since it hadn’t been released yet in the States, Capitol Records initially considered court action, but instead released the single earlier than planned.

1966, MC5 played at the Grande Ballroom, Detroit, Michigan.

1967, John Lennon and George Harrison hold a party in London for the area secretaries of the Official Beatles Fan Club. The guests are treated to sneak previews of the films Magical Mystery Tour and The Beatles at Shea Stadium.

1968, “The Who’s Christmas Party” takes place at the Marquee in London. It is The Who’s last ever performance at the venue where they had first come to the capital’s attention during their residence in 1964-1965. This time, Who fan Nigel Cornthwaite comes onstage to sing “Magic Bus” with the Who. Yes is the opening act.

1968, Pink Floyd release “Point Me At the Sky” in England. It’s their fourth 45, and their last single release in the UK for 11 years.

1970,  The Beach Boys perform at London’s Royal Albert Hall by Princess Margaret’s royal command.

1971, John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear at Harlem’s Apollo Theater for  a benefit for the families of victims of the Attica State Prison riots.

1971, David Bowie released his fourth album Hunky Dory, which was the first to feature all the members of the band that would become known the following year as Ziggy Stardust’s Spiders From Mars.

1973, Genesis performed at the Roxy Theatre, Hollywood, California.

1974, Yes appeared at the Civic Center, St. Paul, Minnesota.

1975, Hawkwind played at Brunel University, Uxbridge, England.

1976, AC/DC performed at Harristown High School Hall, Toowomba, Australia.

1977, Filling in for The Sex Pistols on NBC- TVs “Saturday Night Live”, Elvis Costello stops his performance of “Less Than Zero,” saying ” there’s no reason to do this”, and launches into “Radio Radio” which he’d been told not to perform. Costello said later that the inspiration for the last-minute song change came from a similar episode years earlier, concerning Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix was on the BBC television show hosted by pop-star Lulu, and was supposed to play his hit, “Hey Joe.” Hendrix started the song, stopped, said, “We’d like to stop playing this rubbish and dedicate a song to the Cream regardless of what kind of group they might be. I’d like to dedicate this to Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, and Jack Bruce,” and then launched into a feedback-laden version of “Sunshine of Your Love.”

1977, George Harrison played an unannounced live set for the regulars at his local pub in Henley-On-Thames near his home in the UK.

1978, Rush performed at Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Madison, Wisconsin.

1979, The Who appeared at the Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland.

1981, The Allman Brothers Band appeared on the Boston Common, Boston., Massachusetts.

1982, Delta blues musician and songwriter Big Joe Williams died in Macon, Mississippi aged 79. Wrote “Baby Please Don’t Go,” a 1965 Top Ten hit for Them, featuring Van Morrison.

1982, Karen Carpenter made her last live appearance with The Carpenters when she performed in Sherman, California. Carpenter suffered from anorexia nervosa, the eating disorder which was a little-known illness at the time. She died at the age of 32 from heart failure, on February 4, 1983 caused by complications related to her illness.

1994, A remixed version of  “December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)” by The Four Seasons re-entered the US Hot 100, where it stayed for another 27 weeks, just as it did when it first charted in 1976. The combined run will establish a record for the longest total chart appearance in US chart history.

1995, A statue of the late Frank Zappa was unveiled in Vilnius, the capital of the Republic Of Lithuania. It had been organised by Zappa fan club President Saulius Pauksty.

1999, American jazz-funk, soul-jazz saxophonist Grover Washington, Jr. died of a heart attack aged 56. He collapsed in the green room after taping four songs fo. The Early Show, at CBS Studios in New York City, He released over 20 solo albums and featured on the 1981 Bill Withers hit “Just The Two of Us.”

2005, U2 had the top-grossing tour of 2005, according to an end-of-year chart compiled by US magazine Billboard. More than three million people watched the band’s sell-out 90-date Vertigo tour which grossed $260m (£146.6m.) The Eagles, took $117m (£66m) from 77 shows, and Neil Diamond grossed more than $71m (£40m). Kenny Chesney was fourth with $63m (£35.5m,) Paul McCartney $60m (£33.8m,) Rod Stewart with $49m (£27m,) Elton John with $45.5m (£25.6m,) Dave Matthews Band with $45m (£25.3m,) Jimmy Buffett with $41m (£23m,) and Green Day with $36.5m (£20.5m.)

Born on this day: Art Neville (1937); Eddie Kendricks, The Temptations (1939); Paul Butterfield (1942); Paul Rogers, Free, Bad Company (1949) and Mike Mills, R.E.M. (1958)

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