Subj : [ON THIS DAY] - Music History To : All From : TALIADON Date : Sat Jul 08 2023 01:00:02 WWW.THISDAYINMUSIC.COM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______ _______ _______ _ _ _ ______ ______ _______ _ _ (_______)(_______) (_______)(_) (_)| | / _____) (______) (_______)| | | | _ _ _ _ _ _______ | |( (____ _ _ _______ | |___| | | | | || | | | | | | ___ || | \____ \ | | | || ___ ||_____ | | |___| || | | | | | | | | || | _____) ) | |__/ / | | | | _____| | \_____/ |_| |_| |_| |_| |_||_|(______/ |_____/ |_| |_|(_______| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | o MUSIC HISTORY o | | | | o 08 Jul 1954 Producer Sam Phillips took an acetate recording of o | | Elvis Presley singing 'That's All Right' to Memphis | | o radio station WHBQ DJ Dewey Phillips. He played the o | | song just after 9.30 that evening, the phone lines lit | | o up asking the DJ to play the song again. o | | | | o 08 Jul 1958 The first Gold record album presented by the Recording o | | Industry Association of America (RIAA) was awarded to | | o the soundtrack LP, 'Oklahoma'. The honor signified that o | | the album had reached one million dollars in sales. The | | o first Gold single issued by the RIAA was 'Catch a o | | Falling Star' by Perry Como in March of 1958. A Gold | | o single represented sales of one million records. o | | | | o 08 Jul 1965 The Dave Clark Five had their movie, 'Catch Us If You o | | Can', premiere in London. The film was renamed to | | o 'Having a Wild Weekend' for its US release. Songs o | | featured by the group in the movie included 'Catch Us | | o If You Can', 'Having a Wild Weekend' and 'I Can't Stand o | | It'. | | o o | | 08 Jul 1966 The Beatles released the 'Nowhere Man' 4-track EP in | | o the UK, which included: 'Drive My Car', 'Michelle' and o | | 'You Won't See Me'. All four tracks were taken from The | | o Beatles sixth UK studio album, 'Rubber Soul'. o | | | | o 08 Jul 1967 UK music weekly the Melody Maker ran a front-page o | | comment condemning the 3-month jail sentence given to | | o Rolling Stone Mick Jagger for possession of Benzedrine o | | tablets. Jagger was later given a conditional | | o discharge. o | | | | o 08 Jul 1967 The Monkees began a 29-date tour with The Jimi Hendrix o | | Experience as support act. Hendrix was dropped after | | o six shows after being told his act was not suitable for o | | their teenybopper audience. | | o o | | 08 Jul 1968 Pink Floyd kicked off their first 20-date North | | o American tour at the Kinetic Playground in Chicago. The o | | club became a driving force in the music business, | | o hosting famous rock acts such as The Doors, The Jimi o | | Hendrix Experience, Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Byrds, | | o Janis Joplin, The Mothers of Invention, Grateful Dead, o | | MC5, Jethro Tull, Deep Purple, Iron Butterfly, | | o Fleetwood Mac, Vanilla Fudge, Muddy Waters and o | | Jefferson Airplane. | | o o | | 08 Jul 1969 Marianne Faithfull collapsed on the set of 'Ned Kelly' | | o after taking a drug overdose. She was admitted to a o | | Sydney Hospital (she was later dropped from the movie). | | o o | | | | o 08 Jul 1970 The Everly Brothers Show, started an eleven-week prime o | | time slot on ABC-TV in the US. It began as a summer | | o replacement in 1970 for The Johnny Cash Show. o | | | | o 08 Jul 1971 Over-enthusiastic fans at a Mott The Hoople gig at the o | | Royal Albert Hall, London, England, caused some | | o injuries and two damaged boxes, prompting a temporary o | | ban on rock gigs at the venue. The group paid 1,467 | | o pounds for damages to property. o | | | | o 08 Jul 1972 Bill Withers started a three week run at No.1 on the US o | | singles chart with 'Lean On Me', his only No.1 hit, it | | o made No.18 in the UK. o | | | | o 08 Jul 1972 Donny Osmond was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with o | | his version of the Paul Anka song 'Puppy Love'. The | | o first of three solo No.1's for Donny. o | | | | o 08 Jul 1973 Led Zeppelin's fifth album 'Houses Of The Holy' was on o | | both the US and UK album charts. The album spent a | | o total of 39 weeks on the US chart. The cover art for o | | 'Houses Of The Holy' was inspired by the ending of | | o Arthur C. Clarke's novel 'Childhood's End'. It is a o | | collage of several photographs which were taken at the | | o Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland, by Aubrey Powell of o | | Hipgnosis. | | o o | | 08 Jul 1978 Gerry Rafferty's album 'City To City' went to No.1 on | | o the US chart, knocking off 'Saturday Night Fever', o | | which had been at the top of the charts for almost six | | o months. o | | | | o 08 Jul 1978 Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon from The Clash were o | | arrested for being drunk and disorderly after a gig at | | o the Apollo in Glasgow, both were fined. o | | | | o 08 Jul 1979 The B-52's made their UK live debut at London's Lyceum o | | Ballroom, supported by The Tourists. | | o o | | 08 Jul 1984 Bob Dylan's current European tour came to an end at | | o Slane Castle, County Meath in Ireland. Dylan was joined o | | on stage by Van Morrison and they duetted on 'It's All | | o Over Now Baby Blue'. U2's Bono, who was sent to o | | interview Dylan for the Irish rock magazine Hot Press, | | o ended up duetting with Dylan on 'Blowin' In The Wind' o | | and 'Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat'. Carlos Santana also | | o joined Dylan on stage and played guitar on the last o | | seven songs of the set. | | o o | | 08 Jul 1995 TLC started a seven week run at No.1 on the US singles | | o chart with 'Waterfalls', the group's second US No.1, o | | and a No.4 hit in the UK. The music video for the song | | o reflected its socially conscious lyrics. With a o | | million-dollar budget, the video was an MTV staple that | | o boosted the song's success. The video won four MTV o | | Video Music Awards in 1995, including Video of the | | o Year. TLC was the first African-American act to receive o | | the trophy. | | o o | | 08 Jul 1997 Weezer fan club founders Mykel Allan and her sister | | o Carli both died along with their younger sister, o | | Trysta, in a car accident in Colorado on the way back | | o from one of the band's shows. The girls were later o | | honored through many tribute songs, including Weezer's | | o 'Mykel and Carli' and Jimmy Eat World's 'Hear You Me.' o | | | | o 08 Jul 2002 Michael Jackson spoke out against the music industry's o | | treatment of artists, alleging that the business was | | o rife with racism. Speaking at a civil rights meeting in o | | New York, Jackson claimed there was a 'conspiracy' | | o among record companies, especially towards black o | | artists. A spokesman for Jackson's record label said | | o the remarks were 'ludicrous, spiteful and hurtful.' o | | | | o 08 Jul 2004 Mark Purseglove known as the world's 'biggest o | | bootlegger' was sentenced to 3 years 6 months jail by | | o Blackfriars Crown Court. Purseglove had built up a 15 o | | million pound pirate CD empire by bootlegging live | | o concerts of some of the world's biggest stars including o | | The Beatles, David Bowie and Pink Floyd. | | o o | | 08 Jul 2006 Queen guitarist Brian May made a "substantial" donation | | o to save hedgehogs from slaughter in the Outer Hebrides. o | | Although the exact amount was not revealed it was said | | o to be enough to pay for the rescue of hundreds of o | | hedgehogs from the Uists, where Scottish Natural | | o Heritage has been culling the animals for the past four o | | years. May's money would go towards funding cash | | o rewards for islanders so hundreds more hedgehogs can be o | | saved. | | o o | | 08 Jul 2007 Chemical Brothers went to No.1 on the UK album chart | | o with 'We Are The Night', the duo's sixth studio album o | | and the band's fifth consecutive album to top the | | o chart. The album won a Grammy Award for Best Electronic o | | Dance Album at the 50th Grammy Awards. | | o o | | 08 Jul 2007 Prince was forced off stage by police halfway through | | o his set at the First Avenue nightclub during a late- o | | night gig in his home town of Minneapolis. The club was | | o only allowed to stay open until 3.am but Prince took to o | | the stage at 2.45am. The singer had already played two | | o concerts in Minneapolis before his late-night club o | | appearance; his first performance was at a department | | o store, where he promoted his new cologne with a nine- o | | song, 45-minute set. | | o o | | 08 Jul 2016 Canadian rapper and singer Drake was at No.1 on the US | | o chart with his fourth studio album 'Views'. With o | | 'Views', Drake also joined Adele, Michael Bublé and | | o Taylor Swift as the only artists in the 2010s decade to o | | have an album remain at No.1 on the Billboard 200 for | | o six consecutive weeks. o | | | | o o | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | o o | | BORN ON THIS DAY | | o o | | 08 Jul 1930 American soul musician Earl Van Dyke, most notable as | | o the main keyboardist for Motown Records' in-house Funk o | | Brothers band during the late 1960s and early 1970s. | | o Van Dyke died of prostate cancer on 18 September 1992 o | | age 62. | | o o | | 08 Jul 1940 American bass player, songwriter, Joe B. Mauldin, best | | o known as the bassist for the early rock and roll group o | | The Crickets. He later became a recording engineer at | | o Gold Star Studios, the Los Angeles studio which became o | | the "hit factory" for Phil Spector, Brian Wilson and | | o other major 1960s rock performers. Mauldin died on o | | 7 Feb 2015 aged 74. | | o o | | 08 Jul 1944 Jaimoe Johanson, American drummer and percussionist, | | o and one of the founding members of The Allman Brothers o | | Band who released the classic album 'Eat a Peach' in | | o 1972 and had the 1973 US No.12 single 'Ramblin Man'. o | | | | o 08 Jul 1945 Ricky Wolf, from English pop group The Flowerpot Men o | | who had the 1967 UK No.4 single 'Let's Go To San | | o Francisco'. o | | | | o 08 Jul 1946 Finnish rock drummer Pentti Glan, best known for his o | | work with Alice Cooper and Lou Reed. He also appeared | | o in the movie 'The Rose' as the drummer of The Rose o | | Band. He died on November 7, 2017 of lung cancer at the | | o age of 71. o | | | | o 08 Jul 1955 Russell Christian, singer with English group The o | | Christians who had the 1988 UK No.8 single 'Harvest For | | o The World'. The name of the band refers to the surname o | | of the three brothers that were originally in the line- | | o up. o | | | | o 08 Jul 1960 Andy Fletcher, bass, synth, and a founding member with o | | English electronic band Depeche Mode. The group have | | o had 50 songs in the UK Singles Chart and seventeen top o | | 10 albums in the UK chart and have sold over 100 | | o million records worldwide. Hit singles included 'New o | | Life', 'Enjoy the Silence' and 'Just Can't Get Enough.' | | o He died on 26 May 2022 age 60. o | | | | o 08 Jul 1961 Toby Keith, country music singer-songwriter, record o | | producer and actor. His debut 'Should've Been a Cowboy' | | o topped the US country charts and was the most played o | | country song of the 1990s. The song has received three | | o million spins since then, according to Broadcast Music o | | Incorporated. | | o o | | 08 Jul 1961 Graham Jones, guitar, Haircut 100. The band had four UK | | o Top 10 hit singles between 1981 and 1982, including o | | 'Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)', 'Love Plus One' | | o and 'Fantastic Day'. o | | | | o 08 Jul 1963 Joan Osborne, American singer, songwriter who had the o | | 1996 UK No.6 single 'One Of Us'. She toured with Motown | | o sidemen the Funk Brothers and was featured in the o | | documentary film about them, 'Standing in the Shadows | | o of Motown'. o | | | | o 08 Jul 1970 American singer, songwriter, producer and multi- o | | instrumentalist Beck David Campbell, 1994 UK No.15 | | o single 'Loser' from his 1994 album 'Mellow Gold'. His o | | second official studio album 'Odelay' has appeared in | | o numerous publications' lists of the greatest records of o | | the 1990s. His 2017 album, 'Colors', won awards for | | o Best Alternative Album and Best Engineered Album at the o | | 61st Annual Grammy Awards. | | o o | | 08 Jul 1971 English drummer Neil Mavers from The La's (rock band | | o from Liverpool), originally active from 1983 until o | | 1992. They had the 1990 UK No.13 single 'There She | | o Goes'. o | | | | o 08 Jul 1976 David Kennedy, American guitarist, songwriter who was a o | | member of Box Car Racer, a band formed by Blink-182 | | o members Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker. o | | | | o 08 Jul 1985 Jamie Cook, guitarist, with English rock band Arctic o | | Monkeys who had the 2005 UK No.1 single 'I Bet You Look | | o Good On The Dancefloor', and the 2006 UK No.1 album o | | 'Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not'. The | | o band has won six Brit Awards - winning both Best o | | British Group and Best British Album three times, and | | o have been nominated for three Grammy Awards. o | | | | o o | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | o o | | Posted courtesy of TALIADON BBS (taliadon.ddns.net) | | o E&EO : All information taken directly from WWW.THISDAYINMUSIC.COM o | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Linux/64) * Origin: TALIADON BBS (21:3/138) .