Cегодняшний день в истории рок-музыки

11 апреля 1988 - Robert Plant выпуcтил сингл
Tall Cool One/White, Clean and Neat, который занял 25 место в американском чарте Bilboard singles. Плант передал права Coca-Cola Company на использование Tall Cool One в коммерческих целях, о чем позднее очень пожалел.

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События:

1961, Bob Dylan played his first live gig in New York City at Gerde's Folk City, opening for John Lee Hooker.

1965, Performing at the New Musical Express poll winners concert, at London's Wembley Empire Pool, England, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Tom Jones, Freddie and the Dreamers, The Animals, The Kinks, Herman's Hermits, Moody Blues, Them, Cilla Black, The Seekers and Donovan.

1966, Buffalo Springfield made their live debut at The Troubadour in Hollywood, California.

1967, During a 18-date European tour The Rolling Stones played two shows at the Olympia Theatre in Paris, France.

1970, Peter Green quit Fleetwood Mac while on tour in Germany, to avoid breach of contract he agreed to finish the current tour.

1973, The Beach Boys appeared at the Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia. The Beach Boys were at a very low ebb in popularity in America and this show proved a financial disaster for the promoter, with less than 3,000 tickets sold for the 16,000 capacity venue. Opening act was Mothers Finest and middle of the bill was Bruce Springsteen who played a 60-minute set.

1976, During a tour of Australia, Queen appeared at the Entertainments Centre in Perth.

1977, Alice Cooper played to an audience of 40,000 in Sydney, Australia, the largest crowd to attend a rock concert in the country's history. After the show Cooper was placed under house arrest at his hotel until he posted a bond for $59,632. That amount was the sum that a promoter claimed to have paid Cooper for a 1975 Australia tour he never made. The two settled when it was found that the promoter did not fulfill his part of the agreement either.

1981, Eddie Van Halen married actress Valerie Bertinelli, co-star of the 1980's
television hit, One Day at a Time. The two had met eight months earlier when Bertinelli's brother took her to a Van Halen concert in Shreveport, Louisiana.

1986, Dave Clark's musical 'Time' opened at London's Dominion Theatre, starring Cliff Richard.

1988, Cher won an Academy Award for best actress for her work in 'Moonstruck.'

1991, Paula Abdul held apress conference in Hollywood to deny allegations that backing vocalist Yvete Marine had sung un-credited lead parts on Paula's 'Forever Your Girl' LP.

1992, Pearl Jam appeared on US TV show Saturday Night Live from New York City.

1994, Oasis released their first single 'Supersonic' which peaked at No.31 on the UK charts. However, over time it has amassed sales of over 215,000, making it their 13th biggest selling single ever in the UK. 'Supersonic' was also the band's first single to chart in the United States, where it peaked at No. 11 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.

2001, Robbie Williams raised £165,000 at a charity auction with the money going to his old school in Stoke to build a performing arts block. The items sold were Robbie's personal possessions, including a toilet from a stage show, a Union Jack bikini, Tiger's head briefs, a Millennium jet pack and the hand written lyrics to 'Angels' which sold for £27,000.

2006, June Pointer, the youngest of the four Pointer Sisters who went from teenage Gospel singers to the top of the Pop charts with such hits as 'Fire', 'Slow Hand' and 'I'm So Excited', died of cancer at the age of 52.

11 апреля 1963,
Gerry And The Pacemakers were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'How Do You Do It''

11 апреля 1964,
The Beatles set a new chart record when they had 14 songs on the Billboard Hot 100. The songs ranged from 'Can't Buy Me Love' at No.1 to .Love Me Do' at No. 81.

11 апреля 1970,
The Beatles started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Let It Be'. It became the group's 19th US No.1 in 6 year's. The track was a No.2 hit in the UK.

11 апреля 1992,
Def Leppard scored their second UK No.1 album with 'Adrenalize' the follow-up to the multi million selling 'Hysteria' album.

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Сегодня родились:

1940, Born on this day, Herbie Hancock, US keyboard player, composer of film soundtracks, (1983 UK No.8 single 'Rockit'). Worked with Miles Davis Chick Corea.

1944, Born on this day, John Kay, guitar, vocals, Steppenwolf, (1968 US No.2 and 1969 UK No.30 single 'Born To Be Wild').

1950, Born on this day, David Cassidy, US singer, (1972 UK No.1 single 'How Can I Be Sure', plus nine other UK Top 40 singles), The Partridge Family, (1970 US No.1 single 'I Think I Love You', 1972 UK No.3 single 'Breaking Up Is Hard To Do').

1956, Born on this day, Alexander Briley, The Village People, (1978 US No.2 and 1979 UK No.1 single 'Y.M.C.A.').

1957, Born on this day, Vince Gill, US country singer. Has won 17 Country Music Awards and 14 Grammy Awards. In 2000 he married singer Amy Grant.

1965, Born on this day, Sean Welch, The Beautiful South, (1990 UK No.1 single 'A Little Time' plus over 15 other UK Top 40 singles).

1978, Born on this day, Guy Berryman, bass, Coldplay, who had the 2000 UK No.4 single 'Yellow', 2000 UK No.1 album 'Parachutes' and the 2005 worldwide No.1 album 'X&Y'.

1980, Born on this day, Bryan McFadden, vocals, Westlife, (Irish boy band, scored 12 UK No.1 singles, first UK No.1 1999 'Swear It Again' plus 4 UK No.1 albums). Now solo.

1987, Born on this day, Brendon Urie singer, Panic at the Disco. (2008 Australian No.1 and US & UK No.2 album 'Pretty.Odd.).


Ушли из жизни:

1975: Josephine Baker

1999: Boxcar Willie


Cтали первыми в чартах:

1957, The 'King of Skiffle' Lonnie Donegan was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Cumberland Gap.' The Scottish musician was a former member of Chris Barber's Jazz Band

1969, The 5th Dimension started a six week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In', a No.11 hit in the UK.

1975, Elton John started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Philadelphia Freedom', his fourth US No.1, it made No.12 in the UK.

1980, The Detroit Spinners were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Working My Way Back To You' a remake of an old Four Seasons hit.

1997, R Kelly started a three-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with his Grammy award winning song 'I Believe I Can Fly.' A No.2 hit in the US, the track was featured in the film 'Space Jam'.

1998, Pulp went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'This Is Hardcore.'

2008, Day26 the winners of US TV show Making The Band were at No.1 on the US album chart with their self-titled debut album. 2009, Scottish musician and record producer Calvin Harris scored his first UK No.1 single with 'I'm Not Alone'.


Релиз:

1954: Big Joe Turner, "Shake, Rattle, And Roll"


Записывались:

1954: Bill Haley and His Comets: "(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock," "Thirteen Women (And Only One Man In Town)"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Around_the_Clock


Получили золотой диск:

1971: Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's LP Four Way Street is

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События:

1954, Bill Haley recorded 'Rock Around The Clock' at Pythian Temple studios in New York City. Considered by many to be the song that put rock and roll on the map around the world.

1963, Billed as 'A Shot Of Rhythm and Blues', at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, The Beatles and eight other group's. Admission for members 7/6, visitors, 8/6.


1963, Bob Dylan performed his first major solo concert at the Town Hall in New York City.

1966, Jan Berry (Jan and Dean) was almost killed when he crashed his car into a parked truck a short distance from Dead Man's Curve in Los Angeles. Berry was partially paralysed and suffered brain damage. Berry was able to walk again after extensive therapy.

1966, Tom Jones went into hospital to have his tonsils removed, (there was speculation that he had a nose job).

1967, Mick Jagger was punched in the face by an airport official during a row at Le Bourget Airport in France. Jagger lost his temper after The Stones were being searched for drugs resulting in them missing their flight.

1973, The film 'That'll Be The Day', premiered in London, featuring David Essex, Ringo Starr, Keith Moon, Billy Fury and Dave Edmunds.

1975, David Bowie announced his second career retirement, saying, 'I've rocked my roll. It's a boring dead end, there will be no more rock 'n' roll records from me.'

1975, During a North American tour, Pink Floyd played the first of two nights at The Cow Palace, Daly City, San Francisco, California.

1990, The Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Centre announced that Asteroids 4147-4150, would be named Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr after the four members of The Beatles.

1990, During their Behind The Mask World Tour, Fleetwood Mac played the first of five nights at Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia.

2000, Metallica filed a suit against Napster, Yale University, The University of Southern California and Indiana University for copyright infringement.

2005, Mariah Carey released 'The Emancipation of Mimi', the album entered the US chart at number one, going six times platinum in less than a year, and subsequently became the most successful album of 2005.

2010, The Vatican's official newspaper L'Osservatore Ramano published a story praising The Beatles and saying that it forgave John Lennon for his 1966 comment that the group was "bigger than Jesus." Lennon told a British newspaper in 1966 - at the height of Beatlemania - that he did not know which would die out first, Christianity or rock and roll.

12 апреля 1940,
Herbie Hancock,популярный американский клавишник,композитор (1983 UK No.8 single 'Rockit'),работал с Miles Davis,сольно,сегодня отмечает 72-й День рождения.Happy Birthday!


вот сколько Grammy у этого виртуозного клавишника:

Grammy Awards1.1984, Best R&B Instrumental Performance, for Rockit
2.1985, Best R&B Instrumental Performance, for Sound-System
3.1988, Best Instrumental Composition, for Call Sheet Blues
4.1995, Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual Or Group, for A Tribute to Miles
5.1997, Best Instrumental Composition, for Manhattan (Island Of Lights And Love)
6.1999, Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s), for St. Louis Blues
7.1999, Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual Or Group, for Gershwin's World
8.2003, Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group, for Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall
9.2003, Best Jazz Instrumental Solo, for My Ship
10.2005, Best Jazz Instrumental Solo, for Speak Like a Child
11.2008, Album of the Year, for River: The Joni Letters
12.2008, Best Contemporary Jazz Album, for River: The Joni Letters
13.2011, Best Improvised Jazz Solo, for A Change Is Gonna Come
14.2011, Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals, for Imagine

12 апреля 1944,
John Kay,гитарист и вокалист популярной американской группы Steppenwolf, (1968 US No.2 and 1969 UK No.30 single 'Born To Be Wild'),сегодня отмечает 68-й День рождения.Happy Birthday!http://mlook.ru/6KcTWpBHlfw/john_kay_and_steppenwolf_born_to_be_wild_hard_rock_live_hol...

12 апреля 1950,
David Cassidy,популярный американский актёр и певец (1972 UK No.1 single 'How Can I Be Sure', plus nine other UK Top 40 singles), The Partridge Family, (1970 US No.1 single 'I Think I Love You', 1972 UK No.3 single 'Breaking Up Is Hard To Do'),сегодня отмечает 62-й День рождения!Happy Birthday!

12 апреля 1975,
Elton John started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Philadelphia Freedom', his fourth US No.1, it made No.12 in the UK.


I used to be a rolling stone
You know if the cause was right
I'd leave to find the answer on the road
I used to be a heart beating for someone
But the times have changed
The less I say the more my work gets done

`Cause I live and breathe this Philadelphia freedom
From the day that I was born I've waved the flag
Philadelphia freedom took me knee-high to a man
Yeah gave me peace of mind my daddy never had

Oh Philadelphia freedom shine on me, I love you
Shine a light through the eyes of the ones left behind
Shine a light shine a light
Shine a light won't you shine a light
Philadelphia freedom I love you, yes I do

If you choose to you can live your life alone
Some people choose the city
Some others choose the good old family home
I like living easy without family ties
Till the whippoorwill of freedom zapped me
Right between the eyes

1975 Big Pig Music Limited

12 апреля 1998,
Pulp went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'This Is Hardcore.'
1998, Pulp went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'This Is Hardcore.'

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Сегодня родились:

1942, Born on this day, Bill Conti, US singer, (1977 US No.1 single 'Gonna Fly Now' (Theme from Rocky).

1944, Born on this day, Brian Pendleton, Pretty Things, (1964 UK No.10 single 'Don't Bring Me Down'). He died of cancer on 15th May 2001 aged 57.

1944, Born on this day, Jack Casady, bass, Jefferson Airplane, (1967 US No.18 single 'White Rabbit'). Hot Tuna.

1945, Born on this day, Lowell George, singer, songwriter, guitarist, Little Feat. Two Top 40 albums during the 70's, best-known songs 'Dixie Chicken' and 'Sailin Shoes'. One time member of Frank Zappa's Mothers Of Invention. Lowell died from a heart attack on 29th June 1979.

1946, Born on this day, Al Green, US soul singer, (1971 UK No.4 single 'Tired Of Being Alone', 1972 US No.1 single 'Let's Stay Together' plus over 10 other Top 40 hits).

1951, Born on this day, Max Weinberg, drummer, Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, (1975 US No.23 single 'Born To Run'). Leader of the Max Weinberg Seven on US TV ‘Late Night with Conan O'Brien’. Also the author of 1991 ‘The Big Beat: Conversations with Rock's Greatest Drummers’.

1951, Born on this day, Peabo Bryson, singer, (1983 UK No.2 single with Roberta Flack 'Tonight I Celebrate My Love', 1984 US No.10 single 'If Ever You're In My Arms Again').

1954, Born on this day, Jimmy Destri, keyboards, Blondie, (Five UK No.1 singles including 1979 UK & US No.1 single 'Heart Of Glass'. 1978 world-wide No.1 album 'Parallel Lines').

1955, Born on this day, Louis Johnson, Brothers Johnson, (1980 US No.4 & UK No.6 single 'Stomp'). Johnson played on Michael Jackson's albums Off the Wall, Thriller and Dangerous, and hit songs Billie Jean and Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough.

1957, Born on this day, Wayne Lewis, Atlantic Starr, (1987 US No.1 & UK No.3 single 'Always').

1961, Born on this day, Butch Taylor, keyboards, Dave Matthews Band, (1998 US No.1 album 'Before These Crowded Streets', 2005 US No.1 album ‘Stand Up’).

1962, Born on this day, Hillel Slovak, guitar, The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Died from a heroin overdose 27th June 1988.

1966, Born on this day, Marc Ford, The Black Crowes, (1991 UK No.39 single 'Hard To Handle', 1991 US No.4 album 'Shake Your Money Maker', 1992 US No.1 & UK No.2 album 'The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion').

1972, Born on this day, Aaron Lewis, vocals, Staind, (2001 US No.1 album, 'Break The Cycle', 2001 US No. 7 & UK No. 15 single 'It's Been A While').

1975, Born on this day, Lou Bega, singer, (1999 UK No.1 single 'Mambo No 5, A Little Bit Of'..).


Ушли из жизни:

1995: Burl Ives

2004: Ritchie Cordell

2005: Johnnie Johnson


Cтали первыми в чартах:

1967, Nancy and Frank Sinatra were at UK No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Somethin' Stupid', (making them the only father and daughter to have a US No.1 single as a team).

1968, Bobby Goldsboro started a five week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Honey', it made No.2 on the UK chart and also No.2 when re- issued in 1975.

1974, Elton John went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Bennie And The Jets', his second US No.1, it made No.37 in the UK.

1974, Paul McCartney's 'Band On The Run', went to No.1 on the US album charts. McCartney's third US No.1, which went on to sell over 6 million copies world-wide

1985, USA for Africa started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'We Are The World.'

1991, Londonbeat went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I've Been Thinking About You', a No.2 hit in the UK.

2008, Madonna feat Justin Timberlake started a four week at No.1 on the UK singles chart with '4 Minutes', her 13th UK No.1, taken from her eleventh studio album Hard Candy.


Записывались:

1959: Ronnie Hawkins, "Forty Days"

1965: The Beatles, "Help!"

1966: The Beatles: "Love You To," "Paperback Writer"

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События:

1962, The Beatles made their third trip to Germany for a 48-night residency at The Star Club, Hamburg. During the seven week run The Beatles had only one day off.

1965, The Beatles record the song 'Help!' during an evening recording session at Abbey Road in London.

1966, During a four month world tour, Bob Dylan appeared at Sydney Stadium in Sydney Australia, the first of seven shows in Australia.

1970, Genesis appeared at Friars, Aylesbury, England. Peter Gabriel, Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks and band received Ј10 for the gig.

1971, The Rolling Stones released 'Brown Sugar' the first record on their own label, Rolling Stones Records, which introduces the infamous licking- tongue and lips logo.

1979, Five days into Van Halen's latest tour, David Lee Roth collapsed from exhaustion on stage at Spokane Coliseumin, Washington.

1980, The musical Grease closed after 3883 performances in New York City, having grossed over $8 million.

1982, David Crosby was arrested when police found him preparing cocaine backstage in his dressing room before a show in Dallas.

1990, Madonna kicked off her 57-date Blond Ambition World Tour when she played the first of three nights at Chiba Marine Stadium in Tokyo, Japan.

1993, The first Aerosmith Day was observed in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts after the band were given their very own holiday.

1995, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony started a two week run on the US album chart with 'E 1999 Eternal.'

1996, Rage Against The Machine appeared on NBC's Saturday Night Live. Their two-song performance was cut to one song when the band attempted to hang inverted American flags from their amplifiers.

2002, Thieves broke in to a house in Bexhill, Sussex and stole a hi-fi system and several CD's. They left albums by Madonna, Robbie Williams and Oasis but took the owners entire Showaddywaddy collection.

2003, The Beatles Apple Corp company was listed as Britain's fastest profit-growth firm with an annual profit growth of 194%.

2008, Producer and drummer Clifford Davies, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in his home in Atlanta, aged 59. Davies had worked with Ted Nugent from 1979-1982. It was reported that Davies was "extremely distraught" over outstanding medical bills.

2009, 68-year-old US music producer Phil Spector was convicted of murdering actress Lana Clarkson, after a five-month retrial. He had pleaded not guilty to the second degree murder of 40-year-old Ms Clarkson, who was shot in the mouth at Spector's home in Los Angeles

2009, Procol Harum's 'A Whiter Shade of Pale' was the most played song in public places in the past 75 years, according to a chart compiled for BBC Radio 2. Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' was at number two followed by 'All I Have To Do Is Dream' by the Everly Brothers. Wet Wet Wet's 1994 hit, 'Love Is All Around', was at number four followed by Bryan Adams's 1991 hit '(Everything I Do), I Do It For You.'

2011, A portrait of Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett was returned to the London art gallery it had been stolen from the previous week. The late singer's former girlfriend, Libby Gausden, pleaded for its safe return and offered a reward of Ј2,000, and following an appeal, the image was returned undamaged and intact to the gallery by post.

13 апреля 1944,
Jack Casady,басист популярной американской группы Jefferson Airplane,затем музыкант группы Hot Tuna,отмечает сегодня 68-й День рождения!Happy Birthday!

13 апреля 1945,
Lowell George,гитарист,автор песен и вокалист популярной американской группы Little Feat,родился 67 лет назад.
Выступал одно время в популярной группе Mothers of Inventions.Ушёл из жизни в 1979-м от сердечного приступа.Вспомним классную музыку музыканта:

13 апреля 1967,
Nancy and Frank Sinatra were at UK No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Somethin' Stupid', (making them the only father and daughter to have a US No.1 single as a team).

13 апреля 1974,
Elton John went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Bennie And The Jets', his second US No.1, it made No.37 in the UK-