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Certifications and Milestones (4)
Стали золотыми 7 февраля

1966 : The Beach Boys' album Summer Days is certified gold
http://www.discogs.com/The-Beach-Boys-Summer-Days-And-Summer-Nights/release/1188114

1970 : Johnny Cash's album Hello, I'm Johnny Cash is certified gold

1974 : Barry White's "Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up" and his album Stone Gon' are certified gold

1974 : The Love Unlimited Orchestra's "Love's Theme" and their album Under the Influence of Love Unlimited are certified gold

Concerts and Festivals (1)



7 февраля 1964 : Thanks to media coverage and a publicity campaign by Capitol Records, thousands of screaming fans greet The Beatles when their plane lands in New York at 1:20 pm. The scenes become iconic images of Beatlemania.

Deaths (7)
7 февраля


1959 : Guitar Slim

1959 : Buddy Holly's funeral takes place in Lubbock, Texas, with over a thousand mourners attending.

1959 : Ritchie Valens is buried in San Fernando Mission Cemetery.

1994 : Witold Lutoslawski

2000 : Dave Peverett (Foghat, Savoy Brown)

2000 : Big Pun

2009 : Blossom Dearie

Miscellaneous (3)
7 февраля


1966 : The first magazine dedicated specifically to rock and roll music, Crawdaddy!, is published by Paul Williams in New York City.

1967 : The Monkees announce during an appearance on the British TV show Top of the Pops that they will play on their own records from now on instead of using session players.

1989 : The Georgia State Representative Billy Randall introduces a bill to make Little Richard's Tutti Frutti the official state rock song. It doesn't pass.

7 февраля 1969,
The Who recorded 'Pinball Wizard' at Morgan Studio's, London, England.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinball_Wizard

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Сегодня родились:

1943, Born on this day, Creed Bratton, from Grass Roots, who had the 1968 US Hit single 'Midnight Confessions', plus 13 other US Top 40 singles.

1946, Born on this day, Adolpho De La Para, drummer witH US band Canned Heat who had the 1970 UK & US Hit single 'Let's Work Together'.

1946, Born on this day, Paul Wheatbread, Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, who had the 1968 UK No.1 & UK Hit single 'Young Girl'.
Paul Wheatbread, Gary Puckett

1948, Born on this day, Dan Seals, England Dan & John Ford Coley, who had the 1976 US No. 2 & UK Hit single, 'I'd Really Love To See You Tonight.'

1961, Born on this day, Vince Neil(photo), singer with Motley Crue, who had the 1988 UK Hit single 'You're All I Need' & 1989 US No.1 album 'Dr Feelgood'.

1962, Born on this day, Ken McCluskey, drummer with The Bluebells, who had the 1993 UK No.1 single with the re-issued 'Young At Heart'.

1968, Born on this day, Tjinder Singh, guitarist with Cornershop who had the 1998 UK No.1 single 'Briful Of Asha'.

1974, Born on this day, De Homem Christo, Daft Punk, remixed for Gabrielle, Chemical Brothers.

1977, Born on this day, Dave 'Phoenix' Ferrel, bassist with Linkin Park, who had the 2002 US No.2 & UK Hit single 'In The End', and the 2002 US No.2 & 2001 UK No.4 album 'Hybrid Theory'.

1985, Born on this day, Jeremy Davis, bassist with US band Paramore who had the 2009 UK No.1 album 'Brand New Eyes'.


Ушли из жизни:

1990: Del Shannon

8 ФЕВРАЛЯ(продолжение)

События:

1964, On their first full day in New York, The Beatles (minus George who had a sore throat), went for a photo-opportunity walk around Central Park. Over 400 girl fans followed The Beatles and extra police were called in to control them. Later in the day The Ronettes interviewed The Beatles for radio.

1964, John Leyton, Mike Berry, The Innocents, Jet Harris, Don Spencer, The Leroys and The Rolling Stones appeared at the Regal, Edmonton, on the first night of a UK tour.

1968, The Band Of Joy, featuring John Bonham and Robert Plant, made their first London appearance, supporting Edwin Starr at the Marquee Club in London, England. The Marquee was witness to the London scene of the late 60's, represented at the club by bands like the Move, The Syn, Pink Floyd, (who played the club many times), Neat Change, The In Crowd, Soft Machine and Arthur Brown.

1969: After jamming together for some time, Cream's Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker announce the formation of Blind Faith along with Traffic's Steve Winwood and Rick Grech of Family. One of the first "supergroups," their alliance would result in one album and an ill-fated tour before collapsing, in only six months, under intense scrutiny from the media and the public.

1971: Bob Dylan's documentary Eat the Document, chronicling his 1966 tour of the UK, premieres at New York's Academy of Music. The ABC television network will buy the rights to the film, although they refuse to air it after deciding it doesn't contain enough concert footage.

1972: Frank Zappa's concert at London's Royal Albert Hall is canceled when promoters discover "obscene" lyrics in Zappa's 200 Motels score.

1972: The Beatles' official fan club disbands.

1980, The divorce became final between David and Angie Bowie. He won custody of their son Zowie, (now known as Joe), Angie received a Ј30,000 ($51,000) settlement.

1981, R.E.M. made their first ever-recording sessions at Bombay Studios Smyrna, Georgia. Tracks included 'Gardening At Night', 'Radio Free Europe' and '(Don't Go Back To) Rockville.'

1983, Winners at the second annual Brit Awards held in London included Paul McCartney who won Best British Male Solo Artist, Kim Wilde won Best British Female Solo Artist, Dire Straits won British Group, British Breakthrough Act went to Yazoo, International Act was Kid Creole & The Coconuts, Best Selling Single Dexy's Midnight Runners "Come On Eileen" and the Life Achievement Award went to Pete Townshend.

1990, Suffering from depression American singer songwriter Del Shannon died of self inflicted gunshot wounds. He's scored the 1961 UK and US No.1 single 'Runaway', plus 9 US and 12 other UK Top 40 singles. Shannon had been working with Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne and was rumored to be replacing Roy Orbison, who had recently died, in the Traveling Wilburys supergroup.

1993, Julian Cope raised over Ј2,500 for anti-fur campaigners Lynx after selling raffle tickets to win his trade-mark microphone stand.

1994, Oasis were forced to cancel their first foreign tour after they were deported from Holland. The band were involved in a drunken brawl on a cross-channel ferry resulting in members of the band being arrested and locked in the brig on the ferry.

1998, Winners at this years Brit Awards included Finley Quaye who won Best British Male Solo Artist, Best British Female Solo Artist went to Shola Ama, The Verve won British Group and Best British Album for 'Urban Hymns', British Dance Act went to The Prodigy, British Breakthrough Act was Stereophonics, Best Selling British Album Act was The Spice Girls, International Male, Jon Bon Jovi, International Female, Bjork, International Group, U2 and Outstanding Contribution went to Fleetwood Mac. During the show Chumbawamba singer Danbert Nobacon threw a plastic bucket full of cold water over UK Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott.

2006, The 48th annual Grammy Awards were held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Madonna opened the awards for a third time. U2 came away with 5 awards and Mariah Carey won 3 of her 8 nominations.

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Cтали первыми в чартах:

1969, 'TBC' by The Supremes with Temptations went to No.1 on the US album chart.

1975, Bob Dylan went to #1 on the US chart with his 15th studio album Blood On The Tracks, his second US #1 album. The album has become one of Dylan's all-time best-selling studio releases, with a double-platinum US certification by the Recording Industry Association of America.

1975, Engelbert Humperdinck started a three-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with his 'Greatest Hits Collection.'

1975, The Ohio Players went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Fire', the group's first of two US No.1's.

1986, Billy Ocean started a four week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going', as featured in the film 'The Jewel Of The Nile.' The video was banned in the UK because it featured non-musician union members. Boyzone took the song to No.1 in 1999.

1992, UK act Right Said Fred started a three-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I'm Too Sexy'.


Релиз:

1965: The Supremes, "Stop in the Name of Love"


Записывались:

1967: The Beatles, "Good Morning Good Morning"

1968: The Beatles, "The Inner Light"


Получила золотой диск:

1973: Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" is certified gold

8 февраля 1943,
Born on this day, Creed Bratton,guitar, Grass Roots, who had the 1968 US Hit single 'Midnight Confessions', plus 13 other US Top 40 singles.

Creed Bratton,guitar, Grass Roots

8 февраля 1946,
Born on this day, Adolpho De La Para, drummer witH US band Canned Heat who had the 1970 UK & US Hit single 'Let's Work Together'.
Photo:Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra at Woodstock

8 февраля 1946,
Born on this day, Adolpho De La Para, drummer , Canned Heat

Adolpho De La Para, Canned Heat

7 февраля 1946,
Born on this day, Paul Wheatbread, drums , Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, who had the 1968 UK No.1 & UK Hit single 'Young Girl'.

7 февраля 1961,
Born on this day, Vince Neil, singer with Motley Crue, who had the 1988 UK Hit single 'You're All I Need' & 1989 US No.1 album 'Dr Feelgood'.