Births: 1904 - Fats Waller (d. 1943) 1941 - Ronald Isley (Isley Brothers) (72) 1941 - Martin Carthy (72) 1943 - Hilton Valentine (Animals) (70) 1943 - John Dalton (Kinks) (70) 1943 - Vincent Crane (Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Atomic Rooster) (d. 1989) 1944 - Marcie Blane (69) 1947 - Bill Champlin (Sons of Champlin, Chicago) (66) 1948 - Leo Sayer (65) 1950 - Roger Hodgson (Supertramp) (63) 1955 - Stan Lynch (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) (58) 1958 - Mike Barson (Madness) (55) 1963 - Kevin Shields (My Bloody Valentine) (50) 1963 - Tim Lever (Dead or Alive) (50) 1972 - Notorious B.I.G. (born Christopher Wallace) (d. 1997) 1978 - Adam Gontier (Three Days Grace) (35) 1980 - Gotye (born Wouter De Backer) (33)
Deaths: 1931 - Charlie Poole - Heart attack (39) 1973 - Vaughn Monroe - Complications from stomach surgery (61) 2001 - Tommy Eyre (producer) - Cancer (51) 2006 - Billy Walker - Car accident (77)
On This Day: 1956 - Brenda Lee signed with Decca Records. 1968 - Brian Jones of the Rollings Stones appeared in a London court on charges of marijuana possession. 1971 - Free announced their split. 1979 - Elton John opened the first tour by a western pop star in the Soviet Union in Leningrad. 1980 - The Electric Lady studios in New York were robbed with gold records for five Jimi Hendrix albums going missing. 1980 - Joe Strummer of the Clash was arrested in Hamburg, Germany after hitting a fan with his guitar during a show. 1981 - Bob Marley was buried with state honors in St. Ann's, Jamaica. 1992 - Bette Midler appeared on Johnny Carson's last edition of The Tonight Show. 1998 - A U.S. Senate hearing is held into "impostor groups" who perform under names for which they don't have a claim. Testifying are Sam Moore, Mary Wilson and others. 2001 - Bono and his wife became the parents of a new baby boy. 2003 - James Brown was pardoned by the state of South Carolina for past crimes in the state. 2008 - Lou Pearlman, the man who created New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for cheating thousands out of their life savings. 2009 - Natalie Cole had life saving kidney surgery. 2010 - U2's Bono had spinal surgery, delaying the 360 degree tour.
Recorded: 1940 - Will Bradley, "Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar" 1955 - Chuck Berry, "Maybelline" 1957 - Paul Anka, "Diana" 1959 - Jackie Wilson, "I'll Be Satisfied" 1962 - Dee Dee Sharp, "Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes)" 1963 - Stevie Wonder, "Fingertips (Part 2)" 1964 - The Drifters, "Under The Boardwalk" 1965 - Bob Dylan, "If You Gotta Go, Go Now" 1970 - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Ohio
Released: 1968 - "Let Yourself Go" - Elvis Presley 1971 - Ram - Paul McCartney 1985 - Dream of a Lifetime - Marvin Gaye
Number Ones - U.S. Singles: No U.S. Singles reached number 1 on May 21.
Number Ones - U.S. Albums: 1960 - Theme From a Summer Place - Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra (mono albums) (2 weeks (2 previous weeks at number 1)) 1960 - Percussive Percussion - Enoch Light/Terry Snyder & the All-Stars (stereo albums) (1 week (1 previous week at number 1)) 1966 - If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears - Mamas & the Papas (1 week) 1977 - Rumours - Fleetwood Mac (8 weeks (2 previous weeks at number 1)) 1994 - Not a Moment Too Soon - Tim McGraw (2 weeks) 2005 - With Teeth - Nine Inch Nails (1 week)
Number Ones - U.K. Singles: 1964 - Juliet - Four Pennies (1 week) 1977 - I Don't Want to Talk About It/The First Cut is the Deepest - Rod Stewart (4 weeks) 1998 - With a Little Help From My Friends/She's Leaving Home - Wet Wet Wet, Billy Bragg and Cara Tivey (4 weeks) 2000 - Day & Night - Billie Piper (1 week)
Number Ones - U.K. Albums: 1983 - Thriller - Michael Jackson (5 weeks (2 previous weeks at number 1)) 1988 - Lovesexy - Prince (1 week) 2000 - Whitney: The Greatest Hits - Whitney Houston (2 weeks)
Re: Умер Рэй Манзарек, один из основателей группы The Doors Автор:KirpichДата: 21.05.13 09:01:19
Births 1919: Georgie Auld 1932: Alma Cogan 1940: Mickey Newbury 1945: Pete Townshend (The Who) 1947: Jerry Hyman (Blood Sweat and Tears) 1947: Steve Currie (T. Rex) 1947: Paul Brady 1948: Tom Scott 1949: Dusty Hill (ZZ Top) 1950: Mike Wedgwood (Curved Air) 1950: Romeo Challenger (Showaddywaddy) 1952: Barbara Joyce Lomas (B.T. Express) 1954: Phil Rudd (AC/DC)
Deaths 1969: Coleman Hawkins 1989: Ron Wilson (The Surfaris) 1991: Odia Coates 2001: Mike Sammes 2006: Freddie Garrity (Freddie and the Dreamers) 2007: Frank Guida
On This Day: 1956: Skiffle comes to the US as Lonnie Donegan makes his US TV debut, singing his huge British hit "Rock Island Line" on NBC's Perry Como Show. 1958: The first single to be recorded on an 8-track console, Bobby Darin's "Splish Splash," is released. 1960: Massively influential DJ Alan Freed is officially indicted, along with seven others, in the "payola" scandal, charged with accepting over thirty thousand dollars from six different labels in order to play their songs. 1960: A 17-year-old Annette Funicello blows off her high school graduation ceremony in order to perform at Radio City Music Hall. 1961: The Everly Brothers form the Calliope label, the first artist-owned label to be formed by a rock group. 1963: For the first time, female Beatles fans attempt to sneak into the group's dressing room while they're supporting Roy Orbison at a gig in Hanley, England. The three girls, who used a ladder to get through the window, are caught but released without charges after the group signs a few autographs for them. 1965: Convinced that the lyrics to the Kingsmen's hit "Louie Louie" are as filthy as urban legends claim, the FBI visits Wand Records to ask a few questions. Eventually, they decide the group's version of the Richard Berry R&B classic is too garbled to make out, anyway. 1967: The release party for the Beatles' latest album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, is held at manager Brian Epstein's home in the Belgravia section of London. 1973: After Elvis Presley's critically-savaged debut at the Sahara resort on Lake Tahoe, and several more cancellations due to "illness," manager Colonel Tom Parker and Elvis' father Vernon plead with Los Angeles lawyer Ed Hookstratten to look into Elvis' prescription drug use and identify his main suppliers. With Elvis unwilling to cooperate, however, the investigation dies a slow death. 1976: Keith Richards nods off while driving and crashes his Bentley into a highway divider just north of London. Unfortunately, police who come to his rescue also find marijuana and cocaine in the car. 1979: Jessi Colter and husband Waylon Jennings, outlaw country's first duo, become the proud parents of their only child together, son Wayne Albright Jennings. 1980: Ringo Starr and his fiancee, actress Barbra Bach, crash their car very near the spot where T. Rex's Marc Bolan lost his life in a similar crash, but despite totaling the car, both are uninjured. 1984: Pink Floyd's epochal Dark Side Of The Moon LP marks its tenth anniversary, having never left the Billboard album charts. 1985: Motown celebrates the 50th anniversary of the legendary Apollo Theater in Harlem with NBC-TV's special Motown Returns To The Apollo, featuring performances by James Brown, The Cadillacs, Joe Cocker, The Commodores, Sammy Davis Jr., The Drifters, The Four Tops, Al Green, Thelma Houston, Chuck Jackson, Patti Labelle, Little Richard, The Manhattans, Marilyn McCoo, Wilson Pickett, Billy Preston, Lou Rawls, Martha Reeves, Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross, Mavis Staples, Rod Stewart, The Temptations, Sarah Vaughn, Mary Wells, and Stevie Wonder. 1998: Sonny and Cher are awarded with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7020 Hollywood Blvd. 1998: Peter, Paul and Mary begin their 40th anniversary tour with a three-night stint in Vegas. 2000: Guitarist and founder Dickey Betts leaves the Allman Brothers Band over "creative differences."
Releases 1973: Paul Simon, "Kodachrome" 1978: Dire Straits, "Sultans Of Swing"
Recording 1958: Ritchie Valens, "Come On, Let's Go" 1958: Peggy Lee, "Fever" 1960: The Drifters, "Save The Last Dance For Me" 1965: Elvis Presley, "Hard Luck"
Charts 1958: The original Broadway soundtrack to South Pacific hits #1 1962: Johnny Tillotson's "It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin'" enters the charts 1973: Stevie Wonder's "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life" hits #1 1979: Supertramp's Breakfast In America hits #1
Re: Cегодняшний день в истории рок-музыки Автор:KirpichДата: 18.05.13 13:59:20
Births: 1911 - Big Joe Turner (d. 1985) 1912 - Perry Como (d. 2001) 1922 - Kai Winding (d. 1983) 1939 - Glen Hardin (74) 1942 - Rodney Dillard (Dillards) (71) 1944 - Albert Hammond (69) 1946 - Bruce Gilbert (Wire) (67) 1946 - George Alexander (Flamin' Groovies) (67) 1948 - Joe Bonsall, Jr. (Oak Ridge Boys) (65) 1948 - Butch Tavares (Tavares) (65) 1949 - Rick Wakeman (Strawbs, Yes) (64) 1949 - Bill Wallace (Guess Who) (64) 1949 - Gary Scruggs (64) 1950 - Mark Mothersbaugh (Devo) (63) 1952 - George Strait (61) 1954 - Wreckless Eric (born Eric Goulden) (59) 1958 - Victoria Wilcox (Toyah) (56) 1961 - Hugh Whittaker (Housemartins) (52) 1961 - Russell Senior (Pulp) (52) 1969 - Martika (born Marta Marrero) (44) 1970 - Billy Howerdel (A Perfect Circle) (43) 1975 - Jack Johnson (38)
Deaths: 1975 - Leroy Anderson - Cancer (66) 1980 - Ian Curtis (Joy Division) - Suicide (23) 2004 - Clint Warwick (Moody Blues) - Liver disease (63) 2004 - Elvin Jones - Heart problems (76)
On This Day: 1957 - Rusty & Doug Kershaw made their debuts on the Grand Ole Opry. 1963 - At the first annual Monterey Folk Festival, Bob Dylan joins Joan Baez onstage to duet on his antiwar song "With God On Our Side." 1963 - The Beatles begin their third tour of 1963 at the Adelphi Cinema in Buckinghamshire, England, opening for Roy Orbison; within a few days, thanks to growing "Beatlemania," they will be headlining. 1964 - A riot broke out at a Rolling Stones concert in Scotland after 4,000 fans showed up with forged tickets. 1964 - Paul McCartney is interviewed by David Frost on the BBC. 1966 - The Castiles with lead singer Bruce Springsteen made their first recordings. 1967 - The Beatles agreed to do a worldwide satellite broadcast of them recording the song All You Need is Love. 1968 - The North California Rock Festival was held with the Doors, the Grateful Dead, the Steve Miller Band, Taj Mahal, Big Brother & the Holding Company, Country Joe & the Fish and the Jefferson Airplane. 1978 - Bob Marley & the Wailers opened a U.S. tour in Ann Arbor, MI. 1978 - The movie The Buddy Holly Story with Gary Busey premiers in Dallas, TX. 1981 - Diana Ross shocks the music industry by leaving Motown Records after 20 years for a new home on RCA. The $20 million contract sets a new record. 1982 - Joe Strummer of the Clash reappears after going into hiding for a month in Paris. 1986 - The made for TV movie Stagecoach starring Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson and Waylon Jennings aired. 1993 - Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of Kiss receive stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 1998 - Berry Gordy received the inaugural ASCAP American Legend Award. 2002 - Barry Manilow's TV special Ultimate Manilow, a concert filmed at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, airs on CBS. 2003 - The Isley Brothers set a record for the longest period between #1 albums when Body Kiss reaches the top of the Billboard charts.
Recorded: 1963 - Kingsmen, 'Louie Louie' 1964 - The Animals, "House Of The Rising Sun" 1966 - The Hollies, "Bus Stop" 1966 - The Beatles, "Got To Get You Into My Life" 1967 - The Rolling Stones, "We Love You"
Released: 1967 - Stevie Wonder, "I Was Made To Love Her" 1968 - Tiny Tim, "Tiptoe Through The Tulips" 1970 - The Beatles, Let It Be
Number Ones - U.S. Singles: 1959 - Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison (2 weeks) 1963 - If You Wanna Be Happy - Jimmy Soul (2 weeks) 1968 - Tighten Up - Archie Bell & the Drells (2 weeks) 1974 - The Streak - Ray Stevens (3 weeks) 1985 - Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds (1 week) 1991 - I Like the Way (The Kissing Game) - Hi-Five (1 week) 1996 - The Crossroads - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (8 weeks)
Number Ones - U.S. Albums: 1985 - No Jacket Required - Phil Collins (2 weeks (4 previous weeks at number 1)) 1991 - Out of Time - R.E.M. (1 week) 2002 - Hood Rich - Big Tymers (1 week)
Number Ones - U.K. Singles: 1961 - On the Rebound - Floyd Cramer (1 week) 1967 - Silence is Golden - Tremeloes (3 weeks) 1974 - Sugar Baby Love - Rubettes (4 weeks) 2008 - That's Not My Name - Ting Tings (1 week)
Number Ones - U.K. Albums: 1968 - Scott 2 - Scott Walker (1 week) 1996 - 1977 - Ash (1 week) 2003 - Justified - Justin Timberlake (3 weeks (1 previous week at number 1)) 2008 - Home Before Dark - Neil Diamond (1 week)
Обсуждение новости: "Ноэль Галлахер получил премию Ivor Novello" Автор:KirpichДата: 17.05.13 18:37:51
Айвор Новелло (Ivor Novello, настоящее имя — David Ivor Davies, род. 15 января 1893 года — умер 6 марта 1951 года) — валлийский композитор, певец и актёр; один из популярнейших британских исполнителей первой половины XX века. Имя его носит награда «Ivor Novello Awards», учреждённая в 1955 году и призванная оценивать в первую очередь мастерство авторов и аранжировщиков в популярном музыкальном искусстве. http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C0%E9%E2%EE%F0_%CD%EE%E2%E5%EB%EB%EE
Births: 1925 - Red Smiley (Reno & Smiley) (d. 1972) 1939 - Pervis Jackson (Spinners) (d. 2008) 1941 - Malcolm Hale (Spanky & Our Gang) (d. 1968) 1942 - Taj Mahal (71) 1944 - Jesse Winchester (69) 1949 - Bill Bruford (Yes, King Crimson) (67) 1953 - George Johnson (Brothers Johnson) (60) 1958 - Paul Di'Anno (Iron Maiden) (55) 1958 - Alan Rankine (Association) (55) 1961 - Enya (52) 1963 - Page McConnell (Phish) (50) 1965 - Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) (48) 1968 - Dave Abbruzzese (Pearl Jam) (45) 1970 - Jordan Knight (New Kids on the Block) (43) 1973 - Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures) (40) 1974 - Andrea Corr (Corrs) (39)
Deaths: 1992 - Lawrence Welk - Pneumonia (89) 1996 - Johnny "Guitar" Watson - Heart attack (61) 1996 - Kevin Gilbert - Asphyxiation (29) 2002 - Sharon Sheeley (songwriter of Poor Little Fool, Dum Dum) - Cerebral hemorrhage (62)
On This Day: 1952 - Johnny Horton debuted on the Louisiana Hayride. 1958 - It was Jerry Lee Lewis Day in Farriday, LA. 1963 - The first Monterey Folk Festival was held with artists including Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Peter, Paul & Mary. 1964 - Bob Dylan made his first major appearance in the U.K. at the Royal Festival Hall in London. 1966 - Bob Dylan appeared at The Free Trade Hall in Manchester for a show that eventually was put out as part of his Bootleg Series. 1967 - The Bob Dylan documentary Don't Look Back premiered in San Francisco. 1971 - The musical Godspell opened on Broadway. 1974 - The Elton John special Goodbye Norma Jean and Other Things airs. 1975 - Elton John received a platinum record for Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy. 1975 - Mick Jagger punched a window in a restaurant, requiring twenty stitches in his hand. 1978 - The movie Thank God It's Friday (with Donna Summer) premiered in Los Angeles. 1980 - Paul and Linda McCartney were musical guests on Saturday Night Live. 1987 - Tom Petty's house was destroyed by fire. 1980 - Peter Criss left Kiss to pursue a solo career. Eric Carr was his replacement. 1989 - Bill Wyman opened his first Sticky Fingers restaurant in London. 1995 - Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, and Little Richard share the stage for the first time ever at a concert in Sheffield, England. 2000 - The Eagles filed a lawsuit against the Hotel California restaurant in Dallas, TX. 2001 - The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum opened in Nashville. 2009 - Barbara Mandrell, Roy Clark and Charlie McCoy received their medallions as the newest members of the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Divorces: 2006 - Paul McCartney & Heather Mills (separation)
Released: 1969 - Chicago Transit Authority - Chicago
Recording 1967: The Beatles: "You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)" 1970: Jean Knight, "Mr. Big Stuff" 1970: King Floyd, "Groove Me"
Number Ones - U.S. Singles: 1952 - Blue Tango - Leroy Anderson (5 weeks) 1986 - Greatest Love of All - Whitney Houston (3 weeks)
Number Ones - U.S. Albums: 1975 - That's The Way of the World - Earth, Wind & Fire (3 weeks) 1986 - Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston (7 weeks (7 previous weeks at number 1)) 1997 - Carrying Your Love With Me - George Strait (1 week) 2003 - Get Rich or Die Tryin' - 50 Cent (1 week) 2008 - Hard Candy - Madonna (1 week)
Number Ones - U.K. Singles: 1957 - Rock-a-Billy - Guy Mitchell (1 week) 1962 - Nut Rocker - B. Bumble & the Stingers (1 week) 1975 - Stand By Your Man - Tammy Wynette (3 weeks) 1980 - What's Another Year - Johnny Logan (2 weeks) 1986 - The Chicken Songs - Splitting Image (3 weeks) 1998 - Under the Bridge/Lady Marmalade - All Saints (1 week (1 previous week at number 1)) 2009 - Boom Boom Pow - Black Eyed Peas (1 week)
Number Ones - U.K. Albums: 1980 - The Magic of Boney M: 20 Greatest Hits - Boney M (2 weeks) 1997 - Spice - Spice Girls (1 week) 1998 - International Velvet - Catatonia (1 week) 2009 - 21st Century Breakdown - Green Day (1 week)