Cегодняшний день в истории рок-музыки

27 декабря 1969
Led Zeppelin: ‘Led Zeppelin II′ US LP №1

27 декабря 1975

Queen: ‘A Night at the Opera’ UK LP

27 декабря 1980
John Lennon: ‘(Just Like) Starting Over’ US 45 №1

27 дкабря 1980
John Lennon: ‘Double Fantasy’ US LP №1

27 декабря 1986
Jackie Wilson: ‘Reet Petite’ UK 45 №1

28 ДЕКАБРЯ

Сегодня родились:

1943, Born on this day, Chas Hodges, Heads Hands And Feet, Chas & Dave, (1982 UK No.2 single 'Ain't No Pleasing You').

1946, Born on this day, Edgar Winter, Edgar Winter Group, keyboards, vocals, (1973 US No.1 & UK No.18 single 'Frankenstein').

1947, Born on this day, Dick Diamonde, The Easybeats, (1966 UK No.6 & 1967 US No. 16 single 'Friday On My Mind').

1950, Born on this day, Alex Chilton, guitar, vocals, The Box Tops, (1967 US No.1 & UK No.5 single 'The Letter'), formed Big Star in 1971. Died in hospital of heart problems in New Orleans on March 17th 2010 aged 59.

1953, Born on this day, Richard Clayderman, French pianist who has sold over 70 million albums world-wide, biggest UK hit is the 1982 UK No.2 album 'Richard Clayderman.'

1971, Born on this day, Anita Dels, vocals, 2 Unlimited, (1993 UK No.1 single 'No Limit').

1978, Born on this day, John Legend (John Stephens), singer, songwriter, 2006 US No.3 & UK No.10 album ‘Once Again.’

Ушли из жизни:

1971: Max Steiner
1983: Dennis Wilson (The Beach Boys)
2002: Meri Wilson
2005: Barry Cowsill (The Cowsills)

Cтали первыми в чартах:

1959 Frankie Avalon: 'Why' US 45
1961 Danny Williams: 'Moon River' UK 45
1968 Beatles: 'White Album' US LP
1975 Helen Reddy: 'Angie Baby' US 45
1985 Shakin' Stevens: 'Merry Christmas Everyone' UK 45

Релиз:

1968: The Doors, "Touch Me"
1970: John Lennon, "Mother"

28 ДЕКАБРЯ

События:

1966, Ike & Tina Turner appeared at the El Cortez Hotel, San Diego, California.

1968, The Beatles went to No.1 on the US album chart with the 'White Album', the group's 12th US No.1 album.

1968, The three day Miami Pop festival took place, the first major rock festival held on the East Coast of the US, with Chuck Berry, The McCoys, Joni Mitchell, Fleetwood Mac, Marvin Gaye, The Turtles, The Box Tops, Steppenwolf, Three Dog Night, Pacific Gas and Electric, Procol Harum, Canned Heat, Iron Butterfly and The Grateful Dead.

1968, Vanilla Fudge appeared at the Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada supported by Led Zeppelin on their first US tour.

1968, Pink Floyd appeared at the two day festival Flight To Lowlands Paradise II, Margriethal-Jaarbeurs, Utrecht, The Netherlands, (replacing Jimi Hendrix). Other acts appearing included Jethro Tull, Jeff Beck, The Pretty Things and the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.

1971, During a UK tour Mott The Hoople appeared at the Guildhall in Plymouth.

1971, George Harrison was at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'My Sweet Lord', making him the first Beatle to score a No.1 US hit. The song was originally intended for Billy Preston.

1972, David Bowie appeared at The Hardrock, Stretford, Manchester, England on his Ziggy Stardust tour.

1974, Helen Reddy went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Angie Baby', the singers third US No.1. The song was turned down by Cher.

1978, Chris Bell guitarist with Big Star was killed after his car crashed into a telephone pole, he was 27.

1978, Rolling Stone magazine voted 'Some Girls' by The Rolling Stones 'Album of the Year.'

1980, St Winifred's School Choir were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'There's No One Quite Like Grandma.'

1983, Having made two successful dives below a friend’s yacht to find items he’d drunkenly thrown off his own boat three years before, Beach Boy Dennis Wilson took one last dive into the Pacific and never returned from the boat moored in Marina Del Rey, California. With the help of President Reagan he was given a burial at sea, normally reserved for Navel personnel. Dennis was the only genuine surfer in The Beach Boys.

1985, Shakin' Stevens was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Merry Christmas Everyone'. The Welsh singers fourth and final UK No.1.

1988, Nirvana appeared at the Hollywood Underground, Seattle, Washington.

1991, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana and Pearl Jam all appeared at Del Mar O'brien Pavilion, San Diego, California.

1993, Canadian singer Shania Twain married record producer Mutt Lange.

1996, The Spice Girls scored their third UK No.1 single with '2 Become 1'. The ballad from their debut album became their first Christmas No.1.

1998, UK radio station BBC Radio 1 aired the 100 National Anthems, songs voted by listeners. At No.5 Radiohead, 'Creep', No.4 Underworld 'Born Slippy', No.3 The Verve 'Bitter Sweet Symphony', No.2 Nirvana 'Smells Like Teen Spirit', No.1 Massive Attack 'Unfinished Sympathy'.

2002, Shamed rock star Gary Glitter was deported from Cambodia after spending two nights in jail over suspected sex offences.

2003, 50 Cent's debut album, 'Get Rich Or Die Tryin' was named the biggest selling album in the US in 2003 with the album going platinum six times over. Outkast came second with 'Speakerboxxx' / 'The Love Below' and Linkin Park's 'Meteora' was the third biggest seller. The Top 10 albums of 2003 in the USA accounted for around 30 million sales.

2005, Pink Floyd were voted the greatest rock stars ever in a survey of 58,000 listeners from UK radio station Planet Rock. Led Zeppelin were voted into second place, 3rd was The Rolling Stones, 4th The Who, 5th, AC/DC, 6th, U2, 7th, Guns N’ Roses, 8th, Nirvana, 9th, Bon Jovi and in 10th place Jimi Hendrix. Listeners also named the 1970s as the golden age of rock, followed by the 1960’s.

Edgar Winter,клавишник,саксофонист,вокалист,автор песен и лидер группы Edgar Winter Group,родился 65 лет назад!
Многие форумчане видели его на концерте Ринго Старра в этом году -замечательный музыкант!Happy Birthday!

28 декабря 1968
Beatles: 'White Album' US LP №1

28 декабря 1985
Shakin' Stevens: 'Merry Christmas Everyone' UK 45 №1

28 декабря 1985
Shakin' Stevens: 'Merry Christmas Everyone' UK 45 №1

29 ДЕКАБРЯ

Cегодня родились:

1942, Born on this day, Ray Thomas, The Moody Blues, (1965 UK No.1 single 'Go Now', and 1968 UK No.19 & 1972 US No.2 single 'Nights In White Satin').

1943, Born on this day, Rick Danko, guitar, vocals, The Band, (1970 UK No.16 single 'Rag Mama Rag'). Died 10th December 1999.

1946, Born on this day, Marianne Faithfull, UK singer, one time girlfriend of Mick Jagger, (1965 UK No.4 single 'Come And Stay With Me').

1947, Born on this day, Cozy Powell, drummer, Whitesnake, ELP & solo, (1973 UK No.3 single 'Dance With The Devil'). Powell was killed in a car crash in England on 5th April 1998.

1948, Born on this day, Charlie Spinosa, John Fred and His Playboy Band, (1968 US No.1 & UK No.3 single 'Judy In Disguise').

1951, Born on this day, Yvonne Elliman, singer, (1978 US No.1 & UK No.4 single 'If I Can't Have You', also worked with Eric Clapton).

1955, Born on this day, Neil Giraldo, Pat Benatar group, (1985 UK No.17 single 'Love Is A Battlefield', plus 10 other US Top 40 singles).

1961, Born on this day, Jim Reid, The Jesus and Mary Chain, (1987 UK No.8 single 'April Skies').

1961, Born on this day, Mark Day, guitar, Happy Mondays, (1990 UK No.5 single 'Step On').

1963, Born on this day, Alex Gifford, Propellerheads, (1997 UK No.7 single 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'), remixed 808 State, Luscious Jackson.

1966, Born on this day, Bryan Holland, vocals, guitar, The Offspring, (1999 UK No.1 & US No. 59 single 'Pretty Fly, (For A White Guy', 1999 US No.6 & UK No.10 album 'Americana').


Ушли из жизни:

1967: Paul Whiteman
1980: Tim Hardin

Cтали первыми в чартах:

1960 Cliff Richard: ‘I Love You’ UK 45
1973 Jim Croce: ‘Time in a Bottle’ US 45
1990 Cliff Richard: ‘Saviour’s Day’ UK 45

Записывались:

1955: Barbra Streisand, "You'll Never Know"
1966: The Beatles, "Penny Lane"

29 ДЕКАБРЯ(продолжение)

События:

1962, During his first visit to the UK Bob Dylan performed at The Troubadour in London.

1964, The Liverpool Youth Employment Service announced that some school leavers were finding it difficult to get jobs because their ‘Beatle’ style haircuts and clothing were unacceptable to employers.

1966, The Jimi Hendrix Experience made their debut on the UK TV show 'Top Of The Pops' performing 'Hey Joe'.

1966, Working at Abbey Road studios, London, Paul McCartney began work on his new song ‘Penny Lane’, recording six takes of keyboard tracks and various percussion effects.

1966, Pink Floyd appeared at The Marquee, Wardour Street, London, England.

1967, Guitarist and singer Dave Mason quit Traffic after differences of musical opinion.

1967, The Doors appeared at The Family Dog, Denver, Colorado.

1968, Led Zeppelin appeared at the Civic Auditorium, Portland on their first North American tour opening for Vanilla Fudge.

1969, The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band appeared at The Lyceum, London.

1973, Jim Croce scored his second No.1 US single of the year when 'Time In A Bottle' went to the top of the charts. Croce was killed in a plane crash on the way to a concert on September 20th 1973.

1980, American singer, songwriter Tim Hardin died of a heroin overdose. Hardin wrote the songs 'If I Were A Carpenter' (covered by Bobby Darin, Johnny Cash and June Carter, The Four Tops, Leon Russell, Small Faces, Robert Plant and Bob Seger,) and 'Reason To Believe', (covered by Rod Stewart). Hardin appeared at the 1969 Woodstock Festival.

1991, Nirvana appeared at the ASU Activity Center, Tempel, Arizona.

1999, UK music paper The Melody Maker published it's Music of the Millennium Poll of albums placing The Smiths 'The Queen Is Dead' at Number 1.

2002, Readers of Sugar magazine voted Pink as their No.1 role model. The Top 10 was: 1. Pink; 2. Britney Spears; 3. Ms Dynamite; 4. Kelly Osbourne; 5. Kylie Minogue; 6. Victoria Beckham; 7. Avril Lavigne; 8. Jennifer Lopez; 9. Sarah Michelle Geller and 10. Holly Valance.


2006, The wife of rock singer Marilyn Manson, Burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese filed for divorce after just a year of marriage. The couple married in December 2005 in a ceremony held at a castle in Ireland.

Ray Thomas,английский музыкант -флейтист,вокалист,автор песен группы The Moody Blues,сегодня юбиляр!
Ему исполнилось 70 лет!Happy Birthday!


http://www.raythomas.me/index.php

Cozy Powell,один из лучших барабанщиков Британии,участник групп Jeff Beck Group,Bedlam,Hammer,Rainbow, Whitesnake,Black Sabbath,MSG, ELP & solo,родился 64 года назад.Погиб в автомобильной катастрофе в 1998 году.Вспомним игру Cozy:

29 декабря 1973
Jim Croce: ‘Time in a Bottle’ US 45 №1

29 ДЕКАБРЯ 1990
Cliff Richard: ‘Saviour’s Day’ UK 45 №1

30 ДЕКАБРЯ

Сегодня родились:

1928, Born on this day, Bo Diddley, (Elias McDaniel), guitarist, singer, (R&B hits, 'Bo Diddley', 'You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover', 1963 UK No.34 single 'Pretty Thing').

1934, Born on this day, Del Shannon, singer, (1961 UK and US No.1 single 'Runaway', plus 9 US & 12 other UK Top 40 singles). Died on 8th February 1990.

1942, Born on this day, Mike Nesmith, vocals, guitar, The Monkees, (1967 UK & US No.1 single 'I'm A Believer' plus 10 US & 8 UK Top 40 singles).

1942, Born on this day, Robert Quine, guitarist, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, (1977 album 'Blank Generation' features the track 'Love Comes In Spurts'). Worked with Lou Reed, Brian Eno, Lloyd Cole, They Might Be Giants. Found dead on May 31st 2004 of a heroin overdose.

1945, Born on this day, Davy Jones, vocals, guitar, The Monkees, (1967 UK & US No.1 single 'I'm A Believer' plus 10 US & 8 UK Top 40 singles). Actor in 1986 London cast of 'Godspell'.

1946, Born on this day, American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist Patti Smith, who became a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement. Smith had the 1976 album 'Horses', and the 1978 UK #5 and US #13 single 'Because The Night', co-written with Bruce Springsteen.

1947, Born on this day, Jeff Lynne, guitar, vocals, Idle Race, The Move, (1969 UK No.1 single 'Blackberry Way',) Electric Light Orchestra, (1979 UK No.3& US No. 4 single 'Don't Bring Me Down'), Traveling Wilburys, (1988 UK No.28 'Handle With Care'), producer.

1959, Born on this day, Tracy Ullman, singer, actress, (1983 UK No.2 single 'They Don't Know').

1969, Born on this day, Jason Kay, vocals, (Jay Kay, Jamiroquai, 1996 UK No.3 single 'Virtual Insanity', 2001 UK No.1 album 'A Funk Odyssey').

Ушли из жизни:

1991: Richard Blandon (The Paragons)
1995: Clarence "Satch" Satchell (Ohio Players)
1998: Johnny Moore (The Drifters)
2004: Artie Shaw

Cтали первыми в чартах:

1957: Elvis Presley's Elvis' Christmas Album hits #1

1967 Beatles: 'Hello Goodbye' US 45


Записывались:

1956: Charlie Gracie, "Butterfly"
1966: The Beatles, "Penny Lane"
1968: Frank Sinatra, "My Way"
1974: Bob Dylan: "Tangled Up In Blue," "Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts," "If You See Her, Say Hello"

Получили золотой диск:

1969: Peter, Paul and Mary's "Leaving On A Jet Plane" is certified gold
1976: ABBA's Greatest Hits is certified gold

Top 5 singles BBC today 1973:

1 MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY – SLADE
2 I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE – GARY GLITTER
3 YOU WON'T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME – NEW SEEKERS
4 I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERY DAY – WIZZARD
5 MY COO CA CHOO – ALVIN STARDUST

Набившая в последние дни и недели оскомину Merry Xmas Everybody, тем не менее, остается до сих пор моей любимой слейдовской песней. Так же, как и будущий педофил Глиттер – одним из любимых глэм-рок певцов.


С наступающим всех!!!

30 ДЕКАБРЯ(продолжение)

События:

1962, Ike & Tina Turner, The Ike-etts, Jimmy Thomas and Mary Brown all appeared at Cocoanut Grove, Sacrament, California.

1962, Singer Brenda Lee was hurt when she attempted to rescue her poodle, Cee Cee from her burning house. Cee Cee later died of smoke inhalation.

1965, The Kinks, The Who, Manfred Man, The Hollies and Gerry and the Pacemakers all appeared on tonight's UK TV pop show 'Shindig!'

1966, Pink Floyd and Soft Machine appeared at the UFO presents Night Tripper at the Blarney Club, London, England.

1967, The Beatles scored their 15th US No.1 with 'Hello Goodbye', Gladys Knight and the Pips were at No.2 with 'I Heard It Through The Grapevine' and The Monkees at No.3 with 'Daydream Believer.'

1968, Led Zeppelin appeared at Gonzaga University Gymnasium, Spokane on their first North American tour supporting Vanilla Fudge.

1969, Peter Tork quit The Monkees, buying himself out of his contract which left him broke.

1972, Brownsville Station, Sha-Na-Na and Bruce Springsteen (who was the opening act), all appeared of the Ohio Theatre, Columbus, Ohio.

1978, Emerson Lake and Palmer announced their official break up.

1978, XTC made their live debut in the US when they played a show in Philadelphia.

1989, Chris Novoselic bass player with Nirvana married his long-time girlfriend Shelli Dilly in Washington.

1995, Clarence Satchell from The Ohio Players died aged 55. Scored the 1974 US No.1 single 'Fire' and had hits with ‘Skin Tight’, ‘I Want To Be Free’ and ‘Love Roller Coaster.’

1999, George Harrison and his wife Olivia were attacked when an intruder broke into their home in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. Olivia beat off the attacker with a poker and heavy lamp. Harrison who was stabbed in the chest was admitted to hospital and treated for a collapsed lung and various minor stab wounds. His wife, Olivia, was treated for cuts and bruises she had suffered in the struggle with the intruder. Police later arrested Michael Abram from Liverpool who had nursed an irrational obsession with the Beatles.

1999, In the Queen's Millennium Honours list, former Slade singer Noddy Holder was awarded an MBE and guitarist Mark Knopfler was awarded an OBE.

2001, Nickelback went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'How To Remind Me'.

2002, The funeral of former Clash singer and guitarist Joe Strummer took place in London. Strummer had died of a suspected heart attack on 22nd Dec 2002 aged 50.