Cегодняшний день в истории рок-музыки

Legal Issues (1)


2002 : Cambodia deports Gary Glitter and extradites him back to the UK to face a conviction in London on child pornography charges.

Marriages and Breakups (1)


1963 : Teen idol Bobby Vee marries his first and only wife, Karen Bergen, in Orchard Lane, MI.

28 декабря 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.

29 ДЕКАБРЯ

Cегодня родились:

1941, Born on this day, Ray Thomas, The Moody Blues, (1965 UK No.1 single 'Go Now', and 1968 UK Hit & 1972 US No.2 single 'Nights In White Satin').

1942, Born on this day, Rick Danko, guitar, vocals, The Band, (1970 UK Hit 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 Hit single 'Come And Stay With Me').

1947, Born on this day, Cozy Powell, drummer, Whitesnake, ELP & solo, (1973 UK Hit 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 Hit single 'Judy In Disguise').

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

1955, Born on this day, Neil Giraldo, Pat Benatar group, (1985 UK Hit 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 Hit single 'April Skies').

1961, Born on this day, Mark Day, guitar, Happy Mondays, (1990 UK Hit single 'Step On').

1963, Born on this day, Alex Gifford, Propellerheads, (1997 UK Hit single 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'), remixed 808 State, Luscious Jackson.

1965, 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 & UK Top album 'Americana').



Ушли из жизни:

1967: Paul Whiteman

1980: Tim Hardin

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.

29 декабря
В этот день:

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"

Cегодня родились:

29 декабря 1941,
Born on this day, Ray Thomas,an English musician, best known as a flautist, singer and composer, The Moody Blues,
(1965 UK No.1 single 'Go Now', and 1968 UK Hit & 1972 US No.2 single 'Nights In White Satin').

Ray Thomas, The Moody Blues

29 декабря 1942,
Born on this day, Rick Danko, guitar,bass-guitar, vocals, The Band, (1970 UK Hit single 'Rag Mama Rag'). Died 10th December 1999.

Rick Danko, The Band

29 декабря 1942,
Born on this day, Rick Danko, guitar,bass-guitar, vocals, The Band

29 декабря 1946,
Born on this day, Marianne Faithfull, UK singer, one time girlfriend of Mick Jagger,
(1965 UK Hit single 'Come And Stay With Me').

marianne faithfull & mick jagger(1969)

29 декабря 1947,
Born on this day, Cozy Powell, drummer,Bedlam, Cozy Powell's Hammer, The Jeff Beck Group, Rainbow, MSG, Whitesnake, Emerson, Lake & Powell, Gary Moore, Black Sabbath, The Brian May Band & solo, (1973 UK Hit single 'Dance With The Devil'). Powell was killed in a car crash in England on 5th April 1998.

Cozy Powell, drummer, The Jeff Beck Group