Cегодняшний день в истории рок-музыки

24 января 1980 :
The Ants of Adam & the Ants leave to join Bow Wow Wow, whose manager, the punk godfather Malcolm McLaren, presents the offer. Adam Ant had paid McLaren £1000 for musical advice, for which he learned about African beats, but lost his band, which he quickly replaced.

24 января 1973 :
Donny Osmond's LP Too Young is certified gold.

Concerts and Festivals (4)


1961 : On his first night in New York, Bob Dylan plays a show at the club Cafe Wha?, a venue that would become a focal point of the Folk scene.

1969 : Jethro Tull play their first American show, opening for Blood, Sweat & Tears at New York's Fillmore East.

1980 : Pink Floyd advertise their upcoming four-city world tour to promote their album The Wall with a special billboard on Los Angeles' Sunset Strip that was gradually covered up each day with a brick until an entire wall was built over it.

2000 : Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young open the first tour of the full quartet in 25 years with a show at Palace of Auburn Hills in Detroit, MI.

Miscellaneous (2)


1982 : Diana Ross sings the national anthem at Superbowl XVI in Pontiac, MI.

2012 : Pete Townshend sells the publishing rights to the songs he has written to the Spirit Music Group, which plans to place more of his music in TV shows, movies and commercials. Townshend's catalog includes about 400 songs, most of which he wrote for The Who.

Movies (1)


24 января 1965 :
Gerry and the Pacemakers' first film, Ferry Cross The Mersey, premieres in the UK at the Liverpool Odeon Theater.

Recordings (4)
24 января


1936 : Benny Goodman, "Stompin' At The Savoy"

1957 : Elvis Presley, "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear"

1967 : Aretha Franklin records her first Top 10 Pop hit, "(I Never Loved A Man) The Way That I Love You," at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Aretha's husband/manager Ted White had beef with a horn player during the session and ended up getting in a fight with the studio owner, so the recording was completed in New York.

1969 : The Beatles: "Two Of Us," "Maggie Mae," "Dig A Pony," "I've Got A Feeling

25 ЯНВАРЯ

Сегодня родились:

1931, Born on this day, Stig Anderson, songwriter, producer and Abba's manager.
Co-wrote some of Abba’s biggest hits, such as ‘Waterloo’, ‘Mamma Mia’, ‘S.O.S’, ‘Fernando’, ‘Dancing Queen’, ‘Knowing Me, Knowing You’. Anderson died of a heart attack on 12th Sept 1997.

1938, Born on this day, Etta James, singer, who had 9 US Top 40 hits during the 60's including the 1996 UK Hit single 'I Just Want To Make Love To You'. James died on January 20, 2012.

1956, Born on this day, Andy Cox, guitarist with The Beat who had the 1983 UK Hit single 'Can't Get Used To Losing You'. Also a member of Fine Young Cannibals who had the 1989 US No.1 & UK Hit single 'She Drives Me Crazy'.

1958, Born on this day, Gary Tibbs bassist who has worked with Roxy Music and Adam And The Ants who had the 1981 UK No.1 single 'Stand And Deliver' plus 15 other Top 40 UK singles.

1981, Born on this day, Alicia Keys, American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, (born Alicia J. Augello-Cook). Scored the 2001 US No.1 & UK Hit single 'Fallin' and the 2001 US No.1 & UK Hit album 'Songs In A Minor'. Keys has sold over 25 million albums and singles worldwide and won numerous awards, including nine Grammys

25 ЯНВАРЯ(продолжение)

События:

1964, Phil Spector appeared as a panellist on this week's UK TV show Juke Box Jury.

1967, The Beatles made a last-minute remix of 'Penny Lane' before the pressing of their next double A sided single 'Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane'. Both songs were originally intended for the forthcoming Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

1974, Led Zeppelin appeared at the Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, Indiana to over 17,000 fans. The set list included: 'Rock And Roll', 'Over The Hills And Far Away', 'The Song Remains The Same', 'The Rain Song', 'Kashmir', 'The Wanton Song', 'No Quarter', 'Trampled Under Foot', 'Moby Dick', 'How Many More Times', 'Stairway To Heaven,' 'Whole Lotta Love' and 'Black Dog'. Tickets cost $8.50.

1980: Paul McCartney is released from a Tokyo jail after nine days. He had been incarcerated after Japanese customs officials found half a pound of marijuana in his luggage. McCartney flies to Amsterdam to meet with his family.

1984: John Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, donates $375,000 to Liverpool's Strawberry Field, an orphanage which served as the inspiration for the Beatles song "Strawberry Fields Forever."

1986, US manager Albert Grossman died of a heart attack while flying on Concorde from New York to London. He managed Bob Dylan, (between 1962 and 1970), Peter, Paul and Mary, The Band, Janis Joplin and Todd Rundgren. Grossman built the Bearsville Recording Studio near Woodstock in 1969 and in 1970 he founded Bearsville Records.

1992, The inaugural Big Day Out festival took place at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney. Acts appearing included, Nirvana, Beasts of Bourbon, Box The Jesuits, Celibate Rifles, Cosmic Psychos, The Clouds, Club Hoy, Died Pretty, Falling Joys, The Hard Ons with Henry Rollins Hellmen, Massappeal, The Meanies, Smudge, Sound Unlimited Posse, Ratcat, The Village Idiots, Violent Femmes and Yothu Yindi.

2004, Bob Dylan was paid by ladies underwear company Victoria’s Secret to fly to Venice in Northern Italy, to film a TV advertisement in an ancient palazzo with a scantily dressed model. Some fans were upset while others empathized with Dylan.

2007, Roger Waters kicked off the Australian leg of his 119-date The Dark Side Of The Moon Live world tour at Acer Arena, Sydney.

2011, A former Miss Canada finalist became the first person in the world to graduate with a Masters degree in The Beatles. Canadian singer Mary-Lu Zahalan-Kennedy, 53, was one of the first students to sign up for the course on the Fab Four when it launched at Liverpool Hope University in March 2009. The ground-breaking course looked at the studio sound and composition of The Beatles and how Liverpool helped to shape their music as well as examining the significance of the music of The Beatles and their impact on Western culture.

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1975, The Carpenters went to No.1 on the US singles chart with their version of The Marveletts 1961 hit 'Please Mr. Postman'.

1986, Norwegian group A-Ha were at No.1 in the UK with 'The Sun Always Shines On TV.' Becoming the first ever-Norwegian act to score a UK No.1.

1992, Wet Wet Wet had their second UK No.1 single with 'Goodnight Girl', it's four week stay at No.1 was helped by it's airing in ITV's Coronation Street's Christmas disco broadcast.

1997, White Town went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Your Woman'. White Town was Jyoti Mishra, who created the hit in his bedroom. His only No.1.


Записывались:

1960: Sam Cooke, "Chain Gang"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_Gang_(song)

1969: The Beatles, "Two Of Us," "For You Blue," "Let It Be

25 января 1931,
Born on this day, Stig Anderson, songwriter, producer and Abba's manager.
Co-wrote some of Abba’s biggest hits, such as ‘Waterloo’, ‘Mamma Mia’, ‘S.O.S’, ‘Fernando’, ‘Dancing Queen’, ‘Knowing Me, Knowing You’

Stig Anderson and Abba

25 января 1931,
Born on this day, Stig Anderson, songwriter, producer and Abba's manager.
Co-wrote some of Abba’s biggest hits, such as ‘Waterloo’, ‘Mamma Mia’, ‘S.O.S’, ‘Fernando’, ‘Dancing Queen’, ‘Knowing Me, Knowing You’

ABBA and manager Stig Anderson in the windy city of Warsaw in early October 1976.

25 января 1956,
Born on this day, Andy Cox, guitarist with The Beat who had the 1983 UK Hit single 'Can't Get Used To Losing You'. Also a member of Fine Young Cannibals who had the 1989 US No.1 & UK Hit single 'She Drives Me Crazy'.

25 января 1958,
Born on this day, Gary Tibbs, bassist who has worked with Roxy Music and Adam And The Ants who had the 1981 UK No.1 single 'Stand And Deliver' plus 15 other Top 40 UK singles.

Gary Tibbs, bassist who has worked with Roxy Music

Gary Tibbs, Adam And The Ants