Today in Music History

[sophisticated sissy]

So after saying farewell, they toured in '89, '96, '97, '00, '02, '04, '06...........



Who said farewell?
Who toured?
Who said we need t-shirts?
Who said anything about going broke?

[Staxsun]

Happy Birthday to one of my favorites, Sugar Boy Crawford, 73. Also it's Nappy Brown's 78th. Also born on this date were Melvin Franklin in 1942, and Guitar Gabriel in 1925.

[saturn]

Stevie Wonder peaked at #1 on the Billboard Top 40 charts on this day in 1984 with his hit "I Just Called To Say I Love You".

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In 1974, TV host Ed Sullivan died.

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Birthdays today:

Paul Simon is 66;

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Pharoah Sanders is 67.

http://www.melbournejazz.com/images/artists/sanderspharoah.jpg

[ohio]

Who said farewell?
Who toured?
Who said we need t-shirts?
Who said anything about going broke?
C'mon tell me who are you, you, you, oh you....

[saturn]

"Wake Up Little Suzie" by 'The Everly Brothers' hit #1 on the Billboard charts on this day in 1957.

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John and Yoko appeared on the Dick Cavett show in 1971. They were promoting the release of John's new album Imagine.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rosgATGkP_s

Bing Crosby died in 1977 of a heart attack at the age of 76.

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Happy Birthday to Cliff Richard who is 67.

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[saturn]

Debby Boone peaked at #1 on the Billboard charts with the hit "You Light Up My Life" on this day in 1977.

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In 1955, Buddy & Bob (Buddy Holly) opened for Elvis Presley at the “Big D Jamboree”, held at Lubbock’s Cotton Club, Texas. Nashville talent scout Eddie Crandall was in audience and arranged for Holly to audition and record demos for the Decca US label.

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Birthdays -- Chris DeBurgh, age 60, and Barry McGuire, 72.

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[saturn]

Joan Baez began a ten day stay in prison in 1966 after being arrested for protesting compulsory military training for U.S. citizens. Over 100 demonstrators joined her in the California jail. Baez was one of Bob Dylan’s earliest supporters, back in 1962.

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John Fogarty and Creedence Clearwater Revival called it quits in 1972 on this day, and the group disbanded. Fogarty did continue with his solo career and continued to hit it big with "Centerfield" and "The Old Man Down the Road".

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Birthdays -- Bob Weir, 60, and Flea, 45.

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[saturn]

In 1968, The Jackson Five made their national TV debut on ABC TV's Hollywood Palace.

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Kenny Rodgers and Dolly Parton received a gold record for their hit "Islands in the Stream" in 1983.

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Birthdays today:

Wynton Marsalis, 46, and Chuck Berry, 81

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[saturn]

In 1962, Bobby 'Boris' Pickett and the Crypt Kickers started a two week run at No.1 with "Monster Mash".

http://blogs.amctv.com/monsterfest/images/2007/04/27/pickett_20bobby20boris_2.jpg

Jelly Roll Morton (Ferdinand Joseph le Menthe) was born on this day in 1890.He was born in New Orleans of Black Creole descent. He began his career as a Piano Professor in the brothels of Storyville, where he gained a reputation as a hustler, who liked fancy clothes and fast women. He left New Orleans and began an astounding recording career. Morton died on July 10, 1941 in Los Angeles.

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Birthdays:
Snoop Doggy Dogg, (Calvin Broadus), 36

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Tom Petty, 54

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[saturn]

The Elvis Presley film "Jailhouse Rock'' premiered in 1957.

http://encoretheatremagazine.blogspot.com/Elvis-in-Jailhouse-Rock.jpg

Dizzy Gillespie was born on this day in 1917. He was a trumpeter who played the horn that looked like it was pointed towards the jazz gods.

http://www.jazzvisionsphotos.com/contact/diz-blowing.jpg

Birthdays:

Manfred Mann, 67, and Elvin Bishop, 65

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[rosetree]

I'm surprised that this lyric made it through censors in 1957....

Number forty-seven said to number three:
Youre the cutest jailbird I ever did see.
I sure would be delighted with your company,
Come on and do the jailhouse rock with me.
Lets rock, everybody, lets rock.
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin to the jailhouse rock.

Are we talking about a co-ed jail???

[saturn]

Phil Collins had the number 1 song in 1988, with “A Groovy Kind of Love,” written by Carole Bayer Sager and Toni Wine.

http://www.forzashop.sk/ganet/forza/music/shop.nsf/47FC1C0FA9667943C1256F1200432BBD/AbstImgA/0.84

In 2003, Elliot Smith committed suicide at the age of 34.

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Birthdays:

Zachary Walker Hanson (Hanson), age 22, and Shelby Lynne, age 39.

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[ohio]

I'm surprised that this lyric made it through censors in 1957....

Number forty-seven said to number three:
Youre the cutest jailbird I ever did see.
I sure would be delighted with your company,
Come on and do the jailhouse rock with me.
Lets rock, everybody, lets rock.
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin to the jailhouse rock.

Are we talking about a co-ed jail???
ummmmmmmm, no.

[saturn]

No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit of 1973: "Midnight Train to Georgia,'' Gladys Knight & the Pips.

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In 1950, singer Al Jolson died at age 66. Jolson starred in "The Jazz Singer'' in 1927, ushering in the era of talking movies.

http://www.nndb.com/people/107/000043975/al-jolson-2-sized.jpg
Birthdays:

Dwight Yoakam, age 53 and Weird Al Yankovic, age 48

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[saturn]

1974, Al Green was taking a shower at his Memphis home when his ex-girlfriend Mary Woodson burst in and poured boiling hot grit over him. She then shot herself dead. Green suffered second degree burns.

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No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit in 1961: "Runaround Sue,'' by Dion.

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Happy Birthday to:

Jon Anderson, 63, and Helen Reddy, age 65.

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[Staxsun]

1974, Al Green was taking a shower at his Memphis home when his ex-girlfriend Mary Woodson burst in and poured boiling hot grit over him. She then shot herself dead. Green suffered second degree burns.

http://entimg.msn.com/img/prov_ap/200_80/pic200/drP100/P192/p19291w7514.jpg


Which, of course, gave new meaning to the song, "Grits Ain't Groceries".

[sophisticated sissy]

16 years ago- Concert promoter Bill Graham is killed in a helicopter crash. (1991)

[saturn]

In 1965, Queen Elizabeth presented the Beatles with MBE's at Buckingham Palace in London.

http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/%7Eckmalita/paper3/images/group-mbe2.jpg

Singer/songwriter Hoyt Axton, who penned Three Dog Night's smash hit "Joy To The World," died in Victor, Mo, in 1999. He was 61.

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Mahalia Jackson was born on this day in 1911. She was the 'Undisputed Queen of Gospel'. She passed away on January 27, 1972.

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Happy Birthday to Natalie Merchant, who is 44.

http://www.artistdirect.com/Images/artd/amg/music/bio/467409_nat_200x200.jpg

[sophisticated sissy]

Belated birthday greetings to former Rolling Stones bassist, Bill Wyman.

[sophisticated sissy]

On October 23, 1930, Zydeco King BOOZOO CHAVIS is born.

Boozoo, we miss you.

[sophisticated sissy]

54 years ago- Keith Strickland of the B-52s is born. ( 1953 )

29 years ago- The Police play their 1st U.S. show at Boston's Rat Club. (1978)

1 year ago - Duran Duran announces the deparure of guitarist Andy Taylor. The band plays at Voodoo Music Experience in New Orleans at City Park the following weekend. (2006)

1 year ago - Fromer Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh reveals that he has prostate cancer.
"I am feeling energetic as always and all my scheduled appearances will occur as planned."
He had surgery in December of last year. (2006)

[saturn]

iN 1975, Bruce Springsteen is featured on the covers of Time and Newsweek simultaneously - the first rock'n'roller to do so.

http://www.mixotheque.com/blog/Spring%20Cleaning%201/goofybruce.jpg

No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "96 Tears'' by ? & the Mysterians. The "secret identity'' of the band's lead singer is kept hidden and he always wears sunglasses. His real name is Rudy Martinez.

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Birthdays:

Simon Le Bon, age 49, and Lee Greenwood, age 65.

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[Staxsun]

On this date in 1920, KDKA in Pittsburgh went on the air. In 1964, Sonny and Cher (wearing bellbottoms) wed. Muddy Waters is seriously injured in a car crash in 1969. The Rolling Stones make their first studio recordings in London in 1962. In 1995, Pope John Paul II calls Gloria Estefan to perform, making her the first pop artist ever asked. Also in 1995, Yolanda Saldivar is sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Selena. In 1982, Prince's "1999" album is released. "Rattle and Hum" makes its world premiere in Dublin, in 1988. In 1984, the Grateful Dead allocate a recording area at their concert in Berkeley. In 1964, the Supremes release "Come See About Me". Ben E. King records "Stand By Me" and "Spanish Harlem" in 1960. In 1956, Clarence 'Frogman' Henry's "Ain't Got No Home" is released. Happy Birthday to Scott Weiland, 40, Hazell Dean, 49, Sherman Robertson, 59, Wendell Brunious, 53, Byron Allred of the Steve Miller Band, 58, Carl 'Bama' Warwick, 90, Ken Downing of Judas Priest, 56, Kelly Osbourne, 23, Garry Tallent of the E Street Band, 58, and Scott Billington, producer, 56. Also born on this date were Floyd Cramer in 1933, Clifford Antone in 1949, Leslie Carr in 1903, Babs Gonzales in 1919, Maurice McKinnies in 1944, Henry J. Townsend in 1909, and Sam McCrary of the Fairfield Four in 1913, and Nicolo Paganini in 1782. Lost to us on this date were Xavier Cugat in 1990, Peg Leg Sam in 1977, Robert White in 1994, Louis Metcalf in 1981, Jimmie Gordon of the Four Tunes in 1993, Nat D. Williams in 1983, and Steve Took of T Rex in 1980.

[saturn]

In 2003, David Bowie and his wife Iman signed with Tommy Hilfiger as the clothing designer's new spokesmodels.

http://secondcitystyle.typepad.com/second_city_style/images/2007/06/04/david_bowie_and_iman_2.jpg

In 1975, the No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit was "Island Girl,'' by Elton John.

http://www.eltonography.com/albums/pix/rock_of_the_westies.jpg

Happy Birthday to Charlie Daniels, age 70, and Cleo Laine, age 80.

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[saturn]

In 1971 Allman Brothers guitarist Duane Allman was killed when he crashed his motorcycle to avoid a truck in Macon, Ga.

http://www.umeportal.com/images/local/umgartists/dd24f1b9-571a-48ee-802e-9e90e84a89c0.jpg

In 2003, research in the US found that songs get stuck in our heads because they create a 'brain itch' that can only be scratched by repeating a tune over and over. Songs such as the Village People's 'YMCA' and the Baha Men's 'Who Let The Dogs Out' owe their success to their ability to create a 'cognitive itch'.

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Birthdays:

Peter Green, 61 and Denny Laine, 63.

http://nightshiftfm.com/intphotos/PeterGreen.jpg http://www.nndb.com/people/100/000043968/denny2.jpg

[festivalgirl]

In 1971 Allman Brothers guitarist Duane Allman was killed when he crashed his motorcycle to avoid a truck in Macon, Ga.

http://www.umeportal.com/images/local/umgartists/dd24f1b9-571a-48ee-802e-9e90e84a89c0.jpg

In 2003, research in the US found that songs get stuck in our heads because they create a 'brain itch' that can only be scratched by repeating a tune over and over. Songs such as the Village People's 'YMCA' and the Baha Men's 'Who Let The Dogs Out' owe their success to their ability to create a 'cognitive itch'.


Those songs might be a "cognitive bitch" :eek:

[Belle]

Thought some of you might like this tribute, I did.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1PiHsS8LP8

[saturn]

Thought some of you might like this tribute, I did.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1PiHsS8LP8


That is very cool. Thank you, Belle.

[ohio]

Thought some of you might like this tribute, I did.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1PiHsS8LP8
nice, thanks Belle!

RIP Duane, you will always be missed!

[ohio]

You know, there's a nice picture in that tribute of Duane with Wilson Pickett in the studio. Duane hung out in the parking lot of FAME/Muscle Shoals Studios and finally met Wilson. They became friends and Wilson got the Allmans their first audition. Duane convinced Wilson to record Hey Jude, which was a big hit for him. Duane plays lead on it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-dwSt2p0Gg

[saturn]

1978 - NBC-TV aired the animated TV movie, "Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park,'' in which the band Kiss foils a mad scientist.

http://www.kissdominion.com/park3.jpg

In 1982, Men At Work hit #1 on the Billboard Top 40 charts with their hit "Who Can It Be Now?".

http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/6603.jpg

Grace Slick is 68 years old today and Canadian rapper Snow is 38.

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[saturn]

George Harrison became the first Beatle to release a solo album when Wonderwall Music was issued in 1968.

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In 1962 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "He's a Rebel,'' by The Crystals. The actual singers on the record aren't the Crystals, but a trio of backing singers known as the Blossoms.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/44/He%27s_a_rebel.jpg/200px-He%27s_a_rebel.jpg

Happy Birthday to Lyle Lovett, who is 50, and David Foster, who is 58.

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[Belle]

You know, there's a nice picture in that tribute of Duane with Wilson Pickett in the studio. Duane hung out in the parking lot of FAME/Muscle Shoals Studios and finally met Wilson. They became friends and Wilson got the Allmans their first audition. Duane convinced Wilson to record Hey Jude, which was a big hit for him. Duane plays lead on it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-dwSt2p0Gg

Great youtube ohio!! Thanks

[Belle]

Can't count the times I have seen Lyle with and without his large band but I am crazy for this guy. Nice little ditty here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o3m1FwhusY

[saturn]

How can you not love a guy who writes lyrics like these ---

I don't go for fancy cars
For diamond rings
Or movie stars
I go for penguins
Oh Lord I go for penguins

Throw your money out the door
We'll just sit around
And watch it snow
I go for penguins
Oh Lord I go for penguins

Penguins are so sensitive
Penguins are so sensitive
Penguins are so sensitive
To my needs

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-1/86486/slap.gif

[festivalgirl]

Lyle was one of the first acts we ever saw @ Fest!!

Make mine ..... a cheeeeeseburger!! :cool:

[best thing about lyle - he wouldn't let dubya use any of his music!!]

[saturn]

In 1971 the No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit was "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves,'' by Cher.

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Blues great Mississippi John Hurt died on this day in 1966. He was born on July 3, 1893.

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Birthdays:

Keith Emerson, 63 and Nelly (Cornell Haynes Jr), 28

http://www.getreadytorock.com/rock_stars/keith_emerson1.jpg http://www.celebopedia.com/nelly/images/nelly.jpg

[festbabe]

Can't count the times I have seen Lyle with and without his large band but I am crazy for this guy. Nice little ditty here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o3m1FwhusY

Sign me up for the "me too" Lyle Lovett Fan Club. Love this guy - he puts on a great live show! (And he & I have the same birthday! HBD, dude).

Great clip, Belle!

[saturn]

John Lee Hooker was accompanied only by his guitar when he had his first recording session, in 1948. Modern Records chose “Boogie Chillen’” as a single, which topped the R&B charts in 1949. Hooker was still a janitor at Chrysler when the record took off.

http://www.history-of-rock.com/chesshooker.jpg

James Taylor and Carly Simon were married on November 3rd, 1972.

http://www.james-taylor.com/gallery/wedding.jpg

Birthdays -- Adam Ant (Stuart Goddard), 53 and Lulu (Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie), 59.

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[saturn]

In 1961. Bob Dylan gave a concert at the Carnegie Chapter Hall in New York. Only 43 people attended.

http://artfiles.art.com/images/-/Bob-Dylan-Carnegie-Hall-1961-Print-C12985871.jpeg

In 1977, The Last Waltz, the movie of The Bands final concert premiered in New York.

http://www.jackhodgson.com/weblog/img/2007/lastwaltz.png

In 1978, Canadian singer Anne Murray went to No.1 with "You Needed Me"
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Delbert McClinton, who taught John Lennon how to play harmonica, was born in Lubbock, Texas. He is 67.

http://www.blindwillie.com/festival/graphics/2007-artists/delbert-mcclinton.jpg

[saturn]

In 1960, country singer Johnny Horton was killed in a car crash.

http://www.rockabilly.nl/artists/images/jhorton1.jpg

Blue-eyed soul icon Bobby Hatfield, one-half of the Righteous Brothers, died in 2003. He was 63.

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Birthdays:

Art Garfunkel, 66 and Ike Turner, 71

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[saturn]

Joe Cocker had his only number 1 hit in the U.S. in 1982 with a little help from a friend. Jennifer Warnes duetted with Cocker on the love theme from An Officer and a Gentleman, “Up Where We Belong.”

http://www.cdshakedown.com/11_2000/joecocker_duophoto.jpg

John Philip Sousa was born on this day in 1854.He wrote the most famous American military marches of all time, including "Stars and Stripes Forever," earning him the nickname "the March King"; he was also known as a great bandleader, and organized the famed concert and military group, Sousa's Band. He died in 1932.

http://www.empire.k12.ca.us/capistrano/Mike/capmusic/modern/american%20composers/sousa/Marine1.jpg


Birthday's today:

Glenn Frey, 58 and Guy Clark, 66.

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[saturn]

No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit of 1976: "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright),'' Rod Stewart.

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Al Hirt was born on this day in 1922. He died in 1999.

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Joni Mitchell is 64 today and Mary Travers (of Peter, Paul & Mary) is 70.

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[saturn]

Dr. Tommy Comeaux, a longtime fixture on the New Orleans music scene, died in 1997 when he was struck by a car while riding his bicycle. He was 45.

http://www.theind.com/photos/20060426-mais-0101.jpg

No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit of 1983: "All Night Long (All Night),'' Lionel Richie.

http://hitparade.ch/cdimages/lionel_richie-all_night_long_%28all_night%29_s.jpg

Happy Birthday to Bonnie Raitt, age 58, and Rickie Lee Jones, age 53.

http://www.bonnie-raitt.com/bonnie.jpg http://www.etown.org/artistimages/artist_id400_1165251500.jpg

[saturn]

Bob Dylan gives Gordon Lightfoot the Canadian Hall of Fame Award at a ceremony in Toronto on this day in 1986.

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1965 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "Get Off My Cloud,'' The Rolling Stones.

http://musicsojourn.com/AR/oldies/img/r/RollingStones/45/45_Get_Off_Of_My_Cloud_300.jpg

Birthdays:

Greg Lake, 59 and Donna Fargo, 58.

http://www.gibsoneurope.com/europe/images/greglake.jpg http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Shores/5237/Jpgs/dfargo.jpg

[saturn]

Well --- I have made it around the entire year. Missed a few days here and there, but we are back at the beginning.

So today,

Happy Birthday to Neil Young, again!

http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2006/04/18/NEIL_YOUNG_wideweb__470x331,2.jpg

[Belle]

You never know what you got till its gone. Sure love this thread.

[saturn]

I haven't retired entirely from posting on this thread ;)-- if I see something interesting, it will still get posted. Just hard to do every day when I am repeating myself so much.

[Staxsun]

Yep, now that we have almost every day covered, all anyone has to do is go back to the beginning of the thread and add a year to everyone's age. I guess we could quote it everyday. I'm sorry that the P.O. made it harder for me to contribute.

[Staxsun]

In 1903. Famed Italian tenor, Enrico Caruso, mad his debut in the US on this day. He sang in "Rigoletto" at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
http://www.skidmore.edu/centennial/images/caruso.gif


In 1991, Michael Bolton topped the charts on this day with 'When A Man Loves A Woman'.
http://www.inandout.at/images/product/boltonmichael_timelove.jpg


Happy Birthday to Freddy Marsden, drummer for Gerry and the Pacemakers (age 66) and Bruce Hornsby, age 51.

http://www.retrosellers.com/images/gerry101.jpg http://www.asuwebdevil.com/images/issues/ae-bruce-hornsby-color.jpg

Add a year.

[breambob]

Add a year.

Did we forget Scott Joplin? His birthday was yesterday. From Allmusic.com:


"Maple Leaf Rag" remained a constant in popular music throughout the Jazz Age, but the better part of Joplin's work remained unknown until the "ragtime revival" of the early '70s, during which "Scott Joplin" became a household name and [his opera] Treemonishia was finally staged by the Houston Grand Opera. Although primary sources on Joplin's music were still extant as late as the late '40s, today not a single manuscript page in Joplin's hand still exists and only three photographs of him have survived, along with precious few first-hand quotations. Joplin died in a mental facility convinced that he had failed in his mission to achieve success as an African-American composer of serious music. Were he alive today, Joplin would be astounded to learn that, a century after his work was first printed, he is the most successful African-American composer of serious music that ever lived — by far. Some of his works have been recorded hundreds of times and arranged for practically every conceivable instrumental combination, played by everything from symphony orchestras to ice cream trucks. For a couple of generations of Americans who have even never heard of Stephen Foster, the music of Scott Joplin represents the old, traditional order of all things American.

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http://www.jerryjazzmusician.com/pics/darin5.jpg

In 1960, Bobby Darin married Sandra Dee. Wasn't life just perfect?

[sophisticated sissy]

Boy, I never realized he had such a big *ss!:D

[sophisticated sissy]

On this date in 1943, guitarist Dickie Betts was born. A very happy birthday to Mr. Betts!


On this date in 1970, A Warehouse in New Orleans was the last venue The Doors ever performed in with Jim Morrison.

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On this date in 1943, guitarist Dickie Betts was born. A very happy birthday to Mr. Betts!


On this date in 1970, A Warehouse in New Orleans was the last venue The Doors ever performed in with Jim Morrison.

Not just a warehouse, THE Warehouse! Tell 'em Jenn..;)

[sophisticated sissy]

Not just a warehouse, THE Warehouse! Tell 'em Jenn..;)




JD the DJ from WTIX-FM (94.3) is my source. :p


1820 Tchoupitoulas Street - 524-1696
Bob Marley & The Wailers played there on May 7, 1978. Tix were 3 bucks.

[sophisticated sissy]

In separate and in what I hope were unrelated incidents, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter and Ted Nugent were born on this date 59 years ago, in 1948.

In 1974, 33 years ago, George Harrison met President Gerald Ford at the White House. The president's son, Jack, had seen Harrison's tour in Salt Lake City and invited George to Washington, D.C.
It was also the day Peter Frampton lunched at the White House. President Ford offered him a W.I.N. (Whip Inflation Now) button, but he couldn't find one. :D
In 1975 A.D., 32 years ago, David Bowie's Golden Years is released.
In 1985, Phil Collins made his U.S. TV acting debut. He portrayed a dope dealer on "Miami Vice."
In 1988, 19 years ago, Bruce Springsteen's divorce from actress Julianne Philips becomes final.

[Belle]

1938
Allen Toussaint was born in New Orleans.


1960
Jessie Hill recorded "Ooh Poo Pah Doo (Part 1)" in New Orleans, La., at Cosimo Recording Studio.

http://www.louisianamusicfactory.com/real/1010-1.ram

[Belle]

1989 Professor Longhair (born Henry Roeland Byrd) Dies

Thanks for all the great music. His legecy is alive.

Enjoy folks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--Sj_soVKo0

[Belle]

February 18, 1924 - Swing is Born?


Armond (A.J.) Piron's New Orleans Orchestra recorded Lou'siana Swing, written by Peter Bocage and Piron. It is believed to be the first use of the term "swing" in a recording.

[Staxsun]

written by Peter Bocage

His nephew turned out to be a pretty influential New Orleans musician as well, Eddie Bo (Bocage).

[Belle]

His nephew turned out to be a pretty influential New Orleans musician as well, Eddie Bo (Bocage).

Very cool ...I didn't make the connection:o

[Belle]

Posted a day late but interesting and important tidbit. Also pushing porn spam down a notch

February 24th


1857 -- Comus, the god of revelry, hosts the first New Orleans Mardi Gras parade beginning at the corner of Julia and Magazine streets

[Belle]

Duke Ellington Records Ko-Ko.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Congosquare-today.jpg/300px-Congosquare-today.jpg
Ellington,said that Ko-Ko was influenced by Congo Square in New Orleans.

[Belle]

March 13th 1994 Danny Barker died

He was born Daniel Moses Barker, was a jazz banjoist, singer, guitarist, songwriter, ukelele player and author from New Orleans.

Founder of the locally famous Fairview Baptist Church Marching Band. He was a rhythm guitarist for some of the best bands of the day, including Cab Calloway, Lucky Millinder and Benny Carter throughout the 1930s.

On September 4, 1945 he recorded with Ohio's native jazz pianist—Sir Charles Thompson—a date that included saxophonists Dexter Gordon and Charlie Parker.

Barker's work with the Fairview Band was pivotal in ensuring the longevity of jazz in New Orleans, producing generations of new talent. Brothers Wynton Marsalis and Branford Marsalis both played in the band as youths.

One of Barker's earliest teachers in New Orleans was fellow banjoist Emanuel Sayles, whom he recorded with. Throughout his career, he played with Jelly Roll Morton, Baby Dodds, James P. Johnson, Sidney Bechet, Mezz Mezzrow, and Red Allen. He also toured and recorded with his wife, singer Blue Lu Barker.

RIP baby...you made your mark!

[Staxsun]

We miss you Danny!

[hermosotrozo]

Did you all know Luba Mason, wife of Ruben Blades has a jazz record coming out today? I read about it on PlayBill and went to her Myspace to listen to some songs. It's called Krazy Love and has a Brazilian vibe to it I like it.
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/124153.html

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Muddy Waters recorded "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man" for Chess in Chicago on this day in 1954.

http://home.uchicago.edu/%7Etlimonge/Muddy%20Waters.jpg


The Gibson Guitar Company patented the famous "Flying V" on this day in 1958.
http://www.fqms.com/images/Store_images/GIBSON_Instruments/Epiphone/EGV2KOGH/EGV2KOGH.jpg


Happy Birthday to Paul Revere, of Paul Revere and the Raiders, who is 70! today and to Kenny Loggins, who is 59.

http://www.paulrevereraiders.com/Images/band/paul_now.jpg http://www.futurefocus.net/aso/images_aso/Loggins,Kenny.jpg


Add two years.

[sophisticated sissy]

61 years ago// Former Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor is born. (1948)

54 years ago// Steve Earle is born. (1955)

53 years ago// Paul Young is born. (1956)

52 years ago// Susanna Hoffs of the Bangles is born. (1957)

45 years ago// Vee Jay Records files a motion in New York Supreme Court against Capitol and Swan records, seeking an injunction restraining Capitol and Swan from manufacturing, distributing, advertising or otherwise disposing of recordings by The Beatles. (1964)

44 years ago// Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts' book, Ode to a High Flying Bird, a tribute to jazz great Charlie Parker, is published.
Also, the same day the Stones record The Last Time and Play with Fire. (1965)

40 years ago// Led Zeppelin's debut album was released. (1969)

39 years ago// The Doors' two-night stand at the Felt Forum in New York is recorded for their forthcoming album, Absolutely Live. Several other shows around the country will also be recorded for the album. (1970)

39 years ago// Chicago R&B singer Billy Stewart and three of his band members are killed when their car goes out of control and off a bridge over the River Neuse in North Carolina. Stewart is best known for his 1966 hit Summertime. He was 32 years old. (1970)

39 years ago// A display of John Lennon's erotic Bag One lithographs opens in London. Scotland Yard seizes prints two days later as evidence of pornography. (1970)

37 years ago// Highway 51 South in Memphis is renamed “Elvis Presley Blvd. (1972)

35 years ago// Dino Martin, singer and son of Dean Martin, is arrested on suspicion of possession and sale of two machine guns. He is arraigned and released the next day on $5,000 bail. He now faces indictment by a federal grand jury. (1974)

30 years ago// Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, and Dolly Parton announce after spending a week together talking, they'll record an album together. Parton describes their decision as “a week-long slumber party.” (1979)

28 years ago// Prince enters the soul chart for the fourth time since September 1979 with Dirty Mind, which peaks at #65. Prince is more favored by critics rather than record buying public, although I Wanna Be Your Lover makes it to #1 R&B in 1979. That changes this year when Prince breaks out with the album Controversy and its title single. (1981)

27 years ago// Tommy Tucker, author of "Hi Heel Sneakers" and a bunch of other R&B hits, dies of carbon tetrachloride poisoning sustained while he was finishing floors in his home. He was 48 years old. (1982)

19 years ago// Hank Ballard, The Four Seasons, The Four Tops, The Kinks, Simon and Garfunkel, the Platters and The Who are inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame during ceremonies at New York's Waldorf Astoria. (1990)

16 years ago// Hundreds of thousands of people gather in Washington for a free outdoor concert that was part of the presidential inauguration ceremonies. Among those performing are Aretha Franklin and Michael Bolton. (1993)

13 years ago// David Bowie, Tom Donahue, The Jefferson Airplane, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Little Willie John, Pink Floyd, Pete Seeger, The Shirelles and the Velvet Underground are inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. (1996)

3 years ago// Songwriting partner David Porter says Isaac Hayes is in a Memphis hospital being treated for exhaustion. He had performed in Atlantic City, Washington, D.C., and Tunica, Mississippi just a few nights earlier. Porter says the 63-year-old Hayes was just overworked, and is doing much better. (2006)


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