ON THIS DAY IN MUSIC

"TIN SOLDIERS and NIXON COMING, WE'RE  FINALLY ON OUR OWN. THIS SUMMER I HEAR THEY'RE COMING. FOUR DEAD IN OHIO"!

Lest we forget

• 1965 - Four Tops
  The Four Tops appeared on UK TV show 'Ready Steady Go!'
  
  Couldn't find any footage of RSG so this will have to do with a favourite song
   . . . . check out the footage and especially Stevie McQueen dancing!!
  1966 Louie Louie by The Kingsmen re-entered the American chart & hits #97
  
    1968 - Brian Jones
    Rolling Stone Brian Jones arrested for possession  . . . . . again

Arrested . . . . .

 . . . . .then in court

  

Brian Jones, a member of The Rolling Stones pop group before appearing at the Inner Sessions House Crown Court in London, England on Sept. 26, 1968. He is charged with having possessing an unknown quantity of the Cannabis drug at his flat in London. Jones was released on £200 bail

• 1970 - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

  Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young released the protest single Ohio, written and composed 
  by Neil Young in reaction to the Kent State shootings of May 4, 1970, 
  when unarmed college students were shot by the Ohio National Guard. 
  The guardsmen fired 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, 
  killing four students and wounding nine others, one of whom 
  suffered permanent paralysis.
  
  
  "Ohio" is a protest song written and composed by Neil Young in reaction to the 
  Kent State shootings of May 4, 1970, and performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. 
  It was released as a single, backed with Stephen Stills "Find the Cost of Freedom," 
  peaking at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100. Although a live version of the song was 
  included on the group's 1971 double album Four Way Street, the studio versions of 
  both songs did not appear on an LP until the group's compilation So Far was released 
  in 1974. The song also appeared on the Neil Young compilation album Decade, 
  released in 1977. http://globalpoliticalawakening.blogs...
  

  
  

  1971 - Marvin Gaye

  Marvin Gaye released his eleventh studio album What's Going On. 

  The concept album consisting of nine songs tells the story from the 

  point of view of a Vietnam veteran returning to the country he had 

  been fighting for, and seeing only hatred, suffering, and injustice. 

  What's Going On is regarded as one of the landmark recordings in 

  pop music history, and one of the greatest albums of the 20th century.

  
  
1980 "Star Wars Episode V - Empire Strikes Back", 

 produced by George Lucas opens in cinemas in UK and North America

• 1981  Reggae musician Bob Marley receives a Jamaican state funeral
• 1983 David Bowie's "Let's Dance" single goes #1
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• 1996 "You're Makin' Me High" single released by Toni Braxton

•  (Grammy Award Best Female R&B Vocal Performance 1997) 
• possibly the steamiest sexist song committed to vinyl
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2011 - Adele

Adele went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Rolling In The Deep', taken from her second studio album, 21. The video to the song was nominated for seven MTV Video Music Awards nominations, 'Rolling in the Deep' was also the Billboard Year End Hot 100 Number One Single of 2011. And on 12 February 2012, 'Rolling in the Deep' received three Grammy Awards for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Short Form Music Video.

This is first Adele song that make me sit up and take note! WALLOP! 

Is there anyone who doesn't recall hearing this song for the first time . . . 
She then covered a Dylan song and blew me totally away! Check this introduction . . . 



This is why she sang it . . . . . . .