ON THIS DAY IN MUSIC
1964 - The Animals
The Animals went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'The House Of The Rising Sun.' Recorded in one take, this was the first UK No.1 to have a playing time of more than four minutes.
I have said before that this was one of the albums that was a profound influence upon me and was my brother's purchase 'The Most of The Animals' with some of their greatest hits and most well known tracks including this, the ancient folk song.Eric Burdon - vocals
Alan Price - keyboards
Hilton Valentine - guitar
Chas Chandler - bass
John Steel - drums
I was eleven when this came out and I worshiped the keyboard work of Alan Price and followed him longer than Eric and the boys although conceivably spent longer Chas (bass player here) who became Jimi Hendrix's manager
1965 - Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney was presented with five Ivor Novello Awards at a lunch party at The Savoy, London. John Lennon refused to attend; Paul was 40 minutes late after he had forgotten about the engagement!
The Evening was hosted by David Frost and the award(s) presented by Sir Billy Butlin
1967 - Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd made their second appearance on BBC Top Of The Pops to promote their new single 'See Emily Play' which was hosted by Pete Murray. The single went on to peak at No.6 on the UK chart.
. . . . . there is no other day let's try it another way . . . .
1969 - The Beatles
Over 100 US radio stations banned The Beatles new single 'The Ballad Of John and Yoko' due to the line 'Christ, you know it ain't easy', calling it offensive. Does that sound silly now? I think so . . . . .
1985 - Live Aid
At 12.01 Status Quo started the Live Aid extravaganza, held between Wembley Stadium, London and The JFK Stadium, Philadelphia. The cream of the world's biggest rock stars took part in the worldwide event, raising over £40million. TV pictures beamed to over 1.5bn people in 160 countries made it the biggest live broadcast ever known. The event was organised by Sir Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for the Ethiopian famine disaster. Broadcast across the world via one of the largest satellite link-ups of all time, the concerts were seen by around 40% of the global population. Artists who appeared included Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, The Who, U2, David Bowie and Mick Jagger, Queen, Tina Turner, The Cars, Neil Young, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Bryan Adams, Hall and Oates, Lionel Richie and Led Zeppelin.
Turn it UP!
Turn it UP!
1997 - Prodigy
The Prodigy started a five-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with their third album The Fat Of The Land. The album has now sold over 10 million copies worldwide.
1999 - Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney displayed 73 paintings at the Kunstforum Lyz gallery in the German town of Siegen. McCartney had been painting for the past 16 years (since he turned 40).
Fortunately they are really REALLY bad! Otherwise he would just be unbearable. There has to be SOMETHING he is bad at?!
Fortunately they are really REALLY bad! Otherwise he would just be unbearable. There has to be SOMETHING he is bad at?!
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| The Queen After Her First Cigarette 1991-P McCartney Acrylic on canvas |
Fatboy Slim brought the Brighton area to a standstill when he threw a free beach party. Organisers had expected 60,000 fans to attend but over 250,000 turned up causing chaos on the roads with traffic jams over ten miles long. Fatboy Slim spent £100,000 of his own money supporting the event after a sponsor pulled out.
2007 - Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart collected his CBE from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace. The singer who was honoured for his services to music wore a skull and crossbones tie, white trousers and a stripy shirt instead of the conventional morning suit. PILLOCK!
2007 - Latitude Festival
The first day of the three day Latitude Festival took place at Henham Park Estate in Suffolk, England featuring: Damien Rice, The Good, The Bad And The Queen, Arcade Fire, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Magic Numbers, Wilco, The Rapture and Jarvis Cocker.
Roger Waters' tour The Wall Live, topped worldwide concert ticket sales for the first half of 2012. The show based Pink Floyd's hit 1970s album, took $158.1m (£102.3m) beating Bruce Springsteen and Madonna. Waters sold 1.4 million tickets according to Pollstar magazine, which tracks the live concert business.
Truly I think I have hammered this to pieces but I cannot stand this piece and despite it's success stands as one of the most cliched and clownish juvenile ideas in pop ever committed to stadium, nothing to do with Pink Floyd but Waters' ego and no mistake fearful but then some folk have no taste!
BIRTHDAYS
1988 - Tulisa Contostavlos
Tula Paulinea "Tulisa" Contostavlos, English singer-songwriter. She is best known for being a member of hip hop group N-Dubz, during 2011 to 2012, she participated as a judge on the The X Factor.
1942 - Roger McGuinn
Roger McGuinn, guitar, vocals, The Byrds, (1965 US & UK No.1 single 'Mr Tambourine Man'). He toured with Bob Dylan in 1975 and 1976 as part of Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue, and later worked with fellow ex-Byrds Gene Clark and Chris Hillman to form McGuinn, Clark and Hillman.
1941 - Steve Gibbons
English singer-songwriter, Steve Gibbons. He was a member of The Ugly's, in 1969 Gibbons teamed up with guitarist Trevor Burton from The Move and formed a new group called Balls, he then joined The Idle Race for three months in 1971 and this band evolved into the Steve Gibbons Band who scored the hit 'Tulane'.
You know that thing we mentioned about being emabasrrsed buying singles of the time. This is one! What was I thinking?
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