ON THIS DAY IN MUSIC

1956 - Doris Day

Doris Day was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Whatever Will Be Will Be', the singer actress' second UK No.1 single. The Oscar-winning song was featured in Alfred Hitchcock's 1956 film, The Man Who Knew Too Much, with Doris Day and James Stewart in the lead roles. again its one of those ear worms that has entered the collective consciousness and seem like it has always existed but as song go this is right up there . . . . . . seriously! Day had certainly;y lived a life after three husbands and being ripped off by her manager so that she was bankrupted she was life long Republican and Christian Scientist resulting in her not seeing a doctor for some time for symptoms which suggested cance but she also served as a vehement animal rights activists throughout her career. At the age of 95 she discovered she was actually two years older than she had believed all her life when someone found her birth certificate. She died at the age of 97

1966 - The Beatles

The Beatles Revolver was released in the UK. The bands seventh album featured: ‘Taxman’, ‘Eleanor Rigby’, ‘I'm Only Sleeping’, ‘Here, There and Everywhere’, ‘She Said She Said’, ‘And Your Bird Can Sing’ and ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’. Regularly top in people's favourite Betles album and I alternate between Rubber Soul Abbey Road and Sgt Pepper but this is always nearby . . . . . . such great artwork by bassist and artist Klaus Voormann 


1969 - George Harrison

George Harrison had his new Moog synthesizer brought into the studio for The Beatles to use in finishing their forthcoming album Abbey Road. Moog overdubs were recorded onto the new song 'Because'.

1983 - David Crosby

Crosby Stills Nash & Young member David Crosby was sentenced to five years in jail in Texas for cocaine and firearms offences. Crosby had slept through most of his trial.

When he was arrested, Crosby was caught in the grip of a cocaine addiction that caused him to squander all the money he had made over the years. "David [freebases] pretty much from when he gets up to when he collapses," a friend said in the same article. "I think you can safely say that David has smoked up everything he owns – all the cars, everything."
Attempts to appeal the decision were unsuccessful, and on March 6, 1986, Crosby began serving his sentence. He was released on parole five months later, on Aug. 8.

Crosby would later credit his time in prison for helping him kick cocaine. But in 2004, he was arrested again for illegally possessing a hunting knife, a handgun and an ounce of marijuana. This time the charges were less severe: He was fined $5,000.

1986 - Michael Rudetsky

Culture Club keyboard player Michael Rudetsky was found dead at Boy George's London home in Hampstead from a drug overdose (heroin), he was 27.

"I was almost suicidal when I found out,” George says of Rudetsky’s overdose. ”As far as I was concerned, that was the end of my complete existence. It wouldn’t have been bad if it had happened in a hotel, but it was in my house. I really just wanted to jump out of the window.”

2000 - Gary Glitter

"Police were called to Gary Glitter's West London home after a crowd gathered outside and started to shout abuse. The former pop star really name Paul Gadd was back in London to attend to business affairs before heading abroad again. "

Convicted entrenched chronic paedophile Glitter's fall from grace  (not far admittedly) he used to frequent the pub in Banbury we went to when I was at art school there. Even then he was a detestable arrogant self publicist who would turn up in the pub with a girl who was clearly underage (said to be his niece Jo but I don't think so) but we assumed she was a relative or daughter even.  I will not post any Gadd music and recommend a life time ban of all his work pretty much everywhere. Fans like The Fall's Mark Smith singing his praises I put down to his contrarian alcoholic haze but the sound had a couple of hit singles that were close to one hit wonders and he is a mere footnote in Glam rock let alone any serious music. I only mention him here as the first paragraph is how he is referred to these days and with no mention of his disgusting crimes against children. 
Gadd is currently serving out the rest of his sentence at The Verne specialist prison for sexual criminals, perverts, pedophiles and deviants on Portland after being moved from the Isle of Wight's HMP Aldany

2007 - James Brown

DNA testing on about a dozen people who claimed late soul star James Brown was their father revealed that at least two of them were telling the truth. A former adviser for the singer, Buddy Dallas, said he could not confirm exact figures, as further test results were forthcoming. His will, which was being disputed in court, named six children but the claims number more than this. When James Brown died on Christmas Day 2006, he left behind a fortune worth tens, maybe hundreds, of millions of dollars. The problem is, he also left behind fourteen children, sixteen grandchildren, eight mothers of his children, several mistresses, thirty lawyers, a former manager, an aging dancer, a longtime valet, and a sister who's really not a sister but calls herself the Godsister of Soul anyway. All of whom want a piece of his legacy

James lying in with his widow Tomi Rae

2009 - Miley Cyrus

A 53-year-old who claimed he was secretly engaged to Miley Cyrus was charged with trying to stalk the US singer. Mark McLeod was arrested after trying to contact the Hannah Montana actress on a film set near Savannah, Georgia. McLeod claimed he had met Cyrus 18 months earlier and that she had accepted his marriage proposal. He told police that Cyrus' father, country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, approved of their relationship and that Cyrus had sent him "secret messages" through her TV show.

BIRTHDAYS

1959 - Pete Burns

Pete Burns, English singer-songwriter and television personality. Was a member of the Mystery Girls and then Dead Or Alive who scored the 1985 UK No.1 single 'You Spin Me Round, Like A Record'. Burns died on 23 October 2016 following a sudden cardiac arrest.

Burns suffered extreme body dysmorphia and died probably as a result of extensive cosmetic surgeries 

1947 - Willie Weeks

How to be a famous bass player? Be American bass guitarist Willie Weeks who is one of the most in-demand session musicians. Weeks has worked in the studio or toured with many artists including: Gregg Allman, David Bowie, Roy Buchanan, Jimmy Buffett, Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, Bo Diddley, The Doobie Brothers, Aretha Franklin, Isaac Hayes, George Harrison, Donny Hathaway, Etta James, Billy Joel, Rickie Lee Jones, Wynonna Judd, Chaka Khan, B.B. King, Lyle Lovett, David Lee Roth, Michael McDonald, Don McLean, John Mayer, John Mellencamp, Bette Midler, Randy Newman, Pino Palladino, Carly Simon, Rod Stewart, The Rolling Stones, James Taylor, Richard and Linda Thompson, Joe Walsh, Bobby Womack, Leon Russell, Steve Winwood, Stevie Wonder.

1942 - Rick Huxley

Rick Huxley guitarist from English pop rock band, Dave Clark Five, who scored the 1964 UK No.1 single 'Glad All Over', and the 1965 US No.1 single 'Over And Over' , plus over 15 other UK top 40 singles. He died on 11 February 2013 aged 72.

For a very brief time in 1964, it seemed that the biggest challenger to the Beatles' phenomenon was the Dave Clark Five. From the Tottenham area of London, the quintet had the fortune to knock "I Want to Hold Your Hand" off the top of the British charts with "Glad All Over," and were championed (for about 15 minutes) by the British press as the Beatles' most serious threat. They were the first British Invasion band to break in a big way in the States after the Beatles, though the Rolling Stones and others quickly supplanted the DC5 as the Fab Four's most serious rivals. The Dave Clark Five reached the Top 40 17 times between 1964 and 1967 with memorable hits like "Glad All Over," "Bits and Pieces," "Because," and a remake of Bobby Day's "Over and Over," as well as making more appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show than any other English act. The DC5 were distinguished from their British contemporaries by their larger-than-life production, Clark's loud stomping drum sound, and Mike Smith's leathery vocals. Though accused by detractors of lacking finesse and hipness, they had a solid ear for melodies and harmonies and wrote much of their early material, the best of which endured quite well. Interestingly, and unusually for that era, bandleader Dave Clark managed and produced the band himself, negotiating a much higher royalty rate than artists of that period usually received. After a couple years of superstardom, the group proved unable to either keep up with the changing times or maintain a high standard of original compositions, and called it quits in 1970. ~ Rick Clark & Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Whilst able to write a catchy tune their hokey schtick and terrible dancing made their success short-lived in the extreme not exactly a one hit wonder and I enjoyed there hits heck I was a better drummer than Dave! The apocryphal Jaspoer Carrot joke about Ringo not even being the best drummer in the Beatles pertains to dear Dave and the on beat 4/4 driving beat was about all he could master. Back beat what's that?