ON THIS DAY IN MUSIC
1960 - Johnny Kidd
Johnny Kidd and The Pirates were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Shakin' All Over'. Their only UK No.1. Kidd died in car crash in 1966. Many acts have covered the song, including: The Who, Led Zeppelin, Iggy Pop and The Guess Who.
1962 - Bob Dylan
Robert Allen Zimmerman legally became Bob Dylan having signed a music publishing deal with Witmark Music on 12th July of this year, engineered by Albert Grossman.
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| Lori and Gil Turner's Wedding Aug 1962 [Joe Alper photo] |
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| Lori and Gil Turner's Wedding Aug 1962 [Joe Alper photo]II |
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| "keep a good head . . . and always carry a lightbulb" |
1968 - The Doors
The Doors started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Hello I Love You', the group's second US No.1. The Doors scored 8 top 40 US hits from 67-71.
here from Jeff Harris' cool blog 'Behind The Grooves'
On this day in music history: August 3, 1968 - “Hello, I Love You” by The Doors hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks. Written by The Doors, it is the second chart topping single for the rock band from Los Angeles, CA. With two successful albums in just over a year, The Doors find themselves under pressure to deliver yet again by the beginning of 1968. When work begins on their third album “Waiting For The Sun” in February of that year, the band find themselves seriously short of material. Also adding to the tension, lead singer Jim Morrison begins to spiral out of control, due to his heavy use of drugs and alcohol. He is arrested onstage at a show in New Haven, CT on December 9, 1967, when he taunts the police after a run in with them backstage, charging him with trying to incite a riot. Morrison’s personal issues nearly cause drummer John Densmore to quit, when it seriously hinders the band’s ability to write or record. While searching for song ideas, the other members of The Doors look through volumes of Jim’s poems and find one that he had written in 1965. Titled “Hello, I Love You”, the words come to Morrison while he and keyboardist Ray Manzerek, watch a beautiful bikini clad African American woman walking along the beach in Venice, CA. The song is one of the first the band record on a six track demo tape at World Pacific Studios. By the time the album is completed in May of 1968, “Hello” is the obvious choice as the most commercial track from “Waiting For The Sun”, when it is released just ahead of the album in mid June. Entering the Billboard Hot 100 at 77 on July 6, 1968, it rockets to the top of the chart four weeks later. Early pressings of the single are released with the extended title “Hello I Love You, Won’t You Tell Me Your Name?”, which is amended as the song quickly rises on the chart. Also the band’s first single to be issued in stereo, occurring as the record industry begins to adapt to the format, and abandons mono LP’s and singles. Becoming The Doors’ second million seller, the band run into trouble when The Kinks’ song publisher threatens to sue them over the song. The publisher feels that “Hello, I Love You” is too similar to The Kinks’ hit “All Day And All Of The Night”. Though The Doors deny copying the song, the matter is settled out of court between both parties. Just by coincidence, as The Doors are still sitting in the top ten, a cover version of “Light My Fire” by Puerto Rican musician Jose Feliciano also leaps into the top five. Regarded as one of their signature songs, “Hello, I Love You” is recorded by numerous artists including Adam Ant, Missing Persons, The Cure, Eurythmics, Simple Minds, and Neil Young. “Hello, I Love You” is certified Gold in the US by the RIAA.
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1969 - Max Romeo
'Wet Dream', by Jamaican reggae singer Max Romeo entered the UK singles chart. The song gained notoriety due to its lyrics which were of an explicit sexual nature, was banned by the BBC and most radio stations.
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| Crack will do that . . . . . Rick James in court |
Rick James and his girlfriend Tanya Hijazi were arrested in Hollywood charged with assault with a deadly weapon aggravated mayhem torture, false imprisonment and forcible oral copulation. James was released on $1 million bail.
Can't touch this! Turns out you can!
Can't touch this! Turns out you can!
2000 - The Beatles
Liverpool music store Rushworth and Dreaper closed down after 150 years of trading. The store had become famous after supplying The Beatles and other Liverpool group's with musical instruments.
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2004 - Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton bought a 50% share in Cordings to save the historic gentleman's outfitters from closure. The store, based in London since 1839 had run into financial difficulties. The guitarist said he had been fond of the shop since a window display caught his eye when he was 16, and had become a regular shopper their. Cordings was the originator of the Covert coat and the Tattersall shirt and made riding boots for the Queen Mother, the Duke of Windsor and Mrs Simpson.
2014 - Rosetta Hightower
American singer Rosetta Hightower died aged 70. She was a member of The Orlons who formed in the late 1950s had five US Top 20 hits in the Sixties including ‘The Wah Watusi’, ‘Don't Hang Up’ and ‘South Street’. Before they became The Orlons, they were an all-girl quintet called Audrey and the Teenettes. The Orlons provided back-up vocals on Dee Dee Sharp's 1962 hit ‘Mashed Potato Time’ and second hit, ‘Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes)’. In the late 1960s she joined the ranks of the then-popular female session singers who backed many hit songs. This group included Madeline Bell, Lesley Duncan, Kiki Dee, and Sue and Sunny. She recorded with Joe Cocker on his With a Little Help From My Friends album.
Pete De Freitas, drummer, for the rock group Echo & the Bunnymen and performed on their first five albums. He died in a motorcycle accident on 14 June 1989 at the age of 27, on his way to Liverpool from London.
1962 - Lee Mavers
English musician Lee Mavers, guitarist, singer with The La's, who had the 1990 UK No.13 single 'There She Goes'. The song has appeared on several film soundtracks, including The Parent Trap; Fever Pitch; Girl, Interrupted and Cold Case.
1951 - Andrew Gold
Andrew Gold, singer, songwriter, solo, (1977 US No.7 single 'Lonely Boy', 1978 UK No.5 single 'Never Let Her Slip Away'), Wax, (1987 UK No.12 single 'Bridge To Your Heart'). Gold died in his sleep on June 3, 2011 from a heart attack age 59.
1948 - Andy Fairweather-Low
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| AFL - then |
Andy Fairweather-Low, Welsh singer, songwriter from Amen Corner who had the 1969 UK No.1 single 'If Paradise Is Half As Nice'. As a solo artist he scored the 1975 UK No.6 single 'Wide Eyed And Legless'. As a session guitarist has worked with Bob Dylan, Roger Waters, Eric Clapton George Harrison, Elton John, Jackson Browne, Bill Wyman, Sheryl Crow and Ringo Starr. I loved Any Fairweather-Low from Amen Corner on and so pleased and pleasantly surprised to see him backing Eric Clapton so often. I bought his solo album in 1974 'Spider Jiving'
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| AFL - now |
1944 - Jim Capaldi
English drummer, singer and songwriter Jim Capaldi, who with Traffic scored the 1967 UK No.2 single 'Hole In My Shoe'. Capaldi had the solo 1975 UK No. 4 hit single with 'Love Hurts'. Capaldi also performed with the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, George Harrison and Cat Stevens. He died 28th Jan 2005 of stomach cancer aged 60.
Canadian multi-instrumentalist and a master of the Lowrey organ, Garth Hudson, The Hawks (Ronnie Hawkins's backing group), who then became known as The Band and also backed Bob Dylan on his US tour in 1965 and world tour in 1966. The Band had the 1969 US No.25 single 'Up On Cripple Creek', 1970 UK No.16 single 'Rag Mama Rag'. One of the most extraordinary eccentric and unique individuals in rock music something of a polymath and largely seen as possessing genius level intellect Garth Hudson remains a keyboard player par excellence.
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