ON THIS DAY IN MUSIC
August 12th
1960 - The Beatles
Pete Best auditioned to become The Silver Beatles' drummer and was asked to travel to Hamburg in Germany for the bands next set of dates. Before leaving for Hamburg, The Silver Beatles changed their name to simply, "The Beatles".
1964 - The Beatles
The Beatles first film A Hard Day's Night opened in 500 American cinemas to rave reviews. The film was a financial and critical success. Time magazine rated it as one of the all-time great 100 films.
1966 - The Beatles
The Beatles performed two shows at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois. This was the first stop on what would turn out to be The Beatles' final US tour. Support acts were the Remains, Bobby Hebb, Cyrkle, and the Ronettes.
1968 - Led Zeppelin
Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham played together for the first time when they rehearsed at a studio in Gerrard Street in London's West End. The first song they played was a version of 'The Train Kept A-Rollin.' They also played 'Smokestack Lightning' and a version of 'I'm Confused' (soon to become 'Dazed And Confused'). The first live dates they played were as The Yardbirds, and it was not until the following month when they started to use the name Led Zeppelin.
1971 - John Lennon
John Lennon & Yoko Ono donated £1,000 to the Clyde Shipbuilders Scottish Union fighting fund who were refusing to stop work at the Glasgow site after being made redundant. Loose change . . . . . pocket money . . . . .
a working class hero's something to be . . . .
1972 - Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'School's Out'. The bands only UK No.1, which was also a No.7 hit on the US chart. Cooper has said he was inspired to write the song when answering the question, "What's the greatest three minutes of your life?". Cooper said: "There's two times during the year. One is Christmas morning, the next one is the last three minutes of the last day of school."
Never cared for Alice either though I quite liked Vincent Furnier somewhat, another recovering alcohol and to me professionally a one hit wonder who by luck struck a chord with every school boy ever. . . . not difficult . . . . . .
1977 - Sting
Henri Padovani guitarist with The Police quit the group after nine months leaving them a trio.
he is INTERESTING!
1986 - Shelby Lynne
Shelby Lynne's father, Vernon Franklin Moorer, murdered his wife in front of 17-year-old Lynne and her younger sister, Allison before taking his own life. Lynne's father was a heavy drinker who abused his wife, the incident happened after their mother fled with the two girls, but her father discovered their whereabouts.
1986 - Prince
Prince started a run of five nights at Wembley Arena, London, his first UK shows for five years.
1989 - Moscow Music Peace Festival
The two day Moscow Music Peace Festival was held at The Lenin Stadium in Moscow, Russia. Western Acts who appeared included Motley Crue, Ozzy Osbourne, Bon Jovi, Skid Row and The Scorpions. This was the first time that an audience had been allowed to stand up and dance at a stadium rock concert in the Soviet Union. Previous to this, all concerts had to be seated.
1997 - Luther Allison
American Blues guitarist Luther Allison died of cancer age 57 in Madison, Wisconsin. He played with Howlin' Wolf's band and backed James Cotton.
2003 - Lee Ryan
Lee Ryan from Blue was arrested whilst driving a Porsche around central London and was charged with drink driving. Ryan had spent the night knocking back drinks at Browns night-club in Covent Garden with his cousin and a record company executive. After annoying others in the club with rowdiness, and his cousin's throwing up in the VIP area, bouncers threw Lee out. Police pulled the star over just after 4am on Tower Bridge Road and breath tests showed him to be twice over the legal drinking limit.
Clearly an alcoholic and in need of help (Ryan once stated at his worst he was consuming a bottle of whiskey per night) we hope he sought that help and is now in full recovery
2006 - LeToya Luckett
Founding member of Destiny's Child, LeToya was No.1 on the US album chart with her debut solo album 'LeToya.' It was released six years after being dismissed from the group and staying away from the spotlight.
nuff said . . . . .? Well maybe not but of it's kind here is a song that seems to attempt to portray the black relationship experience and especially from the woman's angle (of course) a beautiful young woman but musically this is not for me . . . tho' I appreciate it as being good of it's kind, I guess
2007 - Kate Nash
UK singer, songwriter Kate Nash went to No.1 on the UK album chart with her debut album 'Made Of Bricks.'
again I enjoyed Kate's work after my daughter introduced me to her work, the wonderful natural English accent that is no longer disguised and songs written about the minutiae of everyday life of British youngsters . . . . . but again curiously by coincidence I thought she would be bigger . . . . . . . and not sure what has happened to her and we should continue to check her out
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2012 - London 2012 Olympics
The London 2012 Olympics ended with a spectacular musical closing ceremony. The three-hour show featured some of the biggest names of British music from decades past, including the Spice Girls, George Michael, The Who, Take That, Muse, Jessie J, Emeli Sande, Elbow, Madness, The Pet Shop Boys, One Direction, Ray Davies, Liam Gallagher, and Brian May and Roger Taylor from Queen.
Birthdays
1927 - Porter Wagoner
Porter Wagoner, Country singer known for his flashy Nudie and Manuel suits and blond pompadour. In 1967, he introduced a then little known Dolly Parton on his long-running television show. Also known as Mr. Grand Ole Opry, Wagoner has scored over 80 US Country singles from 1954–1983. He died from lung cancer on October 28, 2007.
1929 - Buck Owens
Buck Owens, American singer and guitarist, who scored twenty number-one hits on the Billboard country music charts, and pioneered what has come to be called the Bakersfield sound a reference to Bakersfield, California. Died March 25th 2006.
1941 - Craig Douglas
Craig Douglas, singer, 1959 UK No.1 single 'Only Sixteen 'plus nine other UK Top 40 hits.
somehow this innocence is gone now beneath the burgeoning activity of the pop folks probably since songs like this and it becoming Jimmy Savile's theme song!
1949 - Mark Knopfler
Mark Knopfler British songwriter, guitarist, singer with Dire Straits who had the 1986 UK No.2 single 'Walk Of Life', and the 1985 world-wide No.1 album Brothers In Arms. Knopfler has recorded and performed with many prominent musicians, including Chet Atkins, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Bryan Ferry, Emmylou Harris, Van Morrison, Steely Dan, Sting, and James Taylor.
1950 - Ronald David Mael
Ronald David Mael, Sparks, (1974 UK No.2 single 'This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us').
1951 - August Darnell
August Darnell, singer, Kid Creole And The Coconuts, (1982 UK No.2 single 'Annie I'm Not Your Daddy').
again bought Annie when it came out and always enjoyed a Zoot suite smartness of Darnell! Also again I think under appreciated and under achieved . . . . he should have been bigger somehow!
1968 - Paul Tucker
Paul Tucker, Keyboards, Lighthouse Family, (1996 UK No.4 single 'Lifted' plus 9 other UK Top 40 singles).
again bought 'Lifted' when it came out and still love this song . . . . .
1969 - Tanita Tikaram
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British pop/folk singer-songwriter Tanita Tikaram. Her debut album, Ancient Heart, produced by Rod Argent and Peter Van Hooke, was released in 1988 when she was 19 years old. The album's first two singles, 'Good Tradition' and 'Twist In My Sobriety', became top 10 hits around Europe and the album sold around 4 million copies worldwide.
bought the it came out as the single and I wish she had received more attention even than what seemed like a one hit wonder from this and produced more . . . . . . where is she now? We see her brother, the accomplished actor Ramon Takiram more than we ever saw her . . . . . though she has actually had several albums released she has also taken several years hiatus periods in her life and we see scant little of her anymore. This is shame!
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