ON THIS DAY IN MUSIC
September 2nd
1964 - The Beatles
On tour in the USA The Beatles appeared at The Convention Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Days before the concert, Philadelphia had experienced race-riots, The Beatles, who were Civil Rights supporters, were shocked to see that their audience of 13,000 was completely white.
The Rolling Stones recorded their version of the Willie Dixon song 'Little Red Rooster' at Regent Sound Studios in London, England.
The Doors recorded their first demos at World Pacific Jazz Studios in Los Angeles, California, where they cut six Jim Morrison songs.
The results have been bootlegged so frequently (usually in the company of other Doors rarities) that it's useless to list a specific compilation. It won't be too hard to find one of them, though, identifiable by the inclusion of primitive versions of "Moonlight Drive," "Hello, I Love You," "Summer's Almost Gone," "My Eyes Have Seen You," and "End of the Night" and "Go Insane". Both Morrison and the band sound quite a ways (sic) from developing their sound: Morrison's vocals are far more tentative, Manzarek plays bluesy piano instead of organ, and there are hardly any guitars. Most surprisingly, "Hello, I Love You" and "My Eyes Have Seen You" are arranged in a manner that strongly recalls the early Kinks, much more so than the versions that ended up on the early Doors albums. Not a strong recording on its own merits, but a fascinating glimpse into the birth of the band - Richie Unterberger
1965 - Rod Stewart
Steam Packet with Long John Baldry, Rod Stewart, Julie Discoll and The Brian Auger Trinity appeared at The Marquee Club London.
1971 - Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead's former manager Lenny Hart (father of drummer Mickey Hart) was arrested after disappearing with over $70,000 of the bands money.
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| Lenny Hart |
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| Mickey Hart - so ashamed of his father's actions he left the band for over three years before returning |
1972 - Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'You Wear It Well', the singers second UK No.1 was taken from his album Never A Dull Moment.
1978 George Harrison marries Olivia Trinidad Arias
1982 Rolling Stone Keith Richard's house, Redlands, burns down. Despite having history for it Keith denied it was caused by his falling asleep whilst smoking, he claimed it was wiring bitten through by a mouse
1988 - Bruce Springsteen+
The Human Rights Now! world tour kicked off at Wembley Stadium London with Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Peter Gabriel, Tracy Chapman and Youssu n'Dour. Taking in five continents and claiming to be the most ambitious rock tour in history.
1989 - Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne was charged with threatening to kill his wife Sharon. Ozzy was released on the condition that he immediately went into detox, the case was later dropped when the couple decide to reconcile.
1995 - Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson went to No.1 on the US singles chart with a song written by R. Kelly 'You Are Not Alone'. It holds a Guinness World Record as the first song in the 37 year history of the Billboard Hot 100 to debut at No.1. Hhmmmmm collaboration you say . . . . . . between?
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| hhmmm . . . . . |
Thieves broke into the London home of Icelandic singer Bjork and stole valuable recording equipment. The 36-year-old singer was asleep in the flat at the time of the incident.
2005 - Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey became only the fifth act ever to hold the top two positions in the US singles chart. The singer's ‘We Belong Together’ notched a 10th consecutive week at No.1 on the Billboard chart while ‘Shake It Off’ jumped two places to second place. The feat put Carey in a select group of acts to hold the top two with Nelly, OutKast, The Bee Gees and The Beatles. ‘We Belong Together’ was Carey's 16th number one, giving her the third highest number of chart-toppers in the US behind The Beatles and Elvis Presley.
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| Mariah has developed a crush on the wall |
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| Singing to it and caressing it seems a little OTT |
2005 - Kanye West
Kanye West criticised President Bush's response to Hurricane Katrina during a televised benefit concert in New York. The show, which was raising funds for relief efforts, featured Leonardo DiCaprio, Richard Gere, Glenn Close, Harry Connick Jr and Wynton Marsalis. Appearing alongside comedian Mike Myers for a 90-second segment West told the audience: "George Bush doesn't care about black people." The comment went out live on the US east coast, but was cut from a taped version seen on the west coast.
2009 - Elton John
Guy Babylon, keyboard player with the Elton John Band died of a heart attack while swimming in his pool at his home in Los Angeles, California.
2012 - Starship
Mark Abrahamian, the lead guitarist with Starship died of a heart attack aged 46. He collapsed following a concert in the US state of Nebraska where Starship had opened for fellow bands Survivor and Boston.
A life long fan of Jefferson Airplane and even understood the Jefferson Starship but by the time these guys took on the mantle I knew NONE of them!?
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| Mark Abrahamian |
2013 - Elton John
Sir Elton John won the first ever Brits Icon award, in a gala concert which marked his stage return after surgery for appendicitis.Elton was presented with the prize by his friend, singer Rod Stewart, who described him as "the second-best rock singer ever". The Icon prize had been created by the BPI, the music industry's trade body, which also runs the Brit Awards.
2018 - Conway Savage
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| Conway Savage |
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| Conway with Nick Cave |
Australian rock musician Conway Savage, from Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds died, aged 58. Savage underwent medical treatment for a brain tumour in 2017. From 1993, he had a solo career and released three albums.
BIRTHDAYS
1966 - Salma Hayek - Mexican-American actor.
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| Selma Hayek certainly one of the most beautiful women in the world |
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| Selma as Frida Kahlo |
1953 - John Zorn, American musician
1925 - Hugo Montenegro composer, died 6th Feb 1981, (1968 UK No.1 & US No.2 single 'The Good The Bad And The Ugly', from the soundtrack to the Clint Eastwood spaghetti western film).
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| Hugo Montenegro |
1925 - Russ Conway
Russ Conway, pianist, composer, (1959 UK No.1 single 'Side Saddle', plus 17 other UK Top 40 hits). Conway died on 16th November 2000.
Anyone who played the piano mesmerised me and at the earliest age one of the first was Russ Conway who made it look so easy. I detested my first piano teacher and he hit my knuckles with a ruler to try to get me to not hold my fingers flat. Why I didn't tell my parents I have no idea but abuse it certainly was, the dread I felt walking up the street to his house was palpable and one of my worse childhood memories.
Anyone who played the piano mesmerised me and at the earliest age one of the first was Russ Conway who made it look so easy. I detested my first piano teacher and he hit my knuckles with a ruler to try to get me to not hold my fingers flat. Why I didn't tell my parents I have no idea but abuse it certainly was, the dread I felt walking up the street to his house was palpable and one of my worse childhood memories.
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