ON THIS DAY IN MUSIC
October 12th
1957 - Little Richard
During an Australian tour, Little Richard publicly renounced rock 'n' roll and embraced God, telling a story of dreaming of his own damnation after praying to God when one of the engines on a plane he was on caught fire. The singer threw four diamond rings, valued at $8,000, into Sydney's Hunter River and soon after launched a Gospel career. Five years later, he would switch back to Rock.
1965 - The Beatles
The Beatles began recording their sixth UK album, Rubber Soul recording takes of new songs 'Run For Your Life' and 'Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)'.
1968 - Janis Joplin
Big Brother And The Holding Company went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Cheap Thrills'. The cover, drawn by underground cartoonist Robert Crumb, replaced the band's original idea, a picture of the group naked in bed together. Crumb had originally intended his art to be the LP's back cover, but Joplin demanded that Columbia Records use it for the front cover. Initially the album title was to have been Sex, Dope and Cheap Thrills, but this didn't go down too well at Columbia Records.
1969 - Paul McCartney
A DJ on Detroit's WKNR radio station received a phone call telling him that if you play The Beatles 'Strawberry Fields Forever' backwards, you hear John Lennon say the words "I buried Paul." This started a worldwide rumour that Paul McCartney was dead. If you listen really carefully it also sounds like 'cranberry sauce . . . . . . . go figure . . . . .and they did . . . . . cretins!
Again Jeff Harris at 'Behind the Grooves' said:
On this day in music history: October 12, 1969 - “The Paul Is Dead” urban myth is born. A student at Eastern Michigan University named Tom Zarski calls up DJ Russ Gibb at radio station WKNR, and tell him of a rumor that Beatle Paul McCartney had died in a car crash in November of 1966. He’ll say that there are clues in the “White Album” track “Revolution #9”, claiming that when a certain section is played backwards that it says “turn me on, dead man. Gibb goes on air with the rumor and it immediately snowballs from there. Fans also believe that there are further clues hidden in the album cover artwork to "Yesterday & Today”, “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”, “Magical Mystery Tour” and the then just released “Abbey Road” album. However, the rumors prove to be false. McCartney is found alive and well at his farm in rural Scotland when Life Magazine sends a correspondent and photographer to his home. McCartney is initially furious at the intrusion on his privacy, hurling expletives at the reporters and throwing a bucket of water at them. The photographer snaps pictures of the encounter and quickly take off. Paul chases them down and offers to be interviewed in exchange for the film taken of him during the angry confrontation. He sits down for an interview and poses for pictures with Linda step-daughter Heather and new baby daughter Mary, which appear in a cover story for Life published on November 7, 1969.Help support the Behind The Grooves music blog with a donation at: PayPal.Me/jharris1228
1971 - Gene Vincent
Gene Vincent (Vincent Eugene Craddock), died from a perforated ulcer, aged 36. Had the 1956 US No.7 & UK No.16 single 'Be Bop A Lula'. Appeared in the film, The Girl Can't Help It with Jayne Mansfield. In 1960, while on tour in the UK, Vincent and songwriter Sharon Sheeley were seriously injured the car crash that killed Eddie Cochran.
1974 - Blondie
Blondie appeared at CBGB’s in New York City, under the name Blondie for the first time. The name is derived from comments made by truck drivers who catcalled "Hey, Blondie" to Harry as they drove by.
1978 - Sid Vicious
Whilst living at the Chelsea Hotel in New York City, Sex Pistol Sid Vicious called the police to say that someone had stabbed his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. He was arrested and charged with murder and placed in the detox unit of a New York prison. Vicious died of a heroin overdose before the case went to trial.
1979 - Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac their twelfth album Tusk, an experimental set of songs that cost the band over $1 million to record. The double album peaked at No.4 in the US and achieved sales in excess of two million copies, spawning two Top Ten singles, 'Sara' and the title track. It reached No.1 in the UK and achieved Platinum status. I tried to find a track to post . . . . . couldn't find one . . . they are uniformly dreadful! 'Sara'? puhleeze its awful! 'Tusk'? Dreck! . . . . . .sorry
1985 - Ricky Wilson
Ricky Wilson of the B-52's died of complications from aids. The B-52's, had the 1990 UK No.2 & US No.3 single 'Love Shack'.
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| B52s in the UK (Mick Hutson/Redferns/Getty) |
1985 - Jennifer Rush
Jennifer Rush was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'The Power Of Love'. The song stayed at No.1 for five weeks and became the biggest selling single of the year and the biggest single ever for a woman in the UK.
the original here so much better than the execrable Celine Dion version, check Jennifer's unique voice
the original here so much better than the execrable Celine Dion version, check Jennifer's unique voice
1991 - Mick Hucknall
Simply Reds fourth album 'Stars' went to No.1 on the UK chart for the first of five times, featuring the singles 'Thrill Me', 'For Your Babies' and the title track 'Stars.' The album became the biggest seller of 1991 and 1992 in the UK spending 134 week's on the chart.
1994 - Pink Floyd
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| Earls Court stand for the Pink Floyd should never have collapsed - you'd think they were experienced enough to get it right! |
Pink Floyd played the first of a 15-night run at Earls Court, London, England. Less than a minute after the band had started playing 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond', a scaffolding stand holding 1200 fans, collapsed, throwing hundreds of people 20 feet to the ground. It took over an hour to free everyone from the twisted wreckage, ninety-six people were injured, with 36 needing hospital treatment. Six were detained overnight with back, neck and rib injuries. Pink Floyd sent a free T-shirt and a note of apology to all the fans who had been seated in the stand that collapsed. The show was immediately cancelled and re-scheduled.
1997 - John Denver
Behind The Grooves said:
Remembering singer, songwriter, musician, environmental activist, philanthropist and humanitarian John Denver (born Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. in Roswell, NM) - December 31, 1943 - October 12, 1997
1999 - Bee Gees
The island of their birth, The Isle Of Man, issued six stamps honouring The Bee Gees. Their mother had run a local post office on the island.
2014 - George Ezra
British singer-songwriter George Ezra was at No.1 on the UK album chart with his debut studio album Wanted on Voyage which became the third best-selling album of 2014 in the UK. The album's title is a reference to the sticker used on the suitcase of Paddington Bear, who was Ezra's hero when he was a child.
again I guess it's like over kill and the radio constantly playing this hit took the gilding off it for so many ( me concluded) but I did buy it when it came out and though his voice superb and highly distinctive. He also seems like a thoroughly nice chap!
again I guess it's like over kill and the radio constantly playing this hit took the gilding off it for so many ( me concluded) but I did buy it when it came out and though his voice superb and highly distinctive. He also seems like a thoroughly nice chap!
BIRTHDAYS
1969 - Dixie Chicks
Martie Maguire, multi-instrumentalist with Dixie Chicks. With sales of 27.2 million albums in the US alone, they have become the top selling all-female band and biggest selling country group in the US during the Nielsen SoundScan era (1991–present). Maguire formed Court Yard Hounds with her sister and fellow Dixie Chick Emily Robison.
All that's wrong with what I call Ersatz Country that resulted in your Shania Twains and your Taylor Swifts, the Dixie Chicks set the scene . . . . . . yeeeaugh!
BUT
Court Yard Hounds shows growth and stretching into a more mature and intelligent sounding force . . . here with Jakob Dylan
1948 - Rick Parfitt
Rick Parfitt, singer, guitarist with Status Quo. The group have had over 60 chart hits in the UK, more than any other rock band, including 'Pictures of Matchstick Men' in 1967, 'Whatever You Want' in 1979 and 'In the Army Now' in 2010. Twenty-two of these reached the Top 10 in the UK. In July 1985 the band opened Live Aid at Wembley Stadium with 'Rockin' All Over the World'. Parfitt died on 24th Dec 2016 in hospital in Marbella, Spain aged 68.
I secretly always enjoyed the Quo and the denim rockers kings of the 12 bar shuffle always managed to raise a smile . . . . . .Rick had always suffered the effect of his life tele and penchant fro hard drinking and drug use so that by the late nineties he suffered a sever heart attack after which he was told by his doctors in no uncertain terms to curb his lifestyle or suffer the consequences. Further attacks followed despite his attest to get sober and clean. Parfitt led a more sober life, stating in a 2014 interview that he had not smoked cannabis for 27 years and had not used cocaine for 10 years. He had a throat cancer scare in December 2005. He suffered a heart attack in December 2011 and underwent surgery on the following day. He had suffered a heart attack while on his tour bus after performing a concert in Austria in 2014, and had a stent inserted He later told the Daily Mail he was pleased to have suffered another heart attack as it had forced him to stop smoking and drinking after 50 years. and 16 years later . . . . .
1935 - Sam Moore
Sam Moore, singer, (Sam & Dave, 1964 UK No.24 & 1967 US No.2 single 'Soul Man').
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