ON THIS DAY IN MUSIC

February 2nd

1959 - Buddy Holly

Buddy Holly, Richard Valens and The Big Bopper all appeared at the Surf Ballroom, Clear Lake, Iowa. This was all three acts last ever gig before being killed in a plane crash the following day.

1962 - The Beatles

The Beatles played their first professionally organised gig outside of Liverpool at The Oasis Club, Manchester. The groups set started with their version of 'Hippy Hippy Shake'. 

1967 - Jimi Hendrix

The Jimi Hendrix Experience appeared at the Blue Pad Club in Darlington, England which was part of the Imperial Hotel Complex on Grange Road. The show was advertised as "Don't miss this man who is Dylan, Clapton, and James Brown all in one". After the show, as the roadies were loading up a van, one of Hendrix's Fender guitars was stolen.
details from Jimi Hendrix lifelines about someone buying the missing guitar for £20

1969 - Yoko Ono

Yoko Ono divorced her husband Tony Cox, the marriage was annulled on March 1, 1963 due to Ono neglecting to officially finalize her divorce from her first husband, the Japanese composer Toshi Ichiyanagi. John Lennon married Yoko the following month on 30th March. Yoko was granted custody of their daughter Kyoko.  However, in 1971 Cox, who had joined a religious group known as the Church of the Living Word, or "The Walk," after his divorce from Ono, vanished with Kyoko in violation of the custody order. He left The Walk after a few years, and in 1978, Cox and Kyoko stayed with the Jesus People USA commune in Chicago. He and Kyoko contacted Yoko Ono after the death of Lennon in 1980,[1] but they did not specify their location. Afterward, Ono agreed to no longer attempt to locate Kyoko, but still wished to make contact with her. In 1994, when she was 41, Kyoko made contact with Ono and they have been in close contact since then.

Kyoko, Yoko and Sean . . . . I hope happier now

1974 - Carpenters

The Carpenters started a four week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'The Singles 1969-73', featuring 12 hits and the US No.1 'Top Of The World' it went back to the top of the charts on three other occasions.

1976 - Genesis

Genesis released 'A Trick Of The Tail', their seventh studio album and the first to feature drummer Phil Collins as full-time lead vocalist following the departure of original vocalist Peter Gabriel. After auditioning over 400 vocalists, which saw Collins teaching the potential lead singers the songs, the band decided that Collins should be the new vocalist. And this is where I left them . . . . . . . continued to follow Peter G and it's a shame because I admired some of the other musicians involved but Collins singing always clawed at me somehow . . . . . 

1979 - Sid Vicious

Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious died of a heroin overdose in New York City. There had been a party to celebrate Vicious' release on $50,000 (£29,412) bail pending his trial for the murder of his former girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, the previous October. Party guests, said that Vicious had taken heroin at midnight. An autopsy confirmed that Vicious died from an accumulation of fluid in the lungs that was consistent with heroin overdose. A syringe, spoon and heroin residue were discovered near the body.

1980 - Specials

The Specials were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'The Special A.K.A. Live E.P'. The lead track 'Too Much Too Young' was the shortest song to reach No.1 on the UK singles chart in the 1980s at 2'04".

1989 - George Michael

George Michael received undisclosed damages in excess of £100,000 ($170,000) from The Sun newspaper over articles printed that stated Michael had gatecrashed a party given by Andrew Lloyd Weber and was drunk and abusive.

1993 - Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson agreed to pay $9 million of the $16.7 million he owed the Internal Revenue Service. His accountants, Price Waterhouse, had not been paying Nelson's taxes for years and in addition to the unpaid taxes, Nelson's situation was worsened by the weak investments he had made during the early 1980s.

2002 - Stevie Wonder

The Phonographic Performance Ltd launched performersmoney.com for artists to check if they were owed any of the £10 million ($17 million) in unclaimed money. It showed that Michael Jackson was owed over £100,000 ($170,000) for 'Say, Say, Say', Stevie Wonder had money owing for 'Ebony And Ivory' and Ray Davies of The Kinks was owed a six-figure fee for 'You Really Got Me'. Director Dominic McGonigal said "If anyone has seen Rick Astley please let him know, he is still earning money for his hits."

The first Kinks single I bought and still have . . . . . 

2003 - Tatu

Russian girl duo Tatu started a four-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'All The Things She Said'. The song had been a hit on the Russian charts three years earlier. Tatu were the first Russian act to score a UK No 1. There was much controversy about the girls who had been Sovet child stars and with this and subsequent videos accused of being 'gay for pay' and accused of titilating the mock peado audience of largely men. 

2004 - Janet Jackson

TV network CBS apologised for its broadcast of the American Super Bowl after Janet Jackson was left exposed when Justin Timberlake ripped her top. The pair had been performing a raunchy half-time duet when one of Jackson's breasts was exposed as Timberlake pulled at her top. CBS quickly cut away from the scene but was still flooded with calls from angry viewers about the half-time entertainment, produced by MTV. Timberlake insisted it had been an accident saying "I am sorry that anyone was offended by the wardrobe malfunction during the half-time performance of the Super Bowl." It's a bosom! People are so funny about breasts, they feed our children you know! USA especially seem offended yet have endless piles of porn in the toilet! I guess it was a statement but had an enormous pierced shield jewellery covering it so I didn't really get all the fuss. It's just a singular flappy little tittie with a metal pastie on it! Get over it!

2008 - Spice Girls

The Spice Girls cut short their reunion world tour, blaming "family and personal commitments". The band said they would end their tour in Toronto on 26 February, with planned shows in Beijing, Sydney, Cape Town and Buenos Aires being axed. A spokesman for the group said: "Sadly, the tour needs to come to an end by the end of February due to family and personal commitments."

2013 - The Beatles

A 1960’s Beatles Record Player, produced for fans as a commercial Beatles memorabilia item, fetched $12,100 in an online auction. The Record Player, which was highly-sought by Beatles collectors worldwide, was manufactured in a limited quantity. Because of this, some believed there was still a strong possibility a few remaining players to be discovered.

2014 - Skinny Puppy

Photograph: Marc Broussely/Redferns

Skinny Puppy sent the US government an invoice for $666,000 after finding out their music was used as torture device in Guantanamo Bay. Despite the band's aggressive sound, they said they had never envisioned their music being used in such a way. Asked how they felt about their songs allegedly being used in the detention camp, singer cEvin Key replied: "Not too good. We never supported those types of scenarios. … Because we make unsettling music, we can see it being used in a weird way. But it doesn’t sit right with us." Say who? Now I haven't heard of these guys but I defend their attitude to this abuse of their music with my dying breath! It's an outrage! Play some Mantovani! Play some Mahler or some Mozart. Better yet don't play them anything but let them have a radio and a CD player! Music as torture? Good grief!

Skinny Puppy more here from The Guardian
BIRTHDAYS

1977 - Shakira

Shakira, (Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll), singer who had the 2002 UK No.2 single 'Whenever Wherever' and the 2006 world-wide No.1 single 'Hips Don't Lie'. She is the highest selling Colombian artist of all time, having sold over forty million albums. She also has one of those delightful habits of appearing to not entirely be comfortable wearing clothes which makes he fan base remarkably happy! Of all the people known by a single name Shakira stands alongside 'Kylie',  'Cher', 'Björk', 'Beyonce', 'Madonna' 'Enya', 'Pink' . . . . . 'Cheryl'? not so much!

not quite getting it, bless her. Sounds like someone who works in an office or down the chippy. Nothing wrong with that but the point being they all have highly distinctive names, Cheryl not so much. Equivalent to Maureen, Janice or  Susan or Jane . . . . . . . . 

1969 - John Spence

John Spence, singer, and original member of No Doubt in the late 1980s. Committed suicide on December 21st 1987 by shooting himself.

1963 - Eva Cassidy

Eva Cassidy, US singer. She is the only artist to score three posthumous UK No.1 albums: 2001’s 'Songbird'; 2002’s 'Imagine' and 2003’s 'American Tune'. In 2001 she also had a UK No.42 single with ‘Over The Rainbow’ and the 2007 UK No.1 single 'What a Wonderful World' with Katie Melua. Eva died of skin cancer on November 2nd 1996, aged 33

1951 - Alphonso Johnson

American jazz bassist Alphonso Johnson who was a member of the influential jazz fusion group Weather Report from 1973 to 1975, and has performed and recorded with numerous high-profile rock and jazz acts including Santana, Phil Collins, Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead, and Chet Baker.

1942 - Graham Nash

British-American singer-songwriter Graham Nash, known for his light tenor voice and for his songwriting contributions as a member of The Hollies and supergroup Crosby, Stills & Nash. Nash initially met both David Crosby and Stephen Stills in 1966 during a Hollies US tour. CSN's scored the hit singles 'Marrakesh Express' (which had been rejected by the Hollies), 'Our House', 'Teach Your Children'.

1940 - Alan Caddy

Alan Caddy, guitarist with The Tornadoes, who had a 1962 UK & US No.1 single with ‘Telstar’. This was the first major hit from a UK act on the American chart. Caddy died on August 16th 2000.


mind you some peoples attempts top be more than a one hit wonder were  . . . . . . . .how should we put this?
Just plain weird . . . . . . .  ?


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