Good Times, Bad Times in Music for Wednesday 31st December 2014 1923 – The chimes of Big Ben are broadcast on radio for the first time by the BBC. 1961, The Beach Boys made their live debut using their new name when they appeared at Long Beach Civic Auditorium, California. 1966, Ray Charles appeared at the City Center Arena in Seattle Washington, tickets cost $4.50 on the door. 1967, American songwriter and producer Bert Berns died of heart failure aged 38. He wrote many classic songs including Twist And Shout, Hang On Sloopy, ‘Here Comes the Night’, ‘I Want Candy’ and Brown Eyed Girl. 1968, Joe Cocker, Amen Corner, John Mayalls Bluesbreakers, The Small Faces, Free and Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band all appeared at Alexandra Palace, London. Tickets 25 shillings, ($3.00). 1970, Paul McCartney filed a suit against the rest of The Beatles to dissolve their partnership. 1973, Australian band AC/DC made their live debut when they appeared at Chequers Bar in Sydney. 1982, Maxs Kansas City in New York City closed down. The venue had been a launching pad for such artists as The New York Dolls, Bruce Springsteen and The Velvet Underground. 1984, Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen, crashed his Corvette Stingray, on the A57 outside Sheffield, Allen lost his left arm in the accident. Allen was on his way to a New Years Eve party at his familys home when a Jaguar passed him. The driver had been egging Allen on and would not allow him to pass. In his rage to pass this driver, he did not see a turn up ahead and lost control of his car. He was thrown from the car, with his left arm severed due to the seatbelt not being properly fastened. 1985, Ricky Nelson was killed along with six others, when his charted light aircraft crashed in Texas. Its rumoured that freebasing cocaine caused an onboard explosion. Nelson had played himself on his parents US TV The Adventures Of Ozzie and Harriet. (1958 US No.1 Poor Little Fool, 1961 UK No.2 single Hello Mary Lou plus over 30 US Top 40 hit singles). 1991, Ted Nugent donated 200 pounds of venison to a Salvation Army soup kitchen in Detroit with the message I kill it, you grill it. 1996, Paul McCartney became a Sir after he was listed in the Queens New Years Honours List. 1997 - Floyd Cramer, pianist (Nashville Sound), dies of cancer at 64. He was interred in the Spring Hill Cemetery in the Nashville suburb of Madison, Tennessee. 2000, Janet Jacksons estranged husband filed a lawsuit against the singer claiming that Jackson, who had sold more than 40 million records, promised to share equally any assets acquired after their relationship began in 1987. 2000, Black Crowes singer Chris Robinson married actress Kate Hudson the daughter of actress Goldie Hawn. The couple separated in 2006. 2003, Kevin MacMichael, guitarist with Cutting Crew died of lung cancer aged 51. (1987 US No.1 & 1986 UK No.4 single I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight). Also worked with Robert Plant and The Rankin Family. 2003, Australian singer and actress Natalie Imbruglia married Silverchair singer Daniel Johns. 2006, George Michael was paid a reported £1.5m for an hours concert at a Russian billionaires New Year party. The unnamed businessman paid for Michael to entertain his 300 guests on his private estate 20 miles outside Moscow. Michael had just finished the British leg of his Twentyfive tour which included a free concert for nurses in London.
Posted on: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 14:41:00 +0000
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