ON THIS DAY 1963, The Velvets appeared at The Marquee Club, London with the Cyril Davies All Stars. Bottom of the bill, The Rolling Stones. Tickets cost 4 shillings, ($0.56). 1964, The Rolling Stones released their first EP, which included, ‘You Better Move On’, ‘Poison Ivy’, ‘Bye Bye Johnny’ and ‘Money’. It peaked at No.15 on the UK chart. More on 1967, The Daily Mail ran the story about a local council survey finding 4,000 holes in the road in Lancashire inspiring John Lennons contribution to The Beatles song A Day In The Life. 1969, Led Zeppelin I, the bands debut album, was released in the US, coinciding with the bands first headlining US concert tour. It was to peak at No. 10 in the US chart, and at No. 6 in the UK. The RIAA in the US has now certified it as having sold over 10 million copies in the US alone. 1970, The Doors played the first of four shows at the Felt Forum in New York City. The shows were recorded for the bands forthcoming Absolutely Live album. 1974, Dean Martins son Dino Martin was arrested after attempting to sell two AK-47 machine guns to an undercover agent. 1976, Barry Manilow scored his second US No.1 single with I Write The Songs, written by Beach Boy Bruce Johnson. 1994, Clash of the Titans. Donny Osmond took part in a charity boxing match held in Chicago against former Partridge Family member Danny Bonaduce, Donny lost 2-1. 2003, A long-lost recording featuring John Lennon and Mick Jagger was set to spark a biding war at a London auction. The acetate record was recorded in 1974 with Jagger singing the blues song Too Many Cooks and Lennon playing guitar. The track had never been released because the two artists were both signed to different record companies. 2003, Singer Lou Rawls was arrested at Albuquerque Airport, New Mexico after an incident with his companion, Nina Inman. Officers reported that she and Rawls had been talking about their relationship when the conversation escalated into a shoving match resulting in Rawls being booked on one count of battery on a household member. 2014, Madonna apologised for using a racial slur to refer to her son on an Instagram post, after she uploaded a snapshot of 13-year-old Rocco Ritchie boxing with the offensive epithet used in a hashtag accompanying the photo. Madonnas comment was swiftly deleted from her Instagram account after some of her 1.1 million followers berated her for using the hashtag #disnigga BORN ON THIS DAY 1927, Eartha Kitt, US female singer. Kitt died from colon cancer on December 25 2008 at her Weston, Connecticut home at the age of 81. 1948, Mick Taylor, guitar, John Mayalls Bluesbreakers, joined The Rolling Stones, in 1969 (aged 20), left in 1974. Also worked with Bob Dylan, Mike Oldfield, Jack Bruce and Ron Wood. 1954, Cheryl Bentyne, singer, Manhattan Transfer, (1977 UK No.1 Chanson Damour, 1981 US No.7 single Boy From New York City). 1956, Paul Young, singer, (1983 UK No.1 single Wherever I Lay My Hat, Thats My Home, 1985 US No.1 single Everytime You Go Away. The Streetband, (1978 UK No.18 single Toast. Also lead singer with 1980s Q-Tips a soul covers band. 1958, Jez Strode, bass, Kajagoogoo, (1983 UK No.1 single Too Shy). 1959, Susanna Hoffs, guitar vocals, The Bangles, 1963, Andy Rourke, bass, The Smiths, (1984 UK No.10 single Heaven Knows Im Miserable Now, plus 15 other UK Top 40 singles). 1966, Shabba Ranks, singer, (1993 UK No.3 single Mr Loverman). 1967, Richard Hawley, guitarist, singer-songwriter and producer. Hawley found success as a member of Britpop band Longpigs in the 1990s. After that group broke up in 2000, he later joined the band Pulp. 1971, My main man Kid Rock, (Robert James Ritchie), American singer-songwriter, musician and rapper who had the 2000 US No.2 album History Of Rock and the 2007 US No.1 album Rock N Roll Jesus which featured the hit All Summer Long charting at #1 in eight countries. SO MANY OPTIONS LETS START WITH A VERY COOL SONG IN AN INCREDIBLY NAFF SETTING. Cant decide whos wetter - the backing singers, dancers, or studio audience, (Still dig the song, rat-ta-ta-tata) youtu.be/2Q9MTJokc4A
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