THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY (September 12th) 1931: George Jones was born -- nicknamed Possum, his signature song was “He Stopped Loving Her Today” -- died on 26th April 2013 aged 81 1940: Tony Bellamy (Redbone) was born 1940: Jewel Akens ((Let Me Tell You) About the Birds & the Bees) was born – died 2013 from complications of back surgery 1943: Maria Muldaur was born 1944: Barry White was born – died 2003 after a severe stroke and with kidney failure, attributed to chronic diabetes mellitus and high blood pressure. 1952: Gerry Beckley (America) was born 1952: Neil Peart (Rush) was born 1956: Brian Robertson (Thin Lizzy, guitar) was born 1954: Frank Sinatra scores his first UK #1 with Three Coins in the Fountain. 1963: The Beatles were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with She Loves You, the groups second No.1. It became the biggest seller of the year and the biggest selling Beatles single in the UK 1964: Manfred Manns Do Wah Diddy Diddy enters the charts 1966: NBC-TV debuts its new musical comedy show, The Monkees . Designed as a half-hour American version of the Beatles A Hard Days Night , it featured two folk singers, Peter Tork and Michael Nesmith, British stage vet Davy Jones, and a former child star named Micky Dolenz. The songs featured in this episode, This Just Doesnt Seem to Be My Day and the Goffin-King song Take a Giant Step, will not make much impact on the charts, but the bands first single, Last Train to Clarksville, is already racing up the charts. The next episode would vault it all the way to #1. Four stars are born 1967: The Beatles continue filming Magical Mystery Tour , with the famed psychedelic bus stopping off in Plymouth, Bodmin, and Newquay. An attempt is made to visit a nearby fair in Widecombe, but scrapped when the bus gets stuck on a bridge while avoiding traffic. That night in Newquay, the band finally decides to do some filming in one spot, rather than their original plan of roaming around the countryside 1968: The BBC mainstay Top of the Pops is the first to broadcast a promotional film of the Beatles new single, Hey Jude. 1970: At a gig in New Orleans, Pink Floyd are the victims of thieves who steal $40,000 worth of their equipment 1970: The Woody Guthrie Memorial Concert is held at the Hollywood Bowl, featuring Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, and Woodys son Arlo Guthrie 1970: Creedence Clearwater Revival scored their first UK No.1 album with Cosmos Factory. It enjoyed a nine-week run at No.1 in the US where it sold over three million copies 1970: Smokey Robinson and The Miracles were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with The Tears Of A Clown, their first UK No.1. Stevie Wonder (who was discovered by Miracles member Ronnie White), and his producer Hank Cosby wrote the music for the song 1974: Jennifer Nettles (Sugarland) was born 1975: Pink Floyd releases the LP Wish You Were Here 1980: The ABC-TV newsmagazine show 20/20 airs televisions first expose questioning if Elvis Presley died of drug overdose rather than a heart attack 1981: Jennifer Hudson was born 1986: The Moody Blues leader Justin Hayward collapses in Los Angeles and is hospitalized for exhaustion 1987: Michael Jackson kicked of his Bad World Tour by playing the first of three sold-out nights at Korakuen Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. By the end of the 123-date tour, Jackson had played to over 4million fans across fifteen countries 1987: The soundtrack album La Bamba featuring Los Lobos started a two-week run at No.1 on the US album chart 1989: Aerosmith released Pump their tenth studio album which featured the hit singles: Love In An Elevator, The Other Side and Janies Got a Gun. Aerosmith found themselves in law school textbooks after a small rock band named Pump sued Aerosmiths management company for service mark infringement. Aerosmith won the case 1990: Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie announce that they have left Fleetwood Mac -- but rejoin just two years later, to play Bill Clintons Presidential Inauguration 2003: Johnny Cash died of respiratory failure aged 71 2003: The Beatles sue computer giant Apple, asserting that iTunes violates their copyright-infringement agreement not to market music under the apple name 2004: Kenny Buttrey (drummer and arranger) died in Nashville, Tennessee -- worked with Neil Young, (Harvest, and After the Gold Rush), Bob Dylan (Blonde on Blonde, Nashville Skyline & John Wesley Harding), and Bob Seger, Elvis Presley, Donovan, George Harrison, Joan Baez, Dan Fogelberg, Kris Kristofferson, Jimmy Buffett, Chuck Berry and Area Code 615 2007: The surviving members of Led Zeppelin announced they would reform for a star-studded tribute concert in London. Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones would play at a show to remember the late Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun. The place of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, who died in 1980, would be taken by his son Jason. The one-off concert, the trios first performance for 19 years, would take place at the O2 arena in London on 26th November with tickets costing £125. All profits from the show would go towards scholarships in Erteguns name in UK, the USA and Turkey, the country of his birth
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