THIS DAY in MUSIC HISTORY, December 24th THIS DAY in BEATLES HISTORY, December 24th 1960 Concert at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Wallasey. 1963 Start of the daily Beatles Christmas Shows, at the Astoria Cinema, Finsbury Park, London, with Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas, Tommy Quickly, Cilla Black, and the Fourmost, plus the Barron Knights with the Duke DMond, and Rolf Harris as compere. Photographer Dezo Hoffmann attends. After the show, Brian hires a night flight to take most of the bill to Liverpool for Christmas. Start of Christmas pantomime Babes In the Wood, with Gerry and the Pacemakers, at the Gaumont, Hanley. 1964 Start of Christmas show at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, Another Beatles Christmas Show, with the Yardbirds, Freddie and the Dreamers, Jimmy Saville, Elkie Brooks, Mike Haslam, and Mike Cotton Sound. Two concerts. 1965 US gold certification: Rubber Soul. Various music and entertainment newspapers publish NEMS Enterprises Christmas greetings, citing the Beatles, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Cilla Black, Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas, the Fourmost, Sounds Incorporated, the Moody Blues, Tommy Quickly, the Remo Four, Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers, the Silkie, the Rustiks, Paddy, Klaus & Gibson, Michael Haslam, the Paramounts and Brian Epstein. 1966 Yesterday... And Today, 27th week in the Top 200 (Billboard). 1969 6.00-7.00pm. Broadcast of Martins With A Little Help From My Friends show, produced by Yorkshire Television, transmitted by IBA, with Ringo, Lulu, the Hollies, Spike Milligan, Dudley Moore, Blue Mink, Pans People. Ringo sings With A Little Help From My Friends. John and Yoko return to England. [23 December?] 1970 Rolling Stone publishes the 1st part of an interview to John. [?] 1972 Tony Cox, Melinda and Kyoko disappear. 1988 13th episode of a BBC series, essentially based on The Beatles At The Beeb collection. Sat, December 24th, 1960 The Beatles perform at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Liscard, Wallasey. Also on the bill is Derry & the Seniors. Each group receives the fee of 10.5 pounds. Mon, December 24th, 1962 The Beatles perform at the Star-Club, Hamburg, West Germany. Tue, December 24th, 1963 The opening night of The Beatles Christmas Show, a Brian Epstein idea that combined music, comedy, and pantomime. The Beatles, and other groups, play music and also dress in costumes for comedy sketches and routines with stage sets, all of which prove to be tremendously popular with the audiences. From Dec. 24, 1963 through January 11, 1964, The Beatles put on 30 shows (two a night except for Dec. 24 and Dec. 31 which have only one each, and Dec. 25, Dec. 29, and Jan. 5 which have none). A total of 100,000 tickets were sold for the 30 shows, going on sale October 21 and selling out by November 16. The Beatles Christmas Show is put on at the Astoria Cinema in Finsbury Park, London. The Beatles musical repertoire for each show is Roll Over Beethoven, All My Loving, This Boy, I Wanna Be Your Man, She Loves You, Till There Was You, I Want to Hold Your Hand, Money, and Twist and Shout. Appearing with The Beatles are The Barron Knights & Duke DMond, Tommy Quickly, The Fourmost, Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas, Cilla Black, and Rolf Harris. Tue, December 24th, 1963 Subafilms Ltd., a Beatles film company, is formed. Thu, December 24th, 1964 The Beatles perform in the first night of their Another Beatles Christmas Show, at the Hammersmith Odeon in London. The format is much like that of the preceding years revue: music, pantomime, and comedy. The Beatles appear in two comedy sketches, one with Freddie Garrity (of Freddie & the Dreamers) and one with Jimmy Savile (a disc-jockey). The Beatles perform 11 songs as part of the show: Twist and Shout, Im a Loser, Babys in Black, Everybodys Trying to Be My Baby, Cant Buy Me Love, Honey Dont, I Feel Fine, Shes a Woman, A Hard Days Night, Rock and Roll Music, and Long Tall Sally. The show runs for 20 nights, December 24, 1964 through January 16, 1965. There are no performances on Dec. 25 & 27 or Jan. 3 & 10. There are two performances each night, except for Dec. 24 & 29, when there is one each night, making a total of 38 performances of Another Beatles Christmas Show. Support acts are Freddie & the Dreamers, Elkie Brooks, The Yardbirds, Sounds Incorporated, and others. One night during the first week of the shows run, The Beatles recorded an interview for Radio Luxembourgs Chris Denning, for a series to be called The Beatles. During the interview, John Lennon dedicates songs to Pete Shotton and Nigel Whalley, and Paul makes a dedication to Ivan Vaughan (Shotton, Whalley, and Vaughan had all been Quarry Men). George makes a dedication to school chum Arthur Kelly, and Ringo does the same for Al Caldwell (more widely known as Rory Storm). Sun, December 24th, 2000 The Beatles compilation album 1 is #1 in the UK for the 6th week in a row. Sun, December 24th, 2000 The Beatles compilation album 1 is #1 in Austria, Canada, Finland, Italy, and Switzerland. THIS DAY in MUSIC HISTORY, December 24th Births 1893: Harry Warren 1906: Franz Waxman 1914: Ralph Marterie 1920: Dave Bartholomew 1924: Lee Dorsey 1931: Ray Bryant 1944: Mike Curb 1945: Lemmy (Hawkwind, Motorhead) 1946: Jan Akkerman (Focus) Deaths 1975: Bernard Herrmann 1992: Bobby Lakind (The Doobie Brothers) 1999: Zeke Carey (The Flamingos) 2001: Nick Massi (The Four Seasons) 2006: Charlie Drake Events 1818: Germanys Franz Gruber composes a melody to words written by Austrian priest Josef Mohr, creating the standard Silent Night. The song is debuted tonight at Midnight Mass in Grubers hometown of Obendorf. 1944: The Andrews Sisters debut their radio show The Andrews Sisters Eight-To-The-Bar Ranch on the ABC network. 1955: The Lennon Sisters make their debut as regulars on ABC-TVs musical variety program The Lawrence Welk Show. 1963: The Beatles begin an annual tradition of sorts when they hold their first Beatles Christmas Show at the Astoria Cinema in Finsbury Park, London. The brainchild of manager Brian Epstein, the show features the Beatles and other musical acts playing their hits and doing comedy skits in between. The series of thirty concerts, which run through January 11, feature the Beatles along with Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas, Cilla Black, and Rolf Harris, among others. 1966: Pressure had been mounting on Elvis Presley for years from the family of his girlfriend, Priscilla Beaulieu, and from his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, rumors had been swirling for months even amongst Elvis fans, and hed had an engagement ring made six months previously, but not until today does the singer get on one knee during Christmas celebrations at Graceland and present Priscilla with the three-carat ring, saying, Were going to be married. 1968: Heartsick over being away from home for Christmas holidays, Led Zeppelin leave their native England to travel to Denver, CO, where they will begin their first American tour. 1972: When neighbors complain about the noise emanating from a concert by Manfred Manns Earth Band at the University of Miami, local police shut the show down, resulting in a two-hour student riot so fierce that band members are forced to retreat to their dressing room. 1972: Yoko Onos first husband, Tony Cox, kidnaps their daughter Kyoko and heads for New York. 1973: Tom Johnson, guitarist and leader of the Doobie Brothers, is arrested in Visalia, CA, for possession of marijuana. 1974: A veritable supergroup of West Coast singer-songwriter royalty -- James Taylor, Carly Simon, Linda Ronstadt and Joni Mitchell -- spontaneously decide to go caroling door-to-door in the suburbs of Los Angeles. 1978: Bjorn Ulvaeus and Agnetha Faltskog, one of ABBAs two married singer/songwriter couples, announce their divorce after seven years. The other pair of lovers in the group, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, would divorce in 1981. Releases none Recording 1958: Bobby Darin, Beyond The Sea 1966: Tommy James and the Shondells, I Think Were Alone Now Charts 1961: The Tokens The Lion Sleeps Tonight hits #1 1965: The Beatles Rubber Soul hits #1 1977: The Bee Gees How Deep Is Your Love hits #1 Certifications 1965: The Beatles Rubber Soul is certified gold 1976: The Eagles Hotel California is certified gold 1719 - Composer Johann Christoph Altnikol was born. 1818 - Franz Gruber of Oberndorf, Germany composed the music for Silent Night to words written by Josef Mohr. 1871 - In Cairo, Egypt, Verdi’s opera Aida had its world premiere. 1906 - Reginald A. Fessenden became the first person to broadcast a music program over radio, from Brant Rock, MA. 1920 - Enrico Caruso gave his last public performance, when he sang in Jacques Halevys La Juive at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. 1951 - Gian Carlo Menottis Amahl and the Night Visitors, was first broadcast by NBC. It was the first opera written specifically for television. 1954 - Johnny Ace shot himself and died while playing Russian roulette backstage at a concert in Houston, TX. 1955 - The Lennon Sisters debuted as featured vocalists on The Lawrence Welk Show on ABC-TV. 1966 - Tommy James recorded I Think Were Alone Now. 1973 - Tom Johnson of the Doobie Brothers was arrested in Visalia, CA, on charges of marijuana possession. 1978 - Bjorn Ulvaeus & Agnetha Falkstad (both of ABBA) announced their seperation and that they were filing for divorce This Day in Country Music History, December 24 2011 Wynonna Judd and Highway 101 drummer Cactus Moser get engaged 2006 Mark Wills and Darryl Worley conclude a concert tour of the Middle East with comedian Al Franken. The trek took them to Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan 2001 Tim McGraw and Faith Hill take their baby, Audrey, home from Nashvilles Baptist Hospital 18 days after she was born, eight weeks premature 1988 Keith Whitley checks in at #1 on the Billboard country chart with When You Say Nothing At All 1986 Kix and Barbara Brooks have their first child, Molly Brooks 1983 Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Band travel to #1 in Billboard with Houston (Means Im One Day Closer To You) 1978 Alan Jackson proposes to Denise Jackson, his girlfriend of three years, who already has the same last name. She says yes 1973 Pam Tillis is injured in a car accident. Her face is shattered in more than 30 places, leading to multiple surgeries over the next five years. We were partying, she tells The Music City News years later. We partied right up a tree 1966 Jack Greenes There Goes My Everything begins a seven-week run at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart 1964 Glen Campbell makes his first concert appearance with The Beach Boys, standing in for an ill Brian Wilson at the last minute at Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston. He continues to tour with the group for approximately four months December 24 : This Day in Music History Event of the day Marriages and Breakups 1978 : Björn Ulvaeus and Agnetha Fältskog of ABBA announce they are separating and getting a divorce. Search for events : search Births (7) 1924 : Lee Dorsey, known for his 1961 hit Ya Ya. 1944 : Mike Curb 1945 : Lemmy (Motorhead) 1946 : Jan Akkerman (Focus) 1957 : Ian Burden (The Human League) 1963 : Mary Ramsey (10,000 Maniacs) 1971 : Ricky Martin Concerts and Festivals (1) 1974 : James Taylor, Carly Simon and Joni Mitchell go Christmas carolling in Hollywood. Deaths (5) 1453 : John Dunstable 1954 : Johnny Ace 1992 : Bobby LaKind (The Doobie Brothers) 2001 : Nick Massi (The Four Seasons) 2006 : Charlie Drake Debuts (1) 1971 : New York Dolls make their live debut, performing at a Christmas Party at the Endicott Hotel in New York City. Incidents (1) 1972 : Manfred Mann plays a gig in Miami, the concert is cut short when nearby residents complain about the noise, ticket holders riot when Miami police cut the power and the concert ends prematurely. Legal Issues (1) 1973 : Tom Johnson (The Doobie Brothers) is arrested for marijuana possession. Marriages and Breakups (1) 1978 : Björn Ulvaeus and Agnetha Fältskog of ABBA announce they are separating and getting a divorce. Recordings (2) 1958 : Bobby Darin, Beyond The Sea 1966 : Tommy James & the Shondells, I Think We Are Alone Now MUSIC HISTORY, December 24th
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