Today... in 1960, returning from Hamburg, The Beatles appeared at the Casbah Coffee Club in Liverpool. Chas Newby joined The Beatles on bass guitar (to replace Stuart Sutcliffe, who had remained in Hamburg), a position he would hold for only two weeks and four performances. When Newby bowed out to return to college, Paul McCartney became The Beatles bass player. in 1977, George Harrison played an unannounced live set for the regulars at his local pub in Henley-On-Thames near his home in the UK. Cause George is cool like that. in 1982, Karen Carpenter made her last live appearance with The Carpenters when she performed in Sherman, CA. Carpenter suffered from anorexia nervosa, the eating disorder which was a little-known illness at the time. She died at the age of 32 from heart failure, on February 4, 1983 caused by complications related to her illness. What a damn shame..... voice as clear and beautiful as a bird. in 1994, a remixed version of The Four Seasons December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night) re-entered the US Hot 100, where it stayed for another 27 weeks, just as it did when it first charted in 1976. The combined run will establish a record for the longest total chart appearance in US chart history. in 2000, Eminem was the subject of a sick Internet hoax after MTV reported that the rapper had been killed in a car crash en route to a party. And Happy Birthday today (1949) to awesome frontman/singer/song-writer/musician/producer, Paul Rodgers - Free, Bad Company, The Firm with Jimmy Page, Queen + Paul Rodgers. The dude just rocks. Where was I during the time he was with Queen? Seriously... I totally missed this boat.
Posted on: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 12:30:01 +0000