Today in Music History - A VERY busy day! 1956 : Billboard magazines DJ survey reveals that Elvis Presley is the countrys number one male artist on both the pop and country charts. 1958 : Billboard magazine reports that Dick Clarks American Bandstand show on ABC is the hottest merchandising opportunity on television, noting that sales of Beechnut gum have doubled since the company begin buying ad space on the program. 1958 : Conway Twittys Its Only Make Believe hits #1 1958 : Lou Rawls, who is fronting a group called the Travelers, is badly injured in a car accident in Marion, Arkansas that also involves Sam Cooke, who is headlining the tour. The driver, Edward Cunningham, dies in the accident. 1965 : No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: Get Off Of My Cloud by The Rolling Stones 1965 : The Beatles record The Word, Im Looking Through You 1966 : British newspapers break the news that The Beatles will indeed refuse all future offers to tour. 1967 : The Moody Blues release Nights In White Satin 1968 : Jefferson Airplane makes their third appearance on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, and this time their lead singer Grace Slick does the black power salute at the end of their performance. 1973 : Elton Johns LP Goodbye Yellow Brick Road hits #1 1973 : Eddie Kendricks Keep On Truckin hits #1 1973 : John Lennon meets with legendary producer Phil Spector in New York to begin work on an album of oldies covers entitled Rock n Roll. 1974 : No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: You Aint Seen Nothing Yet by Bachman-Turner Overdrive 1975 : The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks suddenly in Lake Superior during a storm, killing all 29 men aboard and inspiring Canadian folkie Gordon Lightfoot to write a song about the tragedy, Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald. 1975 : Queen shoots the video for Bohemian Rhapsody, which according to director Bruce Gowers, takes about four hours. It airs repeatedly on the British show Top Of The Pops and helps the song become one of the most popular in UK history. 1979 : The Eagles Heartache Tonight hits #1 1983 : Billy Idol releases the LP, Rebel Yell. 1986 : Bruce Springstee & the E Street Band, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Live: 1975-85; it sells 1-million copies in one day. 1988 : Steve Miller begins his first tour in six years in Burlington, Vt. 1990 : N.W.A.s 100 Miles and Runnin debuts at #51 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. 1994 : Led Zeppelins Jimmy Page and Robert Plant perform an all-acoustic version of Stairway To Heaven while visiting a Japanese talk show. 2002 : Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Tom Petty, Elvis Costello, Lenny Kravitz, and Brian Setzer guest star on The Simpsons in an episode where they run a rock and roll fantasy camp. The first rule of the camp: There are no rules! Second rule: No outside food. 2003 : David Bowie is forced to cancel the remainder of his gig in Nice, France, when laryngitis causes his voice to give out in the middle of Ziggy Stardust. Doctors assign Bowie three days rest. 2003 : The paperback version of Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobains Journals is released, sparking renewed interest in the dead rock star. A disorganized collection of his writings and drawings, the front cover warns, if you read, youll judge. 2007 : For the first time, country(ish) artists occupy the top three spots on the US albums chart: 1) Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride 2) Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand 3) Gary Allan - Living Hard
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 00:24:40 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015