Today in Music History 1952 - After Atlantic Records bought Ray Charles contract from Swingtime, Charles recorded his first session for Atlantic, cutting four songs. Over the next seven years, he will record such classics as ‘Mess Around,’ ‘I Got a Woman,’ ‘Hallelujah, I Love Her So’ and ‘Whatd I Say.’ 1968 - The Beatles performed Hey Jude on the UK television show Frost On Sunday in front of an invited audience. The song was the first single from The Beatles record label Apple Records and at over seven minutes in length, Hey Jude was, at the time, the longest single ever to top the British charts. It also spent nine weeks as No.1 in the United States—the longest run at the top of the American charts for a Beatles single. 1973 - The Allman Brothers started a five week run at No.1 on the US album chart with Brothers And Sisters, the groups only US No.1. 1979 - Led Zeppelin scored their eighth UK No.1 album when In Through The Out Door went to the top of the charts for two weeks. 1984 - Stevie Wonder had his first UK No.1 with I Just Called To Say I Love You. Taken from the film Lady In Red, it was 18 years after Wonders chart debut in 1966. The song stayed at No.1 for six weeks. 1990 - Jon Bon Jovi went to No.1 on the US singles chart with Blaze Of Glory, a No.2 in the UK. The track appeared in the motion picture Young Guns II, for which it was originally recorded. 1993 - Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love appeared on stage together at a show in Hollywood. They performed a song they wrote together Penny Royal Tea. 1994 - MTV awards feature newlyweds Michael Jackson & Lisa Marie Presley 1997 - Derek Taylor the publicist for The Beatles died aged 67. Taylor had been responsible for many of the legends surrounding their career and had also worked with The Beach Boys and The Byrds. In 1967 he helped organise the Monterey Pop Festival together with Lou Adler and John Philips. He helped launch the Beatles Anthology trilogy in the 90s. 2002 - Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson started his new job as an airline pilot. The heavy metal singer qualified as a £35,000 - a year first officer with Gatwick based airline Astraeus who took holidaymakers to Portugal and Egypt. 2007 - Foxy Brown was sent to jail for a year in New York for violating her probation terms after she travelled outside New York without the courts permission and had missed anger management classes. The rapper (real name Inga Marchand), was arrested for allegedly assaulting a neighbour and in October 2006 she was put on probation for allegedly assaulting two nail salon workers in August 2004. Today in History 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz, guaranteeing Jews safety and personal liberties and giving battei din jurisdiction over Jewish matters, is promulgated by Boleslaus the Pious, Duke of Greater Poland. 1504 - Michelangelos David is unveiled in Florence. 1664 - Dutch surrender New Amsterdam (NY) to 300 English soldiers 1771 - Mission San Gabriel Archangel forms in California 1870 - Netherlands & Britain sign Koelietraktaat Br-Indian contract work in Suriname 1907 - Pope Pius X publishes encyclical Pasceni dominici gregis (anti-modernism) 1919 - Babe Ruth hits his 26th HR off Jack Quinn in NY, breaking Buck Freemans 1899 HR mark of 25 1920 - US Air Mail service begins (NYC to SF) 1944 - 1st V-2 rockets land in London & Antwerp 1952 - Ernest Hemmingways Old Man & the Sea published 1960 - German Democratic Republic limits access to East-Berlin for West Berliners 1966 - That Girl starring Marlo Thomas premieres on ABC-TV 1971 - John F Kennedy Center for Performing Arts opens in Washington DC 1985 - USA Weekends 1st issue, appears in 255 newspapers 1990 - Ellis Island Historical Site opens on Ellis Island NYC 1999 - United States Attorney General Janet Reno names former Senator John Danforth to head an independent investigation of the 1993 fire at the Branch Davidian church near Waco, Texas in response to revelations in the film Waco: The Rules of Engagement contradicting the official government stories. 2012 - 6 people are killed by a Taliban suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan 2013 - Serena Williams wins her fifth Womens Singles US Open title Today’s Birthdays 1157 - Richard I, [Richard the Lion Hearted], King of England (1189-99) 1672 - Nicolas de Grigny, composer 1792 - Joseph Netherclift, composer 1829 - Seth Maxwell Barton, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1900 1897 - [James Charles] Jimmie Rodgers, Mendoza Miss, country singer/singing brakeman 1908 - Geoffrey Hodges, bomb disposal expert 1927 - Harlan Howard, American country music songwriter (d. 2002) 1932 - Patsy Cline, Winchester Va, country singer (Crazy) 1942 - Brian Cole, Tacoma Wash, rock vocalist/bassist (Association) 1958 - Mitsuru Miyamoto, Japanese voice actor 1961 - Paul Zanetti, Australian political cartoonist 1971 - Henry Thomas, San Antonio TX, actor (ET) 1975 - Richard Hughes, English musician (Keane) 1985 - Yendi Phillips, Jamaican beauty pageant contestant 1990 - Matt Barkley, American football player Song of the Day
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