1959: "Teen Angel" by Mark Dinning moved from #100 to #50.
1960: The movie Where the Boys Are, starring Connie Francis, premiered in the Gateway Theatre in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and Radio City Music Hall in New York City. (Note: some websites claim the premiere was on December 31, but according to the newspaper 'The Sun-Sentinel', the simultaneous premieres were on December 28.)
1960: The movie Where the Boys Are, starring Connie Francis, premiered in the Gateway Theatre in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and Radio City Music Hall in New York City. (Note: some websites claim the premiere was on December 31, but according to the newspaper 'The Sun-Sentinel', the simultaneous premieres were on December 28.)
1963: The Singing Nun wrapped up a four-week stay at #1 on the Easy Listening chart with "Dominique".
1963: "Dominique" was #1 for a fourth week overall. Bobby Vinton provided the closest competition with "There! I've Said It Again".
1963: The Soundtrack to "West Side Story" re-entered the Top 10 in its 114th week of release.
1968: Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Jeff Beck and the Pretty Things appeared at the Flight to Lowlands Paradise II festival at the Margriethal-Jaarbeurs in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
1968: In essentially what was a precursor to Woodstock, Three Dog Night, Joni Mitchell, the Turtles, Fleetwood Mac, Marvin Gaye, the Grass Roots, Chuck Berry, Steppenwolf, the Box Tops, Canned Heat, Jr. Walker and the Allstars, Procol Harum, Iron Butterfly, the McCoys, the Grateful Dead, Blues Image, Procol Harum, Jose Feliciano, Richie Havens, Country Joe and the Fish, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and others performed at the Miami Pop Festival at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale, Florida.
1968: The Rolling Stones debuted at #3 in the U.K. with their album Beggar's Banquet.
1968: Marvin Gaye ruled the R&B chart for a third week with "I Heard It Through The Grapevine".
1968: Glen Campbell scored a third week at #1 on the Adult chart with "Wichita Lineman".
1968: The Beatles reached #1 with The White Album after just three weeks. Wichita Lineman from Glen Campbell was second with Cheap Thrills from Big Brother & the Holding Company in third.
1968: Marvin Gaye had the biggest hit of his career with "I Heard It Through The Grapevine", #1 for a third week. The Temptations climbed into the Top 10 with "Cloud Nine".
1969: Detroit, Michigan declared it "Temptations Day".
1974: Stevie Wonder registered his 11th #1 song on the R&B chart, and fifth out of his last seven releases, with "Boogie On Reggae Woman".
1974: Barry Manilow rose to #1 on the Adult chart with his first single, "Mandy".
1974: Helen Reddy owned the new #1 with "Angie Baby". Elton John moved to challenge with his remake of the Beatles' song "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds". Barry White was up to 3 with "You're The First, The Last, My Everything", Carl Douglas surrendered to #4 with "Kung Fu Fighting" and the previous #1 "Cat's In The Cradle" from Harry Chapin was fifth. The rest of an excellent Top 10: Paul McCartney & Wings with their double-sided "Junior's Farm"/"Sally G", the Three Degrees with "When Will I See You Again", Neil Sedaka was back with his first Top 10 in 12 years--"Laughter In The Rain", Ringo Starr bounced up from 14 with "Only You" and Stevie Wonder collected his 36th hit and his sixth Top 10 in his last seven releases with "Boogie On Reggae Woman".
The group Jethro Tull was up to #2...
1974: Elton John's Greatest Hits was the #1 album for the fifth week with War Child from Jethro Tull #2 and Neil Diamond's Serenade #3. Harry Chapin moved to #4 with Verities & Balderdash while John Denver edged up with Back Home Again. The rest of the Top 10: Fire from the Ohio Players, the Rolling Stones fell hard with It's Only Rock 'N Roll, Loggins & Messina were at #8 with Mother Lode, Helen Reddy's Free and Easy stopped off at #9 and Ringo Starr entered the Top 10 with Goodnight Vienna.
1979: At the third of Paul McCartney's concerts in London to benefit the country of Kampuchea, the Who and the Pretenders joined him.
1983: Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys drowned while diving near his boat in the harbor of Marina del Ray, California.
"Minutes to Memories", one of the best songs you've never heard (unless you've been a regular visitor on this blog!
1985: The "Miami Vice" Soundtrack moved back up to #1 on the Album chart, taking over from the self-titled Heart. John Cougar Mellencamp remained in the #3 spot with his great album Scarecrow while Barbra Streisand was up to #4 with The Broadway Album. Knee Deep in the Hoopla from Starship and Songs from the Big Chair by newcomers Tears for Fears each entered the Top 10.
1985: Lionel Richie remained at the top of the Adult Contemporary chart for a fourth week with "Say You, Say Me". Incredibly, Richie had hit #1 with four straight songs and nine out of 10 since he left the Commodores. More impressively, Lionel had accumulated 20 weeks at #1 on the Adult chart in his last four releases and 41 weeks in a five-year period.
1988: Nirvana performed at the Hollywood Underground in Seattle, Washington.
1991: The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam and Nirvana combined for a show at Pat O'Brien Pavilion in Del Mar, California.
1992: Paul Simon and Edie Brickell celebrated the birth of Adrian Edward Simon.
1993: Shania Twain married her producer, Robert "Mutt" Lange.
1993: The Spice Girls achieved their third #1 song in the U.K. with "2 Become 1".
In most other times, R. Kelly would have a #1 song...
1996: Toni Braxton dominated the competition with a fourth week at #1 with "Un-Break My Heart". R. Kelly was second with "I Believe I Can Fly" while En Vogue closed to #3 with "Don't Let Go (Love)".
2004: Bono of U2 was the guest editor on BBC Radio 4's news program Today.
2005: Mary J. Blige debuted at #1 on the Album chart with The Breakthrough.
Born This Day--Birthdays of Rock Era Personalities:
1914: Roebuck "Pops" Staples, songwriter, guitarist and singer with the Staples Singers ("Respect Yourself"), was born in Winona, Mississippi; died December 19, 2000 after suffering a concussion from a fall in his home in Chicago, Illinois.
1921: Johnny Otis ("Willie And The Hand Jive" from 1958), composer, arranger, singer, drummer and percussionist, talent scout and producer, was born in Vallejo, California; died of natural causes at the age of 90 in Los Angeles.
1932: Dorsey Burnette, brother of Johnny and father of Billy Burnette, and who wrote songs for Jerry Lee Lewis, Rick Nelson and others, was born in Memphis, Tennessee; died August 19, 1979 of a massive coronary in Canoga Park, California.
1938: Charles Neville of Joey Dee & the Starlighters and the Neville Brothers, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana.
1938: Gene Thomas (real name Gene Thomasson) of Gene & Debbe ("Playboy") was born in Palestine, Texas; died August 26, 2012 of lung cancer in Fredericksburg, Texas.
1946: Edgar Winter, famous multi-instrumentalist and leader of the Edgar Winter Group, and young brother of Johnny, was born in Beaumont, Texas.
1947: Dick Diamonde (real name Dingeman Ariaan Henry van der Sluijs), bass guitarist of the Easybeats ("Friday On My Mind") was born in Hilversum, the Netherlands.
1950: Alex Chilton, lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of the Box Tops and later a producer, was born in Memphis, Tennessee; died of a heart attack March 17, 2010.
1954: David Jaymes, bassist of Modern Romance, was born in Woodford, Essex, England. (Note: some websites say that the Modern Romance musician was David Jaynes--that is false. David Jaynes was a quarterback in football; David Jaymes was the bassist in Modern Romance. Some websites show his birthday as November 28--reputable sites report that his date of birth was December 28, and in the book 'The Great Indie Discovery' by Martin Charles Strong, Strong confirms that James was born on December 28.)
1978: John Legend (real name John Stephens), solo artist and session vocalist and musician, was born in Springfield Ohio.
1963: "Dominique" was #1 for a fourth week overall. Bobby Vinton provided the closest competition with "There! I've Said It Again".
1963: The Soundtrack to "West Side Story" re-entered the Top 10 in its 114th week of release.
1968: In essentially what was a precursor to Woodstock, Three Dog Night, Joni Mitchell, the Turtles, Fleetwood Mac, Marvin Gaye, the Grass Roots, Chuck Berry, Steppenwolf, the Box Tops, Canned Heat, Jr. Walker and the Allstars, Procol Harum, Iron Butterfly, the McCoys, the Grateful Dead, Blues Image, Procol Harum, Jose Feliciano, Richie Havens, Country Joe and the Fish, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and others performed at the Miami Pop Festival at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale, Florida.
1968: The Rolling Stones debuted at #3 in the U.K. with their album Beggar's Banquet.
1968: Marvin Gaye ruled the R&B chart for a third week with "I Heard It Through The Grapevine".
1968: Glen Campbell scored a third week at #1 on the Adult chart with "Wichita Lineman".
1968: The Beatles reached #1 with The White Album after just three weeks. Wichita Lineman from Glen Campbell was second with Cheap Thrills from Big Brother & the Holding Company in third.
1968: Marvin Gaye had the biggest hit of his career with "I Heard It Through The Grapevine", #1 for a third week. The Temptations climbed into the Top 10 with "Cloud Nine".
1969: Detroit, Michigan declared it "Temptations Day".
1974: Stevie Wonder registered his 11th #1 song on the R&B chart, and fifth out of his last seven releases, with "Boogie On Reggae Woman".
1974: Barry Manilow rose to #1 on the Adult chart with his first single, "Mandy".
1974: Helen Reddy owned the new #1 with "Angie Baby". Elton John moved to challenge with his remake of the Beatles' song "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds". Barry White was up to 3 with "You're The First, The Last, My Everything", Carl Douglas surrendered to #4 with "Kung Fu Fighting" and the previous #1 "Cat's In The Cradle" from Harry Chapin was fifth. The rest of an excellent Top 10: Paul McCartney & Wings with their double-sided "Junior's Farm"/"Sally G", the Three Degrees with "When Will I See You Again", Neil Sedaka was back with his first Top 10 in 12 years--"Laughter In The Rain", Ringo Starr bounced up from 14 with "Only You" and Stevie Wonder collected his 36th hit and his sixth Top 10 in his last seven releases with "Boogie On Reggae Woman".
The group Jethro Tull was up to #2...
1974: Elton John's Greatest Hits was the #1 album for the fifth week with War Child from Jethro Tull #2 and Neil Diamond's Serenade #3. Harry Chapin moved to #4 with Verities & Balderdash while John Denver edged up with Back Home Again. The rest of the Top 10: Fire from the Ohio Players, the Rolling Stones fell hard with It's Only Rock 'N Roll, Loggins & Messina were at #8 with Mother Lode, Helen Reddy's Free and Easy stopped off at #9 and Ringo Starr entered the Top 10 with Goodnight Vienna.
1979: At the third of Paul McCartney's concerts in London to benefit the country of Kampuchea, the Who and the Pretenders joined him.
"Minutes to Memories", one of the best songs you've never heard (unless you've been a regular visitor on this blog!
1985: The "Miami Vice" Soundtrack moved back up to #1 on the Album chart, taking over from the self-titled Heart. John Cougar Mellencamp remained in the #3 spot with his great album Scarecrow while Barbra Streisand was up to #4 with The Broadway Album. Knee Deep in the Hoopla from Starship and Songs from the Big Chair by newcomers Tears for Fears each entered the Top 10.
1985: Lionel Richie remained at the top of the Adult Contemporary chart for a fourth week with "Say You, Say Me". Incredibly, Richie had hit #1 with four straight songs and nine out of 10 since he left the Commodores. More impressively, Lionel had accumulated 20 weeks at #1 on the Adult chart in his last four releases and 41 weeks in a five-year period.
1988: Nirvana performed at the Hollywood Underground in Seattle, Washington.
1991: The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam and Nirvana combined for a show at Pat O'Brien Pavilion in Del Mar, California.
1992: Paul Simon and Edie Brickell celebrated the birth of Adrian Edward Simon.
1993: Shania Twain married her producer, Robert "Mutt" Lange.
1993: The Spice Girls achieved their third #1 song in the U.K. with "2 Become 1".
In most other times, R. Kelly would have a #1 song...
1996: Toni Braxton dominated the competition with a fourth week at #1 with "Un-Break My Heart". R. Kelly was second with "I Believe I Can Fly" while En Vogue closed to #3 with "Don't Let Go (Love)".
2004: Bono of U2 was the guest editor on BBC Radio 4's news program Today.
Born This Day--Birthdays of Rock Era Personalities:
1914: Roebuck "Pops" Staples, songwriter, guitarist and singer with the Staples Singers ("Respect Yourself"), was born in Winona, Mississippi; died December 19, 2000 after suffering a concussion from a fall in his home in Chicago, Illinois.
1921: Johnny Otis ("Willie And The Hand Jive" from 1958), composer, arranger, singer, drummer and percussionist, talent scout and producer, was born in Vallejo, California; died of natural causes at the age of 90 in Los Angeles.
1932: Dorsey Burnette, brother of Johnny and father of Billy Burnette, and who wrote songs for Jerry Lee Lewis, Rick Nelson and others, was born in Memphis, Tennessee; died August 19, 1979 of a massive coronary in Canoga Park, California.
1938: Charles Neville of Joey Dee & the Starlighters and the Neville Brothers, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana.
1938: Gene Thomas (real name Gene Thomasson) of Gene & Debbe ("Playboy") was born in Palestine, Texas; died August 26, 2012 of lung cancer in Fredericksburg, Texas.
1946: Edgar Winter, famous multi-instrumentalist and leader of the Edgar Winter Group, and young brother of Johnny, was born in Beaumont, Texas.
1947: Dick Diamonde (real name Dingeman Ariaan Henry van der Sluijs), bass guitarist of the Easybeats ("Friday On My Mind") was born in Hilversum, the Netherlands.
1954: David Jaymes, bassist of Modern Romance, was born in Woodford, Essex, England. (Note: some websites say that the Modern Romance musician was David Jaynes--that is false. David Jaynes was a quarterback in football; David Jaymes was the bassist in Modern Romance. Some websites show his birthday as November 28--reputable sites report that his date of birth was December 28, and in the book 'The Great Indie Discovery' by Martin Charles Strong, Strong confirms that James was born on December 28.)
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