1959: Bobby Darin topped all others on the U.K. Singles chart with "Dream Lover".
1962: The Drifters recorded the song "Up On The Roof".
1965: Herman's Hermits released the single "I'm Henry VIII, I Am".
1966: Small Faces were in concert at the Marquee Club in London.
1968: Aretha Franklin was on the cover of Time magazine.
1969: Crosby, Stills & Nash did not release their great self-titled debut album on this date as some web sites report who aren't familiar with how the music business works. Thankfully, you follow this blog and learned the album was actually released May 29.
1969: Neil Diamond didn't release "Sweet Caroline" on this date either (a Saturday) as some web sites report. That actually happened on Monday, June 23, 1969 (as Inside the Rock Era told you about), since Billboard magazine goes to print each Wednesday. That's kind of like the other web sites showing up at a party five days too late!
1969: What "Sweet Caroline" did do on this date was debut on the chart (quite different from being released today). It was the highest debut at #59.
1969: A great show was lined up at the Bath Festival of Blues in England--Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, John Mayall, Chicken Shack, Savoy Brown, Nice, Ten Years After--They were all there.
1969: Zager & Evans had one of the hottest songs on the chart on this date as "In The Year 2525" moved from 72 to 35.
1969: The Who's album Tommy reached the Top 10 on this date, four weeks after its release.
CCR had the #2 song...
1969: It was an excellent Top 10 as Henry Mancini moved to #1 with "Love Theme From 'Romeo & Juliet'". CCR challenged with "Bad Moon Rising" while the former #1 "Get Back" from the Beatles fell to 3. Marvin Gaye was "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" and Three Dog Night's classic "One" was at #5. The rest of the Top 10: Blood, Sweat & Tears reached #6 with their second hit "Spinning Wheel" while Elvis Presley was at #7 with his 109th hit "In The Ghetto", Oliver remained at 8 with "Good Morning Starshine", Desmond Dekker & the Aces moved into the Top 10 with "Israelites" and the Friends of Distinction had a great song at #10--"Grazing In The Grass".
1970: Led Zeppelin, the Moody Blues, Santana, the Byrds, Jefferson Airiplane, Dr. John, Country Joe, Hot Tuna and Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention performed at the Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music in Bath, England.
1971: Rod Stewart released the single "Maggie May".
1973: Herman's Hermits, the Searchers, Gerry & the Pacemakers and Wayne Fontana appeared in concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
1973: Helen Reddy's summer television series premiered on NBC.
"You're So Static" ...
1974: Elton John released the great album Caribou.
1975: Roger Waters, annoyed that the fans were screaming during a Pink Floyd song, spat on the audience. Guess he thinks Pink Floyd is "better" than their fans, and above everyone else.
1975: Venus & Mars by Wings was the #1 album in the U.K.
1977: Elton John became the Chairman of the Watford Football Club in England.
1978: The Clash were at Friars in Aylesbury, England.
1978: UNICEF named members of the group Kansas as Deputy Ambassadors of Goodwill.
1980: Roxy Music's Flesh and Blood was the top album in the U.K.
1980: The #1 R&B song was "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" by the S.O.S. Band.
1980: Pure Prairie League had a pure song at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with "Let Me Love You Tonight".
All those years paying dues were paying off for Seger...
1980: Paul McCartney & Wings wrestled the top spot away from Lipps, Inc. as "Coming Up" beat out "Funkytown". Bette Midler climbed to #3 with "The Rose" and Billy Joel moved up with "It's Still Rock And Roll To Me". The competition was fierce so Bob Seger had to remain at 5 with "Against The Wind". The rest of the Top 10: "Little Jeannie" from Elton John, Robbie Dupree's "Steal Away" at #7, Ambrosia fell to #8 with their great song "Biggest Part Of Me", the Spinners entered the Top 10 with their medley of "Cupid" and "I've Loved You For A Long Time" and Michael Jackson didn't budge from #10 with "She's Out Of My Life".
1986: Wham! appeared in concert for the final time at Wembley Stadium in London.
1986: Wham! reached #1 in the U.K. with "The Edge Of Heaven".
1986: Madonna debuted with her single "Papa Don't Preach" at #42.
1986: Billy Ocean took over at #1 on the R&B chart with "There'll Be Sad Songs".
1986: Howard Jones reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with "No One Is To Blame".
Billy Ocean had arrived...
1986: Another great Top 10 on this date as Michael McDonald and Patti LaBelle were #1 for the third week with "On My Own". Billy Ocean's "There'll Be Sad Songs" remained at 2 and the Jets came in third with "Crush On You". Simply Red's great song "Holding Back The Years" moved from 8 to 4, leapfrogging Howard Jones, who nonetheless moved up with "No One Is To Blame". The rest of the Top 10: El DeBarge with "Who's Johnny", George Michael's "A Different Corner" stuck at 7, Genesis roared from 17 to 8 with "Invisible Touch", "Nasty" by Janet Jackson entered the Top 10 as did Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer".
1988: Stryper reeased the album In God We Trust.
1990: Paul McCartney performed the John Lennon songs "Strawberry Fields Forever", "Help!" and "Give Peace A Chance" for the first time in public at a concert at King's Dock in Liverpool, England.
1991: Paul McCartney debuted his "Liverpool Oratorio" at the Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool.
1993: Wilson Pickett pleaded guilty to drunk driving.
1994: David Lee Roth began a solo tour in Los Angeles.
1996: Burt Bacharach was at the Royal Albert Hall in London. He was joined onstage by Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher for the song "This Guy's In Love With You".
1996: Def Leppard was in concert at the Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.
1997: Radiohead, the Chemical Brothers and Neneh Cherry performed on day two of the Glastonbury Festival in England.
1997: LeeAnn Rimes moved from 89 to 49 with "How Do I Live".
1997: The Backstreet Boys debuted at #24 with their single "Quit Playing Games With My Heart".
2003: In this edition of "Inmates Run Rap Music", we see that DMX was arrested yet again, this time at a concert on the island of St. Kitts for obscenity charges.
2003: Metallica performed at the Rock Werchter Festival in Belgium. (Note: some websites claim Metallica performed at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark on this date. The group performed June 26 at the Roskilde Festival and on June 28 in Werchter, Belgium, according to the group's official website.)
2005: Kanye West won Best Male Hip-Hop Artist and Video of the Year for "Jesus Walks" at the BET Awards. Neither Taylor Swift nor Beck stormed the stage in protest.
2005: Deryck Whibley of Sum 41 and Avril Lavigne announced their engagement.
2007: Jimmie Rodgers had successful brain surgery in Hot Springs, Arkansas to remove the steel plate that had been inserted 40 years previous. Doctors reported that his skull had completely regenerated.
2008: Jay-Z, Crowded House, Amy Winehouse, James Blunt and the Raconteurs performed on the second day of the Glastonbury Festival in England.
2009: Three days following his death, the Michael Jackson album Number Ones topped the U.K. Album chart.
Born This Day:
1936: Cathy Carr ("Ivory Tower") was born in the Bronx, New York; died November 22, 1988 in Fayetteville, New York.
1945: David Knights of Procol Harum was born in Islington, London, England.
1963: Andy Cousin, bass guitarist for All About Eve, was born in Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. (Note: some websites naively say Cousin was born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire and some simply list the county as Yorkshire. Huddersfield was located in the county called West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974, when the Local Government Act of 1972 took effect and its county became West Yorkshire. Cousin was born 11 years before, and you will never see West Yorkshire listed as his County of Birth on his official birth certificate.)
1963: Charles Clouser, one-time keyboardist and drummer with Nine Inch Nails who has also worked with the Deftones, was born in Hanover, New Hampshire.
1962: The Drifters recorded the song "Up On The Roof".
1965: Herman's Hermits released the single "I'm Henry VIII, I Am".
1966: Small Faces were in concert at the Marquee Club in London.
1968: Aretha Franklin was on the cover of Time magazine.
1969: Crosby, Stills & Nash did not release their great self-titled debut album on this date as some web sites report who aren't familiar with how the music business works. Thankfully, you follow this blog and learned the album was actually released May 29.
1969: Neil Diamond didn't release "Sweet Caroline" on this date either (a Saturday) as some web sites report. That actually happened on Monday, June 23, 1969 (as Inside the Rock Era told you about), since Billboard magazine goes to print each Wednesday. That's kind of like the other web sites showing up at a party five days too late!
1969: What "Sweet Caroline" did do on this date was debut on the chart (quite different from being released today). It was the highest debut at #59.
1969: A great show was lined up at the Bath Festival of Blues in England--Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, John Mayall, Chicken Shack, Savoy Brown, Nice, Ten Years After--They were all there.
1969: Zager & Evans had one of the hottest songs on the chart on this date as "In The Year 2525" moved from 72 to 35.
1969: The Who's album Tommy reached the Top 10 on this date, four weeks after its release.
CCR had the #2 song...
1969: It was an excellent Top 10 as Henry Mancini moved to #1 with "Love Theme From 'Romeo & Juliet'". CCR challenged with "Bad Moon Rising" while the former #1 "Get Back" from the Beatles fell to 3. Marvin Gaye was "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" and Three Dog Night's classic "One" was at #5. The rest of the Top 10: Blood, Sweat & Tears reached #6 with their second hit "Spinning Wheel" while Elvis Presley was at #7 with his 109th hit "In The Ghetto", Oliver remained at 8 with "Good Morning Starshine", Desmond Dekker & the Aces moved into the Top 10 with "Israelites" and the Friends of Distinction had a great song at #10--"Grazing In The Grass".
1970: Led Zeppelin, the Moody Blues, Santana, the Byrds, Jefferson Airiplane, Dr. John, Country Joe, Hot Tuna and Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention performed at the Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music in Bath, England.
1971: Rod Stewart released the single "Maggie May".
1973: Herman's Hermits, the Searchers, Gerry & the Pacemakers and Wayne Fontana appeared in concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
1973: Helen Reddy's summer television series premiered on NBC.
"You're So Static" ...
1974: Elton John released the great album Caribou.
1975: Roger Waters, annoyed that the fans were screaming during a Pink Floyd song, spat on the audience. Guess he thinks Pink Floyd is "better" than their fans, and above everyone else.
1975: Venus & Mars by Wings was the #1 album in the U.K.
1977: Elton John became the Chairman of the Watford Football Club in England.
1978: The Clash were at Friars in Aylesbury, England.
1978: UNICEF named members of the group Kansas as Deputy Ambassadors of Goodwill.
1980: Roxy Music's Flesh and Blood was the top album in the U.K.
1980: The #1 R&B song was "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" by the S.O.S. Band.
1980: Pure Prairie League had a pure song at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with "Let Me Love You Tonight".
All those years paying dues were paying off for Seger...
1980: Paul McCartney & Wings wrestled the top spot away from Lipps, Inc. as "Coming Up" beat out "Funkytown". Bette Midler climbed to #3 with "The Rose" and Billy Joel moved up with "It's Still Rock And Roll To Me". The competition was fierce so Bob Seger had to remain at 5 with "Against The Wind". The rest of the Top 10: "Little Jeannie" from Elton John, Robbie Dupree's "Steal Away" at #7, Ambrosia fell to #8 with their great song "Biggest Part Of Me", the Spinners entered the Top 10 with their medley of "Cupid" and "I've Loved You For A Long Time" and Michael Jackson didn't budge from #10 with "She's Out Of My Life".
1986: Wham! appeared in concert for the final time at Wembley Stadium in London.
1986: Wham! reached #1 in the U.K. with "The Edge Of Heaven".
1986: Madonna debuted with her single "Papa Don't Preach" at #42.
1986: Billy Ocean took over at #1 on the R&B chart with "There'll Be Sad Songs".
1986: Howard Jones reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with "No One Is To Blame".
Billy Ocean had arrived...
1986: Another great Top 10 on this date as Michael McDonald and Patti LaBelle were #1 for the third week with "On My Own". Billy Ocean's "There'll Be Sad Songs" remained at 2 and the Jets came in third with "Crush On You". Simply Red's great song "Holding Back The Years" moved from 8 to 4, leapfrogging Howard Jones, who nonetheless moved up with "No One Is To Blame". The rest of the Top 10: El DeBarge with "Who's Johnny", George Michael's "A Different Corner" stuck at 7, Genesis roared from 17 to 8 with "Invisible Touch", "Nasty" by Janet Jackson entered the Top 10 as did Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer".
1988: Stryper reeased the album In God We Trust.
1990: Paul McCartney performed the John Lennon songs "Strawberry Fields Forever", "Help!" and "Give Peace A Chance" for the first time in public at a concert at King's Dock in Liverpool, England.
1991: Paul McCartney debuted his "Liverpool Oratorio" at the Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool.
1993: Wilson Pickett pleaded guilty to drunk driving.
1994: David Lee Roth began a solo tour in Los Angeles.
1996: Burt Bacharach was at the Royal Albert Hall in London. He was joined onstage by Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher for the song "This Guy's In Love With You".
1996: Def Leppard was in concert at the Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.
1997: Radiohead, the Chemical Brothers and Neneh Cherry performed on day two of the Glastonbury Festival in England.
1997: LeeAnn Rimes moved from 89 to 49 with "How Do I Live".
1997: The Backstreet Boys debuted at #24 with their single "Quit Playing Games With My Heart".
2003: In this edition of "Inmates Run Rap Music", we see that DMX was arrested yet again, this time at a concert on the island of St. Kitts for obscenity charges.
2003: Metallica performed at the Rock Werchter Festival in Belgium. (Note: some websites claim Metallica performed at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark on this date. The group performed June 26 at the Roskilde Festival and on June 28 in Werchter, Belgium, according to the group's official website.)
2005: Kanye West won Best Male Hip-Hop Artist and Video of the Year for "Jesus Walks" at the BET Awards. Neither Taylor Swift nor Beck stormed the stage in protest.
2005: Deryck Whibley of Sum 41 and Avril Lavigne announced their engagement.
2007: Jimmie Rodgers had successful brain surgery in Hot Springs, Arkansas to remove the steel plate that had been inserted 40 years previous. Doctors reported that his skull had completely regenerated.
2008: Jay-Z, Crowded House, Amy Winehouse, James Blunt and the Raconteurs performed on the second day of the Glastonbury Festival in England.
2009: Three days following his death, the Michael Jackson album Number Ones topped the U.K. Album chart.
Born This Day:
1936: Cathy Carr ("Ivory Tower") was born in the Bronx, New York; died November 22, 1988 in Fayetteville, New York.
1945: David Knights of Procol Harum was born in Islington, London, England.
1963: Andy Cousin, bass guitarist for All About Eve, was born in Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. (Note: some websites naively say Cousin was born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire and some simply list the county as Yorkshire. Huddersfield was located in the county called West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974, when the Local Government Act of 1972 took effect and its county became West Yorkshire. Cousin was born 11 years before, and you will never see West Yorkshire listed as his County of Birth on his official birth certificate.)
1963: Charles Clouser, one-time keyboardist and drummer with Nine Inch Nails who has also worked with the Deftones, was born in Hanover, New Hampshire.
