1956: The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show began on NBC-TV.
1961: Bob Dylan performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City before an audience of 50 people.
1962: The Tornadoes blew into the #1 spot in the U.K. with "Telstar".
1963: Eric Clapton replaced Anthony Topham in the Yardirds at the Crawdaddy Club in Richmond, England. 1963: The Beatles appeared on the British television show Ready! Steady! Go!
1966: The New Vaudeville Band released the single "Winchester Cathedral".
1966: The Byrds performed at the Village Gate in New York City.
1968: Paul McCartney began recording "Martha My Dear" for the White Album (he finished the next day) at Trident Studios in London.
1968: Cream began a farewell tour at Oakland Coliseum in California.
1969: The Beatles had the top U.K. album with Abbey Road.
1969: The 5th Dimension gravitated from 67 to 35 with "Wedding Bell Blues".
Nilsson made a big move with "Everbody's Talkin'"...
1969: It was a sweet time in the Rock Era as the Archies remained at #1 for a third week with "Sugar, Sugar". Oliver moved from 7-2 with "Jean" and Bobby Sherman did his best with "Little Woman". Three Dog Night was ranked much higher in most markets with "Easy To Be Hard". The rest of the Top 10: The Temptations with "I Can't Get Next To You", the Rolling Stones with their former #1 "Honky Tonk Women", "Green River" from CCR, Nisson was up big (17-8) with "Everybody's Talkin'", Sly & the Family Stone were at #9 with "Hot Fun in the Summertime" and the Dells remained at 10 with "Oh, What A Night".
1970: Janis Joplin was found dead from heroin at the age of 27 at the Landmark Motor Hotel in Hollywood, California.
1971: Pink Floyd played the first of four nights at the Roman Amphitheater in Pompeii, Italy. The film Live at Pompeii was later released documenting the shows.
1973: David Crosby and Graham Nash joined Stephen Stills onstage at Winterland in San Francisco and soon Neil Young joined them, marking the first CSNY appearance together in two years.
1973: The 500th edition of Top of the Pops aired on BBC-TV with The Osmonds, Gary Glitter and Slade.
1975: The Captain & Tennille followed up their #1 "Love Will Keep Us Together" with "The Way I Want To Touch You", which moved from 80 to 33 on this date.
Sweet with their biggest career hit...
1975: "Fame" hit #1 for David Bowie but the #3 song--"Rhinestone Cowboy" by Glen Campbell was actually the top song in most markets. John Denver fell with "I'm Sorry" and David Geddes had #4--"Run, Joey, Run". The rest of the Top 10: Dickie Goodman crashed the Top 10 with "Mr. Jaws", Neil Sedaka and Elton John moved from 25-6 with "Bad Blood", Sweet's great song "Ballroom Blitz" was 7, Orleans reached the Top 10 with "Dance With Me", Helen Reddy was at position #9 with "Ain't No Way To Treat A Lady" and Austin Roberts shot into the Top 10 (24-10) with "Rocky".
1976: Burton Cummings, lead singer of the top Canadian band in history, Guess Who, released his first solo single--"Stand Tall".
1980: Carly Simon collapsed on stage at Stanley Theater in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from nervous exhaustion, forcing the cancellation of the rest of her tour.
1980: Mick Fleetwood, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac presented the USC Trojan Marching Band with a platinum record for their part in the Tusk album (the band was featured on the title song.
1980: Queen reached the pinnacle for the second time in their career with "Another One Bites The Dust. Air Supply was #2 in its 17th week with "All Out Of Love" and the former #1 ("Upside Down") from Diana Ross was third. George Benson and "Give Me The Night" was followed by country crossover Eddie Rabbitt and "Drivin' My Life Away". The rest of the Top 10: "Late In The Evening" from Paul Simon, Barbra Streisand had her 30th career hit with "Woman In Love", which rose from 12 to 7, "I'm Alright" by Kenny Loggins from the funny movie Caddyshack, Johnny Lee's "Lookin' For Love" at #9 and Olivia Newton-John and ELO joined forces for the #10 song--"Xanadu".
1982: The group Squeeze ("Tempted") broke up. They would get back together three years later.
1986: Van Halen announced that Gary Cherone, formerly of Extreme, would take over as lead singer for Sammy Hagar.
1986: Paul Simon owned the #1 U.K. album with Graceland.
Genesis scored their third Top 10 song...
1986: Huey Lewis & the News told all about being "Stuck With You", #1 for a third week. Genesis had the top new entry in the Top 10 with "Throwing It All Away".
1988: Kenny G released his monumental album Silhouette.
1991: J. Frank Wilson ("Last Kiss") died of a heart attack at the age of 49.
1994: The Eagles reunion tour was halted temporarily as Glen Frey had to have emergency stomach surgery.
1997: Farm Aid in Tinley, Illinois raised over $1 million for farmers in the United States.
1998: Julian Lennon performed at the International Association Against Drugs in San Patrignano, Italy.
1999: A good day as Sting, Tony Bennett and Wyclef Jean performed at the reopening of the famous Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
2003: Bob Dylan joined Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band for "Highway 61 Revisited" during the final stop on Springsteen's tour at Shea Stadium in New York City.
2005: Michael Gibbins, drummer with Badfinger, died in his sleep of a brain aneurysm at his home in Oviedo, Florida at the age of 56.
2006: Barbra Streisand began a rare concert tour in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2007: Isaac Hanson from the group Hanson had surgery to remove a blood clot from his lungs in Dallas, Texas after being diagnosed with a potentially fatal condition (Venous Thoracic Outlet Syndrome). (Note: several sources report that the surgery was October 5. They got this information from newspapers, which, as you know, are printed the day after news happens. The surgery was October 4, and Isaac was released on October 5.)
Born This Day:
1922: Leroy Van Dyke ("Walk On By" from 1961) was born in Mora, Missouri.
1942: Marshall Jones, founding member and bassist of the Ohio Players, was born in Dayton, Ohio. (Note: some sources state his birthplace as Natchitoches, Louisiana, but the book 'Disco, Punk, New Wave, Heavy Metal, and More: Music in the 1970s and 1980s', by Britannica Educational Publishing, shows it as Dayton.)
1944: Marlena Davis of Orlons ("The Wah Watusi"); died February 27, 1993 of lung cancer.
1947: Jim Fielder, bassist for Blood, Sweat & Tears, Buffalo Springfield and the Mothers of Invention, was born in Denton, Texas.
1957: Barbara Kooyman (also known by her stage name of Barbara K. and by Barbara K. MacDonald) of Timbuk 3 ("The Future's So Bright I Gotta' Wear Shades" from 1987) was born in Wausau, Wisconsin.
1959: Chris Lowe, keyboardist of the Pet Shop Boys, was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, England.
1961: Jon Secada was born in Havana, Cuba.
1962: The Tornadoes blew into the #1 spot in the U.K. with "Telstar".
1963: Eric Clapton replaced Anthony Topham in the Yardirds at the Crawdaddy Club in Richmond, England. 1963: The Beatles appeared on the British television show Ready! Steady! Go!
1966: The New Vaudeville Band released the single "Winchester Cathedral".
1966: The Byrds performed at the Village Gate in New York City.
1968: Paul McCartney began recording "Martha My Dear" for the White Album (he finished the next day) at Trident Studios in London.
1968: Cream began a farewell tour at Oakland Coliseum in California.
1969: The Beatles had the top U.K. album with Abbey Road.
1969: The 5th Dimension gravitated from 67 to 35 with "Wedding Bell Blues".
Nilsson made a big move with "Everbody's Talkin'"...
1969: It was a sweet time in the Rock Era as the Archies remained at #1 for a third week with "Sugar, Sugar". Oliver moved from 7-2 with "Jean" and Bobby Sherman did his best with "Little Woman". Three Dog Night was ranked much higher in most markets with "Easy To Be Hard". The rest of the Top 10: The Temptations with "I Can't Get Next To You", the Rolling Stones with their former #1 "Honky Tonk Women", "Green River" from CCR, Nisson was up big (17-8) with "Everybody's Talkin'", Sly & the Family Stone were at #9 with "Hot Fun in the Summertime" and the Dells remained at 10 with "Oh, What A Night".
1970: Janis Joplin was found dead from heroin at the age of 27 at the Landmark Motor Hotel in Hollywood, California.
1971: Pink Floyd played the first of four nights at the Roman Amphitheater in Pompeii, Italy. The film Live at Pompeii was later released documenting the shows.
1973: David Crosby and Graham Nash joined Stephen Stills onstage at Winterland in San Francisco and soon Neil Young joined them, marking the first CSNY appearance together in two years.
1973: The 500th edition of Top of the Pops aired on BBC-TV with The Osmonds, Gary Glitter and Slade.
1975: Pink Floyd had the #1 album in the U.K. with Wish You Were Here.
1975: Helen Reddy was awarded her seventh #1 song on the Easy Listening chart with "Ain't No Way To Treat A Lady".1975: The Captain & Tennille followed up their #1 "Love Will Keep Us Together" with "The Way I Want To Touch You", which moved from 80 to 33 on this date.
Sweet with their biggest career hit...
1975: "Fame" hit #1 for David Bowie but the #3 song--"Rhinestone Cowboy" by Glen Campbell was actually the top song in most markets. John Denver fell with "I'm Sorry" and David Geddes had #4--"Run, Joey, Run". The rest of the Top 10: Dickie Goodman crashed the Top 10 with "Mr. Jaws", Neil Sedaka and Elton John moved from 25-6 with "Bad Blood", Sweet's great song "Ballroom Blitz" was 7, Orleans reached the Top 10 with "Dance With Me", Helen Reddy was at position #9 with "Ain't No Way To Treat A Lady" and Austin Roberts shot into the Top 10 (24-10) with "Rocky".
1976: Burton Cummings, lead singer of the top Canadian band in history, Guess Who, released his first solo single--"Stand Tall".
1980: Carly Simon collapsed on stage at Stanley Theater in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from nervous exhaustion, forcing the cancellation of the rest of her tour.
1980: Mick Fleetwood, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac presented the USC Trojan Marching Band with a platinum record for their part in the Tusk album (the band was featured on the title song.
1980: Queen reached the pinnacle for the second time in their career with "Another One Bites The Dust. Air Supply was #2 in its 17th week with "All Out Of Love" and the former #1 ("Upside Down") from Diana Ross was third. George Benson and "Give Me The Night" was followed by country crossover Eddie Rabbitt and "Drivin' My Life Away". The rest of the Top 10: "Late In The Evening" from Paul Simon, Barbra Streisand had her 30th career hit with "Woman In Love", which rose from 12 to 7, "I'm Alright" by Kenny Loggins from the funny movie Caddyshack, Johnny Lee's "Lookin' For Love" at #9 and Olivia Newton-John and ELO joined forces for the #10 song--"Xanadu".
1982: The group Squeeze ("Tempted") broke up. They would get back together three years later.
1986: Van Halen announced that Gary Cherone, formerly of Extreme, would take over as lead singer for Sammy Hagar.
1986: Paul Simon owned the #1 U.K. album with Graceland.
Genesis scored their third Top 10 song...
1986: Huey Lewis & the News told all about being "Stuck With You", #1 for a third week. Genesis had the top new entry in the Top 10 with "Throwing It All Away".
1988: Kenny G released his monumental album Silhouette.
1991: J. Frank Wilson ("Last Kiss") died of a heart attack at the age of 49.
1994: The Eagles reunion tour was halted temporarily as Glen Frey had to have emergency stomach surgery.
1997: Farm Aid in Tinley, Illinois raised over $1 million for farmers in the United States.
1998: Julian Lennon performed at the International Association Against Drugs in San Patrignano, Italy.
1999: A good day as Sting, Tony Bennett and Wyclef Jean performed at the reopening of the famous Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
2003: Bob Dylan joined Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band for "Highway 61 Revisited" during the final stop on Springsteen's tour at Shea Stadium in New York City.
2005: Michael Gibbins, drummer with Badfinger, died in his sleep of a brain aneurysm at his home in Oviedo, Florida at the age of 56.
2006: Barbra Streisand began a rare concert tour in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2007: Isaac Hanson from the group Hanson had surgery to remove a blood clot from his lungs in Dallas, Texas after being diagnosed with a potentially fatal condition (Venous Thoracic Outlet Syndrome). (Note: several sources report that the surgery was October 5. They got this information from newspapers, which, as you know, are printed the day after news happens. The surgery was October 4, and Isaac was released on October 5.)
2007: The Rolling Stones set a new Rock Era record with their A Bigger Bang tour for the top grossing tour of all-time. The tour from late 2005 to August of 2007 earned $437 million, eclipsing the mark previously set by U2, which earned $389 million.
Born This Day:
1922: Leroy Van Dyke ("Walk On By" from 1961) was born in Mora, Missouri.
1942: Marshall Jones, founding member and bassist of the Ohio Players, was born in Dayton, Ohio. (Note: some sources state his birthplace as Natchitoches, Louisiana, but the book 'Disco, Punk, New Wave, Heavy Metal, and More: Music in the 1970s and 1980s', by Britannica Educational Publishing, shows it as Dayton.)
1944: Marlena Davis of Orlons ("The Wah Watusi"); died February 27, 1993 of lung cancer.
1947: Jim Fielder, bassist for Blood, Sweat & Tears, Buffalo Springfield and the Mothers of Invention, was born in Denton, Texas.
1957: Barbara Kooyman (also known by her stage name of Barbara K. and by Barbara K. MacDonald) of Timbuk 3 ("The Future's So Bright I Gotta' Wear Shades" from 1987) was born in Wausau, Wisconsin.
1959: Chris Lowe, keyboardist of the Pet Shop Boys, was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, England.
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