1964: A new British group first appeared on the charts on this date. Manfred Mann, which had released the single "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" on August 31, first appeared on the chart with that release.
1964: After just five weeks, the Animals concluded a frantic race up the charts with "The House Of The Rising Sun" as the song hit #1. The Supremes slipped with "Where Did Our Love Go". 1964: The Rolling Stones began a tour of the U.K. at the Astoria Theatre in Finsbury Park in London.
1965: The Rolling Stones began recording "Get Off My Cloud" at RCA Studios in Los Angeles. 1966: John Lennon flew to Hannover, Germany to begin filming the movie How I Won the War. 1970: Cosmo's Factory by CCR was the #1 album for the third week. 1970: Stevie Wonder landed a sixth week at #1 on the R&B chart with "Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)".
1970: Three Dog Night moved from #90 to #68 with "Out In The Country". 1971: John Lennon and Yoko Ono offered the films Cold Turkey, The Ballad of John and Yoko, Give Peace a Chance, Instant Karma and Up Your Leg at the London Art Spectrum in Alexandra Palace. 1978: Joe Negroni of Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, died of a cerebral hemorrhage in New York City at the age of 37. 1981: Bruce Springsteen came onstage at Perkins Palace in Pasadena, California to join the Pretenders in singing the Jackie Wilson song "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher". 1981: Bella Donna from Stevie Nicks moved into the #1 position on the Album chart, taking over from Foreigner's 4, which slipped to 2. Journey's great album Escape locked in the #3 spot while Pat Benatar was fourth with Precious Time and Billy Squier landed #5 with Don't Say No. The rest of the Top 10: Rickie Lee Jones with Pirates, Rick Springfield and Working Class Dog, Street Songs from Rick James, the Moody Blues fell to #9 with Long Distance Voyager and REO Speedwagon closed the list with Hi Infidelity in its 39th week of release. 1981: "Endless Love" topped the AC chart by Diana Ross & Lionel Richie.
1981: Rick Springfield moved from #65 to #43 with "I've Done Everything For You". 1981: "Endless Love" by Ross & Richie made it four weeks at #1, holding off "Slow Hand" from the Pointer Sisters. "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" from Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers came in third before the hard-charging "Urgent" from Foreigner. The rest of the Top 10: Ronnie Milsap and "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me", Juice Newton remained the same with "Queen Of Hearts", Journey was up to #7 with "Who's Crying Now", the Commodores with "Lady (You Bring Me Up)", "Jessie's Girl" from Rick Springfield and Joey Scarbury had #10--"Theme From Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not)". 1982: Fleetwood Mac, Jackson Browne, Jimmy Buffett, Hoyt Axton, Jerry Jeff Walker, and the Grateful Dead played to wrap up the highly successful US Festival near San Bernadino, California.
1985: John Mellencamp released his great album Scarecrow. (Note: some websites falsely report the album was released November 4. The album debuted on the charts in the U.S. on September 21, 1985. It is physically impossible for a release to appear on the Album chart if it has not been released as an album.) 1986: Dire Straits won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Video with "Money For Nothing". 1987: Bob Dylan performed at Park Hayarkon in Tel Aviv, Israel.
1987: Dick Clark's American Bandstand was canceled after 30 years on television. 1987: Los Lobos spent a second week at #1 with "La Bamba" but Michael Jackson and Siedah Garrett were moving up with "I Just Can't Stop Loving You". Madonna came in third with "Who's That Girl" and Debbie Gibson was up to #4 with "Only In My Dreams". The rest of the Top 10: Whitney Houston's "Didn't We Almost Have It All", Richard Marx on his way south with "Don't Mean Nothing", Dan Hill with Vonda Sheppard moved "Can't We Try" up to #7, Whitesnake's only Top 10 of their career "Here I Go Again" moved from 15 to 8, the Whispers were "Rock Steady" and Huey Lewis & the News landed their 11th Top 10 hit out of 14 releases with "Doing It All For My Baby".
1988: Boy Meets Girl released the single "Waiting For A Star To Fall".
1992: The Heights released the single "How Do You Talk To An Angel". 1992: John Mellencamp married Elaine Irwin. The two met while John was recording the video "Get a Leg Up".
1992: Boyz II Men were up to three weeks at #1 with "End Of The Road". TLC came in second again for the fourth week with "Baby-Baby-Baby" while Guns N' Roses had the #3 song--"November Rain".
1992: Peter Cetera from Sun Valley, Idaho held down the #1 Adult Contemporary chart with "Restless Heart".
1993: Guitarist Dave Navarro of Jane's Addiction joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
1996: Capitol Records released the eight-disc Laserdisc set The Beatles Anthology, featuring over ten hours of video of the group. 2000: Noel Gallagher, guitarist and songwriter of Oasis, split with wife Meg Matthews. 2000: Tori Amos and husband Mark Hawley celebrated the birth of daughter Natashya "Tash" Lórien Hawley in London.
2002: Bon Jovi, Alicia Keys, Eve, Enrique Iglesias and 'N Sync's Joey Fatone performed at the National Football League concert in Times Square in New York City prior to the opening game between the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers. 2003: The Neil Young-directed film Greendale premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. 2003: We haven't had an episode of Dangerous Inmates Run Rap Music in a few days--this should suffice. Beanie Sigel had his bail revoked after the judge heard testimony that the rapper was threatening witnesses. 2005: Sheryl Crow announced she was engaged to multiple Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong. 2012: Joe South, singer, songwriter and guitarist who did "Games People Play" and "Walk A Mile In My Shoes", died of heart failure in Flowery Branch, Georgia at age 72. South also wrote songs for Elvis Presley, Deep Purple, the Osmonds, Gene Vincent, Lynn Anderson ("Rose Garden") and Billy Joe Royal and worked with Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Tommy Roe and others. (Note: some websites report Joe died in Buford, Georgia. According to the newspaper 'The New York Times', he died in Flowery Branch.)
Born This Day:
1939: John Stewart, who wrote "Daydream Believer" for the Monkees and kept "Gold" for himself, was born in San Diego, California; died January 19, 2008 in San Diego after suffering a massive stroke. 1945: Dean Ford, lead singer of Marmalade ("Reflections Of My Life" from 1969), was born in Coatbridge, Scotland.
1945: Al Stewart was born in Glasgow, Scotland.
1946: Freddie Mercury (real name Farookh Bulsara), lead singer of Queen, was born in Zanzibar, Tanzania; died November 24, 1991 of the AIDS virus. 1946: Loudon Wainwright III ("Dead Skunk" from 1973) was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 1947: Buddy Miles, drummer with Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys, Santana, Electric Flag and yes, the California Raisins, was born in Omaha, Nebraska. 1949: Clem Clempson of Humble Pie was born in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England. 1966: Terry Ellis of En Vogue was born in Houston, Texas. 1968: Brad Wilk, drummer of Rage Against the Machine, was born in Portland, Oregon.
1952: Gladys Knight & the Pips formed following a birthday party for Bubba Knight in Atlanta, Georgia.
1959: "Mack The Knife" by Bobby Darin was banned by a radio station in New York City. 1961: A new girl group appeared on the charts for the first time as the Marvelettes' first single "Please Mr. Postman" debuted. 1961: Elvis Presley had the fastest-rising song as "(Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame" moved from 66 to 32. 1961: Bobby Vee was rocketing up the charts with his hit "Take Good Care Of My Baby", which moved from 23 to 6 on this date.
1961: Bobby Lewis had one of the top R&B songs of the Rock Era with "Tossin' And Turnin", which on this date spent its 10th week at #1. 1962: The Beatles recorded "Love Me Do" and five other songs at EMI Studios in London. (Note: some websites claim the songs were recorded at Abbey Road Studios--the studios were not named Abbey Road until 1968, when the Beatles recorded the album 'Abbey Road'.) 1964: The Animals made their live debut at the Paramount Theater in Brooklyn, New York. 1965: The Rolling Stones performed two shows at the Adelphi Theatre in Belfast, Northern Ireland after performing twice in Dublin the night before. 1965: We Five conquered the #1 position on the Easy Listening chart with "You Were On My Mind".
1965: The McCoys climbed from 49 to 22 with "Hang On Sloopy".
1965: "Help!" became the Beatles' 36th hit and ninth #1 song...in less than two years. Bob Dylan rose from 6 to 2 with "Like A Rolling Stone", jumping "California Girls" by the Beach Boys. The Righteous Brothers were still at 4 with their classic "Unchained Melody" and the Four Tops remained at position #5 with "It's The Same Old Song". The rest of a fantastic Top 10: Sonny & Cher's former #1 "I Got You Babe", We Five jumped into the list with "You Were On My Mind", James Brown was at 8 with "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag", Barry McGuire shot up from 27 to 9 with "Eve Of Destruction" while Mel Carter fell with "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me".
1967: Monday is of course the date for new releases. Imagine you work as a Music Director on this date and come in to listen to this brand new 45--Lulu released the single "To Sir With Love". (Note: one website claims "To Sir With Love" debuted on the charts on September 3. According to 'Billboard' magazine, "To Sir With Love" debuted on September 9, 1967.)
1967: The Human Beinz released the single "Nobody But Me". 1970: The Rolling Stones released the live album Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out on Decca Records.
1972: Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes released the single "If You Don't Know Me By Now".
1971: The new #1 Easy Listening song was "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" from Joan Baez.1971: Tapestry was still the #1 album for a 12th week from Carole King of Stanley, Idaho. She was approaching the record at the time of 18 by the album More of the Monkees. The Moody Blues, meanwhile, made a strong move (8-2) with Every Good Boy Deserves Favour while Paul & Linda McCartney slipped with Ram. Rod Stewart's Every Picture Tells a Story came in fourth. The rest of the Top 10: The Who with Who's Next, James Taylor and Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon, Jethro Tull and Aqualung, the Carpenters and their self-titled release, the Soundtrack to "Jesus Christ Superstar" and Marvin Gaye moved back in the Top 10 with What's Going On.
1971: Paul & Linda McCartney recorded the third-highest jump to #1 of the Rock Era (the other two are by the Beatles), as they rose from #12 to #1 with one of The Top 500 Songs of the Rock Era*--"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey". That ended the Bee Gees' four-week run at the top with "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart". The Undisputed Truth moved up strong with "Smiling Faces Sometimes" and Aretha Franklin's big hit "Spanish Harlem" was at #4. The rest of the Top 10: Donny Osmond's remake of "Go Away Little Girl", Bill Withers moved from 13 to 6 with "Ain't No Sunshine", John Denver's first hit "Take Me Home, Country Roads" was at 7, the Five Man Electrical Band were at 8 after peaking at #3 with "Signs", Three Dog Night were at 9 with their sixth Top 10 hit "Liar" and Rare Earth crashed into the Top 10 with "I Just Want To Celebrate".
1972: Lobo released the single "I'd Love You To Want Me". 1975: The Eagles were in concert at the Waikiki Shell in Honolulu, Hawai'i. 1976: ABBA had the #1 song in the U.K.--"Dancing Queen". 1976: War had the perfect #1 song on the Adult Contemporary chart--"Summer". 1976: The #1 R&B song was "Play That Funky Music" from Wild Cherry.
1976: On the other side of the Atlantic, the Bee Gees moved to #1 with "You Should Be Dancing", holding off Lou Rawls and "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine". Wings could not fly past 3 with "Let 'Em In" while new duo England Dan & John Ford Coley moved up with "I'd Really Love To See You Tonight". The rest of an outstanding Top 10: K.C. and the Sunshine Band with "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty", Wild Cherry at 6--"Play That Funky Music", Walter Murphy moved up with 'A Fifth Of Beethoven", Elton John & Kiki Dee took a tumble from #1 with "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", Boz Scaggs moved from 16 to 9 with "Lowdown" and George Benson had song #10--"This Masquerade". 1976: After 58 weeks, the self-titled Fleetwood Mac LP moved to #1, the fourth-longest time before reaching #1 of the Rock Era.
1978: Al Stewart released the single "Time Passages". 1980: Yes performed the first of three sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden in New York City. 1982: Pat Benatar, the Cars, Santana, the Kinks, Eddie Money and Dave Edmunds played on a spectacular day of music at the US Festival at the Glen Helen Regional Park near San Bernardino, California.
1982: Glenn Frey had one of the hottest songs on this date as his solo release "The One You Love" moved from 75 to 53.
1982: The Steve Miller Band moved to #1 with "Abracadabra", which meant for the first time in seven weeks, "Eye Of The Tiger" by Survivor was not #1. Chicago moved from 5-3 with "Hard To Say I'm Sorry" and at #4--Fleetwood Mac's "Hold Me". Air Supply reached #5 with "Even The Nights Are Better". The rest of the Top 10: Melissa Manchester moved from 11 to 6 with her biggest career hit "You Should Hear How She Talks About You", John Cougar Mellencamp dropped with "Hurts So Good", the Go-Go's remained on "Vacation", Crosby Stills & Nash were at 9 with "Wasted On The Way" and Sir Paul McCartney was in the #10 spot with "Take It Away". 1982: Chicago remained at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with "Hard To Say I'm Sorry". 1986: After getting his license back after a five-year suspension, Gregg Allman celebrated by getting arrested for drunk driving in Florida. 1993: Paula Abdul hosted an AIDS awareness television special called In a New Light '93. 1993: UB40 spent a seventh week at #1 with their remake of the Elvis Presley classic "Can't Help Falling In Love". 1996: Yusaf Islam, formerly Cat Stevens, signed copies of his first album in 18 years. Islam used the occasion to promote the spoken-word album praising Allah--The Life of the Last Prophet. 1996: KISS performed on the MTV Video Music Awards. 1997: Bruce Springsteen joined the Wallflowers onstage to sing "One Headlight" at the MTV Video Music Awards. 1997: After the Foo Fighters performed at the MTV Video Music Awards, guitarist Pat Smear announced that he was quitting the group. 2002: Kelly Clarkson won the first "American Idol" competition. 2003: The Spin Doctors announced that they were getting back together. 2003: Aerosmith, Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige and Good Charlotte performed at the Washington Mall in Washington, D.C. to kick off the National Football League season. 2003: Universal Music Group announced that they were slashing prices of CD's to $12.98. 2003: North Carolina Reverend Paul Scott slammed the Nelly-endorsed energy drink Pimp Juice, saying "As black men we should be building a nation of strong black leaders, not a nation of super energized, drunk pimps." 2003: Terome "T-Bone" Hannon, bassist for Jewel, died of a stroke at age 39 in Royal Oak, Michigan. (Note: some websites claim Hannon died September 11. He died September 4 according to 'MTV'; what happened on September 11 was that Jewel canceled her tour because of the loss of Hannon.) 2012: Lillian Lopez, singer with Odyssey ("Native New Yorker"), died of cancer at age 76.
Born This Day: 1942: Gene Parsons of the Byrds and Flying Burrito Brothers was born in Morongo Valley, California. 1942: Merald "Bubba" Knight of Gladys Knight and the Pips was born in Atlanta, Georgia 1946: Gary Duncan, guitarist of Quicksilver Messenger Service, was born in San Diego, California. 1946: Greg Elmore, drummer of Quicksilver Messenger Service, was born in the Coronado Naval Air Station, California. 1950: Ronald LaPread of the Commodores
1951: Martin Chambers, great drummer of the Pretenders, was born in Hereford, Herefordshire, England.
1960: Kim Thayil, elite guitarist with Soundgarden, was born in Seattle, Washington. 1980: Dan Miller of O-Town was born in Laconia, New Hampshire.
The song salutes women that call their own shots and gives hope to women that are dominated in relationships. The message is that women should be free to explore their own dreams. The best relationships are a 50/50 mix anyway in which both partners have an equal say.
"Independent Women"
by Destiny's Child
Question: Tell me what you think about me I buy my own diamonds and I buy my own rings Only ring your cell-y when I'm feelin lonely When it's all over please get up and leave Question: Tell me how you feel about this Try to control me boy you get dismissed Pay my own fun, oh and I pay my own bills Always 50/50 in relationships
The shoes on my feet I've bought it The clothes I'm wearing I've bought it The rock I'm rockin' I've bought it 'Cause I depend on me If I wanted the watch you're wearin' I'll buy it The house I live in I've bought it The car I'm driving I've bought it I depend on me (I depend on me)
All the women who are independent Throw your hands up at me All the honeys who makin' money Throw your hands up at me All the mommas who profit dollas Throw your hands up at me All the ladies who truly feel me Throw your hands up at me
Girl I didn't know you could get down like that Charlie, how your Angels get down like that Girl I didn't know you could get down like that Charlie, how your Angels get down like that
Tell me how you feel about this Who would I want if I would wanna live I worked hard and sacrificed to get what I get Ladies, it ain't easy bein' independent Question: How'd you like this knowledge that I brought Braggin' on that cash that he gave you is to front If you're gonna brag make sure it's your money you flaunt Depend on noone else to give you what you want
The shoes on my feet I've bought it The clothes I'm wearing I've bought it The rock I'm rockin' I've bought it 'Cause I depend on me If I wanted the watch you're wearin' I'll buy it The house I live in I've bought it The car I'm driving I've bought it I depend on me (I depend on me)
All the women who are independent Throw your hands up at me All the honeys who makin' money Throw your hands up at me All the mommas who profit dollas Throw your hands up at me All the ladies who truly feel me Throw your hands up at me
Girl I didn't know you could get down like that Charlie, how your Angels get down like that Girl I didn't know you could get down like that Charlie, how your Angels get down like that
Destiny's Child Wassup? You in the house? Sure 'nuff We'll break these people off Angel style
Child of Destiny Independent beauty Noone else can scare me Charlie's Angels
Woah All the women who are independent Throw your hands up at me All the honeys who makin' money Throw your hands up at me All the mommas who profit dollas Throw your hands up at me All the ladies who truly feel me Throw your hands up at me
Girl I didn't know you could get down like that Charlie, how your Angels get down like that (repeat until fade)
