Musical birthdays today include Sir Paul McCartney (75), operatic soprano Éva
Marton (69), classical pianist Peter Donohoe (64), Stryper lead
guitarist Oz Fox (56), Alison Moyet (56), Guns N' Roses keyboardist
Darren 'Dizzy' Reed (54), Boyz II Men vocalist Nathan Morris (46), Ray
LaMontagne (44), and country singer Blake Shelton (41).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for composer & piano manufacturer Ignaz Pleyel, born on this day in 1757... for drummer & Glenn Miller sideman Ray McKinley, born in 1910... for songwriter Sammy Cahn, born in 1913... for ex-Derek & the Dominoes bassist Carl Radle, who would have been 75... for reggae singer-songwriter Lincoln 'Sax' Thompson, who would have been 68... for former Doll by Doll frontman Jackie Leven, who would have been 67... for trombonist, marching band composer & John Philip Sousa collaborator Arthur Pryor, who died on this day in 1942... for producer and ex-Tokens vocalist Hank Medress, who passed away in 2006... and for E Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemons, who left us today in 2011.
Also on June 18th: At the Königliches Schauspielhause in Berlin, Carl Maria von Weber's opera Der Freischutz is produced for the first time (1821)... Columbia Records launches the first mass production of the 33 RPM LP. The new format can contain a maximum of 23 minutes of music per side versus the three minutes that could be squeezed on to a 78 RPM disc (1948)... Continuing their Australian tour, The Beatles play at Sydney Stadium. It is Paul McCartney's 22nd birthday, and after the show his guests include 17 girls who were winners of the Sydney Daily Mirror's 'Why I would like to be a guest at a Beatles birthday party' essay competition (1964)... 'Paperback Writer' is the № 2 song in the UK, kept from the top spot by Frank Sinatra's 'Strangers in the Night' (1966)... Elvis has a face-lift at Mid South Hospital in Memphis, TN (1975)... Abba give a special live performance in Stockholm for Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Silvia Sommerlath on the eve of their wedding (1976)... Fleetwood Mac have their only № 1 US single with 'Dreams', which Stevie Nicks says she wrote before a session at the Record Plant studio in Sausalito, CA in about 10 minutes... Johnny Rotten and Paul Cook of The Sex Pistols are beaten and receive superficial stab wounds when they are attacked by members of the British National Front in a car park outside a London pub. The members of the far-right organisation objected to the Pistols' anti-monarchist song 'God Save the Queen'. The next day, Paul Cook is attacked again by an unidentified gang armed with iron pipes (1977)... King Crimson release the album Beat on EG Records (1982)... The № 1 single on the UK chart is 'Doctorin' the Tardis' by The Timelords, a Scottish duo made up of Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty. The song is a mash-up of the Doctor Who theme music, Gary Glitter's 'Rock and Roll (Part Two)' with sections from 'Blockbuster!' by Sweet (1988)... A&M Records chairman Jerry Moss and vice-chairman Herb Alpert announce that they are leaving the company they founded more than 30 years earlier. They sold A&M in 1990 to Polygram for $500 million. Moss and Alpert started the label in the garage of Alpert's Los Angeles home in 1962. The label was the home to such acts as The Police, Bryan Adams, Joan Baez, The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Carpenters, Joe Cocker, Supertramp and Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (1993)... U2 lose a bid to prevent the demolition of Hanover Quay studio in Dublin. Over 8,000 fans signed an online petition to preserve the studio, where the group recorded ‘All That You Can't Leave Behind’ and some of their 'Pop' album (2002)... A Los Angeles hotel files a lawsuit against Phil Spector for failing to pay more than $100,000 in outstanding bills for lawyers and expert witnesses in his murder trial. The Westin Bonaventure claims that by the time Spector's trial ended with a hung jury, the defendants owed the hotel more than $104,000 (2008)... John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to 'A Day In The Life' sell for $1.2 million at an auction at Sotheby's in NYC. The double-sided sheet of paper with notes written in felt marker and blue ink also contains some corrections and other notes penned in red ink (2010).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for composer & piano manufacturer Ignaz Pleyel, born on this day in 1757... for drummer & Glenn Miller sideman Ray McKinley, born in 1910... for songwriter Sammy Cahn, born in 1913... for ex-Derek & the Dominoes bassist Carl Radle, who would have been 75... for reggae singer-songwriter Lincoln 'Sax' Thompson, who would have been 68... for former Doll by Doll frontman Jackie Leven, who would have been 67... for trombonist, marching band composer & John Philip Sousa collaborator Arthur Pryor, who died on this day in 1942... for producer and ex-Tokens vocalist Hank Medress, who passed away in 2006... and for E Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemons, who left us today in 2011.
Also on June 18th: At the Königliches Schauspielhause in Berlin, Carl Maria von Weber's opera Der Freischutz is produced for the first time (1821)... Columbia Records launches the first mass production of the 33 RPM LP. The new format can contain a maximum of 23 minutes of music per side versus the three minutes that could be squeezed on to a 78 RPM disc (1948)... Continuing their Australian tour, The Beatles play at Sydney Stadium. It is Paul McCartney's 22nd birthday, and after the show his guests include 17 girls who were winners of the Sydney Daily Mirror's 'Why I would like to be a guest at a Beatles birthday party' essay competition (1964)... 'Paperback Writer' is the № 2 song in the UK, kept from the top spot by Frank Sinatra's 'Strangers in the Night' (1966)... Elvis has a face-lift at Mid South Hospital in Memphis, TN (1975)... Abba give a special live performance in Stockholm for Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Silvia Sommerlath on the eve of their wedding (1976)... Fleetwood Mac have their only № 1 US single with 'Dreams', which Stevie Nicks says she wrote before a session at the Record Plant studio in Sausalito, CA in about 10 minutes... Johnny Rotten and Paul Cook of The Sex Pistols are beaten and receive superficial stab wounds when they are attacked by members of the British National Front in a car park outside a London pub. The members of the far-right organisation objected to the Pistols' anti-monarchist song 'God Save the Queen'. The next day, Paul Cook is attacked again by an unidentified gang armed with iron pipes (1977)... King Crimson release the album Beat on EG Records (1982)... The № 1 single on the UK chart is 'Doctorin' the Tardis' by The Timelords, a Scottish duo made up of Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty. The song is a mash-up of the Doctor Who theme music, Gary Glitter's 'Rock and Roll (Part Two)' with sections from 'Blockbuster!' by Sweet (1988)... A&M Records chairman Jerry Moss and vice-chairman Herb Alpert announce that they are leaving the company they founded more than 30 years earlier. They sold A&M in 1990 to Polygram for $500 million. Moss and Alpert started the label in the garage of Alpert's Los Angeles home in 1962. The label was the home to such acts as The Police, Bryan Adams, Joan Baez, The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Carpenters, Joe Cocker, Supertramp and Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (1993)... U2 lose a bid to prevent the demolition of Hanover Quay studio in Dublin. Over 8,000 fans signed an online petition to preserve the studio, where the group recorded ‘All That You Can't Leave Behind’ and some of their 'Pop' album (2002)... A Los Angeles hotel files a lawsuit against Phil Spector for failing to pay more than $100,000 in outstanding bills for lawyers and expert witnesses in his murder trial. The Westin Bonaventure claims that by the time Spector's trial ended with a hung jury, the defendants owed the hotel more than $104,000 (2008)... John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to 'A Day In The Life' sell for $1.2 million at an auction at Sotheby's in NYC. The double-sided sheet of paper with notes written in felt marker and blue ink also contains some corrections and other notes penned in red ink (2010).
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