Musical
birthdays today include jazz-funk pioneer Roy Ayers
(81), Three Dog Night vocalist Danny Hutton (79), Jose Feliciano (76),
Slade drummer Don Powell (75), ex-Jethro Tull drummer Barrie Barlow (72), Joe
Perry (71), Tex-Mex musician Rosie Flores (71), King Crimson
percussionist Pat Mastelloto (66), Boomtown Rats pianist John 'Johnnie
Fingers' Moylett (65), Bananarama vocalist Siobhan Fahey (63), Bush
drummer Robin Goodridge (56) and former Drop Nineteens
multi-instrumentalist Paula Kelley (51).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for English composer Henry Purcell, born today in 1659... and for bluesman Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown, who left us today in 2005.
Also on September 10: Berlioz's opera Benvenuto Cellini premieres in Paris (1838)... Miles Davis and sidemen go into Columbia's 30th St. Studios in NYC for the third and last of the sessions that will produce 'Round about Midnight, the trumpeter's first album for CBS (1956)... Bobby 'Boris' Pickett and the Crypt Kickers' single 'Monster Mash' is banned by the BBC as offensive. Re-released 10 years later, it will peak at № 3 on the UK charts (1962)... Mick Jagger and Keith Richards meet John Lennon and Paul McCartney by chance at the London jazz club Studio 51. Paul plays a partly finished song entitled 'I Wanna Be Your Man' for the Glimmer Twins, who will soon record it themselves (1963)... The Byrds begin recording the album Turn! Turn! Turn! at Sunset Sound in Los Angeles (1965)... № 1 on the Billboard singles chart today is 'You Can't Hurry Love' by the Supremes (1966)... Elvis records Jerry Reed's 'Guitar Man' at RCA Studios in Nashville. It will be the last of the King's 11 number ones on the Billboard country chart (1967)... 'Hey Jude', the longest № 1 song in chart history, is on top on both sides of the Atlantic (1968)... The BBC bans the Rolling Stones' single 'Star Star' from the Goat's Head Soup LP because it contains the word 'starfucker' in the chorus a dozen times (1973)... The New York Dolls announce that the group is disbanding (1974)... Bob Dylan releases the live album Hard Rain (1976)... The № 1 song in America is Michael Sembello's 'Maniac' from the Flashdance soundtrack (1983)... Nirvana's single 'Smells like Teen Spirit' is released in the US. Its rapid ascent to the top of the charts is often considered the point at which alternative rock entered the mainstream (1991)... An electric chair which was used in Alcatraz and was once owned by Andy Warhol sells for £4,800 at an auction in Bristol, England. Warhol reportedly often sat in the chair when watching horror films, and when listening to the recordings in progress of his protegés The Velvet Underground... In honour of his 80th birthday, John Lee Hooker holds a live chat on MSN. Topics discussed include his latest album, the nightclub he plans to open in San Francisco, his upcoming star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, in addition to various musings on his 5-decade career (1997)... Paul McCartney makes the front page of tabloids after being photographed at an NYC party minus one of his front teeth after a crown broke off when he was eating. He had lost the tooth in a motorcycle accident in 1967 (1999)... MTV, VH1 and several other cable music channels simultaneously broadcast 'ReAct Now: Music & Relief', a 4 1/2 hr. long concert to raise money for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Sir Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Neil Young and Emmylou Harris are the headliners amongst the numerous acts (2005)... A harmonica once owned by Bob Dylan sells for £2,700 at an auction in Norfolk, England, more than four times the initial suggested price. The singer had presented the Hohner instrument to a member of the wardrobe department on his 1974 US tour. Lifelong Dylan connoisseur and Norfolk resident John Fellas wears RayBans while outbidding fans from across the world. The inside of the harmonica case is signed and dedicated by Dylan. After the auction, Fellas tells reporters that he is on his way to a pub in order to get up the courage to tell his wife what he has done (2009).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for English composer Henry Purcell, born today in 1659... and for bluesman Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown, who left us today in 2005.
Also on September 10: Berlioz's opera Benvenuto Cellini premieres in Paris (1838)... Miles Davis and sidemen go into Columbia's 30th St. Studios in NYC for the third and last of the sessions that will produce 'Round about Midnight, the trumpeter's first album for CBS (1956)... Bobby 'Boris' Pickett and the Crypt Kickers' single 'Monster Mash' is banned by the BBC as offensive. Re-released 10 years later, it will peak at № 3 on the UK charts (1962)... Mick Jagger and Keith Richards meet John Lennon and Paul McCartney by chance at the London jazz club Studio 51. Paul plays a partly finished song entitled 'I Wanna Be Your Man' for the Glimmer Twins, who will soon record it themselves (1963)... The Byrds begin recording the album Turn! Turn! Turn! at Sunset Sound in Los Angeles (1965)... № 1 on the Billboard singles chart today is 'You Can't Hurry Love' by the Supremes (1966)... Elvis records Jerry Reed's 'Guitar Man' at RCA Studios in Nashville. It will be the last of the King's 11 number ones on the Billboard country chart (1967)... 'Hey Jude', the longest № 1 song in chart history, is on top on both sides of the Atlantic (1968)... The BBC bans the Rolling Stones' single 'Star Star' from the Goat's Head Soup LP because it contains the word 'starfucker' in the chorus a dozen times (1973)... The New York Dolls announce that the group is disbanding (1974)... Bob Dylan releases the live album Hard Rain (1976)... The № 1 song in America is Michael Sembello's 'Maniac' from the Flashdance soundtrack (1983)... Nirvana's single 'Smells like Teen Spirit' is released in the US. Its rapid ascent to the top of the charts is often considered the point at which alternative rock entered the mainstream (1991)... An electric chair which was used in Alcatraz and was once owned by Andy Warhol sells for £4,800 at an auction in Bristol, England. Warhol reportedly often sat in the chair when watching horror films, and when listening to the recordings in progress of his protegés The Velvet Underground... In honour of his 80th birthday, John Lee Hooker holds a live chat on MSN. Topics discussed include his latest album, the nightclub he plans to open in San Francisco, his upcoming star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, in addition to various musings on his 5-decade career (1997)... Paul McCartney makes the front page of tabloids after being photographed at an NYC party minus one of his front teeth after a crown broke off when he was eating. He had lost the tooth in a motorcycle accident in 1967 (1999)... MTV, VH1 and several other cable music channels simultaneously broadcast 'ReAct Now: Music & Relief', a 4 1/2 hr. long concert to raise money for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Sir Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Neil Young and Emmylou Harris are the headliners amongst the numerous acts (2005)... A harmonica once owned by Bob Dylan sells for £2,700 at an auction in Norfolk, England, more than four times the initial suggested price. The singer had presented the Hohner instrument to a member of the wardrobe department on his 1974 US tour. Lifelong Dylan connoisseur and Norfolk resident John Fellas wears RayBans while outbidding fans from across the world. The inside of the harmonica case is signed and dedicated by Dylan. After the auction, Fellas tells reporters that he is on his way to a pub in order to get up the courage to tell his wife what he has done (2009).
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