Today in Rock n Roll history

[Heather]

Mon. March 30

Today in the History of Rock.......

1949
Amos Milburn hits #2 on the R&B chart with "Hold Me, Baby".

1956
"Eddie My Love" by the Chordettes hits #14.

1958
"Lollipop" by the Chordettes hits #2.

1958
Eddie Platt hits #20 with "Tequila".

1964
John Coltrane's masterpiece, 'A Love Supreme', is released.

1970
Sly and the Family Stone hit #1 with "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)".

1973
Judy Collins hits #32 with "Cook With Honey".

1973
Jim Croce hits #37 with "One Less Set of Footsteps."

1973
Loudon Wainwright III hits #16 with "Dead Skunk".

1973
Seals & Crofts hits #20 with "Hummingbird".

1973
Deodato hits #2 with "Also Sprach Zarathustra".

1973
Traffic's 'Shoot-Out at the Fantasy Factory' hits #6 in the US.

1973
Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side," a musical tour of the New York demimonde from the David Bowie-produced 'Transformer,' becomse an unlikely Top Forty hit.

1973
“Nobody Wins,” by Brenda Lee, enters the Hot 100. It is the last time she’ll crack the pop chart, but the song becomes a #1 country hit.

1974
Hooked On a Feeling (Blue Suede) was a hit.

1979
Giorgio Moroder hits #33 with "Chase".

1979
Heart hits #34 with "Dog & Butterfly".

1981
Robert DeNiro wins the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in 'Raging Bull'.

1983
"Beat It," by Michael Jackson - which features a blistering Eddie Van Halen guitar solo - is premiered on MTV. Its high-energy fusion of rock and soul drives it to the top of the charts.

1991
Basketball star Earvin "Magic" Johnson announces he has contracted the HIV virus.

[Heather]

Today in the History of Rock.......

1939
Marvin Gaye was born.

1977
'Rumours' tops the Billboard album chart for the first of 31 weeks. Ultimately, it will chart in the U.S. for 134 weeks and in the U.K. for 443 weeks—the second longest tenure in U.K. history and more than the rest of Fleetwood Mac's catalog put together.

1977
Kansas hits #11 with "Carry On Wayward Son".

1977
ELO hits #24 with "Do Ya", which originally charted at #93 in 1972 by the Move.

1977
Genesis hits #62 with "Your Own Special Way" .

1982
England invades the Falkland Islands.

1983
Kajagoogoo hits #7 in the UK with "Ooh to be Ah".

1987
DJ Europop widely utilizes sampling and garners such hits as "Pump Up the Volume" by M.A.R.R.S.(UK #1 9/5/87; US #13 2/20/8 and "Beat Dis" by Bomb the Bass (UK #2 2/20/8.

1988
'Naked,' Talking Heads’ eighth and last studio album, is released. The album was recorded in Paris with African musicians.

1989
The Look (Roxette) was a hit.

1993
MTV announces launch of "Fightin' Wordz," an on-air poetry campaign which showcases the work of some of today's hottest young poets.

[speber]

...the mention of Vanilla Ice embarasses honest-to-God rappers everywhere.

...Elvis lived.

...John Lennon lived.

...someone somewhere sang 'Happy Birthday To You' Beatles-style.

...add to the list!

[Heather]

I didn't think anyone was reading this thread.


Today in the History of Rock.......

1943
Richard Manuel, keyboardist and vocalist with the Band, is born in Stratford, Ontario, Canada.

1961
Jorgen Ingmann hits #2 with "Apache".

1965
Jr. Walker & the All Stars hit #4 with "Shotgun".

1966
(You're My) Soul and Inspiration (The Righteous Brothers) was a hit.

1971
Van Morrison hits #23 with "Blue Money".

1971
Stephen Stills hits #37 with "Sit Yourself Down".

1975
Aerosmith releases 'Toys in the Attic,' including the hit singles "Sweet Emotion" (#36) and "Walk This Way" (#10).

1976
The Salsoul Orchestra hits #18 with "Tangerine".

1976
John Denver hits #29 with "Looking For Space."

1977
Dancing Queen (Abba) was a hit.

1982
Foreigner hits #26 with "Juke Box Hero".

1988
Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car (Billy Ocean) was a hit.

1991
"MTV Unplugged" world premieres a one hour acoustic performances with Paul McCartney. Taped in London, the show is simulcasted on the Global Satellite Network.

1993
Elton John’s “Simple Life,” from his 1992 album 'The One,' enters Billboard’s Top Forty. With this charting single, John breaks Elvis Presley’s longstanding record with 24 consecutive years of Top Forty hits.

1996
MTV announces it will launch a national television and print advertising campaign, "MTV Elements." MTV commissioned well known photographers, directors, animators, and artists to create television and print advertising that represent different "elements" of MTV's image.

[epileric]

I'd bet others are too So keep 'em coming!

[Heather]

Today in the History of Rock.......

1915
McKinley Morganfield (aka Muddy Waters) is born in Rolling Fork, Mississippi to Ollie Morganfield and Bertha Jones who were both sharecroppers.

1937
Willie Dixon wins the Illinois State Golden Gloves Heavyweight Championship (Novice Division).

1948
Raymond Berry Oakley, of the Allman Brothers Band, is born in Chicago, Illinois.

1950
Ivory Joe Hunter hits #1 on the R&B chart with "I Almost Lost My Mind".

1962
Without the benefit of mainstream promotion, Rev. James Cleveland sells an astonishing 800,000 copies of 'Peace Be Still'.

1964
The top five slots on the 'Billboard' chart are held by the Beatles, a feat never before or since matched.

1968
Martin Luther King is killed in Memphis, Tennessee by James Earl Ray.

1969
Slade is formed.

1981
Spandau Ballet hits #10 in the UK with "Muscle Bound/Glow".

1981
Depeche Mode hits #57 in the UK with "Dreaming of Me".

1984
Foreigner hits #12 with "That Was Yesterday".

1987
Genesis hits #3 in the US with "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight".

2001
Ground is broken on the Stax Museum of American Music in Memphis.

[Heather]

Today in the History of Rock.......

1928
Tony Williams was born.

1967
'Piper at the Gates of Dawn,' the debut album by Pink Floyd -- and the only one to feature Syd Barrett as bandleader -- is released.

1970
Let It Be (The Beatles) was a hit.

1970
"Instant Karma (We All Shine On)," credited to John Ono Lennon and produced by Phil Spector, hits #3 on the singles chart. The #1 album that week is "Let It Be," by the Beatles.

1972
David Bowie's 'Hunky Dory' hits #93.

1972
Slade's 'Slade Alive' hits #2 in the UK.

1973
"Hello Hello I'm Back Again" by Gary Glitter hits #2 in the UK.

1975
Love Unlimited Orchestra hits #22 with "Satin Soul".

1975
Minnie Ripperton hits #1 with "Lovin' You".

1975
Bob Dylan hits #31 with "Tangled Up In Blue".

1980
Kool and the Gang hits #5 with "Too Hot".

1981
Kiss On My List (Daryl Hall & John Oates) was a hit.

1997
Aerosmith hits #37 with "Falling In Love (Is Hard on the Knees)".

[Heather]

Today in the History of Rock.......

1945
Joe Liggins hits #2 on the R&B chart and #12 on the pop chart with "Got A Right To Cry."

1953
The Moonglows release the first of five singles for the Chance label.

1959
Ricky Nelson hits #9 with "It's Late."

1959
Brook Benton hits #1 on the R&B chart and #3 (4/06) on the pop chart with "It's Just A Matter Of Time", #1 on the R&B chart and #16 (8/31) on the pop chart with "Thank You Pretty Baby" and #1 on the R&B chart and #6 (11/23) on the pop chart with "So Many Ways".

1959
Brook Benton hits #1 on the R&B charts and #3 on the pop charts with the Mercury release "It's Just a Matter of Time."

1963
Boots Randolph & Combo hit #35 with "Yakety Sax".

1963
Brenda Lee’s twelfth and final Top Ten pop hit, “Losin’ You,” enters the charts.

1965
The TV show 'Shindig' debuts, featuring guitarist James Burton as a member of the house band, the Shindogs.

1966
A white van containing Stephen Stills and Richie Furay an and old hearse driven by Canadians Neil Young and Bruce Palmer pass in a Los Angeles traffic jam. Stills, Young and Furay had briefly met back east, and this chance reacquaintance launched Buffalo Springfield.

1967
Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, cofounders of Steely Dan, meet as students at Bard College in upstate New York. Fagen will graduate in 1969 with a degree in English Literature, while Becker will drop out.

1968
Manfred Mann reaches #11 with "The Mighty Quinn".

1968
Syd Barrett's departure from Pink Floyd is announced via press release.

1968
The Delfonics hit #4 with "La La Means I Love You".

1969
Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The 5th Dimension) was a hit.

1972
Steely Dan coalesces around the core of keyboardist/vocalist Donald Fagen and bass player Walter Becker. The other members of the original group are guitarists Jeff "Skunk" Baxter and Denny Dias, drummer Jim Hodder, and vocalist David Palmer.

1974
Billy Joel's "Piano Man" enters the 'Billboard' singles chart. It is the first in a string of Top Forty hits that numbers 33, to date.

1974
"Waterloo" by Abba wins the Eurovision Song Contest and launches the group's internationally successful pop career.

1974
Grand Funk hits #1 with "The Loco-motion".

1975
Philadelphia Freedom (The Elton John Band) was a hit.

1999
Jordan Knight, formerly of New Kids on the Block, releases his self-titled debut and releases the single "Give It to You" which has Top 40 success.

[Heather]

Today in the History of Rock.......

1915
Eleanora Fagan Gough, a.k.a. Billie Holiday, is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1938
Spencer Dryden was born.

1939
Charlie Thomas was born.

1945
Buddy Johnson hits #2 on the R&B chart and #14 on the pop chart with "That's The Stuff You Gotta Watch."

1948
The Ravens hit #8 on the R&B chart with "Silent Night."

1954
The Penguins release "Earth Angel", eventually reach #8.

1957
All Shook Up (Elvis Presley) was a hit.

1959
Chicago blues legend Willie Dixon returns to Chess Records after a three-year hiatus, during which he produced an impressive roster of blues artists – including Buddy Guy, Otis Rush and Magic Sam – for crosstown rival Cobra Records.

1962
"Cry Baby Cry" by the Angels goes to #38.

1962
B. Bumble & the Stingers hit #23 with "Nut Rocker".

1967
With deejay Tom Donahue at the helm, San Francisco radio station KMPX-FM begins playing rock and roll albums in a free-form, progressice format 24 hours a day.

1969
King Crimson is formed.

1971
Crosby, Stills & Nash's double live album '4 Way Street' is released. Showcasing the group's range and versatility, it includes group performances and solo spots.

1973
David Bowie scores his first US Top 40 hit with "Space Oddity" which peaks at #15.

1973
David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust hits #75.

1973
Gladys Knight & the Pips hit #2 with "Neither One of Us (Wants To Be the First To Say Goodby)".

1974
Steely Dan's biggest hit single, "Rikki Don't Lose That Number," is released. It rises to #4 and pulls the album from which it came, 'Pretzel Logic,' up to #8 on the album charts.

1975
Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore plays his last show with the group.

1979
Leif Garrett hits the top 10 in both the US and the UK with "I Was Made for Dancin'."

1985
We Are the World (USA for Africa) was a hit.

1985
The album 'Bill Monroe and Friends' -- featuring folk and country stars like Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Emmylou Harris—is released.

1990
Rod Stewart’s recut version of the Isley Brothers’ “This Old Heart of Mine,” with Ronald Isley on duet vocals, enters the Top Forty.

1999
'Legend,' Bob Marley and the Wailers’ greatest-hits collection, receives its 10th platinum certification, signifying sales of more than 10 million copies.

[Heather]

Today in the History of Rock.......

1950
“Mistrustin’ Blues,” by the Johnny Otis Orchesta – featuring Little Esther Phillips and Mel Walker on vocals – enters the R&B chart, which it will top for four weeks.

1951
Percy Mayfield hit #7 on the R&B chart with "Strange Things Happening".

1960
The Hollywood Argyles reach #1 with "Alley-Oop".

1961
B. Bumble & the Stingers hit #21 with "Bumble Boogie".

1963
John Charles Julian Lennon is born to John and Cynthia Lennon at Sefton General Hospital in Liverpool.

1967
The Move hits #5 in the UK with "I Can Hear the Grass Grow."

1978
Judas Priest's fourth LP, 'Stained Glass', becomes its first to chart in the US.

1989
Metallica hits #35 with "One"

1990
Nelson, which is composed of Rick Nelson's two sons, releases 'After the Rain'. Their first single "(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection" hits #1 and "After the Rain" hits #6.

1992
Windsor Castle is nearly destroyed by fire.

1993
MTV Europe announces it has signed a one year agreement with Slovak Television. MTV Europe is the first international television network to be broadcast in Slovakia since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia on December 21, 1992.

1995
'Wake Up' by Boo Radleys reaches #1.

1995
MTV announces the premiere of "The Maxx," the second installment of the "MTV Oddities" series.

1995
Take That's "Back For Good" debuts at #1 in the UK. It sells 300,000 units in the first week, the highest tally in ten years.

2000
"Maria Maria," another single from Santana's 'Supernatural', hits #1 for the first of ten straight weeks.

[Meetz1064]

also enjoying this thread, I just don't have anything to really contribute to it unfortunately.

However, I did NOT know that the Beatles had held all 5 top slot at one time. That's really cool.......

[Heather]

I'm glad others are enjoying it. I'd hate to think I was posting it for nothing. I've always enjoyed music trivia. I'm glad others do too.

[Shelley]

1970
"Instant Karma (We All Shine On)," credited to John Ono Lennon and produced by Phil Spector, hits #3 on the singles chart. The #1 album that week is "Let It Be," by the Beatles.

John Winston Lennon?
Sean Ono Lennon
Yoko Ono

OK, I'm picky.

[Heather]

Today in the History of Rock.......

1932
Carl Perkins was born.

1949
Ray Charles makes his chart debut with a solid hit, "Confessin' Blues," which appeared on the Downbeat (later Swingtime) label.

1964
Leiber and Stoller start the Red Bird record label.

1966
"Daydream" reaches #2, held back from the top only by the Righteous Brothers' "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration.

1970
Paul McCartney announces his "break with the Beatles" in a typed statement enclosed in copies of the solo album McCartney sent to the British press. Paul McCartney attributes the split to "personal differences, musical differences, business differences, but most of all because I have a better time with my family."

1974
The Jackson 5 open an engagement at Las Vegas's MGM Grand Hotel. In addition to the five brothers, siblings Janet, LaToya and Randy appear on the bill—a sign of the family talent and solo careers yet to come.

1977
Wilton Place Street Band hits #24 with "Disco Lucy (I Love Lucy Theme)".

1977
Cerrone hits #36 with "Love In 'C' Minor - Pt. 1".

1977
Kiss hits #16 in the US with "Calling Doctor Love."

1982
Haircut 100 hits #9 in the UK with "Fantastic Day".

1983
ABC hits #25 in the UK with "Poison Arrow".

1988
"New Beat" emerges in Belgium with artists like Praga Khan & Fatal Error.

1989
She Drives Me Crazy (Fine Young Cannibals) was a hit.

1994
Yes hits #33 in the US with 'Talk'.

1998
"I Want You Back" by 'N Sync, the second boy band created by Lou Pearlman, is certified gold by the RIAA.

1999
Bruce Springsteen's reunion tour with the E Street Band kicks off in Barcelona, Spain. The band plays for three hours without a break.

[Heather]

April 10th

Today in the History of Rock.......

1932
Nate Nelson of the Flamingos is born.

1950
Eddie Hazel was born.

1954
"Work With Me Annie," by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters, is released on Syd Nathan's Federal label. It begins a half-year run on the R&B charts, which it tops for seven weeks. The same year "Sexy Ways" and "Annie Had a Baby" are released.

1961
Freddie King hits #29 with "Hide Away".

1961
"Dedicated to the One I Love," by the Shirelles, reaches #3. In May, "Mama Said" will be their single to crack the Top Five this year.

1962
Stu Sutcliffe dies of a brain hemorrhage.

1965
"Nowhere to Run," another blockbuster Motown single from Martha and the Vandellas, reaches the Top Ten.

1970
Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving the Beatles due to "personal, business and musical differences."

1971
The Staple Singers hit #27 with "Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na- Boom Boom)".

1971
Cat Stevens hits #11 with "Wild World."

1971
Elton John hits #34 with "Friends".

1971
Marvin Gaye hits #2 with "What's Going On".

1977
Don't Give Up On Us (David Soul) was a hit.

1982
Meco hits #35 with "Pop Goes the Movies Part I".

1982
Spandau Ballet hits #10 in the UK with "Instinction".

1993
Suede's eponymous debut album reaches #1.

1995
MTV begins airing the original episodes of ABC-TV's primetime dramatic eries "My So-Called Life." The show won widespread acclaim for bringing an edgy, keen awareness to the turmoil of teenage life.

[Heather]

Apr. 11th

Today in the History of Rock.......

1901
Charles Albert Tindley becomes first African-American to compose and publish gospel music.

1951
Roy Milton hits #2 on the R&B chart with "Best Wishes".

1954
The Moonglows hit #1 on the R&B chart and #20 on the pop chart with "Sincerely".

1954
Chuck Willis hits #4 on the R&B chart with "You're Still My Baby" and #8 on the R&B chart with "I Feel So Bad".

1956
"Please Please Please" by James Brown and the Famous Flames reaches #6 on the R&B charts.

1961
Bob Dylan's New York City debut occurred at Gerdes' Folk City.

1964
Betty Everett hits #6 with "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)".

1964
The Temptations hits #11 with "The Way You Do the Things You Do."

1964
Bobby Bland hits #20 with "Ain't Nothing You Can Do".

1970
Peter Green leaves Fleetwood Mac in Germany during a tour. He is not replaced.

1971
Joy to the World (Three Dog Night) was a hit.

1973
Jefferson Airplane release a live album, 'Thirty Seconds Over Winterland,' which will be their swan song until they briefly reunite in 1989.

1975
The six-week "Bongo Fury" tour, on which Frank Zappa and the Mothers are joined by Captain Beefheart on vocals, commences.

1980
Human League releases the 'Holiday 80' EP with the lead track "Being Boiled".

1992
MTV Europe and Rete Unica conclude deal to bring the channel to 1.5 million households in Italy.

1998
Pulp's 'This Is Hardcore' reaches #1.

[Chatter-box]

Rock n Roll is for those hippies from the 70s. Where is your good old Country Music history?

[Heather]

I know some country music history too. Are you familiar the Carter Family? If Mother Maybelle were still alive, May 10th, she'd be 100 yrs old.

[Heather]

Apr. 12th

Today in the History of Rock.......

1954
"Rock Around the Clock" is recorded by Bill Haley and the Coments at the Pythian Temple in New York.

1961
Soviet Yuri Gagorin is the first human in space, completing a full orbit of the planet in under two hours.

1975
'Blow by Blow', the first of two instrumental albums George Martin produces for Jeff Beck, is released. Beck's best and best-selling album, it reaches #4.

1975
Sweet hits #2 in the UK with "Fox on the Run."

1975
Elton John hits #1 with "Philadelphia Freedom," a song inspired by his friendship with tennis superstar Billie Jean King, whose pro team is the Philadelphia Freedoms.

1975
Phoebe Snow hits #5 with "Poetry Man".

1977
Suzi Quatro is cast on ABC-TV's 'Happy Days' as rocker Leather Tuscadero.

1978
Bob Marley orchestrates a Peace Concert in Jamaica that features key reggae acts, including the Wailers, in an attempt to cool down the violent conflicts that are tearing Jamaica apart.

1987
I Knew You Were Waiting for Me (Aretha Franklin & George Michael) was a hit.

[Heather]

Apr. 13th

Today in the History of Rock.......

1944
Jack Casady was born.

1946
Albert Greene, better known as soul singer Al Green, is born in Forrest City, Arkansas.

1957
Fats Domino hits #1 on the R&B chart and #4 on the pop chart with the Imperial records single "I'm Walkin'."

1957
Little Richard hits #1 on the R&B chart and #21 (4/13) on the pop chart with "Lucille", #3 on the R&B chart with "Send Me Some Lovin'", #2 on the R&B chart and #10 (7/0 on the pop chart with "Jenny, Jenny" and #2 on the R&B chart and #8 (10/2 on the pop chart with "Keep A Knockin'." All four singles are released on Specialty Records.

1959
Thomas Wayne's "Tragedy," a million-seller released on Scotty Moore's Fernwood label, reaches #5. Moore is featured on guitar and production.

1963
Jackie Wilson hits #5 on pop and #1 on R&B with "Baby Workout".

1963
"Surfin' U.S.A.," the Beach Boys' thinly veiled rewrite of "Sweet Little Sixteen," enters the Top 40 at a time when Chuck Berry is serving a term in a federal penitentiary for violating the Mann Act. Berry later sues for and receives a co-writing credit on "Surfin' U.S.A."

1974
Elton John hits #1 with "Bennie and the Jets," a tribute to R&B music from 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.' "When I first heard ‘Bennie and the Jets,’ I knew I had to be a performer," Axl Rose (of Guns ‘n’ Roses) would say in his 1994 speech inducting John into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

1974
'Band On the Run', credited to Paul McCartney and Wings, hits the top of the U.S. album chart, where it will remain for four weeks.

1974
B.T. Express hits #2 with "Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)".

1980
Call Me (Blondie) was a hit.

1986
Kiss (Prince & the Revolution) was a hit.

1986
A radioactive cloud threatens Western Europe after an explosion at the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, USSR.

1991
Rod Stewart releases 'Vagabond Heart,' which will peak at #10 – his most successful showing since 'Blondes Have More Fun' topped the chart in 1979. Hit singles: “Rhythm of My Heart” (#5), “The Motown Song” (#10), “Broken Arrow” (#20).

1992
MTV Europe reaches 35 million households in Europe.

1995
Steely Dan's 'Alive in America,' recorded on their 1993 and 1994 "reunion" tours, is released.

1999
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers release 'Echo,' their tenth studio album as a band.

2005
Johnnie Johnson (Chuck Berry's keyboard player) passes away at the age of 80.