10/16 This day in music.. 1951, 18 year old Richard Penniman, who was already using the stage name Little Richard, made his first recordings for RCA Camden at the studios of Atlanta radio station WGST. 1956, Frankie Laine was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with A Woman In Love, the singers fourth and final UK No.1. Laine had the nicknames Mr. Rhythm and Old Leather Lungs. 1962, The first night of a two month Motown Records package tour started in Washington DC, featuring Marvin Gaye, The Supremes, Mary Wells, The Miracles and 12 year old Stevie Wonder. 1965, The Beatles recorded Day Tripper at Abbey Road studios London in three takes, they then added vocals and other overdubs, completing the song before the end of the day. 1965, 1967, Folk singer Joan Baez was arrested, along with 123 others, for blocking the entrance to an Armed Forces Induction Center in Oakland, California. 1969, Record company executive and founder of the Chess record label Leonard Chess died of a heart attack aged 52. Home to John Lee Hooker, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Little Walter, The Moonglows, The Flamingos Jimmy Reed and Sonny Boy Williamson. 1969, Bobbie Gentry was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with the Burt Bacharach and Hal David song Ill Never Fall In Love Again, the singers only UK No.1. 1972, Creedence Clearwater Revival split up following the failure of their most recent album, Mardi Gras. After limited success as a solo act and some legal hassles with Fantasy Records, John Fogarty would have two big hits in 1985, Center Field and Rock and Roll Girls. Johns brother Tom Fogarty died in September, 1990 and the surviving members have been touring as Creedence Clearwater Revisited. Read the full story 1976, One hit wonder Rick Dees and his Cast Of Idiots went to No.1 on the US singles chart with Disco Duck, (part one). Dees was a US TV and radio presenter, the song became a No.6 hit in the UK. More One Hit Wonders 1976, Stevie Wonders Songs In The Key Of Life, went to No.1 on the US album chart, featuring the tracks Sir Duke, I Wish, Pastime Paradise and Isnt She Lovely. It was Wonders third US No.1. Read the full story 1982, Culture Club appeared on UK TVs Top Of The Pops performing Do You Really Want To Hurt Me, which they got thanks to Shakin Stevens being ill and not able to appear. The song became a major hit after their memorable performance on the music TV show. 1986, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and Robert Cray joined other artists on stage in St Louis, for Chuck Berrys 60th birthday concert, as featured in the film Hail Hail! Rock & Roll. 1988, Whitney Houston had her third UK No.1 single with One Moment In Time. The song was recorded to celebrate the Seoul Olympic Games of 1988. 1992, Bob Dylans 30th Anniversary (of his recording debut) tribute concert took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Guest performers include Neil Young, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Ron Wood and Dylan himself. 2001, Two security guards were sacked after refusing to allow Bob Dylan into his own concert. Dylan who had demanded that security on his Love and Theft tour should be tighter than ever didnt have a pass when he arrived backstage. 2002, Billy Joel checked out of a Connecticut hospital known for treating substance abuse. 2006, CBGB, the legendary New York punk club credited with discovering Patti Smith and The Ramones, closed after a final gig by Smith herself. Blondie and Talking Heads also found fame after performing at the club, which helped launch US punk music. The venue first opened in December 1973, its full name CBGB OMFUG standing for country, bluegrass, blues and other music for uplifting gormandizers. 2007, French rock star Bertrand Cantat was freed from jail after serving half of an eight-year sentence for killing his actress girlfriend. Cantat, singer with Noir Desir, was jailed for the manslaughter of Marie Trintignant after a violent row in a Lithuanian hotel in July 2003. She died after spending days in a coma. 2007, Macedonian pop star Tose Proeski was killed in a car crash in Croatia. Proeski sang for Macedonia in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest and won many awards in former Yugoslavia. The 26-year-olds car was in a collision with a lorry on a motorway near the eastern Croatian town of Nova Gradiska. 2007, Madonna signed a ground-breaking recording and touring contract with concert promoter Live Nation becoming the first major star to choose an all-in-one agreement with a tour company over a traditional record contract. The deal reported to be worth $120m (£59m) over 10 years, would give Live Nation rights to all her music-related projects - including new albums, tours, merchandise, websites, DVDs, sponsorship, TV shows and films. 2008, Britney Spears went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Womanizer’ the singers second No.1 after her debut single ‘...Baby One More Time’ in 1999. 2010, Auburn University graduate student Justin Havird named a new species of fish, Lepidocephalichthys zeppelini, because the fishs pectoral fin reminded him of the double-neck guitar used by Jimmy Page. Im a big Led Zeppelin fan, and I was listening to them while I was working on the fish, Havird said. The structure that makes this species unique just reminded me of the guitar that Jimmy Page played.
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