\♬/ March 17th: On this Day in Music History! \♬/ 1919: Born, Nat King Cole was an American singer and musician came to prominence as a leading jazz pianist and his baritone voice in the big band and jazz genres. Cole was one of the first Black Americans to host a television variety show, The Nat King Cole Show -------------- 1941: Born, Paul Lorin Kantner is an American rock musician, known for co-founding the psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane and its spin-off Jefferson Starship. -------------- 1944: Born, John Benson Sebastian is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and autoharpist, best known as a founder of The Lovin Spoonful, -------------- 1951: Born, Scott Gorham is an American guitarist, songwriter who rose to international recognition as one of the twin lead guitarists of the Irish-formed rock band, Thin Lizzy. -------------- 1956: Rock Around The Clock, starring Little Richard, The Platters, and Bill Haley and his Comets (of course), premieres in Washington DC. -------------- 1957: Elvis Presley purchases Memphis Graceland mansion, featuring 23 rooms and 10,000 square feet of space on 13.8 acres, for $102,500. -------------- 1958: The Champs started a five week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Tequila’, a No.5 hit in the UK. -------------- 1962: In a major development for British rock and roll, Alexis Korners Blues Incorporated becomes the Saturday night house band at the Ealing jazz club in London. -------------- 1962: The Shadows started an eight week run at No. 1 in the UK with the single ‘Wonderful Land’ the bands third No.1. -------------- 1962: Today’s issue of Billboard reports that Ray Charles has started his own Tangerine record label. -------------- 1967: Released The Grateful Dead debut album (PICTURED) -------------- 1967: Otis Redding, Eddie Floyd, Carla Thomas, Sam & Dave and Booker T and The MGs appeared at Londons Finsbury Park Astoria on the first night of a 17-date UK tour. -------------- 1967: Born, William Patrick Billy Corgan Jr. is an American musician, producer, lyricist, writer, and poet, best known as the frontman of The Smashing Pumpkins. -------------- 1972: An outdoors festival in Dripping Springs, Texas, is one of the first to draw hippies and traditional country fans. In the lineup: Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Loretta Lynn, Roy Acuff, Buck Owens, Kris Kristofferson, Tex Ritter and Tom T. Hall -------------- 1973: Dr Hooks single On The Cover Of Rolling Stone peaked at No.6 on the US chart. The single was banned in the UK by the BBC due to the reference of the magazine. -------------- 1973: Eric Weissberg started a three-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Dueling Banjos.’ Taken from the film ‘Deliverance.’ -------------- 1975: At the height of her popularity, Cher makes the cover of Time magazine. -------------- 1976: Boxer Rubin Hurricane Carters murder case is reopened, largely due to the attention brought upon it by Bob Dylans recent hit song Hurricane. -------------- 1976: Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers appeared at CBGBS, in New York City. -------------- 1978: U2 won £500 ($850) and a chance to audition for CBS Ireland in a talent contest held in Dublin. The Limerick Civic Week Pop 78 Competition was sponsored by The Evening Express and Guinness Harp Lager. -------------- 1978: Perhaps the greatest film about the 50s rock and roll scene, American Hot Wax, premieres in Cleveland, featuring performances by Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Screamin Jay Hawkins, and Frankie Ford. -------------- 1979: Gloria Gaynor started a four-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with I Will Survive. The song was originally released as the B-side to a song first recorded by The Righteous Brothers called Substitute. -------------- 1984: Van Halen (1984) peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 Album Chart with their sixth studio album which would go on to sell ten million copies in the U.S. -------------- 1990: Thats What Friends Are For, an AIDS benefit concert at Radio City Music Hall that also serves to celebrate 15 years of the Arista label, features performances by label artists Barry Manilow, Dionne Warwick, Hall and Oates, and Whitney Houston. -------------- 2002: The Damned play their last show on Rob Zombie’s Speeding Demon Tour. Says Captain Sensible, “from the very first show it was apparent that the Damned’s subtle blend of gothic punk was lost on the predominately metal crowds.” -------------- 2003: Dire Straits’ singer-guitarist Mark Knopfler was hospitalized after his motorcycle collided with a car outside of London. Knopfler suffered a broken collarbone and six broken ribs. -------------- 2005: Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant was the keynote speaker at the South By Southwest Music Festival and Conference in Austin, TX. -------------- 2006: Beset by financial and legal woes, Michael Jackson closes his Neverland Ranch in California. -------------- 2006: The Smiths turned down a $5m (£2.8m) offer to reform for a music festival. The band who split acrimoniously in 1987, rejected the bid to get back together for this year’s Coachella US festival. -------------- 2007: Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band end their Face The Promise tour in their Detroit hometown. So what are Segers immediate plans? I figure Ill take six or seven months (off) and just write and thats all, maybe a little bit of recording. ====== Recorded 1955 - Sarah Vaughan - Whatever Lola Wants 1956 - John Lee Hooker - Dimples 1967 - The Beatles - Shes Leaving Home 1967 - Bobby Vee - Come Back When You Grow Up 1968 - Rolling Stones - Beggar’s Banquet (Started) 1971 - Elvis Presley - Help Me Make It Through The Night-Lady Madonna Released 1962 - The Shirelles - Soldier Boy 1967 - The Grateful Dead (The Grateful Dead) PICTURED 1969 - Cream - Badge 1969 - Glen Campbell - Galveston (single & album) 1977 - Elvis Presley - Welcome To My World 1998 - Van Halen (Van Halen III) Broadcast 1956 - Carl Perkins - Red Foley’s Ozark Jubliee. 1968 - Bee Gees - US television debut (CBS Ed Sullivan Show) 2004 - Courtney Love (Late Show w/ David Letterman) 2007 - Big & Rich and John Anderson - CMT Cross Country ====== ====== More Birthdays 1909 - Edward Lee Watson (Lovie Lee) 1919 - Nat King Cole 1935 - Adam Wade 1938 - Zola Taylor (The Platters) 1941 - Clarence Collins (Little Anthony and the Imperials) 1944 - Bob Johnson (Steeleye Span) 1944 - Pat McCauley (Them) 1946 - Harold Brown (War) 1948 - Patrick Lloyd (The Equals) 1954 - Wally Stocker (The Babys) 1955 - Paul Overstreet (Schuyler, Knobloch & Overstreet) 1959 - Mike Lindup (Level 42) 1962 - Clare Grogan (Altered Images) 1963 - Michael Ivins (Flaming Lips) 1972 - Melissa Auf Der Maur (Hole) 1973 - Keifer Thompson (Thompson Square) 1973 - Caroline Corr (The Corrs) 1975 - Justin Hawkins (The Darkness) 1976 - Stephen Gately (Boyzone) -------------- Deaths 1982 - Samuel George Jr. (The Capitols) 1990 - Rick Grech (Family, Blind Faith, Traffic) 1995 - Sunnyland Slim 1996 - Terry Stafford 1997 - Jermaine Stewart 2008 - Ola Brunkert (ABBA) 2010 - Alex Chilton (The Box Tops, Big Star)
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