THIS DATE IN MUSIC HISTORY (August 15th): 1933: Bill Pinkney (The Drifters) was born 1933: Bobby Helms (Jingle Bell Rock) was born -- he died at the age of 63 1955: Elvis Presley agreed to make Colonel Tom Parker (not a Colonel, but a Dutchman named Andreas Cornelius van Kujik) his special advisor with control of almost every aspect of Elvis career 1960: Elvis Presley began a five-week run at #1 on the US singles charts with Its Now Or Never (a song loosely based on O Sole Mio) 1961: Granville Henry McGhee, also known as Stick (or Sticks), most famous for Drinkin Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee, died -- he got his nickname pushing his older polio-stricken brother, Brownie, in a wagon, with a stick 1965: The Beatles set an attendance record, for a pop concert, at Shea Stadium, playing in front of 55,600 fans (there would have been 55,558 fans if Mick Jagger and Keith Richards had not attended) -- The Beatles were paid $160,000 and shared the bill with Brenda Holloway, The King Curtis Band, The Young Rascals and Sounds Incorporated. 1966: The Ku Klux Klan picketed a Beatles concert at D.C. Stadium in Washington DC (tickets were $3) 1991: Paul Simon played a free concert in Central Park before an estimated crowd of 750,000 2008: Jerry Wexler (an American record producer) died at age 91 ======================================== How many first heard about Sticks McGhee here?
Posted on: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 10:38:02 +0000
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