THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY (September 3rd): 1925: Hank Thompson )Western Swing master singer/songwriter, guitar) was born – lost his battle with the disease on November 6, 2007, aged 82. He had the, first ever, hour long misic variety TV show to be broadcast in color 1933: Tompall Glaser (The Glaser Brothers) was born – died August 13, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee, aged 79, after a long illness 1934: Freddie King (thought to have been born Frederick Christian, originally recorded as Freddy King, and nicknamed The Texas Cannonball) was born -- he died in 1976 at the age of 42 (ulcer disease and heart disease) 1942: Al Jardine (The Beach Boys, guitar and vocals) was born 1944: Gary Leeds (The Walker Brothers) was born 1945: Mike Harrison (Spooky Tooth) was born 1945: George Biondo (Steppenwolf, guitar) was born 1947: Eric Bell (Thin Lizzy and The Noel Redding Band, guitar) was born 1948: Don Brewer (Grand Funk Railroad, drums) was born 1955: Written 102 years earlier, Mitch Miller has the #1 song on the US charts with The Yellow Rose Of Texas 1962: The Beatles play a lunch show in Liverpool at Cavern in Liverpool, then, a Monday night gig at The Queens Hall, Widnes, Cheshire (with Billy Kramer and the Coasters, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes and Sonny Kaye and the Reds) 1966: The Four Tops Reach Out Ill Be There enters the charts 1966: ? and the Mysterians 96 Tears enters the charts 1966: Sunshine Superman is at #1 on the US singles chart for Donovan (Jimmy Page on guitar) 1968: Ringo Starr rejoins The Beatles -- he had quit two weeks earlier as levels of disagreements in the band had increased 1968: The Beatles Hey Jude is certified gold 1970: The Blind Owl, Alan Wilson (Canned Heat, guitar, harmonica and vocals) was found dead at fellow band-members Bob Hites garden in Topanga Canyon, Los Angeles aged 27. With Canned Heat, Wilson performed at two prominent concerts of the 1960s era, the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 and Woodstock in 1969. Canned Heat appeared in the film Woodstock, and the bands Going Up the Country, which Wilson sang, has been referred to as the festivals unofficial theme song. Wilson also wrote On the Road Again, arguably Canned Heats second-most familiar song 1970:Arthur Brown was arrested at the Palermo Pop 70 Festival in Italy, after he set fire to his helmet (during the performance of his hit Fire), and stripped naked during his stage performance. The singer spent four days in solitary confinement before he was released (and some people actually wondered why the act was called The Crazy World of Arthur Brown) 1975: An all-star jam session took place at a party in Los Angeles for actor Peter Sellers’ 50th Birthday. The line-up for the group who named themselves the Trading Faces: Bill Wyman on bass, Ronnie Wood, Jesse Ed Davis, and Danny Kortchmar on guitars, Keith Moon, organ and drums, Joe Cocker, vocals, Nigel Olsson, drums and David Bowie and Bobby Keys on sax 1977: Studio engineer Keith Harwood was killed in a car crash shortly after he left a recording session with The Rolling Stones. Harwood was noted for his work at Olympic Studios with David Bowie (Diamond Dogs), and The Rolling Stones albums Its Only Rock n Roll and Black And Blue. He also engineered a number of Led Zeppelin albums, including Houses Of The Holy, Physical Graffiti and Presence. The Rolling Stones dedicated their album Love You Live to the memory of Harwood 1977: The month after his death, Elvis Presley had 27 albums and 9 singles in the Top 100 charts in the UK. Moody Blue was the No.1 album while Way Down was No.1 on the singles chart, (putting him equal with the Beatles, each amassing 17 No.1 hits) 1982: The three day US Festival in San Bernardino, California took place featuring, Tom Petty, Fleetwood Mac, The Police, The Cars, Talking Heads, The Kinks, Ramones, B52s, The English Beat, Gang Of Four, The Grateful Dead, Pat Benatar, Jackson Browne. Apple Computers founder Steven Wozniak bankrolled the festival 1983: UB40 had their first UK No.1 single with Red Red Wine. Taken from their album Labour of Love the song was a cover of the 1968 Neil Diamond hit song. The re-released single was a US No.1 in 1988 1991: After serving 18 months of a four-year term, Ike Turner was released from jail -- in an interview with Variety, he admits he spent more than $11 million on cocaine 1994: Major Lance (The Monkey Time and Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um ) died in his sleep at the age of 55 of heart disease in Decatur, Georgia 2002: The Rolling Stones 40th anniversary Licks tour kicked off at the Fleet Centre Boston. Tickets for the best seats cost $224. The world tour would see the band playing to over 2.5m fans over 100 shows 2004, Songwriter and producer Billy Davis died in New York after a long illness. He co-wrote Jackie Wilsons, ‘Reet Petite’ and the jingle ‘Id Like To Buy The World A Coke.’ Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, The Supremes and Gladys Knight all recorded his songs 2010: Mike Edwards ( founding member of ELO, cello) was killed in a freak accident when a 1300 pound bale of hay tumbled down a hill and crashed into his van in Devon, England -- he had quit ELO in 1975 to become a Buddhist and changed his name to Deva Pramada and making his living by teaching the cello
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