Looking Back At March 4 1959, The winners of the first Grammy Awards were announced. Domenico Modugnos Volare was Record of the Year; Henry Mancinis Peter Gunn was Album of the Year and The Champs Tequila won best R&B performance. 1966, John Lennons statement that The Beatles were more popular than Jesus Christ was published in The London Evening Standard. Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. We’re more popular then Jesus now; I don’t know which will go first, rock ‘n’ roll or Christianity. Jesus was alright, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. Christian groups in the US were outraged resulting in some states burning Beatles records. Lennon later apologised. 1967, The Rolling Stones went to No.1 on the US singles chart with Ruby Tuesday, the groups fourth US No.1 single. Lets Spend The Night Together was the original A side but after radio stations banned the song Tuesday became the A side. 1973, Pink Floyd played the first night on a 19 date North American tour at the Dane County Memorial Coliseum in Madison. 1977, CBS released The Clashs self- titled first album in the UK. CBS in the U.S. refused to release it until 1979. Americans bought over 100,000 imported copies of the record making it one of the biggest- selling import records of all time. 1982, Frank Zappas son Dweezil and his daughter Moon Unit formed a band called Fred Zeppelin. Their first single was My Mother is a Space Cadet. 1986, American songwriter Howard Greenfield died of a brain tumour aged 50. Working out of the famous Brill Building with Neil Sedaka he co-wrote many hits including Calendar Girl, Breaking Up Is Hard To Do, and Crying In The Rain with Carole King. Also wrote TV theme songs including the theme to Bewitched. 1986, After just completing a two set show with The Band in Winter Park, Florida, 41 year old Richard Manuel of The Band hung himself from a shower curtain rod in a hotel room in Florida. His band mate, Robbie Robertson honoured his friend with the song, Fallen Angel in 1987. 1989, Debbie Gibson started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Lost In Your Eyes, her second US No.1, a No.34 hit in the UK. 2001, Village People singer Glenn Hughes died of lung cancer aged 50 in his Manhattan apartment in New York. He was the original Biker character in the disco group who scored the 1978 UK No.1 & US No.2 single Y.M.C.A. 2004, Brian Wilson appeared at the Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow during his 11-date UK tour. The shows saw Wilson performing the full suite of songs from his unreleased masterpiece Smile Wilsons teenage symphony to God. 2007, Take That went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with Shine, their 10th UK No.1 single. The song was featured in several commercials for the re-launched Morrisons supermarkets in the UK, and went on to win the British single of the year award at the 2008 Brit Awards.
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