ON THIS DAY 1965, American disc-jockey Alan Freed died from uraemia at the age of 42. Freed called himself the father of rock and roll, appeared in the movies such as Rock Around The Clock and Dont Knock the Rock. His career was destroyed by the payola scandal that hit the broadcasting industry in the early 1960s. 1969, Led Zeppelin appeared at the Wheaton Youth Center, Wheaton, during their first North American tour. Some reports suggest that only 55 fans attended this show, (if so, this would make it the smallest audience they ever played to). This show was on a Monday and the night of Richard Nixons inauguration. Zeppelin were paid $250 to appear. 1982, During an Ozzy Osbourne concert in Des Moines, Iowa, a member of the audience threw a bat onto the stage. Stunned by the light, the bat lay motionless, and thinking it was a rubber fake, the singer picked it up and attempted to bite its head off. As he did this, the bat started to flap its wings and Ozzy soon realized it wasnt fake but in fact a living thing. After the show Ozzy was immediately rushed to the nearest hospital for rabies shots. 1983, Def Leppard released their third studio album Pyromania which featured new guitarist Phil Collen and was produced by South African Robert John Mutt Lange. The album has now sold over 10 million copies in the US. 1985, Foreigner had their only UK No.1 single with I Want To Know What Love Is. London-born Mick Jones wrote the song. 1986, Stevie Wonder and Bob Dylan appeared at a concert to celebrate the first Martin Luther King day in the US. 1988, The Beatles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and Yoko, Sean, and Julian Lennon all attend. Paul McCartney does not attend, sending instead a letter stating that continuing business differences with the other ex-Beatles was the reason for his absence. 1990, Michael Bolton started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with How Am I Supposed To Live Without You, the singers first No.1 and the first No.1 single of the 90s in the US. 1996, Bobby Brown was fined $1,000 (£560), sentenced to two years probation and ordered to attend anger management classes after assaulting a security guard. 2000, Tourism chiefs in Liverpool were banned from putting up motorway signs saying Liverpool, the Birthplace Of The Beatles, because the Highways Agency thought the signs would distract motorists. 2001, A memorial service was held for Kirsty MacColl who was killed in a boating accident off the coast of Mexico in December 2000. Bono from U2 and Billy Bragg were among friends and fans that packed St Martin-in-the-fields church in London. 2002, George Harrison had the posthumous UK No.1 single with the re-release of the 1971 former No.1 My Sweet Lord. Harrisons single replaced Aaliyahs More Than A Woman, the only time in chart history that one deceased artist had taken over from another at No.1. BORN ON THIS DAY 1889, Leadbelly, (Huddi William Ledbetter), Blues musician, who wrote Goodnight Irene, The Rock Island Line, and The Midnight Special. He was jailed for shooting a man dead during an argument over a woman. Leadbelly died on 6th December 1949. 1933, Ron Townson, The 5th Dimension, 1942, Billy Powell, vocals, The OJays, 1952, Paul Stanley, guitar, vocals, Kiss. who have been awarded 24 gold albums to date, the most of any American rock band - selling more than 40 million albums. 1965, Heather Small, singer, M People, (1993 UK No.2 single Moving On Up plus over 15 other UK Top 40 singles). 1971, Gary Barlow, vocals, piano, songwriter, Take That. Written songs for Donny Osmond, Charlotte Church, Bryan McFadden and Atomic Kitten. Re-formed Take That without Robbie Williams in 2006 for a sold-out European tour. Topped the UK singles and album charts simultaneously for the first time in their career when the single ‘Patience’ and album ‘Beautiful World’ both reached No.1 in Dec 2006. 1979, Will Young, singer, UK TVs Pop Idol winner, 1981, Nathan Connolly, Snow Patrol VERY COOL SONG youtu.be/GemKqzILV4w
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