THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY (June 20th): 1920: Danny Cedrone (American session guitarist and bandleader) was born -- he was best known for his lead guitar on Bill Haleys Rock Around The Clock -- he died ten days after that session after falling down a flight of stairs and breaking his neck 1924: Chet Atkins was born -- he died in 2001 1942: Brian Wilson was born 1945: Anne Murray was born 1948: CBS-TV debuts its new variety show, entitled Toast Of The Town, featuring performances by Martin & Lewis and Rodgers & Hammerstein, and hosted by an New York Daily News entertainment columnist and critic named Ed Sullivan. It would go on to become The Ed Sullivan Show and become the longest-running variety show in US history at 23 years 1949: Lionel Richie was born 1954: Michael Anthony (Van Halen, bass) was born 1959: In Paris, The management of the Lido Club calls Elvis Presleys hotel and demands that his entire female chorus line be returned in time for tonights show 1963: I Like It was at #1 on the singles charts for Gerry And The Pacemakers 1968: At Hollywoods Western Recorders, Elvis Presley records the songs Nothingville, Let Yourself Go, Guitar Man, and Big Boss Man. He will use these and the following few days recordings as guides for his live performance in his upcoming NBC comeback TV special 1969: Day 1 of the Newport Pop Festival (California), a three day ticket cost $15 and Jimi Hendrix received the highest fee ever paid, to date, to a rock act for a single appearance ($125,000) -- the lineup on Day 1 included Ike and Tina Turner, Albert King, The Edwin Hawkins Singers, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Joe Cocker, Southwind, Spirit and Taj Mahal 1972: The Tallahatchie bridge in Sidon, MS, made famous by Bobbie Gentrys hit Ode To Billie Joe, collapses. Today motorists use the newer bridge on County Road 512 to cross the river 1973: American Bandstand airs its 20th anniversary special on ABC-TV, featuring Little Richard, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Three Dog Night, Johnny Mathis, Annette Funicello, and Cheech and Chong. It also features the first appearance of his many huge all-star rock jams 1974: The Allman Brothers, The Doobie Brothers, Van Morrison, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Tim Buckley and The Sensational Alex Harvey Band appeared at Knebworth Park in Stevenage, England 1974: Bob Dylan / The Band release the “Before The Flood” 1983: Twang king and guitar god Duane Eddy performs his first concert in fifteen years with a show in San Francisco 1994: Beatles fans learn that the three surviving members of the group are working on a new song for their upcoming Anthology multimedia juggernaut, a song which turns out to be the Threetles overdubbing themselves onto a 70s John home demo called Free As A Bird. 1995: A Los Angeles judge rules that the Kingsmen and not their label, Scepter, are owners of the 1963 smash Louie Louie, and are entitled to back royaltie 2000: The Ronettes were awarded $2.6 million in back earnings after a judge ruled that Phil Spector had cheated them out of royalties 2004: Paul McCartney plays his 3,000th professional concert, appearing in the Palace Square of St. Petersburg, Russia 2006: The BBC cancels its landmark weekly pop music show Top Of The Pops after a record 42 years on the air 2008: Surrey University in England awarded Led Zeppelins Jimmy Page an honorary Doctorate in Music
Posted on: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 12:33:01 +0000
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