Here’s the “This Day In Music” for this great Saturday.

NOTE: I forgot to add, Neil Young, in the birthdays. Happy Birthday, Neil!

Kev

Musician Birthdays: Neil Young (Born: 1945), Booker T (Booker T and the MG’s, born in 1944), David Ellefson (bass player for Megadeth, born in 1964)

– In 1965: Velvet Underground made their live debut when the played at Summit High School, New Jersey, the band were paid $75 for the gig.

– In 1966: The Monkees debut album started a 13-week run at No.1 on the US album chart, selling over 3 million copies in three months.

– In 1966: Pink Floyd appeared at the Corn Exchange, Bedford, England. The set list for these early Floyd shows included: ‘Let’s Roll Another One’, ‘Gimme A Break’, ‘Interstellar Overdrive’, ‘Astronomy Domine’ and ‘Stoned Alone’. ‘Stoned Alone’ was also known as ‘I Get Stoned’, and was possibly the first song Syd Barrett wrote for Pink Floyd.

– In 1971: Led Zeppelin appeared at The Locarno, Sunderland, England, with tickets at 75p. The set included: ‘Immigrant Song’, ‘Heartbreaker’, ‘Black Dog’, ‘Since I’ve Been Loving You’, ‘Rock And Roll’, ‘Stairway To Heaven’, ‘That’s The Way’, ‘Going To California’, ‘Tangerine’, ‘Dazed And Confused’, ‘What Is And What Should Never Be’, ‘Celebration Day’, ‘Whole Lotta Love’ and ‘Communication Breakdown’.

– In 1977: The Sex Pistols went to No.1 on the UK album chart with their debut LP ‘Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols’, the punk group’s only No.1 album.

– In 1983: Lionel Richie started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘All Night Long’, becoming Motown’s biggest seller to date, it made No.2 in the UK.

– In 1988: U2 started a six-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Rattle And Hum.’

– In 1990:  Rolling Stone Ron Wood broke both his legs after his car crashed on the M4 motorway near Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. Wood was trying to wave other cars past his when he was run over.

– In 2000:  LeAnn Rimes sued Curb Records to void a contract signed by her parents on her behalf in 1995. In the suit the 18 year-old singer asked Curb to relinquish its rights and publishing interests in Rimes’ past work, as well as future profits.

– In 2002: Die-hard Beatles fans were enraged after Paul McCartney altered the song writing credits on his ‘Back In The US 2002′ album, changing them to McCartney and Lennon from Lennon and McCartney.

– In 2007: Former Culture Club frontman, Boy George was charged with the false imprisonment of a 28-year-old man. Police said the offence was alleged to have taken place at the 47-year-old’s home in Hackney, in London on 28 April of this year. The singer, DJ was bailed and was due to appear before Thames Magistrates’ Court on 22 November.

– In 2008: Mitch Mitchell, the British drummer with the Jimi Hendrix Experience, was found dead in his US hotel room aged 61. Mitchell had been working with Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames when in 1966 he was invited to audition for a new band being formed to back Jimi Hendrix. During the 70’s Mitchell failed an audition for Paul McCartney’s new band, Wings.