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

Kev

Musician birthdays: Chad Kroeger (singer/guitarist for Nickelback, born in 1974)

– In 1959: Johnny and the Moondogs, (The Beatles) played in the final heat of the ‘TV Star Search’ competition at The Hippodrome Theatre, Manchester, England. Judging was done by the volume of applause each group received when it is called back onto stage at the end of the night. Since the Moondogs had no money to stay overnight in Manchester, they were forced to head back to Liverpool before they were called back onto stage.

– In 1964: Rolling Stone Brian Jones was admitted to Passavant Hospital in Chicago with a temperature of 105, causing Jones to miss the last few dates on the Stones current tour.

– In 1966: The Doors officially signed with Elektra Records in a deal for the band to produce seven albums. The band also reluctantly agreed to release ‘Break On Through’ as their first single. The lyric “She gets high/she gets high/she gets high” was changed to “She gets/she gets/she gets” in order to secure radio play.

– In 1969: Janis Joplin was arrested during a gig in Tampa, Florida, after badmouthing a policeman and using vulgar and indecent language. Joplin became upset after police moved into the hall forcing fans to move back to their seats. As the singer left the stage she confronted a detective calling him ‘a son of a bitch’ and told him she would kick his face in. She was released on $504 bail.

– In 1980: Blondie had their fifth UK No.1 single and third No.1 of this year with ‘The Tide Is High’ a song written by reggae star John Holt, also a No.1 in the US.

– In 1987: Dire Straits became the first act to sell over three million copies of an album in the UK. It contained five, top 40 singles: ‘Money for Nothing,’ ‘So Far Away,’ ‘Walk of Life,’ ‘Brothers in Arms’ and ‘Your Latest Trick.’

– In 1992: Ozzy Osbourne announced his retirement from touring after a gig in California, saying “Who wants to be touring at 46.”

– In 2007: Jay-Z went to No.1 on the US album chart with ‘American Gangster’ his 10th No.1 album. This made the rapper joint second with Elvis Presley for the most No.1 albums on the chart; only the Beatles have had more, with 19. Since 1998, all eight of Jay-Z’s solo studio albums hade hit No. 1, in addition to his ‘Collision Course’ project with Linkin Park and his ‘Unfinished Business’ collaboration with R. Kelly.

Here’s the “This Day In Music” for today.

Kev

– In 1960: Ray Charles went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Georgia On My Mind’, a No.24 hit in the UK. His cover of Hoagy Carmichael’s 1930 standard, became the first of three No.1 hits for the singer.

– In 1962: The Beatles played the final show of a 14 night run at the Star-Club, Hamburg, West Germany.

– In 1977: Kiss played the first date on their 51-date Alive II Tour at the Myriad Convention Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

– In 1981: The Police had their fourth UK No.1 single with ‘Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic’, a No.3 hit in the US.

– In 1987: The soundtrack from the film ‘Dirty Dancing’ went to No.1 on the US album chart.

– In 1996: Michael Jackson married Debbie Rowe in Sydney Australia. The couple had met when he was diagnosed with vitiligo in the mid-1980s, and she was working as his dermatologist’s assistant. The couple divorced on October 8, 1999, with Rowe giving full custody rights of the children to Jackson with Rowe receiving an $8-million settlement.

– In 2004: The Rolling Stones were refused permission to pursue a claim against their former record company Decca for unpaid royalties through the courts. A High Court judge in London said the dispute would go to arbitration and not be decided in court. The dispute was over their Forty Licks compilation CD, which was released in 2002 and was the first collection to span their entire career.

Here’s the This Day In Music for the day. Enjoy.

Kev

– In 1963:  The Beatles recorded a television interview at Westward Television Studios in Plymouth, Devon, for a local teen program “Move Over, Dad”. Due to a large crowd of excited fans outside, The Beatles had to be smuggled from their dressing-room at the ABC Cinema, where they were scheduled to appear that night, into an adjacent building, then through a tunnel, to get to Westward Studios for the interview taping.

– In 1965: The Castiles, which featured a young singer called Bruce Springsteen appeared at The Fire House, Hazlet, New Jersey. The night was billed as a Teenage Go, Go Dance.

– In 1971: Santana scored their second US No.1 album with ‘Santana III’.

– In 1973: Jerry Lee Lewis Jr was killed in a car accident near Hernando, Mississippi. Lewis had been working as the drummer in his father’s band.

– In 1976: Led Zeppelin scored their seventh UK No.1 album with the film soundtrack to ‘The Song Remains The Same’, it peaked at No.2 on the US chart.

– In 1976: Rod Stewart started an 8 week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Tonight’s The Night’. It was Rod’s second US No.1; it made No.5 in the UK after being banned by many radio stations due to song being about the seduction of a virgin.

– In 1981: U2 kicked off a 23 date North American ‘October’ tour at JB Scott’s in Albany, New York.

– In 1982: Men At Work started a 15-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with their debut album ‘Business As Usual’, which went on to sell over five million copies in the US.

– In 1987: Sonny and Cher reunite for a performance on TV show Late Night with David Letterman.

– In 2000: The Beatles launched their first official website http://www.thebeatles.com. The site went live on the same day as the release of their retrospective ‘Compilation 1’ album.

– In 2002: The three surviving member of Led Zeppelin announced they were re-forming after 22 years for a US stadium tour.

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.

For the past decade: pop, country, rap, R&B, and dance music has been pretty huge in mainstream music. Could Rock finally make a huge come back in 2012?

I mean, we have Black Sabbath coming back next year. Possibly Van Halen and Soundgarden will be releasing new albums  as well. Tool is finally making a return. I’m sure Metallica will release their new album (the true Metallica, that is). Rush is also finally coming back with a new album too.

Rock is slowly trying to come back to the mainstream, and hopefully the genre will kill all this pop garbage next year. 2012 will be a big year for rock & metal and I can’t wait!

I don’t listen to today’s music much ’cause it’s all pop and rap garbage. I want to hear rock & metal, with lots of great guitar playing. That’s my kind of music.

Kev

Here’s the “This Day in Music” for this great Veteran’s Day!!!

Kev

– In 1954: Bill Haley scored his first US Top ten single with ‘Shake Rattle And Roll’. He had dropped his cowboy image about a year and a half earlier, while renaming The Saddlemen to Bill Haley and His Comets. The song became the theme song for the Springfield Indians of the American Hockey League. ‘Shake, Rattle and Roll’ was originally made popular by Big Joe Turner.

– In 1965: The final recording session for The Beatles Rubber Soul album took place, at Abbey Road, London. They needed three new songs to finish the album so an old song ‘Wait’ is pulled off the shelf and the group recorded two new songs from start to finish. Paul’s ‘You Won’t See Me’ and John’s ‘Girl’, the basic tracks for both songs being completed in two takes. Rubber Soul was completed, and finished copies of the album were in the shops by December 3 in the UK and December 6 in the US.

– In 1969: The FBI in Phoenix, Arizona arrested Jim Morrison for drunk and disorderly conduct aboard a plane. The Doors singer who was on his way to a Rolling Stones concert with actor Tom Baker had been drinking and annoying the stewardesses. The pair spent the night in jail and were released on $2,500 bail.

– In 1972: Allman Brothers bass player Berry Oakley was killed when his motorcycle hit a bus at the same intersection as former band member Duane Allman, who had died a year earlier. Oakley was 24 years old.

– In 1978: Donna Summer started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with her version of Jimmy Webb’s ‘MacArther Park’, also a hit for actor Richard Harris in 1968, (made No.5 in the UK). Also on this day Summer went to No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Live And More’.

– In 1978: The Cars released the first picture-disc single commercially available, ‘My Best Friend’s Girl’ which made No.3 in the UK charts.

– In 1990: A 21 year-old AC/DC fan died after being attacked outside the Brendan Byrne Arena in New Jersey where the band were playing a gig that night.

– In 1995: The Smashing Pumpkins double album ‘Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness’ went to No.1 on the US chart.

– In 1999: Britney Spears won four MTV Awards; Best Female Singer, Best Pop Act, Best Song, ‘…Baby One More Time’, Best Breakthrough Artist. Best Rock Act went to The Offspring, Best Male Act, Will Smith and Bono won the Free Your Mind award.

– In 2001: Michael Jackson went to No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Invincible.’