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Post by spiritinthesky on Oct 5, 2012 1:34:36 GMT -5
5th Oct 1962, The Beatles debut single 'Love Me Do' was released in the UK. It spent 26 week's on the chart peaking at No.17. Beatles producer George Martin has said when 'Love Me Do' was released, it was the day the world changed. Read the full story: www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/love_me_do |
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Post by spiritinthesky on Oct 6, 2012 9:37:48 GMT -5
6th Oct, 2007, Queen's groundbreaking promo for their 1975 hit Bohemian Rhapsody was named the UK's best music video in a survey of music fans. Out of 1,051 adults polled by O2, 30% named the six-minute video, (which took only three hours to shoot and cost a mere £3,500 to make), their favourite. Read the full story: www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/bohemian_rhapsody |
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Post by spiritinthesky on Oct 7, 2012 2:48:14 GMT -5
7th Oct 1995, Alanis Morissette went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Jagged Little Pill'. The album went on to become the biggest selling album ever by a female artist with sales over 30m. Read more: www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/jagged_little_pill |
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Post by spiritinthesky on Oct 8, 2012 1:02:26 GMT -5
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Post by spiritinthesky on Oct 9, 2012 2:49:13 GMT -5
John Lennon was born on 9th Oct 1940, singer, songwriter, guitarist. The Beatles sold over 20m singles worldwide, (1962-1970), and scored more UK & US No.1 albums than any other group. Their 1967 'Sgt. Pepper's' is the UK's biggest selling album ever. In 1990 Lennon's song 'Imagine' was played simultaneously in 130 countries to commemorate what would've been Lennon's 50th birthday. He was shot dead in New York by Mark Chapman on 8th December 1980. Read more www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/imagine |
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Post by spiritinthesky on Oct 10, 2012 3:08:26 GMT -5
10th Oct 1978, The second Stiff Records UK tour kicked off featuring; Wreckless Eric, Jona Lewie, Rachel Sweet, Lene Lovich and Micky Jupp. The UK tour was undertaken by train, and then continued on to the USA, without Jupp, who was afraid of flying. Read more at www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/stiff_records |
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Post by spiritinthesky on Oct 11, 2012 2:13:44 GMT -5
11th Oct 2010, George Michael was released from Highpoint Prison in Suffolk, England after serving four of an eight week sentence for driving under the influence of drugs. The singer had been arrested after crashing his car into the front of a Snappy Snaps store in Hampstead, North London in July of this year. Read more: www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/george_michael |
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Post by mimmihopps on Oct 11, 2012 6:00:26 GMT -5
I didn't know that George Micheal has been in the prison. ;D
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Post by spiritinthesky on Oct 13, 2012 2:13:31 GMT -5
13th Oct 1965, The Who recorded 'My Generation', at Pye studios, London. When released as a single it reached No.2 on the UK chart, held off the No.1 position by The Seekers 'The Carnival Is Over'. Roger Daltrey would later say that he stuttered the lyrics to try to fit them to the music. The BBC initially refused to play the song because it did not want to offend people who stutter. Full story: www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/my_generation |
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Post by spiritinthesky on Oct 14, 2012 2:12:29 GMT -5
14th Oct 1967, The second series of The Monkees TV show started on BBC TV in the UK. Plans for the shows to be screened in colour were dropped, so it was aired in black & white. Read more at www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/daydream_believers |
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Post by spiritinthesky on Oct 16, 2012 2:09:42 GMT -5
16th Oct 1976, One hit wonder Rick Dees and his Cast Of Idiots went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Disco Duck, (part one)'. Dees was a US TV and radio presenter, the song became a No.6 hit in the UK. More One Hit Wonders www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/one_hit_wonder |
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Post by spiritinthesky on Oct 17, 2012 4:57:00 GMT -5
17th Oct 1964, Manfred Mann started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Do Wah Diddy Diddy', possibly the first No.1 with a nonsense song title. Also a No.1 in the UK, the song was first released by the US group The Exciters. More Nonsense Song Titles: www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/odds_nonsense_song |
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Post by mimmihopps on Oct 17, 2012 6:10:39 GMT -5
16th Oct 1976, One hit wonder Rick Dees and his Cast Of Idiots went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Disco Duck, (part one)'. Dees was a US TV and radio presenter, the song became a No.6 hit in the UK. More One Hit Wonders www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/one_hit_wonderSpeaking about "one hit wonder", I always remember The Knack. "My my my myÿyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Sharona" |
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Post by spiritinthesky on Oct 25, 2012 2:32:12 GMT -5
25th Oct 2004, John Peel died in Cuzco, Peru of a heart attack, aged 65. He was BBC’s longest-serving radio DJ and the first DJ to introduce The Ramones, Roxy Music, The Smiths, The Fall, Rod Stewart, Blur, the Sex Pistols, T. Rex and others to the masses. He founded Dandelion Records in 1969, which released records by Kevin Coyne, Bridget St John and Medicine Head. Full story: www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/john_peel |
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Post by mimmihopps on Oct 25, 2012 2:35:28 GMT -5
25th Oct 2004, John Peel died in Cuzco, Peru of a heart attack, aged 65. He was BBC’s longest-serving radio DJ and the first DJ to introduce The Ramones, Roxy Music, The Smiths, The Fall, Rod Stewart, Blur, the Sex Pistols, T. Rex and others to the masses. He founded Dandelion Records in 1969, which released records by Kevin Coyne, Bridget St John and Medicine Head. Full story: www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/john_peelRIP Mr. Peel. A true legend. |
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Post by spiritinthesky on Oct 26, 2012 2:43:29 GMT -5
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Post by spiritinthesky on Oct 27, 2012 2:27:04 GMT -5
27th Oct 1957, The Crickets started a three-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'That'll Be The Day'. It was also a No.3 hit in the US where it went on to sell over a million. The song was inspired by a trip to the movies by Holly, Jerry Allison and Sonny Curtis in June 1956. The John Wayne film The Searchers was playing and Wayne's frequently-used, world-weary catchphrase, "that'll be the day" inspired the young musicians. More : www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/the_day_the_music_died |
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Post by spiritinthesky on Oct 30, 2012 3:06:38 GMT -5
30th Oct 1971, Pink Floyd released their sixth studio album 'Meddle' in the US. The album features One Of These Days and the 23-minute track Echoes which took up all of side 2 on the vinyl record. The cover image was photographed by Bob Dowling. The image represents an ear, underwater, collecting waves of sound, represented by ripples in the water. More: www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/meddle |
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Post by spiritinthesky on Nov 1, 2012 12:30:16 GMT -5
Song of the day - The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
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Post by spiritinthesky on Nov 9, 2012 2:33:57 GMT -5
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Post by spiritinthesky on Nov 12, 2012 2:46:58 GMT -5
12th Nov, 1945, Born on this day, Neil Young, Canadian singer, songwriter and guitarist who as a member of Buffalo Springfield had the 1967 US #17 single 'For What It's Worth'. Joined Crosby Stills Nash and Young who had the 1970 US #1 and UK #5 album 'DejVu'. As a solo artist Young scored the 1972 US #1 and UK #10 single Heart Of Gold, and his 1972 UK #7 album Harvest spent 66 weeks on the UK chart. www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/neil_young |
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Post by spiritinthesky on Jan 8, 2013 2:18:31 GMT -5
8th Jan 1935, Born on this day, Elvis Aaron Presley, the King of rock 'n' roll. He had his first No.1 in 1956 with the US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Heartbreak Hotel'. His first UK No.1 single was in 1957, with 'All Shook Up'. Presley went on to have over 100 US & UK Top 40 singles from 1956 - 2006. The singer died on August 16th 1977. www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/elvis_facts |
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Post by spiritinthesky on Jan 11, 2013 3:27:59 GMT -5
11th Jan 1992, Nirvana appeared on NBC-TV's Saturday Night Live performing two songs, 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' and 'Territorial Pissings'. Also on this day the group's 'Nevermind' went to No.1 on the US album chart. www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/smells_like_teen_spirit |
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