1957: We were introduced to the Fat Man as Fats Domino released his debut album This Is Fats.
1960: Ferrante & Teicher had one of the fastest-rising songs of the decade as "Theme From 'The Apartment'" moved from #85 to #36.
Elvis closed in on #1 with "It's Now or Never"
1960: It did it. Sixteen-year-old Brian Hyland's "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini" moved to #1 on this date as Brenda Lee took a back seat with "I'm Sorry". Elvis Presley loomed at #3 with "It's Now or Never" while Roy Orbison remained at 4 with "Only the Lonely". The rest of the Top 10: the Hollywood Argyles with "Alley-Oop, the Safaris were stuck at 6 with "Image of a Girl", the Ventures shot up from 18-7 with "Walk--Don't Run", "Tell Laura I Love Her" from Ray Peterson, Hank Locklin tumbled with "Please Help Me, I'm Falling" and Fats Domino moved into the Top 10 with "Walking to New Orleans".
1963: The Searchers had the #1 U.K. song with "Sweets For My Sweet".
1964: A new group was out. Their name was the Animals and they first charted with "The House of the Rising Sun" on this date.
1964: Bob Dylan released his album Another Side of Bob Dylan.
1964: The Dave Clark Five moved from 60 to 22 with "Because".
1966: The Supremes released the single "You Can't Hurry Love".
1966: Los Bravos released "Black Is Black".
1969: The Beatles filmed the famous "road-crossing" scene for the cover of their upcoming Abbey Road album. Iain McMillan was the photographer, who took six pictures of the group walking in the crosswalk while balanced on a step-ladder. The band then recorded overdubs of "Oh! Darling", "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" and "The "End" for the album.
1969: This was a great show. Jethro Tull opened for Led Zeppelin at the Swing Auditorium in San Bernadino, California.
1970: Blood, Sweat & Tears 3 moved into the #1 slot on the album chart with CCR's great Cosmo's Factory close behind. The Soundtrack to "Woodstock" was the previous #1, followed by Let It Be from the Beatles and McCartney by Paul McCartney. The rest of the Top 10: ABC from the Jackson 5, Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Self Portrait by Bob Dylan, Chicago II moving into the Top 10 and the Who with Live at Leeds.
1970: The Carpenters owned the #1 Easy Listening song for the fourth week with "Close To You".
Alive & Kicking had one of the great-sounding songs of the summer
1970: The Carpenters were up to three weeks at #1 with "Close To You". Bread's "Make It With You" was hanging around at #2 and Stevie Wonder's "Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)" was third. Eric Burdon & War moved up to #4 with "Spill the Wine" and Freda Payne had song #5--"Band of Gold". The rest of the Top 10: Three Dog Night's former #1 "Mama Told Me (Not To Come)" was #6, Alive & Kicking with "Tighter, Tighter" (above), the Jackson 5 had #8 with "The Love You Save", the Temptations with "Ball of Confusion" and the Five Stairsteps rounded out the list with "O-o-h Child".
1972: The Eagles performed at the Center Coliseum in Seattle, Washington.
1975: Cannonball Adderley ("Mercy, Mercy, Mercy") died of a stroke at the age of 46 in Gary, Indiana.
1976: Boston released their epic debut album.
1981: The Pretenders were in concert in Fort Pierce, Florida.
1981: Long Distance Voyager by the Moody Blues was once again the #1 album for the third week. Precious Time by Pat Benatar moved to #2 while Street Songs by Rick James was third. Foreigner moved from 13 to 4 with their album 4. The rest of the Top 10: Mistaken Identity from Kim Carnes, Hard Promises at 6 by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Kenny Rogers remained at 7 with Share Your Love, RESP Speedwagon was finally down to #8 after 35 weeks with Hi Infidelity, Styx and Paradise Theater and Air Supply landed at #10 with The One That You Love.
1981: "Jessie's Girl" by Rick Springfield held on to #1 but Diana Ross & Lionel Richie were gaining fast with "Endless Love", which moved from 14 to 2 on this date. Joey Scarbury's "Theme from 'Greatest American Hero' (Believe It or Not)" was at 3 while Kenny Rogers remained at #4 with "I Don't Need You".
1982 - Mickey Thompson (Jefferson Starship) married Sara Kendrick.
1986: David Crosby was released from prison after serving his sentence for drug and weapons possession.
1987: "The Pleasure Principle", title song from Janet Jackson's album, topped the R&B chart.
T'Pau had one hit, but it was a great one
1987: U2 climbed to #1 and "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For". George Michael was up to #2 with "I Want Your Sex" and Bob Seger's former #1 "Shakedown was #3. T'Pau's "Heart and Soul" was next followed by Suzanne Vega's "Luka" and Gloria Estefan with "Rhythm Is Gonna' Get You".
1988: If every day was like this, anyone could be a radio station Music Director. Def Leppard released the single "Love Bites" and UB40 released "Red Red Wine".
1992: Axl Rose cut a concert by Guns 'N' Roses short in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, because of a sore throat. Fans weren't too understanding because they rioted.
1992: Snap! topped the U.K. chart with "Rhythm is a Dancer".
1992: Madonna scored her 26th hit, 23rd Top 10 and 10th #1 song with "Used To Be My Playground".
1992: TLC had the #1 R&B song with "Baby-Baby-Baby".
1994: Boyz II Men released the single "I'll Make Love To You".
1998: The Spice Girls hit #1 for the seventh time in the U.K. with "Viva Forever".
2000: Oasis kept getting their concerts cut short by their fans. This time in Portugal, drummer Alan White was hit by a rock.
2000: The head of security for James Brown was arrested in connection with an Augusta, Georgia fire that destroyed Brown's offices.
2005: Marc Cohn was shot in the head after a tour bus was stopped in Denver--he miraculously survived.
2005: In today's "Inmates Run Rap Music" segment, rapper Young Buck and Lloyd Banks were arrested for possessing a handgun and loaded gun.
2006: Travis Barker of Blink-182 filed for divorce from wife Shanna Moakler.
Born This Day:
1927: Andy Warhol, who produced the Velvet Underground; died February 22, 1987 after a gall bladder operation
1933: Joe Tex (Joseph Arrington, Jr. whose biggest hit was "I Gotcha'" from 1972) was born in Rogers, Texas
1938: Connie Stevens ("Sixteen Reasons" from 1960) and popular actress, was born in Brooklyn, New York
1938: Don Jacobucci of the Regents
1942: John "Jay" David, drummer of Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
1944: Michael Johnson ("Bluer Than Blue" from 1978) was born in Alamosa, Colorado
1949: Keith Carradine, actor and Oscar winner of best song from the movie Nashville ("I'm Easy) was born in San Mateo, California
1949: Airrion Love, singer with the Stylistics, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1950: Andy Fairweather-Low, singer and songwriter with Amen Corner, a solo artist, and session guitar with with Elton John, George Harrison Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Jackson Browne and Ringo Starr, was born in Ystrad Mynach, Hengoed, Wales
1952: Anton Fig, who was the drummer for Bob Dylan and Cyndi Lauper, was born in Cape Town, South Africa
1956: Ali Score, drummer with of A Flock of Seagulls
1957: Dennis Drew, keyboardist with 10,000 Maniacs, was born in Jamestown, New York
1958: Christopher Foreman, guitarist with Madness
1959: Rikki Rocket, drummer of Poison, was born in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
1961: The Edge (David Evans), guitarist of U2, was born in County Dublin, Ireland
1961: Andy Fletcher, co-founder and synthesizer player of Depeche Mode, was born in Nottingham, England
1961: Paul Jackson, bassist with T'Pau ("Heart and Soul" from 1987), was born in Telford, England
1963: Joan Osborne ("One of Us") was born in Anchorage, Kentucky
1967: Lorraine Pearson of 5 Star was born in Brent, London
1968: Ian Moore, guitarist who has appeared with Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones and ZZ Top, was born in Berkeley, California
1970: Beck was born in Los Angeles
1974: Brian Harvey, former singer with East 17, was born in Walthamstow, London
1976: Joshua Chasez of *N Sync and producer for the Backstreet Boys, among others, was born in Washington, D.C.
1981: Bradley Mcintosh of S Club 7 was born in London
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1960: Ferrante & Teicher had one of the fastest-rising songs of the decade as "Theme From 'The Apartment'" moved from #85 to #36.
Elvis closed in on #1 with "It's Now or Never"
1960: It did it. Sixteen-year-old Brian Hyland's "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini" moved to #1 on this date as Brenda Lee took a back seat with "I'm Sorry". Elvis Presley loomed at #3 with "It's Now or Never" while Roy Orbison remained at 4 with "Only the Lonely". The rest of the Top 10: the Hollywood Argyles with "Alley-Oop, the Safaris were stuck at 6 with "Image of a Girl", the Ventures shot up from 18-7 with "Walk--Don't Run", "Tell Laura I Love Her" from Ray Peterson, Hank Locklin tumbled with "Please Help Me, I'm Falling" and Fats Domino moved into the Top 10 with "Walking to New Orleans".
1963: The Searchers had the #1 U.K. song with "Sweets For My Sweet".
1964: A new group was out. Their name was the Animals and they first charted with "The House of the Rising Sun" on this date.
1964: Bob Dylan released his album Another Side of Bob Dylan.
1964: The Dave Clark Five moved from 60 to 22 with "Because".
1966: The Supremes released the single "You Can't Hurry Love".
1966: Los Bravos released "Black Is Black".
1969: The Beatles filmed the famous "road-crossing" scene for the cover of their upcoming Abbey Road album. Iain McMillan was the photographer, who took six pictures of the group walking in the crosswalk while balanced on a step-ladder. The band then recorded overdubs of "Oh! Darling", "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" and "The "End" for the album.
1969: This was a great show. Jethro Tull opened for Led Zeppelin at the Swing Auditorium in San Bernadino, California.
1970: Blood, Sweat & Tears 3 moved into the #1 slot on the album chart with CCR's great Cosmo's Factory close behind. The Soundtrack to "Woodstock" was the previous #1, followed by Let It Be from the Beatles and McCartney by Paul McCartney. The rest of the Top 10: ABC from the Jackson 5, Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Self Portrait by Bob Dylan, Chicago II moving into the Top 10 and the Who with Live at Leeds.
1970: The Carpenters owned the #1 Easy Listening song for the fourth week with "Close To You".
Alive & Kicking had one of the great-sounding songs of the summer
1970: The Carpenters were up to three weeks at #1 with "Close To You". Bread's "Make It With You" was hanging around at #2 and Stevie Wonder's "Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)" was third. Eric Burdon & War moved up to #4 with "Spill the Wine" and Freda Payne had song #5--"Band of Gold". The rest of the Top 10: Three Dog Night's former #1 "Mama Told Me (Not To Come)" was #6, Alive & Kicking with "Tighter, Tighter" (above), the Jackson 5 had #8 with "The Love You Save", the Temptations with "Ball of Confusion" and the Five Stairsteps rounded out the list with "O-o-h Child".
1972: The Eagles performed at the Center Coliseum in Seattle, Washington.
1975: Cannonball Adderley ("Mercy, Mercy, Mercy") died of a stroke at the age of 46 in Gary, Indiana.
1976: Boston released their epic debut album.
1981: The Pretenders were in concert in Fort Pierce, Florida.
1981: Long Distance Voyager by the Moody Blues was once again the #1 album for the third week. Precious Time by Pat Benatar moved to #2 while Street Songs by Rick James was third. Foreigner moved from 13 to 4 with their album 4. The rest of the Top 10: Mistaken Identity from Kim Carnes, Hard Promises at 6 by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Kenny Rogers remained at 7 with Share Your Love, RESP Speedwagon was finally down to #8 after 35 weeks with Hi Infidelity, Styx and Paradise Theater and Air Supply landed at #10 with The One That You Love.
1981: "Jessie's Girl" by Rick Springfield held on to #1 but Diana Ross & Lionel Richie were gaining fast with "Endless Love", which moved from 14 to 2 on this date. Joey Scarbury's "Theme from 'Greatest American Hero' (Believe It or Not)" was at 3 while Kenny Rogers remained at #4 with "I Don't Need You".
1982 - Mickey Thompson (Jefferson Starship) married Sara Kendrick.
1986: David Crosby was released from prison after serving his sentence for drug and weapons possession.
1987: "The Pleasure Principle", title song from Janet Jackson's album, topped the R&B chart.
T'Pau had one hit, but it was a great one
1987: U2 climbed to #1 and "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For". George Michael was up to #2 with "I Want Your Sex" and Bob Seger's former #1 "Shakedown was #3. T'Pau's "Heart and Soul" was next followed by Suzanne Vega's "Luka" and Gloria Estefan with "Rhythm Is Gonna' Get You".
1988: If every day was like this, anyone could be a radio station Music Director. Def Leppard released the single "Love Bites" and UB40 released "Red Red Wine".
1992: Axl Rose cut a concert by Guns 'N' Roses short in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, because of a sore throat. Fans weren't too understanding because they rioted.
1992: Snap! topped the U.K. chart with "Rhythm is a Dancer".
1992: Madonna scored her 26th hit, 23rd Top 10 and 10th #1 song with "Used To Be My Playground".
1992: TLC had the #1 R&B song with "Baby-Baby-Baby".
1994: Boyz II Men released the single "I'll Make Love To You".
1998: The Spice Girls hit #1 for the seventh time in the U.K. with "Viva Forever".
2000: Oasis kept getting their concerts cut short by their fans. This time in Portugal, drummer Alan White was hit by a rock.
2000: The head of security for James Brown was arrested in connection with an Augusta, Georgia fire that destroyed Brown's offices.
2005: Marc Cohn was shot in the head after a tour bus was stopped in Denver--he miraculously survived.
2005: In today's "Inmates Run Rap Music" segment, rapper Young Buck and Lloyd Banks were arrested for possessing a handgun and loaded gun.
2006: Travis Barker of Blink-182 filed for divorce from wife Shanna Moakler.
Born This Day:
1927: Andy Warhol, who produced the Velvet Underground; died February 22, 1987 after a gall bladder operation
1933: Joe Tex (Joseph Arrington, Jr. whose biggest hit was "I Gotcha'" from 1972) was born in Rogers, Texas
1938: Connie Stevens ("Sixteen Reasons" from 1960) and popular actress, was born in Brooklyn, New York
1938: Don Jacobucci of the Regents
1942: John "Jay" David, drummer of Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
1944: Michael Johnson ("Bluer Than Blue" from 1978) was born in Alamosa, Colorado
1949: Keith Carradine, actor and Oscar winner of best song from the movie Nashville ("I'm Easy) was born in San Mateo, California
1949: Airrion Love, singer with the Stylistics, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1950: Andy Fairweather-Low, singer and songwriter with Amen Corner, a solo artist, and session guitar with with Elton John, George Harrison Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Jackson Browne and Ringo Starr, was born in Ystrad Mynach, Hengoed, Wales
1952: Anton Fig, who was the drummer for Bob Dylan and Cyndi Lauper, was born in Cape Town, South Africa
1956: Ali Score, drummer with of A Flock of Seagulls
1957: Dennis Drew, keyboardist with 10,000 Maniacs, was born in Jamestown, New York
1958: Christopher Foreman, guitarist with Madness
1959: Rikki Rocket, drummer of Poison, was born in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
1961: The Edge (David Evans), guitarist of U2, was born in County Dublin, Ireland
1961: Andy Fletcher, co-founder and synthesizer player of Depeche Mode, was born in Nottingham, England
1961: Paul Jackson, bassist with T'Pau ("Heart and Soul" from 1987), was born in Telford, England
1963: Joan Osborne ("One of Us") was born in Anchorage, Kentucky
1967: Lorraine Pearson of 5 Star was born in Brent, London
1968: Ian Moore, guitarist who has appeared with Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones and ZZ Top, was born in Berkeley, California
1970: Beck was born in Los Angeles
1974: Brian Harvey, former singer with East 17, was born in Walthamstow, London
1976: Joshua Chasez of *N Sync and producer for the Backstreet Boys, among others, was born in Washington, D.C.
1981: Bradley Mcintosh of S Club 7 was born in London
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