1958: Cliff Richard signed a recording contract with EMI Records and also began a four-week residency at Butlins Holiday Camp in Clacton-On-Sea, Essex.
1960: Johnny Horton recorded "North To Alaska".
1963: The British television show "Ready, Set! Go!" debuted on the BBC.
1964: The Rolling Stones were live at the New Elizabeth Ballroom in Belle Vue, Manchester.
1964: Bob Dylan and Joan Baez performed together for the first time.
1965: The Silkie recorded their version of "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away. Paul McCartney played guitar, George Harrison played tambourine and John Lennon produced the song.
1967: Love was contagious. On this date, Scott McKenzie hit #1 in the U.K. with his great song "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers In Your Hair").
1969: A new group appeared on the scene. They first hit the chart on this date with "Questions 67 and 68". Their name originally was Chicago Transit Authority, but we know them as simply Chicago.
1969: The great album Blood, Sweat & Tears continued to be #1 on the album chart, followed by the Soundtrack to "Hair", which was in its 53rd week of release. The Soundtrack to "Romeo & Juliet" was next, followed by This is Tom Jones and A Warm Shade of Ivory by Henry Mancini & His Orchestra. The rest of the Top 10: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly, Cream, up 25-7 with the Best of Cream, the self-titled Crosby, Stills & Nash, Johnny Cash At San Quentin entered the Top 10 and the 5th Dimension was at 10 with The Age of Aquarius.
One of the most important songs ever released--Jackie DeShannon
1969: "Commotion" by CCR moved from #71 to #34 on this date.
1969: "In the Year 2525" by Zager and Evans continued to roll along at #1 for a fourth week with "Crystal Blue Persuasion by Tommy James & the Shondells one step away. The Rolling Stones moved from #8 to #3 with "Honky Tonk Women" . All three songs are still ranked high in The Top 500 Songs of the Rock Era*. Jr. Walker & the All-Stars owned #4--"What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)" and Neil Diamond moved to #5 with "Sweet Caroline". The rest of the Top 10: Kenny Rogers & the First Edition with "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town", Johnny Cash moved from 20-7 with "A Boy Named Sue", Stevie Wonder with "My Cherie Amour", Jackie DeShannon jumped up from 25 to 9 with "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" and Andy Kim fell with "Baby, I Love You".
1973: Guitarist Henry McCullough and drummer Denny Seiwell left the group Wings.
1974: Bill Chase and three other members of the group Chase ("Get It On" from 1971) died in a plane crash in Jackson, Minnesota.
1975: Don Kirshner held the first Rock Music Award Show in Santa Monica, California. The Eagles, Stevie Wonder and Bad Company were among the winners.
1975: Janis Ian's biting "At Seventeen" was #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
Glen Campbell was headed to the top
1975: The Bee Gees scored their first #1 song in four years with "Jive Talkin'", hopping over 10 CC's "I'm Not in Love", which had to settle for being a #2 song for three weeks. Olivia Newton-John was beginning to cross over on a regular basis as "Please Mr. Please" was #3. The previous #1 from the Eagles ("One of These Nights") was at #4 followed by Elton John's classic "Someone Saved My Life Tonight". The rest of the Top 10: "Midnight Blue" by Melissa Manchester followed by four new entries, "Rhinestone Cowboy" by Glen Campbell which moved 14-7, War's "Why Can't We Be Friends?", James Taylor jumped up from 15 to 9 with his remake of the Marvin Gaye hit "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" and Mike Post at #10 with "The Rockford Files".
The Isley Brothers were up to #2
1975: One of These Nights by the Eagles had only been out seven weeks but three of those were at #1 as the quality was already evident. The Isley Brothers had the biggest album of their career--The Heat Is On at #2. The Captain & Tennille were at 3 with Love Will Keep Us Together while Elton John's amazing Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy album was at #4. The rest of the Top 10: Cut the Cake by Average White Band, Venus and Mars from Wings, James Taylor placed Gorilla at #7, the Greatest Hits package from Cat Stevens was at #8, Earth, Wind & Fire were in the 22nd week of release with That's the Way of the World and Jefferson Starship was staging one of rock's most incredible comebacks with Red Octopus, which entered the Top 10.
1980: ABBA had the top song in the U.K. with "The Winner Takes It All".
1980: AC/DC hit #1 in the U.K. with the album Back in Black.
1980: The Rolling Stones remained at #1 for the third week with Emotional Rescue. Jackson Browne's great album Hold Out moved to #2 while Billy Joel remained at 3 with Glass Houses. Those are three great albums. The Soundtrack to "Urban Cowboy" was at #4 while Queen's The Game was fifth. The rest of the Top 10: Diana from Diana Ross, Empty Glass by Pete Townshend, the Soundtrack to "The Empire Strikes Back" was at #8, the debut from Christopher Cross moved from 19 to 9 and another of The Top 100 Albums of All-Time in the Rock Era*--Against the Wind from Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band entered the Top 10.
1980: Olivia Newton-John had one of her biggest hits as "Magic" was #1 for a third week on the Adult Contemporary chart.
1980: Diana Ross had one of the hottest up-and-coming songs in the nation as "Upside Down" moved from 49 to 10.
1985: "The Motown Review", hosted by Smokey Robinson, premiered on television.
1986: Queen appeared in concert for the final time at Knebworth Park in England.
1986: Peter Cetera from Sun Valley, Idaho remained at #1 for the third week on the AC chart with "Glory of Love".
1991: The great group the 5th Dimension earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1995: Jerry Garcia of Grateful Dead died of a heart attack at the age of 53.
1996: The Ramones broke up.
Matchbox 20 entered the Top 10
1997: No Way Out debuted at #1 by Puff Daddy & the Family. The Soundtrack to "Men in Black" had to fall, while Spice by the Spice Girls was #3. Hanson owned #4--Middle of Nowhere and Sarah McLachlan's fine Surfacing fell to #5. The rest of the Top 10: The Fat of the Land by Prodigy, Supa Dupa Fly from Missy Elliott, Jewel was now moving back up at #8 with Pieces of You in its 76th week, Matchbox entered the Top 10 with their great album Yourself or Someone Like You and the self-titled God's Property was at #10.
1999: Bob Herbert, manager of the Spice Girls, was killed in a car crash in Windsor, England.
2003: Hanson began their acoustic tour of the United States.
2003: Roger Daltrey played the part of Doctor Dolittle in My Fair Lady.
2003: Eagles performed at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
2005: In Today's edition of "Dangerous Inmates Run Rap Music", rapper Beanie Sigel was released from federal prison in Fairton, New Jersey.
2008: Bo Diddley was given an honorary doctorate posthumously from the University of Florida in Gainesville.
Born This Day:
1939: Billy Henderson of the Spinners was born in Indianapolis, Indiana
1946: Marinus Gerritsen, bassist and keyboardist of Golden Earring, was born in Hague, the Netherlands
1947: Barbara Mason ("Yes I'm Ready" from 1965) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1954: Pete Thomas of Elvis Costello's Attractions
1954: Debbie Sledge of Sister Sledge was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1955: Benjamin Orr of the Cars was born in Cleveland, Ohio
1955: Charlie Morgan, drummer and percussionist who worked with Paul McCartney, Elton John, Tina Turner, Orleans and Kate Bush
1959: Jim Kerr, founder and singer/songwriter of Simple Minds, was born in Toryglen, Glasgow, Scotland
1959: Marc Almond (Peter Mark Sinclair) of Soft Cell was born in Southport, Lancashire, England (now Southport, Merseyside)
1959: Kurtis Blow was born in Harlem, New York
1963: Whitney Houston was born in Newark, New Jersey
1972: Arion Salazar, bass guitarist of Third Eye Blind, was born in Oakland, California
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1960: Johnny Horton recorded "North To Alaska".
1963: The British television show "Ready, Set! Go!" debuted on the BBC.
1964: The Rolling Stones were live at the New Elizabeth Ballroom in Belle Vue, Manchester.
1964: Bob Dylan and Joan Baez performed together for the first time.
1965: The Silkie recorded their version of "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away. Paul McCartney played guitar, George Harrison played tambourine and John Lennon produced the song.
1967: Love was contagious. On this date, Scott McKenzie hit #1 in the U.K. with his great song "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers In Your Hair").
1969: A new group appeared on the scene. They first hit the chart on this date with "Questions 67 and 68". Their name originally was Chicago Transit Authority, but we know them as simply Chicago.
1969: The great album Blood, Sweat & Tears continued to be #1 on the album chart, followed by the Soundtrack to "Hair", which was in its 53rd week of release. The Soundtrack to "Romeo & Juliet" was next, followed by This is Tom Jones and A Warm Shade of Ivory by Henry Mancini & His Orchestra. The rest of the Top 10: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly, Cream, up 25-7 with the Best of Cream, the self-titled Crosby, Stills & Nash, Johnny Cash At San Quentin entered the Top 10 and the 5th Dimension was at 10 with The Age of Aquarius.
One of the most important songs ever released--Jackie DeShannon
1969: "Commotion" by CCR moved from #71 to #34 on this date.
1969: "In the Year 2525" by Zager and Evans continued to roll along at #1 for a fourth week with "Crystal Blue Persuasion by Tommy James & the Shondells one step away. The Rolling Stones moved from #8 to #3 with "Honky Tonk Women" . All three songs are still ranked high in The Top 500 Songs of the Rock Era*. Jr. Walker & the All-Stars owned #4--"What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)" and Neil Diamond moved to #5 with "Sweet Caroline". The rest of the Top 10: Kenny Rogers & the First Edition with "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town", Johnny Cash moved from 20-7 with "A Boy Named Sue", Stevie Wonder with "My Cherie Amour", Jackie DeShannon jumped up from 25 to 9 with "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" and Andy Kim fell with "Baby, I Love You".
1973: Guitarist Henry McCullough and drummer Denny Seiwell left the group Wings.
1974: Bill Chase and three other members of the group Chase ("Get It On" from 1971) died in a plane crash in Jackson, Minnesota.
1975: Don Kirshner held the first Rock Music Award Show in Santa Monica, California. The Eagles, Stevie Wonder and Bad Company were among the winners.
1975: Janis Ian's biting "At Seventeen" was #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
Glen Campbell was headed to the top
1975: The Bee Gees scored their first #1 song in four years with "Jive Talkin'", hopping over 10 CC's "I'm Not in Love", which had to settle for being a #2 song for three weeks. Olivia Newton-John was beginning to cross over on a regular basis as "Please Mr. Please" was #3. The previous #1 from the Eagles ("One of These Nights") was at #4 followed by Elton John's classic "Someone Saved My Life Tonight". The rest of the Top 10: "Midnight Blue" by Melissa Manchester followed by four new entries, "Rhinestone Cowboy" by Glen Campbell which moved 14-7, War's "Why Can't We Be Friends?", James Taylor jumped up from 15 to 9 with his remake of the Marvin Gaye hit "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" and Mike Post at #10 with "The Rockford Files".
The Isley Brothers were up to #2
1975: One of These Nights by the Eagles had only been out seven weeks but three of those were at #1 as the quality was already evident. The Isley Brothers had the biggest album of their career--The Heat Is On at #2. The Captain & Tennille were at 3 with Love Will Keep Us Together while Elton John's amazing Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy album was at #4. The rest of the Top 10: Cut the Cake by Average White Band, Venus and Mars from Wings, James Taylor placed Gorilla at #7, the Greatest Hits package from Cat Stevens was at #8, Earth, Wind & Fire were in the 22nd week of release with That's the Way of the World and Jefferson Starship was staging one of rock's most incredible comebacks with Red Octopus, which entered the Top 10.
1980: ABBA had the top song in the U.K. with "The Winner Takes It All".
1980: AC/DC hit #1 in the U.K. with the album Back in Black.
1980: The Rolling Stones remained at #1 for the third week with Emotional Rescue. Jackson Browne's great album Hold Out moved to #2 while Billy Joel remained at 3 with Glass Houses. Those are three great albums. The Soundtrack to "Urban Cowboy" was at #4 while Queen's The Game was fifth. The rest of the Top 10: Diana from Diana Ross, Empty Glass by Pete Townshend, the Soundtrack to "The Empire Strikes Back" was at #8, the debut from Christopher Cross moved from 19 to 9 and another of The Top 100 Albums of All-Time in the Rock Era*--Against the Wind from Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band entered the Top 10.
1980: Olivia Newton-John had one of her biggest hits as "Magic" was #1 for a third week on the Adult Contemporary chart.
1980: Diana Ross had one of the hottest up-and-coming songs in the nation as "Upside Down" moved from 49 to 10.
1985: "The Motown Review", hosted by Smokey Robinson, premiered on television.
1986: Queen appeared in concert for the final time at Knebworth Park in England.
1986: Peter Cetera from Sun Valley, Idaho remained at #1 for the third week on the AC chart with "Glory of Love".
1991: The great group the 5th Dimension earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1995: Jerry Garcia of Grateful Dead died of a heart attack at the age of 53.
1996: The Ramones broke up.
Matchbox 20 entered the Top 10
1997: No Way Out debuted at #1 by Puff Daddy & the Family. The Soundtrack to "Men in Black" had to fall, while Spice by the Spice Girls was #3. Hanson owned #4--Middle of Nowhere and Sarah McLachlan's fine Surfacing fell to #5. The rest of the Top 10: The Fat of the Land by Prodigy, Supa Dupa Fly from Missy Elliott, Jewel was now moving back up at #8 with Pieces of You in its 76th week, Matchbox entered the Top 10 with their great album Yourself or Someone Like You and the self-titled God's Property was at #10.
1999: Bob Herbert, manager of the Spice Girls, was killed in a car crash in Windsor, England.
2003: Hanson began their acoustic tour of the United States.
2003: Roger Daltrey played the part of Doctor Dolittle in My Fair Lady.
2003: Eagles performed at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
2005: In Today's edition of "Dangerous Inmates Run Rap Music", rapper Beanie Sigel was released from federal prison in Fairton, New Jersey.
2008: Bo Diddley was given an honorary doctorate posthumously from the University of Florida in Gainesville.
Born This Day:
1939: Billy Henderson of the Spinners was born in Indianapolis, Indiana
1946: Marinus Gerritsen, bassist and keyboardist of Golden Earring, was born in Hague, the Netherlands
1947: Barbara Mason ("Yes I'm Ready" from 1965) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1954: Pete Thomas of Elvis Costello's Attractions
1954: Debbie Sledge of Sister Sledge was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1955: Benjamin Orr of the Cars was born in Cleveland, Ohio
1955: Charlie Morgan, drummer and percussionist who worked with Paul McCartney, Elton John, Tina Turner, Orleans and Kate Bush
1959: Jim Kerr, founder and singer/songwriter of Simple Minds, was born in Toryglen, Glasgow, Scotland
1959: Marc Almond (Peter Mark Sinclair) of Soft Cell was born in Southport, Lancashire, England (now Southport, Merseyside)
1959: Kurtis Blow was born in Harlem, New York
1963: Whitney Houston was born in Newark, New Jersey
1972: Arion Salazar, bass guitarist of Third Eye Blind, was born in Oakland, California
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