Archive for January, 2010
This Day in Music…January 31
Jan 31st
1759 – Composer Francois Devienne was born.
1797 – Composer Franz Shubert was born.
1798 – Composer Carl Gottlieb Reissiger was born.
1906 – Composer Benjamin Frankel was born.
1961 – The “Bobby Darin and Friends” TV special aired on NBC-TV.
1963 – The Beach Boys recorded “Surfin’ U.S.A.” and “Shutdown.”
1969 – Bobby Darin walked off the set of the “Jackie Gleason Show” when he was not allowed to sing “Long Line Rider.”
1970 – In New Orleans, LA, the Greatful Dead were busted for possession of LSD and barbituates. The event was alleged to be the inspiration for the song “Truckin.”
1970 – Creedence Clearwater Revial (CCR) filmed a television special.
1972 – Aretha Franklin sang at Mahalia Jackson’s funeral.
1978 – Greg Herbert (Blood Sweat & Tears) died of a drug overdose in Amsterdam during the band’s European tour. He was 30 years old.
1979 – The Clash began their first U.S. tour with Bo Diddley as their opening act.
1986 – “Down and Out in Beverly Hills” opened co-starring Little Richard.
1988 – Herb Alpert performed the U.S. national anthem at Super Bowl XXII.
1998 – The “Come Together” benefit concert was held in New Jersey. The benefit was for the family of Sgt. Patrick King, a police officer in Long Branch, NJ, who was killed in the line of duty in 1997.
1998 – The Presidents of the United States of America played their final show in Seattle, WA. The show benefited the Chicken Soup Brigade.
1999 – Cher sang the U.S. national anthem at Super Bowl XXXIII.
1998 – Yanni set the gross revenue record for the MCI Center in Washington, DC, with $860,300. His record was broken by Janet Jackson on July 9, 1998.
2001 – It was announced that Peter Criss was leaving KISS and that he would be replaced by Eric Singer for the remainder of dates of the farewell tour. Criss’ last show was on October 7, 2000.
http://www.on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/music/jan31.htm
This Day in Music…January 30
Jan 30th
1566 – Composer Alessandro Piccinini was born.
1697 – Composer Johann Joachim Quantz was born.
1861 – Composer Charles Martin Tornow Loeffler was born.
1917 – The Original Dixieland Jazz Band recorded “The Darktown Strutters’ Ball.” (considered to be the first jazz record)
1956 – Jerry Lee Lewis played piano for Billy Lee Riley’s recording of “Red Hot.”
1956 – Elvis Presley recorded “Blue Suede Shoes.”
1968 – Bobby Goldsboro recorded “Honey.”
1969 – The Beatles made their last-ever public appearance as a group. The performance of “Get Back” was filmed for the movie “Let It Be.”
1973 – KISS played their first show at the Coventry Club in Queens, NY.
1974 – Bob Dylan made his first New York concert performance in eight years at Madison Square Garden.
1990 – Bob Dylan was named commander in France’s Order of Arts and Letters by the country’s Culture Ministry.
1994 – Natalie Cole sang the U.S. national anthem at Super Bowl XXVIII.
1998 – Elton John recieved a knighthood in British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s first New Year’s Eve Honours List.
1998 – Magistrates in Derby, England, issued a warrant for the arrest of Mark Morrison for his failure to appear in court on charges of affray and obstructing a police officer.
2002 – The musical “Taboo” opened at London’s Leicester Square. The musical follows the life of Boy George.
2002 – Marc-Andre Dalbavie’s “Color” had its world premiere at Carnegie Hall.
2002 – Freddy Fender was released from a San Antonio, TX, hospital after having a kidney transplant the week before. Fender had been having problems related to diabetes and hepatitis C.
2007 – Brandy (Brandy Norwood) was sued for wrongful-death by the parents of a woman that was killed in a car crash involving Brandy on Decenber 30, 2006.
http://www.on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/music/jan30.htm
What kind of fool is daughtry?
Jan 30th
Anyone who has been paying attention knows that the first leg of the daughtry “arena tour” was little more than a bad joke, and that the arrogant poser couldn’t sell out a single show, not even in his home town.
Worse still, the venues foolish enough to book the wanker added insult to injury by under-reporting venue capacity in a futile attempt to disguise how badly his “arena tour” was tanking.
But tank it did.
This Day in Music…January 29
Jan 29th
1715 – Composer Georg Christoph Wagenseil was born.
1782 – Composer Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber was born.
1784 – Composer Ferdinand Ries was born.
1862 – Composer Frederick (Fritz) Theodor Albert Delius was born.
1876 – Composer Havergal Brian was born.
1937 – Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra recorded the famous “Song of “India”.
1962 – Warner Bros. Records signed Peter, Paul & Mary.
1966 – The Bobby Fuller Four’s “I Fought The Law” was released.
1967 – Jimi Hendrix and The Who gave a tribute concert to the Beatles late manager, Brian Epstein.
1969 – The “Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour” debuted on CBS-TV.
1972 – Smokey Robinson left The Miracles.
1979 – Emerson, Lake & Palmer disbanded.
1983 – Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac married Kim Anderson at her Los Angeles home. They were divorced the following year.
1989 – Billy Joel sang the U.S. national anthem at Super Bowl XXIII.
1994 – Mary Wilson, formerly with the Supremes, was injured when her jeep hit a freeway median and flipped over while driving outside of Los Angeles. Her 14-year old son was killed in the accident.
1996 – Garth Brooks refused to accept his American Music Award for Favorite Overall Artist. Brooks said that Hootie and the Blowfish had done more for music that year than he did.
1998 – Paul Simon’s musical “The Capeman” premiered in New York. The show opened three weeks behind schedule and to universally poor reviews.
2002 – Dream Theater’s album “Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence” was released.
2002 – Madonna and her daughter, Lourdes, went to the opening of an exhibition by fashion photographer Mario Testino at the National Portrait Gallery in London.
http://www.on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/music/jan29.htm
This Day in Music…January 28
Jan 28th
1722 – Composer Johann Ernst Bach was born.
1904 – Enrico Caruso signed his first contract with Victor Records. He debuted at the Metropolitan Opera two months before.
1927 – Jean Goldkette and his dancing orchestra recorded “I’m Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover.”
1940 – “Beat the Band” made its debut on NBC radio.
1944 – Composer John Tavener was born.
1956 – Elvis Presley made his first appearance on national television on “The Dorsey Brothers Stage Show” on CBS.
1965 – The Who made their first appearance on the British TV rock show “Ready Steady Go!”
1966 – Brian Poole and the Tremeloes announced their break-up.
1978 – At the request of a fan, Ted Nugent autographed a man’s arm with a bowie knife.
1978 – The Doobie Brothers made an appearance on ABC-TV’s “What’s Happening.”
1980 – The original Ants split up with Adam.
1985 – “We Are The World” was recorded. More than 40 artists were involved. The proceeds went toward worldwide hunger prevention.
1990 – Aaron Neville sang the U.S. national anthem at Super Bowl XXIV.
1991 – Gloria Estefan made her first live performance (at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles) since injuring her back in a bus accident while on tour.
1996 – Chris Isaak made a guest appearance on the NBC TV show “Friends.”
1996 – Diana Ross performed as the featured halftime performer at Super Bowl XX in Tempe, AZ.
1998 – Tracey Lawrence was convicted of battery stemming from a quarrel in September with his wife, Stacie. Lawrence was sentenced to pay $500 to a Las Vegas shelter for battered women.
1999 – Pat Boone formed the Gold Records label, which will only sign artists 45 years old and up. The first perfomer signed was Jack Jones.
http://www.on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/music/jan28.htm
This Day in Music…January 27
Jan 27th
1756 – Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born.
1806 – Composer Juan Crisostomo Jacobo Antonio de Arriaga was born.
1823 – Composer Edouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo was born.
1956 – Elvis Presley released “Heartbreak Hotel.”
1958 – Little Richard entered Oakwood College in Huntsville, AL. This was after he announced that he was giving up rock & roll so he could serve God.
1961 – Leontyne Price made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.
1964 – The Rolling Stones appeared as judges on the British TV show “Juke Box Jury.”
1968 – Otis Redding’s “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” was released. The release came 6 weeks after he was killed in a plane crash.
1968 – The Bee Gees made their U.S. debut with a concert at the Anaheim Convention Center in California.
1971 – David Bowie arrived for his first visit to the U.S. He did not perform, but received a lot of publicity for wearing dresses in Texas and Louisiana.
1990 – “Tom Petty Day” was declared in the musician’s hometown of Gainsville, FL.
1991 – Whitney Houston sang the “Star Spangled Banner” at Super Bowl XXV.
1993 – Warner Brothers Records announced that it was releasing Ice-T from his contract due to “creative differences.”
1998 – Keith Allen and Antonio Robinson, appeared in San Antonio County Court to answer charges of indecent exposure. The two dancers for Kinsu had dropped their overalls and removed their undergarments at a show earlier in the month.
2002 – Koko Taylor, 66, fainted during a private function at her club, Koko Taylor’s Celebrity. Her blood pressure and blood sugar level had gone up when she failed to take medication for diabetes. A blocked artery was also discovered.
http://www.on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/music/jan27.htm
