Good Tuesday afternoon, This Day In The History Of Music. 1946: "St Louis Woman" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 113 performances. 1957: John Lennon and Paul McCartney met for the first time at The Woolton Church Parish Fete where The Quarry Men were appearing. As The Quarry Men were setting up for their evening performance, McCartney eager to impress Lennon picked up a guitar and played ‘Twenty Flight Rock (Eddie Cochran) and ‘Be-Bop-A-Lula’ (Gene Vincent). Lennon was impressed, and even more so when McCartney showed Lennon and Eric Griffiths how to tune their guitars, something they'd been paying someone else to do for them. 1963: James Brown went to No.2 on the US album chart with 'Live At The Apollo'. Recorded on the night of October 24, 1962, at Brown's own expense, it spent 66 weeks on the Billboard Albums chart. In 2003, the album was ranked No.24 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. 1964: The Beatles film A Hard Day's Night premiered at The Pavilion in London. Filmed during the height of Beatlemania, and written by Alun Owen, the film was made in the style of a mockumentary, describing a couple of days in the lives of the group. 1965: Rock group "Jefferson Airplane" comes into existence. 1967: Pink Floyd made their first appearance on BBC TV music show Top Of The Pops to promote their new single 'See Emily Play. A badly damaged home video recording recovered by the British Film Institute of this show was given a public screening in London on 9th January 2010 at an event called "Missing Believed Wiped" devoted to recovered TV shows. It was the first time any footage was seen of the performance since its original broadcast. 1968: The Rolling Stones scored their fifth US No.1 single when 'Jumpin Jack Flash' hit the top of the charts. Keith Richards has stated that he and Jagger wrote the lyrics while staying at Richards' country house, where they were awoken one morning by the sound of gardener Jack Dyer walking past the window. When Jagger asked what the noise was, Richards responded: "Oh, that's Jack – that's jumpin' Jack." 1968: Woburn Music Festival, Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire took place. A two-day affair featuring Donovan, Fleetwood Mac, Pentangle, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Alexis Korner, Family, Caste, Tim Rose, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Duster Bennett, and Tyrannosaurus Rex, two-day tickets were priced at £2. 1971: American jazz trumpeter, singer and bandleader, Louis Armstrong died. Had many hits including the 1964 US No.1 'Hello Dolly!', 1968 UK No.1 'What A Wonderful World’ plus ‘When The Saints Go Marching In’, ‘Ain't Misbehavin’, and ‘We Have All the Time in the World.’ He made frequent use of laxatives as a means of controlling his weight, resulting in Armstrong appearing in humorous, advertisements for laxative product Swiss Kriss; the ads bore a picture of him sitting on a toilet, as viewed through a keyhole, with the slogan "Satch says, 'Leave it all behind ya!" 1972: David Bowie appeared on the UK music show Top Of The Pops playing his new single 'Starman', his first hit since 1969's 'Space Oddity three years before. The single peaked at No.10 and stayed on the charts for 11 weeks. 1973: Queen released their debut single 'Keep Yourself Alive' in the UK. The track didn't make the charts. 1975: Dmitri Shostakovich completes Sonate for alto opus 147. 1979: American singer, producer-songwriter, Van McCoy died from a heart attack in Englewood, New Jersey. Van McCoy and the Soul City had the US No.1 single 'The Hustle'. Worked with Gladys Knight and the Pips, The Stylistics, Aretha Franklin, and David Ruffin. 1984: The Jacksons kicked off their North American Victory tour at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City. Over 2 million people attended the 55 concerts which grossed over $75 million. Michael Jackson donated $5 million to various charities. 1985: Phil Collins went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Sussudio', his third US No.1, it made No.12 in the UK. The track was taken from his third solo studio album, No Jacket Required. 1992: David Gates from Gateshead, Northumberland was given one year's probation after being convicted of stealing guitars from the back of a van belonging to The Bay City Rollers. 1997: "Dream-Johnny Mercer Musical" closes at Royale NYC after 109 performances. 1999: East 17 were dropped by their record company after the band's last album had sold less than 20,000 copies. 2001: A pair of Sir Elton John's sandals was set to become the most expensive shoes in history when they went under the hammer for charity. Offers over £20,000 were invited for the Salvatore Ferragamo sandals to raise funds for Elton's Aid Trust. 2002: George Harrison's widow Olivia put the couple's home up for sale for £20m saying she couldn't bear to live with the memories of the attack by schizophrenic Michael Abram who broke into the house in 1999. 2003: Skip Battin bassist and songwriter with The Byrds died of complications from Alzheimer's disease. (1965 US & UK No.1 single 'Mr. Tambourine Man'). Also played with New Riders Of The Purple Sage and The Flying Burrito Brothers. 2003: The Dixie Chicks performed a concert at Dallas' American Airlines Center despite an anonymous threat that group member Natalie Maines would be shot on stage, (after the controversy regarding her comments about President George W. Bush, and Iraq war). Maines had a police escort to and from the show and then directly to the airport. 2003: Beyonce featuring Jay-Z started a three-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Crazy In Love.' The track features a sample from The Chi-Lites' 1970 'Are You My Woman (Tell Me So)'. Also 8 weeks at No.1 on the US chart. 2004: On the 40th anniversary of the world premiere of The Beatles film A Hard Day's Night, a private reunion of the cast and crew was hosted in London by DVD producer Martin Lewis. The screening was attended by Paul McCartney actors Victor Spinetti (the television director), John Junkin (the band's road manager), David Janson (the small boy met by Ringo on his "walkabout") and many of the crew members. 2004: American R&B, soul singer-songwriter Syreeta Wright died after a two-year battle with bone cancer aged 58. Teamed up with Billy Preston on 1980, No.1 US hit ‘With You, I'm Born Again.’ Once worked as a secretary at Motown Records and married Stevie Wonder in 1970. 2005: Grammy award-winning Rap star Lil' Kim who was convicted of perjury and conspiracy in March 2005, was sentenced to a year in jail for lying to a grand jury to protect friends. Kim told the court "I testified falsely to the grand jury and during the trial. At the time I thought it was the right thing to do. Now I know it was wrong." Lil' Kim, (real name Kimberley Jones), was also fined $50,000 (£28,000). Charges were brought against her after a gunfight erupted outside a New York radio station in 2001 as a rival rap group was arriving. 2005: Live 8 concert in Edinburgh, Scotland; performers include Wet Wet Wet, Annie Lennox, James Brown, the Corrs, and The Proclaimers. 2007: Avril Lavigne was facing legal action by members of 1970s rock band The Rubinoos, who claimed she had copied one of their songs. Songwriters Tommy Dunbar and James Gangwer alleged Lavigne's hit ‘Girlfriend’ was lifted from their 1979 song ‘I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend.’ 2007: Britney Spears apologized for attacking a photographer's car with an umbrella earlier this year. Pictures of the 25-year-old lashing out appeared in several newspapers shortly after photos emerged of her shaving her head in a hair salon. In a message on her website, she said: "I apologize to the pap for a stunt that was done four months ago." She said she got "carried away" preparing for a film part but added that she did not get the role. 2008: Dizzee Rascal with Calvin Harris and Chrome started a four-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Dance Wiv Me. 2010: Brandon Boyd announces the release of his debut solo album, "The Wild Trapeze" 2011: Pete Doherty was facing another prison sentence after allegedly breaking into a shop in Regensburg, Germany earlier that year. The owners of the music shop, from which The Libertines singer allegedly stole a guitar and record, were said to be pressing charges against him. The Sun Newspaper reported that Doherty admitted to smashing the shop window, but says he didn't remember stealing anything, as he was drunk at the time. Doherty was currently serving 6 months in a UK jail for cocaine possession. 2012: Carol Hawkins, the former personal assistant of U2 bassist Adam Clayton was jailed for seven years for embezzling 2.8m euros (£2.2m) of his money to fund a lavish lifestyle. Hawkins was convicted on 181 counts of theft from the bassist's bank accounts over a four-year period. The judge said Hawkins' crimes were "rooted in greed and nothing else". 2016: Drake equaled Michael Jackson's 1983 US chart record after he had the No.1 album and song in the American charts for seven consecutive weeks. 'Views' and 'One Dance' remained unbeaten on the Billboard charts respectively. In the UK 'One Dance' scored its twelfth week atop the UK charts, overtaking the Rihanna song 'Umbrella' which was the millennium's previous longest-running No.1. 2017: Jay-Z's digital-only album 4:44 went platinum within five days - despite limits on who could access it. The music was only available on Tidal, the star's own streaming service, and to customers of US mobile firm Sprint. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) platinum certification, which requires more than one million sales, is rare for digital-only albums. The RIAA only started counting digital streams last year, with 1,500 plays considered equal to one album sale. 2020: American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Charlie Daniels died age 83 of a hemorrhagic stroke. He is best known for his contributions to Southern rock, country, and bluegrass music and scored the 1979 number-one country hit 'The Devil Went Down to Georgia' He was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2008, the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2009 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2016. Born On This Day In The Music World: 1580: Johann Stobäus, a North German composer, born in Graudenz, Poland (d. 1646) 1632: Albert Schop, a German composer, was born in Hamburg (d. 1667) 1632: Pietro Reggio, Italian composer, and musician, born in Genoa (d. 1685) 1678: Nicola Francesco Haym, Italian composer, born in Rome (d. 1729) 1702: Franz Anton Maichelbeck, German composer, born in Reichenau, Germany (d. 1750) 1739: Friedrich Wilhelm Rust, German violinist, and composer, born in Wörlitz, Holy Roman Empire (d.1796) 1747: Coelestin Jungbauer, German composer, born in Grattersdorf, Bavaria (d. 1823) 1773: Wenzel Thomas Matiegka, Czech composer, born in Choceň, Czech Republic (d. 1830) 1837: Władysław Żeleński, Polish organist and composer, born in Grodkowice (d. 1921) 1845: Ángela Peralta, Mexican operatic soprano, harpist, pianist, and composer, born in Mexico City, Mexico (d. 1883) 1852: John Albert Delany, Australian composer, born in Ratcliff, London (d. 1907) 1864: Alberto Nepomuceno, Brazilian composer and conductor (Artemis), born in Fortaleza, State of Ceará, Brazil (d. 1920) 1865: Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, Swiss musician, composer, and pedagogue (Dalcroze Eurythmics), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1950) 1877: David Stanley Smith, American composer (Merrymount), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 1949) 1898: Hanns Eisler, Austrian composer (East German National Anthem), born in Leipzig, German Empire (d. 1962) 1904: Robert Whitney, American conductor (Sospiro do Roma), born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England (d. 1986) 1906: Elisabeth Lutyens, English composer, born in London (d. 1983) 1908: Léonce Grass, Flemish singer and conductor, born in Borgerhout, Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1993) 1910: Dorothy Kirsten, American operatic soprano (Time to Sing, Chevy Show), born in Montclair, New Jersey (d. 1992) 1911: Laverne Andrews, American singer (Andrews Sisters), born in Mound, Minnesota (d. 1967) 1915: Marcel Quinet, Belgian pianist and composer (Vague et Sillon), born in Binche, Belgium (d. 1986) 1917: Hugo Cole, composer, and music critic, born in London (d. 1995) 1918: Eugene List, American concert pianist, and teacher (Eastman School of Music), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1922: Francisco Moncion, American dancer, born in La Vega, Dominican Republic (d. 1995) 1923: Marie McDonald, American singer, and actress is known as "The Body Beautiful" (Promises Promises), born in Burgin, Kentucky (d. 1965) 1924: Louie Bellson, American jazz drummer and orchestra leader (Pearl Bailey Show), born in Rock Falls, Illinois (d. 2009) 1925: Bill Haley, American rock vocalist known as the father of Rock 'n' Roll (Rock Around the Clock), born in Highland Park, Michigan (d. 1981) 1927: Charles Whittenberg, American composer, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1984) 1927: Nilo Soruco, Bolivian singer and songwriter, born in Tarija, Bolivia (d. 2004) 1929: Gerd Zacher, German composer, born in Meppen (d. 2014) 1931: Danny White, American singer, and bandleader, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1996) 1932: Della Reese [Delloreese Patricia Early], American singer and actress (Della Reese Show, Royal Family), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2017) 1937: American soul singer, Gene Chandler, (Eugene Dixon) who had the 1962 US No.1 single 'Duke Of Earl', and the 1979 UK No.11 single 'Get Down'. 1937: Vladimir Ashkenazy, Russian pianist and conductor (Tchaikovsky-1962), born in Gorky, Russia 1938: Franco Luambo, Congolese composer, guitarist and bandleader (Masumbuku), born in Sona Bata, Belgian Congo (d. 1989) 1939: Jet Harris, the bass guitarist of the Shadows until April 1962, and had subsequent success as a soloist and as a duo with the drummer Tony Meehan who topped the UK Singles Chart for three weeks in early 1963 with 'Diamonds'. 1940: Jeannie Seely, American country music singer (Don't Touch Me), was born in Titusville, Pennsylvania. 1945: Rik Elswit, guitarist, with American rock band Dr. Hook who had the 1970s hits 'The Cover of Rolling Stone', 'A Little Bit More', 'When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman' and 'Sylvia's Mother'. 1949: American drummer and, percussionist Michael Shrieve best known as the drummer of Santana. He played on all albums from 1969 to 1974. When he was 20, Shrieve was one of the youngest musicians to perform at Woodstock in 1969. 1950: Phyllis Hyman, American jazz singer (Prime of My Life), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1995) 1952: Jesse Harms, American musician and songwriter (The Waboritas), born in Massachusetts. 1952: Greg Ladanyi, Hungarian-American record producer and recording engineer was born in Elkhart, Indiana (d. 2009) 1952: David Smith, from British soul group The Real Thing, who had the 1976 UK No.1 single 'You To Me Are Everything. 1952: Graham Oliver, from English heavy metal band Saxon. As one of the leaders of the new wave of British heavy metal, they had eight UK Top 40 albums in the 1980s. 1953: Nanci Griffith, American singer, and songwriter (Poet in My Window) were born in Seguin, Texas. (Side Note: On This Day and Wikipedia have this music artist born in 1953, This Day has her born in 1954) 1956: John Jorgenson, American singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited), was born in Madison, Wisconsin. 1959: An English pop and rock drummer John Keeble with Spandau Ballet who became one of the most successful groups to emerge during the New Romantic era and have produced a number of international hits during the 80s including 'True', 'Gold' and 'Through the Barricades.' 1961: Robert Heaton, drummer in the English rock band New Model Army. Heaton died of pancreatic cancer on 4 November 2004, aged 43. 1963: Tim Bicheno, guitar, All About Eve who had the 1988 UK No.10 single 'Martha's Harbour' and with English gothic rock band, The Sisters Of Mercy the 1992 UK No.3 single 'Temple Of Love'. 1965: Eddie Campbell, keyboards, from Scottish pop-rock band Texas who had the 1997 UK No.3 single 'Say What You Want, and the 1997 UK No.1 album White On Blonde which has been certified six-times platinum in the UK. 1967: Heather Nova, Bermudian singer, and songwriter (Oyster) were born in Bermuda. 1969: Michael Grant, Musical Youth, best remembered for their successful 1982 single 'Pass the Dutchie', which became a No.1 hit around the world. It was a cover version of two songs: 'Gimme the Music' by U Brown, and 'Pass the Kouchie' by Mighty Diamonds, which deals with the recreational use of cannabis (kouchie being slang for a cannabis pipe). 1970: Inspectah Deck [Jason Hunter], American rapper and producer (Wu-Tang Clan, Czarface), was born in Brooklyn, New York. 1970: Frank Salvato II, Italian-American sound Engineer, and composer, born in Camden, New Jersey. 1970: Martin Smith, English singer (Delirious?), was born in London, England. 1972: Isabelle Boulay, French-Canadian singer (Parle-moi), born in Sainte-Félicité, Quebec, Canada. 1972: Mark Gasser, British concert pianist, born in Sheffield, Yorkshire. 1975: 50 Cent, (Curtis Jackson), US rapper. 2003 US No.1 single 'In Da Club', debut album, 'Get Rich Or Die Tryin' was named the biggest selling US album in 2003 going platinum six times over. 1979: Nic Cester, a singer, from the Australian rock band Jet, had the 2003 Australian No.1 & UK No.14 album Get Born. The group sold over 6.5 million albums. 1982: Tay Zonday, American singer and keyboardist. 1984: Lauren Harris, a British rock singer, was born in Essex, England. 1985: D. Woods, singer with American girl group Danity Kane, (formed on the MTV reality show Making the Band 3). became the first female group in Billboard history to debut their first two albums at the top of the charts. 1987: Kate Nash, UK singer, songwriter, had the 2007 UK No.1 album Made Of Bricks and the 2007 UK No.2 single ‘Foundations’. Until sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe.
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