This Day In The History Of Music for this Sunday. 1947: Jim Fuller, American "Godfather of the surf guitar" and songwriter (The Safaris - "Wipe Out"), born in California (d. 2017) 1950: "Liar" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 12 performances. 1959: "West Side Story" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 734 performances. 1964: "Sie Liebt Dich (She Loves You)" by Die Beatles peaks at #97. 1964: Peter Asher and Gordon went to No.1 on the US singles chart with the John Lennon and Paul McCartney song 'A World Without Love', also a No.1 in the UK. Peter Asher went on to become James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt's manager. 1964: The Rolling Stones appeared as the entire panel on the UK TV show 'Juke Box Dury'. The music panel show ran on the BBC between 1 June 1959 and December 1967 attracting 12 million viewers weekly on Saturday nights. 1966: The Mothers of Invention released their debut studio album Freak Out! on Verve Records. Often cited as one of rock music's first concept albums, the album is a satirical expression of frontman Frank Zappa's perception of American pop culture and the nascent freak scene of Los Angeles. It was also one of the earliest double albums in rock music. 1967: Mick Jagger was found guilty of illegal possession of two drugs found in his jacket at a party given by Keith Richards. He was remanded overnight at Lewes jail, England (prison number 7856). Jagger requested books on Tibet and modern art and two packs of Benson & Hedges cigarettes. 1968: Elvis Presley appeared on an NBC TV show that was billed as his "comeback special". The show featured the king performing on a small, square stage, surrounded by a mostly female audience. Presley was outfitted in black leather and performed many of his early hits. 1969: Denver Pop Festival opens; 50,000 attend; Frank Zappa, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Jimi Hendrix headline; other performers include Three Dog Night, Tim Buckley, Big Mama Thornton, Johnny Winter, Joe Cocker, and Poco. 1970: The newly formed Queen featuring Freddie Mercury (possibly still known as Freddie Bulsara) on vocals, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and Mike Grose on bass played their first gig at Truro City Hall, Cornwall, England. They were billed as Smile, Brian and Roger's previous band, for whom the booking had been made originally. Original material at this time included an early version of 'Stone Cold Crazy. 1970: Led Zeppelin The 3-day Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music in Bath, England took place. The line-up included, Santana, The Flock, Led Zeppelin (headlining act), Hot Tuna, Country Joe McDonald, Colosseum, Jefferson Airplane (set aborted), The Byrds (acoustic set), Dr. John, Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention, Canned Heat, It's a Beautiful Day, Steppenwolf, Johnny Winter, John Mayall with Peter Green, Pink Floyd, (who premiered their new suite, "Atom Heart Mother", which at that time was announced as the "Amazing Pudding"), Pentangle, Fairport Convention, and Keef Hartley. 1970: The 3-day Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music in Bath, England took place. The line-up included, Santana, The Flock, Led Zeppelin (headlining act), Hot Tuna, Country Joe McDonald, Colosseum, Jefferson Airplane (set aborted), The Byrds (acoustic set), Dr. John, Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention, Canned Heat, It's a Beautiful Day, Steppenwolf, Johnny Winter, John Mayall with Peter Green, Pink Floyd, (who premiered their new suite, "Atom Heart Mother", which at that time was announced as the "Amazing Pudding"), Pentangle, Fairport Convention, and Keef Hartley. 1970: The Jackson Five started a two-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'The Love You Save', the group's third No.1 of the year, it made No.7 in the UK. 1970: The Trans-Continental Pop Festival (better known as The Festival Express) set off. The tour was unique in that rather than flying to each city, most of the acts traveled on a chartered CN train. Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and Buddy Guy Blues Band all traveled together on the train playing shows in Toronto, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, and Calgary. 1971: "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" closes at Golden NYC after 31 performances. 1976: "Pacific Overtures" closes at Winter Garden NYC after 193 performances. 1980: Led Zeppelin appeared at Messehalle, Nuremberg, Germany during their last ever tour. After the group had played just three songs, drummer John Bonham collapsed on stage, causing the remainder of the show to be canceled. 1981: Michael Jackson had his first solo UK No.1 with 'One Day In Your Life' a song recorded by Jackson for his 1975 album, Forever, Michael. 1981: Motorhead scored their only UK No.1 album with 'No Sleep Til Hammersmith. The live album was recorded at Leeds and Newcastle shows during their Short, Sharp Pain In The Neck tour in 1981. The name of the tour was a reference to the injury sustained by Phil Taylor when he was dropped on his head during some after-show horseplay. Despite the title of the album, the London venue the Hammersmith Odeon was not played on the tour. 1982: "Dancin'" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 1,774 performances. 1987: Whitney Houston became the first woman in US history to enter the album chart at No.1 with 'Whitney' she also became the first woman to top the singles chart with four consecutive releases when 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody' hit No.1. 1988: The Fat Boys filed a $5 million (£2.94 million) lawsuit against The Miller Beer Company following a TV commercial featuring three overweight rappers clad in Fat Boys-style Davy Crockett hats. 1992: Michael Jackson played the first night on his Dangerous World Tour in Munich, Germany. The tour consisted of 69 concerts to approximately 3.9 million fans across three continents. All profits made from the tour were donated to various charities including the Heal the World Foundation, Jackson's main reason for conducting the tour. 1992: "57 Channels (And Nothin' On)" by Bruce Springsteen peaks at #68. 1993: "Falsettos" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 487 performances. 1994: Spalding Gray's one-man show "Gray's Anatomy" closes at Beaumont Theater, NYC, after 8 performances. 1994: Aerosmith became the first major band to let fans download a full new track free from the internet. 1997: Sheryl Crow, Radiohead, Cast, The Bluetones, Manson, The Chemical Brothers, Ash, The Seahorses, Smashing Pumpkins, The Prodigy, Beck, Sheryl Crow, Sting, Dodgy, Travis, Ray Davies, Kula Shaker, Steve Winwood all appeared at the 3-day Glastonbury Festival. 1997: Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: The Prodigy and Radiohead headline; other performers include Smashing Pumpkins, Ray Davies, Van Morrison, Sting, Beck, Phish, and Nancy Griffiths. 1998: Walk of Fame, Anne Murray, Gordon Lightfoot, and Bryan Adams each officially received a granite star on Canada's Walk of Fame, on King Street in Toronto. They were the first three pop artists to be honored by the newly recognized group of Canadian stars. 1999: Brian O'Hara, singer, and guitarist with The Fourmost hung himself aged 56. The Liverpool group who was managed by Brian Epstein had the 1964 UK No.6 single 'A Little Loving'. 2002: One day before the scheduled first show of The Who's 2002 US tour, bass player John Entwistle, died aged 57 in his hotel room at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Entwistle had gone to bed that night with a stripper, who woke at 10 am to find Entwistle cold and unresponsive. The Las Vegas medical examiner determined that death was due to a heart attack induced by an undetermined amount of cocaine. 2003: Rapper Mystikal pleaded guilty to charges that he forced his hairstylist to perform sex acts on him and two bodyguards. Mystikal, (real name Michael Tyler), had been charged with aggravated rape. He agreed to plead guilty and was sentenced to five years' probation. 2003: Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: Radiohead, Moby, and R.E.M. headline; other performers include David Gray, The Polyphonic Spree; Jimmy Cliff, Sigur Rós, Los Lobos, and Yes. 2004: Beastie Boys were at No.1 on the US album chart with 'To The 5 Boroughs' the rappers fourth US No.1. Mike Skinner scored his first UK No.1 album when The Streets album 'A Grand Don't Come For Free' went to the top of the charts. 2005: "Bad Day" single is released by Daniel Powter, 1st song to sell 2 million digital copies in the US (Billboard Song of the Year 2006) 2009: Black Eyed Peas went to No.1 on the US album charts with ‘The E.N.D.’ the group’s fifth studio album. The album's lead single, 'Boom Boom Pow' topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 12 consecutive weeks, the second single, 'I Gotta Feeling' replaced 'Boom' and spent 14 weeks at No.1. giving the group 26 consecutive weeks at the top of the charts. 2012: The chief medical officer of Russia said that The Beatles were to blame for the country's drug problem. Yevgeny Bryan, the nation's medical chief, said that the country's youth first got introduced to the idea of drug-taking when The Beatles traveled to India to "expand their minds". Bryan added that it was after this news entered public consciousness that people in Russia realized they could make money from the sale of drugs. When business then realized it was possible to make money from this, goods associated with pleasure, that was when the growth in the demand for drugs started." 2015: Chris Squire, the bass guitarist, and co-founder of 1970s British progressive rock band Yes, died at the age of 67 after battling leukemia. He was the only member to appear on each of their 21 studio albums, released from 1969 to 2014. 2016: Mack Rice, the composer who wrote 'Mustang Sally' died in Detroit at the age of 82. Rice originally recorded 'Mustang Sally himself in 1965, but the song was not initially a hit. It became a chart success two years later, after Rice's former Falcons bandmate Wilson Pickett asked if he could record it. Rice was also known for co-writing one of the Staple Singers' biggest hits, 'Respect Yourself'. 2020: American guitarist Pete Carr died at age 70. He was the lead guitarist for the famed Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and recorded extensively at FAME Recording Studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama. He recorded with Joan Baez, Bob Seger, Joe Cocker, Boz Scaggs, Paul Simon, The Staple Singers, Rod Stewart, Barbra Streisand, Wilson Pickett, Hank Williams, Jr., among many others. Born On This Day In The Music World: 1718: Wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1763) 1745: Johann Nepomuk Went, Bohemian composer, born in Vinařice, Czech Republic (d. 1801) 1789: Philipp Friedrich Silcher, German composer, born in Weinstadt, Germany (d. 1860) 1805: Stephen Elvey, English composer, born in Canterbury, Kent, England (d. 1860) 1806: Napoléon Coste, French guitarist and composer, born in Besançon, France (d. 1883) 1812: John Pike Hullah, English composer, born in Worcester (d. 1884) 1819: Carl Albert Löschhorn, German composer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1905) 1821: August Conradi, German organist, and composer, born in Berlin (d. 1873) 1833: Władysław Zaremba, Ukrainian composer, born in Dunajowce, Ukraine (d. 1902) 1850: Jacob Adolf Hägg, Swedish composer, born in Östergarn, Sweden (d. 1928) 1859: Mildred J. Hill, American composer and musician ("Happy Birthday To You"), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1916) 1862: May Irwin, Canadian comedienne and singer ("Hot Time in the Old Town"), born in Whitby, Ontario, Canada (d. 1938) 1885: Artúr Harmat, Hungarian composer, born in Bojná, Hungary (d. 1962) 1898: Tibor Harsányi, Hungarian composer, born in Magyarkanizsa, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1954) 1908: Hans de Jong, musician and conductor (De Damrakkertjes) (d. 1994) 1910: Karel Reiner, Czech composer, born in Žatec, Bohemia (d. 1979) 1910: Lester "Shad" Collins, American jazz trumpet player, composer, and arranger (Chick Webb; Lester Young: Cab Calloway), born in Elizabeth, New Jersey (d. 1978) 1911: V. K. Narayana Menon, Indian classical dance scholar, born in Kerala, India (d. 1997) 1915: Hendrik W van Leeuwen, Dutch musician (d. 1995) 1916: Hallvard Olav Johnsen, Norwegian composer, born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 2003) 1916: Robert Normann, Norwegian jazz guitar pioneer, accordionist, and composer, born in Borge, Østfold, Norway (d. 1998) 1922: George Theophilus Walker, African-American pianist, composer, and teacher (Lilacs; In Praise Of Folly), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2018) 1923: Elmo Hope, American bebop jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, born in New York City (d. 1967) 1925: Doc Pomus [Jerome Solon Felder], American blues singer and songwriter ("Save the Last Dance For Me"; "His Latest Flame"; "Viva Las Vegas"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1991) 1927: Johnny "Big Moose" Walker, American electric and Chicago blues pianist, organist, and bass guitar player Muddy Waters; Junior Wells; Elmore James), born in Stoneville, Mississippi (d. 1999) 1931: Alojz Srebotnjak, Slovenian composer, born in Postojna, Slovenia (d. 2010) 1931: Ryszard Kwiatkowski, Polish composer (Polyphonic Music), born in Jaranów, Włocławek, Poland (d. 1993) 1932: Hugh Wood, British composer, born in Parbold, Lancashire. 1932: Anna Moffo, American soprano (Adventurers), born in Wayne, Pennsylvania (d. 2006) 1932: Magali Noël [Guiffray], French actress and singer, born in Izmir, Turkey (d. 2015) 1935: American songwriter and Blues singer Doc Pomus. He is best known as the lyricist of many rock and roll hits with Mort Shuman including, ‘A Teenager in Love’, ‘Save The Last Dance For Me’, ‘Sweets For My Sweet’, ‘Can't Get Used to Losing You’, ‘Little Sister’, ‘Suspicion’, ‘Surrender’ and ‘Viva Las Vegas.’He died from lung cancer aged 65 on March 14th, 1991. 1938: Tommy Cannon [Derbyshire], English comedian and singer ("Cannon and Ball"), born in Oldham, Lancashire, England. 1939: R. D. Burman, Indian film score composer (1942: A Love Story), born in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (d. 1994) 1942: Bruce Johnston [Benjamin Baldwin], American singer (The Beach Boys), songwriter ("I Write The Songs"), and record producer, born in Peoria, Illinois. 1942: Frank Mills, Canadian pianist, composer, and arranger (Music Box Dancer), born in Montreal, Quebec. 1942: John Howard McGuire, American composer, born in Artesia, California. 1945: American drummer Joey Covington, best known for his involvement with Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna, and Jefferson Starship. Covington died in an automobile accident in Palm Springs, California, on June 4, 2013. 1945: Joel Revzen, an American opera conductor and pianist, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2020) 1946: Daria Semegen, American composer, born in Bamberg, Germany. 1946: Janice Giteck, American composer (Thunder; Like a White Bear Dancing), born in New York. 1947: American guitarist Jim Fuller from The Surfaris who had the 1963 US No.2 & UK No.3 single 'Wipe Out'. Fuller was known as the "Godfather" of surf music, Californian instrumental music and with his Fender guitar contributed to the popularity of Leo Fender's instruments. Fuller died on 3 March 2017 aged 69. 1948: Camile Baudoin, American musician, born in New Orleans, Louisiana. 1951:English drummer Gilson Lavis has worked with Chuck Berry, Jools Holland, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Dolly Parton. He was working in a brickyard when he noticed the advertisement in Melody Maker for Squeeze who he joined in the seventies. 1955: Sam Tshabalala, South African guitarist, and composer (The Malopoets; Sabeka), born in South Africa. 1958: Lisa Germano, American singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, 1994 album ‘Geek the Girl.’ Also worked with John Mellencamp, Simple Minds, David Bowie, Neil Finn, Sheryl Crow, Iggy Pop, Jewel, and Eels. 1958: Jeffrey Lee Pierce, American singer, songwriter, and guitarist and founding member, and guitarist with The Gun Club. Pierce died from a blood clot on his brain on 31st March 1996 aged 37. 1959: Lorrie Morgan, American country singer (Out of Your Shoes), born in Nashville, Tennessee. 1959: Khadja Nin, Burundian singer (Sambolera), born in Burundi. 1962: Michael Ball, UK singer, radio presenter, actor. He had the 1989 UK No.2 single 'Love Changes Everything'. In April 2020, Ball & Captain Tom Moore scored a UK No.1 with their version of "You'll Never Walk Alone" raising money for charity during the COVID-19 pandemic. This made Moore – six days short of his one-hundredth birthday – the oldest person to achieve a No.1 (he was at the top of the charts on his 100th birthday), beating the previous record-holder Tom Jones. 1964: James Sanders, American classical, and jazz violinist, and educator, born in Chicago, Illinois. 1964: Michel Bénébig, New Caledonian jazz Hammond B3 organ, and accordion player, born in Nouméa City, New Calédonia. 1970: Laurence Colbert, drums, Ride, (1992 UK No.9 single 'Leave Them All Behind'). 1976: Leigh Nash, singer, Sixpence None The Richer, (1999 UK No.4 single, 'Kiss Me, 1999 US No.8 single 'There She Goes'). 1978: Lolly [Anna Shantha Kumble], British singer (Viva la Radio), born in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England 1979: John Warne, American musician (Relient K; Ace Troubleshooter), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 1979: Benjamin Speed, Australian musician and film composer (52 Tuesdays), born in Adelaide, Australia. 1983: Evan David Taubenfeld, guitarist and singer with Avril Lavigne and The Black List Club. 1983: Alsou, Russian singer (Solo), born in Bugulma, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. 1985: Coby Linder, American pop-punk drummer (Say Anything), born in Santa Monica, California. 1986: Drake Bell, American actor (Drake and Josh), musician ("Terrific"), and convict, born in Newport. Beach, California 1990: Aselin Debison, Canadian pop, country, and Celtic singer (Bigger Than Me), born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. Until sometime tomorrow, take care and stay safe.
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