TODAY IN HISTORY – APRIL 14TH
1956 - Ampex Corporation of Redwood City, California demonstrated the first commercial magnetic tape recorder for sound and picture (videotape recorder). The videotape machine had a price tag of $75,000 and was a unit the size of a deep-freeze, with an additional five 6-foot racks of circuitry.
1963 - The Rolling Stones played at The Crawdaddy Club, Richmond. The Beatles first met the Rolling Stones after the Stones' concert.
1964 - The King Bees, (featuring a young David Bowie, then David Jones), played a wedding reception at the Jack Of Clubs in London.
1967 - Polydor Records released the Bee Gees New York Mining Disaster 1941. It was released with a promotional slogan announcing The Most Significant Talent Since The Beatles. The record became a Top 20 hit in the UK and US.
1968 - Producer Phil Spector married Ronnie Bennett of the Ronettes, four years after beginning an affair with her and two years after he divorced his first wife.
1969 - The recording of The Ballad Of John and Yoko took place with just two Beatles, Paul McCartney and John Lennon, Paul played bass, drums and piano with John on guitars, it was also The Beatles first stereo single.
1975 - After rumours that Jimmy Page, Steve Marriott, Jeff Beck and Chris Spedding would be replacing Mick Taylor as guitarist in The Rolling Stones, a press release confirmed that Ronnie Wood would be joining the band for their forthcoming American tour.
1976 - Eric Faulkner of The Bay City Rollers reportedly came close to death after taking a drug overdose at their manager's house while in a state of exhaustion.
1983 - Died this day, Pete Farndon, bass player with The Pretenders, from a drug overdose.
2003 - A man was arrested accused of making up a Bjork concert then selling tickets. Alex Conate allegedly sold tickets worth $14,000 at $40 each after persuading a San Diego nightclub owner that Bjork had agreed to play there. He was accused of taking the money and moving to Hawaii, where he was arrested.
2009 – Legendary “Wall of Sound” record producer Phil Spector has been found guilty of the murder of “Barbarian Queen” actress, Lana Clarkson, in 2003. She died of a gunshot wound to the head. Spector’s first trial in 2007 ended with a 10-2 jury deadlock with the majority favouring conviction. It appears that justice has been done in the second trial and Spector can expect to spend the rest of his life behind bars.
2010 – The most played song on NZ radio over the past week is “Hey Soul Sister” by Train featuring the vocals of Patrick Monaghan. The band is from San Francisco.
1956 - Ampex Corporation of Redwood City, California demonstrated the first commercial magnetic tape recorder for sound and picture (videotape recorder). The videotape machine had a price tag of $75,000 and was a unit the size of a deep-freeze, with an additional five 6-foot racks of circuitry.
1963 - The Rolling Stones played at The Crawdaddy Club, Richmond. The Beatles first met the Rolling Stones after the Stones' concert.
1964 - The King Bees, (featuring a young David Bowie, then David Jones), played a wedding reception at the Jack Of Clubs in London.
1967 - Polydor Records released the Bee Gees New York Mining Disaster 1941. It was released with a promotional slogan announcing The Most Significant Talent Since The Beatles. The record became a Top 20 hit in the UK and US.
1968 - Producer Phil Spector married Ronnie Bennett of the Ronettes, four years after beginning an affair with her and two years after he divorced his first wife.
1969 - The recording of The Ballad Of John and Yoko took place with just two Beatles, Paul McCartney and John Lennon, Paul played bass, drums and piano with John on guitars, it was also The Beatles first stereo single.
1975 - After rumours that Jimmy Page, Steve Marriott, Jeff Beck and Chris Spedding would be replacing Mick Taylor as guitarist in The Rolling Stones, a press release confirmed that Ronnie Wood would be joining the band for their forthcoming American tour.
1976 - Eric Faulkner of The Bay City Rollers reportedly came close to death after taking a drug overdose at their manager's house while in a state of exhaustion.
1983 - Died this day, Pete Farndon, bass player with The Pretenders, from a drug overdose.
2003 - A man was arrested accused of making up a Bjork concert then selling tickets. Alex Conate allegedly sold tickets worth $14,000 at $40 each after persuading a San Diego nightclub owner that Bjork had agreed to play there. He was accused of taking the money and moving to Hawaii, where he was arrested.
2009 – Legendary “Wall of Sound” record producer Phil Spector has been found guilty of the murder of “Barbarian Queen” actress, Lana Clarkson, in 2003. She died of a gunshot wound to the head. Spector’s first trial in 2007 ended with a 10-2 jury deadlock with the majority favouring conviction. It appears that justice has been done in the second trial and Spector can expect to spend the rest of his life behind bars.
2010 – The most played song on NZ radio over the past week is “Hey Soul Sister” by Train featuring the vocals of Patrick Monaghan. The band is from San Francisco.