TODAY IN HISTORY – August 4th
1958 - Billboard introduced 'The Hot 100 Singles Chart', Ricky Nelson was at No.1 with 'Poor Little Fool'.
1901 - Born this day, Louis Armstrong [Satchmo], in New Orleans, Louisiana, singer, bandleader, jazz musician, trumpeter. 1964 US No.1 single Hello Dolly! - making him the oldest performer in history to have a No.1 hit record, 1968 UK No.1 single What A Wonderful World. Died 6 July 1971. He always believed his birthday was 4 July 1900.
1940 - Born this day, Larry Knechtel, guitar, keyboards, Bread, 1970 US No.1 and UK No.5 single Make It With You.
1958 - Born this day, Ian Broudie, singer, guitarist Lightning Seeds.
1962 – Hollywood actress, Marilyn Monroe died this day from an overdose of prescription drugs.
1966 - John Lennon proclaimed that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus Christ.
1966 - The Troggs were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'With A Girl Like You', the group's only UK No.1 single.
1967 - A female Monkees fan stowed away on the bands plane between shows in Minneapolis and St Louis. The girl's father threatened to bring charges for transporting a minor across state lines.
1967 - Pink Floyd released their debut album The Piper At the Gates of Dawn on which most songs were penned by Syd Barrett. In subsequent years, the record has been recognised as one of the seminal psychedelic rock albums of the 1960s. When reviewed, by the two main UK music papers in the UK, Record Mirror and NME both gave the album four stars out of five. The album which was recorded at Abbey Road studios, London during the same time that The Beatles were recording Sgt Pepper peaked at #6 on the UK album chart and failed to chart in the US.
1970 - Rock singer Jim Morrison of The Doors was charged with public drunkenness after falling asleep on an old woman's porch in West Los Angeles. This occurred one day before the beginning of his Miami trial for indecent exposure and profanity.
1975 - Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin was seriously injured in a car crash in Greece.
1975 - Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant and his wife were both badly injured when the hire car he was driving spun off the road and crashed on the Greek island of Rhodes. Plant smashed both his ankle and his elbow, and was not fully fit for the best part of two years. A forthcoming North American tour had to be cancelled.
1980 - John Lennon began recording what would become his final album, Double Fantasy, at The Hit Factory, New York.
1984 - Prince started a 24 week run at the top of the US album charts with 'Purple Rain'. His sixth studio album which features the hits 'When Doves Cry' and 'Let's Go Crazy', as well as the title track has sold over 20 million copies worldwide, becoming the seventh best-selling soundtrack album of all time.
1990 - Janet Jackson collapsed on stage during a show in St Louis, suffering from an inner ear infection.
1996 - Oasis roadie James Hunter was crushed to death between a fork-lift truck and a lorry during the bands two days shows at Balloch Country Park, Loch Lomand in Scotland.
2001 - Dave Stewart married fashion potographer Anouska Fisz on a private beach on the French Riviera. Guest’s included Elton John, Mick Jagger, Oasis boys Liam and Noel Gallagher and his former Eurythmics partner Annie Lennox.
2001 - The News Of The World reported that Mariah Carey had hired a private eye to spy on her ex husband, record boss, Tommy Mottola. Investigator Jack Palladino told the paper that Mariah believed her ex husband was conducting a smear campaign against the singer.
2002 - Bruce Springsteen scored his fifth UK No.1 album with 'The Rising', also No.1 in the US.
2007 - US singer, songwriter Lee Hazlewood died of cancer, in his home near Las Vegas aged 78. Hazlewood wrote and produced many of Nancy Sinatra's most famous hits, including These Boots Were Made For Walkin', Jackson and Did You Ever’ He also produced Duane Eddy and Gram Parsons and Something Stupid - the duet Nancy recorded with her father Frank in 1967.
2010 - Don Henley reached an out-of-court settlement with Republican Senatorial candidate Chuck DeVore who used parodies of two Eagles' hits for an election campaign without permission. 'All She Wants To Do Is Dance' and 'The Boys of Summer' were used in campaign videos on YouTube as 'All She Wants To Do Is Tax' and 'Hope Of November'.
2010 – “California Gurls” by Katy Perry feat Snoop Dogg is the most played song on NZ radio this past week
1958 - Billboard introduced 'The Hot 100 Singles Chart', Ricky Nelson was at No.1 with 'Poor Little Fool'.
1901 - Born this day, Louis Armstrong [Satchmo], in New Orleans, Louisiana, singer, bandleader, jazz musician, trumpeter. 1964 US No.1 single Hello Dolly! - making him the oldest performer in history to have a No.1 hit record, 1968 UK No.1 single What A Wonderful World. Died 6 July 1971. He always believed his birthday was 4 July 1900.
1940 - Born this day, Larry Knechtel, guitar, keyboards, Bread, 1970 US No.1 and UK No.5 single Make It With You.
1958 - Born this day, Ian Broudie, singer, guitarist Lightning Seeds.
1962 – Hollywood actress, Marilyn Monroe died this day from an overdose of prescription drugs.
1966 - John Lennon proclaimed that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus Christ.
1966 - The Troggs were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'With A Girl Like You', the group's only UK No.1 single.
1967 - A female Monkees fan stowed away on the bands plane between shows in Minneapolis and St Louis. The girl's father threatened to bring charges for transporting a minor across state lines.
1967 - Pink Floyd released their debut album The Piper At the Gates of Dawn on which most songs were penned by Syd Barrett. In subsequent years, the record has been recognised as one of the seminal psychedelic rock albums of the 1960s. When reviewed, by the two main UK music papers in the UK, Record Mirror and NME both gave the album four stars out of five. The album which was recorded at Abbey Road studios, London during the same time that The Beatles were recording Sgt Pepper peaked at #6 on the UK album chart and failed to chart in the US.
1970 - Rock singer Jim Morrison of The Doors was charged with public drunkenness after falling asleep on an old woman's porch in West Los Angeles. This occurred one day before the beginning of his Miami trial for indecent exposure and profanity.
1975 - Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin was seriously injured in a car crash in Greece.
1975 - Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant and his wife were both badly injured when the hire car he was driving spun off the road and crashed on the Greek island of Rhodes. Plant smashed both his ankle and his elbow, and was not fully fit for the best part of two years. A forthcoming North American tour had to be cancelled.
1980 - John Lennon began recording what would become his final album, Double Fantasy, at The Hit Factory, New York.
1984 - Prince started a 24 week run at the top of the US album charts with 'Purple Rain'. His sixth studio album which features the hits 'When Doves Cry' and 'Let's Go Crazy', as well as the title track has sold over 20 million copies worldwide, becoming the seventh best-selling soundtrack album of all time.
1990 - Janet Jackson collapsed on stage during a show in St Louis, suffering from an inner ear infection.
1996 - Oasis roadie James Hunter was crushed to death between a fork-lift truck and a lorry during the bands two days shows at Balloch Country Park, Loch Lomand in Scotland.
2001 - Dave Stewart married fashion potographer Anouska Fisz on a private beach on the French Riviera. Guest’s included Elton John, Mick Jagger, Oasis boys Liam and Noel Gallagher and his former Eurythmics partner Annie Lennox.
2001 - The News Of The World reported that Mariah Carey had hired a private eye to spy on her ex husband, record boss, Tommy Mottola. Investigator Jack Palladino told the paper that Mariah believed her ex husband was conducting a smear campaign against the singer.
2002 - Bruce Springsteen scored his fifth UK No.1 album with 'The Rising', also No.1 in the US.
2007 - US singer, songwriter Lee Hazlewood died of cancer, in his home near Las Vegas aged 78. Hazlewood wrote and produced many of Nancy Sinatra's most famous hits, including These Boots Were Made For Walkin', Jackson and Did You Ever’ He also produced Duane Eddy and Gram Parsons and Something Stupid - the duet Nancy recorded with her father Frank in 1967.
2010 - Don Henley reached an out-of-court settlement with Republican Senatorial candidate Chuck DeVore who used parodies of two Eagles' hits for an election campaign without permission. 'All She Wants To Do Is Dance' and 'The Boys of Summer' were used in campaign videos on YouTube as 'All She Wants To Do Is Tax' and 'Hope Of November'.
2010 – “California Gurls” by Katy Perry feat Snoop Dogg is the most played song on NZ radio this past week