TODAY IN MUSIC HISTORY - August 6th
1928 - Born this day, Andy Warhol [Andrew Warhola], in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, producer, filmmaker, pop artist. Died 22 February 1987 aged 58. Noted for the quotation - Everybody will be famous for 15 minutes.
1960 - Chubby Checker introduced The Twist to America on Dick Clark's prime-time TV show, American Bandstand, on ABC.
1963 - In the evening at Studio A of the Columbia Recording Studio, New York City, Bob Dylan recorded the first session produced by Tom Wilson for the album The Times They Are A-Changin'. Dylan's third studio album was the first collection to feature only original compositions, the title track being one of Dylan's most famous. The album consists mostly of stark, sparsely-arranged story songs concerning issues such as racism, poverty, and social change
1965 - The Beatles released their fifth album and soundtrack to their second film ‘Help!’ which included the title track, ‘The Night Before’, ‘You've Got to Hide Your Love Away’, ‘You're Going to Lose That Girl’, ‘Ticket to Ride’ and ‘Yesterday’
1972 - Born this day, Ginger Spice [Geraldine Estelle Halliwell], The Spice Girls, 1996 UK No.1 and 1997 US No.1 single Wannabe, plus seven other No.1 singles, left the band on 7 June 1998, first solo No.1 1999 Mi Chico Latino.
1973 - Stevie Wonder came close to losing his life, following a freak auto accident. Wonder, one of Motown's most popular recording artists, was in a coma for 10 days. He recovered, miraculously, and was back in the recording studio in less than eight weeks. The accident also left him without any sense of smell.
1974 - Abba scored their first US top 10 hit when 'Waterloo' went to No.6. The Swedish group were also on their first American tour.
1981 - Stevie Nicks' first solo album, Bella Donna, was released. The lead singer for Fleetwood Mac scored a top-three hit with Stop Draggin' My Heart Around (5 September 1981) from the album. Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers were featured on the track. Nicks went on to record a total of 11 hits for the pop-rock charts through 1988.
1988 - Appetite For Destruction, Guns N' Roses debut album went to No.1 in the US, after spending 57 weeks on the chart and selling over 5 million copies.
1988 - 'Appetite For Destruction' Guns N' Roses debut album went to No.1 in the US, after spending 57 weeks on the chart and selling over 5 million copies. Singles from the album, ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine,’ ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ and ‘Paradise City’ were all US top 10 hits. Worldwide sales now stand in excess of 28 million and the album is the best-selling debut album of all-time in the US, beating Boston's debut album Boston, which has gone 17x platinum
1988 - Yazz And The Plastic Population started a five week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with The Only Way Is Up.
1989 - Adam Clayton of U2 was arrested in The Blue Light Inn car park in Dublin for marijuana possession and intent to supply the drug to another person, his conviction was waived in exchange for paying £25,000 to the Dublin Woman's Aid Centre.
1994 - Lisa Loeb started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Stay, (I Missed You), a No.6 hit in the UK.
1994 - Manic Street Preachers guitarist Richey Edwards booked into a private clinic to be treated for nervous exhaustion.
2000 - Eighties pop maestro Mike Stock was declared bankrupt. Mike who was one third of 80's hit factory Stock, Aitken and Waterman had been involved in several court battles over copyright issues.
2000 - Robbie Williams went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with Rock DJ.
2001 - Whitney Houston became one of the highest-paid musicians in the world after signing a new deal with Arista records said to be worth more than $100 million.
2004 - Rick James was found dead at his Los Angeles home. Known as 'The King of Punk-Funk' James scored the 1981 US No.3 album ‘Street Songs’ and 1981 US No.16 single ‘Super Freak part 1’. In the late 60's James worked as a songwriter and producer for Motown, working with Smokey Robinson and The Miracles. Addicted to cocaine, he once admitted to spending $7,000 a week on drugs for five years.
2009 - Steven Tyler was airlifted to hospital after falling off stage during a gig at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota. The 61-year-old Aerosmith singer fell from a catwalk onto a couple of fans, he suffered neck and shoulder injuries. About 30 minutes after the accident, guitarist Joe Perry came out to tell the crowd that the remainder of the show had been cancelled
2009 – Paula Abdul, by way of her Twitter Page, informs the world that she has quit American Idol. No reason is given but it is thought she was disappointed that her salary was not going to increase.
2009 – Willy DeVille passed away today from pancreatic cancer aged 58. With his band Mink DeVille they had a big hit record in 1977 called “Spanish Stroll”.
1928 - Born this day, Andy Warhol [Andrew Warhola], in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, producer, filmmaker, pop artist. Died 22 February 1987 aged 58. Noted for the quotation - Everybody will be famous for 15 minutes.
1960 - Chubby Checker introduced The Twist to America on Dick Clark's prime-time TV show, American Bandstand, on ABC.
1963 - In the evening at Studio A of the Columbia Recording Studio, New York City, Bob Dylan recorded the first session produced by Tom Wilson for the album The Times They Are A-Changin'. Dylan's third studio album was the first collection to feature only original compositions, the title track being one of Dylan's most famous. The album consists mostly of stark, sparsely-arranged story songs concerning issues such as racism, poverty, and social change
1965 - The Beatles released their fifth album and soundtrack to their second film ‘Help!’ which included the title track, ‘The Night Before’, ‘You've Got to Hide Your Love Away’, ‘You're Going to Lose That Girl’, ‘Ticket to Ride’ and ‘Yesterday’
1972 - Born this day, Ginger Spice [Geraldine Estelle Halliwell], The Spice Girls, 1996 UK No.1 and 1997 US No.1 single Wannabe, plus seven other No.1 singles, left the band on 7 June 1998, first solo No.1 1999 Mi Chico Latino.
1973 - Stevie Wonder came close to losing his life, following a freak auto accident. Wonder, one of Motown's most popular recording artists, was in a coma for 10 days. He recovered, miraculously, and was back in the recording studio in less than eight weeks. The accident also left him without any sense of smell.
1974 - Abba scored their first US top 10 hit when 'Waterloo' went to No.6. The Swedish group were also on their first American tour.
1981 - Stevie Nicks' first solo album, Bella Donna, was released. The lead singer for Fleetwood Mac scored a top-three hit with Stop Draggin' My Heart Around (5 September 1981) from the album. Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers were featured on the track. Nicks went on to record a total of 11 hits for the pop-rock charts through 1988.
1988 - Appetite For Destruction, Guns N' Roses debut album went to No.1 in the US, after spending 57 weeks on the chart and selling over 5 million copies.
1988 - 'Appetite For Destruction' Guns N' Roses debut album went to No.1 in the US, after spending 57 weeks on the chart and selling over 5 million copies. Singles from the album, ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine,’ ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ and ‘Paradise City’ were all US top 10 hits. Worldwide sales now stand in excess of 28 million and the album is the best-selling debut album of all-time in the US, beating Boston's debut album Boston, which has gone 17x platinum
1988 - Yazz And The Plastic Population started a five week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with The Only Way Is Up.
1989 - Adam Clayton of U2 was arrested in The Blue Light Inn car park in Dublin for marijuana possession and intent to supply the drug to another person, his conviction was waived in exchange for paying £25,000 to the Dublin Woman's Aid Centre.
1994 - Lisa Loeb started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Stay, (I Missed You), a No.6 hit in the UK.
1994 - Manic Street Preachers guitarist Richey Edwards booked into a private clinic to be treated for nervous exhaustion.
2000 - Eighties pop maestro Mike Stock was declared bankrupt. Mike who was one third of 80's hit factory Stock, Aitken and Waterman had been involved in several court battles over copyright issues.
2000 - Robbie Williams went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with Rock DJ.
2001 - Whitney Houston became one of the highest-paid musicians in the world after signing a new deal with Arista records said to be worth more than $100 million.
2004 - Rick James was found dead at his Los Angeles home. Known as 'The King of Punk-Funk' James scored the 1981 US No.3 album ‘Street Songs’ and 1981 US No.16 single ‘Super Freak part 1’. In the late 60's James worked as a songwriter and producer for Motown, working with Smokey Robinson and The Miracles. Addicted to cocaine, he once admitted to spending $7,000 a week on drugs for five years.
2009 - Steven Tyler was airlifted to hospital after falling off stage during a gig at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota. The 61-year-old Aerosmith singer fell from a catwalk onto a couple of fans, he suffered neck and shoulder injuries. About 30 minutes after the accident, guitarist Joe Perry came out to tell the crowd that the remainder of the show had been cancelled
2009 – Paula Abdul, by way of her Twitter Page, informs the world that she has quit American Idol. No reason is given but it is thought she was disappointed that her salary was not going to increase.
2009 – Willy DeVille passed away today from pancreatic cancer aged 58. With his band Mink DeVille they had a big hit record in 1977 called “Spanish Stroll”.