TODAY IN HISTORY – December 10th
1954 - Jack Hues was born. He was lead singer and guitarist in the British band "Wang Chung".
1957 - Paul Hardcastle was born in London. He had a world-wide number 1 hit in '85 with the Vietnam war tribute song: "19".
1959 - The four male members of The Platters were acquitted of charges of aiding and abetting prostitution, lewdness and assignation after an incident on August 10th in Cincinnati. Despite the outcome of the trial, the scandal would severely damage the group's career.
1966 - The Beach Boys went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Good Vibrations', the group's third US No.1. As a child, his mother told him that dogs could pick up "vibrations" from people, so that the dog would bark at "bad vibrations" Wilson turned this into the general idea for the song.
1967 - American soul singer, songwriter Otis Redding was killed in a plane crash, aged 26. Redding and his band had made an appearance in Cleveland, Ohio on the local ‘Upbeat’ television show the previous day. The plane carrying Otis Redding and his band crashed at 3.28.pm into icy waters of Lake Monoma near Madison. Redding was killed in the crash along with members from the The Bar-Kays, Jimmy King, Ron Caldwell, Phalin Jones and Carl Cunningham. Trumpet player Ben Cauley was the only person to survive the crash.
1967 - The Byrds played the first of an eight night run at the Whisky-a-go-go, Hollywood, California.
1971 - Playing the first of two nights at London's Rainbow Theatre, in England, Frank Zappa was pushed off stage by jealous boyfriend Trevor Howell. Zappa fell onto the concrete-floored orchestra pit - the band thought Zappa had been killed. He suffered serious fractures, head trauma and injuries to his back, leg, and neck, as well as a crushed larynx, which ultimately caused his voice to drop a third after healing. This accident resulted in him using a wheelchair for an extended period, forcing him off the road for over half a year.
1973 - The CBGB Club (Country, BlueGrass, and Blues), opened in the lower eastside of New York City. Founded by Hilly Kristal, it was originally intended to feature its namesake musical styles, but became a forum for American punk and New Wave bands such as Blondie, Television, Patti Smith and The Ramones.
1974 - Born this day, Meg White, drums, The White Stripes
1976 - Billy Idol’s new band Generation X made their live debut at The Central College of Art and Design in London.
1977 - The Randy Newman song "Short people" entered the charts offending shorties right around the world.
1983 - Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson started a 6 week run at the top of the US charts with Say Say Say. It was Jacksons 10th and McCartneys 29th number 1 respectively.
1995 - Wearing a cream satin gown singer Tina Arena married her manager Ralph Carr. The wedding took place in West Melbourne.
1999 - A war of words broke out between Cliff Richard and George Michael after George branded Cliff Richard’s hit Milennium Prayer as “vile”. Cliff hit back by saying that his single was a Christian celebration.
1999 - Rick Danko died in his sleep at his home near Woodstock, New York. The Canadian guitarist and singer joined The Hawks in 1963 who went on to work as Bob Dylan’s backing band, (with Robbie Robertson, Richard Manuel and Garth Hudson). Renamed The Band who released their 1968 debut Music from Big Pink (featuring the single ‘The Weight’). The Band released the 1978 concert film-documentary triple-LP soundtrack ‘The Last Waltz.’
2000 - Eminem went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Stan'. The rappers second No.1, the female singing on the track was by Dido.
2003 - Coldplay singer Chris Martin married actress Gwyneth Paltrow in California. Oscar winning Paltrow, aged 31 and 26 year old Martin announced in a statement they were expecting a baby in the summer of 2004.
2007 - Led Zeppelin played their first concert in 19 years, at London's 02 Arena as part of the Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert. Original band members Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones were joined on stage by Jason Bonham, the son of their late drummer John Bonham. More than one million people had taken part in a ballot for the 20,000 tickets available for the show with all proceeds going to Ahmet's own charity. Zeppelin performed 16 songs including two encores. A number of celebrities attended the gig including Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Jeff Beck, Brian May, David Gilmour, The Edge, Peter Gabriel, Mick Jagger, Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Jerry Hall, Priscilla Presley and Paris Hilton.
2009 - In an interview with Q magazine, Paul McCartney was asked if his marriage to Heather Mills was the worst mistake of his life. He replied "OK, yeah. I suppose that has to be the prime contender." The divorce settlement had cost McCartney £24m ($38.9m), plus annual payments for his daughter, Beatrice.
1954 - Jack Hues was born. He was lead singer and guitarist in the British band "Wang Chung".
1957 - Paul Hardcastle was born in London. He had a world-wide number 1 hit in '85 with the Vietnam war tribute song: "19".
1959 - The four male members of The Platters were acquitted of charges of aiding and abetting prostitution, lewdness and assignation after an incident on August 10th in Cincinnati. Despite the outcome of the trial, the scandal would severely damage the group's career.
1966 - The Beach Boys went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Good Vibrations', the group's third US No.1. As a child, his mother told him that dogs could pick up "vibrations" from people, so that the dog would bark at "bad vibrations" Wilson turned this into the general idea for the song.
1967 - American soul singer, songwriter Otis Redding was killed in a plane crash, aged 26. Redding and his band had made an appearance in Cleveland, Ohio on the local ‘Upbeat’ television show the previous day. The plane carrying Otis Redding and his band crashed at 3.28.pm into icy waters of Lake Monoma near Madison. Redding was killed in the crash along with members from the The Bar-Kays, Jimmy King, Ron Caldwell, Phalin Jones and Carl Cunningham. Trumpet player Ben Cauley was the only person to survive the crash.
1967 - The Byrds played the first of an eight night run at the Whisky-a-go-go, Hollywood, California.
1971 - Playing the first of two nights at London's Rainbow Theatre, in England, Frank Zappa was pushed off stage by jealous boyfriend Trevor Howell. Zappa fell onto the concrete-floored orchestra pit - the band thought Zappa had been killed. He suffered serious fractures, head trauma and injuries to his back, leg, and neck, as well as a crushed larynx, which ultimately caused his voice to drop a third after healing. This accident resulted in him using a wheelchair for an extended period, forcing him off the road for over half a year.
1973 - The CBGB Club (Country, BlueGrass, and Blues), opened in the lower eastside of New York City. Founded by Hilly Kristal, it was originally intended to feature its namesake musical styles, but became a forum for American punk and New Wave bands such as Blondie, Television, Patti Smith and The Ramones.
1974 - Born this day, Meg White, drums, The White Stripes
1976 - Billy Idol’s new band Generation X made their live debut at The Central College of Art and Design in London.
1977 - The Randy Newman song "Short people" entered the charts offending shorties right around the world.
1983 - Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson started a 6 week run at the top of the US charts with Say Say Say. It was Jacksons 10th and McCartneys 29th number 1 respectively.
1995 - Wearing a cream satin gown singer Tina Arena married her manager Ralph Carr. The wedding took place in West Melbourne.
1999 - A war of words broke out between Cliff Richard and George Michael after George branded Cliff Richard’s hit Milennium Prayer as “vile”. Cliff hit back by saying that his single was a Christian celebration.
1999 - Rick Danko died in his sleep at his home near Woodstock, New York. The Canadian guitarist and singer joined The Hawks in 1963 who went on to work as Bob Dylan’s backing band, (with Robbie Robertson, Richard Manuel and Garth Hudson). Renamed The Band who released their 1968 debut Music from Big Pink (featuring the single ‘The Weight’). The Band released the 1978 concert film-documentary triple-LP soundtrack ‘The Last Waltz.’
2000 - Eminem went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Stan'. The rappers second No.1, the female singing on the track was by Dido.
2003 - Coldplay singer Chris Martin married actress Gwyneth Paltrow in California. Oscar winning Paltrow, aged 31 and 26 year old Martin announced in a statement they were expecting a baby in the summer of 2004.
2007 - Led Zeppelin played their first concert in 19 years, at London's 02 Arena as part of the Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert. Original band members Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones were joined on stage by Jason Bonham, the son of their late drummer John Bonham. More than one million people had taken part in a ballot for the 20,000 tickets available for the show with all proceeds going to Ahmet's own charity. Zeppelin performed 16 songs including two encores. A number of celebrities attended the gig including Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Jeff Beck, Brian May, David Gilmour, The Edge, Peter Gabriel, Mick Jagger, Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Jerry Hall, Priscilla Presley and Paris Hilton.
2009 - In an interview with Q magazine, Paul McCartney was asked if his marriage to Heather Mills was the worst mistake of his life. He replied "OK, yeah. I suppose that has to be the prime contender." The divorce settlement had cost McCartney £24m ($38.9m), plus annual payments for his daughter, Beatrice.