TODAY IN MUSIC HISTORY – FEB 14TH
1959 - Cliff Richard was voted the best new singer in the annual New Musical Express (NME) awards.
1967 - Aretha Franklin recorded her most famous song, Respect.
1970 - The Who appeared at Leeds University, England. The show was recorded for the bands forthcoming Live At Leeds album.
1972 - The musical Grease, opened at the Eden Theatre in New York City. The play later moved to the Broadhurst Theatre on Broadway where it became the longest-running musical to date with 3,388 performances. A hit movie based on the stage play starred John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John and produced the hit song Grease by Frankie Valli, You're the One That I Want and Summer Nights by Travolta and Newton-John.
1972 - Born this day, Rob Thomas, Matchbox 20, 1998 UK No.38 single Push, 2000 US No.1 single Bent. Born in Landstuhl, West Germany in a US military base.
1972 - 'Steppenwolf Day' was declared in Los Angeles as they announced their breakup.
1973 - David Bowie collapsed on stage during a concert at Radio City Music Hall, New York.
1974 - Daryl Dragon and Toni Tennille (of Captain And Tennille - biggest hit "Love Will Keep Us Together" 1975 ) married in Virginia City, Nevada, while on a promotion tour of the States. (Toni Tennille filed for divorce on January 16th 2014 so it appears that love did not keep them together after all)
1977 - Singer and songwriter Janis Ian received 461 Valentine's day cards after indicating in the lyrics of the song At Seventeen, she had never received any.
1978 - Dire Straits began recording their first album at basing Street Studios, London, the whole project cost £12,500 to produce.
1984 - Elton John married Renate Blauer in Sydney, Australia. Rod Stewart and Olivia Newton-John attended. The marriage lasted less than five years.
1990 - The Rolling Stones played the first of 10 nights at the Korakuen Dome, Tokyo, Japan. The shows were seen by over 500,000 fans making the band $20m.
1996 - The artist formerly known as Prince, aged 37, returned to his hometown of Minneapolis and, under his given name Prince Rogers Nelson, married his backup dancer Mayte Jannell Garcia, aged 22. Church workers were not allowed to watch the 40-minute candlelight service in the sanctuary, which was decorated with pink and white roses. It was the first marriage for both. The eccentric artist had announced a few years earlier that he would no longer use the name 'Prince', and would be known by an unpronounceable sign that merges the symbols for male and female. He composed a special song for his wife, Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother/Wife, which she heard for the first time when they had their first wedding dance.
1998 - Celine Dion’s My Heart Will Go On set a new record for the most radio plays in the US with 116 million plays in one week.
1999 - Lenny Kravitz scored his first UK No.1 single with Fly Away, the single had been used on a TV ad for cars.
2002 - Died this day, Mick Tucker, drummer with glam rock band The Sweet died of leukemia.
2003 - Stolen reel-to-reel studio recordings by the John Lennon were found in Australia. Police recovered the tapes of the bands 1968 White album and the Abbey Road album after they were advertised for sale in a Sydney newspaper. Australian police had been tipped off by British detectives from Operation Acetone, an investigation into thefts of original Beatles music from Abbey Road studios in London in the 1960s.
2008 – Oasis lead singer, Liam Gallagher, and longtime girlfriend, Nicole Appleton of All Saints married in secret in front of a select few friends and family at London’s Westminster Register Office – the same location Liam married his first wife, actress Patsy Kensit in 1997.
2010 – Billboard announces it’s “50 Sexiest Songs of All Time” list with “Physical” by Olivia Newton John topping the list following by “Tonight’s the Night” – Rod Stewart and “I’ll Make Love To You” – Boyz II Men.
1959 - Cliff Richard was voted the best new singer in the annual New Musical Express (NME) awards.
1967 - Aretha Franklin recorded her most famous song, Respect.
1970 - The Who appeared at Leeds University, England. The show was recorded for the bands forthcoming Live At Leeds album.
1972 - The musical Grease, opened at the Eden Theatre in New York City. The play later moved to the Broadhurst Theatre on Broadway where it became the longest-running musical to date with 3,388 performances. A hit movie based on the stage play starred John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John and produced the hit song Grease by Frankie Valli, You're the One That I Want and Summer Nights by Travolta and Newton-John.
1972 - Born this day, Rob Thomas, Matchbox 20, 1998 UK No.38 single Push, 2000 US No.1 single Bent. Born in Landstuhl, West Germany in a US military base.
1972 - 'Steppenwolf Day' was declared in Los Angeles as they announced their breakup.
1973 - David Bowie collapsed on stage during a concert at Radio City Music Hall, New York.
1974 - Daryl Dragon and Toni Tennille (of Captain And Tennille - biggest hit "Love Will Keep Us Together" 1975 ) married in Virginia City, Nevada, while on a promotion tour of the States. (Toni Tennille filed for divorce on January 16th 2014 so it appears that love did not keep them together after all)
1977 - Singer and songwriter Janis Ian received 461 Valentine's day cards after indicating in the lyrics of the song At Seventeen, she had never received any.
1978 - Dire Straits began recording their first album at basing Street Studios, London, the whole project cost £12,500 to produce.
1984 - Elton John married Renate Blauer in Sydney, Australia. Rod Stewart and Olivia Newton-John attended. The marriage lasted less than five years.
1990 - The Rolling Stones played the first of 10 nights at the Korakuen Dome, Tokyo, Japan. The shows were seen by over 500,000 fans making the band $20m.
1996 - The artist formerly known as Prince, aged 37, returned to his hometown of Minneapolis and, under his given name Prince Rogers Nelson, married his backup dancer Mayte Jannell Garcia, aged 22. Church workers were not allowed to watch the 40-minute candlelight service in the sanctuary, which was decorated with pink and white roses. It was the first marriage for both. The eccentric artist had announced a few years earlier that he would no longer use the name 'Prince', and would be known by an unpronounceable sign that merges the symbols for male and female. He composed a special song for his wife, Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother/Wife, which she heard for the first time when they had their first wedding dance.
1998 - Celine Dion’s My Heart Will Go On set a new record for the most radio plays in the US with 116 million plays in one week.
1999 - Lenny Kravitz scored his first UK No.1 single with Fly Away, the single had been used on a TV ad for cars.
2002 - Died this day, Mick Tucker, drummer with glam rock band The Sweet died of leukemia.
2003 - Stolen reel-to-reel studio recordings by the John Lennon were found in Australia. Police recovered the tapes of the bands 1968 White album and the Abbey Road album after they were advertised for sale in a Sydney newspaper. Australian police had been tipped off by British detectives from Operation Acetone, an investigation into thefts of original Beatles music from Abbey Road studios in London in the 1960s.
2008 – Oasis lead singer, Liam Gallagher, and longtime girlfriend, Nicole Appleton of All Saints married in secret in front of a select few friends and family at London’s Westminster Register Office – the same location Liam married his first wife, actress Patsy Kensit in 1997.
2010 – Billboard announces it’s “50 Sexiest Songs of All Time” list with “Physical” by Olivia Newton John topping the list following by “Tonight’s the Night” – Rod Stewart and “I’ll Make Love To You” – Boyz II Men.