TODAY IN HISTORY – January 3rd
1926 – Born this day, George Martin, famous record producer, so called 5th Beatle, he produced all but one of the Beatles albums.
1945 – Born this day, Stephen Stills, singer/songwriter/guitarist, first with Buffalo Springfield and then Crosby, Stills & Nash. 1971 solo single, “Love the one you’re with”.
1957 – David Joseph Dobbyn was born this day. Famous for his bands, Th’Dudes, DD Smash and his solo career. He had 10 compositions in the Top 100 Kiwi songs of all time and in 2001 was given a Lifetime Achievement Award at the NZ Music Awards.
1963 - Cliff Richard was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'The Next Time / Bachelor Boy,' both songs were from the film Summer Holiday. His sixth UK No.1.
1967 – The Bee Gees were at No 1 in the Australian singles chart with the single “Spicks and Specks”
1967 - Having received a US army draft notice, Beach Boy Carl Wilson refused to be sworn in, saying he was a conscientious objector.
1969 - Appearing live on The Lulu show on UK TV, Jimi Hendrix was booked to perform two songs, Voodoo Child, (which is performed in full), then he stopped performing his new single 'Hey Joe' after a verse and chorus and instead launched into a version of the Cream song 'Sunshine Of Your Love' as a tribute to the band who had split a few days earlier. Hendrix then proceeded to continuing jamming, running over their allocated time slot on the live show, preventing the show's host Lulu from closing the show properly.
1970 – The Beatles recorded what would be their last song together, “I me mine”. A decade later it became the title of George Harrison’s autobiography.
1970 - B J Thomas started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head.' The song was featured in the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
1973 - Two thousand international fashion editors and experts voted Mick and Bianca Jagger two of the top dozen best-dressed men and women of 1972.
1974 - Bob Dylan and The Band started a 39-date US tour, Dylan's first live appearance for over 7 years. There were more than 5 million applications for the 660,000 tickets.
1976 – The Bay City Rollers went to No 1 on the US singles chart with “Saturday Night”. At the height of their success, they signed a deal to have their faces on cereal boxes.
1976 - Bob Dylan's song, 'Hurricane', peaked at No.33 on the Billboard singles chart, helping to cause enough publicity to eventually get former boxer Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter released from jail. The song promoted Carter's innocence and a movie about Carter's life, starring Denzel Washington, was released in 2000.
1981 - David Bowie made his final appearance as the Elephant Man in the Broadway show in New York City.
1987 - Aretha Franklin became the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
1992 – Simple Minds singer, Jim Kerr married actress Patsy Kensit at a Chelsea registry office.
2000 - Luciano Pavarotti agreed to pay the Italian authorities £1.6 million ($2.72 million) after losing an appeal against tax evasion charges. It was reported that the singer was worth £300 million ($510 million) at the time.
2002 – Liam and Noel Gallagher topped a poll of celebrities you would least like to live next to, getting 40% of the vote. The brothers from Oasis were voted as “Neighbours from Hell” by readers of Your Home magazine.
2014 – Died this day, Don Everly (aged 74). In the late 1950s, the Everly Brothers were the rock 'n' roll youth movement's addition toclose harmony vocal groups of which many were family bands. The duo's harmony singing had a strong influence on rock groups of the 1960s. The Beatles,[1] the Beach Boys[2] and Simon & Garfunkel developed their early singing styles by performing Everly covers. The Bee Gees, the Hollies and other rock'n'roll groups that feature harmony singing were influenced by the Everlys.
1926 – Born this day, George Martin, famous record producer, so called 5th Beatle, he produced all but one of the Beatles albums.
1945 – Born this day, Stephen Stills, singer/songwriter/guitarist, first with Buffalo Springfield and then Crosby, Stills & Nash. 1971 solo single, “Love the one you’re with”.
1957 – David Joseph Dobbyn was born this day. Famous for his bands, Th’Dudes, DD Smash and his solo career. He had 10 compositions in the Top 100 Kiwi songs of all time and in 2001 was given a Lifetime Achievement Award at the NZ Music Awards.
1963 - Cliff Richard was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'The Next Time / Bachelor Boy,' both songs were from the film Summer Holiday. His sixth UK No.1.
1967 – The Bee Gees were at No 1 in the Australian singles chart with the single “Spicks and Specks”
1967 - Having received a US army draft notice, Beach Boy Carl Wilson refused to be sworn in, saying he was a conscientious objector.
1969 - Appearing live on The Lulu show on UK TV, Jimi Hendrix was booked to perform two songs, Voodoo Child, (which is performed in full), then he stopped performing his new single 'Hey Joe' after a verse and chorus and instead launched into a version of the Cream song 'Sunshine Of Your Love' as a tribute to the band who had split a few days earlier. Hendrix then proceeded to continuing jamming, running over their allocated time slot on the live show, preventing the show's host Lulu from closing the show properly.
1970 – The Beatles recorded what would be their last song together, “I me mine”. A decade later it became the title of George Harrison’s autobiography.
1970 - B J Thomas started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head.' The song was featured in the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
1973 - Two thousand international fashion editors and experts voted Mick and Bianca Jagger two of the top dozen best-dressed men and women of 1972.
1974 - Bob Dylan and The Band started a 39-date US tour, Dylan's first live appearance for over 7 years. There were more than 5 million applications for the 660,000 tickets.
1976 – The Bay City Rollers went to No 1 on the US singles chart with “Saturday Night”. At the height of their success, they signed a deal to have their faces on cereal boxes.
1976 - Bob Dylan's song, 'Hurricane', peaked at No.33 on the Billboard singles chart, helping to cause enough publicity to eventually get former boxer Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter released from jail. The song promoted Carter's innocence and a movie about Carter's life, starring Denzel Washington, was released in 2000.
1981 - David Bowie made his final appearance as the Elephant Man in the Broadway show in New York City.
1987 - Aretha Franklin became the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
1992 – Simple Minds singer, Jim Kerr married actress Patsy Kensit at a Chelsea registry office.
2000 - Luciano Pavarotti agreed to pay the Italian authorities £1.6 million ($2.72 million) after losing an appeal against tax evasion charges. It was reported that the singer was worth £300 million ($510 million) at the time.
2002 – Liam and Noel Gallagher topped a poll of celebrities you would least like to live next to, getting 40% of the vote. The brothers from Oasis were voted as “Neighbours from Hell” by readers of Your Home magazine.
2014 – Died this day, Don Everly (aged 74). In the late 1950s, the Everly Brothers were the rock 'n' roll youth movement's addition toclose harmony vocal groups of which many were family bands. The duo's harmony singing had a strong influence on rock groups of the 1960s. The Beatles,[1] the Beach Boys[2] and Simon & Garfunkel developed their early singing styles by performing Everly covers. The Bee Gees, the Hollies and other rock'n'roll groups that feature harmony singing were influenced by the Everlys.