TODAY IN HISTORY – JULY 13TH
1942 - Born this day, [James Joseph] Roger McGuinn, musician, guitarist, singer, The Byrds, 1965 US and UK No.1 single Mr. Tambourine Man, he was the only member of The Byrds to play on the hit, the others being session players. 1965 UK No.4 single All I Really Want To Do, 1965 UK No.26 single Turn Turn Turn.
1946 - Born this day, [Richard] Cheech Marin, writer, actor, Cheech of Cheech and Chong, (Cheech & Chong-Up in Smoke, Basketball Jones).
1958 - Buddy Holly nearly drowned trying to swim across a lake in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, while on tour there.
1964 - The Animals were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with House Of The Rising Sun. This was the first No.1 to have a playing time of more than four minutes.
1969 - The Rolling Stones held a photo call in Hyde Park to introduce new guitarist Mick Taylor.
1969 - Over 100 US radio stations banned The Beatles new single The Balled Of John and Yoko due to the line ’Christ, you know it ain’t easy’ calling it offensive.
1970 - Mungo Jerry started a seven week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with In The Summertime. The best selling single of 1970 and a hit in 26 other countries.
1974 - George McCrae started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Rock Your Baby, his only US No.1, and also a No.1 in the UK.
1974 - Elton John started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with his eighth studio release, 'Caribou', and his third No.1 album. The album contained the singles, 'Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me', and 'The Bitch Is Back'
1978 - The BBC announced a ban on The Sex Pistols' latest single ‘No One Is Innocent’, which featured vocals by Ronnie Biggs, the British criminal notorious for his part in the Great Train Robbery of 1963. At the time of the recording, Biggs was living in Brazil, and was still wanted by the British authorities, but immune from extradition.
1981 - Smokey Robinson was at No.1 in the UK with the single Being With You.
1985 - The Live Aid concert for African famine relief took place simultaneously in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and London, England. Electrifying performances from Philly's JFK Stadium, London's Wembley Stadium and other venues were telecast world-wide and raised over $70 million. The all-day and much-of-the-night concert featured some of the biggest names in rock music including Mick Jagger, Tina Turner, Madonna, Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney . The audience was equally as big - 162,000 attended the concert and another 1.5 billion viewed it on TV. Boomtown Rats singer Bob Geldof organised the Live Aid concert, gathering the big name stars, all of whom performed without pay. On 13 July 1985, at 12.01pm Status Quo started the Live Aid extravaganza.
1985 - Nude photo's of Madonna taken in 1977, appeared in this months Playboy and Penthouse Magazines.
1985 - Duran Duran took the tune, A View to a Kill, from the James Bond movie of the same name, to the top of the US record charts this day. The song stayed on top for two weeks. Live and Let Die by Wings and Nobody Does It Better by Carly Simon - both James Bond themes - got only as high as number two.
1985 - Elton John re-signed with MCA Records in America, his five-album deal being worth $8 million, the biggest advance in history at the time.
1987 - A federal judge threw out Bette Midler's $10 million suit against the Ford Motor Company, who used a sound alike voice for their TV commercials.
1991 - Bryan Adams went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with Everything I Do I Do It For You from the film Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves. It stayed at No.1 for a record breaking 16 weeks, was also a No.1 in the US and 16 other countries.
1995 - Alanis Morissette released Jagged Little Pill, it went on to sell over 15 million copies world-wide and made her the first female Canadian to score a US No.1 album.
1997 - Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis underwent five hours of hospital surgery after being involved in a motorbike accident in Los Angles.
1999 - The New Radicals called it a day after just one album and a world-wide hit single. Frontman, songwriter and driving force Gregg Alexander said he would concentrate on producing and writing.
2000 - A roadie who worked for the Spice Girls, Oasis, Elton John and Whitney Houston was arrested and charged with smuggling millions of pounds worth of Ecstasy into Britain.
2002 - One man died and at least 100 people were injured in Brighton after more than 200,000 people attended a free concert on the beach, overwhelming emergency services and bringing chaos to the seafront. About 60,000 people were expected to attend the evening event, organised by Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim, but the combination of glorious weather and the DJ's popularity drew almost four times that number. A 45-year-old man died of a heart attack and a woman was critically injured after falling from the esplanade. Police believed she may have been pushed. Two young people suffered broken legs after falling and another person broke their back. Around 100 other people were taken to A&E at the Royal Sussex County hospital suffering from crush injuries, twisted ankles and cuts caused by broken glass.
2004 - Arthur ‘Killer’ Kane, bass player with The New York Dolls, died aged 55 after checking himself in to a Los Angeles emergency room, complaining of fatigue. He was quickly diagnosed with leukaemia, and died within two hours. The influential American band formed in 1972 and made just two albums, the 1973 'New York Dolls' and 1974 'Too Much Too Soon'. His estranged wife wanted to honour her late husband's wishes and bury him next to former Dolls stars Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan in Mount St Mary's cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, but officials at the morgue refused to release his body for burial because his remains were so decomposed. (His body had laid in a morgue for over a month).
2007 - Rod Stewart collected his CBE from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace. The singer who was honoured for his services to music wore a skull and crossbones tie, white trousers and a stripy shirt instead of the conventional morning suit.
2011 – Most played song on New Zealand radio this past week has been “Last Friday Night” by Katy Perry.
2012 - Roger Waters' tour The Wall Live, topped worldwide concert ticket sales for the first half of 2012. The show based Pink Floyd's hit 1970s album, took $158.1m £102.3m) beating Bruce Springsteen and Madonna. Waters sold 1.4 million tickets according to Pollstar magazine, which tracks the live concert business.
1942 - Born this day, [James Joseph] Roger McGuinn, musician, guitarist, singer, The Byrds, 1965 US and UK No.1 single Mr. Tambourine Man, he was the only member of The Byrds to play on the hit, the others being session players. 1965 UK No.4 single All I Really Want To Do, 1965 UK No.26 single Turn Turn Turn.
1946 - Born this day, [Richard] Cheech Marin, writer, actor, Cheech of Cheech and Chong, (Cheech & Chong-Up in Smoke, Basketball Jones).
1958 - Buddy Holly nearly drowned trying to swim across a lake in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, while on tour there.
1964 - The Animals were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with House Of The Rising Sun. This was the first No.1 to have a playing time of more than four minutes.
1969 - The Rolling Stones held a photo call in Hyde Park to introduce new guitarist Mick Taylor.
1969 - Over 100 US radio stations banned The Beatles new single The Balled Of John and Yoko due to the line ’Christ, you know it ain’t easy’ calling it offensive.
1970 - Mungo Jerry started a seven week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with In The Summertime. The best selling single of 1970 and a hit in 26 other countries.
1974 - George McCrae started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Rock Your Baby, his only US No.1, and also a No.1 in the UK.
1974 - Elton John started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with his eighth studio release, 'Caribou', and his third No.1 album. The album contained the singles, 'Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me', and 'The Bitch Is Back'
1978 - The BBC announced a ban on The Sex Pistols' latest single ‘No One Is Innocent’, which featured vocals by Ronnie Biggs, the British criminal notorious for his part in the Great Train Robbery of 1963. At the time of the recording, Biggs was living in Brazil, and was still wanted by the British authorities, but immune from extradition.
1981 - Smokey Robinson was at No.1 in the UK with the single Being With You.
1985 - The Live Aid concert for African famine relief took place simultaneously in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and London, England. Electrifying performances from Philly's JFK Stadium, London's Wembley Stadium and other venues were telecast world-wide and raised over $70 million. The all-day and much-of-the-night concert featured some of the biggest names in rock music including Mick Jagger, Tina Turner, Madonna, Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney . The audience was equally as big - 162,000 attended the concert and another 1.5 billion viewed it on TV. Boomtown Rats singer Bob Geldof organised the Live Aid concert, gathering the big name stars, all of whom performed without pay. On 13 July 1985, at 12.01pm Status Quo started the Live Aid extravaganza.
1985 - Nude photo's of Madonna taken in 1977, appeared in this months Playboy and Penthouse Magazines.
1985 - Duran Duran took the tune, A View to a Kill, from the James Bond movie of the same name, to the top of the US record charts this day. The song stayed on top for two weeks. Live and Let Die by Wings and Nobody Does It Better by Carly Simon - both James Bond themes - got only as high as number two.
1985 - Elton John re-signed with MCA Records in America, his five-album deal being worth $8 million, the biggest advance in history at the time.
1987 - A federal judge threw out Bette Midler's $10 million suit against the Ford Motor Company, who used a sound alike voice for their TV commercials.
1991 - Bryan Adams went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with Everything I Do I Do It For You from the film Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves. It stayed at No.1 for a record breaking 16 weeks, was also a No.1 in the US and 16 other countries.
1995 - Alanis Morissette released Jagged Little Pill, it went on to sell over 15 million copies world-wide and made her the first female Canadian to score a US No.1 album.
1997 - Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis underwent five hours of hospital surgery after being involved in a motorbike accident in Los Angles.
1999 - The New Radicals called it a day after just one album and a world-wide hit single. Frontman, songwriter and driving force Gregg Alexander said he would concentrate on producing and writing.
2000 - A roadie who worked for the Spice Girls, Oasis, Elton John and Whitney Houston was arrested and charged with smuggling millions of pounds worth of Ecstasy into Britain.
2002 - One man died and at least 100 people were injured in Brighton after more than 200,000 people attended a free concert on the beach, overwhelming emergency services and bringing chaos to the seafront. About 60,000 people were expected to attend the evening event, organised by Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim, but the combination of glorious weather and the DJ's popularity drew almost four times that number. A 45-year-old man died of a heart attack and a woman was critically injured after falling from the esplanade. Police believed she may have been pushed. Two young people suffered broken legs after falling and another person broke their back. Around 100 other people were taken to A&E at the Royal Sussex County hospital suffering from crush injuries, twisted ankles and cuts caused by broken glass.
2004 - Arthur ‘Killer’ Kane, bass player with The New York Dolls, died aged 55 after checking himself in to a Los Angeles emergency room, complaining of fatigue. He was quickly diagnosed with leukaemia, and died within two hours. The influential American band formed in 1972 and made just two albums, the 1973 'New York Dolls' and 1974 'Too Much Too Soon'. His estranged wife wanted to honour her late husband's wishes and bury him next to former Dolls stars Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan in Mount St Mary's cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, but officials at the morgue refused to release his body for burial because his remains were so decomposed. (His body had laid in a morgue for over a month).
2007 - Rod Stewart collected his CBE from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace. The singer who was honoured for his services to music wore a skull and crossbones tie, white trousers and a stripy shirt instead of the conventional morning suit.
2011 – Most played song on New Zealand radio this past week has been “Last Friday Night” by Katy Perry.
2012 - Roger Waters' tour The Wall Live, topped worldwide concert ticket sales for the first half of 2012. The show based Pink Floyd's hit 1970s album, took $158.1m £102.3m) beating Bruce Springsteen and Madonna. Waters sold 1.4 million tickets according to Pollstar magazine, which tracks the live concert business.