TODAY IN HISTORY – July 15th
1946 – Born this day, Linda Ronstad, in Tucson, Arizona. #1 single 1975, “You’re no Good”.
1949 – Born this day, Trevor Horne, Buggles, 1979 #1 single “Video killed the Radio Star”. Produced 3 number 1’s in a row for Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
1953 – Born this day, Alicia Bridges, US singer, “I Love The Night Life”, 1978.
1956 – Born this day, Joe Satriani, guitar virtuoso.
1956 - The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Why Do Fools Fall In Love'. A No.6 hit in the US. At 13, Lymon was the youngest performer to make No.1.
1956 – Born this day, Ian Curtis, vocals, Joy Division, 1980 single “Love Will Tears Us Apart” (number 1 NZ). Committed suicide 18 May 1980 by hanging himself.
1958 - John Lennon's mother Julia was killed by a car driven by an off-duty drunken police officer named Eric Clague (Clague was later acquitted of the offence). John was 17 at the time.
1965 - This weeks US Top three singles, No.3 The Byrds, 'Mr Tambourine Man', No.2 The Four Tops, 'I Can't Help Myself' and at No.1 The Rolling Stones with (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction. 1965, This weeks US Top three singles, No.3 The Byrds, 'Mr Tambourine Man', No.2 The Four Tops, 'I Can't Help Myself' and at No.1 The Rolling Stones with (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction.
1972 -Elton John started a five week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Honky Chateau', his first US chart topper.
1978 – Bob Dylan performed before the largest open-air concert audience (for a single artist) to date. Some 200,000 fans turned out to hear Dylan at Blackbushe Airport in England, with special guests Eric Clapton, Joan Armatrading and Graham Parker.
1978 – The Rolling Stones started a 2 week at number 1 on the US album chart with “Some Girls”, the groups 7th US No.1 album.
1985 - Nude photos of Madonna taken in 1977 appeared in this months Playboy and Penthouse Magazines.
1989 – Simply Red were at number 1 with “If you don’t know me by now”.
1989 - Pink Floyd appeared in Canal di San Marco, Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy on a floating stage. Over 200,000 people attended the gig (almost double the number authorities had planned for) causing damage to buildings and bridges. The cleaning of the area after the concert was said to be around £25,000 and the concert was broadcast live on TV to over 20 countries with an estimated audience of almost 100 million. Two Venice councillors were later ordered to stand trial for the costs incurred by the concert.
1998 - Aerosmith were forced to cancel a forthcoming US tour after Joey Kramer was involved in a freak accident. The drummer's car set on fire and was completely destroyed as he was filling up with petrol. He was admitted to hospital with second-degree burns.
2000 - Sad Cafe singer Paul Young died of a heart attack at his Manchester home aged 53. ‘Run Home Girl’ was a hit for Sad Cafe in the US, ‘Everyday Hurts’ was a UK No.3 hit in 1979. Joined Mike Rutherford and Paul Carrack in Mike and the Mechanics and had the hits ‘The Living Years’ and ‘Silent Running’.
2004 - U2 called in police after thieves nicked a copy of the bands latest album 'Vertigo'. The CD was stolen during a photo shoot with the band in the south of France.
2005 - Victor Edward Willis, the original policeman in the Village People, was arrested after police found a gun and drugs in his convertible in Daly City, south of San Francisco. Willis also had an outstanding $15,000 felony warrant for possession of narcotics.
2009 – Most played song on NZ radio for the past week is “Rock and Roll” by Eric Hutchinson.
2012 - Queen were crowned top of the patriotic pops in a survey of 100,000 music fans. The band's anthem We Are The Champions was named number one by fans who were asked what song made them proud to be British. The track, which got to number two in 1977, picked up 13,000 votes in the survey carried out among users of the Lucky Voice website. It was followed by the Oasis hit Wonderwall which was nominated by 11,000 karaoke singers and then Let It Be by The Beatles which got 10,000 votes. Elton John's Candle In The Wind and London Calling by The Clash rounded off the top five.
1946 – Born this day, Linda Ronstad, in Tucson, Arizona. #1 single 1975, “You’re no Good”.
1949 – Born this day, Trevor Horne, Buggles, 1979 #1 single “Video killed the Radio Star”. Produced 3 number 1’s in a row for Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
1953 – Born this day, Alicia Bridges, US singer, “I Love The Night Life”, 1978.
1956 – Born this day, Joe Satriani, guitar virtuoso.
1956 - The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Why Do Fools Fall In Love'. A No.6 hit in the US. At 13, Lymon was the youngest performer to make No.1.
1956 – Born this day, Ian Curtis, vocals, Joy Division, 1980 single “Love Will Tears Us Apart” (number 1 NZ). Committed suicide 18 May 1980 by hanging himself.
1958 - John Lennon's mother Julia was killed by a car driven by an off-duty drunken police officer named Eric Clague (Clague was later acquitted of the offence). John was 17 at the time.
1965 - This weeks US Top three singles, No.3 The Byrds, 'Mr Tambourine Man', No.2 The Four Tops, 'I Can't Help Myself' and at No.1 The Rolling Stones with (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction. 1965, This weeks US Top three singles, No.3 The Byrds, 'Mr Tambourine Man', No.2 The Four Tops, 'I Can't Help Myself' and at No.1 The Rolling Stones with (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction.
1972 -Elton John started a five week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Honky Chateau', his first US chart topper.
1978 – Bob Dylan performed before the largest open-air concert audience (for a single artist) to date. Some 200,000 fans turned out to hear Dylan at Blackbushe Airport in England, with special guests Eric Clapton, Joan Armatrading and Graham Parker.
1978 – The Rolling Stones started a 2 week at number 1 on the US album chart with “Some Girls”, the groups 7th US No.1 album.
1985 - Nude photos of Madonna taken in 1977 appeared in this months Playboy and Penthouse Magazines.
1989 – Simply Red were at number 1 with “If you don’t know me by now”.
1989 - Pink Floyd appeared in Canal di San Marco, Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy on a floating stage. Over 200,000 people attended the gig (almost double the number authorities had planned for) causing damage to buildings and bridges. The cleaning of the area after the concert was said to be around £25,000 and the concert was broadcast live on TV to over 20 countries with an estimated audience of almost 100 million. Two Venice councillors were later ordered to stand trial for the costs incurred by the concert.
1998 - Aerosmith were forced to cancel a forthcoming US tour after Joey Kramer was involved in a freak accident. The drummer's car set on fire and was completely destroyed as he was filling up with petrol. He was admitted to hospital with second-degree burns.
2000 - Sad Cafe singer Paul Young died of a heart attack at his Manchester home aged 53. ‘Run Home Girl’ was a hit for Sad Cafe in the US, ‘Everyday Hurts’ was a UK No.3 hit in 1979. Joined Mike Rutherford and Paul Carrack in Mike and the Mechanics and had the hits ‘The Living Years’ and ‘Silent Running’.
2004 - U2 called in police after thieves nicked a copy of the bands latest album 'Vertigo'. The CD was stolen during a photo shoot with the band in the south of France.
2005 - Victor Edward Willis, the original policeman in the Village People, was arrested after police found a gun and drugs in his convertible in Daly City, south of San Francisco. Willis also had an outstanding $15,000 felony warrant for possession of narcotics.
2009 – Most played song on NZ radio for the past week is “Rock and Roll” by Eric Hutchinson.
2012 - Queen were crowned top of the patriotic pops in a survey of 100,000 music fans. The band's anthem We Are The Champions was named number one by fans who were asked what song made them proud to be British. The track, which got to number two in 1977, picked up 13,000 votes in the survey carried out among users of the Lucky Voice website. It was followed by the Oasis hit Wonderwall which was nominated by 11,000 karaoke singers and then Let It Be by The Beatles which got 10,000 votes. Elton John's Candle In The Wind and London Calling by The Clash rounded off the top five.