TODAY IN HISTORY – MAY 18TH
1942 - Born this day, Albert Hammond, singer, 1972 US No.5 single It Never Rains In Southern California, 1973 UK No.19 single Free Electric Band. Also “I’m a train”. (These songs all in system)
1967 - John Lennon and Paul McCartney sang backing vocals on The Rolling Stones track We Love You during a session at Olympic Studios, London.
1968 - Tiny Tim's warbly Tiptoe through the Tulips was released. An eventual top twenty hit, Tiptoe was a remake of a No.1 hit for Nick Lucas in 1929. (But there weren't any charts in 1929!)
1967 - Pink Floyd started recording their forthcoming single 'See Emily Play' at Sound Techniques Studios, Chelsea, London. Syd Barrett was inspired to write See Emily Play, by the ‘looning about’ of the early Pink Floyd fan Emily Young, (who is now a renowned sculptor). Guitarist David Gilmour, playing gigs in France with his own band in that period, visited Floyd in the studio during a trip to London.
1969 - Born this day, Martika, singer, actress, 1989 US No.1 and UK No.5 single Toy Soldiers.
1974 - The Streak started a 3-week run at No.1 on the Billboard pop music chart. It was also No.1 in the UK. The novelty tune by Ray Stevens was about people running nekkid where they shouldn't be nekkid, like, in public. It was the second US No.1 hit for the comedian who made numerous appearances on Andy Williams' TV show in the late 1960s, as well as his own show in the summer of 1970. His first No.1 hit, just prior to The Streak, was Everything is Beautiful. Both songs won gold records, as did his comedic Gitarzan, a top ten hit in 1969. Stevens has been the top novelty recording artist of the past three decades.
1975 - Five times married US country singer, Tammy Wynette was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Stand By Your Man.' Originally released as a single in 1968 in the USA. It proved to be the most successful record of Wynette's career and is one of the most covered songs in the history of country music.
1978 - The Buddy Holly Story movie premiered in Dallas, Texas.
1980 - Died this day, Ian Curtis, of Joy Division, hung himself at the age of 23. With Iggy Pop's The Idiot, on his turntable and a note which said, 'At this very moment, I wish I were dead. I Just Can't Cope Anymore.'
1984 - Simple Minds were at No.1 on the US singles chart with Don't You Forget About Me, taken from the film The Breakfast Club, it made No.7 in the UK.
1993 - In Glasgow four bands were appearing at one venue, Sister Lovers, 18 Wheeler, Boyfriend and Oasis. After seeing Oasis, Creation Records boss Alan Mcgee who was in the audience, declared, 'I've found the greatest rock 'n' roll band since The Beatles'.
1993 - Michael Bolton played the first of four sold out nights at Wembley Arena, London.
2000 - Madonna's boyfriend Guy Ritchie was arrested after attacking a fan outside the superstar's London home. Ritchie was said to have kicked and punched a male fan after the couple returned home from a night out.
2011 – The most popular song played on NZ radio the past week has been “Lazy Song” by Bruno Mars.
2011 - John Lennon's handwritten lyrics for the 1967 Beatles song 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' sold for $237,132 (£145,644) at an auction in the US. The sale of the sheet, which featured the song's third verse and the opening words to 'She's Leaving Home', took place at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills. Both songs feature on the 1967 album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It was speculated the song was about the drug LSD, however, The Beatles denied this, with Lennon saying the inspiration had come from a picture his son Julian had drawn of a classmate named Lucy Vodden - who died of the immune system disease Lupus in 2009.
1942 - Born this day, Albert Hammond, singer, 1972 US No.5 single It Never Rains In Southern California, 1973 UK No.19 single Free Electric Band. Also “I’m a train”. (These songs all in system)
1967 - John Lennon and Paul McCartney sang backing vocals on The Rolling Stones track We Love You during a session at Olympic Studios, London.
1968 - Tiny Tim's warbly Tiptoe through the Tulips was released. An eventual top twenty hit, Tiptoe was a remake of a No.1 hit for Nick Lucas in 1929. (But there weren't any charts in 1929!)
1967 - Pink Floyd started recording their forthcoming single 'See Emily Play' at Sound Techniques Studios, Chelsea, London. Syd Barrett was inspired to write See Emily Play, by the ‘looning about’ of the early Pink Floyd fan Emily Young, (who is now a renowned sculptor). Guitarist David Gilmour, playing gigs in France with his own band in that period, visited Floyd in the studio during a trip to London.
1969 - Born this day, Martika, singer, actress, 1989 US No.1 and UK No.5 single Toy Soldiers.
1974 - The Streak started a 3-week run at No.1 on the Billboard pop music chart. It was also No.1 in the UK. The novelty tune by Ray Stevens was about people running nekkid where they shouldn't be nekkid, like, in public. It was the second US No.1 hit for the comedian who made numerous appearances on Andy Williams' TV show in the late 1960s, as well as his own show in the summer of 1970. His first No.1 hit, just prior to The Streak, was Everything is Beautiful. Both songs won gold records, as did his comedic Gitarzan, a top ten hit in 1969. Stevens has been the top novelty recording artist of the past three decades.
1975 - Five times married US country singer, Tammy Wynette was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Stand By Your Man.' Originally released as a single in 1968 in the USA. It proved to be the most successful record of Wynette's career and is one of the most covered songs in the history of country music.
1978 - The Buddy Holly Story movie premiered in Dallas, Texas.
1980 - Died this day, Ian Curtis, of Joy Division, hung himself at the age of 23. With Iggy Pop's The Idiot, on his turntable and a note which said, 'At this very moment, I wish I were dead. I Just Can't Cope Anymore.'
1984 - Simple Minds were at No.1 on the US singles chart with Don't You Forget About Me, taken from the film The Breakfast Club, it made No.7 in the UK.
1993 - In Glasgow four bands were appearing at one venue, Sister Lovers, 18 Wheeler, Boyfriend and Oasis. After seeing Oasis, Creation Records boss Alan Mcgee who was in the audience, declared, 'I've found the greatest rock 'n' roll band since The Beatles'.
1993 - Michael Bolton played the first of four sold out nights at Wembley Arena, London.
2000 - Madonna's boyfriend Guy Ritchie was arrested after attacking a fan outside the superstar's London home. Ritchie was said to have kicked and punched a male fan after the couple returned home from a night out.
2011 – The most popular song played on NZ radio the past week has been “Lazy Song” by Bruno Mars.
2011 - John Lennon's handwritten lyrics for the 1967 Beatles song 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' sold for $237,132 (£145,644) at an auction in the US. The sale of the sheet, which featured the song's third verse and the opening words to 'She's Leaving Home', took place at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills. Both songs feature on the 1967 album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It was speculated the song was about the drug LSD, however, The Beatles denied this, with Lennon saying the inspiration had come from a picture his son Julian had drawn of a classmate named Lucy Vodden - who died of the immune system disease Lupus in 2009.