TODAY IN HISTORY – OCTOBER 12th
1609 - The song Three Blind Mice was published in London, believed to be the earliest printed secular song.
1935 - Born this day, Luciano Pavarotti, in Modena, Italy, operatic tenor, Italian singer, (Yes, Giorgio), 1990 UK No.2 single Nessun Dorma, 1990 UK No.1 album The Essential Pavorotti, spent 72 weeks on the UK chart.
1948 - Born this day, Rick Parfitt [Richard Harrison], in Woking, Surrey, England, rock musician, guitarist, rhythm guitar and vocals, Status Quo, Pictures Of Matchstick Men, Ice In The Sun, Down The Dustpipe, Paper Plane, Mean Girl, Caroline, Break The Rules, Down Down [only number 1], Roll Over Lay Down, Wild Side Of Life, Whatever You Want, Living On An Island, What You're Proposing, Something 'bout You Baby I Like, Dear John, Ol' Rag Blues, A Mess Of The Blues, Marguerita Time, In The Army Now, 1977 UK No.3 single Rockin' All Over The World, The Wanderer.
1955 - The Chrysler Corporation launched high fidelity record players for their 1956 line-up of cars. The unit measured about four inches high and less than a foot wide and mounted under the instrument panel. The seven inch discs spun at 16 2/3 rpm and required almost three times the number of grooves per inch as an LP. The players were discontinued in 1961.
1957 - During an Australian tour, Little Richard publicly renounced rock 'n' roll and embraced God, telling a story of dreaming of his own damnation after praying to God when one of the engines on a plane he was on caught fire. The singer threw four diamond rings, valued at $8,000, into Sydney's Hunter River and soon after launched a Gospel career. Five years later, he would switch back to Rock.
1965 - Working on their next album Rubber Soul at Abbey Road Studio’s London, The Beatles recorded ‘Run For Your Life’ in its entirety, in five takes. (Lennon later admits to lifting two lines from Elvis Presley's 1955 hit ‘Baby Let's Play House’). And another new Lennon song ‘This Bird Has Flown’, later known as ‘Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)’. The track included George Harrison's double-tracked sitar part, the first appearance of that Indian instrument on a pop record.
1969 - Born this day, Martie Seidel, singer, musician, Dixie Chicks, 1999 UK No.26 single There's Your Trouble, 2000 single Cowboy Take Me Away, 1999 US No.1 album Wide Open Space.
1971 - Died this day, Gene Vincent, rock singer, from a perforated ulcer, aged 36. Be-Bop-A-Lula made No.7 in the US and No.16 in the UK in 1956.
1974 - The Bay City Rollers went to No.1 on the UK album chart with their debut album 'Rollin.' The album included three British chart hits 'Remember', 'Shang-a-Lang', 'Summerlove Sensation') and the debut of Saturday Night', never a British hit yet a No.1 smash in America.
1978 - Whilst living at the Chelsea Hotel in New York, Sid Vicious called the police to say that someone had stabbed his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. He was arrested and charged with murder and placed in the detox unit of a New York prison.
1985 - Ricky Wilson of the B-52's died of complications from aids. The B-52's, had the 1990 UK No.2 & US No.3 single 'Love Shack'.
1985 - Jennifer Rush started a five week run at No.1 in the UK with what would become the biggest selling single of 1985 The Power Of Love.
1987 - George Harrison released Got My Mind Set On You.
1991 - Simply Red's fourth album Stars went to No.1 on the UK chart for the first of five times, featuring the singles Thrill Me, For Your Babies and the title track Stars.
1994 - Pink Floyd played the first of a 15-night run at Earls Court, London, England. Less than a minute after the band had started playing 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond', a scaffolding stand holding 1200 fans, collapsed, throwing hundreds of people 20 feet to the ground. It took over an hour to free everyone from the twisted wreckage, ninety-six people were injured, with 36 needing hospital treatment. Six were detained overnight with back, neck and rib injuries. Pink Floyd sent a free T-shirt and a note of apology to all the fans who had been seated in the stand that collapsed. The show was immediately cancelled and re-scheduled.
1997 - The Backstreet Boys were forced to cancel a show in Madrid after over 7,000 fans arrived for the 5,000 capacity show, more than 300 young girls had to be treated after fainting in the heat.
1997 - Died this day, John Denver, aged 53, was killed when his plane crashed into the oceans of Monterey Bay, California. He was the pilot and only passenger. An accomplished pilot, Denver had just bought the small, single-engine experimental plane, and this was his first flight in it. Authorities were unable to identify the mangled body, and it was only through fingerprints that it was confirmed the following day that Denver was the victim. With his wire-rimmed boyish looks, mop of shiny blonde hair, and 'golly gee' naive attitude, he was a favourite on talk shows.
1999 - Adrian Young drummer with No Doubt proposed to his girlfriend during a gig in San Francisco. Young came on to the stage before the bands encore and got down on bended knee with a ring, his girlfriend Nina accepted.
1999 - Six stamps honouring the Bee Gees were issued by the island of their birth, The Isle Of Man. Their mother had run a local post office on the island.
2012 – NZT: The Rolling Stones release their new single “Doom & Gloom” which reviewers are rating as pretty good and a return to their early 70’s “Exile on Main Street” sound.
2013 – One Direction play Vector Arena (Auckland)
1609 - The song Three Blind Mice was published in London, believed to be the earliest printed secular song.
1935 - Born this day, Luciano Pavarotti, in Modena, Italy, operatic tenor, Italian singer, (Yes, Giorgio), 1990 UK No.2 single Nessun Dorma, 1990 UK No.1 album The Essential Pavorotti, spent 72 weeks on the UK chart.
1948 - Born this day, Rick Parfitt [Richard Harrison], in Woking, Surrey, England, rock musician, guitarist, rhythm guitar and vocals, Status Quo, Pictures Of Matchstick Men, Ice In The Sun, Down The Dustpipe, Paper Plane, Mean Girl, Caroline, Break The Rules, Down Down [only number 1], Roll Over Lay Down, Wild Side Of Life, Whatever You Want, Living On An Island, What You're Proposing, Something 'bout You Baby I Like, Dear John, Ol' Rag Blues, A Mess Of The Blues, Marguerita Time, In The Army Now, 1977 UK No.3 single Rockin' All Over The World, The Wanderer.
1955 - The Chrysler Corporation launched high fidelity record players for their 1956 line-up of cars. The unit measured about four inches high and less than a foot wide and mounted under the instrument panel. The seven inch discs spun at 16 2/3 rpm and required almost three times the number of grooves per inch as an LP. The players were discontinued in 1961.
1957 - During an Australian tour, Little Richard publicly renounced rock 'n' roll and embraced God, telling a story of dreaming of his own damnation after praying to God when one of the engines on a plane he was on caught fire. The singer threw four diamond rings, valued at $8,000, into Sydney's Hunter River and soon after launched a Gospel career. Five years later, he would switch back to Rock.
1965 - Working on their next album Rubber Soul at Abbey Road Studio’s London, The Beatles recorded ‘Run For Your Life’ in its entirety, in five takes. (Lennon later admits to lifting two lines from Elvis Presley's 1955 hit ‘Baby Let's Play House’). And another new Lennon song ‘This Bird Has Flown’, later known as ‘Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)’. The track included George Harrison's double-tracked sitar part, the first appearance of that Indian instrument on a pop record.
1969 - Born this day, Martie Seidel, singer, musician, Dixie Chicks, 1999 UK No.26 single There's Your Trouble, 2000 single Cowboy Take Me Away, 1999 US No.1 album Wide Open Space.
1971 - Died this day, Gene Vincent, rock singer, from a perforated ulcer, aged 36. Be-Bop-A-Lula made No.7 in the US and No.16 in the UK in 1956.
1974 - The Bay City Rollers went to No.1 on the UK album chart with their debut album 'Rollin.' The album included three British chart hits 'Remember', 'Shang-a-Lang', 'Summerlove Sensation') and the debut of Saturday Night', never a British hit yet a No.1 smash in America.
1978 - Whilst living at the Chelsea Hotel in New York, Sid Vicious called the police to say that someone had stabbed his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. He was arrested and charged with murder and placed in the detox unit of a New York prison.
1985 - Ricky Wilson of the B-52's died of complications from aids. The B-52's, had the 1990 UK No.2 & US No.3 single 'Love Shack'.
1985 - Jennifer Rush started a five week run at No.1 in the UK with what would become the biggest selling single of 1985 The Power Of Love.
1987 - George Harrison released Got My Mind Set On You.
1991 - Simply Red's fourth album Stars went to No.1 on the UK chart for the first of five times, featuring the singles Thrill Me, For Your Babies and the title track Stars.
1994 - Pink Floyd played the first of a 15-night run at Earls Court, London, England. Less than a minute after the band had started playing 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond', a scaffolding stand holding 1200 fans, collapsed, throwing hundreds of people 20 feet to the ground. It took over an hour to free everyone from the twisted wreckage, ninety-six people were injured, with 36 needing hospital treatment. Six were detained overnight with back, neck and rib injuries. Pink Floyd sent a free T-shirt and a note of apology to all the fans who had been seated in the stand that collapsed. The show was immediately cancelled and re-scheduled.
1997 - The Backstreet Boys were forced to cancel a show in Madrid after over 7,000 fans arrived for the 5,000 capacity show, more than 300 young girls had to be treated after fainting in the heat.
1997 - Died this day, John Denver, aged 53, was killed when his plane crashed into the oceans of Monterey Bay, California. He was the pilot and only passenger. An accomplished pilot, Denver had just bought the small, single-engine experimental plane, and this was his first flight in it. Authorities were unable to identify the mangled body, and it was only through fingerprints that it was confirmed the following day that Denver was the victim. With his wire-rimmed boyish looks, mop of shiny blonde hair, and 'golly gee' naive attitude, he was a favourite on talk shows.
1999 - Adrian Young drummer with No Doubt proposed to his girlfriend during a gig in San Francisco. Young came on to the stage before the bands encore and got down on bended knee with a ring, his girlfriend Nina accepted.
1999 - Six stamps honouring the Bee Gees were issued by the island of their birth, The Isle Of Man. Their mother had run a local post office on the island.
2012 – NZT: The Rolling Stones release their new single “Doom & Gloom” which reviewers are rating as pretty good and a return to their early 70’s “Exile on Main Street” sound.
2013 – One Direction play Vector Arena (Auckland)