TODAY IN HISTORY – October 17th
1941 - Born this day, Jim Seals, guitar, fiddle, Seals & Croft, American singer, songwriter.
1963 - The Beatles recorded I Want To Hold Your Hand.
1964 - Manfred Mann started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Do Wah Diddy Diddy', possibly the first No.1 with a nonsense song title. Also a No.1 in the UK, the song was first released by the US group The Exciters.
1967 - The rock musical Hair opened at the Public Theatre in New York City.
1968 - Born on this day, Ziggy Marley, Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers, (1988 UK No.22 single 'Tomorrow People'). His father late Bob Marley had his last haircut the year Ziggy was born.
1970 - The Jackson Five started a five week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with I'll Be There. The groups fourth No.1 of 1970, it made No.4 in the UK. Motown records claimed the group had sold over 10 million records during the year.
1972 - Born this day, Marshall Bruce Mathers III [Eminem], singer, rapper, in Detroit. He came second in the 1997 Rap Olympics held in Los Angeles.
1973 - The Rolling Stones performed two shows at Foret Nationale, Brussels, Belgium, as part of a tour of the UK and Europe. Opening for the tour's shows were Billy Preston and American group Kracker, the first band to be signed to Rolling Stones Records. Bobby Keys didn’t show up for the concert, which resulted in him being banned by Mick Jagger from future Rolling Stones tours until 1989, with occasional exceptions. According to legend Bobby missed the gig due to him filling a hotel bathtub with Dom Perignon champagne and drinking most of it.
1978 - Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand recorded You Don't Bring Me Flowers.
1981 - Christopher Cross started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Arthur's Theme, (Best That You Can Do). It was his second US No.1 and also a No.7 hit in the UK.
1981 - Thieves trying to steal Rolling Stones tickets in Maryland shot one man dead and injured another. In 2012 the Stones announce they will play 2 gigs at the O2 at Wembley and cop criticism for price of tickets which they say are way overpriced.
1987 - The Bee Gees became the only group to have a UK No.1 single in each of the three decades, (60's, 70's & 80's), when 'You Win Again' went to No.1 on the UK singles chart. The brothers fifth and last No.1.
1992 - Tasmin Archer's debut single Sleeping Satellite was at No.1 in the UK.
1995 - In an interview with The Observer magazine Noel Gallagher from Oasis said he wished Damon Albarn and Alex Cox of Blur would die from AIDS. He later retracted his statement.
1995 - Sting's former accountant Keith Moore was sentenced to six years in jail after being found guilty of embezzling £6 million from the singer's 108 bank accounts.
1998 - UK newspaper the Daily Star ran a story claiming that R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe had admitted that he was gay during an MTV interview shown in the US. Stipe was voicing his disgust at the killing of a young gay student in the US.
1998 - The Barenaked Ladies went to No.1 on the US singles chart with One Week.
1999 - Thomas Durden died aged 79. Wrote the lyrics to 'Heartbreak Hotel' one of Elvis Presley's early hits. Durden had read a newspaper account of a man who had committed suicide, the man had left a note saying, ''I walk a lonely street,'' Durden used the phrase as the basis for 'Heartbreak Hotel.’
2000 - A flat in Montague Square, London which was once owned during the 1960s by Ringo Starr went on the market for £575,000. The two bedroom, two story property was also home for Jimi Hendrix, John and Yoko and Paul McCartney during the 1960s.
2000 - George Michael became the new owner of the piano that John Lennon used to compose his classic song Imagine on. George paid £1.5m at a London auction.
2005 - Freddie Mercury's 1974 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow failed to sell in an eBay auction, having not met its reserve price. It had been listed by his sister, Kashmira Cooke, who had inherited the car from him. The auction had attracted nearly 200 bids and exceeded £60,000 (approximately $93,000). The luxury vehicle had not appeared in public since 2002, when it had been used to transport the Bulsara family to the premiere of the Queen stage musical We Will Rock You. It came with a box of Kleenex Mansize tissues left in the car by Freddie.
2008 - Four Tops singer Levi Stubbs died at his Detroit home, aged 72. Stubbs had been in ill health since being diagnosed with cancer in 1995 and a stroke and other health problems led him to stop touring in 2000. The group signed with Motown Records in 1963 and produced 20 Top 40 hits over the following 10 years, making music history with other acts in Berry Gordy's Motown stable.
2008 - Madonna and Guy announced that their seven-year marriage was over because they had drifted apart. The press reported that without a pre-nuptial agreement, Ritchie could be looking at up to £50million of Madonna’s £300million fortune.
1941 - Born this day, Jim Seals, guitar, fiddle, Seals & Croft, American singer, songwriter.
1963 - The Beatles recorded I Want To Hold Your Hand.
1964 - Manfred Mann started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Do Wah Diddy Diddy', possibly the first No.1 with a nonsense song title. Also a No.1 in the UK, the song was first released by the US group The Exciters.
1967 - The rock musical Hair opened at the Public Theatre in New York City.
1968 - Born on this day, Ziggy Marley, Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers, (1988 UK No.22 single 'Tomorrow People'). His father late Bob Marley had his last haircut the year Ziggy was born.
1970 - The Jackson Five started a five week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with I'll Be There. The groups fourth No.1 of 1970, it made No.4 in the UK. Motown records claimed the group had sold over 10 million records during the year.
1972 - Born this day, Marshall Bruce Mathers III [Eminem], singer, rapper, in Detroit. He came second in the 1997 Rap Olympics held in Los Angeles.
1973 - The Rolling Stones performed two shows at Foret Nationale, Brussels, Belgium, as part of a tour of the UK and Europe. Opening for the tour's shows were Billy Preston and American group Kracker, the first band to be signed to Rolling Stones Records. Bobby Keys didn’t show up for the concert, which resulted in him being banned by Mick Jagger from future Rolling Stones tours until 1989, with occasional exceptions. According to legend Bobby missed the gig due to him filling a hotel bathtub with Dom Perignon champagne and drinking most of it.
1978 - Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand recorded You Don't Bring Me Flowers.
1981 - Christopher Cross started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Arthur's Theme, (Best That You Can Do). It was his second US No.1 and also a No.7 hit in the UK.
1981 - Thieves trying to steal Rolling Stones tickets in Maryland shot one man dead and injured another. In 2012 the Stones announce they will play 2 gigs at the O2 at Wembley and cop criticism for price of tickets which they say are way overpriced.
1987 - The Bee Gees became the only group to have a UK No.1 single in each of the three decades, (60's, 70's & 80's), when 'You Win Again' went to No.1 on the UK singles chart. The brothers fifth and last No.1.
1992 - Tasmin Archer's debut single Sleeping Satellite was at No.1 in the UK.
1995 - In an interview with The Observer magazine Noel Gallagher from Oasis said he wished Damon Albarn and Alex Cox of Blur would die from AIDS. He later retracted his statement.
1995 - Sting's former accountant Keith Moore was sentenced to six years in jail after being found guilty of embezzling £6 million from the singer's 108 bank accounts.
1998 - UK newspaper the Daily Star ran a story claiming that R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe had admitted that he was gay during an MTV interview shown in the US. Stipe was voicing his disgust at the killing of a young gay student in the US.
1998 - The Barenaked Ladies went to No.1 on the US singles chart with One Week.
1999 - Thomas Durden died aged 79. Wrote the lyrics to 'Heartbreak Hotel' one of Elvis Presley's early hits. Durden had read a newspaper account of a man who had committed suicide, the man had left a note saying, ''I walk a lonely street,'' Durden used the phrase as the basis for 'Heartbreak Hotel.’
2000 - A flat in Montague Square, London which was once owned during the 1960s by Ringo Starr went on the market for £575,000. The two bedroom, two story property was also home for Jimi Hendrix, John and Yoko and Paul McCartney during the 1960s.
2000 - George Michael became the new owner of the piano that John Lennon used to compose his classic song Imagine on. George paid £1.5m at a London auction.
2005 - Freddie Mercury's 1974 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow failed to sell in an eBay auction, having not met its reserve price. It had been listed by his sister, Kashmira Cooke, who had inherited the car from him. The auction had attracted nearly 200 bids and exceeded £60,000 (approximately $93,000). The luxury vehicle had not appeared in public since 2002, when it had been used to transport the Bulsara family to the premiere of the Queen stage musical We Will Rock You. It came with a box of Kleenex Mansize tissues left in the car by Freddie.
2008 - Four Tops singer Levi Stubbs died at his Detroit home, aged 72. Stubbs had been in ill health since being diagnosed with cancer in 1995 and a stroke and other health problems led him to stop touring in 2000. The group signed with Motown Records in 1963 and produced 20 Top 40 hits over the following 10 years, making music history with other acts in Berry Gordy's Motown stable.
2008 - Madonna and Guy announced that their seven-year marriage was over because they had drifted apart. The press reported that without a pre-nuptial agreement, Ritchie could be looking at up to £50million of Madonna’s £300million fortune.