TODAY IN HISTORY –September 26th
1945 - Born this day, Bryan Ferry, singer, keyboards, Roxy Music, 1972 UK No.4 single Virgina Plain, plus 15 other UK top 40 singles, solo, 1976 UK No.4 single Let's Stick together.
1948 - Born this day, Olivia Newton-John, singer, actress, 1978 UK and US No.1 single with John Travolta, You're The One That I Want, 1980 UK No.1 single with Electric Light Orchestra Xanadu, 1981 US No.1 and UK solo No.7 single Physical. 1971 UK No.7 single If Not For You, 1971 UK No.6 single Banks of the Ohio.
1961 - Bob Dylan made his debut at Gerde’s Folk City in Greenwich Village, New York.
1964 - Roy Orbison started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Oh Pretty Woman'. The title was inspired by Orbison's wife Claudette interrupting a conversation to announce she was going out; when Orbison asked if she was okay for cash, his co-writer Bill Dees interjected "A pretty woman never needs any money."
1965 - At the end of a European tour Roger Daltry knocked out Keith Moon and the singer was sacked from The Who. The band were playing two shows in one night in Denmark, when an argument broke about between all four band members. Daltrey was reinstated the following day.
1969 - The Beatles released 'Abbey Road' in the UK. The final studio recordings from the group featured two George Harrison songs 'Something' (Harrison's first A-side single), and 'Here Comes The Sun'. In their interviews for The Beatles Anthology, the surviving band members stated that, although none of them ever made the distinction of calling it the "last album", they all felt at the time this would very likely be the final Beatles product and therefore agreed to set aside their differences and "go out on a high note".
1975 - The movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show was released, directed by Jim Sharman, it starred Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick and Richard O'Brien.
1981 - Bruce Dickinson joined UK rock band Iron Maiden, (Dickinson had been the vocalist with Samson).
1987 - Michael Jackson started a six-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Bad'. Released nearly five years after Jackson's previous studio album, Thriller, Bad, went on to become the world's best-selling album having sold between 30 to 45 million copies worldwide. The album produced five US No.1's, the first album to do so.
1989 - Paul McCartney started his world tour at The Drammenshallen, in Drammen, Norway. It was McCartney's first major tour outing in ten years, since Wings UK Tour 1979, and his first appearances in North America in thirteen years.
1995 - AC/DC released Ballbreaker their 12th international studio album. The album which was produced by Rick Rubin, featured the return of former drummer Phil Rudd, who had been fired from the band in 1983 as a result of drinking and drug problems and a fight with founding rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young.
1996 - Police found drugs hidden in a Smarties tube when they raided the London home of Paula Yates and INXS singer Michael Hutchence. The couple were away in Australia at the time of the raid.
2003 - English singer, songwriter Robert Palmer died of a heart attack aged 54 in Paris France. He was a member of Vinegar Joe and Power Station (with Duran Duran members Andy Taylor and John Taylor with drummer and former Chic member Tony Thompson). As a solo artist had the 1986 US No.1 & UK No.5 single 'Addicted To Love' and the 1988 hit 'Simply Irresistible'.
2003 - A report published on requests by artists to venues of their backstage requirements revealed; Limp Bizkit insisted that all the lamps in their rooms be dimmable while Mariah Carey would only have 'bendy' straws as she will not use straight ones. Van Halen insisted that back-stage celery is trimmed and not peeled. The Red Hot Chili Peppers asked for a meditation room and a selection of aromatherapy candles. Barry Manilow requested that the air temperature in the auditorium be kept at a regular 65 degrees.
2009 – The Beatles “Abbey Road” is 40 years old today. Recorded at Apple Studios the famous cover featured the 4 Beatles walking over the Abbey Road pedestrian crossing. Technically their last album together as a band as their final album “Let it Be” was more a selection of individual performances rather than a collective one.
2012 – The most popular song played on NZ radio over the past week is “Good Time” by Owl City and Carly Rae Jepson.
1945 - Born this day, Bryan Ferry, singer, keyboards, Roxy Music, 1972 UK No.4 single Virgina Plain, plus 15 other UK top 40 singles, solo, 1976 UK No.4 single Let's Stick together.
1948 - Born this day, Olivia Newton-John, singer, actress, 1978 UK and US No.1 single with John Travolta, You're The One That I Want, 1980 UK No.1 single with Electric Light Orchestra Xanadu, 1981 US No.1 and UK solo No.7 single Physical. 1971 UK No.7 single If Not For You, 1971 UK No.6 single Banks of the Ohio.
1961 - Bob Dylan made his debut at Gerde’s Folk City in Greenwich Village, New York.
1964 - Roy Orbison started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Oh Pretty Woman'. The title was inspired by Orbison's wife Claudette interrupting a conversation to announce she was going out; when Orbison asked if she was okay for cash, his co-writer Bill Dees interjected "A pretty woman never needs any money."
1965 - At the end of a European tour Roger Daltry knocked out Keith Moon and the singer was sacked from The Who. The band were playing two shows in one night in Denmark, when an argument broke about between all four band members. Daltrey was reinstated the following day.
1969 - The Beatles released 'Abbey Road' in the UK. The final studio recordings from the group featured two George Harrison songs 'Something' (Harrison's first A-side single), and 'Here Comes The Sun'. In their interviews for The Beatles Anthology, the surviving band members stated that, although none of them ever made the distinction of calling it the "last album", they all felt at the time this would very likely be the final Beatles product and therefore agreed to set aside their differences and "go out on a high note".
1975 - The movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show was released, directed by Jim Sharman, it starred Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick and Richard O'Brien.
1981 - Bruce Dickinson joined UK rock band Iron Maiden, (Dickinson had been the vocalist with Samson).
1987 - Michael Jackson started a six-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Bad'. Released nearly five years after Jackson's previous studio album, Thriller, Bad, went on to become the world's best-selling album having sold between 30 to 45 million copies worldwide. The album produced five US No.1's, the first album to do so.
1989 - Paul McCartney started his world tour at The Drammenshallen, in Drammen, Norway. It was McCartney's first major tour outing in ten years, since Wings UK Tour 1979, and his first appearances in North America in thirteen years.
1995 - AC/DC released Ballbreaker their 12th international studio album. The album which was produced by Rick Rubin, featured the return of former drummer Phil Rudd, who had been fired from the band in 1983 as a result of drinking and drug problems and a fight with founding rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young.
1996 - Police found drugs hidden in a Smarties tube when they raided the London home of Paula Yates and INXS singer Michael Hutchence. The couple were away in Australia at the time of the raid.
2003 - English singer, songwriter Robert Palmer died of a heart attack aged 54 in Paris France. He was a member of Vinegar Joe and Power Station (with Duran Duran members Andy Taylor and John Taylor with drummer and former Chic member Tony Thompson). As a solo artist had the 1986 US No.1 & UK No.5 single 'Addicted To Love' and the 1988 hit 'Simply Irresistible'.
2003 - A report published on requests by artists to venues of their backstage requirements revealed; Limp Bizkit insisted that all the lamps in their rooms be dimmable while Mariah Carey would only have 'bendy' straws as she will not use straight ones. Van Halen insisted that back-stage celery is trimmed and not peeled. The Red Hot Chili Peppers asked for a meditation room and a selection of aromatherapy candles. Barry Manilow requested that the air temperature in the auditorium be kept at a regular 65 degrees.
2009 – The Beatles “Abbey Road” is 40 years old today. Recorded at Apple Studios the famous cover featured the 4 Beatles walking over the Abbey Road pedestrian crossing. Technically their last album together as a band as their final album “Let it Be” was more a selection of individual performances rather than a collective one.
2012 – The most popular song played on NZ radio over the past week is “Good Time” by Owl City and Carly Rae Jepson.