1961 - Recently noted by Rolling Stones magazine as being 46th in Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Singers of all Time, Patsy Cline sustained serious head injuries and a fractured hip in a car accident today in Madison, Tennessee, as she was thrown through the windscreen, 50 years ago. The American country music singer who enjoyed pop music crossover success during the era of the Nashville sound in the early 1960s, sadly died just two years later, in a private airplane crash at the height of her career, aged 30. She has since been considered one of the most influential, successful, and acclaimed female vocalists of the 20th century. Best known for her rich tone and emotionally expressive bold contralto voice, which, along with her role as a mover and shaker in the country music industry, has been cited as an inspiration by many vocalists of various music genres. Her life and career have been the subject of numerous books, movies, documentaries, articles and stage plays. Her hits included Walkin' After Midnight, I Fall to Pieces, She's Got You, Crazy, and Sweet Dreams. During the past 50 years, her albums have sold millions. These two songs are, perhaps, her best known hits.
1964 - Touring Australia The Beatles arrived in Melbourne today, and were greeted at the airport by over 5,000 fans. Another 20,000 fans lined the route from the airport to the hotel, with army and navy units brought in to help control the crowds; cars were crushed, hundreds of girls fainted and over 50 people were admitted to hospital with broken bones. Believe it or not, here is the footage.
And for something completely different, howzabout this Melbourne press conference? Howzabout the commentators!
1965 - Same day, a year later and Paul McCartney would record the classic song, Yesterday, while on the same day, same year, Bob Dylan wrote this little classic, featured in this video from MTV Unplugged in 1995.
1970 - Eric Clapton's band, Derek and The Dominoes, made their live debut in Britain at the Lyceum Theatre. Couldn't locate that one, so what about this performance, same year, live on the Johnny Cash TV Show, and just check out those bell bottoms.
1970 - This was the day Grand Funk Railroad spent $100,000 for a block long billboard in New York's Times Square to advertise their album Closer to Home, and the Grateful Dead spent didley-squat on the release of their new album, Workingman's Dead, and a year later, same day the first ever Hard Rock Cafe opened in London. And four years later, Ray Stevens was at #1 on the UK singles chart with The Streak a song about the latest world craze of streaking, which was running naked in a public place. Accordingly, let's have a butcher's hook at the video for this novelty song.
1981 - It's June 14, and one of the first No Nukes concerts took place at The Hollywood Bowl; a year later, London group The Pretenders fired Pete Farndon, reportedly because he was a heroin addict and refused to try and quit. Farndon has since died from heroin overdose. And it was 1988, on this day, The Fat Boys filed a $5 million law suit against Miller Beer and Saturday Night live superstar, Joe Piscopo, for using their likeness in a Miller Lite Rappin "Fats" Piscopo commercial. What do you think?
1994 - Composer Henry Mancini died today, aged 70. Mancini wrote the music to Moon River, which was originally sung in the movie, Breakfast at Tiffany's, by Audrey Hepburn, and was also the theme song for the Andy Williams television show. Mancini scored his first #1 hit in 1969 with the Love Theme from Romeo And Juliet. He recorded more than 90 albums and contributed music to more than 100 movies, including the Theme From The Pink Panther. So...let's look back and enjoy sweet, beautiful Audrey and that near-perfect movie and song. Following that is Mancini, live, with the theme from Pink Panther.
1995 - This is the sad day, too, that Irish guitarist Rory Gallagher died after a chest infection set in, following a liver transplant. He had been a member of the band, Taste, before going solo and selling more than 30 million albums worldwide. Gallagher was voted Melody Maker's Top Musician of the Year in 1972, and he made his final performance on 10 January 1995 in the Netherlands. RIP.
1964 - Touring Australia The Beatles arrived in Melbourne today, and were greeted at the airport by over 5,000 fans. Another 20,000 fans lined the route from the airport to the hotel, with army and navy units brought in to help control the crowds; cars were crushed, hundreds of girls fainted and over 50 people were admitted to hospital with broken bones. Believe it or not, here is the footage.
And for something completely different, howzabout this Melbourne press conference? Howzabout the commentators!
1965 - Same day, a year later and Paul McCartney would record the classic song, Yesterday, while on the same day, same year, Bob Dylan wrote this little classic, featured in this video from MTV Unplugged in 1995.
1970 - Eric Clapton's band, Derek and The Dominoes, made their live debut in Britain at the Lyceum Theatre. Couldn't locate that one, so what about this performance, same year, live on the Johnny Cash TV Show, and just check out those bell bottoms.
1970 - This was the day Grand Funk Railroad spent $100,000 for a block long billboard in New York's Times Square to advertise their album Closer to Home, and the Grateful Dead spent didley-squat on the release of their new album, Workingman's Dead, and a year later, same day the first ever Hard Rock Cafe opened in London. And four years later, Ray Stevens was at #1 on the UK singles chart with The Streak a song about the latest world craze of streaking, which was running naked in a public place. Accordingly, let's have a butcher's hook at the video for this novelty song.
1981 - It's June 14, and one of the first No Nukes concerts took place at The Hollywood Bowl; a year later, London group The Pretenders fired Pete Farndon, reportedly because he was a heroin addict and refused to try and quit. Farndon has since died from heroin overdose. And it was 1988, on this day, The Fat Boys filed a $5 million law suit against Miller Beer and Saturday Night live superstar, Joe Piscopo, for using their likeness in a Miller Lite Rappin "Fats" Piscopo commercial. What do you think?
1994 - Composer Henry Mancini died today, aged 70. Mancini wrote the music to Moon River, which was originally sung in the movie, Breakfast at Tiffany's, by Audrey Hepburn, and was also the theme song for the Andy Williams television show. Mancini scored his first #1 hit in 1969 with the Love Theme from Romeo And Juliet. He recorded more than 90 albums and contributed music to more than 100 movies, including the Theme From The Pink Panther. So...let's look back and enjoy sweet, beautiful Audrey and that near-perfect movie and song. Following that is Mancini, live, with the theme from Pink Panther.
1995 - This is the sad day, too, that Irish guitarist Rory Gallagher died after a chest infection set in, following a liver transplant. He had been a member of the band, Taste, before going solo and selling more than 30 million albums worldwide. Gallagher was voted Melody Maker's Top Musician of the Year in 1972, and he made his final performance on 10 January 1995 in the Netherlands. RIP.
