1957 - He died at the tender age of just 23, and in a recording career lasting just 18 months - before his death by plane crash - Buddy Holly remains, probably, the most influential force in early rock and roll, his legacy still in force today. His songs and his musical innovations and rhythms inspired and had a profound influence on contemporary artists of the day, and his influence continued with acts such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, and many more. He was among the first group of inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986, and Rolling Stone magazine rank Holly at #13 among The Fifty Greatest Artists of All Time. This was the day, June 29, that Buddy Holly recorded the song Peggy Sue, and exactly six months later appeared on the Arthur Murray Dance Party TV show. It was unusual to see a band like the Crickets performing on the show. This video includes the complete introduction by Kathryn Murray. It was unusual for rock'n'roll bands, then in their infancy, to appear on mainstream television. She gives a long-winded introduction, almost as if to justify his appearance on the show. I remember I was 10 years old when this song was released and, along with hearing Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis, set my path for life.
1968 - This is the day, psychedelia omnipresent in everything pop, that Pink Floyd's released their second album A Saucerful of Secrets. Here are the lads performing the title track from this album, live at Pompeii...oh yes, live at Pompeii...and such good film quallity for a change...from three years later, in 1972. This is a magnificent video, by a magnificent young Pink Floyd, that very clearly shows the potential to reach the musical fame they eventually found.
1969 - Who is Shorty Long, you may well ask. His full name was Frederick Earl "Shorty" Long, an American soul singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer for Motown's Soul Records imprint. His first release, Devil With The Blue Dress On, co-written with William "Mickey" Stevenson, was the first recording issued on Motown's Soul label, a subsidiary designed for more blues-based artists such as Long. While this song never charted nationally, the song was covered and made a #1 hit in 1966 by Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels. Long's 1966 single Function at the Junction was his first popular hit, reaching #42 on the national R&B charts. Long was the only Motown artist besides Smokey Robinson who was allowed to produce his own recordings in the 60s. Long's biggest hit was Here Comes the Judge in 1968, which reached #4 on the R&B charts and #8 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was inspired by a comic act on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In about a judge by Pigmeat Markham. Sadly, it was 42 years ago today that Long and a friend drowned when their boat capsized on the Detroit River in Michigan. At his funeral, Stevie Wonder played the harmonica and placed it on his casket afterwards. Unfortunately, EMI Publishing don't think you should see the video for this, so it's their loss. Publishing companies who hold their music close to their chests have not learned a damn thing since record companies had to tow the line with the public and the internet. So, instead let's look at that first Shorty Long song, sung by the aforementioned Mitch Ryder in 1979, and I give the big bird to EMI publishing - guys and gals, it's 2011...wake up, step up to the plate of public demand!!!
1969 - This was the day The Jimi Hendrix Experience played their final concert, on the final day of the Denver Pop Festival, and a year later the incredible Liza Minelli TV Special went to air; a year later and Ian Gillan left Deep Purple, on the same day, June 29. For more *MUSICBACKTRACK* videos and information for Liza, Hendrix and Deep Purple, go to our archive search engine. The day before today, cult singer song writer Tim Buckley completed the last show of a tour in Dallas, Texas, playing to a sold-out crowd of 1,800 people. This would turn out to be Buckley’s last ever show, he died the following day, June 29, of a heroin and morphine overdose aged 28. Like a million entertainers before and since, Buckley celebrated the culmination of the tour with a weekend of drinking with his band and friends, as was his normal routine. But on the evening of June 29, Buckley decided to accompany long-time friend Richard Keeling back to his house in the hope of obtaining some heroin. After spending an hour or so at the house, Buckley, in his inebriated state, walked in on Keeling while he was having sex, causing an severe argument between the two. Keeling, with the aim of placating him, handed Buckley a large dose of heroin and challenged him: "Go ahead, take it all", he reportedly told Buckley. Given Buckley's contrary and rebellious nature, he duly snorted all the drug laid out for him. Buckley was in such a bad condition that friends chose to take him home rather than leave him to his own devices. Upon his return home, his wife Judy, seeing his inebriated state, laid him down on a pillow on their living room floor and proceeded to question his friends as to what had happened. Soon she moved Buckley into bed. Checking on him later, she found he had turned blue and was no longer breathing. Attempts by friends and paramedics to revive him were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead on arrival. Having diligently controlled his drug habit while on the road, his tolerance was lowered, and the combination of the drugs he took mixed with the amount of alcohol he had consumed throughout the day was too much. The coroner's report by Dr. Joseph H. Choi stated that he died at 9:42pm, June 29, 1975, from "acute heroin/morphine and ethanol intoxication due to inhalation and ingestion of overdose". Listen closely to this song, and you may just hear the influence he had on Thom Yorke.
1978 - Peter Frampton was injured in a car crash in the Bahamas, today, suffering a broken arm and cracked ribs. And a couple of years earlier, dear reader, he was singing this song live in Germany. Do you remember the Frampton-mania that swept the world for a year or two? Check this out.
1993 - Aerosmith released their single Cryin' today, almost 20 years ago today. Great video, sure helped turned things around for Aerosmith...and who's that young actress and actor? I wonder? This was the moment when Aerosmith hit a new level, a new high. Sorry about the Transformers advert, dear reader, a downside of DailyMotionVids, as distinct from youtube. We thank bebepanda for this vid.
1999 - Art of Noise released "The Seduction of Claude Debussy. This gives an idea of who they are, where they came from, and where they are now. So...who were the Art Of Noise?
2000 - The graves of Ronnie Van Zant and Steve Gaines of Lynyrd Skynyrd were vandalized on this day. The two musicians were killed when the band's plane crashed on October 20, 1977. OK, dear reader, here's a poor quality bootleg of a bootleg, black and white, taken from videotape. The audio aint bad, though, for Sweet Home Alabama. This is the great Lynyrd Skynyrd, political as all hell.
1968 - This is the day, psychedelia omnipresent in everything pop, that Pink Floyd's released their second album A Saucerful of Secrets. Here are the lads performing the title track from this album, live at Pompeii...oh yes, live at Pompeii...and such good film quallity for a change...from three years later, in 1972. This is a magnificent video, by a magnificent young Pink Floyd, that very clearly shows the potential to reach the musical fame they eventually found.
1969 - Who is Shorty Long, you may well ask. His full name was Frederick Earl "Shorty" Long, an American soul singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer for Motown's Soul Records imprint. His first release, Devil With The Blue Dress On, co-written with William "Mickey" Stevenson, was the first recording issued on Motown's Soul label, a subsidiary designed for more blues-based artists such as Long. While this song never charted nationally, the song was covered and made a #1 hit in 1966 by Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels. Long's 1966 single Function at the Junction was his first popular hit, reaching #42 on the national R&B charts. Long was the only Motown artist besides Smokey Robinson who was allowed to produce his own recordings in the 60s. Long's biggest hit was Here Comes the Judge in 1968, which reached #4 on the R&B charts and #8 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was inspired by a comic act on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In about a judge by Pigmeat Markham. Sadly, it was 42 years ago today that Long and a friend drowned when their boat capsized on the Detroit River in Michigan. At his funeral, Stevie Wonder played the harmonica and placed it on his casket afterwards. Unfortunately, EMI Publishing don't think you should see the video for this, so it's their loss. Publishing companies who hold their music close to their chests have not learned a damn thing since record companies had to tow the line with the public and the internet. So, instead let's look at that first Shorty Long song, sung by the aforementioned Mitch Ryder in 1979, and I give the big bird to EMI publishing - guys and gals, it's 2011...wake up, step up to the plate of public demand!!!
1969 - This was the day The Jimi Hendrix Experience played their final concert, on the final day of the Denver Pop Festival, and a year later the incredible Liza Minelli TV Special went to air; a year later and Ian Gillan left Deep Purple, on the same day, June 29. For more *MUSICBACKTRACK* videos and information for Liza, Hendrix and Deep Purple, go to our archive search engine. The day before today, cult singer song writer Tim Buckley completed the last show of a tour in Dallas, Texas, playing to a sold-out crowd of 1,800 people. This would turn out to be Buckley’s last ever show, he died the following day, June 29, of a heroin and morphine overdose aged 28. Like a million entertainers before and since, Buckley celebrated the culmination of the tour with a weekend of drinking with his band and friends, as was his normal routine. But on the evening of June 29, Buckley decided to accompany long-time friend Richard Keeling back to his house in the hope of obtaining some heroin. After spending an hour or so at the house, Buckley, in his inebriated state, walked in on Keeling while he was having sex, causing an severe argument between the two. Keeling, with the aim of placating him, handed Buckley a large dose of heroin and challenged him: "Go ahead, take it all", he reportedly told Buckley. Given Buckley's contrary and rebellious nature, he duly snorted all the drug laid out for him. Buckley was in such a bad condition that friends chose to take him home rather than leave him to his own devices. Upon his return home, his wife Judy, seeing his inebriated state, laid him down on a pillow on their living room floor and proceeded to question his friends as to what had happened. Soon she moved Buckley into bed. Checking on him later, she found he had turned blue and was no longer breathing. Attempts by friends and paramedics to revive him were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead on arrival. Having diligently controlled his drug habit while on the road, his tolerance was lowered, and the combination of the drugs he took mixed with the amount of alcohol he had consumed throughout the day was too much. The coroner's report by Dr. Joseph H. Choi stated that he died at 9:42pm, June 29, 1975, from "acute heroin/morphine and ethanol intoxication due to inhalation and ingestion of overdose". Listen closely to this song, and you may just hear the influence he had on Thom Yorke.
1978 - Peter Frampton was injured in a car crash in the Bahamas, today, suffering a broken arm and cracked ribs. And a couple of years earlier, dear reader, he was singing this song live in Germany. Do you remember the Frampton-mania that swept the world for a year or two? Check this out.
1993 - Aerosmith released their single Cryin' today, almost 20 years ago today. Great video, sure helped turned things around for Aerosmith...and who's that young actress and actor? I wonder? This was the moment when Aerosmith hit a new level, a new high. Sorry about the Transformers advert, dear reader, a downside of DailyMotionVids, as distinct from youtube. We thank bebepanda for this vid.
1999 - Art of Noise released "The Seduction of Claude Debussy. This gives an idea of who they are, where they came from, and where they are now. So...who were the Art Of Noise?
2000 - The graves of Ronnie Van Zant and Steve Gaines of Lynyrd Skynyrd were vandalized on this day. The two musicians were killed when the band's plane crashed on October 20, 1977. OK, dear reader, here's a poor quality bootleg of a bootleg, black and white, taken from videotape. The audio aint bad, though, for Sweet Home Alabama. This is the great Lynyrd Skynyrd, political as all hell.
