1877 - Thomas Edison invented the phonograph and made the first voice sound recording, but he wasn't the first person to record sound, as has been recorded in history. That tag belongs to a Frenchman named Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville, who actually did it on a device called the phonautograph, and, on April 9, 1860, recorded someone singing the words, "Au clair de la lune, Pierrot repondit." But he never had any intention of playing it back. He just wanted to study the pattern the sound waves made on a sheet of paper blackened by the smoke of an oil lamp. Edison, though, was the first to actually record sound. He was an American inventor, scientist, and businessman who developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park" by a newspaper reporter, Edison was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production and large teamwork to the process of invention, and therefore is often credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory. Edison's Menlo Park laboratory complex was the prototype for today's Californian Silicon Valley. Edison is considered one of the most prolific inventors in history, holding 1,093 U.S. patents in his name. Here then is the first recording of a human voice in history - made in 1877, and Edison introduces himself reciting the nursery rhyme, Mary had a Little Lamb:
"The first words I spoke in the original phonograph. A little piece of practical poetry. Mary had a little lamb. Its fleece was white as snow. And everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go."
1940 - Will Bradley and his trio recorded recorded their song, Down the Road Apiece, recorded by British beat group, the Rolling Stones, 22 years later. The American trombonist and bandleader was known for swing and sweet dance music, as well as boogie woogie songs, many of which were written by Don Raye. Bradley was one of the premier trombonists on the New York swing scene, and he often participated in jam sessions broadcast on The CBS Saturday Night Swing Club.
1960 - Before the Beatles there was The Silver Beetles, and on this day the group recruited drummer Pete Best to join the band. Speaking of Beatles, this was the day in 1966, that John Lennon was forced to apologize at a news conference in Chicago, IL, for his remark about the Beatles being more popular than Jesus. Or was it an apology.
1967 - Fleetwood Mac made their stage debut in Great Britain at the Windsor Jazz & Blues Festival, today, and accordingly, here are two masterpieces with which Peter Green could fully play his whole range as a multi-instrumentalist. At first very rockin', crazily, rhythmically, then plain-crossing to the dreamlike, very quiet, instrumental part which formed one of the great rock instrumentals; Oh Well part 1, then Albatross - amongst the nicest work this band. Fleetwood Mac were never better for me than in the time with Peter Green, Danny Kirwan and Jeremy Spencer. When you listen to the long 9:10 version of Oh well, you hear near rock perfection. Were they the greatest white blues band ever?
1970 - Woody Guthrie, the great American dust bowl folk singer, was remembered on this day at the Woody Guthrie memorial concert held at the Hollywood Bowl. We can do better than that, dear reader, with this very rare vintage performance, also featuring Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee.
1993 - The Red Hot Chili Peppers replaced guitarist Arik Marshall with Jesse Tobias, and Tobias was replaced by Dave Navarro three months later. A year later on the same day, Woodstock '94 opened in Saugerties, New York. The opening day was on the 25th anniversary of the original Woodstock Music and Art Fair. This is Woodstock '94 featuring Nine Inch Nails.
"The first words I spoke in the original phonograph. A little piece of practical poetry. Mary had a little lamb. Its fleece was white as snow. And everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go."
1940 - Will Bradley and his trio recorded recorded their song, Down the Road Apiece, recorded by British beat group, the Rolling Stones, 22 years later. The American trombonist and bandleader was known for swing and sweet dance music, as well as boogie woogie songs, many of which were written by Don Raye. Bradley was one of the premier trombonists on the New York swing scene, and he often participated in jam sessions broadcast on The CBS Saturday Night Swing Club.
1960 - Before the Beatles there was The Silver Beetles, and on this day the group recruited drummer Pete Best to join the band. Speaking of Beatles, this was the day in 1966, that John Lennon was forced to apologize at a news conference in Chicago, IL, for his remark about the Beatles being more popular than Jesus. Or was it an apology.
1967 - Fleetwood Mac made their stage debut in Great Britain at the Windsor Jazz & Blues Festival, today, and accordingly, here are two masterpieces with which Peter Green could fully play his whole range as a multi-instrumentalist. At first very rockin', crazily, rhythmically, then plain-crossing to the dreamlike, very quiet, instrumental part which formed one of the great rock instrumentals; Oh Well part 1, then Albatross - amongst the nicest work this band. Fleetwood Mac were never better for me than in the time with Peter Green, Danny Kirwan and Jeremy Spencer. When you listen to the long 9:10 version of Oh well, you hear near rock perfection. Were they the greatest white blues band ever?
1970 - Woody Guthrie, the great American dust bowl folk singer, was remembered on this day at the Woody Guthrie memorial concert held at the Hollywood Bowl. We can do better than that, dear reader, with this very rare vintage performance, also featuring Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee.
1993 - The Red Hot Chili Peppers replaced guitarist Arik Marshall with Jesse Tobias, and Tobias was replaced by Dave Navarro three months later. A year later on the same day, Woodstock '94 opened in Saugerties, New York. The opening day was on the 25th anniversary of the original Woodstock Music and Art Fair. This is Woodstock '94 featuring Nine Inch Nails.
