October 1, 1970 - ONE of the all-time greats of soul & funk music is Curtis Mayfield, who left the Impressions today, in search of a solo career. The American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer, best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions and for composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly, was a multi-instrumentalist, playing guitar, bass, piano, saxophone, and drums. Curtis Mayfield won the Grammy Legend Award in 1994, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in the following year, and was a double inductee into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; inducted as a member of The Impressions into Hall of Fame in 1991, and again in 1999 as a solo artist. He is also a two-time Grammy Hall of Fame inductee.
1928 - WITH the great Louie Bellson on drums, Duke Ellington recorded The Mooche today, adding to his enormous body of work. The Duke was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader, who wrote more than 1,000 compositions during his 50-year-spanning career. In the words of Bob Blumenthal of The Boston Globe; "In the century since his birth, there has been no greater composer, American or otherwise, than Edward Kennedy Ellington." The jazz musician's music jazz stretched into various other genres, including blues, gospel, film scores, popular, and classical.
1964 - THIS is the day Vee Jay Records cashed-in on the popularity of the Beatles & the Four Seasons, by releasing the album the Beatles vs. the Four Seasons. following are two separate videos from both bands at that time, with apologies for the sound on Big Girls Don't Cry. The Beatles performance is You Can't Do That from the British TV show Ready, Steady Go.
1965 - BOB Dylan appeared at Carnegie Hall in New York City and introduced his new touring band made up of guitarist Robbie Robertson, organist Garth Hudson, bassist Rick Danko, pianist Richard Manual and drummer Levon Helm. They would become known simply as The Band. Two years later, on the same day, & Pink Floyd arrived in New York to begin their first U.S. tour. Here is a rarely seen Pink Floyd video from way back then, performing Apples And Oranges.
1967 - IN response to the numerous pirate radio stations swamping the UK from ships moored offshore, and stealing most of the BBC radio's listeners, the radio station opened their second radio station, BBC Radio, and began placing the new rock'n'roll music. One of the acts supported by the pirate radio stations was Jimi Hendrix, who was buried today in 1970, in Seattle, USA. Here is the night his death was announced in USA, followed by a video of his gravesite - his rather ostentatious grave site.
1980 - ON this day 31 years ago, one of the best cutting-edge movie about the music industry and its over-abundance of opportunistic sharks masquerading as humans, premiered in New York City. One Trick Pony, the semi-autobiographical film of Paul Simon, is an absolutely brilliant movie, and this a great scene from it. It demonstrates accurately, the sharks who circle in the music business.
1984 - THE brilliant album, Apollonia 6, was released today, but s adly we can never play you Prince videos because has withdrawn them all from public viewing. Same day in 1991, & supposedly, the white crystal-beaded glove worn by Michael Jackson was stolen from the Motown Museum in Detroit, and MC Hammer offered a $50,000 reward for its return. But two decades ago today, there was the auction of the bejewelled white glove, supposedly tossed by Michael Jackson to an Australian fan sold at auction for more than $48,000, almost twice the estimated selling price. Watch for yourself.
1998 - A recording artist who remains one of the most maligned and abused by corporate record companies and publishing companies - and there have been many hundreds, if not thousands ripped off - is John Fogerty, who today received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. This is one of the most simple, yet clever & effective promo videos. Brilliant.
1928 - WITH the great Louie Bellson on drums, Duke Ellington recorded The Mooche today, adding to his enormous body of work. The Duke was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader, who wrote more than 1,000 compositions during his 50-year-spanning career. In the words of Bob Blumenthal of The Boston Globe; "In the century since his birth, there has been no greater composer, American or otherwise, than Edward Kennedy Ellington." The jazz musician's music jazz stretched into various other genres, including blues, gospel, film scores, popular, and classical.
1964 - THIS is the day Vee Jay Records cashed-in on the popularity of the Beatles & the Four Seasons, by releasing the album the Beatles vs. the Four Seasons. following are two separate videos from both bands at that time, with apologies for the sound on Big Girls Don't Cry. The Beatles performance is You Can't Do That from the British TV show Ready, Steady Go.
1965 - BOB Dylan appeared at Carnegie Hall in New York City and introduced his new touring band made up of guitarist Robbie Robertson, organist Garth Hudson, bassist Rick Danko, pianist Richard Manual and drummer Levon Helm. They would become known simply as The Band. Two years later, on the same day, & Pink Floyd arrived in New York to begin their first U.S. tour. Here is a rarely seen Pink Floyd video from way back then, performing Apples And Oranges.
1967 - IN response to the numerous pirate radio stations swamping the UK from ships moored offshore, and stealing most of the BBC radio's listeners, the radio station opened their second radio station, BBC Radio, and began placing the new rock'n'roll music. One of the acts supported by the pirate radio stations was Jimi Hendrix, who was buried today in 1970, in Seattle, USA. Here is the night his death was announced in USA, followed by a video of his gravesite - his rather ostentatious grave site.
1980 - ON this day 31 years ago, one of the best cutting-edge movie about the music industry and its over-abundance of opportunistic sharks masquerading as humans, premiered in New York City. One Trick Pony, the semi-autobiographical film of Paul Simon, is an absolutely brilliant movie, and this a great scene from it. It demonstrates accurately, the sharks who circle in the music business.
1984 - THE brilliant album, Apollonia 6, was released today, but s adly we can never play you Prince videos because has withdrawn them all from public viewing. Same day in 1991, & supposedly, the white crystal-beaded glove worn by Michael Jackson was stolen from the Motown Museum in Detroit, and MC Hammer offered a $50,000 reward for its return. But two decades ago today, there was the auction of the bejewelled white glove, supposedly tossed by Michael Jackson to an Australian fan sold at auction for more than $48,000, almost twice the estimated selling price. Watch for yourself.
1998 - A recording artist who remains one of the most maligned and abused by corporate record companies and publishing companies - and there have been many hundreds, if not thousands ripped off - is John Fogerty, who today received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. This is one of the most simple, yet clever & effective promo videos. Brilliant.
