September 28, 1968 - THIS is the day Janis Joplin's manager announced that she had left Big Brother and the Holding Company, and was starting a solo career. Howe good was Janis Joplin? She was and remains unique. So raw, so real. So sad that she went so soon.
1958 - Written and composed by an 18-year-old Phil Spector, who was just starting in music, and soon to create his famous 'wall of sound', this is the classic To Know Him Is To Love Him. He's also playing guitar in this video, along with The Teddy Bears, who were Marshall Liebe, Annette Kleinbard, and Harvey Goldstein. Are you old enough for this?
1963 - She Loves You by the Beatles was played on the radio for the first time in America today by superstar DJ Murray the K. This is a scene with the DJ and the Beatles in New York City's Plaza Hotel, totally live, totally unrehearsed, totally real. Murray the K chats with the Beatles but John seems a bit bored, or sleepy, or edgy. He seems a bit peeved at the DJ, and who wouldn't be? Murray the K talks to listeners, the Beatles talk to the listeners, and I am pretty sure Lennon calls the DJ a wanker or a wacker? How good are your ears?
1972 - This is the day glam rock'n'roll made its presence known when David Bowie sold out New York's iconic Carnegie Hall. It's 1972, his first sell out in USA. Unfortunately, this is not Carnegie Hall, but it is 1972, Starman, Spider From Mars, featuring the late and totally brilliant Mick Ronson.
1976 - Record companies have had a tendency through history to assume they own creative artists, much the same as a bank owns its borrowers. And record companies never worried about the status of the act. Take for instance A&M Records, who today sued George Harrison for failing to deliver his LP 33 1/3 on time. This is what happens with record companies. They're greedy, selfish, have no concept of creativity, support, or sustainability. This is one of Harrison's many fine musical moments, his final concert, a bona fide rough bootleg, also featuring Gary Moore. RIP.
1979 - Jimmy McCulloch was found dead in London at the age of 26. We covered Jimmy's death a week or so ago, so if you want to see a video of him and read the story, look in our archive search engine for Jimmy McCulloch…meanwhile.
1989 - For me, Jimmy Buffet remains one of our best modern troubadours, able to squeeze a meaning from a moment, to succinctly put into verse, rhyme and melody the ordinary things in life, things with which we all can share. This was the day Buffet published a book of short stories entitled Stories From Margaritaville, and here are a couple of songs from a very real deal Jimmy Buffet.
1958 - Written and composed by an 18-year-old Phil Spector, who was just starting in music, and soon to create his famous 'wall of sound', this is the classic To Know Him Is To Love Him. He's also playing guitar in this video, along with The Teddy Bears, who were Marshall Liebe, Annette Kleinbard, and Harvey Goldstein. Are you old enough for this?
1963 - She Loves You by the Beatles was played on the radio for the first time in America today by superstar DJ Murray the K. This is a scene with the DJ and the Beatles in New York City's Plaza Hotel, totally live, totally unrehearsed, totally real. Murray the K chats with the Beatles but John seems a bit bored, or sleepy, or edgy. He seems a bit peeved at the DJ, and who wouldn't be? Murray the K talks to listeners, the Beatles talk to the listeners, and I am pretty sure Lennon calls the DJ a wanker or a wacker? How good are your ears?
1972 - This is the day glam rock'n'roll made its presence known when David Bowie sold out New York's iconic Carnegie Hall. It's 1972, his first sell out in USA. Unfortunately, this is not Carnegie Hall, but it is 1972, Starman, Spider From Mars, featuring the late and totally brilliant Mick Ronson.
1976 - Record companies have had a tendency through history to assume they own creative artists, much the same as a bank owns its borrowers. And record companies never worried about the status of the act. Take for instance A&M Records, who today sued George Harrison for failing to deliver his LP 33 1/3 on time. This is what happens with record companies. They're greedy, selfish, have no concept of creativity, support, or sustainability. This is one of Harrison's many fine musical moments, his final concert, a bona fide rough bootleg, also featuring Gary Moore. RIP.
1979 - Jimmy McCulloch was found dead in London at the age of 26. We covered Jimmy's death a week or so ago, so if you want to see a video of him and read the story, look in our archive search engine for Jimmy McCulloch…meanwhile.
1989 - For me, Jimmy Buffet remains one of our best modern troubadours, able to squeeze a meaning from a moment, to succinctly put into verse, rhyme and melody the ordinary things in life, things with which we all can share. This was the day Buffet published a book of short stories entitled Stories From Margaritaville, and here are a couple of songs from a very real deal Jimmy Buffet.
