1735 - We owe a lot to the Bach family of the 18th century, especially to Johann Sebastian and his wife Anna Magdalena, who gave birth to 11 children, including their youngest, Johann Christian Bach, who was born to in Leipzig, Germany. He is sometimes referred to as 'the London Bach', or 'the English Bach', due to his time spent living in the British capital. His distinguished father was already aged 50 at the time of his birth, which would perhaps contribute to the sharp differences between his music and that of his father. Some music scholars say he had an influence on the concerto style of Mozart. This is one of his most famous compositions, Op.21, No.1, Mvt 2 & 3, with conductor, Chih-Chiang Lin. Sit back and relax. Beautiful.
1964 - This was the day British rock group, The Animals, began their three week run at #1 with an old traditional American blues song, and remains one of the most covered songs in modern music history. Like most great songs that survive, its lyrics ring true, and give an indication and an audio snap shot of a moment in time, reflecting life at the time. This version from the Animals was the most successful in terms of record sales, but their version, too, was its own musical benchmark. Like many classic folk ballads, the composers of The House of the rising Sun remain unknown. American rock music critic, Dave Marsh, described The Animals' version of the song as "the first folk-rock hit", sounding "as if they'd connected the ancient tune to a live wire". The BBC's Ralph McLean agreed, saying "it was arguably the first folk rock tune", calling it "a revolutionary single" after which "the face of modern music was changed forever.". The song and each version have their own stories. like Dylan's version, itself controversial, but that's for another time. The Animals' keyboard player, Alan Price, for instance, said the song was originally a sixteenth-century English folk song about a Soho brothel, and that English emigrants took the song to America where it was adapted to its later New Orleans setting. Whatever the stories, this is an electric version of the song, an iconic version in every way, and remains that way 47 years after it was originally a hit for the Animals
1965 - This was the day The Rolling Stones began recording their hit song, Get Off My Cloud. The song was a follow-up to their previous #1 hit, I Can't Get No Satisfaction. this song, too became a worldwide hit #1 hit. Jagger said of the song: "That was Keith's melody and my lyrics... It's a stop-bugging-me, post-teenage-alienation song. The grown-up world was a very ordered society in the early '60s, and I was coming out of it. America was even more ordered than anywhere else. I found it was a very restrictive society in thought and behaviour and dress." This original video of the song is such and early clip of the Stones - even has Keith Richards wearing his black, horn rimmed glasses.
1968 - His real name was Herbert Khaury, but from this year onwards, the world knew him as Tiny Tim, and this was the day he sued Bouguet Records for $1 million in damages, when the record label released early recordings of Khaury without his permission. In a 1968 interview on the Tonight Show, Khaury described the discovery of his ability to sing in an upper register in 1952: "I was listening to the radio and singing along as I was singing I said 'Gee, it's strange. I can go up high as well.'" After winning a talent quest he began entertain, under stage names such as stage names such as Darry Dover, Vernon Castle, Larry Love, and Judas K. Foxglove. The six-foot-one-inch gimmick pop sing finally settled on Tiny Tim in 1962. Tiny Tim was also a musicologist, with a depth of knowledge about music from the 20s, 30s, & 40s. But his bit real break into worldwide cult status was his appearance on the Rowan & Martin Show, in the same year. Watch it for yourself.
1968 - During a visit to England to promote their latest song, Hello, I Love You Won't You Tell Me Your Name, American group The Doors appeared on pop show, Top Of The Pops. The song was released from their album, Waiting for the Sun. It was released as a single that same year, reaching number one in the United States and selling over a million copies in the U.S. alone. The single also became the band's first big UK hit, peaking at #15 on the chart. It reached the top of the charts around the rest of the world. Many critics since have said the song's musical structure was stolen from Ray Davies, with his riff on his Kinks song All Day and All of the Night. But Doors member Robby Krieger wrote in the liner notes to The Doors Box set, denied the claim, and instead said the song's vibe was taken from Cream's song Sunshine of Your Love.
1986 - Whoa whoa, Dire Straits' Money For Nothing won the MTV award for Best Video today, but instead of playing you the video, how about this version of the song that heralds in a new generation of music video, a live version of the song, from the 1986 Prince's Trust Concert in the same year, 1986, at Wembley Arena.
1987 - This was the night, in Vancouver, Canada, when lead singer of the Cult, Ian Astbury, was arrested after a show ended in a riot. Members of staff at the concert claimed they were assaulted by Astbury, who subsequently spent the night in the local police cells.The Cult are a British rock band that was formed in 1983, and are still touring and recording. They gained a dedicated following in Britain in the mid 1980s as a post-punk band with singles such as She Sells Sanctuary, before raising a ruckus and breaking mainstream in the United States in the late 1980s as a hard rock band with singles such as Fire Woman. The band remains a strange mixture of several rock genres, including post-punk-goth, dashed with a little heavy metal. Guitar player Billy Duff and Ian Astbury are the group's song writers.
1990 - It's now 21 years since blues guitar legend, B.B. King, received a well-deserved star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. King remains one of the great guitar players of our time, having influenced most of today's guitar greats, including Eric Clapton, the late Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Beck et al. This is a bootleg of the blue king, in the same year of his Hollywood Walk of fame star.
1964 - This was the day British rock group, The Animals, began their three week run at #1 with an old traditional American blues song, and remains one of the most covered songs in modern music history. Like most great songs that survive, its lyrics ring true, and give an indication and an audio snap shot of a moment in time, reflecting life at the time. This version from the Animals was the most successful in terms of record sales, but their version, too, was its own musical benchmark. Like many classic folk ballads, the composers of The House of the rising Sun remain unknown. American rock music critic, Dave Marsh, described The Animals' version of the song as "the first folk-rock hit", sounding "as if they'd connected the ancient tune to a live wire". The BBC's Ralph McLean agreed, saying "it was arguably the first folk rock tune", calling it "a revolutionary single" after which "the face of modern music was changed forever.". The song and each version have their own stories. like Dylan's version, itself controversial, but that's for another time. The Animals' keyboard player, Alan Price, for instance, said the song was originally a sixteenth-century English folk song about a Soho brothel, and that English emigrants took the song to America where it was adapted to its later New Orleans setting. Whatever the stories, this is an electric version of the song, an iconic version in every way, and remains that way 47 years after it was originally a hit for the Animals
1965 - This was the day The Rolling Stones began recording their hit song, Get Off My Cloud. The song was a follow-up to their previous #1 hit, I Can't Get No Satisfaction. this song, too became a worldwide hit #1 hit. Jagger said of the song: "That was Keith's melody and my lyrics... It's a stop-bugging-me, post-teenage-alienation song. The grown-up world was a very ordered society in the early '60s, and I was coming out of it. America was even more ordered than anywhere else. I found it was a very restrictive society in thought and behaviour and dress." This original video of the song is such and early clip of the Stones - even has Keith Richards wearing his black, horn rimmed glasses.
1968 - His real name was Herbert Khaury, but from this year onwards, the world knew him as Tiny Tim, and this was the day he sued Bouguet Records for $1 million in damages, when the record label released early recordings of Khaury without his permission. In a 1968 interview on the Tonight Show, Khaury described the discovery of his ability to sing in an upper register in 1952: "I was listening to the radio and singing along as I was singing I said 'Gee, it's strange. I can go up high as well.'" After winning a talent quest he began entertain, under stage names such as stage names such as Darry Dover, Vernon Castle, Larry Love, and Judas K. Foxglove. The six-foot-one-inch gimmick pop sing finally settled on Tiny Tim in 1962. Tiny Tim was also a musicologist, with a depth of knowledge about music from the 20s, 30s, & 40s. But his bit real break into worldwide cult status was his appearance on the Rowan & Martin Show, in the same year. Watch it for yourself.
1968 - During a visit to England to promote their latest song, Hello, I Love You Won't You Tell Me Your Name, American group The Doors appeared on pop show, Top Of The Pops. The song was released from their album, Waiting for the Sun. It was released as a single that same year, reaching number one in the United States and selling over a million copies in the U.S. alone. The single also became the band's first big UK hit, peaking at #15 on the chart. It reached the top of the charts around the rest of the world. Many critics since have said the song's musical structure was stolen from Ray Davies, with his riff on his Kinks song All Day and All of the Night. But Doors member Robby Krieger wrote in the liner notes to The Doors Box set, denied the claim, and instead said the song's vibe was taken from Cream's song Sunshine of Your Love.
1986 - Whoa whoa, Dire Straits' Money For Nothing won the MTV award for Best Video today, but instead of playing you the video, how about this version of the song that heralds in a new generation of music video, a live version of the song, from the 1986 Prince's Trust Concert in the same year, 1986, at Wembley Arena.
1987 - This was the night, in Vancouver, Canada, when lead singer of the Cult, Ian Astbury, was arrested after a show ended in a riot. Members of staff at the concert claimed they were assaulted by Astbury, who subsequently spent the night in the local police cells.The Cult are a British rock band that was formed in 1983, and are still touring and recording. They gained a dedicated following in Britain in the mid 1980s as a post-punk band with singles such as She Sells Sanctuary, before raising a ruckus and breaking mainstream in the United States in the late 1980s as a hard rock band with singles such as Fire Woman. The band remains a strange mixture of several rock genres, including post-punk-goth, dashed with a little heavy metal. Guitar player Billy Duff and Ian Astbury are the group's song writers.
1990 - It's now 21 years since blues guitar legend, B.B. King, received a well-deserved star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. King remains one of the great guitar players of our time, having influenced most of today's guitar greats, including Eric Clapton, the late Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Beck et al. This is a bootleg of the blue king, in the same year of his Hollywood Walk of fame star.
