OCTOBER 28, 1893 - PETER Ilyich Tchaikovsky is famous for so much music, most standing the test of time, and it was 117 years ago today he conducted the first public performance of one of his dark symphonies, Number Six in B minor Pathetique. But we go back 17 years earlier, to 1876, when Tchaikovsky's best known piece of music, Swan Lake, was fully-composed. So while we listen to Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, let's watch two of the world's most famous and best ever ballet dancers, Dame Margo Fonteyn, and Rudolf Nurejev do their thing. This is spectacular!
1896 - BET you've always wondered where that Alien music came from, right? All totally beautiful, as if it were written for every scene - and some of it was, but around 83 years before the first Alien movie, music composer Howard Hanson was born, this very day, and in there amongst his vast vat of original compositions is the first movement of his second symphony, Romantic. What follows is a montage of Alien scenes featuring Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver); excerpts have been taken from Alien (1979), Aliens (1986), Alien 3 (1992) and Alien Resurrection (1997), with the soundtrack music being by the aforementioned Howard Hanson's second symphony, Romantic. We thank youtuber darkprose @4516232 for this excellent video.
1956 - ELVIS Presley's song, Love Me Tender, became the #1 hit on Billboard's music charts, 55 years ago today, creating history in the process as he replaced himself at #1 where his double-sided hit Don't Be Cruel b/w Hound Dog had been at the top spot for 11 weeks. As a matter of interest, following a live show at the Pan Pacific Auditorium in Los Angeles, local police told Elvis Presley that he was not allowed to wiggle his hips onstage, with the local right wing press running headlines telling Elvis to clean up his act. The next night, the Los Angeles Vice Squad filmed his entire concert, to study his performance. On the same night, he also appeared on the American Ed Sullivan TV show, so as a special Friday treat, dear reader, here are both number one songs from Elvis 1956, as performed on the Ed Sullivan Show for one - no hip wiggling; a vid-compilation for the other, showing his dirty act and why he had to clean it up.:)
1965 - THE Supremes completed recording of their hit song, My World Is Empty Without You, today, and here's that 45-year-old song, but howzabout a new upgraded reggae/dub feel-version. Puts new shine and sparkle into a well-worn diamond.
1972 - THE Who's song, Join Together, was adopted as the official theme song for The United States Council for World Affairs, today, and teen heart throb David Cassidy was sitting on top of chart world a year later - on the same day - where his song Daydreamer, became his second #1 hit. This is it, on Top of The Pops, which produced a special video for the show.
1977 - SEX Pistols' debut album, Nevermind The Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols was released in America today, and the country - nor rock'n'roll music - was ever the same again. OK, dear reader, here's a cleaned-up studio version of Anarchy In The UK, one perhaps you've never seen prior to this. Deomstrates they could clean up just like the good little pop stars that they really were. Secondly, not a bad little guitar solo, and the band's sound is fat, thick, loping and powerful. Gotta love 'em, though, they changed rock music forever. Whatdaya reckon?
1989 - JANET Jackson started a four-week run at #1 on the US and world album charts with Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814. Killer diller album, from one of the modern-day true superstars. This album is only one of three to produce seven Top-ten worldwide hits (the other two being Thriller by Michael Jackson and Bruce Springsteen's Born In The USA).
1896 - BET you've always wondered where that Alien music came from, right? All totally beautiful, as if it were written for every scene - and some of it was, but around 83 years before the first Alien movie, music composer Howard Hanson was born, this very day, and in there amongst his vast vat of original compositions is the first movement of his second symphony, Romantic. What follows is a montage of Alien scenes featuring Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver); excerpts have been taken from Alien (1979), Aliens (1986), Alien 3 (1992) and Alien Resurrection (1997), with the soundtrack music being by the aforementioned Howard Hanson's second symphony, Romantic. We thank youtuber darkprose @4516232 for this excellent video.
1956 - ELVIS Presley's song, Love Me Tender, became the #1 hit on Billboard's music charts, 55 years ago today, creating history in the process as he replaced himself at #1 where his double-sided hit Don't Be Cruel b/w Hound Dog had been at the top spot for 11 weeks. As a matter of interest, following a live show at the Pan Pacific Auditorium in Los Angeles, local police told Elvis Presley that he was not allowed to wiggle his hips onstage, with the local right wing press running headlines telling Elvis to clean up his act. The next night, the Los Angeles Vice Squad filmed his entire concert, to study his performance. On the same night, he also appeared on the American Ed Sullivan TV show, so as a special Friday treat, dear reader, here are both number one songs from Elvis 1956, as performed on the Ed Sullivan Show for one - no hip wiggling; a vid-compilation for the other, showing his dirty act and why he had to clean it up.:)
1965 - THE Supremes completed recording of their hit song, My World Is Empty Without You, today, and here's that 45-year-old song, but howzabout a new upgraded reggae/dub feel-version. Puts new shine and sparkle into a well-worn diamond.
1972 - THE Who's song, Join Together, was adopted as the official theme song for The United States Council for World Affairs, today, and teen heart throb David Cassidy was sitting on top of chart world a year later - on the same day - where his song Daydreamer, became his second #1 hit. This is it, on Top of The Pops, which produced a special video for the show.
1977 - SEX Pistols' debut album, Nevermind The Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols was released in America today, and the country - nor rock'n'roll music - was ever the same again. OK, dear reader, here's a cleaned-up studio version of Anarchy In The UK, one perhaps you've never seen prior to this. Deomstrates they could clean up just like the good little pop stars that they really were. Secondly, not a bad little guitar solo, and the band's sound is fat, thick, loping and powerful. Gotta love 'em, though, they changed rock music forever. Whatdaya reckon?
1989 - JANET Jackson started a four-week run at #1 on the US and world album charts with Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814. Killer diller album, from one of the modern-day true superstars. This album is only one of three to produce seven Top-ten worldwide hits (the other two being Thriller by Michael Jackson and Bruce Springsteen's Born In The USA).
