January 25, 1969 - CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL released the Bayou Country LP today, their second album, their first of three albums in 1969. What a phenomenon this band truly was - so underrated. Creedence Clearwater Revival was an American rock band that gained popularity in the late 1960s and early 1970s with a number of successful singles drawn from various albums. The song, Proud Mary, taken from this album, is a Bayou-influenced rock song written by the group's lead singer and principle song writer, John Fogerty, and recorded by his band Creedence Clearwater Revival. The song became a national hit in the United States peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, and is placed at #155 on Rolling Stone's 2004 list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Although the feel of the song remains in New Orleans, the song has been shown to have universal appeal. Both CCR and Ike & Tina Turner's version of the song were given a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in the years 1998 and 2003, respectively. This is one of the great rock'n'roll bands.
1940 - MARY MARTIN was an actress/singer on Broadway in the late forties and fifties, and she became particularly popular on Broadway, receiving special attention in the national media singing My Heart Belongs to Daddy. One reviewer said: "Mary stopped the show with My Heart Belongs to Daddy. With that one song in the second act, she became a star 'overnight'.'" Ms. Martin reprised the song in Night and Day, the Hollywood "biographical" movie about Cole Porter, writer of the tune. During the film, in an audition as herself for Porter (played by Cary Grant), Mary Martin recorded My Heart Belongs to Daddy...and this is it.
1958 - ELVIS PRESLEY'S Jailhouse Rock became the first single to ever enter British pop chart at #1, 54 years ago today. Jailhouse Rock is a song written by the great pop song writers of that time, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, and it first became a hit for Elvis Presley. The song was released as a 45rpm single on September 24, 1957, to coincide with the release of Presley's motion picture, Jailhouse Rock. Composer Mike Stoller can be seen playing piano in the film presentation of the song. The single, with its B-side Treat Me Nice, was a US #1 hit for 7 weeks in autumn of 1957, and a UK #1 hit for three weeks early in 1958, it's first week starting this very day. The song then became a sensational chart topper around the world. Presley's version is #67 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and was named one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. The boy has rhythm in this clip, natural rhythm. This is the original black and white video, taken from the movie.
1962 - SAM COOK'S Twistin' the Night Away was released, today, the song supposedly written by Cooke during a weekend's jaunt in New York City, in the famous Peppermint Lounge on 45th Street. Resident band at the Peppermint Lounge was Joey Dee and the Starlighters, a great little band. So good, in fact, that after Sam we have the original Joey Dee and the Starlighters with the original twist hit, Peppermint Twist.
1963 - CILLA BLACK debuted as a vocalist at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, 49 years ago today. A month earlier she did some TV promotion for the gig, which included an appearance on the iconic Thank Your Lucky Stars British TV show, on which she performed this Lennon and McCartney song, Love of the Loved.
1987 - NEIL DIAMOND sang the U.S. national anthem at Super Bowl XXI, tonight, and in his own unique style. Something about this version that is warm and friendly, more real or something, not quite as pompous as other attempts at this American ritual that I have seen.
2002 - MODERN MUSICAL, Les Miserables played for the 6,138th time tonight, thus becoming the second-longest running show in Broadway history. It's contemporary musical, Cats closed in 2000 with the record of 7,485 shows. And here I think is the finale of that show.
1940 - MARY MARTIN was an actress/singer on Broadway in the late forties and fifties, and she became particularly popular on Broadway, receiving special attention in the national media singing My Heart Belongs to Daddy. One reviewer said: "Mary stopped the show with My Heart Belongs to Daddy. With that one song in the second act, she became a star 'overnight'.'" Ms. Martin reprised the song in Night and Day, the Hollywood "biographical" movie about Cole Porter, writer of the tune. During the film, in an audition as herself for Porter (played by Cary Grant), Mary Martin recorded My Heart Belongs to Daddy...and this is it.
1958 - ELVIS PRESLEY'S Jailhouse Rock became the first single to ever enter British pop chart at #1, 54 years ago today. Jailhouse Rock is a song written by the great pop song writers of that time, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, and it first became a hit for Elvis Presley. The song was released as a 45rpm single on September 24, 1957, to coincide with the release of Presley's motion picture, Jailhouse Rock. Composer Mike Stoller can be seen playing piano in the film presentation of the song. The single, with its B-side Treat Me Nice, was a US #1 hit for 7 weeks in autumn of 1957, and a UK #1 hit for three weeks early in 1958, it's first week starting this very day. The song then became a sensational chart topper around the world. Presley's version is #67 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and was named one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. The boy has rhythm in this clip, natural rhythm. This is the original black and white video, taken from the movie.
1962 - SAM COOK'S Twistin' the Night Away was released, today, the song supposedly written by Cooke during a weekend's jaunt in New York City, in the famous Peppermint Lounge on 45th Street. Resident band at the Peppermint Lounge was Joey Dee and the Starlighters, a great little band. So good, in fact, that after Sam we have the original Joey Dee and the Starlighters with the original twist hit, Peppermint Twist.
1963 - CILLA BLACK debuted as a vocalist at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, 49 years ago today. A month earlier she did some TV promotion for the gig, which included an appearance on the iconic Thank Your Lucky Stars British TV show, on which she performed this Lennon and McCartney song, Love of the Loved.
1987 - NEIL DIAMOND sang the U.S. national anthem at Super Bowl XXI, tonight, and in his own unique style. Something about this version that is warm and friendly, more real or something, not quite as pompous as other attempts at this American ritual that I have seen.
2002 - MODERN MUSICAL, Les Miserables played for the 6,138th time tonight, thus becoming the second-longest running show in Broadway history. It's contemporary musical, Cats closed in 2000 with the record of 7,485 shows. And here I think is the finale of that show.
