March 1, 1994 - NIRVANA played their final ever concert tonight when they appeared at The Terminal Einz in Munich, Germany. The 3,000 capacity venue was a small Airport Hanger, and the power Nirvana unleashed that night, enormous as it was, didn't help the venue's power problem when it stopping midway through the concert. The power went off during the show, lights out, no amps, no mikes, so band played an impromptu acoustic set including a version of The Cars' My Best Friend's Girl. This video is crank-it-up bootleg punk at its best - forget about grunge.
1928 - PAUL WHITEMAN reached top spot on the pop singles charts, today with legendary Bix Beiderbecke on cornet, the Victor 78 single recording also featuring little-known crooner Bing Crosby on vocals. The song was the first of Crosby's 41 #1 singles achieved during his career. He and Beiderbecke also worked together on From Monday On and Mississippi Mud. Sadly no video appears to exist for these, but just two years later, Whiteman was asked to be involved with the movie, King Of Jazz, the masterpiece music of which was composed by the great George Gershwin. The movie was the first motion picture to use a pre-recorded soundtrack made independently of the actual filming. Whiteman insisted that the entire soundtrack be pre-recorded in order to obtain the best sound, avoiding the poor recording conditions and extraneous noises found in a movie studio. Universal opposed the idea, but Whiteman insisted and prevailed over the reluctant studio suits. After the sound was recorded, the scene was filmed, then synchronized to the soundtrack. This allowed the movie to be directed in the same manner as a silent film, with resulting sounds not affecting the completed film. King of Jazz was the 19th talking picture filmed entirely in two-color Technicolor rather than simply including color sequences. Here's an abridged version of the George Gershwin masterpiece composed for Paul Whiteman in1924, from this 1930 2-strip Technicolor revue film. The segment at the top is completely irrelevant to the rest of the video of Rapsody In Blue. :)
1941 - FM RADIO changed the nature of the music business during the late 70s, but it had taken a while. The first FM Radio station actually opened in Nashville, Tennessee, exactly 71 years ago today; It was this day, too, in 1968 when Johnny Cash and June Carter were married, while poor old Jim Morrison was arrested and officially charged with lewd and lascivious behavior, indecent behavior, open profanity and public drunkenness in Miami, today in 1969. Morrison was later sentenced but died while the sentence was under appeal. On the same day in 1991, The Doors movie debuted, with Val Kilmer played the role of Jim Morrison.
1956 - THE FATS DOMINO album Rock and Rollin' With Fats Domino was released on the Imperial Label, today, at the dawn of rock'n'roll. Domino first attracted national attention in USA with the song, The Fat Man, in 1949, on the same label. This song remains an early rock and roll record, one of the very first half dozen, featuring a rolling piano and Domino doing 'wah-wah' vocals over a strong back beat. It sold over a million copies and is widely regarded as the first rock and roll record to do so. No doubt about the fact that Fats Domino was a prime mover and heavy influence on early rock'n'roll, with his back-beat piano playing. He released a series of hit songs with producer and co-writer Dave Bartholomew, saxophonists Herbert Hardesty and Alvin "Red" Tyler and drummer Earl Palmer. Other notable and long-standing musicians in Domino's band were saxophonists Reggie Houston, Lee Allen, and Fred Kemp, Domino's trusted bandleader. Domino finally crossed into the pop mainstream with Ain't That A Shame in 1955, and it hit the Top Ten, though Pat Boone characteristically hit #1 with a milder insipid cover of the song that received wider radio airplay in a racially-segregated era. Domino would eventually score 37 Top 40 singles.
1957 - EVERLY BROTHERS signed with Cadence Records, today, and then recorded Bye Bye Love, and in so doing entered the rock'n'roll fray. The duo heavily influenced harmony styles for John Lennon and Paul McCartney, which they later acknowledged. This following video is a long lost gem. For more Everley Brothers facts and videos, go to our search engine.
1957 - CHUECK BERRY released School Days on Chess Records, and it became his biggest hit at that early stage in his career. Chuck Berry remains one of the architects of rock'n'roll music, his guitar sound, as much as his chord chops-style playing remaining a lasting influence on an entire generation, headed by Keith Richards. For the ultimate argument between Berry and Richard during the filming of a doco on Chuck, go to our search engine. This video is real deal vintage, Chuck in old-style lecturers cloak.
1958 - BUDDY HOLLY AND THE CRICKETS opened their only British tour in London ,today, and a decade late Elton John's first single, I've Been Loving You, was released in England. Just 14 years after that, and on the same day, and after the Beatles phenomenon, John Lennon was granted an extension on his American work visa. He then began recording Sometime in New York City, while in 1974 Queen began their first headlining tour of England. This is them, live at the Rainbow at that time.
1963 - GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS released their first British single, How Do You Do It, today, the song eventually #1 all over the world. Sweet girls in this clip are probably now grandmothers.
1963 - FRANK IFIELD was at #1 on the UK singles chart, today, with his version of the song, The Wayward Wind. This was Ifield's third #1 hit record outside his home country of Australia. Following are the touching moments of his induction into the Australian Music Industry's Hall Of Fame.
1975 - WINNERS AT THIS YEAR'S GRAMMY'S, 37 years ago, include the following: Paul McCartney for Best pop vocal on Band On The Run; Stevie Wonder won Album of the year for Fulfilling- ness First Finale. Olivia Newton-John won Record Of The Year for I Honestly Love You, against some very stiff competition as you will see by this following vie of the awards night, hers presented by John Lennon & Paul Simon. The song was written by American songwriter Jeff Barry and Australian singer/songwriter Peter Allen, once married to Liza Minnelli. In 1992 he died of an AIDS-related throat cancer. The Grammy-winning record was produced by Australian John Farrar, married to Olivia's old sing partner, Pat Caroll. Farrar has carved out his own hugely successful songwriting and production career in Los Angeles, and was also a member of Melbourne group the Strangers before joining the Shadows.
1990 - JANET JACKSON'S first concert tour began 22 years ago today, and it feels like only yesterday. The Rhythm Nation World Tour was so far ahead of its time in1990 on all levels, the song itself placing its own stamp, just like the video. Check out this video, the choreography, all setting a new video trend.
1928 - PAUL WHITEMAN reached top spot on the pop singles charts, today with legendary Bix Beiderbecke on cornet, the Victor 78 single recording also featuring little-known crooner Bing Crosby on vocals. The song was the first of Crosby's 41 #1 singles achieved during his career. He and Beiderbecke also worked together on From Monday On and Mississippi Mud. Sadly no video appears to exist for these, but just two years later, Whiteman was asked to be involved with the movie, King Of Jazz, the masterpiece music of which was composed by the great George Gershwin. The movie was the first motion picture to use a pre-recorded soundtrack made independently of the actual filming. Whiteman insisted that the entire soundtrack be pre-recorded in order to obtain the best sound, avoiding the poor recording conditions and extraneous noises found in a movie studio. Universal opposed the idea, but Whiteman insisted and prevailed over the reluctant studio suits. After the sound was recorded, the scene was filmed, then synchronized to the soundtrack. This allowed the movie to be directed in the same manner as a silent film, with resulting sounds not affecting the completed film. King of Jazz was the 19th talking picture filmed entirely in two-color Technicolor rather than simply including color sequences. Here's an abridged version of the George Gershwin masterpiece composed for Paul Whiteman in1924, from this 1930 2-strip Technicolor revue film. The segment at the top is completely irrelevant to the rest of the video of Rapsody In Blue. :)
1941 - FM RADIO changed the nature of the music business during the late 70s, but it had taken a while. The first FM Radio station actually opened in Nashville, Tennessee, exactly 71 years ago today; It was this day, too, in 1968 when Johnny Cash and June Carter were married, while poor old Jim Morrison was arrested and officially charged with lewd and lascivious behavior, indecent behavior, open profanity and public drunkenness in Miami, today in 1969. Morrison was later sentenced but died while the sentence was under appeal. On the same day in 1991, The Doors movie debuted, with Val Kilmer played the role of Jim Morrison.
1956 - THE FATS DOMINO album Rock and Rollin' With Fats Domino was released on the Imperial Label, today, at the dawn of rock'n'roll. Domino first attracted national attention in USA with the song, The Fat Man, in 1949, on the same label. This song remains an early rock and roll record, one of the very first half dozen, featuring a rolling piano and Domino doing 'wah-wah' vocals over a strong back beat. It sold over a million copies and is widely regarded as the first rock and roll record to do so. No doubt about the fact that Fats Domino was a prime mover and heavy influence on early rock'n'roll, with his back-beat piano playing. He released a series of hit songs with producer and co-writer Dave Bartholomew, saxophonists Herbert Hardesty and Alvin "Red" Tyler and drummer Earl Palmer. Other notable and long-standing musicians in Domino's band were saxophonists Reggie Houston, Lee Allen, and Fred Kemp, Domino's trusted bandleader. Domino finally crossed into the pop mainstream with Ain't That A Shame in 1955, and it hit the Top Ten, though Pat Boone characteristically hit #1 with a milder insipid cover of the song that received wider radio airplay in a racially-segregated era. Domino would eventually score 37 Top 40 singles.
1957 - EVERLY BROTHERS signed with Cadence Records, today, and then recorded Bye Bye Love, and in so doing entered the rock'n'roll fray. The duo heavily influenced harmony styles for John Lennon and Paul McCartney, which they later acknowledged. This following video is a long lost gem. For more Everley Brothers facts and videos, go to our search engine.
1957 - CHUECK BERRY released School Days on Chess Records, and it became his biggest hit at that early stage in his career. Chuck Berry remains one of the architects of rock'n'roll music, his guitar sound, as much as his chord chops-style playing remaining a lasting influence on an entire generation, headed by Keith Richards. For the ultimate argument between Berry and Richard during the filming of a doco on Chuck, go to our search engine. This video is real deal vintage, Chuck in old-style lecturers cloak.
1958 - BUDDY HOLLY AND THE CRICKETS opened their only British tour in London ,today, and a decade late Elton John's first single, I've Been Loving You, was released in England. Just 14 years after that, and on the same day, and after the Beatles phenomenon, John Lennon was granted an extension on his American work visa. He then began recording Sometime in New York City, while in 1974 Queen began their first headlining tour of England. This is them, live at the Rainbow at that time.
1963 - GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS released their first British single, How Do You Do It, today, the song eventually #1 all over the world. Sweet girls in this clip are probably now grandmothers.
1963 - FRANK IFIELD was at #1 on the UK singles chart, today, with his version of the song, The Wayward Wind. This was Ifield's third #1 hit record outside his home country of Australia. Following are the touching moments of his induction into the Australian Music Industry's Hall Of Fame.
1975 - WINNERS AT THIS YEAR'S GRAMMY'S, 37 years ago, include the following: Paul McCartney for Best pop vocal on Band On The Run; Stevie Wonder won Album of the year for Fulfilling- ness First Finale. Olivia Newton-John won Record Of The Year for I Honestly Love You, against some very stiff competition as you will see by this following vie of the awards night, hers presented by John Lennon & Paul Simon. The song was written by American songwriter Jeff Barry and Australian singer/songwriter Peter Allen, once married to Liza Minnelli. In 1992 he died of an AIDS-related throat cancer. The Grammy-winning record was produced by Australian John Farrar, married to Olivia's old sing partner, Pat Caroll. Farrar has carved out his own hugely successful songwriting and production career in Los Angeles, and was also a member of Melbourne group the Strangers before joining the Shadows.
1990 - JANET JACKSON'S first concert tour began 22 years ago today, and it feels like only yesterday. The Rhythm Nation World Tour was so far ahead of its time in1990 on all levels, the song itself placing its own stamp, just like the video. Check out this video, the choreography, all setting a new video trend.
