Welcome back to this weeks edition of On This Day (OTD) if you have just joined us every Thursday Skatronixxx Music looks back on music history to discover what happened On This Day, each edition also has a OTD Spotify playlist of all the artists who feature. This weeks edition features the usual suspects along with The Who, Elvis Costello, Five, Van Halen and more. This week we kick off in 1962.
1962
🎙 Bobby Vinton started a four-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Roses Are Red, My Love‘, the single was a No.15 hit in the UK.
🎙 The Beatles played their first ever gig in Wales when they appeared at The Regent Dansette in Rhyl. The tickets for the gig cost five shillings ($0.70).
1964
🎙 The Rolling Stones were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘It’s All Over Now‘, the group’s first of 8 UK No.1’s. The single was written by Bobby Womack and Shirley Womack, it was the first released by The Valentinos featuring Bobby Womack in the same year.
1967
🎙 The Who began their first full North American tour at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon, appearing as the support band to Herman’s Hermits on 55 dates.
🎙 David Bowie released the single ‘Love You Till Tuesday‘ which failed to reach the charts. Bowie’s 1969 showpiece film Love You till Tuesday took its name from the song, which also featured over the opening credits.
1971
🎙 The Byrds, James Taylor, Steeleye Span, Sandy Denny, Tom Paxton and The Incredible String Band all appeared at the “UK Lincoln Folk Festival.” Tickets cost £2.00.
1973
🎙 A drunk driver killed Clarence White of The Byrds while he was loading equipment after a gig in Palmdale, California.
🎙 During a concert at the John Wayne Theatre in Hollywood, California, Phil Everly smashed his guitar and stormed of stage, Don finished the set by himself and announced that The Everly Brothers had split.
1977
🎙 Elvis Costello and The Attractions made their live debut supporting Wayne County at The Garden in Penzance, Cornwall, England.
1979
🎙 Donna Summer scored her third No.1 US single with ‘Bad Girls‘ the album of the same name also started a five-week run at No.1. The inspiration for her to write the song came after one of her assistants was offended by a police officer who thought she was a street prostitute.
1980
🎙 Allen Klein ex manager of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones began serving a two-month prison sentence for falsifying tax returns.
🎙 Bryan Ferry collapsed in his hotel room in France and was flown to London suffering from a kidney infection.
1982
🎙 The movie premier for Pink Floyd’s “The Wall ” was held at The Empire in Leicester Square, London, England.
🎙 Van Halen kicked off their 105-date North American ‘Hide Your Sheep Tour‘ at Richmond County Civic Center in Augusta, Georgia.
1984
🎙 Phillippe Wayne lead singer with The Detroit Spinners died of a heart attack while performing at Ivey’s nightclub in Oakland, California, he was 43 years of age. The Detroit Spinners had the 1980 UK No.1 & US No.2 single ‘Working My Way Back To You.’
1986
🎙 Madonna was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with her second No.1 ‘Papa Don’t Preach.’ Madonna also had the UK No.1 album with ‘True Blue.’
1988
🎙 Michael Jackson gave himself a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for setting a new attendance record, when he played the first of seven nights at Wembley Stadium in London. The shows on his “Bad World Tour“ were attended by a total of 504,000 fans, beating the record previously held by Genesis, with four sold out nights.
1989
🎙 At “The Peach Festival” in South Carolina, 432 guitarist’s broke the world record for the most guitar players appearing in unison for the longest period of time, when they performed ‘Louie Louie‘ for 30 minutes.
🎙 Tom Jones lost a paternity suit and was ordered to pay $200 a week in child support to 27-year-old Katherine Berkery of New York. The judge in the case was Judge Judy Sheindlin who was still serving in her 15 year tenure as a New York Family Court judge before appearing in her court TV show, Judge Judy.
1997
🎙 Walkers Spice Girls crisps went on sale in the UK, over 16 million bags were sold by the end of the year.
2000
🎙 Five became the latest pop idols to call for the legalisation of cannabis. J and Richie from the band told Sky magazine that the drug should no longer be outlawed and said “No one who smokes a spliff goes out and starts fights like someone who’s been drinking.”
2003
🎙 Plans for Sting to write an official anthem for Tuscany came under fire by local who insisted the job should go to an Italian not a foreigner. The British pop star owned a house in Tuscany and had been nominated to compose the anthem by Franco Banchi who lived nearby.
2006
🎙 Primal Scream singer Bobby Gillespie had his nose broken when he was attacked in a hotel bar in Madrid in Spain. The singer had to postpone at Top Of The Pops recording due to injuries.
2007
🎙 A pair of glasses worn by former Beatle, John Lennon sparked a bidding war after being offered for sale online. The circular sunglasses were worn by Lennon during The Beatles 1966 tour of Japan, where the band played some of their last ever live dates. Anonymous rival bidders had pushed the price as high as £750,000 at an online auction house 991.com.
2009
🎙 Michael Jackson fans from all over the world congregated at London’s O2 arena, where the star had been due to begin his run of 50 concerts. Fans who left messages to a wall of tributes and conducted Jackson sing-a-longs, had a minute’s silence at 1830 BST to mark the time when the doors to the concert would have opened.
2015
🎙 Arthur Cave the 15-year-old son of musician Nick Cave died after a fall from a cliff in Brighton, Sussex, England.
🎙 The Las Vegas coroner’s office confirmed that B.B. King died of natural causes primarily stemming from Alzheimer’s disease and was not murdered. Two of his daughters had alleged King was poisoned by long-time associates.
Well that brings us to the end of this weeks edition of OTD, don’t forget to check out this editions OTD Spotify Playlist below.
https://open.spotify.com/user/1289837564/playlist/4xurCY0Jz3j2J62Hcb5UPc
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