Welcome back to another exciting edition of OTD. Lets see where the music history will take us, this weeks edition kicks off in 1954 with the only man I will ever love Elvis Presley as well as appearance from our usual suspects too.
*NOTE* in light of recent events around the world and the deaths of police officers in US, out of respect to our fallen heroes I flat-out refuse to add the song by Ice T from 1992 to the playlist I hope you understand.
1954
🎙 The first press interview with 19-year-old Elvis Presley was published in the ‘Memphis Press-Scimitar’.
1956
🎙 Gene Vincent made his first appearance on national TV in the US on The Perry Como Show. Vincent had released ‘Woman Love‘ the previous month, but it was the B-side, ‘Be-Bop-A-Lula‘ that eventually made the top 10. The song had been purchased from a fellow hospital patient when Vincent was recovering from leg injuries. A demo of the song made it way to Capitol Records as part of an Elvis sound-alike contest and a re-recorded version gave Vincent a hit .
1960
🎙 Cliff Richard and the Shadows were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Please Don’t Tease‘, the singers third UK No.1. The song was chosen for release by a poll of Cliff’s fans.
🎙 Roy Orbison entered the UK chart with ‘Only The Lonely‘, which went on to give Roy his first of 3 UK chart toppers. As an operatic rock ballad , it wa a sound unheard of at the time , and is seen as a seminal event in the evolution of Rock and Roll. Released as a 45rpm single by Monument Records in May, 1960, ‘Only The Lonely‘ went to No.2 in the US. The song was turned down by The Everly Brothers and Elvis Presley, so Orbison decided to record the song himself.
1964
🎙 On their second visit to Sweden, The Beatles played two shows at an ice hockey arena, the Johanneshove Isstadion, Stockholm. During the first show, both Paul McCartney and John Lennon received mild electrical shocks from ungrounded microphones. Supporting acts included The Kays, The Moonlighters and The Streaplers.
1966
🎙 Chris Farlowe and the Thunderbirds were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards song ‘Out Of Time‘.
1969
🎙 Police in Moscow reported that thousands of public phone booths had been vandalised after thieves were stealing parts of the phones to convert their acoustic guitars to electric. A feature in a Russian youth magazine had shown details on how to do this.
1973
🎙 The Watkins Glen outdoor summer jam was held outside of Watkins Glen, New York with The Allman Brothers Band, The Grateful Dead and The Band. Over 600,000 rock fan attended. Many historians claimed the event was the largest gathering of people in the history of the United States. 150,000 tickets were sold for $10 each, but for all the other people it was a free concert. The crowd was so huge that a large part of the audience was not able to see the stage.
1979
🎙 ‘I Don’t Like Mondays‘ gave The Boomtown Rats their second UK No.1 single. Bob Geldof wrote the song after reading a report on the shooting spree of 16-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer, who fired at children playing in a school playground across the street from her home in San Diego, California. She killed two adults and injured eight children and one police officer. Spencer showed no remorse for her crime, and her full explanation for her actions was “I don’t like Mondays, this livens up the day.”
1987
🎙 Kylie Minogue released a cover version of the Gerry Goffin and Carole King penned song ‘The Loco-Motion‘ in Australia, as her debut single. Minogue has first performed the song at an impromptu performance at an Australian Rules Football charity event with the cast of the Australian soap opera Neighbours. The song reached No.1 in Australia and the success in her home country resulted in her signing a record deal with PWL Records in London, England.
1990
🎙 Elton John started a five-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘Sleeping Past‘, his fifth No.1 album.
🎙 Partners In Kryme started a four-week run at No.1 with ‘Turtle Power‘ the first rap chart topper in the UK. The one hit wonders track was featured in the film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
1991
🎙 Almost 100 arrests were made after an estimated 2,000 youths rioted after MC Hammer concert in Penticon, Canada
1992
🎙 Rapper Ice T announced that Warner Brothers Records would pull the controversial song ‘Cop Killer’ from all future copies of his “Body Count” album. The song had been the target of protests by law enforcement groups who said it encouraged the killing of police. Ice T said he would give away recordings of ‘Cop Killer’ at his concerts. In an ironic twist, he would later join the cast of the NBC police drama, Law and Order.
1996
🎙 Marge Ganser from The Shangri-Las died of breast cancer. The group scored over ten hits during the 60’s including the 1964 US No.1 ‘Leader Of The Pack.’
2000
🎙 Five and Queen were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘We Will Rock You‘, the classic Queen song was only a B-side in 1977 and this new version featured boy band Five and Queen guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor.
2003
🎙 The wine Sir Cliff Richard made from his Algarve estate started a UK supermarket battle.Fans were asking all the stores when the wine would go on sale with the Tesco chain saying they would be the first, but the Waitrose shops had been selling the £8.49 a bottle red for the last week.
2004
🎙 American soul singer George Williams from The Tymes died of cancer. He had the 1963 US million seller ‘So Much in Love‘ and the 1975 UK No.1 single ‘Ms Grace‘
🎙 Justin Timberlake obtained a restraining order against a photographer who stalked him. A judge in Santa Monica, California, granted the order against photographer Artemus Earl Lister.
2006
🎙 Prince’s second wife Manuela Testolini Nelson filed for divorce. His first marriage, to dancer Mayte Garcia, took place in 1996 but only lasted two years.
2008
🎙 Amy Winehouse was rushed to hospital after she started to have fits at her home in Camden, North London. A spokesman said it appeared the singer had suffered a reaction to medication she was taking to help her off hard drugs.
2011
🎙 Marvin Lee Aday, the 63-year-old singer who goes by the name of Meat Loaf, passed out onstage at Pittsburgh’s Trib Amphitheater during an apparent asthma attack. After about ten minutes he regained his composure and finished the show.
Well that brings us to the end of another edidtion of OTD, This week given the events around the world of late the last three song are not part of OTD this week but I feel we all need them right now, I know I do. See you next week.
To all the family and friends who lost their love ones in the horrible events that have happend all over the world we are with you all and know you all have angels looking over you and protecting you.
In memory of those you have lost their lives.
Rest In Peace.
Respect.
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