On This Day 9th June 2016

Welcome back to this weeks edition of On This Day for the 9th June, this week we kick off in 1963 with Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, Bruce Springsteen, Cyndi Lauper and M.C. Hammer featuring in this weeks edition.

1963

🎙 The Beatles on the last night of their tour with Roy Orbison, performed at King George’s Hall, Blackburn, Lancashire. It was during this tour that The Beatles’ fans started throwing jelly babies at them while they were on stage, after an off-the-cuff remark on television that George Harrison enjoyed eating them.

1964

🎙 During an evening session Bob Dylan recorded ‘Mr. Tambourine Man‘ at Columbia Recording Studios in New York City. This was the first session for Another Side Of Bob Dylan, which saw Dylan recording fourteen original compositions that night. The Byrds later recorded a version of ‘Mr. Tambourine‘ Man that was released as their first single and reached No.1 on both the US & UK Charts. The Byrds‘ recording of the song was influential in initiating the musical subgenre of folk-rock, leading many contemporary bands to mimic its fusion of jangly guitars and intellectual lyrics in the wake of the single’s success.

1967

🎙 Pink Floyd played two gigs in one day, the first at the College of Commerce in Hull, and then the UFO at The Blarney Club, Tottenham Court Road, London England.

1972

🎙 Elvis Presley made entertainment history by performing 4 sold-out shows at New York’s Madison Square Garden. George Harrison, John Lennon, David Bowie, Bob Dylan and Art Garfunkel were among music stars that attended the shows. The shows were recorded and became the album ‘Elvis as recorded at Madison Square Garden‘.

🎙 Bruce Springsteen signed with Columbia Records and started to assemble the E Street Band from various Asbury Park ex-band mates.

1975

🎙 Windsor Davies and Don Estelle were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Whispering Grass‘. It was a spin-off from the BBC TV sitcom It Ain’t Half Hot Mum. Originally recorded by The Ink Spots in 1940.

1978

🎙 The Rolling Stones released Some Girls, their first studio album recorded with Ronnie Wood as a full member. The album cover was designed by Peter Corriston and featured The Rolling Stones in garish drag alongside select female celebrities and lingerie ads. The cover immediately ran into trouble when Lucille Ball, Farrah Fawcett, Liza Minnelli (representing her mother Judy Garland), Raquel Welch, and the estate of Marilyn Monroe threatened legal action.

1979

🎙 The Bee Gees went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Love You inside Out‘, the group’s 9th US No.1 and a No.13 hit in the UK.

1984

🎙 Cyndi Lauper started a two-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Time After Time’ a No.3 hit in the UK. Lauper co-wrote ‘Time After Time‘ with Philadelphia based Rob Hyman of The Hooters.

1990

🎙 England New Order started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘World In Motion‘. England’s song for the World Cup in 1990, following their No.1 in 1970. In the game they were knocked out by Germany on both occasions.

🎙 M.C. Hammer’s debut album started a record breaking 21 week stay at the top of the US album charts, making it the longest uninterrupted stay at the top since the album charts started.

🎙 Michael Jackson was admitted to hospital with a mystery illness. It was later diagnosed as an inflamed cartilage in his rib cage.

🎙 Bailiffs repossessed the mansion owned by the group 5 Star after non-payment of the mortgage. The group had achieved 15 top 20 hits over five years.

🎙 Wilson Phillips went to No.1 in the US with ‘Hold On‘. 25 years earlier to the day Wendy and Carnies father Beach Boy Brian Wilson had been at No.1 with ‘Help Me Rhonda‘.

1994

🎙 After an argument TLC singer Left Eye set fire to her boyfriend’s Atlanta mansion, worth $2 million (£1.176 million), burning it to the ground. She was charged with arson and fined $10, 000 (£5,882) with five years probation.

1998

🎙 Oasis singer Liam Gallagher and Simply Red singer Mick Hucknall were involved in a brawl at The Metropolitan Hotel, London.

🎙 The Ronettes appeared in the Supreme Court of New York for their lawsuit against Phil Spector. The Ronettes, whose hits included ‘Be My Baby‘ and ‘Walking In The Rain‘, claimed that Spector had breached the group’s 34-year-old contract by paying the members no royalties since 1963. Although The Ronettes went on to win the case, the New York State Court of Appeals overturned the decision in October, 2002, saying that the contract the Ronettes signed with Spector in 1963 was still binding.

2003

🎙 Former Boyzone frontman Ronan Keating raised more than £100,000 ($170,000) for cancer charities during a 23 day walk from the Giant’s Causeway in County Antrim to Kinsale in County Cork. He visited 610 towns along the way, walking an average of 32km (20 miles)each day.

2007

🎙 George Michael became the first music artist to perform at the new Wembley Stadium in London when he played the first of two shows at the venue during his ‘25 Live Tour‘.

2009

🎙 Rachel Stevens was robbed of jewellery by three men who followed her into her flat in north London. The men ambushed the former S Club 7 singer as she entered her flat near Regents Park, the items stolen included her engagement ring, a necklace and her watch.

2011

🎙 A Belgian music festival, which prides itself on its horse-meat sausages announced it was going meat-free on the day that vegetarian singer Morrissey appeared. The 10-day Lokerse Feesten, which boasts online about sales of sausage rolls and snails, will order stalls to sell vegetarian food only on 4th August, the day Morrissey is due to appear. In 2009, the singer left the stage at California’s Coachella festival saying he could “smell burning flesh”. The booking “meant a welcomed catering challenge for one day”, it added.
And that brings us to the end of this weeks edition, don’t forget to check out this weeks Spotify playlist below. See you all the same time next week.

This Weeks Top 50 Singles Charts

Hey! Welcome to  this weeks weekly chart wrap up where we look at the Top 50 Singles across the Aria, Billboard and Official UK Charts. This week is the first one for June, so lets see what are the Top 50 Singles this week.

ARIA TOP 50 SINGLES CHART

☆ 1.  This Is What You Come For – Calvin Harris Feat.  Rihanna (UP – LW 2)

☆ 2.  Once Dance – Drake (DOWN – LW 1)

☆ 3.  Just Like Fire – P!nk (UP – LW 4)

☆ 4.  Can’t Stop This Feeling – Justin Timberlake (DOWN – LW 3)

☆ 5.  Say It – Flume Feat.  Tove Lo (UP – LW 6)

☆ 6.  Cake By The Ocean – DNCE (UP – LW 8)

☆ 7.  Don’t Let Me Down – The Chainsmokers Feat.  Daya (DOWN – LW 5)

☆ 8.  Panda – Desiigner (UP – LW 9)

☆ 9.  Me Too – Meghan Trainor (UP – LW 12)

☆ 10.  No Money – Galantis (LW 10)

☆ 11.  Home – Tropic Feat.  Nico Santos (LW 11)

☆ 12.  I Hate U, I Love U – Gnash Feat.  Olivia O’Brien (DOWN – LW 7)

☆ 13.  Too Good – Drake Feat.  Rihanna (UP – LW 22)

☆ 14.  Work From Home – Fifth Harmony Feat.  Ty Dolla $ign (LW 14)

☆ 15.  I Took A Pill In Ibiza – Mike Posner (DOWN – LW 13)

☆ 16.  Faded – Alan Walker (DOWN – LW 15)

☆ 17.  Be The One – Dua Lipa (DOWN – LW 16)

☆ 18.  Secret Love Song – Little Mix Feat.  Jason Derulo (DOWN – LW 17)

☆ 19.  Into You – Ariana Grande (UP – LW 46)

☆ 20.  Never Be Like You – Flume Feat.  Kai (UP – LW 23)

☆ 21.  7 Years – Lukas Graham (DOWN – LW 18)

☆ 22.  Cheap Thrills – Sia (DOWN – LW 19)

☆ 23.  This Girl – Kungs Vs Cookin On 3 Burners (UP – LW 27)

☆ 24.  Send My Love (To Your New Lover) – Adele (UP – LW 30)

☆ 25.  Hair – Little Mix (UP – LW 34)

☆ 26.  Stressed Out – Twenty One Pilots (LW 26)

☆ 27.  Dear Life – Delta Goodrem (DOWN – LW 20)

☆ 28.  Sex – Cheat Codes Feat.  Kris Kross Amsterdam (UP – LW 36)

☆ 29.  Ride – Twenty One Pilots (NEW)

☆ 30.  1955 – Hilltop Hoods Feat.  Montaigne & Tom Thum (UP – LW 31)

☆ 31.  Do It Right – Anne-Marie (DOWN – LW 24)

☆ 32.  Sound Of Silence – Dami Im (DOWN – LW 25)

☆ 33.  The Fighter – Keith Urban Feat.  Carrie Underwood (UP – LW 44)

☆ 34.  Girls Like – Tinie Tempah Feat.  Zara Larsson (DOWN – LW 28)

☆ 35.  Dangerous Woman – Ariana Grande (DOWN – LW 21)

☆ 36.  We Don’t Talk Anymore – Charlie Puth Feat.  Selena Gomez (NEW)

☆ 37.  The Sound of Silence – Disturbed (DOWN – LW 32)

☆ 38.  No – Meghan Trainor (DOWN – LW 29)

☆ 39.  My House – Flo Rida (DOWN – LW 33)

☆ 40.  Lot To Learn – Luke Christopher (DOWN – LW 35)

☆ 41.  Roses – The Chainsmokers Feat. Rozes (DOWN – LW 39)

☆ 42.  Hello Friday – Flo Rida  Feat.  Jason Derulo (NEW)

☆ 43.  Kill Em With Kindness – Selena Gomez (NEW)

☆ 44.  Hide Away – Daya (DOWN – LW 38)

☆ 45.  Love Yourself – Justin Bieber (DOWN – LW 37)

☆ 46.  Gold – Kiiara (DOWN – LW 40)

☆ 47.  Fast Car – Jonas Blue Feat.  Dakota (DOWN – LW 42)

☆ 48.  One Call Away – Charlie Puth (DOWN – LW 41)

☆ 49.  Sorry – Justin Bieber (LW 49)

☆ 50.  Lush Life – Zara Larsson (R/E)

Drake has lost the top spot after weeks holding the No.1 position, Justin Timberlake now has the No.1 position with Drake now sitting at No.2 and P!nk takes out No.3 also there was one single that Re-entered the chat this week – Lush Life – Zara Larsson (50)

This Weeks New Singles: Ride – Twenty One Pilots (29), We don’t Talk Anymore  – Charlie Puth Feat. Selena Gomez (36),  Hello Friday – Flo Rida Feat.  Jason Derulo (42), Kill Em With Kindness – Selena Gomez (43).

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Billboard Top 50 Singles Chart

☆ 1.  One Dance – Drake Feat.  Wizkid & Kyla (LW 1)

☆ 2.  Panda – Desiigner (LW 2)

☆ 3.  Can’t Stop This Feeling – Justin Timberlake (LW 3)

☆ 4.  Work From Home – Fifth Harmony Feat.  Ty Dolla $ign (UP – LW 5)

☆ 5.  Don’t Let Me Down – The Chainsmokers Feat.  Daya (UP – LW 6)

☆ 6.  7 Years – Lukas Graham (DOWN – LW 4)

☆ 7.  I Took A Pill In Ibiza – Mike Posner (LW 7)

☆ 8.  Dangerous Woman – Ariana Grande (UP – LW 14)

☆ 9.  Needed Me – Rihanna (UP – LW 10)

☆ 10.  Work – Rihanna Feat.  Drake (DOWN – LW 8)

☆ 11.  This Is What You Came For – Calvin Harris Feat.  Rihanna (UP – LW 12)

☆ 12.  Pillowtalk – Zayn (DOWN – LW 9)

☆ 13.  Never Forget You – Zara Larsson & MNEK (LW 13)

☆ 14.  Cake By The Ocean – DNCE (UP – LW 17)

☆ 15.  Close – Nick Jonas Feat.  Tove Lo (UP – LW 24)

☆ 16.  Just Like Fire – P!nk (UP – LW 26)

☆ 17.  Love Yourself – Justin Bieber (DOWN – LW 11)

☆ 18.  Stressed Out – Twenty One Pilots (DOWN- LW 15)

☆ 19.  My House – Flo Rida (DOWN – LW 16)

☆ 20.  Me, Myself & I – G-Easy Feat.  Bebe Rexha (DOWN – LW 18)

☆ 21.  Controlla – Drake (UP – LW 22)

☆ 22.  Low Life – Future Feat.  The Weeknd (DOWN – LW 20)

☆ 23.  H.O.L.Y – Florida Georgia Line (DOWN – LW 21)

☆ 24.  Cheap Thrills – Sia (UP – LW 34)

☆ 25.  Don’t Mind – Kent Jones (UP – LW 31)

☆ 26.  Send My Love (To Your New Lover) – Adele (R/E)

☆ 27.  Let It Go – James Bay (UP – LW 28)

☆ 28.  Pop Style – Drake Feat.  The Throne (DOWN – LW 23)

☆ 29.  Lost Boy – Ruth B (UP – LW 30)

☆ 30.  Ride – Twenty One Pilots (UP – LW 36)

☆ 31.  Oui – Jeremih (DOWN – LW 25)

☆ 32.  2 Phones – Kevin Gates (DOWN – LW 27)

☆ 33.  Sorry – Justin Bieber (DOWN – LW 29)

☆ 34.  Too Good – Drake Feat.  Rihanna (DOWN – LW 33)

☆ 35.  No – Meghan Trainor (DOWN – LW 19)

☆ 36.  Came Here To Forget – Blake Shelton (UP – LW 44)

☆ 37.  Cut It – O.T Genesis Feat.  Young Dolph (UP – LW 43)

☆ 38.  All The Way Up – Fat Joe & Remy Ma Feat.  French Montana & Infared (UP – LW 51)

☆ 39.  Sorry – Beyonce (UP – LW 40)

☆ 40.  My Boo – Ghost Town Dj’s (DOWN – LW 32)

☆ 41.  Me Too – Meghan Trainor (DOWN – LW 39)

☆ 42.  Exchange – Bryson Tiller (DOWN – LW 37)

☆ 43.  Middle – Dj Snake Feat.  Bipolar Sunshine (DOWN – LW 38)

☆ 44.  Humble And Kind – Tim McGraw (UP – LW 46)

☆ 45.  Hype – Drake (DOWN – LW 35)

☆ 46.  One Call Away – Charlie Puth (DOWN – LW 42)

☆ 47.  T – Shirt – Thomas Rhett (UP – LW 52)

☆ 48.  SomewhereOn A Beach – Dierks Bentley (DOWN – LW 45)

☆ 49.  The Sound Of Silence – Disturbed (UP – LW 66)

☆ 50.  Wild Things – Alessia Cara (UP – LW 53)

Drake still hold the top spot this week with Desiigner sitting at No.2 and Justin Timberlake holding on to No.3.

No new singles in the Top 50 this week.

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OFFICIAL UK TOP 50 SINGLES

☆ 1.  One Dance – Drake Feat.  Wizkid & Kyla (LW 1)

☆ 2.  Can’t Stop This Feeling – Justin Timberlake (LW 2)

☆ 3.  This Is What You Came For – Calvin Harris Feat.  Rihanna (LW 3)

☆ 4.  No Money – Galantis (UP – LW 5)

☆ 5.  Cheap Thrills – Sia (DOWN – LW 4)

☆ 6.  Tears – Clean Bandit Feat.  Louisa Johnson (NEW)

☆ 7.  Too Good – Drake Feat.  Rihanna (DOWN – LW 6)

☆ 8.  I Hate U, I Love U – Gnash Feat.  Olivia O’Brien (UP – LW 12)

☆ 9.  I Took A Pill In Ibiza – Mike Posner (DOWN – LW 7)

☆ 10.  This Girl – Kungs Vs Cookin On 3 Burners (UP – LW 29)

☆ 11.  Panda – Desiigner (DOWN – LW 8)

☆ 12.  Work From Home – Fifth Harmony Feat.   Ty Dolla $ign (DOWN – LW 10)

☆ 13.  Cake By The Ocean – DNCE (DOWN  – LW 9)

☆ 14.  Sex – Cheat Codes Feat.  Kris Kross Amsterdam (UP – LW 20)

☆ 15.  Hair – Little Mix (DOWN- LW 13)

☆ 16.  Middle – Dj Snake Feat.  Bipolar Sunshine (DOWN – LW 11)

☆ 17.  Girls Like – Tinie Tempah Feat.  Zara Larsson (DOWN – LW 14)

☆ 18.  Lush Life – Zara Larsson (DOWN – LW 15)

☆ 19.  Faded – Alan Walker (DOWN – LW 16)

☆ 20.  7 Years – Lukas Graham (DOWN – LW 17)

☆ 21.  Controlla – Drake (DOWN – LW 18)

☆ 22.  Just Like Fire – P!nk (UP – LW 36)

☆ 23.  Work – Rihanna Feat.  Drake (DOWN – LW 22)

☆ 24.  Fast Car – Jonas Blue Feat.  Dakota (DOWN – LW 23)

☆ 25.  Dangerous Woman – Ariana Grande (DOWN – LW 19)

☆ 26.  Light It Up – Major Lazer Feat.  Nyla (DOWN – LW 24)

☆ 27.  Stressed Out – Twenty One Pilots (UP – LW 28)

☆ 28.  Close – Nick Jonas Feat.  Tove Lo (DOWN – LW 25)

☆ 29.  Nothing Like This – Blonde & Craig David (DOWN – LW 27)

☆ 30.  Love Yourself – Justin Bieber (UP – LW 31)

☆ 31.  Sorry – Justin Bieber (UP – LW 37)

☆ 32.  Hymn For The Weekend – Coldplay (UP – LW 40)

☆ 33.  Don’t Let Me Down – The Chainsmokers Feat.  Daya (UP – LW 44)

☆ 34.  Send My Love (To Your New Lover) – Adele (UP – LW 64)

☆ 35.  Stitches – Shawn Mendes (DOWN – LW 34)

☆ 36.  Wherever I Go – Onerepublic (UP – LW 46)

☆ 37.  New Girl – Reggie’n’Bollie (DOWN – LW 32)

☆ 38.  Boys & Girls – Will I Am Feat.  Pia Mia (DOWN – LW 33)

☆ 39.  Me Myself & I – G-Easy Feat.  Bebe Rexha (LW 39)

☆ 40.  Hold Up – Beyonce (DOWN – LW 26)

☆ 41.  Roses – The Chainsmokers Feat.  Rozes (UP – LW 43)

☆ 42.  Dancing On My Own – Calum Scott (DOWN – LW 38)

☆ 43.  Cry – Sigma Feat.  Take That (DOWN – LW 21)

☆ 44.  One More Time – Craig David (DOWN – LW 30)

☆ 45.  Into You – Ariana Grande (UP – LW 54)

☆ 46.  Raging – Kygo Feat.  Kodaline (DOWN – LW 42)

☆ 47.  Pillowtalk – Zayn (DOWN – LW 45)

☆ 48.  Needed Me – Rihanna (UP – LW 50)

☆ 49.  No – Meghan Trainor (DOWN – LW 41)

☆ 50.  Paradise – Benny Benassi & Chris Brown (UP – LW 51)

Drake again manages to hold on to the No.1 spot with Justin Timberlake holding at No.2 and Calvin Harris holding on to No.3 position.

New Singles This Week: Tears – Clean Bandit Feat.  Louisa Johnson (6)

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That’s it for another week guys, I will be cake the same time next week to bring you the latest wrap up on the Aria, Billboard and Official UK Charts.

On This Day In Music History

Howdy and welcome back to this edition of OTD and it also happens to be the first one for the month of June, I swear the older I get, the faster the months and years go by. From today I have decided to add something a little different to OTD, as well as the usual edition of OTD on Thursday’s I will do a special OTD birthday edition.

If you have a birthday in June and would like a special birthday OTD then contact me via this post or via Twitter Direct Message: @Presh81, If I recive enough responses I will set up a dedicated OTD email address for you guys to contact me on.

Ok let’s get the June edition of OTD started, this week kicks off in 1957.

1957

🎼Johnnie Ray was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Yes Tonight Josephine’, the US singers third and final UK No.1. Ray became deaf in his right ear at age 13 after an accident during a Boy Scout “Blanket toss”, a variation of the trampoline. He later performed wearing a hearing aid.

1962

🎼Owen Gray’s ‘Twist Baby’ became the first single released on UK-based Island Records. The label because home to Free, Traffic, Jethro Tull, Bob Marley and U2.

🎼Ray Charles started a five-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with the Don Gibson penned country ballad ‘I Can’t Stop Loving You’, also No.1 in the UK.

1963

🎼The Rolling Stones played two gigs in one day. The first at Studio 51, Ken Colyer Club in Soho, London. The Stones played a regular Sunday afternoon gig at the club from 4pm untill 6:30pm and were billed as Rhythm and Blue with the Rolling Stones. That evening they appeared at the Crawdaddy Club in Richmond, Surrey.

1966

🎼Frank Sinatra was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Strangers In The Night’, the singers second UK No.1. The song was originally composed by Avo Uvezian as ‘Broken Guitar’ and later under the title ‘Beddy Bye’ as part of the instrumental score for the movie A Man Could Get Killed.

1967

🎼David Bowie released his debut album, ‘David Bowie’ which failed to make the UK charts.

1973

🎼Paul McCartney had both the No.1 positions on the US charts when ‘Red Rose Speedway’, went to the top of the album chart and ‘My Love’, started a four-week run as the No.1 single.

1976

🎼Wings set a new world record when they performed in front of 67,100 fans in Seattle, the largest attendance for an indoor crowd.

1978

🎼Thin Lizzy released the live double album ‘Live And Dangerous’. It was recorded in Philadelphia, London and Toronto in 1977, during the tours accompanying the albums Johnny The Fox and Bad Reputation.

1979

🎼Donna Summer started a three-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Hot Stuff’, her second US No.1, it made No.11 in the UK.

1981

🎼Prince made his live British debut at The Lyceum Ballroom, London, he would not play the UK again for five years.

1984

🎼Wham! had their first UK No.1 with ‘Wake Me Up Before You Go Go’. Written and produced by George Michael, one half of the duo. Inspiration for the song was a scribbled note left by his Wham! partner Andrew Ridgeley for Andrew’s parents, originally intended to read “wake me up before you go” but with “up” accidentally written twice, so Ridgeley wrote “go” twice on purpose.

🎼Aerosmith played at the Capitol Theater in Concord, New Hampshire, the first night on their 59 date North American Back In The Saddle Tour.

1989

🎼Rolling Stone Bill Wyman secretly married 19-year-old Mandy Smith. Wyman’s 28-year-old son was best man. The four other Stones attended but the marriage only lasted 17 months.

1995

🎼Stone Roses guitarist John Squire smashed his collarbone in a cycling accident causing the band to pull out of major gigs.

1999

🎼Junior Braithwaite from Bob Marley and the Wailers was shot dead aged 46. Braithwaite was one of the founders of, and the first lead singer of the Wailers.

2002

🎼It was reported that Paul McCartney had thrown his fiance’ Heather Mills’ engagement ring out of a hotel window during a row. Guards at Miami’s Turnberry Isle Resort combed the grounds using metal detectors and later found the £15,000 (25,500) ring.

🎼Pop Idol winner Will Young scored his second UK No.1 single with his version of The Doors 1967 classic ‘Light My Fire’.

2003

🎼A painting of Kylie Minogue wearing gold hot pants caused tempers to fray among drivers in Brighton. Artist Simon Etheridge, put up the almost life-size picture in his own Art Asylum gallery, as part of a Festival and since then motorist had caused regular traffic hold-up as they stopped to take a second look.

2005

🎼Franz Ferdinand’s frontman, Alex Kapranos was detained by Russian police after being suspected of being a spy. Kapranos was attempting to board a plane in Moscow when the altercation took place. Traveling under his actual surname, Huntley, Alex was accused of being an MI6 agent who was previously suspected of stealing information on Russian weaponry. Unlucky for Alex that the surname Huntley was also used by actual former MI6 agent Richard Tomlinson who did steal secrets in the early 90’s. The singer was freed after he pointed out that the Huntley they were so concerned about was 42, 13 years older than him.

2008

🎼American guitarist and singer Bo Diddley, (Ellas Otha Bates) died of heart failure at his home in Archer, Florida aged 79. The legendary singer and performer, was known for his homemade square guitar and his ‘shave and a haircut, two bits’ rhythm, which influenced artists from Buddy Holly to Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones and U2.

2016

🎼The limited edition vinyl pressing of the David Bowie album ChangesOneBowie was at No.1 on the UK’s Official Vinyl Album Chart. Bowie had four other vinyl albums on the chart; Blackstar at No.14, Hunky Dory at No.17, The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars at No.8 and Nothing Has Changed – The Very Best of David Bowie at No.23. Sales of vinyl records were up 32% to $416 million, their highest level since 1988, according to the RIAA.

That brings us to the end of this weeks edition of On This Day, it’s a short playlist this week but I’m sure you will enjoy it all the same. Don’t forget if you want a special On This Day birthday edition find me on Twitter @Presh81.

Presh’s Playlist

With so much new music coming out regularly, I thought that perhaps you guys would like to know what new and old songs I have on my playlist and include the video clip of the songs that make the cut for my playlist. So is your playlist lacking ? Well never fear I have for you a bundle of music joy that needs to be in your playlist. It’s quite a mix but I’m sure you will agree, that they are all worthy of your playlist.
Jennifer Lopez – “I Ain’t Your Mama”
Now this is definitely a song that needs to make your playlist list, the video clip is worth watching too!!

 

DNCE – “Toothbrush”
“Cake By The Ocean” has been doing well on the charts and now DNCE have released a new song and I think its going to do just as well on the charts.

 

Blink 182 – “Bored to Death”
The boys are back! But without original member Tom DeLonge, in my opinion they are better than ever, I have missed that distinct sound and happy the punk rockers are back.

 

Pitbull Feat. Enrique Iglesias – “Messin’ Around”
These two have created something a little special, pitbull knows how to get that party started and this time he has brought Enrique for the ride. Definitely deserves a spot in your playlist.

 

Calvin Harris Feat. Rihanna – “This Is What You Came Here For”
A heavenly collaboration for your ears, it’s a must on your playlist

 

Sigala – “Give Me Your Love”
Great beat, great vocals what more could you want from a song. This is another must for your playlist

Twenty One Pilots – “Ride”
I love these guys, they have a uniqueness about them and every song draws me in and I love it instantly. It’s not a playlist unless you have Twenty One Pilots in there!

 

Justin Timberlake – “Can’t Stop This Feeling”
Everytime this song comes on my body just wants to move, also manages to make you feel good. Lets face it, if a song makes you want to move and feel good then its something special and this song my friends is something very special.

Meghan Trainor – “Me Too”
If this song doesn’t at lest get your foot tapping then there is something seriously wrong, this woman is insanely talented I am in ore and the fact that Meghan Trainor is inspired by the retro Rock’n’Roll music of 50’s and 60’s makes her a girl after my own heart. Keep it coming M-Train

 

Adele – “Send My Love (To Your New Lover”)
Now my playlist wouldn’t be complete without the ever-so talented genius that is Adele. Every single song bring me to goosebumps and depending on the song a few tears – obviously related to parts of my life, I don’t tear up for much but Adele has away of dragging them out.

 

Fifth Harmony Feat. Ty Dolla $ign – “Work From Home”
Ok so apart from Taytay these girls are my other dirty little secret, gorgeous girls on a work site and a great beat, don’t judge me you know you like the song too 😉

 

Dua Lipa – “Be The One”

Love this song would be a great addition to any playlist, definitely one artist to watch the girls got talent.

 

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – Crimson & Clover
Most of you most likely don’t know this song so do yourself a favor and Google this kick ass band. Your playlist doesn’t feature at lest one song from when music was just pure rock’n’roll then it aint a playlist.

 

Elvis Presley – “Suspicious Minds”
The last song on my playlist, why? Well I have been a huge Elvis fan all my life and I am luck enough to be born on The Kings birthday (8th January) He was The King for a reason, that handsome man could sing!

 

So there you have it, my May playlist in all it’s glory. Who will make the cut for next months playlist? Or do you have a song for me to add? Enjoy this little bundle of  joy that is May’s playlist my friends.

This Weeks Top 50 Singles Chart’s

Howdy and welcome back to this weeks ARIA, Billboard and Official UK Charts wrap up for the 30th May. Makes it the last wrap up for May already, this year is just flying by. Ok so let’s see if Drake has held out his No.1 position on 2 of the 3 charts.

ARIA TOP 50 SINGLES 

☆ 1.  One Dance – Drake Feat.  Wizkid & Kyla (LW 1)

☆ 2.  This Is What You Came For – Calvin Harris Feat.  Rihanna (LW 2)

☆ 3.  Can’t Stop This Feeling – Justin Timberlake (LW 3)

☆ 4.  Just Like Fire – P!nk (UP – LW 7)

☆ 5.  Don’t Let Me Down – The Chainsmokers Feat.  Daya (DOWN – LW 4)

☆ 6.  Say It – Flume Feat.  Tove Lo (UP – LW 9)

☆ 7.  I Hate U, I Love U – Gnash Feat.  Olivia O’Brien (UP – LW 8)

☆ 8.  Cake By The Ocean – DNCE  (UP – LW 20)

☆ 9.  Panda – Desiigner  (UP – LW 10)

☆ 10.  No Money – Galantis (DOWN – LW 6)

☆ 11.  Home – Topic Feat.  Nico Santos (UP – LW 23)

☆ 12.  Me Too – Meghan Trainor (UP – LW 18)

☆ 13.  I Took A Pill In Ibiza – Mike Posner (DOWN – LW 12)

☆ 14.  Work From Home – Fifth Harmony Feat.  Ty Dolla $ign (DOWN – LW 13)

☆ 15.  Faded – Alan Walker (DOWN – LW 14)

☆ 16.  Be The One – Dua Lipa  (DOWN – LW 11)

☆ 17.  Secret Love Song – Little Mix Feat.  Jason Derulo (DOWN – LW 16)

☆ 18.  7 Years – Lukas Graham (DOWN – LW 17)

☆ 19.  Cheap Thrills – Sia (UP – LW 21)

☆ 20.  Dear Life – Delta Goodrem (DOWN – LW 15)

☆ 21.  Dangerous Woman – Ariana Grande (UP – LW 33)

☆ 22.  Too Good – Drake Feat.  Rihanna (UP – LW 38)

☆ 23.  Never Be Like You – Flume Feat.  Kai (UP – LW 26)

☆ 24.  Do It Right – Anne-Marie (DOWN – LW 22)

☆ 25.  Sound Of Silence – Dami Im (DOWN – LW 5)

☆ 26.  Stressed Out – Twenty One Pilots (DOWN – LW 25)

☆ 27.  This Girl – Kungs Vs Cookin On 3 Burners (UP – LW 31)

☆ 28.  Girls Like – Tinie Tempah Feat.  Zara Larsson (DOWN – LW 24)

☆ 29.  No – Meghan Trainor  (DOWN – LW 19)

☆ 30.  Send My Love (To Your Love New Lover) – Adele (NEW)

☆ 31.  1955 –  Hilltop Hoods Feat.  Montaigne & Tom Thum (DOWN – LW 28)

☆ 32.  The Sound of Silence – Disturbed (DOWN – LW 29)

☆ 33.  My House – Flo Rida (DOWN – LW 27)

☆ 34.  Hair – Little Mix (UP – LW 45)

☆ 35.  Lot To Learn – Luke Christopher (DOWN – LW 32)

☆ 36.  Sex – Cheat Codes Feat.  Kris Kross Amsterdam (UP – LW 49)

☆ 37.  Love Yourself – Justin Bieber (LW 37)

☆ 38.  Hide Away – Daya (DOWN – LW 34)

☆ 39.  Roses – The Chainsmokers Feat.  Rozes (UP – LW 40)

☆ 40.  Gold – Kiiara (UP – LW 41)

☆ 41.  One Call Away – Charlie Puth (DOWN – LW 39)

☆ 42.  Fast Car – Jonas Blue Feat.  Dakota (UP – LW 43)

☆ 43.  Work – Rihanna Feat.  Drake (DOWN – LW 42)

☆ 44.  The Fighter – Keith Urban Feat.  Carrie Underwood (DOWN – LW 30)

☆ 45.  Wild Things – Alessia Cara (DOWN – LW 35)

☆ 46.  Into You – Ariana Grande (NEW)

☆ 47.  My Boo – Ghost Town Dj’s (DOWN – LW 36)

☆ 48.  Formation – Beyonce (DOWN – LW 44)

☆ 49.  Sorry – Justin Bieber (R/E)

☆ 50.  If It Ain’t Love – Jason Derulo (LW 50)

Drake, Calvin Harris and Justin Timberlake are holding their positions from last week which is no easy feat.

This Weeks New Singles: Send My Love – Adele (30), Into You – Ariana Grande (46)

Re-entered Singles: Sorry – Justin Bieber (49)

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BILLBOARD TOP 50 SINGLES

☆ 1.  One Dance – Drake Feat.  Wizkid & Kyla (UP – LW 2)

☆ 2.  Panda – Desiigner (UP – LW 3)

☆ 3.  Can’t Stop This Feeling – Justin Timberlake (DOWN – LW 1)

☆ 4.  7 Years – Lukas Graham (LW 4)

☆ 5.  Work From Home – Fifth Harmony Feat.  Ty Dolla $ign (UP – LW 6)

☆ 6.  Don’t Let Me Down – The Chainsmokers Feat.  Daya (UP – LW 7)

☆ 7.  I Took A Pill In Ibiza – Mike Posner (DOWN – LW 5)

☆ 8.  Work – Rihanna Feat.  Drake (LW 8)

☆ 9.  Pillowtalk – Zayn (LW 9)

☆ 10.  Needed Me – Rihanna (LW 10)

☆ 11.  Love Yourself – Justin Bieber (LW 11)

☆ 12.  This Is What You Come For – Calvin Harris Feat.  Rihanna (UP – LW 15)

☆ 13.  Never Forget You – Zara Larsson & MNEK (UP – LW 14)

☆ 14.  Dangerous Woman – Ariana Grande (UP – LW 16)

☆ 15.  Stressed Out – Twenty One Pilots (DOWN – LW 13)

☆ 16.  My House – Flo Rida (DOWN – LW 12)

☆ 17.  Cake By The Ocean – DNCE (LW 17)

☆ 18.  Me, Myself & I – G-Easy Feat.  Bebe Rexha (LW-18)

☆ 19.  No – Meghan Trainor (LW 19)

☆ 20.  Low Life – Future Feat.  The Weeknd (UP – LW 21)

☆ 21.  H.O.L.Y – Florida Georgia Line (DOWN – LW 20)

☆ 22.  Controlla – Drake (UP – LW 35)

☆ 23.  Pop Style – Drake Feat.  The Throne (LW 23)

☆ 24.  Close – Nick Jonas Feat.  Tove Lo (UP – LW 26)

☆ 25.  Oui – Jeremih (DOWN – LW 22)

☆ 26.  Just Like Fire – P!nk (UP – LW 30)

☆ 27.  2 Phones – Kevin Gates (DOWN – LW 25)

☆ 28.  Let It Go – James Bay (LW 28)

☆ 29.  Sorry – Justin Bieber (DOWN – LW 24)

☆ 30.  Lost Boy – Ruth B (UP – LW 33)

☆ 31.  Don’t Mind – Kent Jones (UP – LW 36)

☆ 32.  My Boo – Ghost Town Dj’s (DOWN – LW 27)

☆ 33.  Too Good – Drake Feat.  Rihanna (UP – LW 41)

☆ 34.  Cheap Thrills – Sia (UP – LW 38)

☆ 35.  Hype – Drake (UP – LW 49)

☆ 36.  Ride – Twenty One Pilots  (UP – LW 45)

☆ 37.  Exchange – Bryson Tiller (DOWN – LW 32)

☆ 38.  Middle – Dj Snake Feat.  Bipolar Sunshine (DOWN – LW 29)

☆ 39.   Me Too – Meghan Trainor (NEW) 

☆ 40.  Sorry – Beyonce (DOWN – LW 31)

☆ 41.  Stitches – Shawn Mendes (DOWN – LW 34)

☆ 42.  One Call Away – Charlie Puth (DOWN – LW 39)

☆ 43.  Cut It – O.T. Genesis Feat. Young Dolph (DOWN – LW 37)

☆ 44.  Came Here To Forget – Blake Shelton (LW 44)

☆ 45.  Somewhere On A Beach – Dierks Bentley (DOWN – LW 40)

☆ 46.  Humble And Kind – Tim McGraw (DOWN – LW 43)

☆ 47.  Still Here – Drake (UP – LW 56)

☆ 48.  Roses – The Chainsmokers Feat.  Rozes (DOWN – LW 42)

☆ 49.  Don’t – Bryson Tiller (DOWN – LW 46)

☆ 50.  Grammys – Drake Feat.  Future (UP – LW 63)

This week Drake moved up from second to take out the top spot, Desiigner and Justin Timberlake come in at second and third.

This Weeks New Single: Me Too – Meghan Trainor (NEW)

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OFFICIAL UK TOP 50 SINGLES 

☆ 1.  One Dance – Drake Feat.  Wizkid & Kyla (LW 1)

☆ 2.  Can’t Stop The Feeling – Justin Timberlake (LW 2)

☆ 3.  This Is What You Came For – Calvin Harris Feat.  Rihanna (LW 3)

☆ 4.  Cheap Thrills – Sia (LW 4)

☆ 5.  No Money – Galantis (UP – LW 6)

☆ 6.  Too Good – Drake Feat.  Rihanna (UP – LW 8)

☆ 7.  I Took A Pill In Ibiza – Mike Posner (DOWN – LW 5)

☆ 8.  Panda – Desiigner (DOWN- LW 7)

☆ 9.  Cake By The Ocean – DNCE (LW 9)

☆ 10.  Work From Home – Fifth Harmony Feat.  Ty Dolla $ign (LW 10)

☆ 11.  Middle – Dj Snake Feat.  Bipolar Sunshine (LW 11)

☆ 12.  I Hate U,  I Love U – Gnash Feat.  Olivia O’Brien (UP – LW 33)

☆ 13.  Hair – Little Mix (DOWN – LW 12)

☆ 14.  Girls Like – Tinie Tempah Feat.  Zara Larsson (LW 14)

☆ 15.  Lush Life – Zara Larsson (DOWN – LW 13)

☆ 16.  Faded – Alan Walker (DOWN – LW 15)

☆ 17.  7 Years – Lukas Graham (DOWN – LW 16)

☆ 18.  Controlla – Drake (UP – LW 19)

☆ 19.  Dangerous Woman – Ariana Grande (UP – LW 24)

☆ 20.  Sex – Cheat Codes Feat.  Kris Kross Amsterdam (UP – LW 30)

☆ 21.  Cry – Sigma Feat.  Take That (NEW)

☆ 22.  Work – Rihanna Feat.  Drake (LW 22)

☆ 23.  Fast Car – Jonas Blue & Dakota (LW 23)

☆ 24.  Light It Up – Major Lazer Feat.  Nyla (DOWN – LW 20)

☆ 25.  Close – Nick Jonas Feat.  Tove Lo (UP – LW 31)

☆ 26.  Hold Up – Beyonce (UP – LW 28)

☆ 27.  Nothing Like This – Blonde & Craig David (DOWN – LW 18)

☆ 28.  Stressed Out – Twenty One Pilots (DOWN – LW 27)

☆ 29.  This Girl – Kungs Vs Cookin On 3 Burners (UP – LW 91)

☆ 30.  One More Time – Craig David (NEW)

☆ 31.  Love Yourself – Justin Bieber (UP – LW 32)

☆ 32.  New Girl – Reggie’n’Bollie (DOWN – LW 26)

☆ 33.  Boys & Girls – Will I Am Feat.  Pia Mia (DOWN – LW 21)

☆ 34.  Stitches – Shawn Mendes (UP – LW 35)

☆ 35.  The Sound of Silence – Disturbed (UP – LW 40)

☆ 36.  Just Like Fire – P!nk (UP – LW 48)

☆ 37.  Sorry – Justin Bieber (UP – LW 38)

☆ 38.  Dancing On My Own – Calum Scott (DOWN – LW 36)

☆ 39.  Me, Myself & I – G-Easy Feat.  Bebe Rexha (DOWN – LW 37)

☆ 40.  Hymm For The Weekend – Coldplay (DOWN – LW 34)

☆ 41.  No – Meghan Trainor (DOWN – LW 25)

☆ 42.  Raging – Kygo Feat.  Kodaline (LW 42)

☆ 43.  Roses – The Chainsmokers Feat.  Rozes (DOWN – LW 39)

☆ 44.  Don’t Let Me Down – The Chainsmokers Feat.  Daya (UP – LW 46)

☆ 45.  Pillowtalk – Zayn (DOWN – LW 41)

☆ 46.  Wherever I Go – OneRepublic (UP – LW 60)

☆ 47.  Pop Style – Drake Feat.  The Throne (DOWN – LW 43)

☆ 48.  Kiss It Better – Rihanna (UP – LW 49)

☆ 49.  If It Ain’t Love – Jason Derulo (UP – LW 54)

☆ 50.  Needed Me – Rihanna (UP – LW 52)

Drake takes out the No. 1 spot on all three charts this week, with Justin Timberlake and Calvin Harris rounding out second and third spots this week.

This Weeks New Singles: One More Time – Craig David (30)

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Well that brings us to the end of this weeks weekly chart wrap up, Drake is siting at No.1 on all three charts! Will be interesting to see if he still is able to hold on to top spot next week. Join me the same time, and the same place for next weeks wrap up.

 

 

On This Day 26th May In Music History

Hello and welcome back to this weeks edition of On This Day. This week features the usual suspects including John Lennon, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd and David Bowie. This week we kick things off in 1933.

1933

🎼American country singer Jimmie Rodgers who was among the first country music superstar’s and pioneers, died from a pulmonary hemorrhage while staying at the Taft Hotel; he was only 35 years old.

1962

🎼Acker Bilk went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Stranger On The Shore’, It became a million seller in the UK making No.2 on the charts.

1964

🎼Marianne Faithful recorded the Mick Jagger and Keith Richards song ‘As Tears Go By’, accompanied by future Led Zeppelin members Jimmy Page on guitar and John Paul Jones on bass.

1966

🎼The Rolling Stones were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Paint It, Black’, their sixth UK No.1 single. It was originally titled ‘Paint It Black’ without the comma. Keith Richards had stated that the comma was added by the record label, Decca. It was the first No.1 single to feature a sitar on the recording.

🎼The Beatles recorded ‘Yellow Submarine’ at Abbey Road studios in London. Recovering from a case of food poisoning, producer George Martin missed this recording, EMI engineer Geoff Emerick worked on the session. The track features John Lennon blowing bubbles in a bucket of water, shouting “Full speed ahead Mister Captain!”

1968

🎼US blues artist Little Willie John died in prison after being convicted of manslaughter. He co-wrote and was the first to record a ‘Fever'(covered by Peggy Lee in 1985), and ‘Need Your Love So Bad’ covered by Fleetwood Mac. James Brown recorded a tribute album ‘Thinking Of Little Willie John…. And A Few Other Nice Things’.

🎼Pink Floyd, Blonde On Blonde and The Pretty Things all appeared at the OZ magazine benefit at the Middle Earth Club, Covent Garden, London, England. OZ was a satirical humour magazine, founded by Richard Neville and based in Sydney, Australia from 1963. In its second and better-known incarnation it became a counter-culture magazine, based in London from 1967 – 1973.

1969

🎼John Lennon and Yoko Ono began an eight-day ‘bed in’, in room 1742 of The Hotel La Reine Elizabeth, Montreal, Canada, to promote world peace. They recorded ‘Give Peace a Chance’ in the hotel room (Petula Clark can be heard on the chorus). The song was credited to Lennon & McCartney, even though Paul had nothing to do with the record.

1972

🎼At the point of the band splitting up David Bowie offered Mott The Hoople two of his songs, ‘Suffragette City’, which they turned down and ‘All The Young Dudes’, which they recorded. The song gave the group a No.3 UK and US Top 40 hit.

🎼The first day of the four-day UK festival ‘The Great Western Express’ near Lincoln featuring; The Faces, Joe Cocker, Humble Pie, Slade, The Grounghogs, Ry Cooder, Don McLean, Brewers Droop plus a special appearance by Monty Python.

1973

🎼The Edgar Winter Group went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Frankenstein’, the bands only US No.1, it reached No.18 in the UK. The group featured ex McCoys guitarist Rick Derringer. In live performances of the song, Edgar Winter further pioneered the advancement of the synthesizer as a lead instrument by becoming the first person ever to strap a keyboard instrument around this neck.

1974

🎼Tragedy struck at a David Cassidy concert at London’s White City when over 1,000 fans had to be treated by first aid workers due to the frenzied excitement. One fan Bernadette Whelan died from heart failure four days later.

1977

🎼Billy Powell singer with The O’Jays died of cancer. (1972, hit ‘Back Stabbers’, 1973 US No.1 & UK No.9 single ‘Love Train’). Originally known as The Triumphs, and then The Mascots, they took the name “The O’Jays”, in tribute to radio disc jockey Eddie O’Jay.

1978

🎼On Irish television today; at 4.00 ‘Top Cat’, 4.30 ‘Skippy’ and at 5.30 a program called ‘Youngline’ a series for young people highlighting their interest. On today’s show a feature on a new pop group, The Hype (U2).

1979

🎼’Sunday Girl’ gave Blondie their second UK No.1 hit single. The track was taken from the group’s ‘Parallel Lines’, which went on to become the biggest selling album of 1979.

🎼The first day of the two-day Loch Lomond Festival with The Stranglers, Dr Feelgood, Skids, Third World, The Dickies. Day two featured The AWB, Buzzcocks, Rockpile and The Boomtown Rats woh played ‘I Don’t Like Mondays’ live for the first time.

1984

🎼Former backing singer with Stevie Wonder, Deniece Williams started a two-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Let’s Hear It For The Boy’, taken from the film ‘footloose’, a No.2 hit in the UK.

1990

🎼For the first time ever the Top five positions on the US singles chart were held by female artists; Madonna was at No.1 with ‘Vogue’, Heart were at No.2, Sinead O’Connor No.3, Wilson Phillips at No.4 and Janet Jackson was at No.5

1994

🎼Michael Jackson married Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis Presley. The couple divorced in 1995. They had first met when the seven-year-old Presley attended several of Jackson’s concerts in Las Vegas.

1995

🎼The Rolling Stones played two semi-acoustic concerts at the Paradiso Amsterdam over two days. Keith Richards later said that the Paradiso concerts were the best live shows the Stones ever did. The venue is housed in a converted former church building that dates from the nineteenth century, subsequently squatted in 1967 by hippies who wanted to convert the church into an entertainment club. Artists who have recorded concerts at the Paradiso include Joy Division, Willie Nelson, Phish, Nirvana, The Cure, Lenny Kravitz, Nick Cave, Dave Mathews and Amy Winehouse.

1996

🎼A fire at the home of Eric Clapton caused over one and a half million pounds worth of damage; Firemen arrived on the scene to find Clapton braving the blaze to save his collection of guitars.

2000

🎼Drummer Tommy Lee was jailed for five days for drinking alcohol. Lee appeared in front of a LA court charged with violating his probation by consuming alcohol, an act that directly contravenes the terms of his parole.

2002

🎼The first episode of At Home With The Osbournes was shown on MTV in the UK. Already becoming a hit in the US, the show focused on the madman and his family (his wife Sharon, and two of their three children). Oblivious to the camera, they bicker, squabble, curse and hang out backstage at Ozzy’s shows.

2009

🎼A US judge ended a bitter two-year battle over the late soul singer James Brown’s estate. Judge Jack Early ruled half of his assets will go to a charitable trust, a quarter to his wife and young son, and the rest to his six adult children. Brown’s family and wife Tomi Rae Hynie Brown, had fought over his fortune since he died of heart failure in 2006.

2015

🎼US authorities were investigating the death of blues legend B.B. King after two of his daughters claimed he was poisoned. Karen Williams and Patty King said the musician had been given a “foreign substances to induce his premature death” by his business manager Laverne Toney. King died in his sleep at his Las Vegas home on 14 May of this year, aged 89.

Well my friends that brings us to the end of the weeks OTD, don’t forget to check out the OTD Spotify Playlist for this week. Have a great weekend all see you next week. 

On This Day 19th May

Welcome back to this weeks edition of OTD, this week features Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Abba, Madona just to name a few.

1960

🎼 American DJ Alan Freed was indicted along with seven others for excepting $30,650 in payola from six record companies. Two years later, he was convicted and given a suspended sentence and a $300.00 fine.

1967

🎼 The Beatles held a press party at manager’s Brian Epstein’s house in London for the launch of the Sgt. Pepper’s album. Linda Eastman was hired as the press photographer.

1973

🎼 Stevie Wonder went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘You Are The Sunshine Of My Life’. His third US No. 1, won Stevie a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. This song was the second single released from the album ‘Talking Book’

🎼 Wizzard were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘See My Baby Jive’, Roy Wood’s (from The Move), latest group spent four weeks at the top of the charts.

🎼 Paul Simon released the single ‘Kodachrome’ named after the Kodak 35mm film Kodachrome which became a No.2 hit in the US. It was not released as a single in Britain, because the BBC would not play a trademarked name.

1974

🎼 The Rubettes were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Sugar Baby Love’, the group’s only UK No.1.

1976

🎼 Rolling Stone Keith Richards crashed his carnear Newport Pagnell, Bucks, after falling asleep at the wheel; marijuana and cocaine were found by the police resulting in another fine for the guitarist.

1978

🎼 Dire Straits released their first major lable single ‘Sultans Of Swing’, recorded on a £120 budget. The song was first as a demo at Pathway Studios, North London, in July 1977, and quickly acquired a following after it was put on rotation at Radio London.

1979

🎼 ABBA started a four-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘Voulez-Vous’ the group’s forth No.1 album.

🎼 Supertramp went to No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Breakfast In America’, the group’s only US No.1. It featured three US Billboard hit singles: ‘ The logical Song’, ‘Goodbye Stranger’ and ‘Take the Long Way Home’.

1980

🎼 Ringo Starr and his future wife were involved in a car crash less than half a mile from where Marc Bolan was killed, the car was a write-off but Starr and Bach were not seriously injured.

1981

🎼 Sting was named songwriter of the year at the 26th Ivor Novello Awards.

1984

🎼 Bob Marley and the Wailers started a twelve-week run at No.1 on tge UK album chart with the compilation album ‘Legend’, released to commemorate the third anniversary of Marley’s death.

1988

🎼 James Brown was arrested for the fifth time in 12 months, following a car chase near his home, he was charged with assault, resisting arrest and being in charge of illegal weapons, he was given a 6 year jail sentence.

1990

🎼 Madonna started a three-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Vogue’. Originally planned as a B-side, it became the singers eighth US No.1 and seventh UK No.1 hit.

2001

🎼 Mike Sammes founder of The Mike Sammes Singers died aged 73. He workedwith Tom Jones, Cliff Richard and featured on The Beatles, ‘I Am Walrus’, and ‘The Long And Winding Road’.

2002

🎼 Liberty X went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Just A Little’. They were the five runners-up from the TV talent show “Pop Stars”, who failed to become part of the winning group Hear’Say.

2007

🎼 Lawyers for Michael Jackson dropped an effort to block an auction of the star’s personal belongings and other Jackson family items. An agreement was reached with representatives of an auctioneer, who was the current owner of the materials, and a New Jersey man who claimed to own a warehouse full of Jackson memorabilia after a failed business venture wound up in bankruptcy court.

2010

🎼 ‘Stairway To Heaven’ was named the UK’s favorite rock song in a survey by listeners to radio station Absolute Classic Rock. Led Zeppelin had two other tracks in the top 10; ‘Whole Lotta Love’ was voted at No.4 and ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll’, from the group’s forth album, was at No.7.

2013

🎼 A guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison sold for $408,000 (£269,000) at auction. The custom-made instrument, built in 1966 by VOX was bought by an unidentified US buyer in New York. Harrison played ‘I Am the Walrus’, on the guitar in a scene from Magical Mystery Tour in 1967. Lennon used it in a video for ‘Hello, Goodbye’ later that year. After playing the guitar, Lennon gave it as a 25th birthday present to Alexis “Magic Alex” Mardas, a member of The Beatles’ inner circle in the 1960s.

2015

🎼 Lee Ryan became the forth and final member of Blue to declare himself bankrupt. Lee became the last member of the chart-topping boyband – who earned more than £80million after selling in excess of 15million records worldwide – to file for bankruptcy, following in the financial footsteps of his band mates Simon Webbe, Antony Costa and Duncan James.

Well guys that’s it for this weeks edition of On This Day hope you have enjoyed reading it, as much as I have enjoyed writing it.  Below its this weeks playlist of OTD so enjoy that some great somg on their this week. See you next week and remember if you can’t be good, then be good at it. 

On This Day 21st April 2016

Hey and welcome back to this weeks edition of On This Day, this week kicks off in 1958 through to 2015, so we have a bit to get through so lets get it started.

1958,
US country music singer Marvin Rainwater was at No. 1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Whole Lotta Woman’. Rainwater was a full-blooded Cherokee Indian, known for wearing Native American-themed outfits on stage.

1962,
Elvis Presley started a two-week run at No. 1 on the US singles chart with ‘Good Luck Charm’, his fifth US No. 1 of the 60’s. Also an UK No. 1 hit.

1967,
Working at Abbey Road studios in London, The Beatles completed the sessions for Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. The final recordings were a short section gibberish and noise which would follow ‘A Day in the Life’, in the run-out groove. They recorded assorted noises and voices, which engineer Geoff Emerick then cut-up and randomly re-assembled and edits backwards. At John Lennon’s suggestion, they also added a high-pitch 15 kilocycle whistle audible only by dogs. These were omitted from the American version of the album. How very odd!!

1969,
Janis Joplin appeared at The Royal Albert Hall, London, which was her first London appearance. The opening act was Yes.

1970,
Tyrannosaurus Rex, Spooky Tooth, Jackie Lomax, Elton John who made his solo concert debut and Heavy Jelly all appeared at The Roundhouse, London, tickets cost 25 shillings.

1973,
Tony Orlando & Dawn started a four-week run at No. 1 on the US singles chart with ‘Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree’, it bacame the biggest seller of 1973, selling over 6 million copies. The song was based on a true story of prisoner who wrote to his wife asking her to tie a yellow ribbon around an oak tree in the town square in White Oak, Georgia, if she still loved him.

1976,
Women Against Violence Against Women called for a boycott of all Warner Communications albums because of the promotional campaign for The Rolling Stones’ new album Black and Blue. The album was being promoted with a controversial advertising campaign that depicted the model Anita Russell, bruised and bound, under the phrase ‘ I’m Black and Blue from the Rolling Stones – and I love it!’

1978,
UK folk singer Sandy Denny died aged 31. While on holiday with her parents in Cornwall, England, Danny was injured in a fall down a staircase. A month after the fall she collapsed at a friend’s home; four days later she died in hospital, her death was ruled to be the result of a traumatic mid-brain hemorrhage. She was a member of Fairport Convention and a solo artist. Her 1967 song ‘Who Knows Where the Times Goes’, was covered by Judy Collins. Denny sang on the Led Zeppelin track ‘Battle Of Evermore’ on the bands fourth album, she was the only guest vocalist on a Led Zeppelin album. Now that’s an honor to be the only person to do guest vocals for one of the greatest bands on earth!

1979,
Amii Stewart went to No. 1 on the US singles chart with ‘Knock On Wood’, it made No. 6 in the UK the same year and No. 7 when re-issued in 1985.

1982,
Clash front man Joe Strummer disappeared for three weeks, which resulted in the group cancelling a tour. The singer was found living rough in Paris France. What the?? It must of been a hell of a party or trip or possibly both to be found living rough in Paris.

1984,
Phil Collins started a three-week run at No. 1 in the US singles chart with the theme from ‘Against All Odds’. It was Phil’s first US No. 1, a No. 2 in the UK.

1990,
The Beatles played in front of 184,000 fans at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Jnaeiro, creating a new world record for the largest crowd attending a rock concert.

Sinead O’Connor started a four-week run at No. 1 on the US singles chart with her version of the Prince song ‘Nothing Compares To You’. The track was also a No. 1 hit in 18 other countries. The video was shot in Paris, and consists almost solely of a close-up on O’Connor’s face as she sings the lyrics. Towards the end of the video, two tears roll down her face. The clip won Best Video at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards – the first video by a female artist to win in this category.

1993,
Former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman married for the third time when he tied the knot with 33-year-old fashion designer Suzanne Accosta in medieval French village of Saint-Paul-de-Vence.

2000,
Neal Matthews of The Jordanaires died of a heart attack. He sang on Presley’s ‘Don’t Be Cruel’ and ‘Hound Dog’, he also worked with Ricky Nelson, Patsy Cline, Red Foley, Johnny Horton, Jim Reeves, George Jones, Marie Osmond, Tom Jones and Merle Haggard.

2001,
R.E.M guitarist Peter Buck was charged by police at Heathrow airport with being drunk on an aircraft and assaulting British Airways crew. Buck was taken into custody after landing on a flight from Seattle and questioned by police for 12 hours.

2002,
Oasis went to No.1 on the UK singls chart with ‘Hindu Times’, the bands sixth UK No. 1 and the first single to be released from their fifth album Heathen Chemistry.

2004,
Former Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan was attacked in a London pub. The singer was assaulted at the Joiner’s Arms pub in central London and suffered a fractured cheekbone after being kicked, punched and hit with a metal bar. Two men, aged 20 and 21, were arrested and later released on bail.

2006,
The Soul2Soul II Tour 2006 a co-headlining tour between country music singers, and husband and wife, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill kicked off at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus ending after 73 shows on September 3, 2006 in Las Vegas. CThe tour became the highest grossing country music tour ever with a gross of $90 million.

2007,
Doris Richards died of cancer. The 91-year-old mother of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards brought her son his first guitar for this 15th birthday. He learned some chords from her father, Gus Dupree, a musician who instilled him with an early passion for music.

2008,
American soul singer and songwriter Al Wilson died of kidney failure at the age of 68. Wilson had a number of US hits, including The ‘Snake’ in 1968 and ‘Show and Tell’ in 1974.

2013,
Calvin Harris made chart history by becoming the first artist to have eight top 10 hits from one studio album. His tracks ‘I Need Your Love’, featuring Ellie Goulding, climbed to No. 7 on the Official UK Chart. The DJ and producer from Dumfries, Scotland had overtaken Michael Jackson, who previously held the record with seven top 10 hits from both his 1987 album Bad and his 1991 record Dangerous.

2014,
Robin Thicke’s controversial hit single Blurred Lines was named the UK’s most-download song of all time. The song had sold 1.54 million copies since it was released in May 2013, despite criticism of its explicit lyrics. About 20 university student unions banned the track, saying it promoted “date rape culture”, an accusation Thicke consistently denied.

2015,
Phil Rudd, drummer of AC/DC, changed his plea to guilty on a charge of a threat to kill, in a court in Tauranga, New Zealand. The court heard Rudd was unhappy about his album’s launch party and asked for a former employee to be “taken out”. He had previously denied the charge. He also pleaded guilty to cannabis and methamphetamine possession. The court heard that he had fired a number of employees last August after the launch of his solo album, Head Job.

Well thats a wrap for this week, make sure you check back for next weeks addition of On This Day. Below are some of the songs that feature in this weeks OTD 21st April 2016 so enjoy!

Weekly Charts For 11th April 2016

Hey all, Here are the top 50 songs on that charts this week, it has been quite a few moves up and down as well as some new songs that have entered charts.

 

ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart

1. 7 Years – Lukas Graham (LW 1)
2. Faded – Alan Walker (LW 2)
3. Work From Home – Fifth Harmony Feat. Ty Dolla $ign (LW 3)
4. The Sound of Silence – Disturbed (Up – LW 15)
5. I Hate U, I Love U – Gnash Fest. Olivia O’Brien (Up – LW 26)
6. I Took A Pill In Ibiza – Mike Posner (Down – LW 5)
7. Don’t Let Me Down – The Chainsmokers Feat. Daya (Up – LW 13)
8. Cheap Thrills – Sia (Down – LW 6)
9. No – Meghan Trainor (Up – LW 11)
10. 1955 – Hilltop Hoods Feat. Montaigne & Tom Thum (Down – LW 7)
11. Hide Away – Daya (Down – LW 9)
12. Stressed Out – Twenty One Pilots (Down – LW 4)
13. My House – Flo Rida (Down – LW 8)
14. Never Be Like You – Flume Feat. Kai (Down – LW 12)
15. One Call Away – Charlie Puth (Down – LW 10)
16. Dance Off – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Feat. Idris Elba & Anderson .Paak (Down – LW 14)
17. Gold – Kiiara (LW 17)
18. Pillowtalk – Zayn (Down – LW 16)
19. Dangerous Woman – Ariana Grande (Down – LW 18)
20. Roses – The Chainsmokers Feat. Rozes (Down – LW 19)
21. Love Yourself – Justin Bieber (Down – LW 20)
22. Hands To Myself – Selena Gomez (Down – LW 21)
23. Work – Rihanna Feat. Drake (Down – LW 22)
24. Fast Car – Jonas Blue Feat. Dakota (Down – LW 23)
25. Wild Things – Alessia Cara (Up – LW 27)
26. Lush Life – Zara Larsson (Down – LW 25)
27. Secret Love Song – Little Mix Feat. Jason Derulo (Up – LW 38)
28. Girls Like – Tinie Tempah Feat. Zara Larsson (Up – LW 29)
29. Love Yourself vs F@*K Yourself – Yo Preston Feat. Kelly Kiara (Down – LW 24)
30. Ex’s & Oh’s – Elle King (Down – LW 28)
31. Hymm For The Weekend – Coldplay (Down – LW 30)
32. Me, Myself & I – G-Eazy Feat. Bebe Rexha (Down LW 31)
33. Sorry – Justin Bieber (Down – LW 32)
34. Company – Justin Bieber (Up – LW 35)
35. Free – Broods (NEW)
36. Like I Would – Zayn (Down – LW 33)
37. Stitches – Shawn Mendes (Down – LW 34)
38. Middle – Dj Snake Feat. Bipolar Sunshine (Down – LW 37)
39. All My Friends – Snakehips Feat. Tinashe & Chance The Rapper (Down – LW 36)
40. Hello – Adele (Up – LW 41)
41. Be The One – Dua Lipa (R/E)
42. Haze EP Feat. Rock Bottom – Hailee Steinfeld Feat. DNCE (Down – LW 39)
43. One Dance – Drake Feat. Wizkid & Kyla (NEW)
44. You Were Right – Rüfüs (Down – LW 40)
45. Make Them Wheels Roll – Safia (NEW)
46. What Do You Mean? – Justin Bieber (Up – LW 47)
47. Team – Iggy Azalea (Down – LW 43)
48. History – One Direction (Down – LW 44)
49. Keeping Score – L D R U Feat. Paige IV (Down – LW 45)
50. Always – Samantha Jade (Down – LW 42)
UK Top 50 Singles Chart

1. I Took A Pill In Ibiza – Mike Posner (LW 1)
2. Cheap Thrills – Sia (Up – LW 4)
3. Work From Home – Fifth Harmony Feat. Ty Dolla $ign (Down – LW 2)
4. 7 Years – Lukas Graham (Down – LW 3)
5. Lush Life – Zara Larsson (LW 5)
6. Girls Like – Tinie Tempah Feat. Zara Larsson (Up – LW 8)
7. Faded – Alan Walker (Up – LW 11)
8. Work – Rihanna Feat. Drake (Down – LW 6)
9. Fast Car – Jonas Blue Feat. Dakota (Down – LW 7)
10. Light It Up – Major Lazer Feat. Nyla (Up – LW 13)
11. Cake By The Ocean – DNCE (Up – LW 17)
12. Stressed Out – Twenty One Pilots (Up – LW 15)
13. Pillowtalk – Zayn (Down – LW 9)
14. Hands To Myself – Selena Gomez (Up – LW 20)
15. Love Yourself – Justin Bieber (Down – LW 14)
16. Hymn For The Weekend – Coldplay (LW 16)
17. Say You Do – Sigala Feat. Imani & Dj Fresh (Down – LW 10)
18. Stitches – Shawn Mendes (Down – LW 12)
19. Me Myself & I – G-Easy Feat. Bebe Rexha (Down – LW 18)
20. Nothing Like This – Blonde & Craig David (Down – LW 19)
21. Once Dance – Drake Feat. Wizkid & Kyla (NEW)
22. Sorry – Justin Bieber (Down – LW 21)
23. No – Meghan Trainor (Up – LW 30)
24. Dangrous Woman – (Up – LW 25)
25. Secret Love Song – Little Mix Feat. Jason Derulo (Down – LW 22)
26. Roses – The Chainsmokers Feat. Rozes (LW 26)
27. All My Friends – Snakehips Feat. Tinashe & Chance (Down – LW 23)
28. When We Were Young – Adele (Down – LW 24)
29. What Do You Mean – Justin Bieber (Down – LW 27)
30. I Found A Girl – Vamps Feat. OMI (NEW)
31. Adventure Of A Lifetime – Coldplay (Down – LW 28)
32. One Call Away – Charlie Puth (Down – LW 29)
33. Famous – Kanye West (NEW)
34. Never Forget You – MNEK & Zara Larsson (Down – LW 33)
35. History – One Direction (Down – LW 32)
36. No Money – Galantis (NEW)
37. When The Baseline Drops – Craig David & Big Narstie (Down – LW 34)
38. Get Ugly – Jason Derulo (Down – LW 31)
39. Girls Is Mine (Destiny’s Child & Brandy) – 99 Souls (Down -LW 37)
40. Like I Would – Zayn (Down – LW 38)
41. Bang My Head – David Guetta Feat. Sia (Down – LW 40)
42. I’m In Control – Alunageorge Feat. Popcaan (Up – LW 44)
43. Hello – Adele (Down -LW 39)
44. Stay – Kygo Feat. Maty Noyes (Down – LW 41)
45. The Sound – 1975 (Down – LW 36)
46. Desire – Years & Years (Down – LW 43)
47. Army – Ellie Goulding (Down – LW 35)
48. Rinse & Repeat – Riton Feat. KAH-LO (Down – LW 42)
49. Make My Love Go – Jay Sean Feat. Sean Paul (Up – LW 61)
50. How Deep Is Your Love – Calvin Harris & Disciples (Down – LW 45)

US Billboard Top 50 Singles Chart

1. Work – Rihanna Feat. Drake (LW 1)
2. 7 Years – Lukas Graham (LW 2)
3. No – Meghan Trainor (Up – LW 6)
4. Pillowtalk – Zayn (Up – LW 8)
5. Love Yourself – Justin Bieber (Down – LW 3)
6. My House – Flo Rida (Down – LW 4)
7. Stressed Out – Twenty One Pilots (Down – LW 5)
8. Me, Myself & I – G-Eazy Feat. Bebe Rexha (Down – LW 7)
9. I Took A Pill In Ibiza – Mike Posner (Up – LW 10)
10. Work From Home – Fifth Harmony Feat. Ty Dolla $ign (Up – LW 12)
11. Cake By The Ocean – DNCE (Down – LW 9)
12. Dangerous Woman – Ariana Grande (Up – LW 13)
13. Sorry – Justin Bieber (Down – LW 11)
14. Panda – Desiigner (Up – LW 21)
15. Never Forget You – Zara Larsson & MNEK (Up – LW 17)
16. One Call Away – Charlie Puth (Down – LW 14)
17. Hands To Myself – Selena Gomez (Down – LW 15)
18. 2 Phones – Kevin Gates (LW 18)
19. Hello – Adele (LW 19)
20. Roses – The Chainsmokers Feat. Rozes (Down – LW 16)
21. Oui – Jeremih (Up – LW 24)
22. Middle – Dj Snake Feat. Bipolar Sunshine (Down – LW 20)
23. Stitches – Shawn Mendes (Down – LW 22)
24. Don’t – Bryson Tiller (Down – LW 23)
25. Don’t Let Me Down – The Chainsmokers Feat. Daya (Up – LW 31)
26. Down In The DM – Yo Gotti Feat. Nicki Minaj (Down – LW 25)
27. Close – Nick Jonas Feat. Tove Lo (NEW)
28. Low Life – Future Feat. The Weeknd (Up – LW 29)
29. Exchange – Bryson Tiller (Down – LW 26)
30. Let It Go – James Bay (Up – LW 35)
31. You Should Be Here – Cole Swindell (Up – LW 32)
32. Jumpman – Drake & Future (Down – LW 27)
33. The Hills – The Weeknd (Down – LW 28)
34. Youth – Troye Sivan (Up – LW 36)
35. Drunk On Your Love – Brett Eldredge (Up – LW 40)
36. Summer Sixteen – Drake (Down – LW 33)
37. Back To Sleep – Chris Brown (Down – LW 30)
38. Hotline Bling – Drake (Down – LW 34)
39. Cheap Thrills – Sia Feat. Sean Paul (Up – LW 71)
40. 679 – Fetty Wap Feat. Remy Boyz (Down – LW 39)
41. What Do You Mean? – Justin Bieber (Down – LW 37)
42. Say It – Troy Lanez (Down – LW 38)
43. Somewhere On A Beach – Dierks Bentley (Up – LW 54)
44. Humble And Kind – Tim McGraw (Up – LW 51)
45. Die A Happy Man – Thomas Rhett (Down – LW 44)
46. Like I’m Gonna Lose You – Meghan Trainor Feat. John Legend (Down – LW 41)
47. Lost Boy – Ruth B (Up – LW 67)
48. Came Here To Forget – Blake Shelton (Up – LW 61)
49. White Iverson – Post Malone (Down – LW 45)
50. My Church – Maren Morris (Up – LW 53)

Be here the same time next week to see the new chart standings! Thanks guy’s untill next week…

If you can’t be good, then be good at it!

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