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1900: Louis Armstrong's "birthday" in New Orleans, LA.
1911: Mitch Miller, conductor, arranger, (1955 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'The Yellow Rose Of Texas').
1938: Bill Withers, American singer-songwriter who had the 1972 US No.1 single 'Lean On Me', 1988 UK No.4 single 'Lovely Day', which was first released in 1978. Toward the end of the song, Withers holds a note for 18 seconds. This is believed to be the second-longest note in UK chart history. Morten Harket of A-ha's 20-second note in "Summer Moved On" is the longest.
1943: Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson (Canned Heat)
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1826: Composer Stephen Collins Foster was born.
1895: The song "America the Beautiful" was first published.
1942: The label started the year before by songwriter Johnny Mercer, Liberty Records, is now renamed Capitol, becoming the first major West Coast US label. New label head Glenn Wallichs comes up with the idea of sending free copies of Capitol 78s to radio stations, thus becoming the first record promoter.
1966: The Lovin' Spoonful's "Summer In The City" was released.
1969: The Rolling Stones release the single "Honky Tonk Women" in the U.K.
1969: Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, Johnny Winter, Delaney and Bonnie, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Canned Heat, Joe Cocker, Blood Sweat & Tears, Chuck Berry,Spirit, Chicago and Paul Butterfield all appeared at the two-day Atlanta Pop Festival, Byron, Georgia.
1972: Pink Floyd begin to record their next album, tentatively titled Eclipse, at Abbey Road Studios in London. It would eventually be released as Dark Side of the Moon.
1974: Despite the fact that they have the No.4 song in the US with 'Rikki Don't Lose That Number' and a current Platinum album with 'Pretzel Logic', Steely Dan's Walter Becker and Donald Fagan play their final gig together in Santa Monica, California. They would not tour again for the next eighteen years.
1986: After a years-long court battle, the producers of the Beatle tribute Beatlemania! are forced to pay Apple $10 million in royalties.
Sad Notes
2003: American record producer and singer-songwriter and five-time Grammy Award-winner Barry White died from Kidney failure aged 58. Produced hits for girl group Love Unlimited and other chart hits include 1974 hit 'You're The First, The Last, My Everything', 1974 US No.1 'Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe'. Bubblegum act The Banana Splits recorded his songs and he arranged the 1963 hit 'Harlem Shuffle' for Bob & Earl.
1900: Louis Armstrong's "birthday" in New Orleans, LA.
1911: Mitch Miller, conductor, arranger, (1955 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'The Yellow Rose Of Texas').
1938: Bill Withers, American singer-songwriter who had the 1972 US No.1 single 'Lean On Me', 1988 UK No.4 single 'Lovely Day', which was first released in 1978. Toward the end of the song, Withers holds a note for 18 seconds. This is believed to be the second-longest note in UK chart history. Morten Harket of A-ha's 20-second note in "Summer Moved On" is the longest.
1943: Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson (Canned Heat)
News, Events, Releases, Charts, Hits
1826: Composer Stephen Collins Foster was born.
1895: The song "America the Beautiful" was first published.
1942: The label started the year before by songwriter Johnny Mercer, Liberty Records, is now renamed Capitol, becoming the first major West Coast US label. New label head Glenn Wallichs comes up with the idea of sending free copies of Capitol 78s to radio stations, thus becoming the first record promoter.
1966: The Lovin' Spoonful's "Summer In The City" was released.
1969: The Rolling Stones release the single "Honky Tonk Women" in the U.K.
1969: Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, Johnny Winter, Delaney and Bonnie, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Canned Heat, Joe Cocker, Blood Sweat & Tears, Chuck Berry,Spirit, Chicago and Paul Butterfield all appeared at the two-day Atlanta Pop Festival, Byron, Georgia.
1972: Pink Floyd begin to record their next album, tentatively titled Eclipse, at Abbey Road Studios in London. It would eventually be released as Dark Side of the Moon.
1974: Despite the fact that they have the No.4 song in the US with 'Rikki Don't Lose That Number' and a current Platinum album with 'Pretzel Logic', Steely Dan's Walter Becker and Donald Fagan play their final gig together in Santa Monica, California. They would not tour again for the next eighteen years.
1986: After a years-long court battle, the producers of the Beatle tribute Beatlemania! are forced to pay Apple $10 million in royalties.
Sad Notes
2003: American record producer and singer-songwriter and five-time Grammy Award-winner Barry White died from Kidney failure aged 58. Produced hits for girl group Love Unlimited and other chart hits include 1974 hit 'You're The First, The Last, My Everything', 1974 US No.1 'Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe'. Bubblegum act The Banana Splits recorded his songs and he arranged the 1963 hit 'Harlem Shuffle' for Bob & Earl.
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