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21/07/2024

21/07/2024

July 21st Born on this Day in History of Music Kay Starr (1922), Kim Fowley (1939), Mike Wilsh - The Four Pennies (1945), Barry Whitwam - Herman's Hermits (1946), Cat Stevens (1948), Howie Epstein - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1955), Taco Ockerse (1955) Henry Priestman - The Christians, It's Immaterial (1955), Jim Martin - Faith No More (1961), Terry Coldwell - East 17 (1974), Damian Marley (1978), Paloma Faith (1981)

Chart News
1961 The Everly Brothers at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Temptation'
1962 Toni Fisher at No.1 in Australia with ‘West of the Wall’
1966 Georgie Fame at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Get Away'
1973 Jim Croce at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Bad, Bad Leroy Brown'
1975 Freddy Fender at No.1 in Australia with ‘Before the Next Teardop Falls’
1979 Tubeway Army at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Replicas'
1986 Samantha Fox at NO.1 in Australia with ‘Touch Me (I Want Your Body)’
1990 Glen Medeiros featuring Bobby Brown at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'She Ain't Worth It'
1990 MC Hammer at No.1 in Australia with ‘U Can’t Touch This’
1996 Alanis Morissette at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Jagged Little Pill'
2012 Carly Rae Jepsen at No.1 on the US chart with 'Call Me Maybe'
2012 Florence and the Machine at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Spectrum (Say My Name)'
2018 Drake at No.1 on the US Billboard chart with 'In My Feelings'

Gig News
1965 Sonny &Cher appeared at The Power House, San Diego, California
1967 The Jimi Hendrix Experience played at the Cafe-a-Go-Go in New York City
1973 Canned Heat, Chuck Berry, Nazareth, Edgar Broughton Band, Groundhogs, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Medicine Head, Brewers Droop, Roy Wood and Wizzard appeared at the Buxton Festival in Derbyshire, England 1990 Roger Waters 'The Wall' took place at the Berlin Wall in Potzdamer Platz, Berlin
1994 Oasis played their first ever American show at Wetlands in New York City
2001 Madonna played at the First Union Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2008 The Police played at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado on their reunion tour

Music News
2023 Tony Bennett died

20/07/2024

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Carlos Santana (Santana, John McLaughlin, many collaborations, others, solo) (77)

20/07/2024

ON THIS DATE (43 YEARS AGO)
July 20, 1981 - ZZ Top: El Loco is released.
# ALL THINGS MUSIC PLUS+ 4/5
# Allmusic 3/5 stars

El Loco is the seventh studio album by ZZ Top, released on July 20, 1981. It reached #17 on the Billboard 200 Top Albums chart. Three singles taken from the album reached the Billboard charts - "Leila"(Hot 100 #77), "Tube Snake Boogie" ( #4 Mainstream Rock Tracks), and "Pearl Necklace" ( #28 Mainstream Rock Tracks). The title means "The Crazy One" in Spanish.

The band's guitarist/singer Billy Gibbons has said that the recording of this album was the first time the three members of the band were isolated from one another in the studio, rather than recording simultaneously in the same room. It also foreshadowed ZZ Top's synthesizer-driven direction later in the decade, with early experimentations in synthesizer backing on certain tracks.

On June 3, 2013, Gibbons told Joe Bosso of MusicRadar.com that the album was "a really interesting turning point", explaining that the band had "befriended somebody who would become an influential associate, a guy named Linden Hudson. He was a gifted songwriter and had production skills that were leading the pack at times. He brought some elements to the forefront that helped reshape what ZZ Top were doing, starting in the studio and eventually to the live stage. [He] had no fear and was eager to experiment in ways that would frighten most bands. But we followed suit, and the synthesizers started to show up on record. Manufacturers were looking for ways to stimulate sales, and these instruments started appearing on the market. One of our favorite tracks was "Groovy Little Hippie Pad". Right at the very opening, there it is – the heavy sound of a synthesizer. For us, there was no turning back." Gibbons would later cite seeing a Devo soundcheck in Houston as inspiring the synthesizer line on "Groovy Little Hippie Pad."
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REVIEW
By Robert Christgau

El Loco [Warner Bros., 1981]
Their boogie's gotten grander again, more nationwide than homegrown, which at its best--the euphemistically misprised "Tube Snake Boogie" (and did you know "Pearl Necklace" is Southwestern for blow job?)--means only that it packs a more powerful kick. That they're eccentric nonetheless is proven not just by the harmonizer-processed voice of evil shaking the DT's while working street PR, but by the brown-eyed mama who guards their groovy little hippie pad with .44, jeep, and German shepherd. The easy life ain't what it used to be. B+

TRACKS:
All songs by Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard.

Side one
1. "Tube Snake Boogie" - 3:02
2. "I Wanna Drive You Home" - 4:44
3. "Ten Foot Pole" - 4:19
4. "Leila” - 3:13
5. "Don't Tease Me" - 4:19

Side two
1. "It's So Hard" - 5:12
2. "Pearl Necklace" - 4:01
3. "Groovy Little Hippie Pad" - 2:40
4. "Heaven, Hell or Houston" - 2:31
5. "Party on the Patio" - 2:49

20/07/2024

July 20th Born on this Day in History of Music Buddy Knox (1933), John Lodge - The Moody Blues (1945), Kim Carnes (1945), Wendy Richard (1943), Carlos Santana (1947), Tony Thorpe - The Rubettes (1947), Jay Jay French - Twisted Sister (1952), Jem Finer (The Pogues), Marisa DeFranco - The DeFranco Family (1955), Paul Cook - S*x Pistols (1956), Mick MacNeil - Simple Minds (1958), James Irvin - Furniture (1959), Dig Wayne - Jo Boxers (1962), Chris Cornell - Soundgarden / Audioslave (1964), Andrew Levy - The Brand New Heavies (1966), Stone Gossard from Pearl Jam (1966)

Chart News
1940 Billboard's first comprehensive record chart was published, the first number one song was ‘I'll Never Smile Again’ by Frank Sinatra and the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
1963 Jan and Dean at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Surf City'
1968 Cream at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Wheels On Fire'
1968 Merrilee Rush at No.1 in Australia with ‘Angel of the Morning’
1968 Hugh Masekela at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Grazing in The Grass'
1973 Peters And Lee at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Welcome Home'
1981 Stars on 45 at No.1 in Australia with ‘Stars on 45 Medley’
1987 Mel and Kim at No.1 in Australia with ‘Respectable’
1996 Gary Barlow at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Forever Love'
2013 Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Blurred Lines'

Gig News
1954 The Blue Moon Boys made their live debut appearing on the back of a flatbed truck outside a new drug store in Memphis, the band line up was Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore and Bill Black
1963 The Beatles played the second night at The Ritz Ballroom in Rhyl, North Wales; The Rolling Stones played at The Corn Exchange in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
1974 David Bowie appeared at Madison Square Garden, New York City.
1974 Tim Buckley, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Van Morrison, The Doobie Brothers and The Allman Brothers appeared at Knebworth Park, England.
1975 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band played at The Palace Theatre, Providence, Rhode Island
1976 Buzzcocks made their live debut supporting The S*x Pistols and Slaughter &The Dogs at The Lesser Free Trade Hall, Manchester
1986 Carlos Santana celebrated his 39th birthday, and 20th anniversary in the music business, with a concert in San Francisco.
1990 Madonna played at Wembley Stadium, London, England,
1991 Janes Addiction, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Henry Rollins and NIN appeared at Devore Stadium on the Lollapalooza Tour in San Diego, California

15/07/2024

July 15th Born on this Day in History of Music Millie Jackson (1944), Peter Lewis - Moby Grape (1945), Linda Ronstadt (1946), Artimus Pyle - Lynyrd Skynyrd (1948), Trevor Horn - Buggles (1949), Jeff Carlisli - 38 Special (1952), Johnny Thunders - The New York Dolls (1952), Alicia Bridges (1953), Joe Satriani (1956), Ian Curtis - Joy Division (1956), John Dolmayan - System of a Down (1973), Ray Toro - My Chemical Romance (1977)

Chart News
1956 The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Why Do Fools Fall In Love'
1965 The Rolling Stones at No.1 on the US chart with '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction'
1967 The Beatles at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band'
1972 Elton John at No.1 on the US album chart with 'H***y Chateau'
1978 The Rolling Stones at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Some Girls'
1989 Simply Red at No.1 on the US chart with'If You Don't Know Me By Now'
1989 Soul II Soul at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Club Classics Volume One'
1994 Wet Wet Wet still at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Love Is All Around'
2001 Usher at No.1 on the UK album chart with '8701'
2007 The Enemy at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'We'll Live And Die In These Towns'
2012 Florence and the Machine at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Spectrum (Say My Name)'
2017 Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee
featuring Justin Bieber at No.1 on the US chart with 'Despacito'

Gig News
1966 David Bowie & The Buzz appeared at the Loughton Youth Centre, Loughton, England
1967 The Doors and The Jefferson Airplane both played an afternoon and evening show at Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California
1973 The Edgar Winter Group, Sly &The Family Stone, Canned Heat, Lindisfarne and The Kinks appeared at The Great Western Express festival at White City, west London
1978 Bob Dylan with special guest Eric Clapton, Joan Armatrading and Graham Parker appeared at Blackbushe Aerodrome, Surrey, England
1989 Pink Floyd appeared in Canal di San Marco, Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy on a floating stage

10/07/2024

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09/07/2024

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Big Band and Blues with Roger McClain - 7pm
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Bluegrass hour - 8a-9a
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Gospel Memories - 4pm

09/07/2024

JULY 1976 (48 YEARS AGO)
Dwight Twilley Band: Sincerely is released.
# ALL THINGS MUSIC PLUS+ 5/5
# Allmusic 5/5 stars
# Rolling Stone (see original review below)

Sincerely is the debut album from the Dwight Twilley Band, released in July 1976. It reached #138 on the Billboard 200 Top LP's chart, and features the hit, "I'm On Fire", which reached #16 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The album's sound is characterized by jangly guitars, harmonized vocals, and a blend of rock 'n' roll energy with pop sensibilities. It draws influence from early rock 'n' roll, British Invasion bands, and contemporary power pop acts of the time.

The "band" was primarily Twilley's childhood friend, Philip Seymour, with session musicians Bill Pitcock and Johnny Johnson contributing guitar and bass as needed.

When Twilley, a native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, released his first single, the rock track "I’m on Fire" in April 1975, it became a hit, reaching #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

However, if there was ever a victim of bad luck and bad timing, it was Dwight Twilley and his band. Due to the split between Leon Russell and Denny Cordell, Shelter Records lost its distribution deal in 1975 and was essentially out of business for a year. The extensive delay in release of the album after "I'm on Fire" contributed to Sincerely's lack of sales success. It topped out at #138 on the Billboard album charts—even though the album used the same cover photograph as the front of the "I'm On Fire" single (a photograph of Twilley taken in a photo booth) to play up the connection.

The songs on Sincerely come from three distinct recording periods: the band's first Tulsa and Los Angeles sessions for Shelter Records in 1974, which were intended by the label as rehearsals and demos but produced both of the first two singles (the top 20 hit "I'm on Fire" and "You Were So Warm").

After “I’m on Fire” hit, and Lacking an LP, Twilley and his band recorded 11 more songs that summer. A recording session produced by Robin Cable at Trident Studios in London that produced an entire album of material (tentatively called Fire), and the band's sessions in Tulsa after returning from London.

"Sincerely" was well-received by critics for its strong songwriting and production. It has since gained a cult following among fans of the power pop genre and is considered a classic by many. The album helped establish Dwight Twilley as a significant figure in the power pop scene of the 1970s.
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ORIGINAL ROLLING STONE REVIEW

In America's less criss-crossed midsection, young rockers have the opportunity to incubate their dreams -- and their talents -- free of pressure. The most romantic of these Middle American rock & rollers make up an intriguing group of isolate but still much-inspired hip-innocents. Probably the best is Memphis's Big Star, whose two Stax-distributed albums are among the finest I've heard in the Seventies, but the Hot Dogs, Blue Ash and Cowboy (from Memphis, Youngstown and Macon, respectively) also know intuitively how to turn Beatles, Byrds and Beach Boys influences into thrilling and individual records.

The thoroughly inspired efforts of Tulsa's Dwight Twilley Band are finally drawing national attention to this phenomenon. Like Big Star, the Twilleys wrap themselves handsomely in Sixties filigree, with an emphasis on pre-psychedelic Beatles, adding some rockabilly echo for greater resonance. They do it so well and with such personality that it seems nothing short of miraculous.

The Twilleys managed to get on AM radio in mid-'75 with their very first attempt, the astounding "I'm on Fire," but they soon dropped from sight. Now, they reappear with Sincerely, which has been released to introduce the new ABC/Shelter label; I mention this corporate merger only because the attendant circumstances may provide the record with the necessary promotion to make it a hit. There's no question that the music is sufficiently accessible -- these riffs, hooks and harmonies are as irresistible now as was their source material in 1966. With the Beach Boys and the Beatles back on the charts, the stage is set for a Twilley breakthrough.

There are 12 tracks, all originals, nine of which were recorded in Tulsa; the longest is "I'm on Fire" at 3:15. All of the songs are loaded with gorgeous evocations not just of the three Bs but also of the Searchers, Mamas & Papas, Ventures, ? and the Mysterians, Buddy Knox, and the Turtles (among others), overlaid and quick-cut into a dazzingly coherent style. Twilley and partner Phil Seymour do all the vocals and most of the instrumental work, with Bill Pitcock IV laying in guitar leads on 11 of the songs.

Sincerely is -- to use the Hawaiian vernacular -- "chicken skin" music, in which the abundant sublime moments are as significant and well defined as any of the tracks as a whole. In keeping with the milieu they're advancing, the Twilleys have more sophistication and daring than they know what to do with. But at the same time, they manage to purvey a completely credible teen-innocent's romanticism. If their work here is blatantly derivative, it's also quite personal. The Twilley Band has concocted the best rock debut album of the year.
~ Bud Scoppa (September 9, 1976)

TRACKS:
All songs written by Dwight Twilley
Side one
1. "I'm on Fire" - 3:15
2. "Could Be Love" - 2:38
3. "Feeling in the Dark" - 2:54
4. "You Were So Warm" - 2:25
5. "I'm Losing You" - 2:11
6. "Sincerely" - 2:38

Side two
1. "TV" - 2:23
2. "Release Me" - 2:28
3. "Three Persons" - 2:05
4. "Baby Let's Cruise" - 3:00
5. "England" - 2:33
6. "Just Like the Sun" - 3:46

09/07/2024

July 9th Born on this Day in History of Music Alan Dale (1925), Lee Hazlewood (1929), Don McPherson - Main Ingredient (1941), Bon Scott - AC/DC (1946), Joe Micelle - John Fred and his Pl***oy Band (1946), Mitch Mitchell - Jimi Hendrix Experience (1947), Gwen Guthrie (1950), Kate Garner - Haysi Fantayzee (1954), Debbie Sledge - Sister Sledge (1954), Jim Kerr - Simple Minds (1959), Marc Almond (1957), Courtney Love (1964), Frankie Bello - Anthrax (1965), Tom Hingley - Inspiral Carpets (1965), Dickon Hinchliffe - Tindersticks (1967), Owen Powell - Catatonia (1967), Kelvin Grant - Musical Youth (1971), Jack White - The White Stripes (1975), Isaac Brock - Modest Mouse (1975), Dan Estrin - Hoobastank (1976)

Chart News
1955 Bill Haley &His Comets at No.1 on the US chart with '(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock'
1966 The Beatles at No.1 in Australia with ‘Paperback Writer / Rain’
1973 Jud Strunk at No.1 in Australia with ‘Daisy a Day’
1979 M at No.1 in Australia with ‘Pop Muzik’
1983 The Police at No.1 on the US chart with 'Every Breath You Take'
1983 Wham! at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Fantastic!' 1988 Cheap Trick at No.1 on the US chart with 'The Flame'
1988 Glenn Medeiros at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You'
1988 Kylie Minogue at No.1 in Australia with ‘Got to Be Certain’
1995 Michael Jackson at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Past, Present and Future Book 1'
2000 Bomfunk MC’s at No.1 in Australia with ‘Freestyler’
2006 Muse at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Black Holes & Revelations'
2006 Lily Allen at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Smile'
2011 'Give Me Everything' by Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer at No.1 on the US Chart
2015 Lost Frequencies at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Are You with Me'

Gig news
1965 The Who appeared at the Locarno Ballroom, Basildon, England.
1972 Paul McCartney and Wings played at the French town Chateauvillon
1974 Crosby Stills Nash &Young kicked off a reunion tour in Seattle
1976 The Pretty Things, Supercharge and third on the bill The S*x Pistols all appeared at The Lyceum, London, England
1986 Queen played at St. James' Park in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

Music news
1969 Working at Abbey Road studios in London The Beatles recorded ‘Maxwell's Silver Hammer.’ John Lennon returned to the studio after recovering from a car crash in Scotland, and a bed was installed in the Abbey Road studio for Yoko, who was pregnant, and who had been more seriously injured in the car accident.
1977 Elvis Costello quit his day job at Elizabeth Arden Cosmetics to become a full-time musician.

08/07/2024

July 8th Born on this Day in History of Music
Steve Lawrence (1935), Jaimoe Johanson - Allman Brothers Band (1944), Ricky Wolf - The Flower Pot Men (1945), Russell Christian - The Christians (1955), Andy Fletcher - Depeche Mode (1961), Graham Jones - Haircut 100 (1961), Toby Keith (1961), Joan Osborne (1962), Bek David Cambell - Beck (1970), Neil Mavers - The La's (1971), Jamie Cook - Arctic Monkeys (1985)

Chart News
1965 The Hollies at No.1 on the UK chart with I'm Alive'
1967 Procul Harum at No.1 in Australia with ‘A Whiter Shade of Pale’
1972 Bill Withers at No.1 on the US chart with 'Lean On Me'
1972 Donny Osmond at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Puppy Love.'
1978 Gerry Rafferty at No.1 on the US album chart with 'City to City'
1989 The Fine Young Cannibals at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Good Thing'
1989 Transvision Vamp at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Velveteen' 1995 Outhere Brothers at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Boom Boom Boom'
1995 TLC at No.1 on the US chart with 'Waterfalls'
1995 U2 at No.1 in Australia with 'Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me'
2001 Alicia Keys at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Songs In A Minor'
2007 Chemical Brothers at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'We Are The Night'

Gig news
1967 The Monkees began a 29-date tour with The Jimi Hendrix Experience as support act. Hendrix was dropped after six shows after being told his act was not suitable for their teenybopper audience.
1968 Pink Floyd kicked off their first 20-date North American tour at the Kinetic Playground in Chicago.
1979 The B-52's made their UK live debut at London's Lyceum Ballroom, supported by The Tourists.
Music news
1965 The Dave Clark Five had their movie, Catch Us If You Can, premiere in London.
1971 A minor riot occurred during a Mott The Hoople gig at the Royal Albert Hall, London, England

05/07/2024

05/07/2024

July 5th Born on this Day in History of Music
Smiley Lewis (1913), Robbie Robertson - The Band (1943), Dick Scoppettone - Harpers Bizarre (1945), Michael Monarch - Steppenwolf (1950), Andy Ellison - John's Children (1946), Huey Lewis (1950), Jimmy Crespo - Aerosmith, Rough Cutt, Stress (1954), Marc Cohn (1959), Aled Richards - Catatonia (1969), Bengt Lagerburg - The Cardigans (1973), Roisin Murphy - Moloko (1973), Joe Thomas (1973), Shane Filan - Westlife (1979), Jason Wade - Lifehouse (1980), Nick O'Malley - Arctic Monkeys (1985), Adam Young - Owl City (1986)

Chart News
1975 The Carpenters at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Horizon'.
1980 The Rolling Stones at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Emotional Rescue'.
1986 Billy Ocean at No.1 on the US chart with 'There'll Be Sad Songs, (To Make You Cry)'
1986 Janet Jackson at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Control'
1998 Five at No.1 on the UK album chart with their album 'Five'
2009 Michael Jackson at No.1 on the UK album charts with ‘The Essential Michael Jackson’, one of eight Jackson albums in the top twenty after the singers death on 25th June.
2014 Oliver Heldens and Becky Hill at No.1 on the UK chart with ‘Gecko (Overdrive)’

Gig news
1963 The Beatles played at the Plaza Ballroom in Dudley in the West Midlands
1969 The Rolling Stones gave a free concert in London's Hyde Park before an audience of 250,000, as a tribute to Brian Jones who had died two days earlier.
1969 The Who, Chuck Berry and Bodast played two shows at The Royal Albert Hall 1972 Procol Harum and The Eagles appeared at the Golden Hall, San Diego, California
1975 Pink Floyd, Captain Beefheart, Steve Miller and Roy Harper appeared at The Knebworth Festival, England. Pink Floyd premiered their new album ‘Wish You Were Here’ with the help of Spitfires, pyrotechnics and an exploding plane which flies into the stage.

Music news
1966 On the recommendation of Rolling Stone Keith Richards' girlfriend, Chas Chandler from The Animals went to see Jimi Hendrix play at The Cafe Wha in New York City. Chandler suggests that Hendrix should come to England, which he does and Chandler became his manager.

29/06/2024

June 29th Born on this Day in History of Music
Julian Priester - jazz trombone (1935), Roger Ruskin Spear - Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (1943), Little Eva (1943), Derv and Lincoln Gordon - The Equals (1948), Ian Paice - Deep Purple (1948), Colin Hay - Men at Work (1953), Alisa Peoples of Yarbrough and Peoples (1957), Stedman Pearson - 5 Star (1964), Nicole Sherzinger (1978)

Chart News
1961 Del Shannon at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Runaway.'
1968 The Small Faces at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Ogden's Nut Gone Flake.'
1974 Charles Aznavour at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'She'.
1985 Marillion at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Misplaced Childhood'
1991 Cher at No.1 on the UK album charts with 'Love Hurts'
1991 Jason Donovan at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Any Dream Will Do'
2003 Beyonce at No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘Dangerously In Love’ 2008 Ne-Yo at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Closer'
2017 Artists for Grenfell at No.1 on the UK chart with ‘Bridge over Troubled Water’

Gig news
1968 A free concert was held in London's Hyde Park with Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Tyrannosaurus Rex and Roy Harper. This was the first free festival to be held in Hyde Park.
1969 Led Zeppelin, The Liverpool Scene and Mick Abraham’s Blodwyn Pig played two shows at The Royal Albert Hall, London, England. Tickets from 5 to 15 shillings.
1978 David Bowie played at Earl's Court in London, England
1985 U2 played in front of 55,000 fans at Croke Park at their home city of Dublin.
2003 Robbie Williams played at Murryayfield, Edinburgh Music news
1973 Ian Gillan singer with Deep Purple quit the band at the end of a tour in Japan.
1985 UK TV music show The Tube presented a six hour special featuring, Alison Moyet, Howard Jones, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Divine, Billy McKenzie and Nona Hendrix.
1994 Oasis made their debut on 'Top Of The Pops' performing 'Shakermaker'
1996 Record producer George Martin received a Knighthood, also music promoter Harvey Goldsmith became an MBE and Van Morrison an OBE.