Good morning everyone! And welcome to Jim’s cafe 
what a beautiful day it is! The sun ☀️ is shining the birds 🐦 are chirping and the roads are busy
grab yourself a coffee or cuppa (tea) and purch yourself down. Cheers
Today’s topic is facts about music history on this day so here’s some facts if you’re interested (it is a long one! Sorry)
1963 - The Beatles
The Beatles started a 30 week run at No.1 on the UK album charts with their debut album 'Please Please Me', making it the longest running No.1 album by a group ever.
1964 - The Rolling Stones
During a UK tour The Rolling Stones were refused lunch at The Grand Hotel, Bristol, where they were staying because they were not wearing jackets and ties.
1965 - Roger Miller
Roger Miller was at No.1 on the US Country charts with 'King Of The Road.' The song has been covered by many other artists, including George Jones, Dean Martin, Boxcar Willie, Randy Travis, the Statler Brothers, and Rufus Wainwright & Teddy Thompson. The Proclaimers had a UK No.9 hit with their version of the song in 1990.
1967 - Bee Gees
The Bee Gees made their Top Of The Popsdebut performing 'New York Mining Disaster' on the UK TV show.
1970 - Woodstock
The triple soundtrack album Woodstock was released in the US, going gold within two weeks
1972 - John Lennon
John Lennon appeared on the US television 'Dick Cavett Show', claiming he was under surveillance from the FBI.
1974 - Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin attended an Elvis Presleyshow at the Los Angeles Forum in California. After a shaky start to the show, Elvis stopped the band and jokingly said: ‘Wait a minute, if we can start together fellas, because we’ve got Led Zeppelin out there, lets try to look like we know what we're doing.’ All four members of Zeppelin met with Elvis after the show, spending over 2 hours backstage. Elvis asked for all the group’s autographs for his daughter Lisa Marie.
1981 - Bob Marley
Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley died aged 36. In July 1977, Marley was found to have a type of malignant melanoma under the nail of a toe, Marley's health deteriorated as the cancer had spread throughout his body. Marley had the 1981 single 'No Woman No Cry', plus over ten other UK Top 40 singles.
1985 - Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen and a small group of friends went out for a boy’s night out in Lake Oswego, Oregon, two nights before his wedding to Julianne Phillips. Drinking in the Gemini pub Springsteen sang a number of songs, karaoke-style, to his own records in the jukebox.
1985 - Paul Hardcastle
UK producer and keyboard player Paul Hardcastle was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with '19'. The title referred to the average age of American soldiers in the Vietnam War and features dialogue by television narrator Peter Thomas, and a strong anti-war message.
1991 - Roxette
Roxette scored their fourth US No.1 single with 'Joyride.' The song was inspired by an interview with Paul McCartney who said that writing songs with John Lennon had been 'like a Joyride.'
1996 - Bill Graham
Bill Graham the Irish journalist credited with discovering U2 died of a heart attack aged 44.
2001 - Black Crowes
Oasis, The Black Crowes and Spacehog kicked off 'The Tour of Brotherly Love', a North American tour at The Hard Rock in Las Vegas, Nevada. (The three bands featuring pairs of brothers, (Noel and Liam Gallagher, Chris and Rich Robinson, Royston and Antony Langdon, respectively).
2002 - Michael Jackson
Over 500 Michael Jackson fans held a demonstration outside the Sony records building in Berlin complaining that the label hadn't promoted the singer's latest album 'Invincible'.
2003 - Noel Redding
Jimi Hendrix Experience bassist Noel Redding died at his home in Ireland aged 57.
2004 - John Whitehead
US songwriter John Whitehead was killed by a gunman
2006 - George Michael
George Michael was involved in his second minor car crash in a month after a tabloid photographer found Michael asleep in his parked car in central London. The singer crashed into a bollard after he woke up and was driving away.
2011 - Led Zeppelin
One of the rarest rock t-shirts in the world sold for $10,000 (£6096.00), the largest sum ever paid for a vintage t-shirt. The record-setting sale of a 1979 Led Zeppelin t-shirt on eBay was sold by Kyle Ermatinger of Stormcrow Vintage.
2014 - Ed Gagliardi
American bass guitarist Ed Gagliardi best known as the original bass player with Foreigner died at age 62 after an eight-year battle with cancer.
2020 - Moon Martin
American singer-songwriter Moon Martin died age 74. Originally a rockabilly artist, he wrote the songs 'Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)', made famous by English singer Robert Palmer, and 'Cadillac Walk', a hit for Willy DeVille.
There’s people born today from the music world too!
1. 1888 - Irving Berlin
2. 1936 - Tony Barrow
3. 1941 - Eric Burdon
4. 1943 - Les Chadwick
5. 1947 - Butch Trucks
6. 1965 - Avtar Singh
7. 1966 - Christopher Schneider
8. 1983 - Holly Valance
9. 1986 - Kieran Webster
if you’ve made it this far! Thankyou I hope you’re enjoying your choice of beverage this morning!
My questions are
1) if you could go back in history to meet any musician who would it be? And why?
2) who is your favourite band/singer from the 80s/90s and the 00s (or before the 80s)
3) if you’re up to date with the new type of music who do you think should never have made it and why?
Hope you all have a wonderful day whatever the weather brings
what a beautiful day it is! The sun ☀️ is shining the birds 🐦 are chirping and the roads are busy
grab yourself a coffee or cuppa (tea) and purch yourself down. Cheers
Today’s topic is facts about music history on this day
so here’s some facts if you’re interested (it is a long one! Sorry)1963 - The Beatles
The Beatles started a 30 week run at No.1 on the UK album charts with their debut album 'Please Please Me', making it the longest running No.1 album by a group ever.
1964 - The Rolling Stones
During a UK tour The Rolling Stones were refused lunch at The Grand Hotel, Bristol, where they were staying because they were not wearing jackets and ties.
1965 - Roger Miller
Roger Miller was at No.1 on the US Country charts with 'King Of The Road.' The song has been covered by many other artists, including George Jones, Dean Martin, Boxcar Willie, Randy Travis, the Statler Brothers, and Rufus Wainwright & Teddy Thompson. The Proclaimers had a UK No.9 hit with their version of the song in 1990.
1967 - Bee Gees
The Bee Gees made their Top Of The Popsdebut performing 'New York Mining Disaster' on the UK TV show.
1970 - Woodstock
The triple soundtrack album Woodstock was released in the US, going gold within two weeks
1972 - John Lennon
John Lennon appeared on the US television 'Dick Cavett Show', claiming he was under surveillance from the FBI.
1974 - Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin attended an Elvis Presleyshow at the Los Angeles Forum in California. After a shaky start to the show, Elvis stopped the band and jokingly said: ‘Wait a minute, if we can start together fellas, because we’ve got Led Zeppelin out there, lets try to look like we know what we're doing.’ All four members of Zeppelin met with Elvis after the show, spending over 2 hours backstage. Elvis asked for all the group’s autographs for his daughter Lisa Marie.
1981 - Bob Marley
Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley died aged 36. In July 1977, Marley was found to have a type of malignant melanoma under the nail of a toe, Marley's health deteriorated as the cancer had spread throughout his body. Marley had the 1981 single 'No Woman No Cry', plus over ten other UK Top 40 singles.
1985 - Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen and a small group of friends went out for a boy’s night out in Lake Oswego, Oregon, two nights before his wedding to Julianne Phillips. Drinking in the Gemini pub Springsteen sang a number of songs, karaoke-style, to his own records in the jukebox.
1985 - Paul Hardcastle
UK producer and keyboard player Paul Hardcastle was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with '19'. The title referred to the average age of American soldiers in the Vietnam War and features dialogue by television narrator Peter Thomas, and a strong anti-war message.
1991 - Roxette
Roxette scored their fourth US No.1 single with 'Joyride.' The song was inspired by an interview with Paul McCartney who said that writing songs with John Lennon had been 'like a Joyride.'
1996 - Bill Graham
Bill Graham the Irish journalist credited with discovering U2 died of a heart attack aged 44.
2001 - Black Crowes
Oasis, The Black Crowes and Spacehog kicked off 'The Tour of Brotherly Love', a North American tour at The Hard Rock in Las Vegas, Nevada. (The three bands featuring pairs of brothers, (Noel and Liam Gallagher, Chris and Rich Robinson, Royston and Antony Langdon, respectively).
2002 - Michael Jackson
Over 500 Michael Jackson fans held a demonstration outside the Sony records building in Berlin complaining that the label hadn't promoted the singer's latest album 'Invincible'.
2003 - Noel Redding
Jimi Hendrix Experience bassist Noel Redding died at his home in Ireland aged 57.
2004 - John Whitehead
US songwriter John Whitehead was killed by a gunman
2006 - George Michael
George Michael was involved in his second minor car crash in a month after a tabloid photographer found Michael asleep in his parked car in central London. The singer crashed into a bollard after he woke up and was driving away.
2011 - Led Zeppelin
One of the rarest rock t-shirts in the world sold for $10,000 (£6096.00), the largest sum ever paid for a vintage t-shirt. The record-setting sale of a 1979 Led Zeppelin t-shirt on eBay was sold by Kyle Ermatinger of Stormcrow Vintage.
2014 - Ed Gagliardi
American bass guitarist Ed Gagliardi best known as the original bass player with Foreigner died at age 62 after an eight-year battle with cancer.
2020 - Moon Martin
American singer-songwriter Moon Martin died age 74. Originally a rockabilly artist, he wrote the songs 'Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)', made famous by English singer Robert Palmer, and 'Cadillac Walk', a hit for Willy DeVille.
There’s people born today from the music world too!
1. 1888 - Irving Berlin
2. 1936 - Tony Barrow
3. 1941 - Eric Burdon
4. 1943 - Les Chadwick
5. 1947 - Butch Trucks
6. 1965 - Avtar Singh
7. 1966 - Christopher Schneider
8. 1983 - Holly Valance
9. 1986 - Kieran Webster
if you’ve made it this far! Thankyou
I hope you’re enjoying your choice of beverage this morning!My questions are
1) if you could go back in history to meet any musician who would it be? And why?
2) who is your favourite band/singer from the 80s/90s and the 00s (or before the 80s)
3) if you’re up to date with the new type of music who do you think should never have made it and why?
Hope you all have a wonderful day whatever the weather brings
and thank you for the tag. I'd love to meet the R&Blues greats and pick their brains. Very little 80's music interested me, although Queen would be present and many solo artists like Bonnie Raitt and a little pop. 60's and 70's bands like Alvin Lee and 10 Years After, Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead, Johnny and Edgar Winters, Creedence, Allman Brothers, Pink Floyd, Yes, Moody Blues, Neil Young: still making music, Chicago ....the list is long. I have listened in those time periods and currently to a lot of Indian and Eastern music, plays in my house daily.
