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1943, Florence Ballard, vocals, The Supremes
1951, Stanley Clarke, jazz bass player
1962, Julianne Regan, vocals, All About Eve
1979, Andrew Burrows, drummer, Razorlight
1966, The Beatles played the first of three concerts at the Nippon Budokan Hall, Japan. The concert was filmed with The Beatles wearing black suits. The following day’s first performance was also filmed; with The Beatles wearing white suits. There was a strict police presence with 3,000 police observing each concert played in front of 10,000 fans.
1973, George Harrison knocked Paul McCartney from the top of the US singles chart with “Give Me Love, Give Me Peace On Earth,” his second U.S. #1, a #8 hit in the U.K.
1975, The Jackson Five announced that they were leaving Motown Records for Epic Records. The brothers were forced to change their name to The Jacksons since Motown owned the other name.
1976, Stuart Goddard, (Adam Ant), placed the following ad in the classified section of the Melody Maker, “Beat on a bass, with the B-Sides.” Andy Warren answered the ad and the pair went on to form Adam and The Ants.
1977, Marvel Comics launched a comic book based on the rock group Kiss.
1978, United Artists released The Buzzcocks single “Love You More’,” at 1 minute 29 seconds it was the second shortest single ever released. Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs 1960 hit “Stay’”was the shortest hit at one minute 28 seconds.
1984, Huey Lewis and the News went to #1 on the U.S. album chart with Sports.
1989, The Stone Roses played at Leeds Polytechnic in England. The gig almost didn’t take place after a security man wouldn’t let singer Ian Brown into the gig.
1995, American soul singer singer Phyllis Hyman committed suicide by overdosing on pentobarbital and secobarbital in her New York City apartment aged 45. She was found hours before she was scheduled to perform at the Apollo Theatre, in New York.
2001, American guitarist and producer Chet Atkins died in Nashville aged 77. Atkins recorded over 100 albums during his career, produced records for Perry Como, Elvis Presley, Don Gibson, Jim Reeves and Waylon Jennings and was a major influence on George Harrison and Mark Knopfler.
2004, Kinks founder member Dave Davies was left paralysed on the right-hand side of his body after suffering a stroke. The 57-year-old guitarist and brother of fellow Kinks star Ray Davies had been promoting his solo material when he collapsed.
La film locations. :: Nearby LA Film Locations With so many movie studios in the Los Angeles area, LA film locations are always in demand. Film locations are especially desirable when they are located in the studio zone so that the cast and crew does not have far to travel, and LA has a variety of landscapes to suit the needs of practically any film or commercial
Kings of Leon: ‘We are Spinal Tap’. :: Kings of Leon will debut their documentary movie, Talihina Sky: The Story of Kings of Leon , in July and have admitted their story is not only a “rockumentary” but close to a “mockumentary.” Bassist Jared Followill told Bang Showbiz : “Oh, we are Spinal Tap, totally, I don’t know how they got that film so perfect.” Guitarist Matthew Followill added: “You’d think the actors were in a band, maybe they were in a band before, they nailed so perfectly, it was like the beginning years of our band.” In This is Spinal Tap , the hapless eponymous rockers get lost in a maze of corridors as they try to reach an arena stage and Jared confessed it remains all too real. “Spinal Tap was a huge downward curve, the whole film, and when you’re in a band coming up you see the same people and go through the same venues and have the same complaints, it’s really funny,” he said. Nevertheless, Talihina Sky: The Story of Kings of Leon is being taken very seriously.
The Best Jazz Guitarist All Time We Should Know. :: According to many independent music sources, jazz guitarists mostly come from the United States. That greatly supports the fact that the jazz music was born in the country few decades ago. No wonder if in the list of the best jazz guitarist all time, there are many names of American guitar players in it. In [...]
Lil Wayne Relates to Nirvana. :: Hip hop star Lil Wayne has revealed that he was a Nirvana fan when he was a teen. NME.com reports that rock music fired the young rapper’s rebellious spirit
Beatle Paul McCartney to Work with Gorillaz?. :: Paul McCartney has hinted that he wants to collaborate with Gorillaz. It may be a massive surprise to some, but Damon Albarn’s Gorillaz collective have recruited Snoop Dogg, Bobby Womack and Lou Reed on previous releases. The live band's most-recent lineup also includes half of The Clash, in Mick Jones and Paul Simonon.
Marty Friedman Interview: I’m Always Surprised How Good Britney Spears Albums Are. :: By: Lelio Padovani Photos: Lelio Padovani Marty Friedman is one of the finest shredders to come out of the ’80s, and one of the survivors from that age. The two albums he released with Cacophony (also featuring the great Jason Becker) are still influential today.
