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Born on this day:
1943, Bobby Harrison, drums, Procol Harum
1948, John Martyn, singer, songwriter, guitarist
1959, Clint Boon, keyboards, Inspiral Carpets
1977, Mark Stoermer, bass guitarist, The Killers
1959, Bobby Darin was at #1 on the U.K. singles chart with “Dream Lover.” It was the American singer’s first #1 and the song featured Neil Sedaka on piano.
1966, The Small Faces appeared live at the Marquee Club in Wardour Street, London. Admission cost 7s & 6d, ($1.05).
1969, Fleetwood Mac, Led Zeppelin, Nice, John Mayall, Ten Years After, Taste, Liverpool Scene and Chicken Shack all appeared at The Bath Festival of Blues in England, the DJ was John Peel. Tickets cost 18/6. For more on this, see This Day in Music Spotlight.
1975, the Eagles started a five-week run at #1 on the U.S. album chart with One Of These Nights.
1975, American singer songwriter Tim Buckley completed the last show of a tour in Dallas, Texas, playing to a sold-out crowd of 1,800 people. This was Buckley’s last ever show, he died the following day of a heroin and morphine overdose aged 28.
1977, Elton John achieved a life long ambition when he became the Chairman of Watford Football Club.
1980, Paul McCartney’s “Coming Up” became one of the few ‘live’ recordings to reach the top of Billboard’s Hot 100. American disc jockeys preferred it to the studio version on the flip side of the record.
1985, Sister Sledge were at #1 on the U.K. singles chart with “Frankie,” the sisters only UK #1. Nile Rodgers from Chic produced the hit for the soul trio from Philadelphia.
1986, Wham! were at #1 on the U.K. singles chart with their fourth and final U.K. #1 “The Edge Of Heaven.” Also on this day Wham! played their farewell concert in front of 80,000 fans at Wembley Stadium, London.
1997, Puff Daddy and Faith Evans started a three-week run at #1 on the U.K. singles chart with “I’ll Be Missing You.” Released in memory of fellow Bad Boy Records artist Notorious B.I.G. who was murdered on March 9, 1997. The song sampled the melody of The Police’s “Every Breath You Take” 1983 hit.
1997, the classic Pink Floyd album “Dark Side of the Moon” spent its 1056th week on the US album chart. It was rumoured at the time that if the album was played while watching The Wizard of Oz movie, and started exactly when the MGM lion roared the third time during the movie’s intro, very interesting connections could be made between the two.
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