This Day in Music: April 13th 04.13.2012
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Born on this day:
1944, Jack Casady, bass, Jefferson Airplane
1945, Lowell George, singer, songwriter, guitarist
1946, Al Green, soul singer
1951, Peabo Bryson, R&B singer
1951, Max Weinberg, drummer, E Street Band
1954, Jimmy Destri, keyboards, Blondie
1962, Hillel Slovak, guitar, The Red Hot Chili Peppers
1966, Marc Ford, guitar, The Black Crowes
1972, Aaron Staind, vocals, guitar, Staind
1975, Lou Bega, singer
1965, The Beatles record the song “Help!” during an evening recording session at Abbey Road in London.
1967, Nancy and Frank Sinatra were at #1 on the U.K. singles chart with “Somethin’ Stupid,” making them the only father and daughter to have a #1 single as a team.
1971, The Rolling Stones released “Brown Sugar,” the first record on their own label, Rolling Stones Records, which introduces the infamous tongue and lips logo.1974, Paul McCartney’s Band on the Run, went to #1 on the U.S. album charts. McCartney’s third U.S. #1, which went on to sell over 6 million copies world-wide.
1985, The Nashville Network began airing Grand Ole Opry Live.
1993, The first “Aerosmith Day” was observed in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts after the band were given their very own holiday.
1996, Rage Against the Machine appeared on NBC’s Saturday Night Live. Their two-song performance was cut to one song when the band attempted to hang inverted American flags from their amplifiers.
2007, Julian Lennon sold a “significant” stake of his share in the songs his father John wrote for The Beatles to U.S. music publishing company Primary Wave. The firm would now receive payments when any Lennon compositions were sold on CD, performed live or played on the radio. The company ,who were about to market Julian Lennon’s new music project, declined to reveal how much the deal was worth.
2008, Producer and drummer Clifford Davies, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in his home in Atlanta. He was 59. Davies had worked with Ted Nugent from 1979-82. It was reported that Davies was “extremely distraught” over outstanding medical bills.
2009, Procol Harum’s “A Whiter Shade of Pale” was the most played song in public places in the past 75 years, according to a chart compiled for BBC Radio 2. Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” was at #2, followed by “All I Have to Do is Dream” by the Everly Brothers. Wet Wet Wet’s 1994 hit, “Love is All Around,” was at #4 followed by Bryan Adams’s 1991 hit “(Everything I Do) I Do it For You.”
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