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monkey_00* 09-22-2003, 09:05 PM September 23, 2003
54 years ago Bruce Springsteen is born in Freehold, New Jersey. (1949)
36 years ago The Doors' "People Are Strange" is released. (1967)
34 years ago The Illinois University newspaper, "The Northern Star" runs an article with the headline "Clues Hint At Beatle Death", citing the Sgt. Pepper album cover and the line "I buried Paul." (John Lennon would later claim it was "I'm very bored") in the fadeout of "Strawberry Fields Forever." It would spark one of the hypes of the decade: the Paul Is Dead controversy. Within weeks, Paul will inform journalists from his Scotland farm that reports of his demise are premature. (1969)
31 years ago Mott The Hoople's "All The Young Dudes" is released. (1972)
29 years ago The drummer for the Average White Band, Robbie McIntosh, dies in his North Hollywood hotel room. He died of a heroin overdose when earlier that night he inhaled a white powder thought to be cocaine but was actually pure heroin. McIntosh was 24. (1974)
25 years ago Veteran Memphis gospel-soul singer Soloman Burke makes a rare disco-era entry into the soul chart with "Please Don't Say Goodbye to Me." It stays on the chart for only four weeks, peaking at #91. (1978)
25 years ago Foreigner's "Double Vision" is released. (1978)
23 years ago David Bowie replaces Philip Anglim in the title role of the hit Broadway play, "The Elephant Man," in New York City. (1980)
12 years ago Guitarist Izzy Stradlin leaves Guns N' Roses and is replaced by Gilby Clarke. (1991)
6 years ago The Rolling Stones begin their "Bridges To Babylon" tour at Chicago's Soldier Field. They begin the show with "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" and close it 2 1/2 hours later with "Brown Sugar." They play mostly classic Stones songs, only playing two new ones off their "Bridges To Babylon" album. (1997)
Magnus Fulgur 09-22-2003, 09:11 PM So, in other words, nothing really cool happened other than the birth of Bruce.
monkey_00* 09-22-2003, 09:23 PM So, in other words, nothing really cool happened other than the birth of Bruce.
Ya and maybe even word getting around about Paul's death.........very interesting theories they have about Paul's death.........if he really died like some would suggest the original McCartney did then that would mean that what we are left with now is One Beatle and he being RINGO STARR.
tom_servo 09-22-2003, 09:54 PM Ya and maybe even word getting around about Paul's death.........very interesting theories they have about Paul's death.........if he really died like some would suggest the original McCartney did then that would mean that what we are left with now is One Beatle and he being RINGO STARR.
There are no interesting theories on that hype-fest.
monkey_00* 09-22-2003, 09:57 PM There are no interesting theories on that hype-fest.
What do you mean by that exactly?
tom_servo 09-22-2003, 09:59 PM very interesting theories they have about Paul's death
There aren't any.
monkey_00* 09-22-2003, 10:02 PM There aren't any.
Really?.............in that case check out the link below:
http://uberkinder.5u.com/paul/index.html
tom_servo 09-22-2003, 10:06 PM Ridiculous.
monkey_00* 09-22-2003, 10:07 PM Ridiculous.
Oh well.........everybody is entitled to their own opinion(s) I guess.......By the way I really love your Avatar........who is that exactly?
tom_servo 09-22-2003, 10:24 PM It's Natalie Portman.
monkey_00* 09-22-2003, 10:30 PM It's Natalie Portman.
mmm...........Never heard of her before.......I thought that was actually a real picture of you.......kind of nice actually .
tom_servo 09-22-2003, 10:33 PM You've probably at least seen her somewhere. Princess Amidala in the new Star Wars films.
monkey_00* 09-22-2003, 10:40 PM You've probably at least seen her somewhere. Princess Amidala in the new Star Wars films.
Ooooooooooooh ok..........Now I know who she is...........thanks for pointing that out to me.
monkey_00* 09-24-2003, 12:49 PM Today is September 24, 2003
61 years ago Linda McCartney, wife of Paul and his keyboardist, is born. She died in 1998. (1942)
46 years ago Alan Freed tells his story in "Mister Rock and Roll," debuting at Freed's favorite theatre, the Paramount in New York City. The cameos in the flick alone are worth the price of the popcorn: Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Brook Benton, the Moonglows, Clyde McPhatter and Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers. (1957)
37 years ago The Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby" peaks at #11 on the singles chart. (1966)
37 years ago Jimi Hendrix and his manager Chas Chandler arrive in London from New York, where Chandler discovered Hendrix working in Greenwich go-go clubs. Chandler convinces Hendrix that Britain would be more receptive to his style. During the trans-atlantic flight, Hendrix changes the spelling of his first name from Jimmy to Jimi. (1966)
37 years ago Stevie Wonder's "Up-tight Everything's Alright" enters the LP chart. It features the top-10 hits, "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" and a remake of Bob Dylan's "Blowin' In The Wind." (1966)
26 years ago The first Elvis Presley convention is held in Memphis. (1977)
26 years ago Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop" peaks at #3 on the singles chart while E.L.O.'s "Telephone Line" peaks at #7. (1977)
26 years ago Styx' "Come Sail Away" is released. (1977)
20 years ago Billy Joel's "Tell Her About It" hits #1 on the singles chart. (1983)
20 years ago The Moody Blues' "The Present" enters the LP chart. (1983)
19 years ago Paul McCartney releases "No More Lonely Nights." (1984)
15 years ago Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry, Be Happy" hits #1 on the singles chart. (1988)
15 years ago James Brown is arrested in Georgia after leading police on a hour-long, two-state car chase. (1988)
10 years ago Former Guns N'Roses drummer Steven Adler reaches a $2.5 million dollar settlement with his former band mates, who threw him out of the band because he couldn't kick his heroin habit. (1993)
9 years ago Eric Clapton performs on the season premiere of "Saturday Night Live." (1994)
5 years ago Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, dressed in a Cardinal jersey, threw out the first pitch at the Expos-Cardinal game at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. The band was in town, and came to the game to meet and see home run king Mark McGwire in action. McGwire had set the single season home run record earlier in the month. (1998)
I love this thread Monkey.... Keep em comming!
oilers_guy_eddie 09-24-2003, 01:45 PM There are no interesting theories on that hype-fest.
PAUL MCARTNEY FAKED THE PAST 24 YEARS OF HIS LIFE SO THAT HE COULD FUNK DOWN BEYOND THE pEARLY gATES WITH bUDDY hOLLY AND THE bIG bOPPER!!! iF U DISPUTE THESE FACTS THEN YOU ARE JUST INGORANT!!!
uh, sorry- wrong thread.
monkey_00* 09-24-2003, 02:06 PM I love this thread Monkey.... Keep em comming!
Thanks...........I'll try to keep 'er going all year long.
buzzard 09-24-2003, 04:14 PM Oh, puleeze. Who come's up with this nonsense and who is this Spooner guy anyway? :rolleyes:
monkey_00* 09-24-2003, 08:15 PM September 25, 2003
43 years ago Sam Cooke's "Chain Gang" peaks at Number Two on both the R&B and pop charts at the same time. It's his biggest hit since "You Send Me." (1960)
39 years ago Beatles manager Brian Epstein turns down a 3 1/2 million pound offer for the Beatles contract from a group of U.S. businessmen to buy out his management contract. (1964)
38 years ago "The Beatles," a half hour Saturday morning cartoon show featuring genuine Beatles songs but not their real voices, premieres on ABC. The show runs through September 7, 1969. (1965)
38 years ago Len Barry's "1-2-3" enters both the pop and R&B charts. The song peaks at Number Two on the pop chart and #11 on the R&B. (1965)
38 years ago Barry McGuire's "Eve Of Destruction" hits #1 on the pop chart, while The Yardbirds' "Heart Full Of Soul" peaks at #9 and The Animals' "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place" peaks at #13. (1965)
36 years ago The Beatles record "Fool On The Hill" at Abbey Road Studios in London. (1967)
34 years ago John Lennon records "Cold Turkey" with a backing band that includes Eric Clapton, Klaus Voorman, Yoko Ono and Ringo Starr. (1969)
33 years ago Ringo Starr releases his "Beaucoups of Blues" album. (1970)
32 years ago Cat Stevens "Peace Train" is released. (1971)
30 years ago Even though bassist Bill Wyman admits it's not his favorite album, the Rolling Stones' "Goats Head Soup" turns gold. The album makes it to Number One and contains the Number One single, "Angie." (1973)
28 years ago Soul singer Jackie Wilson suffers a heart attack while performing at the Latin Casino in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. He suffers brain damage and lapses into a coma. Ironically, he was in the middle of singing one of his biggest hits, "Lonely Teardrops," and was two words into the line, "....my heart is crying" when he collapsed. He is 41 years old. (1975)
27 years ago Wings play a benefit and raise $50,000 for the restoration of water-damaged art treasures in Venice's St. Marks Square. A reported 25,000 show-up and unknowingly set back the reclamation project from water when their combined weight loosens some paving stones and allows water to seep through into the Square. (1976)
27 years ago Boston's debut album enters the album chart. It eventually climbs up to #3 and becomes the fastest-selling album debut album in history. The album contains "More Than a Feeling" which reaches #5 early next year. (1976)
27 years ago Blue Oyster Cult's "Agents of Fortune" LP enters the chart. (1976)
24 years ago The Eagles LP, "The Long Run" is released. (1979)
24 years ago Joe Jackson releases his "I'm The Man" single. (1979)
23 years ago Led Zeppelin drummer John "Bonzo" Bonham dies of asphyxiation on his own vomit after drinking forty measures of vodka on the eve of the band's U.S. tour. The group decides he cannot be replaced and disbands. John Bonham was 32. (1980)
22 years ago The Rolling Stones play the first show of their U.S. tour at Philadelphia's JFK Stadium. The show opens up with "Under My Thumb." The tour is filmed by director Hal Ashby and later released in 1983 as the concert documentary "Lets Spend the Night Together." (1981)
21 years ago Aerosmith returns to the charts for the first time since 1980's "Greatest Hits." The latest LP, "Rock in a Hard Place" is their first release of new material since lead guitarist Joe Perry departed in 1979. The album never makes it into the Top 20. (1982)
21 years ago Don Henley's solo debut album, "I Can't Stand Still" enters the chart. The LP includes the hit "Dirty Laundry." (1982)
21 years ago The Who's final album, "It's Hard" enters the chart. (1982)
21 years ago Joan Jett and the Blackhearts' "Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)" peaks at #20 on the singles chart. (1982)
13 years ago A street is named Little Richard Boulevard in the singer's hometown of Macon, Georgia. (1990)
10 years ago John Mellencamp's "Human Wheels" enters the LP chart. (1993)
monkey_00* 09-24-2003, 08:33 PM Wow!..........Led Zeppelin drummer John "Bonzo" Bonham dies on this date in history.......HUGE LOSS for the Music World.
Dempsey 09-24-2003, 11:05 PM I believe also on September 24 (12 years ago in 1991) Nirvana's Nevermind was released.
andora 09-24-2003, 11:08 PM Wow!..........Led Zeppelin drummer John "Bonzo" Bonham dies on this date in history.......HUGE LOSS for the Music World.
but.. he was just the drummer ? :dunno:...
monkey_00* 09-25-2003, 01:31 AM but.. he was just the drummer ? :dunno:...
JUST the Drummer?......He was probably the best ever too.
andora 09-25-2003, 09:58 AM JUST the Drummer?......He was probably the best ever too.
but he's just a drummer...
*i'm joking btw*
Sampe 09-25-2003, 11:28 AM September 25th, 1980: Emily Handley, the gorgeous vocalist/songwriter of a Finnish pop/rock band Nerdee, was born. :dazzle: (in case you're wondering, her dad is American)
monkey_00* 09-25-2003, 09:01 PM September 26, 2003
58 years ago Bryan Ferry, vocalist for Roxy Music, is born. (1945)
47 years ago Fats Domino's "Blueberry Hill" enters the pop charts where it will top out at Number Four. (1956)
47 years ago It's Elvis Presley Day in his hometown of of Tupelo, Mississippi. (1956)
42 years ago Bob Dylan starts a two week stay as the opening act for the Greenbriar Boys at Gerde's Folk City in New York's Greenwich Village. (1961)
39 years ago The Kinks release "You Really Got Me." (1964)
39 years ago Roy Orbison's "Oh, Pretty Woman" hits #1 on the singles chart. (1964)
39 years ago The Shangri-Las' "Remember (Walking In The Sand)" peaks at #5 on the singles chart. (1964)
38 years ago Queen Elizabeth decorates The Beatles with the Order of the British Empire. (1965)
35 years ago Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones is fined $150 after a judge finds him guilty of marijuana possession. (1968)
34 years ago The Beatles release their 13th album in the U.K., "Abbey Road." It's released a week later in the U.S. and is the last album they make together as a group. Within a month the album begins an eleven week run in the Number One spot. (1969)
34 years ago San Francisco's Fillmore West opens. (1969)
33 years ago Tamla-Motown Records reveals the Jackson 5 have sold 10 million singles world wide in nine months ("I Want You Back", "ABC" & "The Love You Save") an unsurpassed record for a while. (1970)
33 years ago Free's "Fire and Water" enters the LP chart. It contains the song, "All Right Now." (1970)
30 years ago The Dutch instrumental group Focus receive a gold record for "Focus 3." It comes on the heels of their lone hit, "Hocus Pocus." (1973)
29 years ago John Lennon releases what will be his last album of new material for nearly six years. "Walls and Bridges" climbs up to Number One. (1974)
28 years ago "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" opens in theatres. (1975)
28 years ago The Allman Brothers Band's "Win, Lose Or Draw" enters the album chart. (1975)
24 years ago The Clash release their first U.S. single, a remake of The Bobby Fuller Four's "I Fought The Law." (1979)
22 years ago Prince finally finds as much success with audiences as with critics, as the title cut of his new album "Controversy" eneters the soul chart. It peaks at #3. Meanwhile on the pop charts, the single and album hit #70 and #21 respectively. (1981)
22 years ago The Kinks' "Give The People What They Want" enters the LP chart. (1981)
22 years ago The Go-Go's "Beauty and the Beat" enters the LP chart. The double platinum album hit #1 for 6 weeks and contains the hits "Our Lips Are Sealed" and "We Got The Beat." (1981)
22 years ago Hall & Oates' "Private Eyes" LP enters the chart. The platinum album contains two #1 hits: "Private Eyes" and "I Can't Go For That." (1981)
17 years ago Mick Jagger's long-form home video "Running Out Of Luck" is finally released by CBS-Fox Video after over a one year delay. (1986)
16 years ago The Grateful Dead's "Touch Of Grey" peaks at #9 on the singles chart, thus becoming their biggest chart hit ever. (1987)
16 years ago The Cars' "Door To Door" enters the LP chart. (1987)
15 years ago Keith Richards releases his first solo album, "Talk Is Cheap." (1988)
12 years ago Southside Johnny films the "It's Been A Long Time" video at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, New Jersey with the help of Bruce Springsteen and Little Steven Van Zandt. Following the recording of the video, Jon Bon Jovi joins the band and an hour long jam ensues. (1991)
11 years ago Patty Smyth and Don Henley's duet, "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" peaks at #2 on the pop singles chart. (1992)
monkey_00* 09-25-2003, 09:07 PM but he's just a drummer...
*i'm joking btw*
Ya I know.....
:rolly:
monkey_00* 09-28-2003, 07:39 PM Sept-28
No. 1
1968 Mary Hopkins: 'Those Were the Days' UK 45
1968 Beatles: 'Hey Jude' US 45
1968 Rascals: 'Time Peace: Greatest Hits' US Lp
1974 Andy Kim: 'Rock Me Gently' US 45
1974 Bad Company: 'Bad Company' US LP
1985 Kate Bush: 'Hounds of Love' UK LP
1991 Marky Mark/Funky Bunch/Loleatta Holloway : Good Vibrations : US single
1991 Guns'N'Roses : Use Your Illusion II : UK LP
1996 Kula Shaker : K : UK LP
1998 B*witched : Rollercoaster : UK single
Births
1938 Ben E. King (Stand By Me)
1946 Helen Shapiro (Walking Back to Happiness)
1947 Peter-Hope-Evans (Medicine Head)
1955 George Lynch (Dokken)
Deaths
1991 Miles Davis (jazz musician)
Miscellany
1955 Coasters (still known as Robbins) enter US R&B charts with 'Smokey Joe's Café'
1958 Teddy Bears release 'To Know Him Is to Love Him' on Dore Records in US
1968 Manager Albert Grossman announces Janis Joplin is to leave Big Brother and the Holding Company
1970 Joe Cocker's 'Mad Dogs and Englishmen' film soundtrack/live album hits UK LP chart
1974 King Crimson disband after five years together
1974 Mick Ronson joins Mott the Hoople, replacing Ariel Bender
1976 A&M sue George Harrison for missing delivery deadline on his 33-1/3 LP. He is ill with hepatitis
1977 David Bowie records Christmas TV special with Bing Crosby and performs 'Little Drummer Boy'
1985 A-Ha debut on UK chart with 'Take on Me'
1991 Garth Brooks becomes the first country artist to debut at No. 1 on 'Billboard' LP chart with 'Ropin' the Wind'
monkey_00* 09-28-2003, 07:42 PM Sept 29
No. 1
1958 Tommy Edwards: 'It's All in the Game' US 45
1960 Ricky Valence: 'Tell Laura I Love Her' UK 45
1973 Simon Park Orchestra: 'Eye Level' UK 45
1973 Grand Funk: 'We're an American Band' US 45
1979 Police: 'Message in a Bottle' UK 45
1979` Boney M: 'Oceans of Fantasy' UK LP
1984 Prince: 'Let's Go Crazy' US 45
1990 Maria McKee: 'Show Me Heaven' UK single
1990 Nelson : (Cant Live Without Your) Love And Affection : US single
Births
1935 Jerry Lee Lewis (Great Balls of Fire)
1942` Jean-Luc Ponty (French violinist)
1948 Mark Farina (Grand Funk)
1948 Mike Pinera (Blues Image)
1957 Mari Wilson (Just What I've Always Wanted)
1963 Matt and Luke Goss (Bros)
1968 Brad Smith (Blind Melon)
Miscellany
1957 Buddy Holly and the Crickets release 'Oh Boy/Not Fade Away'
1958 Big Bopper's 'Chantilly Lace' enters US pop charts at No. 27
1960 Sam Cooke's 'Chain Gang' hits UK chart
1960 Johnny Burnette debuts on UK chart with 'Dreamin''
1961 Bob Dylan plays harmonica on Caroline Hester's first LP for Columbia - his first recorded appearance
1963 Rolling Stones begin their first-ever tour of UK (with the Everly Brothers and Bo Diddley) at New Victoria, London
1967 Motown releases Gladys Knight's 'I Heard It on the Grapevine'
1975 Jackie Wilson's career ends when he is struck by a massive heart attack while performing in Philadelphia
1976 Boy George expelled from school
1977 James Brown's band walk out on him before the show in Halendale, Flordia, claiming they are underpaid
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