At the 97th Academy Awards on March 2, 2025, music legend Mick Jagger surprised attendees by presenting the Best Original Song award. The Rolling Stones frontman revealed he wasn’t the first choice for the role, stating that producers initially approached Bob Dylan, who declined. Jagger humorously noted that Dylan suggested finding someone younger, to which […]
1959 – “Cash Box” magazine began using a red ‘bullet’ on its record charts to indicate the records that have the strongest upward movement each week. 1968 – Frankie Lymon died of a heroin overdose. 1970 – In Denmark, Led Zeppelin performed under the name Nobs after the family of Ferdinand von Zeppelin threatened a […]
Paul McCartney has announced the release of his forthcoming book, Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run, set to hit shelves on November 4, 2025. This 528-page volume offers an in-depth chronicle of Wings, the band McCartney formed post-Beatles, highlighting their journey from inception to their rise in the music world. The book […]
1954 – A U.S. Congresswoman introduced a bill to prohibit the distribution of “obscene, lewd, lascivious or filthy” recordings. 1955 – LaVern Baker appealed to Congress in a letter to Michigan Representative Charles Digges Jr. The letter requested the revision of the Copyright Act of 1909. 1955 – Billboard reported that the 45rpm single format […]
1952 – The first musical choreography score was copyrighted. It was Cole Porter’s “Kiss Me Kate”. 1953 – The musical “Wonderful Town” opened. It ran for 559 performances. 1957 – Buddy Holly and the Crickets recorded “That’ll Be The Day.” The song would be their first hit. A previously recorded version, on July 22, 1956, […]
1964 – The Beatles appeared for the 3rd time on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” They appeared via tape. 1965 – The Beach Boys recorded “Help Me Rhonda”. 1969 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience played its last British concert. 1970 – “ABC” by the Jackson Five was released. 1975 – Led Zeppelin’s album “Physical Graffiti” was […]
1958 – The first Flying V, by Gibson, was shipped from a factory in Kalamazoo, MI. 1968 – McGraw-Hill, Inc. outbids eight other American publishers for the U.S. rights to Hunter Davies’ authorized biography of the Beatles. They paid $150,000 for the rights. 1970 – The Jackson 5 made their TV debut on “American Bandstand.” […]
1949 – Ricky Nelson joined the cast of his parents’ radio show. 1958 – Buddy Holly’s album “Buddy Holly” was released by Coral Records. This was his first official solo album. 1964 – The Beach Boys recorded “Don’t Worry Baby”. 1969 – “Goodbye Cream” opened in Baltimore. The film was of Cream’s November 26, 1968 […]
1964 – Simon & Garfunkel completed the original acoustic version of “The Sounds of Silence.” 1968 – Gerry Marsden (Gerry & the Pacemakers) began a 3-1/2 year run in the London stage production of “Charlie Girl.” 1970 – Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart guest starred on ABC-TV’s “Bewitched”. 1971 – Paul McCartney released “Another Day” […]
1959 – Elvis Presley appeared after hours at the Lido Club in Paris while on leave from the U.S. Army. 1959 – Ray Charles recorded “What’d I Say.” 1969 – Lulu and Maurice Gibb (Bee Gees) were married in England. 1974 – KISS released their first album “KISS.” 1974 – Yes played their first show […]