Jim Cohen
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Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 9 Mar 2002 2:12 pm |
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THE WEEK IN REVIEW: The Week That Was
This is the week that was in matters musical...1953, Rufus Thomas signs to Sun Records and goes into the studio to record "Bear Cat," his reply to Mama Thornton's "Hound Dog"...1955, Carl Perkins "Blue Suede Shoes" enters the pop chart - a first for any country artist...
1957, the Diamonds make their pop chart debut with the classic "Little Darlin," which reaches #2 on the pop chart and #3 on the R&B chart...1958, Billie Holiday is given a year's probation for narcotics possession by a Philadelphia court...1961, The Supremes release their first single, "I Want A Guy"...The Beatles make their
television debut on the BBC show "Teenager's Turn" performing Roy
Orbison's "Dream Baby"...1963, Patsy Cline's funeral is held...1964, "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "She Loves You" by The Beatles are neck and neck for the top spot on the singles chart...1966, "Gloria" by Chicago garage band The Shadow of Knights enters the top ten... also in '66, a petition bearing 5,000 signatures is delivered to British Prime Minister Harold Wilson asking that Liverpool's Cavern
Club be reopened...1968, Fillmore East opens in New York..."Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay" earns Otis Redding his only gold record but it comes too late for him to enjoy - three months after his death...
1969, The Who releases "Pinball Wizard" in the U.K., the first selection the public hears from the rock opera "Tommy"...also in
1969, The Smothers Brothers' Comedy Hour is cancelled by CBS-TV because the brothers refuse to censor Joan Baez's comments about her husband who is going to jail for refusing the draft...and again in this year of significant events, George Harrison and wife Patti are arrested for cannabis possession when authorities find 120 joints in their house...1970, Charlie Manson releases his cult album "The Lie" while serving life in prison...1971, Radio Hanoi broadcasts Jimi Hendrix's "Star Spangled Banner"...the tape is sent by Abbie Hoffman
..1973, to the whole world's surprise "Dueling Banjos" performed by
Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandel goes gold...also in 1973, the group War receives its second gold record single in a week (for "Cisco Kid" and "The World is a Ghetto") and Paul McCartney is fined for growing marijuana...1976, Madame Tussaud's in London unveils a wax dummy of Elton John, Fleetwood Mac releases "Rhiannon," and Keith Moon collapses onstage at the Boston Garden...1978, The Bee Gees' "Night Fever" moves into the #1 spot, displacing "Stayin' Alive," another Bee Gees tune...1979, James Brown appears as a guest on the Grand Ole
Opry at the request of Porter Wagonner...regulars are pleased by
Opry-acceptable versions of "The Tennessee Waltz" and "Your Cheatin' Heart," but Brown also tears through a five-song soul medley
(including "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag") that strains the budding relationship... also in '79, John Lennon gets into it with a
photographer outside the Troubador in Los Angeles...1983, Danny Rapp of Danny And The Juniors commits suicide in Arizona at age 41...1987, Carol King is inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame...1997, rap
star Notorious B.I.G. is shot to death in his car following a Soul Train awards party...McCartney is knighted...1998, Liam Gallagher of Oasis gets into two fracases in one week, first in Australia where he
breaks a fan's nose and is charged for assault, then on a flight from Hong Kong where the boys in the band shout bscenities, smoke, and have a row with the crew...and that is the week that was.
Birthdays:
March 6: Wes Montgomery (1925), King urtis (1934), Sylvia Robinson of Mickey and Sylvia (1936), producerand ex-Zombie Chris White
(1943), Mary Wilson of the Supremes (1944), Hugh Grundy of The Zombies (1945), Matthew Fisher of Procol Harum (1946), David Gilmour
(1947), singer Kiki Dee (1947)
March 7: Peter Wolf of J. Geils (1946)
March 8: Mickey Dolenz of the Monkees (1945), bassist Randy Meisner (1946), Mel Galley of Whitesnake (1948), Little Peggy March (1948), singer Gary Numan (1958), Peter "Pedro" Gill of Frankie Goes to
Hollywood (1960), Julian Lennon (1963)
March 9: Tex-Mex legend Huey Meaux (1929), Lloyd Price (1933), Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere & the Raiders (1942), John Cale (1942), Robin Trower (1945), Jeffrey Osborne (1948)
March 10: Bix Beiderbecke (1903), Dean Torrence of Jan & Dean (1940), Tom Scholz of Boston (1947), Jimme Fadden of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1948), Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam 1963), Edie Brickell (1966)
March 11: Mike Hugg of Manfred Mann (1940), Mark Stein of Vanilla Fudge (1947), singer Bobby McFerrin (1950), singer Nina Hagen (1955), Bruce Watson of Big Country (1961)
March 12: James Taylor (1948), Bill Payne of Little Feat (1949), Steve Harris of Iron Maiden (1957), Marlon Jackson of The Jackson 5 (1957)
Departures:
March 7: producer Dave Jordan (1995), country singer Jack Anglin (1963)
March 8: Billy Eckstine (1993), Danny Rapp of Danny And The Juniors (1983), Ron "Pigpen" McKernan of the Grateful Dead (1973)
March 9: Notorious B.I.G. (1997)
March 10: Laverne Baker (1997), Doc Green of The Drifters (1989), Andy Gibb (1988)
March 11: Stacey Guess of the Squirrel Nut Zippers (1997)
March 12: violinist and conductor Lord Yehudi Menuhin (1999), Charlie "Bird" Parker Jr. (1955)
[This message was edited by Jim Cohen on 10 March 2002 at 10:39 AM.] |
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