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September 4, 2010
Pretenders drummer Martin Chambers is 61.
On this day in 1962, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr recorded together for the first time at EMI's St. John Studio. The Beatles made a 6-song demo that included "Love Me Do" and "P.S., I Love You." In the process, producer George Martin made them redo "Love Me Do" 16 times. What was he thinking?
On this day in 1965, The Beatles' "Help!" peaked at #1 on the charts as Bob Dylan's "Like A Rolling Stone" peaked at #2.
On this day in 1965, The Who had their equipment van stolen outside the Battersea Dog's Home in England while they were inside purchasing a guard dog.
On this day in 1970, George Harrison released "My Sweet Lord."
On this day in 1971, "Riders On The Storm" by The Doors peaked at #14 on the charts.
On this day in 1976, Fleetwood Mac's self-titled album hit #1 after 54 weeks on the charts.
On this day in 1982, the song "Abracadabra" by the Steve Miller Band peaked at #1 on the charts.
On this day in 1987, Pink Floyd released their "A Momentary Lapse Of Reason" album.
September 4th Historicals
On this day in 1781, Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles. Too bad half of them got stuck in traffic and missed the ceremony.
On this day in 1888, George Eastman patented his new roll-film camera and copyrighted the "Kodak" servicemark. Although it's hard to picture it so many years later, the developers actually lost George's first two rolls of film. (But it would have been worse if they had been the rolls with pictures of his assistant's girlfriend!)
September 5, 2010
Singer Freddie Mercury of Queen would have been 64.
Drummer Buddy Miles (who worked with Hendrix, among many others) would have been 64.
On this day in 1964, Manfred Mann released the #1 charting "Do Wah Diddy" just as The Animals' cover of "House of the Rising Sun" hit #1. Now that was a Rock & Roll day!
On this day in 1965, The Rolling Stones flew into Los Angeles just to record their #1 single "Get Off Of My Cloud."
On this day in 1970, Joe Cocker's "Mad Dogs & Englishmen" album entered the charts, eventually peaking at #2.
On this day in 1981, "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" by Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers peaked at #3, "Urgent" by Foreigner peaked at #4, "Fire And Ice" by Pat Benatar peaked at #17 on the charts.
On this day in 1981, Bruce Springsteen joined The Pretenders onstage at Perkins' Palace in Pasadena to cover the Jackie Wilson classic "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher."
This weekend, over 90 stations will air OFF THE RECORD with Joe Benson featuring the music of Led Zeppelin and Joe's brand new conversation with Jason Bonham... Check out the promo and Stream on!
Axl Doesn't Like The Irish Response
After his Leeds Festival fiasco, you knew Axl Rose would be whining and complaining that he doesn't need to follow anyone else's rules. But did he learn anything? As a point of national pride, the Irish — whose hometown bands include U2 and Thin Lizzy — don't tolerate rock star arrogance. So of course when Guns N' Roses continued their rude routine of taking the stage over an hour late in Dublin on Wednesday, the angry fans let them have it, even throwing bottles on stage. After the first song, Axl threatened to leave if another bottle was thrown. Three songs later the bottle brigade resumes and GN' R left the stage 25 minutes after they came out. A half hour later, Mr. Rose and company returned to finish their set in front of a "small but pretty irate crowd." An Axl proclamation on the ignorant masses should be forthcoming soon.
Jovi Vegas
Word is that, following in the tiny footsteps of Celine Dion, Bette Midler and Elton John, Bon Jovi will be the next major artist to take up residency in Las Vegas. After the New Jersey band's multi-gig run at London's O2 Arena earlier this Summer, folks are saying that the boys received a multimillion-dollar offer to set up shop permanently in Sin City. But will there be dancing girls?
A Fizzy Take On Copyrights
At least this time it wasn't a politician breaking the copyright and licensing laws. Do you remember enjoying War's song "Why Can't We Be Friends?" in the new Pepsi national ad campaign? Turns out that neither the beverage company nor their ad agency asked for permission to use the track! Thus the band is suing for $10 million in damages.
It was Dr. Seuss who said: "Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple."
It was Albert Einstein who said: "Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal."
It was Donald H. McGannon who said: "Leadership is action, not position."
Labor Day
Organized by the Central Labor Union, the first Labor Day holiday was held on Tuesday, September 5th, 1882 in New York City. Two years later, union organizers settled on the first Monday in September to celebrate a "workingmen's holiday," and by 1894, 24 states had adopted the holiday. On June 28, 1894, U.S. Congressmen eager to curry favor among the unions made the day a Federal Holiday. The big back-to-school sales and end-of-year model close-out automobile sales evolved around the holiday weekend many, many years later.
