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1899 - Born on this day, Duke Ellington, composer, bandleader, pianist, died 24th May 1974. Worked with Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday.

1928 - Born on this day, Carl Gardner, The Coasters.

1931 - Born on this day, Lonnie Donegan, singer who launched the skiffle craze.

1942 - Born on this day, Klaus Voorman, bass, Manfred Mann, Plastic Ono Band. Voorman designed the cover for The Beatles album 'Revolver.'

1947 - Born on this day, Tommy James, The Shondells.

1949 - Born on this day, Francis Rossi, guitar, vocals, Status Quo.

1953 - Born on this day, Bill Drummond, producer, A&R man, writer, musician. Joined Big in Japan in 1977 (with Holly Johnson, later of Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Ian Broudie later of Lightning Seeds). Co-founder of Merseysides Zoo Records. Formed KLF in the late 1980’s.

1960 - Born on this day, Phil King, bass, Lush.

1960 - Warner Brothers launched its own record label in Britain with the release of The Everly Brothers 'Cathy's Clown.'

1963 - Publicist Andrew Oldham and agent Eric Easton singed a management deal with The Rolling Stones after buying the rights to the bands first recordings for £90. They also persuade keyboard player Ian Stewart to drop out of the line up and become the bands road manager (and still play piano at the back of the stage).

1965 - Jimmy Nicol, the drummer who stood in for Ringo Starr during a Beatles Australian tour in 1964, appeared in a London Court faced with bankruptcy with debts of £4,000.

1967 - The 14 hour Technicolour Dream benefit party for The International Times was held at Alexandra Palace in London. Seeing the event mentioned on TV, John Lennon called his driver and went to the show. Coincidentally, Yoko Ono was one of the performers. Other acts to appear included The Flies, Pink Floyd, Arthur Brown, The Move and Susie Creamcheese.

1967 - Jimi Hendrix, The Walker Brothers, Engelbert Humperdink and Cat Stevens played two shows at Bournemouth Winter Gardens, England.

1968 - Born on this day, Carnie Wilson, Wilson Phillips, daughter of Beach Boy Brian Wilson.

1969 - Working on tracks for the forthcoming Beatles Abbey Road album, Ringo Starr added his vocal to 'Octopus's Garden.'

1973 - Born on this day, Mike Hogan, bass, The Cranberries.

1973 - the bay city rollers appeared at The Odeon Theatre, Edinburgh in Scotland.

1973 - John Denver began a weekly live UK BBC 2 TV special, 'The John Denver Show'.

1976 - After a gig in Memphis Bruce Springsteen took a cab to Elvis Presley's Graceland home and proceeded to climb over the wall. A guard took him to be another crank fan and apprehended him.

1980 - Black Sabbath began their first tour with vocalist Ronnie James Dio, who had replaced Ozzy Osbourne.

1981 - Elton John paid £14,000 for 232 'Goon Show' scripts broadcast during the 50's at an auction held at Christies, London.

1992 - Paula Abdul married actor Emilio Estevez. They separated on 10th May 1994.

1993 - Guitarist, producer, Mick Ronson died of cancer. Ronson recorded and toured with David Bowie. Released the 1974 album 'Slaughter On Tenth Avenue', part of Hunter, Ronson.

1997 - Boy George was accused of being a 'professional liar' by musician singer Kirk Brandon during a London court hearing. Brandon was in court suing the singer over claims in George's autobiography that the pair had slept together.

1998 - Steven Tyler broke his knee at a concert in Anchorage, Alaska delaying Aerosmith's Nine lives tour and necessitating camera angle adjustments for the filming of the video for 'I Don't Want to Miss a Thing.'

2001 - Rod Stewart asked for a change in wedding vows bringing them up to-date and to be treated like a dog license. Stewart said 'a change is needed because they've been in existence for 600 years when people used to live until they were only 35'.

1942 - Born on this day, Mike Vickers, Manfred Mann.

1944 - Born on this day, Skip Spence, Moby Grape, Jefferson Airplane. He died on 16th April 1999.

1958 - Born on this day, Les Pattinson, Echo and the Bunnymen.

1964 - Born on this day, Mark 'Bez' Berry, Happy Mondays, Black Grape.

1964 - The Beatles appeared on the UK TV comedy program The Morecambe and Wise Show, playing ‘This Boy’, ‘All My Loving’, and ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’ and also participate in comedy sketches with Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise. The Beatles also held the UK and US No.1 position on this day with 'Can't Buy Me Love'.

1969 - Lulu married Bee Gee Maurice Gibb, Brother Barry was the best man. The couple split in 1973.

1970 - Born on this day, Greg Eklund, drums, Everclear.

1970 - Appearing at London's Royal Albert Hall, Santana, Taj Mahal and It's a Beautiful Day.

1974 - Born on this day, Mark Tremonti, Creed.

1975 - Four Bay City Rollers fans were taken to hospital and 35 others required on site treatment after they attempted to swim across a lake to meet their heroes. The group were making an appearance at a BBC Radio 1 fun day at Mallory Park.

1985 - Wham! became the first-ever Western pop act to have an album released in China.

1992 - Former Findus fish foods factory worker Annie Lennox went to No.1 on the UK album chart with her debut solo release 'Diva.'

1992 - Def Leppard started a five-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Adrenalize.'

1995 - Oasis drummer Tony McCarrol was told by phone that he was being sacked from the group.

1996 - Bernard Edwards guitarist and producer from Chic, died in a Tokyo Hotel room after complaining that he was feeling ill. Produced ABC, Power Station and Rod Stewart.

2004 - Guns N' Roses were at No.1 on the UK album chart with their 'Greatest Hits.'

2006 - A sale of clothes belonging to Sir Elton John raised more than $700,000 (£395,000) for the singer's Aids charity. Over 10,000 pieces were sold during a five-day sale in New York City at the specially-created shop, Elton's Closet, at New York's Rockefeller Center.

1935 - Born on this day, Loretta Lynn, country singer, the first woman to be named Country Music Artist Entertainer Of The Year.

1942 - Tony Burrows, singer, Edison Lighthouse, (1970 UK No.1 single 'Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes'). Holds the record for having four records in the British Top Ten at once, all under different names. Edison Lighthouse ‘Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes), White Plains, ‘My Baby Loves Lovin', The Pipkins ‘Gimme Dat Ding,’ and the Brotherhood of Man's ‘United We Stand,’ all of which were hits in both the US and UK.

1945 - Born on this day, Ritchie Blackmore, guitarist, Deep Purple, Rainbow.

1963 - The Rolling Stones played at The Crawdaddy Club, Richmond. All four members of The Beatles were in the audience.

1964 - the king bees, (featuring a young David Bowie, then David Jones), played at a wedding reception at the Jack Of Clubs in London.

1965 - Born on this day, Martyn Le Noble, Porno for Pyros.

1967 - Polydor Records released the Bee Gees'New York mining Disaster 1941' It was released with a promotional slogan announcing 'The most significant talent since The Beatles. The record became a Top 20 hit in the UK and US.

1967 - A riot broke out at Warsaw's Palace Of Culture as The Rolling Stones made their first appearance in an Iron Curtain Country; police used tear gas in a battle with 2,000 fans.

1967 - David Bowie's novelty record 'The Laughing Gnome' was released in the UK.

1968 - Phil Spector married Ronettes singer Veronica Bennett. The couple divorced in 1973.

1969 - The recording of 'The Ballad Of John and Yoko' took place, with just two Beatles, Paul McCartney and John Lennon. Paul played bass, drums and piano with John on guitars and lead vocals.

1970 - Creedence Clearwater Revival made their live UK debut when they played the first of two nights at The Royal Albert Hall, London.

1971 - The Illinois Crime Commission issued a list of 'drug-oriented records' including Jefferson Aiplane's 'White Rabbit', Procol Harum's 'A Whiter Shade Of Pale' and The Beatles' 'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds.'

1973 - Led Zeppelin started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Houses Of The Holy', also a No.1 in the US. The young girl featured on the cover of the album climbing naked up Giants Causeway in Northern Ireland is Samantha Gates who was 6 years old at the time of the photo shoot.

1975 - After rumors that Jimmy Page, Steve Marriott, Jeff Beck and Chris Spedding would replace Mick Taylor as guitarist in The Rolling Stones, a press release confirmed that Ron Wood would be joining the band for their forthcoming American tour.

1976 - Motown Records and Stevie Wonder announce the largest contract renewal to date, worth $13 million.

1976 - Eric Faulkner of the bay city rollers reportedly came close to death after taking a drug overdose at their manager's house while in a state of exhaustion.

1978 - Joy Division played at the 'Stiff Test/Chiswick Challenge', at Raffters in Manchester. Future manager Rob Gretton and then journalist Tony Wilson saw the band for the first time.

1980 - Born on this day, Win Butler, lead vocalist, songwriter, Arcade Fire.

1980 - Gary Numan released 'The Touring Principle', the first long-form rock video to be made commercially available in the UK.

1983 - The Pretenders bass player Pete Farndon died from a drug overdose.

1983 - Appearing at the De Montfort Hall, Leicester, Tears for Fears and Spandau Ballet played at The Royal Albert Hall, London.

1993 - Paul McCartney kicked off a 24-date North American tour at the Sam Boys Silver Bowl in Las Vegas.

1994 - Kurt Cobain was cremated at the Bleitz Funeral Home, Seattle. The death certificate listed Cobain's occupation as Poet/Musician and his type of business as Punk Rock.

2003 - A man was arrested accused of making up a Bjork concert then selling tickets. Alex Conate allegedly sold tickets worth $14,000 at $40 each after persuading a San Diego nightclub owner that Bjork had agreed to play there. He was accused of taking the money and moving to Hawaii, where he was arrested.

1927 - Born on this day, Junior Parker, US blues singer/songwriter. He worked with BB King and Howlin Wolf. Parker died on November 18th 1971.

1942 - Born on this day, Mike Pender, The Searchers.

1944 - Born on this day, Jance Garfat, bass, Dr Hook.

1954 - Born on this day, Chris Hughes, Adam and the Ants.

1963 - The Beatles played the last show on a UK tour supporting Helen Shapiro at The Gaumont Cinema, Hanley, Stoke.

1966 - Born on this day, Tone-Loc, (Antony Smith), US rapper.

1966 - Neil Young, Stephen Stills and Richie Furay formed Buffalo Springfield in Los Angeles.

1967 - A twice-nightly tour kicked off in the UK at The ABC in Romford Essex featuring, The Small Faces, Jeff Beck, Roy Orbison and Paul And Barry Ryan.

1969 - Led Zeppelin recorded their first BBC Radio 1 'Top Gear' session during the afternoon at the Playhouse Theatre in London, England.

1973 - Winners at this years Grammy Awards included, Roberta Flack who won Song of the year and Record of the year with 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' and Harry Nilsson won Best pop vocal performance for 'Without You.'

1973 - Slade's 'Come On Feel The Noize', entered the UK at No.1, making Sladethe first act to achieve this since The Beatles.

1977 - The first night of an UK tour with Johnny Thunders and The Heartbreakers, Cherry Vanilla and The Police kicked off at the Roxy Club, London. Iggy Pop supported by The Vibrators appeared at Huddersfield Poly.

1979 - The Bee Gees went to No. 1 on the US album chat with 'Spirits Having Flown', the brothers' second US No.1 album.

1983 - The Eurythmics kicked off a 10-date UK tour at The Hacienda, Manchester.

1984 - German group Nena were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with '99 Red Balloons.'

1985 - Michael Jackson visited Madame Tussauds Waxworks in London to unveil his waxwork look-alike.

1986 - Metallica released their highly influential album, Master of Puppets, considered by many in the metal community to be the best metal album of all time.

1990 - During a world tour Paul McCartney played the first of 6 sold-out nights at the Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan. The final night was broadcast live to venues in 10 other Japanese cities; Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Kumamoto, Matsuyama, Nagoya, Niigata, Osaka, Sapporp, Sendai and Takamatsu.

1994 - The Smashing Pumpkins were banned from appearing on BBC TV's 'Top Of The Pops', due to the content of the song "Disarm"'s lyrics. The single was this weeks highest new entry.

1999 - US music professor Peter Jeffrey went to court to sue The Smashing Pumpkins, their promoters and a company who make ear plugs after claiming his hearing was damaged at a concert in Connecticut.

1999 - Oasis agreed to pay their former drummer Tony McCarroll a one-off sum of £550,000 ($935,000) after he sued the Manchester band for millions in unpaid royalties. McCarroll had been sacked from the band in 1995.

2000 - Tom Jones won the Best male artist at this year's Brit Awards. Other winners included Travis for Best band and Best album 'The Man Who.' Best single went to Robbie Williams for 'She's The One', Five won Best pop act, TLC won Best International group, Beck won Best International Male, Macy Gray won Best newcomer and Outstanding Contribution went to The Spice Girls.

2000 - Former Bay City Roller, Derek Longmuir was released on bail on charges of downloading child pornographic images from the internet and keeping indecent videos in his home.

2003 - Ray Jackson who found fame with Lindisfarne took out legal action against Rod Stewart over his 1970s hit song ‘Maggie May.’ Jackson claimed he came up with the worldwide hit's classic mandolin melody and claimed he may have lost at least £1m because he was not credited for the track's distinctive "hook." Jackson was paid just £15 for the recording session by Stewart in 1971.

2004 - Elton John announced he was planning to marry his long-term partner David Furnish if new UK laws allowed it. A Civil Partnership bill was being passed through Parliament which would give gay couples greater rights.

My first albums (8-tracks!)
Queen-News Of The World
Boston-Boston
Styx-Pieces of Eight

Yes ... I admit I listened to disco (shame)
Disco Duck
The Hustle
KC & The Sunshine Band
-(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty
-Get Down Tonight
-That's The Way I Like It
Saturday Night Fever
ABBA-Dancing Queen
Other embarrassing stuff:
Glen Campbell-Like a Rhinestone cowboy
Kenny Rogers
-The Gambler
-Coward Of The County
Willie Nelson
-Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys
-On The Road Again
Captain and Tennille
-Love Will Keep Us Together
-Muskrat Love
Convoy

Other stuff I remember:
Bay City Rollers-Saturday Night
Grease
Starland Vocal Band-Afternoon Delight