September 11th, 1976 KC and the Sunshine Band went to No.1 on the US singles chart with '(Shake Shake Shake), Shake Your Body', the group's third US No.1, a No.22 hit in the UK. All their hits were written by their bass player/producer Rick Finch and their lead singer/keyboard player Harry Wayne Casey (KC). Finch told Songfacts this song was directly inspired by dance moves they witnessed in clubs. He […]
On this day in 1967, Keith Moon celebrated his 21st birthday by taking a Rolls Royce for a swim – or did he? Eyewitnesses explain what they saw – or think they saw... The Holiday Inn in Flint, Michigan was the site of one of the most notorious examples of extreme rock ’n’ roll behaviour in history. The Who drummer Keith Moon had already left a trail of chaos on […]
Toto Cutugno, one of the greatest interpreters of Italian music, died on August 22nd, around 4 p.m. at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan. The death of the singer-songwriter, who had just turned 80 in July, was reported to ANSA by his manager Danilo Mancuso, who explained how “after a long illness, the singer’s conditions had worsened in recent months.” Toto Cutugno participated in the Sanremo Music Festival fifteen times, but […]
On August 19, 1964, The Beatles kicked off their first North American tour at San Francisco’s Cow Palace. Playing to an audience of 17,130, the band performed a 12-song set, including such hits as “Twist and Shout,” “All My Loving,” and “Can’t Buy Me Love.” Although they had performed shows in New York, Washington DC and Miami in February 1964, this was The Beatles’ first proper tour of America […]
Johnny Cash married Vivian Liberto at St Ann's Catholic Church in Memphis. Cash had plans of becoming a Memphis appliance salesman, he instead formed a band with Luther Perkins and Marshall Grant, and was signed to Sun Records a year later. In the summer of 1954, after having heard Elvis Presley's breakthrough record That's All Right, Cash contacted Sun Records. Unfortunately, Cash was initially “brushed off” by Phillips… repeatedly. Undeterred, […]
1969 Aretha Franklin was arrested for causing a disturbance in a Detroit parking lot. After posting 50-dollars bail, she ran down a road sign while leaving the police station. 1967 Pink Floyd appeared at The Beach Ballroom, Aberdeen, Scotland. The venue is home to one of Scotland's finest dance floors - famous for its bounce - which floats on fixed steel springs. During the 1960s The Beatles (in 1963), Small […]
1969 During sessions at Abbey Road studios, London, Ringo Starr recorded his vocal to 'Octopus's Garden', for the Abbey Road album. Starr had written the song when he 'quit' The Beatles the previous year and was staying on actorPeter Seller’s yacht in the Mediterranean. https://youtu.be/De1LCQvbqV4 1969 Elvis Presley begins rehearsals with his band for a run of Las Vegas dates that mark his return to the live stage after a […]
The Bruce Springsteen Band opened for Humble Pie at the Sunshine In, Asbury Park in New Jersey Prior to becoming famous, Bruce Springsteen was often used as an opening act for bands that would come through the Jersey Shore. One noteworthy evening took place at Asbury Park, N.J.'s Sunshine In on July 11, 1971, when the nine-piece Bruce Springsteen Band opened up for Humble Pie. After the show an impressed […]
On July 12 1962, Rolling Stones made their live debut at the Marquee Jazz Club, London with Dick Taylor on bass (later of The Pretty Things) and Mick Avory on drums, (later of The Kinks). Billed as The Rollin’ Stones, they were paid £20 for the gig, the equivalent of £330 in 2010. https://youtu.be/ZrQErX_0Yqs
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