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18th Feb 1954, Born on this day, John Travolta, actor, singer, who had the 1978 UK & US No.1 single with Olivia Newton John, 'You're The One That I Want'. The track topped the UK Singles Chart for nine weeks in the summer of 1978 and as of 2008, is still the sixth best-selling single ever in the UK where it has sold over 2,015,000 copies. His mother and his sister Ann appeared as extras in Saturday Night Fever and his sister Ellen appeared as a waitress in Grease.
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27th March 2000, Singer, songwriter, poet and actor, Ian Dury died after a long battle with cancer aged 57. Dury had been disabled by polio as a child, formed Kilburn and the High Roads during the 70's. His first album 'New Boot's And Panties' became a punk classic spending 90 weeks on the UK chart, featured the 1979 UK No.1 single 'Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick.' http://youtu.be/gBLeVcP_JQg
19th February The Johnny Cash estate blocks an attempt by advertisers to use โRing Of Fireโ to promote haemorrhoid-relief products. The idea is said to have been backed by Merle Kilgore, who co-wrote the song with Cashโs wife, June Carter Cash. Cashโs daughter Rosanne said the family would never allow the song to be demeaned like that.
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Born on this day 20th Feb 1967, Kurt Cobain, guitarist, singer, songwriter with Nirvana who had the 1991 UK No.7 and 1992 US No.6 single 'Smells Like Teen Spirit', taken from their 1991 album 'Nevermind' which spent over two years on the UK chart and was a US No.1 album in 1992. During the last years of his life, Cobain struggled with heroin addiction, illness and depression. He also had difficulty coping with his fame and public image. Cobain committed suicide on April 5th 1994.
1960 - Jimmy Hendrix made his stage debut when he played a show at a High School in Seattle
On this day February 22nd 1971, George Harrison was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with โMy Sweet Lord.โ The song from his album All Things Must Pass stayed at No.1 for five weeks and made Harrison the first solo Beatle to have a No.1. The track returned to the top of the UK charts in 2002, following his death.
On this day 24th February 1975, Led Zeppelin released their sixth album Physical Graffiti in the UK. Recording sessions had been disrupted when bassist and keyboard player John Paul Jones had proposed quitting the band, supposedly to become choirmaster at Winchester Cathedral, England, although in reality he just needed time to rest after Zeppelin's demanding tour schedule.
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Feb 25th 1943, Born on this day, George Harrison guitarist and vocalist with The Beatles, the worldโs most successful group. The all-time bestselling album in the UK is The Beatlesโ 'Sgt Pepperโs Lonely Hearts Club Band', with over 4.5 million copies sold. Harrison wrote the 1969 US No.1 & UK No.4 Beatles single โSomethingโ. As a solo artist he had the 1971 US No.1 album 'All Things Must Pass' and the 1970 worldwide No.1 single โMy Sweet Lordโ. He was also a member of the Traveling Wilburys with Tom Petty and Bob Dylan. Harrison died of cancer on November 29th 2001. http://youtu.be/C8SB0IqTFmY
Feb 26th 1932, Born on this day, Johnny Cash, US country singer, songwriter who had a 1969 US No.2 & UK No.4 single with โA Boy Named Sueโ plus 11 other US Top 40 singles. He had the US TV Johnny Cash show in the late 60sโ early 70s. Cash died of respiratory failure on September 12th 2003, aged 71.
On this day 27th Feb 1967, Pink Floyd recorded their first single, โArnold Layne,โ with producer Joe Boyd at Sound Techniques studio in Chelsea, England. "Arnold Layne" regularly ran for 10 to 15 minutes in concert (with extended instrumental passages), but the band knew that it had to be shortened for use as a single. http://mrtrpt.com/1n3
On this day February 29th 1968, The Beatles Sgt. Pepper won album of the year, best cover and best-engineered and recorded album at this years Grammy Awards. The greatest album ever? The best Beatles album?
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2nd March 2007, Jimi Hendrix was crowned the 'wildest guitar hero' of all-time in a poll of music fans for Classic Rock magazine. Hendrix beat Keith Richards into second place, with Stevie Ray Vaughan in third. Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page made it to number four, followed by Dimebag Darrell, who played for several heavy metal bands including Pantera and Damageplan. http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/pages/jimi_hendrix
5th March 1983, Michael Jackson started a seven week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Billie Jean', his fourth solo US No.1, also No.1 in the UK. And on this day Jacksons album 'Thriller' went to No.1 for the first time on the UK album chart, it went on to become the biggest selling album of all time with sales over 50 million. http://youtu.be/kXhy7ZsiR50
9th March 1991, 'Should I Stay Or Should I Go' gave The Clash their only UK No.1 single after the track was used for a Levi's TV advertisement. The track was first released in 1982 from their album Combat Rock album.http://youtu.be/3hV2lCnG5VA
10th March 1973, Pink Floyd released their eighth studio album 'The Dark Side Of The Moon' in the US. It remained in the US charts for 741 discontinuous weeks from 1973 to 1988, longer than any other album in history. After moving to the Billboard Top Pop Catalog Chart, the album notched up a further 759 weeks, and had reached a total of over 1,500 weeks on the combined charts by May 2006. With an estimated 45 million copies sold, it is Pink Floyd's most commercially successful album and one of the best-selling albums worldwide. http://youtu.be/-xf5Kjnlq4A
11th March 1972, Harry Nilsson was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with his version of The Peter Ham and Tom Evans song 'Without You'. First recorded by Badfinger in 1970, the song was also a No.1 for Mariah Carey in 1994.http://youtu.be/Q-f6m0YcxCc
14th March 1983, Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora and Alec John Such formed Bon Jovi. Their fourth album, New Jersey, released in 1988, is notable for producing five Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 singles, the most top ten hits to date from a hard rock album. http://youtu.be/lDK9QqIzhwk
15th March 1967, The first session recording George Harrison's new song โWithin You Without Youโ took place at Abbey Road studios, London. George was the only Beatle to perform on this song, which was still called 'Untitled'. Harrison played the swordmandel and tamboura, Natver Soni played tabla, Amrat Gajjar played dilruba, PD Joshi played swordmandel, and an undocumented musician played a droning tamboura.
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16th March, 1968, the posthumously released Otis Redding single 'Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay', started a five week run at No.1 on the US chart, (a No.3 hit the UK). Otis was killed in a plane crash on 10th December 1967 three days after recording the song. โSittin' On The Dock Of The Bayโ, became the first posthumous No.1 single in US chart history and sold over four million copies worldwide.
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19th March 1962, Bob Dylanโs debut album Bob Dylan was released in the Untied States. Initially poor sales led the record to be known around Columbia Records as โHammond's Follyโ (John Hammond was producer of Dylanโs early recordings and the man responsible for signing Dylan). The album was praised by the New York City weekly newspaper Village Voice as an โexplosive country blues debutโ, but featured only two Dylan original compositions, Talkin' New York and Song To Woody, the rest being old folk standards. http://youtu.be/yQaWsNcTZgo
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