Friday’s Nostalgic News: May 12

“MUSIC TODAY”

• 1958 – The Everly Brothers started a four-week run at No.1 in the US with ‘All I Have To Do Is Dream’.
• 1961 – The Beatles in Hamburg, West Germany, signed a recording contract with producer Bert Kaempfert. That evening they played at The Top Ten Club, Reeperbahn, Hamburg.
• 1962 – “Mashed Potato Time” by Dee Dee Sharp was the top R&B song for a third week.

• 1962 – Billboard Magazine reported that last year’s most-played jukebox record was ‘Big Bad John’ by Jimmy Dean. The second most-played was Chubby Checker’s ‘The Twist’.
• 1964 – The Beach Boys started a four week run at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Beach Boys Concert’, the group’s first US No.1.
• 1965 – The Rolling Stones recorded ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’ at RCA Hollywood studios.  It gave the band their first number 1 single in the US.
• 1967 – Pink Floyd appeared at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, giving a special concert Games For May – Space Age Relaxation For The Climate Of Spring. This was reportedly the first show to include loudspeakers placed at the back of the hall to give a ‘sound in the round’, ie quadraphonic, effect.
• 1967 – ‘Are You Experienced’, the debut album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience was released in the UK. Hendrix also played a gig at the Bluesville Club, Manor House in London on this day.

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