Sunday’s Nostalgic News – May 28

“MUSIC TODAY”

• 1941 – Frank Sinatra joined Tommy Dorsey’s Orchestra in recording “This Love of Mine.”
• 1955 – “Billboard” reported that “The Ballad of Davy Crockett” was the most popular song in the U.S.
• 1966 – Ike & Tina Turner released “River Deep, Mountain, High.”
• 1966 – Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass went to No.1 on the US album chart with ‘What Now My Love’, setting a new American record with four albums in the US Top Ten.
• 1966 – Percy Sledge started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘When A Man Loves A Woman’.
• 1966 – Love appeared at the Whisky A Go Go West Hollywood, California, supported by The Doors.
• 1973 – Bassist Ronnie Lane left The Faces and went on to form Slim Chance, (who had the 1974 hit ‘How Come’).
• 1973 – Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of The Moon was on both the UK and US album charts. It remained in the US charts for 741 discontinuous weeks from 1973 to 1988, longer than any other album in history.
• 1976 – The Allman Brothers Band temporarily disbanded after Greg Allman testified against Scooter Herring, his personal road manager, who was charged with drug trafficking.
• 1977 – Stevie Wonder had a brief one-week stay at #1 on the R&B chart with “Sir Duke”.
• 1977 – Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers played together for the first time when they performed as part of Mike Howlett’s band, Strontium 90 in Paris France.
• 1982 – Promoter Bill Graham staged a special Vietnam Veterans benefit concert in San Francisco starring The Jefferson Starship, The Grateful Dead and Country Joe.
• 1983 – Actress and singer Irene Cara started a six week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Flashdance…What A Feeling’. Taken from the film ‘Flashdance’, a No.2 hit in the UK.

• 1983 – The four day US Festival ’83’ took place in California, featuring The Clash,U2, David Bowie, The Pretenders, Van Halen, Stray Cats, Men At Work, Judas Priest, Stevie Nicks, Willie Nelson. INXS, Joe Walsh, Motley Crue and Ozzy Osbourne.Over 750,000 fans attended the festival.
• 1985 – Desert Island Discs radio presenter Roy Plomley died. He devised the BBC Radio series Desert Island Discs in 1941, and went on to present 1,791 editions of the show, which became one of the longest running radio shows in the UK.
• 1987 – Whitney Houston released her album “Whitney.”
• 1988 – Faith by George Michael was #1 for a ninth week on the Album chart
• 1990 – Mitch Mitchell former drummer with The Jimi Hendrix Experience took out a High Court action against Private Eye magazine over an allegedly defamatory item. Are You Experienced?
• 1995 – Hootie & the Blowfish started a four-week run at No.1 on the US album charts with ‘Cracked Rear View’. The album went on to sell over 15m copies.
• 1998 – Elton John and Bernie Taupin won an Ivor Novello Award for their tribute to Princess Diana–“Candle In The Wind ’97”.

• 2000 – Britney Spears was at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Oops!… I Did It Again’. The singer’s second album also reached No.1 in thirteen other countries and has now sold over 20m copies.

   

   

• 2000 – British singer and DJ Sonique started a three-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘It Feels So Good’. She first charted in 1989 with S-Express.Click “NEXT” to see TV and RADIO news