Deep Purple play their first live show

Deep Purple play their first live show in Jastrup in Denmark on April 20, 1968




Retro History for April 20 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

Retro History For The Decade 1980

1988 Baltimore Orioles set worst record to start a season 0-14 (will go 0-21)
1988 New Jersey Devils 1st playoff hat trick-Eric Broten
1988 U.S. accuses Renamo of killing 100,000 Mozambiquians
1988 Yankees home run 9,999 (D Winfield) 10,000 (C Washington) 10,001 (J Clarke)
1987 16th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:25:21
1987 91st Boston Marathon won by Toshihiko Seko of Japan in 2:11:50
1987 Sri Lanka: Tamils shoot 122 Singalezen dead
1987 U.S. deports Karl Linnas, charged with nazi war crimes, to U.S.S.R.
1986 "Jerry's Girls" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 139 performances
1986 Michael Johnson sets NBA playoff record with 63 points in a game
1986 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1986 Vladimir Horowitz performs in his Russian homeland
1985 Carlos Lopes runs world record marathon (2:07:12)
1985 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mark Williams
1985 Karyn Marshall of New York City lifted 303 lbs in a clean and jerk lift
1984 Russian offensive in Panshirvallei, Afghanistan
1983 President Reagan signs a $165B bail out for Social Security
1983 Rangers 2-Isles 7-Patrick Div Finals-Isles hold 3-2 lead
1983 Soyuz T-8 launched; mission aborted when capsule fails to dock
1982 Atlanta Braves become 1st team to win 1st 12 games of the season
1981 10th Boston Women's Marathon won by Allison Roe of New Zealand in 2:26:46
1981 85th Boston Marathon won by Toshihiko Seko of Japan in 2:09:26
1981 Final performance of TV show "Soap" airs
1981 Rocker Papa John Phillips arrested for drug possession
1980 Cubans begin to arrive in U.S. from Mariel boatlift

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1977 Supreme Court rules "Live Free or Die" may be covered on New Hampshire licenses
1977 Woody Allen's film "Annie Hall" premieres
1976 George Harrison sings lumberjack song with Monty Python
1975 29th Tony Awards: Equus and Wiz win
1975 4th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sandra Palmer
1975 Penguins 1-Isles 3-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 3-1 lead
1974 Paul McCartney releases "Band on the Run"
1973 Canadian ANIK A2 becomes 1st commercial satellite in orbit
1972 Apollo 16's Young and Duke land on Moon with Boeing Lunar Rover #2
1972 Kallicharran scores his 2nd Test century in his 2nd Test Cricket
1971 Barbra Streisand records "We've Only Just Begun"
1971 U.S. Supreme Court upholds use of busing to achieve racial desegregation
1970 74th Boston Marathon won by Ron Hill of Great Britain in 2:10:30
1970 Bruno Kreisky becomes 1st socialist chancellor of Austria
1970 Ron Hill's 2:10:30 at Boston, sets new U.S. marathon record

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 23rd Tony Awards: Great White Hope and 1776 win
1969 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
1968 Deep Purple play their first live show in Jastrup in Denmark
1968 Pierre Elliott Trudeau sworn-in as Canada's PM
1968 South Africa Boeing 707 crashes at Windhoek, 122 killed
1967 French author Regis Debray caught in Bolivia
1967 New York Met Tom Seaver's 1st victory, beats Cubs, 6-1
1967 U.S. planes bomb Haiphong for 1st time during Vietnam War
1967 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1966 WDCA TV channel 20 in Washington, D.C. (IND) begins broadcasting
1965 People's Republic China offers North Vietnam military aid
1964 68th Boston Marathon won by Aurele Vandendriessche of Belgium in 2:19:59
1964 86% of black students boycott Cleveland schools
1963 "Sophie" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 8 performances
1963 All Africa Conferences of Churches opens in Kampala Uganda
1962 NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 63,250 m
1962 New Orleans Citizens Co gives free 1-way ride to blacks to move North
1962 OAS-leader ex-general Salan arrested in Algiers
1961 American Harold Graham makes 1st rocket belt flight
1960 "From A to Z" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 21 performances

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 63rd Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:22:42
1958 Buses replace Key System trains at 3 AM
1958 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Babe Didrikson Zaharias Golf Open
1958 Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup
1958 Morocco demands departure of Spanish troops
1957 61st Boston Marathon won by John J Kelley of Connecticut in 2:20:05
1957 Yankee Bill Skowron becomes 3rd player to hit a ball out of Fenway
1955 "Saint of Bleecker St" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 92 performances
1954 "Golden Apple" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 125 performances
1953 57th Boston Marathon won by Keizo Yamada of Japan in 2:18:51
1951 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
1951 Velsen city council demands investigation of police collaborators
1950 Baltimore's Memorial Stadium opens - Orioles of International League

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December 3 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

On December 3, 1971 Montreux Casino burns to the ground during a show by Mothers of Invention. The incident is later immortalized by the opening act, Deep Purple, who write 'Smoke on the Water'




Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 Pat Bradley/Bill Glasson wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1988 54th Heisman Trophy Award: Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State (RB)
1988 New York Lotto pays $45 million to twelve winner (#s are 1-8-13-18-28-48)
1986 Sri Lanka all out 55 vs. WI in one-dayer Walsh 5-1 in 4 3 overs
1985 23rd Shuttle Mission (61-B)-Atlantis 2-lands at Edwards AFB
1984 2,000 die from Union Carbide poison gas emission in Bhopal, India
1984 Oldest groom - Harry Stevens, 103, weds Thelma Lucas, 83, in Wisc
1983 "Marilyn: An American Fable" closes at Minskoff New York City after 16 performances
1983 49th Heisman Trophy Award: Mike Rozier, Nebraska (RB)
1983 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1982 1st New Jersey Devil hat-trick (Steve Tambellini) defeat Hartford 5-4
1982 35.7 cm rainfall at Big Fork, Arkansas (state record)
1982 77 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in December
1982 New Jersey Devils 1st hat trick (Steve Tambellini)
1982 Tommy Hearns wins WBC Welterweight title in decision over Benitez
1981 Beth Daniel/Tom Kite wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1981 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1980 NY Federal jury finds Reps Thompson D-New Jersey and Murphy, D-NY, guilty

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1979 45th Heisman Trophy Award: Charles White, Southern California (RB)
1979 Christies auctions a thimble for a record $18,400
1979 Iran accepts constitution
1978 "King of Hearts" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 48 performances
1978 Pat Bradley/Lon Hinkle wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1976 Dr. Patrick J Hillery elected president of Iraq
1975 Laos falls to communist forces; Lao People's Democratic Rep proclaimed
1973 Pioneer 10 passes Jupiter (1st fly-by of an outer planet)
1972 Convair 990A charter crashes in Tenerife Canary Island, 155 die
1971 Montreux Casino burns to the ground during a show by Mothers of Invention. The incident is later immortalised by the opening act, Deep Purple, who write 'Smoke on the Water'
1971 Miss Teenage America Pageant
1971 President Nixon commutes Jimmy Hoffa's jail term
1970 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 John Lennon is offered role of Jesus Christ in Jesus Christ Superstar
1968 Pitcher's mound drops from 15" to 10" and strike zone reduced from knees to shoulders to top of knees to armpits, to help hitters
1967 1st human heart transplant performed (Dr. Christian Barnard, South Africa)
1967 Derek Clayton runs world record marathon (2:09:36.4)
1967 Ex-president Sukarno under house arrest in Indonesia
1967 Final run of "20th Century Limited," famed N.Y. - Chicago luxury train
1966 U.S. performs underground nuclear test at Hattiesburg, Mississippi
1965 Beatles begin final U.K. concert tour in Glasgow
1965 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 8; crashes on Moon
1964 "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" 1st airs on TV
1964 KHQL (now KCAN) TV channel 8 in Albion, NB (ABC) begins broadcasting
1964 Police arrests 800 sit-in students at Univeristy of California at Berkeley
1962 Edith Spurlock Sampson sworn-in as 1st U.S. black female judge
1962 Pravda criticizes western art
1961 Anton Geesink becomes 1st not-Japanese judo world champion
1961 Beatles meet future manager Brian Epstein
1961 George Blanda of Houston Oilers kicks 55-yard field goal
1961 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1960 "Camelot" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 873 performances
1960 Frederick Loewe/Alan Jay Lerner's "Camelot," premieres in New York City

Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1959 State of emergency on Cyprus ends
1958 Indonesian parliament accepts nationalisation of Dutch businesses
1957 23rd Heisman Trophy Award: John Crow, Texas A&M (HB)
1956 England and France pull troops out of Egypt
1956 KFSA (now KFSM) TV channel 5 in Ft. Smith, AR (CBS) 1st broadcast
1956 Wilt Chamberlain's 1st collegiate basketball game (scores 52)
1955 KTVE TV channel 10 in Monroe-El Dorado, LA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1954 Samuel Barber's "Prayers of Kierkegaard," premieres
1954 William Walton's opera "Troilus and Cressida," premieres in London
1953 "Kismet" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 583 performances
1953 Eisenhower criticizes McCarthy for saying communists are in Rep party
1953 Premier of Dmitri Shostakovich' 5th String Quartet
1952 1st TV broadcast in Hawaii
1952 Marcos Perez Jimenez elected president of Venezuela
1950 Cleveland Browns last NFL team with no-pass game (beat Philadelphia 13-7)
1950 Paul Harvey begins his national radio broadcast
1950 Cleveland Browns' Horace Gillom sets club record with 12 punts


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August 19 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Ginger Baker!



Musicians Born On August 19

1939 Ginger Baker (Cream)
1940 Johnny Nash (I Can See Clearly Now)
1945 Ian Gillan (Deep Purple)
1948 Billy J. Kramer (Trains and Boats and Planes)
1951 John Deacon (Queen)
1963 Joey Tempest (Europe)
1968 MC Eric (Technotronic)

Happy Birthday Ian Gillian!



Deaths On August 19

1979 Dorsey Burnette (There was a Tall Oak Tree)

Number 1 In The Charts On August 19

1967 Beatles: 'All You Need Is Love' US 45
1972 'Chicago V' US LP
1978 Commodores: 'Three Times a Lady' UK 45
1995 Black Grape : It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah! : UK LP

Happy Birthday John Deacon!



Various Music Events On August 19

1950 Hank Snow begins 21-week run at top of American country music chart with 'I'm Moving On'

1954` 2,400 fans jam Hollywood Savoy Ballroom to see B.B. King, Johnny Otis and the Platters

1955 New York radio station WINS announces that it will no longer play 'cover' records - this means originals of songs such as 'Ain't That A Shame' by Fats Domino rather than white copies by Pat Boone, etc.

1964 Beatles begin their first American concert tour, with 26 dates, including several giant outdoor stadiums - a taste of the big tours to come. (Tour begins at Cow Palace, San Francisco)

1967 Pink Floyd debut on UK LP chart with 'Piper at the Gates of Dawn'

1967 Radio station KNOW in Denver, US, bans all Beatles tracks because of drug references

1969 Miles Davis LP 'Bitches Brew' recorded in New York

1972 Roxy Music debut on UK chart with 'Virginia Plain'

1976 Presidential candidate Jimmy Carter visits fifth annual Capricorn picnic

1989 Del Amitri debut on UK chart with 'Kiss This Thing Goodbye'

1997 Fleetwood Mac's reunion album "The Dance" is released

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June 29 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Ian Paice!



Musicians Born On June 29

1929 Johny Ace (Pledging My Love)
1943 Roger Ruskin Speare (Bonzo Dog Do-Dah Band)
1945 Little Eva (Locomotion)
1945 Dervin and Lincoln Gordon (Equals)
1948 Ian Paice (Deep Purple/Whitesnake)
1953 Colin Hay (Men at Work)
1964 Steadman Pearson (5 Star)

Deaths On June 29

1969 Shorty Long (Here Comes the Judge)
1975 Tim Buckley (singer/songwriter)
1979 Lowell George (Little Feat)


Number 1 In The Charts On June 29

1961 Del Shannon: Runaway UK 45
1968 Small Faces: Ogdens Nut Gone Flake UK LP
1974 Charles Aznavour: She UK 45
1974 Gordon Lightfoot: Sundown US 45
1985 Sister Sledge: Frankie UK 45
1985 Marillion: Misplaced Childhood UK LP
1991 Jason Donovan: Any Dream Will Do UK single
1991 Cher : Love Hurts : UK LP
1996 Alanis Morrissette : Jagged Little Pill : UK LP


Various Music Events On June 29

1888 First musical recording in UK made at Crystal Palace on the occasion of Handel Festival, using Edison equipment

1963 Del Shannon first to take Lennon/McCartney song into US charts as From Me to You debuts, to peak at No. 77

1967 Mick Jagger and Keith Richards in jail for possession of drugs. Mick gets three-month sentence, Keith twelve months. Sent to Brixton prison

1968 Pink Floyd appear with Roy Harper and Jethro Tull at the first Hyde Park free concert

1975 Elton John makes a surprise appearance at Eagles/Doobie Brothers concert at Oakland Coliseum, California

1981 Duran Duran begin first major UK tour at Brighton Dome


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June 9 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday John Lord!



Musician's Born On June 9

1916 Les Paul (Lester Polfus) guitarist
1934 Jackie Wilson (Reet Petite)
1941 John Lord (Deep Purple)
1941 Billy Hatton (Fourmost)
1953 Errol Kennedy (Imagination)
1962 Eddie Lundon (China Crisis)
1967 Dean Felber (Hootie & The Blowfish)
1967 Dean Dinning (Toad The Wet Sprocket)



Number 1 In The Charts On June 9

1958 Sheb Wooley: Purple People Eater US 45
1979 Bee Gees: Love You Inside Out US 45
1984 Cyndi Lauper: Time After Time US 45
1990 New Order: World in Motion UK single
1990 Wilson Phillips : Hold On : US single



Various Music Events On June 9

1954 Robins: Riot on Cell Block No. 9 released in US

1957 Skiffle Sensations of '57 show, starring Lonnie Donegan, takes place at Royal Albert Hall

1960 Bing Crosby awarded first-ever platinum disc for selling 200 million records

1962 Beatles have 'Welcome Home' night at Cavern Club in Liverpool after returning from Star Club in Hamburg

1966 Ike and Tina Turner's River Deep Mountain High hits UK chart

1970 Bob Dylan awarded honorary Doctorate of Music by Princeton University

1972 Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust LP by David Bowie released

1972 John Hammond signs Bruce Springsteen to Columbia

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