Retro History for February 14 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

On February 14, 1967 Aretha Franklin records "Respect"




Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 African National Congress (ANC) opens office in Amsterdam
1989 Boxer Mike Tyson divorces actress Robin Givens
1989 Khomeini orders Moslems to murder "Satanic Verses" novelist Rushdie
1989 Robin Givens is granted a divorce from Mike Tyson in Dom Rep
1989 Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 mill damages for Bhopol disaster
1989 World's 1st satellite Skyphone opens
1988 49th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Gary Player
1988 Alfredo Stroessner re-elected president of Paraguay
1988 Bobby Allison at 50 becomes oldest driver to win Daytona 500
1988 General hospital star Jackie Zeman marries Glenn Gorden
1988 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
1987 53,745 largest NBA crowd to date-Philadelphia at Detroit
1985 Hostage CNN reporter Jeremy Levin is released in Beirut
1984 Singer Elton John marries Renate Blauel in Sydney, Australia
1982 "Night of 100 Stars" takes place at New York's Radio City Music Hall
1982 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
1980 "West Side Story" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 341 performances
1980 13th Winter Olympic games open in Lake Placid, New York
1980 U.S. launches Solar Maximum Mission Observatory to study solar flares

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 "Whoopee!" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 204 performances
1978 1st "micro on a chip" patented by Texas Instruments
1978 In girls' High School basketball, Chicago Latin beats Harvard St. George
1976 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1975 Bomb explodes at annex of Amsterdam metro station
1972 John and Yoko co-host "Mike Douglas Show" for entire week
1972 Luna 20 (Russia) launched to orbit and soft landing on Moon
1971 Movie "Ben Hur" 1st shown on television
1971 Richard Nixon installs secret taping system in White House
1970 "Gantry" closes at George Abbott Theater New York City after 1 performance

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1968 Pennsylvania Railroad/New York City Central merge into Penn Central
1968 WHKY TV channel 14 in Hickory, North Carolina (IND) begins broadcasting
1967 Aretha Franklin records "Respect"
1967 Latin American nuclear free zone proposal drawn up
1966 Australia introduces 1st decimal currency postage stamps
1966 Wilt Chamberlain breaks NBA career scoring record at 20,884 points
1966 Writers Andrei Sinjavski and Joeij Daniel found guilty
1963 U.S. launches communications satellite Syncom 1
1962 1st lady Jacqueline Kennedy conducts White House tour on TV
1961 Element 103, Lawrencium, 1st produced in Berkeley California
1961 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Royal Poinciana Golf Invitational
1960 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open
1960 Marshal Ayub Khan elected president of Pakistan

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 $3.6 million heroin seizure in New York City
1958 Arab Federation of Iraq and Jordan forms
1957 Georgia Senate unanimously approves Senator Leon Butts' bill barring blacks from playing baseball with whites
1956 20th Congress of CPSU opens in Moscow
1956 Indonesia withdraws from Netherlands Indonesian Union
1956 Verhoeven/Nauta/De King/Wijnhout win Dutch 11 city skate
1955 WFLA (now WXFL) TV channel 8 in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida (NBC) begins
1954 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open
1954 Senator John Kennedy appears on "Meet the Press"
1954 WTOC TV channel 11 in Savannah, Georgia (CBS) begins broadcasting
1952 6th Olympic winter games open at Oslo, Norway
1952 Comedian Joey Adams marries gossip columnist Cindy Heller
1951 Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Jake LaMotta and takes middleweight title
1950 Moroney scores cricket twin centuries for Australia at Johannesburg
1950 U.S.S.R. and China sign peace treaty


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Rock Music History For February 13

Happy Birthday Peter Tork!



Musicians Born On February 13

1919 Tennessee Ernie Ford (16 tons)
1925 Gene Ames (Ames Brothers)
1945 King Floyd (New Orleans)
1946 Peter Tork (Monkees)
1950 Peter Gabriel (Sledgehammer)
1952 Edward John Gagliardi (Foreigner)
1956 Peter Hook (New Order)
1961 Les Warner (Cult)
1961 Tony Butler (Big Country)
1961 Henry Rollins
1971 Sonia (You'll Never Stop me Loving You)

Number 1 In The Charts On February 13

1961 Lawrence Welk: Calcutta US 45
1971 Osmonds: One Bad Apple US 45
1982 Jam: A Town Called Malice UK 45
1993 2 Unlimited : No Limit : UK single
1993 Cult : Pure Cult : UK LP
1999 Monica : Angel Of Mine : US single

Various Music Events On February 13

1954 Guitar Slim enjoys only major hit with The Things that I Used to Do at No. 1 in US R&B chart.

1956 Alan Freed signs with Coral Records.

1957 Filming completed on first UK rock-and-roll movie, Rock You Sinners with Rory Blackwell, Tony Crombie and Joan Collins!

1960 Frank Sinatra launches his Reprise label.

1980 Phil Lynott marries Caroline Crowther.

1981 Chris Blackwell's Island Label introduces controversial 'one plus one' cassettes with blank side for taping.

1982 Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon celebrates 402 weeks in US Top 200 LP chart - longest run in chart history.

1988 John 'Cougar' Mellencamp's The Lonesome Jubilee achieves certified sales of two million.

1988 Michael Jackson buys "Neverland", a ranch in Santa Ynez, California.

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Beatles History For February 13

1963
Transmision of performance for ABC-TV's 'Thank Your Lucky Stars'.

1964
Start of stay at Miami. Dezo Hoffmann is with them.

1965
Brighton. Ringo and Maureen's wedding trip.

Brian, Marianne Faithfull, Adrienne Posta and Ted Ray appear on 'Juke Box Jury'.

1966
Brian throws a party at 24 Chapel Street. Guests, among others: Cilla Black, Gerry and the Pacemakers and wives, John and Cynthia, Ringo and Maureen, Paul and Peter Asher.

1967
US single release: 'Strawberry Fields Forever'/'Penny Lane'.

Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.30am. Mono mixing: 'A Day In The Life' (remixes 2-5, from take 7). Recording: 'Not Known' (working title of 'Only A Northern Song'). (takes 1-9). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.
Recording of 'Only A Northern Song' rythm track.

1968
Ringo sings with Cilla 'Do You Like Me Just A Little Bit', on BBC-TV.

1969
Post Office Tower's restaurant. Party thrown by Apple Records to launch Mary Hopkin's debut album, 'Postcard'. Paul and Linda attend.

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Retro History for February 13 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

On February 13, 1982 Dark Side of the Moon, is on charts for 402nd week.




Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 Kidnapped Belgian Premier Vanden Boeynants freed
1989 Oklahoma football player Charles Thompson is charged with selling cocaine; he is later sentenced to 2 years in prison
1988 15th Winter Olympic games open at Calgary, Canada
1988 Christine Wachtel runs world record 800m indoor (1:56:40)
1988 European Community plans removal of inner boundaries on Jan 1, 1992
1988 Heike Dreschler long jumps world record indoor (7.37m)
1988 Ronald Weigel runs unofficial world record speed walking (18:11.41)
1987 Tigers' Jack Morris awarded $1.85 million salary by arbitrator
1985 Dow Jones closes at 1297.92 (record high) after topping 1300 earlier
1985 Polish police arrests 7 Solidarity leaders
1984 6 year old Texan Stormie Jones gets 1st heart and liver transplant
1984 Konstantin Chernenko succeeds Yuri Andropov as U.S.S.R. leader
1983 "Merlin" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 199 performances
1983 33rd NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 132-123 at LA
1983 Australia beats New Zealand 2-0 to win World Series Cup
1983 E Bernstein, Levinson and Link's musical "Merlin" premieres in New York City
1983 World Boxing Council becomes 1st to cut boxing from 15 to 12 rounds
1982 Dark Side of the Moon, is on charts for 402nd week
1982 Islander's Bryan Trottier scores 5 goals against Flyers
1981 Longest sentence published by New York Times-1286 words
1980 Apollo Computer Inc. incorporated
1980 New Zealand beats West Indies by one wicket in cricket at Dunedin

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 2nd Emmy Sports Award presentation
1979 Washington State's Hood Canal Bridge breaks up in windstorm
1978 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1977 "Guys and Dolls" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 239 performances
1977 "Ipi Tombi" closes at Harkness Theater New York City after 39 performances
1977 "Robber Bridegroom" closes at Biltmore Theater New York City after 145 performances
1977 Eric Heiden is 1st American to win world speed skating championship
1977 Pam Higgins wins LPGA American Cancer Society Golf Classic
1976 Dorothy Hamill wins Olympic figure-skating gold, Innsbruck, Austria
1976 Peter Casserly of New Zealand hand-sheers record 353 lambs in 9 holes
1975 Cyprus premier Denktash procliams Turkish-Cypriot Federation
1974 "Rainbow Jones" opens and closes at Music Box Theater New York City
1974 Dissident Nobel writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn expelled from U.S.S.R.
1974 James "Cool Papa" Bell is named to baseball's Hall of Fame
1973 Musical "El Grande de Coca-Cola," premieres in New York City
1973 U.S. dollar devalues 10 percent
1972 "1776" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 1,217 performances
1972 "Grease" opens on Broadway
1972 11th Winter Olympic games close at Sapporo, Japan
1971 12,000 South Vietnamese troops cross into Laos
1971 Golfing Vice President Spiro Agnew hits 2 tee shots into crowd, injuring 2
1970 Man-eating tiger is reported to have killed 48, 80 km from New Delhi
1970 NL offices begins move from Cincinnati to San Francisco (completed February 23)

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Mary Hopkin's Postcard album on Apple is released
1969 Suriname government of Pengel resigns
1968 U.S. sends 10,500 additional soldiers to Vietnam
1966 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1965 Peggy Fleming, 16, wins ladies senior figure skating title
1965 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming
1965 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Gary Visconti
1961 Frank Sinatra launches Reprise label under Warner Bros Records
1961 Soviet Union fires a rocket from Sputnik V to Venus
1960 "Beg, Borrow or Steal" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 5 performances
1960 "Saratoga" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 80 performances
1960 France performs 1st nuclear test at Reggane Proving Grounds Algeria

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 Barbie doll goes on sale
1959 Miro Cardon, premier of Cuba, resigns
1957 Southern Christian Leadership Conference organizes in New Orleans
1956 KYW-AM in Philadelphia Penn gives calls to WTAM (now WWWE) Cleveland
1955 Israel acquires 4 of 7 Dead Sea scrolls
1955 KRCG TV channel 13 in Jefferson City, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting
1955 Patty Berg wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open
1954 Frank Selvey scores 100 points for Furman beating Newberry 149-95
1953 A's change name of Shibe Park to Connie Mack Stadium
1952 Rocky Marciano defeated Lee Savold for his 39th straight win


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Rock Music History For February 12

Happy Birthday Ray Manzerak!



Musicians Born On February 12

1867 Len Spencer (First US recording star)
1935 Ray Manzerak (Doors)
1935 Gene McDaniels (Tower of Strength)
1949 Stanley Knight (Black Oak Arkansas)
1950 Steve Hackett (Genesis, 1970-9)
1968 Chynna Phillips (Wilson Phillips)
1970 Jim Creegan (Barenaked Ladies)

Number 1 In The Charts On February 12

1969 Amen Corner: If Paradise Is Half as Nice UK 45
1972 Al Green: Let's Stay Together US 45
1977 Julie Covington: Don't Cry for Me, Argentina UK 45
1977 Barbra Streisand: A Star Is Born US LP
1994 Celine Dion : The Power Of Love : US single
1994 Tori Amos : Under the Pink : UK LP

Various Music Events On February 12

1956 Screaming Jay Hawkins records I Put a Spell on You, for Okeh Records in New York.

1957 Coasters record Young Blood with Leiber and Stoller.

1958 Monotones' Book of Love released by Argo, US.

1961 Miracles' Shop Around becomes first Motown million-seller.

1964 Beatles round off American visit with gig at Carnegie Hall, New York.

1967 Keith Richards' home, 'Redlands', in West Wittering raided for drugs.

1968 Jimi Hendrix awarded an honorary high-school diploma from Garfield School (he dropped out aged fourteen).

1968 Traffic play gig at Grenoble during Winter Olympics.

1971 Deep Purple release Strange Kind of Woman in UK

1972 Michael Jackson debuts solo on UK chart with Got to Be There.

1973 Elton John wins gold disc for Don't Shoot Me.

1975 Bob Dylan releases Blood on the Tracks.

1981 Debbie Harry confirms her departure from Blondie.

1989 Tiny Tim stands as a candidate for mayor of New York City.



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Beatles History For February 12

1963
Concert at the Azena Ballroom, Sheffield (Helen Shapiro tour).

1964
Two 25-minute performances at the New York Carnegie Hall. Dezo Hoffmann and Brian attend.
British Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home and US President Lyndon B. Johnson meet at the White House. Johnson says: 'I like your advance guard. But don't you think they need haircuts?'

'She Loves You', 24th and last week in the Top 30 (UK New Musical Express chart).
'Please Please Me' LP, 47th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart).
'With The Beatles' number 1, 12th week (UK New Musical Express chart).

1965
Brighton. Ringo and Maureen's wedding trip. Ringo receives reporters to officially announce his marriage.

'New Musical Express' announces that the Beatles will star on a film version of the novel 'A Talent For Loving'.

1966
Brian is at the New Arts Theatre, London, as producer of 'A Smashing Day'.

1967
Evening: Brian attends 'Disc and Music Echo' Valentine awards night, at the Hilton Hotel, London.

1969
'Yellow Submarine' LP, 4th week in the ranking (UK New Musical Express chart).

1970
BBC-TV's 'Top Of The Pops' first broadcasts John's performance of 'Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)' (filmed 11 February 1970).

1990
Paul's concert in Cincinnatti ('Get Back Tour').

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Retro History for February 12 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

On February 12, 1967 Keith Richards' home, 'Redlands', in West Wittering raided for drugs.




Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 39th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 143-134 at Houston
1989 5 Pakistani Moslem rioters killed protesting "Satanic Verses" novel
1989 50th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Larry Mowry
1989 Barbara Harris becomes 1st female bishop of a U.S. Episcopal church
1989 Gretzky sets 2 records, his 45th hat trick and 10th 40+ goal season
1989 Thursday's Child sets sailing record, New York-Cape Horn-SF, 80 d 20 h
1989 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman
1986 1st-class cricket debut of Curtly Ambrose, Leeward Is vs. Guyana
1985 37th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-4 at Calgary
1985 West Indies beat Australia 2-1 to win cricket World Series Cup
1984 Alice Miller wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
1984 Cale Yarborough, becomes 1st Daytona 500 qualifier, above 200 MPH
1984 Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean skate "Bolero" at Olympics
1984 West Indies beat Australia 2-0-1 to win cricket World Series Cup receiving all perfect scores for quality and gold medal
1982 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1982 Wayne Gretzky scores 153rd point of season, tieing NHL record
1981 Admiral Bobby R. Inman, USN, becomes deputy director of CIA
1981 Arbitrator Goetz declares Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk a free agent
1981 Cape Verde amends its constitution
1981 Pete Squires sets record for 1575 steps of Empire State Building, 10m
1980 "Canterbury Tales" opens at Rialto Theater New York City for 16 performances
1980 New York Islanders 2nd scoreless tie, vs. Winnipeg Jets
1980 Richard Hadlee becomes New Zealand's top wicket-taker with 117

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 Kosmos 1076, 1st Soviet oceanographic satellite, launched
1978 "Jesus Christ Superstar" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 96 performances
1978 Debbie Austin wins LPGA American Cancer Society Golf Classic
1978 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne
1978 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner
1977 Toronto Maple Leafs shutout Washington Capitals 10-0
1976 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1973 1st U.S. POWs in North Vietnam released; 116 of 456 flown to Philippine
1971 Only Test Cricket for Ken Eastwood, who scored 5 and 0 Australia vs. England
1970 Anthony Shaffers "Sleuth," premieres in New York City

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1967 Kees Verkerk becomes world champ all round skater
1967 Keith Richards' home, 'Redlands', in West Wittering raided for drugs
1965 KHFI (now KBVO) TV channel 42 in Austin, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting
1965 Nuclear test at Pacific Ocean
1964 Beatles 1st New York City concert at Carnegie Hall
1964 End of Richie Benaud's 63-Test Cricket career
1964 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming
1964 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Allen
1963 Argentina asks extraditon of ex-president Peron
1962 Bus boycott starts in Macon, Georgia
1961 Celtic Bill Russell grabs 40 rebounds to beat Warriors 136-125
1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open
1961 Mushtaq Mohammad scores 1st Test Cricket century at 17 years 82 days
1961 U.S.S.R. launches Venera 1 toward Venus
1960 Chinese army kills 12 Indian soldiers

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1958 Celtic Bill Russell grabs 41 rebounds to beat Syracuse 119-101
1958 General Miguel Ydegoras Fuentes elected president of Guatemala
1957 Researchers announce Borazan (harder than diamonds) been developed
1956 Fay Crocker wins LPGA Miami Beach Golf Open
1955 McGuire Sisters' "Sincerely" single goes to #1 and stays #1 for 10 weeks
1955 President Eisenhower sends 1st U.S. advisors to South Vietnam
1955 Soviets decides space center built in Baikonur, Kazachstan
1955 WTVY TV channel 4 in Dothan, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 U.S.S.R. breaks relations with Israel
1950 Albert Einstein warns against hydrogen bomb
1950 Senator Joe McCarthy claims to have list of 205 communist government employees


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Rock Music History For February 11

Happy Birthday Gene Vincent! Your Spirit Lives On...



Musicians Born On February 11

1908 Josh White (blues singer)
1935 Gene Vincent (Vincent Eugene Craddock)
1939 Gerry Goffin (US songwriter)
1940 Bobby 'Boris' Pickett (Monster Mash)
1953 Alan Rubin (Blues Brothers)
1963 Sheryl Crow
1974 D'Angelo
1979 Brandy

Deaths On February 11

Number 1 In The Charts On February 11

1967 More of the Monkees US LP
1978 Brotherhood of Man: Figaro UK 45
1989 New Order: Technique UK LP
1989 Paula Abdul: Straight Up US 45

Various Music Events On February 11

1961 Adam Faith's Beat Girl hits UK LP chart.

1963 Beatles record all tracks for their first LP with George Martin at Abbey Road between 10 a.m. and 11 p.m.

1964 Beatles play their first US concert at Washington Colosseum.

1964 The Swans' single, Boy With the Beatle Hair, released in UK.

1965 Ringo Starr marries Maureen Cox at Caxton Hall.

1966 Graham Gouldman debuts as solo singer with Stop Stop Stop on Decca.

1970 Film The Magic Christian starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr and featuring Badfinger Come and Get It premieres in New York.

1978 Billy Joel scores debut UK hit with Just the Way You Are.

1986 In an episode of "The A-Team." Boy George plays a singer mistakenly booked into a country dance hall.

1989 The Joshua Tree becomes the first CD to sell a million copies.

1989 An inevitable result of glasnost - the wholesale exportation of Western pop - begins with shipments of many big sellers from the CBS catalogue to Soviet stores.



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Beatles History For February 11

1963
Studio 2. 10.00am-1.00pm. Recording: 'There's A Place' (takes 1-10); 'Seventeen' (working title of 'I Saw Her Standing There') (takes 1-9).
Studio 2. 2.30-6.00pm. Recording: 'A Taste Of Honey' (takes 1-5); 'Do You Want To Know A Secret' (takes 1-8); 'A Taste Of Honey' (takes 6-7); 'There's A Place' (takes 11-13); 'Seventeen' (working title of 'I Saw Her Standing There') (takes 10-12); 'Misery' (takes 1-11).
Studio 2. 7.30-10.45pm. Recording: 'Hold Me Tight' (takes 1-13); 'Anna (Go To Him)' (takes 1-3); 'Boys' (take 1); 'Chains' (takes 1-4); 'Baby It's You' (takes 1-3); 'Twist And Shout' (takes 1-2). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Richard Langham.
Recording of 'Please Please Me' LP. Photographer Dezo Hoffmann present.

1964
Snow storm. The Beatles leave to Washington by train. The Beatlesstay at the Shoreham Hotel.
8.30pm. Concert at the Washington Colliseum. Brian and Dezo Hoffmann attend. Performance filmed by CBS-TV. Press conference from the stage, before the show.
Party at the British Embassy.

1965
Ringo marries Maureen Cox. Brian is best man. John and George attend.
8.15am. Ringo and Maureen arrive at the Caxton Hall Register Office, London, with their parents.
Ringo and Maureen go to Brighton, on wedding trip.

1966
Tommy Quickly leaves NEMS Enterprises and signs for the George Cooper Organization.

UK single release: 'Woman', with Peter and Gordon.

1968
Studio 3. 4.00pm-2.00am. Recording: 'Hey Bulldog' (takes 1-10). Mono mixing: 'Hey Bulldog' (remixes 1, 2, from take 10). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.
On mixing, it is decided to keep the complete end of 'Hey Bulldog'. The group is filmed for 'Lady Madonna' clip.

1970
'The Magic Christian' premiere in New York.

Studio 8. BBC Television Centre, London. John, Yoko, Klaus Voorman, Alan White and Mal Evans appear on BBC-TV's 'Top Of The Pops' performing 'Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)'.


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Retro History for February 11 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

On February 11, 1979 43 million watch Kurt Russell play "Elvis!" on ABC.




Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 Barbara Clementine Harris consecrated 1st female bishop (Episcopalian)
1989 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary
1988 Anthony M. Kennedy appointed to Supreme Court
1987 British Airways begins trading stocks
1987 England beat Australia 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
1987 Philippines constitution goes into effect
1987 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1986 Activist Anatoly Scharansky released by U.S.S.R., leaves country
1986 Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
1986 Iran begins Fajr-8 offensive against Iraq
1985 Jordan king Hussein and PLO leader Arafat sign accord
1985 Kent Hrbek signs 5-year, $6 million contract with Minnesota Twins
1985 Wasim Akram takes 10 wickets in his 2nd Test Cricket, New Zealand still wins
1984 10th space shuttle mission (41-B)-Challenger 4-returns to Earth
1984 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL short handed season scoring record at 11
1983 "Weird Al" Yankovic records "Ricky" and "Buckingham Blues" debut LP
1983 4th largest snowfall in New York City history (18"(46 cm))
1982 Ozzie Smith for Garry Templeton trade finally goes through
1981 Australia all out 83 vs. India at MCG chasing 143 to win
1981 Polish premier Jozef Pinkowski replaced by Wojciech Jaruzelski

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 "They're Playing Our Song" opens at Imperial New York City for 1082 performances
1979 43 million watch "Elvis!" on ABC
1979 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation
1979 Iran's premier Bakhtiar resigns, Ayatollah Khomeini seizes power
1979 Musical "They're Playing Our Song," premieres in New York City
1978 16 Unification church couples wed in New York City
1978 25th hat trick in Islander history-Denis Potvin
1978 China lifts a ban on Aristotle, Shakespeare, and Dickens
1978 EOKA organization disbands in Cyprus
1977 20.2-kg lobster caught off Nova Scotia (heaviest known crustacean)
1976 Clifford Alexander, Jr. confirmed as 1st black secretary of Army
1975 Margaret Thatcher defeats Edward Heath for Conservative leadership
1974 Dick Woodson is 1st of 48 to invoke baseball's new arbitration rule
1974 Titan-Centaur Test launch fails
1974 1st baseball arbitration Twins pitcher Dick Woodson seeking $29,000 wins, Twins offered $23,000
1973 1st one-day international for Pakistan and New Zealand
1973 1st sub 17-minute 1,500m female free style swim (Shane Gould 16m56.9s)
1973 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Naples-Lely Golf Classic
1973 Philadelphia 76ers lose their 20th NBA game in a row
1971 Montreal Canadien John Believau scores his 500th NHL goal
1971 U.S., U.K., U.S.S.R., others sign Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons
1970 26.37 cm (10.38") of rainfall, Mount Washington, New Hampshire (state 24-hour rec)
1970 Japan becomes 4th nation to put a satellite, Osumi, in orbit
1970 John Lennon pays 1,344 pounds fine for 96 protesting South African rugby team playing in Scotland

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Diana Crump becomes 1st U.S. woman jockey to ride against men, Hialelah
1969 Dorey Funk, Jr. beats Gene Kiniski in Tampa, to become NWA champ
1968 Israeli-Jordan border fight
1968 Jeffrey Kramer survives 76-m jump, Washington Bridge, Hudson River New York
1968 Madison Square Garden III closes MSG IV opens (New York City)
1966 San Francisco Giant Willie Mays signs highest contract, $130,000 per year
1965 Beatle Ringo Starr marries Maureen Cox
1965 Braves propose to pay 5 cents from each ticket to bring a new team to Milwaukee
1964 Beatles 1st live appearance in U.S.; Washington D.C. Coliseum
1964 Greek and Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus
1964 Taiwan drops diplomatic relations with France
1963 Beatles tape 10 tracks for their 1st album
1963 CIA Domestic Operations Division created
1962 Beatles record "Please, Please Me"
1961 Robert Weaver sworn in with then highest federal post by a black
1961 Trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem
1960 Jack Paar walks off his TV show

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 Vinoo Mankad ends his final Test Cricket (v WI at Delhi)
1958 1st flight with black stewardess, Ruth Carol Taylor, Ithaca New York
1958 Marshal Chen Yi succeeds Chu En-lai as Minister of Foreign affairs
1958 WTVC TV channel 9 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (ABC) begins broadcasting
1957 KUMV TV channel 8 in Williston, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting
1957 NHL Players Association forms (New York City), Red Wings' Ted Lindsay elected president
1954 6th Emmy Awards: I Love Lucy, Donald O'Connor and Eve Arden wins
1953 "Hazel Flagg" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 190 performances
1953 J. Styne/B. Hilliard's musical "Hazel Flagg," premieres in New York City
1953 President Eisenhower refuses clemency appeal for Rosenberg couple
1953 Russia breaks diplomatic relations with Israel
1951 Kwame Nkrumah wins 1st parliamentary election on Gold coast (Ghana)
1950 "Rag Mop" by The Ames Brothers hit #1

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Rock Music History For February 10

Happy Birthday Roberta Flack!



Musicians Born On February 10

1937 Don Wilson (Ventures)
1939 Roberta Flack
1943 Ral Donner (Chicago)
1962 Robbie Neville

Deaths On February 10

1997 Brian Connolly ( Sweet )

Number 1 In The Charts On February 10

1958 Elvis Presley: Don't/I Beg of You US 45
1968 Four Tops: Greatest Hits UK LP
1968 Paul Mauriat Orchestra: Love Is Blue US 45
1973 Elton John: Don't Shoot Me, I'm Just the Piano Player UK LP
1979 Rod Stewart: Do Ya Think I'm Sexy US 45
1979 Rod Stewart: Blondes Have More Fun US LP
1997 U2 : Discotheque : UK single

Various Music Events On February 10

1954 The Glenn Miller Story, starring James Stewart, has its US premiere in New York.

1967 Hollies release On a Carousel in UK

1968 Sly and the Family Stone debut on US chart with Dance to the Music.

1968 Beatles close 'Beatles USA' their American office and fan club.

1972 T. Rex depart for first headline tour of US.

1973 Steely Dan's LP Can't Buy a Thrill hits US chart.

1974 Phil Spector injured in serious car crash.

1978 Nick Lowe released I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass and Generation X release Ready Steady Go in UK.

1979 Pretenders debut on UK chart with Stop Your Sobbing.

1979 Elvis Costello hits UK chart with Oliver's Army.

1982 Mick Moody quits Whitesnake.

1982 Kenny Hyslop quits Simple Minds.

1990 Eric Clapton completes his eighteen date seasonat London's Royal Albert Hall.

1993 In his first TV interview in 15 years, Michael Jackson claims that he has a disorder that destroys the pigmentation of the skin. He also claims he's had very little plastic surgery.

1997 Liam Gallagher of Oasis blames the media for what he calls "obsessive and intrusive" attention.His wedding to actress Patsy Kensit is called off ; instead they get married in a quiet ceremony two months later.



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Beatles History For February 10

1962
Brian writes to Dick Rowe, about Rowe's decision of not signing the Beatles to a recording contract with Decca.

1963
Concert at the Embassy, Peterborough (Helen Shapiro Tour).

Photographic session with photographer Cyrus Andrews at the Royal Court Hotel lobby and in and around Sloane Square, London. Locations: 1) Royal Court Hotel lobby; 2) telephone box; 3) Ford Popular; 4) letterbox; 5) Royal Court Theatre entrance; 6) King's Arms Public House.

1964
Press conference at the Plaza Hotel dancing room.

Elvis Presley sends a congratulatory telegram to the Beatles.
US 'Herald Tribune', about the Beatles: 75 % publicity, 20 % haircuts and 5 % cheerful mournings.
US 'Daily News', about the Beatles: Elvis performances are nothing compared with the Beatles stage image.

UK single release: 'I'm In Love', with the Fourmost.

1967
Studio 1. 8.00pm-1.00am. Recording: 'A Day In The Life' (tape reduction take 6 into take 7, overdub onto take 7, reduction of take 7 with overdub onto take 6, edit piece takes 8-11). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.
Orchestra overdub. 1st use of two 4-track machines running in sync.. Initial idea for the end: a long 'hummmmmm'.
Visits at the studio: Pattie Harrison, Mick Jagger, Marianne Faithfull, Keith Richards, Mike Nesmith, Donovan, Simon and Marijke of the Fool.

1968
Concert by the Scaffold at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. Recorded for LP 'The Scaffold'. Paul and Jane attend.

1988
George is guest on KLOS-FM's 'Rockline' out of Los Angeles.


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Retro History for February 10 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

On February 10, 1989 Miami Vice's 100th episode seen on TV




Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 Celtic Kansas City Jones and Cavalier Lenny Wilkens elected to NBA Hall of Fame
1989 Miami Vice's 100th episode seen on TV
1989 Minor League Football System opens organizational meeting, St. Louis
1989 Ron Brown chosen 1st black chairman of a major U.S. party (Democrats)
1989 Test Cricket debut of Aaqib Javed, Pak vs. New Zealand age 16 years 189 days
1989 Tony Robinson of Jamaica becomes Nottingham's 1st black sheriff
1989 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1989 To gain deregulation WWF admits pro wrestling is an exhibition and not a sport, in a New Jersey court
1988 Rocky Malebane-Metsing coup in Bophuthatswana fails
1988 3-judge panel of 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco strikes down Army's ban on homosexuals (later overturned by appeal)
1987 Philippine troops murder 17 civilians-Lupao Massacre
1986 "John Lennon: Live in New York City" album is released
1985 35th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 140-129 at Indiana
1985 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS-51-E mission
1985 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
1985 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1983 Anglican synod vote 338-100 against unilateral U.K. nuclear disarmament
1982 28 skiers perform backflips while holding hands, Bromont, Quebec
1981 33rd NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 4-1 at LA
1981 8 killed and 198 injured by fire at Las Vegas Hilton
1981 Dennis Lillee becomes Australian Cricket's top wicket-taker with 249
1980 Ianford Wilsons "Talley's Folly," premieres in New York City
1980 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" by Rod Stewart peaks at #1
1979 Border is named 12th man for Australia, only Test Cricket he missed
1978 Frank C Carlucci succeeds John F Blake as deputy director of CIA
1977 "Party with Comden and Green" opens at Morosco Theater New York City for 92 performances
1977 Bomb explosion in Moskouse metro
1977 Yehonathan Netanyou Lane in the Bronx named in honor of Bronx-born
1977 Israeli soldier who died freeing hostages in Entebee Raid (1976)
1975 William "Judy" Johnson selected to baseball Hall of Fame
1974 "Gigi" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 103 performances
1974 Gail Denenber wins LPGA Sears Women's Golf Classic
1974 Iran/Iraqi border fight breaks out
1974 Judy Ikenberry wins 1st U.S. women's marathon (2:55:17)
1974 Silver futures hit record $4.81 an ounce in London
1973 2nd time Rangers shut-out Islanders 6-0
1973 83m wide gas tank on Staten Island explodes, 40 die
1973 Mushtaq Mohammad follows up 201 to take 5-49 vs. New Zealand Dunedin
1972 BBC bans "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" by Wings
1972 Ras al Khaima joins United Arab Emirates
1972 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1971 American Mensa, Ltd incorporates in NY
1971 Bill White becomes 1st black baseball announcer (New York Yankees)
1971 John Guares "House of Blue Leaves," premieres in New York City
1971 Royal Albert Hall bans scheduled concert featuring Frank Zappa
1970 26.4 cm precipitation falls on Mount Washington, New Hampshire a state record
1970 Dry powder avalanche moving at 120 mph smashes into youth hostel killing 40 Belgian, French, and German youths (Val d'Isere, France)

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 LSU Pete Maravich scores 66, despite losing to Tulane 101-94
1968 "Spooky" by Classics IV hits #3
1968 Peggy Fleming wins Olympic figure skating gold medal, Grenoble, France
1967 25th Amendment (Presidential Disability and Succession) in effect
1966 Harmel government in Belgium resigns
1964 Australian destroyer "Voyager" sinks in collision, killing 82
1964 WBGU TV channel 27 in Bowling Green, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1964 Destroyer Voyager sinks off Australia after colliding with aircraft carrier Melbourne
1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA St. Petersburg Women's Golf Open
1963 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Lorraine Hanlon
1963 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Thomas Litz
1962 Jim Beatty sets American indoor mile record (3:58.9) in LA
1962 U.S.S.R. swaps spy Francis Gary Power to U.S. for Rudolph Abel
1961 AFL's LA Chargers move to San Diego
1961 Niagara Falls hydroelectric project begins producing power
1961 Walter Piston's 7th Symphony, premieres
1960 "Unsinkable Molly Brown" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 532 performances
1960 Charles Ives' "Lincoln, the Great Commoner," premieres

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 Dutch Princess Wilhelmina publishes "Lonely, but not alone"
1959 Tornado in St. Louis kills 19 and injures 265
1957 Fay Crocker wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open
1957 Southern Christian Leadership Conference forms
1956 "My Friend Flicka" premieres on CBS (later NBC) TV
1956 Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel" for RCA
1954 Eisenhower warns against U.S. intervention in Vietnam
1954 Ice Dance Championship at Oslo won by Jean Westwood/Lawrence Demmy GRB
1954 Ice Pairs Championship at Oslo won by Frances Dafoe/Norris Bowden CAN
1954 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Oslo won by Gundi Busch GER
1954 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Oslo won by Hayes Alan Jenkins US
1953 Ice Dance Championship at Davos won by Westwood and Demmy GRB
1953 Ice Pairs Championship at Davos won by Jennifer and John Nicks of GRB
1953 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Tenley Albright USA
1953 Men's Figure Skating Champion in Davos won by Hayes Alan Jenkins USA
1951 "John and Marsha" by Stan Freberg peaks at #21
1951 Shah of Persia marries 19 year old Soraja Esfandiara Bakhtiari

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Rock Music History For February 9

Happy Birthday Carole King!



Musicians Born On February 9

1939 Barry Mann (Who Put the Bomp)
1941 Bruce Bennett (Shadows)
1942 Carole King (Tapestry)
1942 Mark Mathis (Newbeats)
1944 Barbara Lewis (Baby I'm Yours)
1951 Dennis 'Dee Tee' Thomas (Kool and the Gang)
1960 Holly Johnson (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
Jimmy Pursey (Sham 69)

Deaths On February 9

1981 Bill Haley (Rock Around the Clock)

Number 1 In The Charts On February 9

1957 Elvis Presley: Too Much US 45
1959 Lloyd Price: Stagger Lee US 45
1963 Paul and Paula: Hey Paula US 45
1974 Love Unlimited Orchestra; Love Theme US 45
1985 Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson: I Know Him So Well UK 45
1985 Madonna: Like a Virgin US LP
1991 Jesus Jones : Doubt : UK LP
1991 C.C. Music Factory: Gonna Make You Sweat US 45

Various Music Events On February 9

1964 Beatles make their US TV debut on The Ed Sullivan Show.

1972 Paul McCartney appears live for first time with Wings at Nottingham University.

1974 Hall and Oates debut on US chart with She's Gone on way to becoming most successful duo of all time.

1978 Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights hits UK chart.

1997 The Simpsons,which has featured such guest stars as Aerosmith, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and Peter Frampton. becomes the longest-running prime-time animated series. The record was previously held by "The Flintstones."




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Beatles History For February 9

1963
'Please Please Me' number 39 (UK Melody Market chart).

Concert at the Odeon, Sutherland (Helen Shapiro tour).

1964
20.00. 1st live US performance: CBS's Ed Sullivan Show. US rating record (72.7%).
Pre-recording of an additional performance for the Ed Sullivan Show.

1966
'We Can Work It Out', 10th and last week in the Top 30 (UK New Musical Express chart).
'Rubber Soul' number 1, 10th week (UK New Musical Express chart).

1967
Regent Sound Studio. Time unknown. Recording: 'Fixing A Hole' (takes 1-3). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Adrian Ibbetson; 2nd Engineer: unknown.
Recording of rythm track, vocals, harpsichord for 'Fixing A Hole'. 1st session for EMI recorded at an studio other than Abbey Road.

Transmision of 'Penny Lane'/'Strawberry Fields Forever' clips on BBC-TV's 'Top Of The Pops'.

1972
Wings start an improvisate British tour.

1974
John's live performance.

1990
Paul's concert in Worcester ('Get Back Tour').

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Retro History for February 9 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

On February 9, 1989 the "Pat Sajak Show" premieres on CBS



Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 "Pat Sajak Show" premieres on CBS
1989 Johnny Bench and Carl Yastrzemski elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1988 August Wilson's "Piano Lesson," premieres in Boston
1988 English earl of St. Andrews marries Sylvana Tomaselli
1988 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano
1987 Chinese/Vietnamese border fights, 1500 killed
1987 New Nicaraguan constitution takes effect
1987 Sir Rudolph Bing (of New York Met Opera) marries Lady Carroll Douglass
1986 New York Islanders greatest shutout margin (9-0) vs Pittsburgh Penguins
1985 Flames set NHL record 264th regular season game without being shut-out
1984 Braves pitcher Pascual Perez is arrested for cocaine possession
1984 EAA moves operations to Oshkosh
1984 John Lennon releases "Nobody Told Me"
1983 British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher visits Falkland Islands
1982 5.9 earthquake in New England and Canada; 1st since 1855
1982 Steve D'Innocenzo scores 3 hockey goals in 12 sec in Mass HS game
1981 Francisco Balsamao elected President of Portugal
1980 63 beheaded in Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to WS Merwin
1979 High-school player Daryl Moreau makes 126th consecutive free throws
1979 K-Mart pulls Steve Martin's "Let's Get Small" for being in "bad taste"
1979 Supreme Court strikes down (6-3) Pennsylvania law requiring doctors performing an abortion to try to preserve lives of potentially viable fetuses
1978 Commonwealth of Northern Marianas established
1977 "Porgy and Bess" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 122 performances
1977 Superbowl XI: Oakland Raiders beat Minnesota Vikings, 32-14 in Pasadena Superbowl MVP: Fred Biletnikoff, Oakland, WR
1976 Bryan Trottier failed in 4th Islander penalty shot
1976 CW McCall CB song "Convoy" hit #1 on the country music charts
1976 Ringo releases "Oh My My" in UK
1975 600 employees of Royal Canadian Mint go on strike
1975 Australia beat England by 171 runs in 4th Test to regain Ashes
1973 Luna 21 launched, to Moon
1972 Billionaire Howard Hughes says Clifford Irving's bio is a fake
1972 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
1972 Passenger ship Queen Elizabeth destroyed by fire
1971 "Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen" closes at Majestic New York City after 19 perf
1970 Constitution of Singapore enacted

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Concorde jetliner's 1st test flight from Bristol England
1968 1st ABA All-Star Game: East 126 beats West 120 at Indiana
1968 Surveyor 7 space probe soft lands on Moon
1967 Georgia legislature seats Rep. Julian Bond
1967 NFL New Orleans' franchise takes name "Saints"
1966 Polish government denies exit visa to Cardinal Wyszynski revisionism
1965 "Beatles' '65" album goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks
1964 Anti-U.S. rioting broke out in Panama Canal Zone
1963 Mao Tse-tung writes his poem "Reply to Comrade Kuo Mo-jo"
1962 Mister M (Dr. X) beats Verne Gagne in Minn, to become NWA champ
1962 NFL prohibits grabbing of face masks
1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1961 Twins agree on $500,000 payment to AA for Minn/St. Paul territory
1960 Building of Aswan dam in Egypt, begins

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1959 "Rawhide" with Clint Eastwood premieres on CBS TV
1959 Dam across Tera River collapses after heavy winter rains, 135 die
1959 Pat O'Connor beats Dick Hutton in St. Louis, to become NWA champ
1958 In basketball Oscar Robertson (Cin) scores 56, Seton Hall team 54
1957 British premier Anthony Eden resigns
1957 Checheno-Ingush ASSR reformed in RSFSR
1957 Dutch Newspaper Society expels communist daily paper "Truth"
1957 Kalmyk Autonomous Region reformed in RSFSR
1957 Karachayevo-Cherkess Autonomous Region reestablished in RSFSR
1956 Abigail Van Buren's "Dear Abby" column 1st appears in newspapers
1956 Samir el-Rifai forms government in Jordan
1954 -87 degrees F (-66 degrees C), Northice Station, Greenland (Greenland record)
1954 Bert Olmstead, Mont Canadiens, ties NHL record of 8 points in game
1954 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Louise Bogan and Leonie Adams
1953 Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 116 pts in basketball game
1953 Korean ferryboat "Chang Tyong-Ho" sank off Pusan killing 249
1952 Belgian Pholien government resigns
1952 Karel Sys wins European heavyweight boxing title
1952 Marines give notice that they will recall Ted Williams to active duty
1951 Life After Tomorrow, 1st film to receive an "X" rating, premieres
1951 Washington Capitals NBA club folds

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Rock Music History For February 8

Happy Birthday Vince Neil!



Musicians Born On February 8

1931 James Dean (James Byron)
1941 Tom Rush
1944 Jim Capaldi (Traffic)
1946 Adolpho 'Fito' de la Para (Canned Heat)
1950 Ted Turner (Wishbone Ash)
1961 Vince Neil (Motley Crue)

Deaths On February 8

1990 Del Shannon (Runaway)

Number 1 In The Charts On February 8

1960 Mark Dinning Teen Angel US 45
1975 Ohio Players: Fire US 45
1969 Supremes & Temptations: TCB US LP
1986 Billy Ocean: When the going Gets Tough UK 45
1992 Wet Wet Wet : High on the Happy Side : UK LP
1992 Right Said Fred : I'm Too Sexy : US single

Various Music Events On February 8

1957 Little Richard's Long Tall Sally hits UK chart.

1960 Hearings begin into payola in the US radio and record industries, Alan Freed and Dick Clark are among the accused.

1965 Dave Clark Five begin filming Catch Us if You Can.

1967 Peter and Gordon split.

1969 Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Steve Winwood announce plans for Blind Faith.

1971 Bob Dylan's film Eat the Documentary premiers at the New York Academy of Music. ABC TV buys it, then rejects the project when they discover that it is not a Dylan concert film.

1972 A Frank Zappa concert at the Albert Hall is cancelled because of 'obscene lyrics' in the score of 200 Motels.

1972 The Beatles Fan Club goes out of business.

1973 Max Yasgur dies of a heart attack in Florida. His dairy farm was the site of Woodstock Festival.

1980 Peter Gabriel's Games Without Frontiers hits UK chart.

1980 Angie and David Bowie are divorced.

1986 INXS debut on UK LP chart with Listen Like Thieves.




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Beatles History - February 8

1958
Evening: Performance of the Quarry Men at the Wilson Hall, Garston. Paul introduces George to John.

1962
(Or around this day.) Brian goes to HMV's store, 363 Oxford Street, London, to have acetates cut from tapes of some songs of the Decca audition, and chat with Bob Boast, disc-cutter Jim Foy, and Sid Colman, who contacts him with George Martin.

1963
Concert at the ABC, Carlisle (Helen Shapiro tour).
The Beatles are ejected from a ballroom for wearing leather jackets.

1964
'With The Beatles' number 1, 10th week (UK Record Retailer chart).
I Want To Hold Your Hand' number 1, 2nd week; 4th week in the Top 100 (Billboard).
'She Loves You', 3rd week in the Top 100 (Billboard).
'Please Please Me', 2nd week in the Top 100 (Billboard).
'I Saw Her Standing There', 1st week in the Top 100 (Billboard).

Rehearsal for the Ed Sullivan Show performance, at the CBS Studios, New York.

Photographic session in the Central Park, New York. George, sick with fever, stays in bed.

Start of British tour of Gerry and the Pacemakers, presented by Arthur Howes and Brian.

1965
It is announced that the next Beatles film will be Richard Condon's 'A Talent For Loving', produced for Pickfair Films.

1967
Studio 2. 7.00pm-2.15am. Recording: 'Good Morning Good Morning' (takes 1-8). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.
Recording of rythm track for 'Good Morning Good Morning'.

1968
Studio 2. 2.30-9.00pm. Recording: 'The Inner Light' (overdub onto take 6). Mono mixing: 'The Inner Light' (remixes 2-4, from take 6). Recording: 'Across The Universe' (overdub onto take 8) . Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick/Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.
Studio 2 (control room only). 10.00pm-12.15am. Mono mixing: 'Across The Universe' (remixes 1, 2, from take 8). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.
Recording of backing vocals for 'The Inner Light'.
It is decided to keep 'Across The Universe' for a World Wildlife Found album, and give 'The Inner Light' the B-side of the next single.

Yellow Submarine' LP, 4th week in the Top 30 (Billboard).
'Unfinished Music No. 1--Two Virgins' enters the ranking, number 158 (Billboard).

Unannounced Paul's concert at the Nottingham University.

1990
Paul's concert in Worcester ('Get Back Tour').



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Retro History for February 8 The 50s 60s 70s 80s

On February 8, 1974 "Good Times," debuts on CBS TV




Retro History For The Decade 1980

1989 5 cm of snow falls in outskirts of Los Angeles
1989 Jockey Chris Antley begins record of 64 consecutive winning days
1989 U.S. Boeing 707 crashes into Santa Maria mountain, 145 die
1988 NASA launches DOD-2
1987 37th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 154-149 (OT) at Seattle
1987 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
1986 5' 7" Spud Webb of Atlanta Hawks wins NBA Slam Dunk Competition
1986 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano
1985 1st-class cricket debut of Jimmy Adams (age 17), Jamaica vs. Barbados
1985 Bruce Morris, Marshall University, makes a 92' 5" basketball shot
1985 Michael Gross swims world record 800m freestyle (7:38.75)
1985 Opposition leader Kim Dae Jung returns to South-Korea
1984 14th Winter Olympic games opens in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
1984 1st time 8 people in space
1984 A's take Yankees pitcher Tim Belcher as Type A free agent compensation
1984 Soyuz T-10 launches with crew of 3 to Salyut 7
1983 35th NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 9-3 at New York Islander
1983 Baseball orders Mickey Mantle to sever ties with Claridge Casino
1983 Eric Peters sets transatlantic sailboat record (E-W)-46 days
1983 Tina Howe's "Painting Churches," premieres in New York City
1983 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL all star record of 4 goals in 1 period
1983 Champion thoroughbred Shergar kidnapped in Ireland; never found Lloyds of London pays $10.6 million insurance
1982 Dodgers trade Davey Lopes to A's breaking up the longest-playing infield (Cey-Russell-Lopes-Garvey)
1981 "5 O'Clock Girl" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 12 performances
1981 "Brigadoon" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 133 performances
1981 Sally Little wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
1981 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Elaine Zayak
1981 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton

Retro History For The Decade 1970

1979 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1978 Crown Prince Sad Abdallah al-Salim Al Sabah becomes Prime Minister of Kuwait
1977 Earthquake in San Francisco, at 5.0, strongest since 1966
1976 Hua Guofeng becomes premier of China PR
1976 Jan Stephens wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Naples Golf Classic
1976 Largest crowd at Cleveland Coliseum (Cavs vs Wash-21,130)
1975 1800 Unification church couples' wed in Korea
1975 Caps only got one shot in a period against Islanders
1974 "Good Times," debuts on CBS TV
1974 Ringo releases "You're 16"
1974 Skylab 4's astronauts land
1974 Soap opera "Secret Storm" ends a 20 year run
1973 Jean Kerrs "Finishing Touches," premieres in New York City
1973 Mushtaq and Asif Iqbal make 350 stand for 4th wicket vs. New Zealand
1973 Senate names 7 members to investigate Watergate scandal
1972 Josh Gibson and Buck Leonard selected to Hall of Fame
1971 Pedro Morales beats Ivan Koloff in NY, to become WWF wrestling champ
1971 South Vietnamese troops invade Laos

Retro History For The Decade 1960

1969 Last edition of Saturday Evening Post
1969 Meteorite weighing over 1 ton falls in Chihuahua, Mexico
1968 Officers kill 3 students demonstrating in South Carolina State (Orangeburg)
1967 Longest losing streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (10 games)
1967 Peter (Asher) and Gordon (Waller) discontinue their singing partnership
1967 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1965 Eastern DC-7B crashes into Atlantic off Jones Beach, New Jersey, kills 84
1965 Supremes release "Stop In the Name of Love"
1964 Peter Shaffer's "Royal Hunt of the Sun," premieres in London
1964 Rep Martha Griffiths address gets civil rights protection for women being added to the 1964 Civil Rights Act
1963 1st transmission of Clandestine Voice of Iraqi People (Communist)
1963 AFL's Dallas Texans become Kansas City Chiefs
1963 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1962 KACB TV channel 3 in San Angelo, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting
1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1960 Boston Celtic Bill Russell becomes 1st NBAer with 50 rebounds (51)

Retro History For The Decade 1950

1958 Edgar Whitehead succeeds Garfield Todd as premier of South Rhodesia
1958 French planes bomb Sakiet Tunisia, 75 die
1958 KIRO TV channel 7 in Seattle, WA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1957 San Francisco Public Library's bookmobile initiated in front of City Hall
1956 Mine disaster in Quaregnon Belgium, 8 die
1955 Malenkov resigns as U.S.S.R. premier, Bulganin replaces him
1953 Betty Jameson wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open
1953 WLVirginia (now WSET) TV channel 13 in Lynchburg-Roanoke, Virginia (ABC) begins
1952 "RCA Victor Show Starring Dennis Day," debuts on NBC TV


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Rock Music History For February 7

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Musicians Born On February 7

1949 Alan Lancaster (Status Quo)
1959 Brian Travers (UB40)
1960 Steve Bronski (Bronski Beat)
1962 David Bryan (Bon Jovi)
1962 Garth Brooks

Deaths On February 7

1959 Eddie 'Guitar Slim' Jones (influence on Jimi Hendrix)

Number 1 In The Charts On February 7

1976 Paul Simon: 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover US 45
1976 Bob Dylan: Desire US LP
1981 John Lennon Woman UK 45
1981 John Lennon: Double Fantasy UK LP
1987 Aretha Franklin and George Michael: I Knew You Were Waiting UK 45
1987 Madonna: Open Your Heart US 45
1999 Blondie : Maria : UK single

Various Music Events On February 7

1964 Beatles visit America for first time. I Want to Hold Your Hand is No. 1, and thousands of screaming fangs greet them at Kennedy airport.

1964 Kinks appear on Ready, Steady, Go performing Long Tall Sally.

1965 George Harrison has his tonsils removed at University College Hospital, London.

1966 First edition of the first rock magazine, Crawdaddy, published in US.

1979 Stephen Stills completes the first digitally recorded rock LP, which is never released.

1980 Pink Floyd premiere their concert The Wall in Los Angeles.

1981 Talking Heads debut on UK chart with Once in a Lifetime.

1983 Led Zeppelin go platinum with Coda LP.

1984 CBS hold a party for Michael Jackson at Museum of Natural History, New York.

1987 Luther Vandross finally hits US Top 20 singles chart for the first time as Stop to Love moves to No. 19

1987 Open Your Heart becomes Madonna's third straight No. 1 single from her latest LP True Blue - only Whitney Houston has achieved this before, when Greatest Love of All hit the top.

1994 Blind Melon's singer Shannon Hoon is thrown out of the American Music Awards for loud and disruptive behavior.He is later charged with assault, battery, resisting arrest and destroying a police station phone.

1995 Rapper Tupac Shakur is sentenced to one-to-four-and-a-half years in jail for sexual abuse.


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Beatles History For February 7

1963
Concert at the Odeon, Wakefield (Helen Shapiro tour).

1964
Press conference at the Heathrow Airport.
6.30. The Beatles and Brian leave from London to New York (Flight 101, Pan Am).
13.35. Arrival at the US for a 10-day tour, at the Kennedy Airport, New York.
Press conference at the Kennedy Airport. The Beatles are taken to the Plaza Hotel.
Photographer Dezo Hoffmann is with them at both airports ard during the flight.
George gets a flu.

UK EP release: 'All My Loving'.

'New Musical Express' reveals that Brian has turned down an 8000 pounds offer for the Beatles to play a concert at the Madison Square Garden. It speculates that the Beatles talked Brian out of a 'big deal' with Bernard Delfont. And it says that one can 'discount rumours linking Alma Cogan's name romantically with Brian Epstein'.

1967
Knole Park, Sevenoaks, Kent. Shooting for 'Penny Lane' clip. Horse-riding and candelabra scenes.

BBC's 'Not Only... But Also', with John's appearance, is retransmitted.

1969
George's stay at the London University College Hospital begins. His tonsils are removed.

Ringo attends the 'Candy' premiere.

1970
'Live Peace In Toronto' number 10, 1st week, its highest position; 5th week in the ranking (Billboard).

1978
Start of 'London Town' LP sessions at Abbey Road Studios (3rd period).

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