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October 14, 1955 — Buddy Holly and Bob Montgomery ("Buddy and Bob"), who had opened for Elvis Presley three times that year in Lubbock, Texas, open a Bill Haley and the Comets concert there. They are spotted by a Nashville talent scout who helps get Holly his first recording contract (with Decca Records, the same label Haley records for.
1957 — The Everly Brothers score their first hit when "Wake Up Little Susie" reaches #1 on Billboard's Country & Western Best Sellers list, then goes to #1 pop one week later.
Sources:
Eight Days a Week (Ron Smith)
Eight Days a Week (Kenneth Best)
On This Day in Black Music History (Jay Warner)
Chronology of American Popular Music, 1900-2000 (Frank Hoffman)
calendar.songfacts.com
onthisday.com/music
Latest music happenings and tributes Birthdays, Those Lost But Not Forgotten
Birthdays
1947 - Chris De Burgh
British-Irish singer-songwriter Chris De Burgh best known for his 1986 UK No.1 and US No. 3 single 'The Lady In Red', (the song has been repeatedly voted one of the public's most disliked songs). De Burgh has sold over 45 million albums worldwide.
1946 - Richard Carpenter
American record producer, arranger, pianist and composer Richard Carpenter, who formed half of the sibling duo The Carpenters alongside his younger sister Karen. They had the 1973 UK No.2 single 'Yesterday Once More' and the 1970 US No.1 & UK No.6 single 'Close To You'. The Carpenters 1972 hit 'Goodbye to Love' was one of the first pop ballads to have a fuzz guitar solo and influenced the development of the power ballad. The duo hosted a television series during the summer of 1971, called Make Your Own Kind of Music.
1935 - Barry McGuire
American singer-songwriter Barry McGuire who had the 1965 US No.1 & UK No.3 single with the protest song 'Eve Of Destruction'. Top LA session players: P. F. Sloan on guitar, Hal Blaine (of Phil Spector's "Wrecking Crew") on drums, and Larry Knechtel on bass played on the track. The vocal by McGuire was thrown on as a rough mix and was not intended to be the final version, but a copy of the recording "leaked" out to a DJ, who began playing it. The song was an instant hit and as a result the more polished vocal track that was at first envisioned was never recorded.
1922 - Tommy Edwards
American singer and songwrite Tommy Edwards, who had the 1958 US & UK No.1 single with 'Its All In The Game' becoming the first African-American to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was written by US Vice President Charles Dawes. Edwards died on 23 October 1968, aged 47.
People we have lost but not forgotten
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2003 - The Dave Clark Five
Mike Smith, the former lead singer of The Dave Clark Five suffered a fall at his home in Spain that left him paralyzed from the waist down. Smith died of pneumonia on February 28th, 2008, less than two weeks before the band was to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Archive Drawings
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Honoring the musical icons
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