Alan Parsons Project - Eye In The Sky
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Significant Events In Music This Week - 5.9 - 5.15
May 9th In Music
1970 - Guess Who started a three-week run at No. 1 on the US singles chart with 'American Woman', it was the group's sixth Top 30 hit and only chart topper. The song was born by accident when guitarist Randy Bachman was playing a heavy riff on stage after he had broken a string, the other members joined in on the jam. A fan in the audience who had recorded the gig on tape presented it to the group after the show and they developed it into a full song.
Birthdays:
1937 - Sonny Curtis. American rock and roll band The Crickets, who had the 1957 US No. 1 single 'That'll Be The Day', plus over 15 other UK Top 40 singles. He wrote 'Walk Right Back', which was a 1960 hit for the Everly Brothers. Born in Meadow, Texas.
1944 - Richie Furay. American singer, songwriter who with Buffalo Springfield had the 1967 US No. 17 single 'For What It's Worth', with Poco the 1979 US No. 17 single 'Crazy Love', and with The Souther, Hillman, Furay Band the 1974 US No. 27 single 'Fallin' In Love'. Born in Yellow Springs, Ohio.
1945 - Steve Katz. Guitarist from jazz-rock American music group Blood Sweat & Tears. They scored the 1969 US No. 2 single 'Spinning Wheel', and the 1969 US No. 12 single 'You've Made Me So Very Happy'. They had a US No. 1 with their second album Blood, Sweat & Tears in 1968. Born in Brooklyn, New York City.
1949 - Billy Joel. American singer-songwriter who had the 1980 US No. 1 single 'It's Still Rock And Roll To Me', the 1983 UK No. 1 single 'Uptown Girl', plus over 20 other US & UK Top 40 singles and 4 US No. 1 albums. Born in The Bronx, New York.
1950 - Tom Petersson. Bassist from American rock band, Cheap Trick, who had the 1979 hit single 'I Want You To Want Me', and the 1988 US No. 1 single 'The Flame'. Born in Rockford, Illinois.
May 10th In Music
1969 - Led Zeppelin made their first appearance on the UK album chart when the band's debut album charted at No. 6, going on to spend 71 weeks on the UK chart. It entered the US chart the following week at No. 10. Recorded in around 36 hours, the album is now considered one of the most important debuts in rock, creating an entirely new interpretation of the Rock And Roll genre, with groundbreaking musical styles and recording techniques.
1974 - Eric Clapton records "I Shot The Sheriff," a cover of a Bob Marley song. He's reluctant to do it, but it becomes the only No. 1 hit of his career on the Hot 100.
Birthdays:
1946 - Graham Gouldman. UK singer, songwriter, guitarist, who was a member of High Spots, The Crevattes and 10cc who had the 1975 US No. 2 single 'I'm Not In Love', plus 10 other UK Top 30 hits including 2 No. 1's. During the 60s Gouldman wrote hits for Herman's Hermits, The Hollies and the Yardbirds. Born in Broughton, Salford, Lancashire, England.
1947 - Dave Mason. English singer-songwriter who with Traffic had the solo, 1977 US No. 12 single 'We Just Disagree'. Mason has worked with many notable musicians including Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Jimi Hendrix (twelve-string guitar on 'All Along the Watchtower' and Fleetwood Mac. Born in Worcester, England.
May 11th In Music
1970 - The soundtrack for the movie Woodstock is released, in the US, featuring recordings from the festival. It goes gold within two weeks. The album featured tracks by; Canned Heat, Richie Havens, Country Joe McDonald, Crosby Stills & Nash, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Joe Cocker, Santana and others.
Birthdays:
1941 - Eric Burdon. English singer-songwriter and actor, who with The Animals had the 1964 US No. 1 single 'House Of The Rising Sun'. He later joined forces with Californian funk rock band War. Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
1947 - Butch Trucks. American drummer, The Allman Brothers Band who released the classic album Eat a Peach in 1972 and had the 1973 US No. 12 single 'Ramblin Man'. Born in Jacksonville, Florida.
1966 - Christoph Schneider. Drummer, for the German rock band Rammstein who formed in Berlin in 1994. Five of their albums reached No. 1 on the German album charts.
May 12th In Music
1967 - Are You Experienced by the Jimi Hendrix Experience was released in the UK. It is widely regarded as one of the greatest debuts in the history of rock music. The album features Jimi Hendrix's innovative approach to songwriting and electric guitar playing which soon established a new direction in psychedelic and hard rock music. The album spent 33 weeks on the UK charts and 106 weeks on the US Billboard Top LPs chart.
1973 - Led Zeppelin started a three-week run at No. 1 on the US album chart with their fifth album Houses Of The Holy. The group's third US No. 1 album went on to spend 39 weeks on the US chart. Houses Of The Holy has now been certified 11 times Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for US sales in excess of 11 million copies.
Birthdays:
1948 - Steve Winwood. English musician, who with the Spencer Davis Group had the 1966 UK No. 1 single 'Keep On Running', with Traffic the 1967 UK No. 2 single 'Hole In My Shoe', Blind Faith, (with Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Ric Grech), 1969 UK & US No. 1 album. Winwood played Hammond organ on the Jimi Hendrix Electric Ladyland album track 'Voodoo Chile'. He also had a successful solo career with hits including 'While You See a Chance', 'Valerie', 'Back in the High Life Again' and during the late 80s two US No. 1 hits 'Higher Love' and 'Roll with It'. Born in Handsworth, Birmingham, England.
1950 - Billy Squier. American rock musician, who had the 1982 hit 'The Stroke', 1984 US No. 15 single 'Rock Me Tonight'. Born in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
May 13th In Music
1969 - Led Zeppelin became the first major British rock group to appear in Hawaii, when they appeared at The Civic Auditorium, Honolulu. A review in the Honolulu Advertiser stated: 'The showmanship exceeded any rock performance here to date. I wondered before the concert if Led Zeppelin could sound as good as their Atlantic album, they sounded better'.
2004 - In an Australian radio interview, Gene Simmons of Kiss states of Islam: "This is a vile culture, and if you think for a second that it's willing to just live in the sands of God's armpit you've got another thing coming... they want to come and live right where you live and they think that you're evil." After a flood of angry calls from Muslims, Simmons claims he was speaking of Islamic extremists.
Birthdays:
1950 - Danny Kirwan. Blues rocker, Fleetwood Mac. Born in Brixton, London, England.
1950 - Stevie Wonder. American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist. A child prodigy who developed into one of the most creative musical figures of the late 20th century. Wonder who has been blind from shortly after birth, signed with Motown's Tamla label at the age of eleven and continues to perform and record for Motown to this day. Wonder has scored over 40 US & UK Top 40 singles. Albums include Talking Book, Innervisions and Songs in the Key of Life. Born in Saginaw, Michigan.
1966 - Darius Rucker. American singer and songwriter, from American rock band Hootie & the Blowfish who had the 1995 US No. 1 album Cracked Rear View. As a country music singer, his first single, 'Don't Think I Don't Think About It', made him the first black artist to reach No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs charts since Charley Pride in 1983. Born in Charleston, South Carolina.
May 14th In Music
1977 - Leo Sayer went to No. 1 on the US singles chart with the Albert Hammond and Carole Bayer Sager song 'When I Need You', the singers second US No. 1.
Birthdays:
1943 - Jack Bruce. Bassist, singer for Cream, Manfred Mann, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. Born in Bishopbriggs, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
1946 - Gene Cornish. With American rock band, The Rascals (initially known as The Young Rascals) who had the US No. 1 hits 'Good Lovin'' (1966), 'Groovin'' (1967), and 'People Got to Be Free' (1968). Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
1946 - Derek Leckenby. Guitarist with English beat rock band, Herman's Hermits who scored the 1964 UK No. 1 single 'I'm Into Something Good' (cover of Earl-Jean's) and the 1965 US No. 1 single 'Mrs Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter'. Born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. He died on 4th June 1994 aged 51.
1947 - Al Ciner. From American rock band American Breed who scored the 1967 US No. 5 single 'Bend Me, Shape Me'. Also a member of Three Dog Night who had the 1970 US No. 1 single with the Randy Newman song 'Mama Told Me Not To Come'. Born in Chicago, Illinois.
May 15th In Music
1982 - Asia went to No. 1 on the US album chart with their self-titled album. It spent a total of nine weeks at No. 1 and became the best-selling album in the US for the year 1982.
Birthdays:
1947 - Graham Goble. Guitarist and harmony vocalist of Australian group, Little River Band who scored the 1978 US No. 3 single 'Reminiscing' plus 12 other US Top 40 singles selling more than 30 million records. Born in Adelaide, Australia.
1951 - Dennis Frederiksen. American rock singer best known as the former lead singer of Trillion, Angel, LeRoux and Toto, who had the 1980s Top 5 hits 'Hold the Line', 'Rosanna', and 'Africa'. Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He died on 1.18.2014 aged 62.
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