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Post by admin on Dec 2, 2022 23:36:02 GMT
born 2 Dec 1960 Sydney Youngblood, singer, (1989 UK No.3 single 'If Only I Could').
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Post by admin on Dec 2, 2022 23:55:12 GMT
born 2 Dec 1960 Rick Savage, bass player, Def Leppard, (1987 UK No.6 single 'Animal' 1987 world wide No.1 album Hysteria 1988 US No.1 single 'Love Bites').
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Post by admin on Dec 3, 2022 0:02:55 GMT
born 2 Dec 1978 Canadian singer and songwriter Nelly Furtado. Her debut album Whoa, Nelly! (2000) spawned two top 10 hit singles; 'I'm Like a Bird' and 'Turn Off the Light'. Furtado's third album Loose (2006) became her best selling album with 12 million copies sold worldwide.
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Post by admin on Dec 3, 2022 0:06:42 GMT
2 Dec 1983 MTV aired the full 14-minute version of Michael Jackson's Thriller video for the first time. Now regarded as the most influential pop music video of all time, in 2009, the video was inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress, the first music video to ever receive this honor, for being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant.
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Post by admin on Dec 3, 2022 0:13:19 GMT
born 3 Dec 1948 Ozzy Osbourne (John Michael Osbourne), singer with English rock band Black Sabbath who had the 1970 UK No.4 single 'Paranoid'. The bands self-titled 1970 album was voted as the best British rock album ever by Kerrang! in 2005. He had the 1986 solo UK No.20 single 'Shot In The Dark'. Star of The Osbournes MTV show.
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Post by admin on Dec 3, 2022 0:24:40 GMT
3 Dec 1965 The Who released their debut studio album My Generation in the UK. In the United States, it was released by Decca Records as The Who Sings My Generation in April 1966, with a different cover and a slightly altered track listing. In 2003 it was named the second greatest guitar album of all time by Mojo magazine.
- yes kids, Britain was once a nice (despite a few handbags scraps) unrecognisable place like that.
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Post by admin on Dec 3, 2022 0:39:39 GMT
3 Dec 2006 The reformed Take That topped the UK singles and album charts simultaneously for the first time ever in their career. The single ‘Patience’ remained at number for the second week, and Beautiful World the group’s new album entered the chart at No.1. - jeez, 14 years ago  |
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Post by admin on Dec 3, 2022 23:48:28 GMT
4 Dec 1967 Adamski, (Adam Tinley, 1990 UK No.1 single 'Killer').
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Post by admin on Dec 7, 2022 23:16:39 GMT
born 7 Dec 1974 Nicole Appleton, singer from British girl group All Saints, who had the 1998 UK No.1 and US No.4 single 'Never Ever'. The group's debut album, All Saints (1997), went on to become the third best-selling girl group album of all time in the UK.
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Post by admin on Dec 7, 2022 23:19:51 GMT
7 Dec 1974 Carl Douglas started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Kung Fu Fighting'. The song was recorded in 10 minutes, had started out as a B-side and went on to sell over 10 million.
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Post by admin on Dec 7, 2022 23:22:08 GMT
7 Dec 1979 The Police had their second UK No.1 single with 'Walking on the Moon', taken from their second album 'Reggatta De Blanc'. The video for the song was filmed at Kennedy Space Center interspersed with NASA footage.
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Post by admin on Dec 7, 2022 23:24:47 GMT
7 Dec 1985 Mr Mister started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Broken Wings', a UK No.4 hit.
Only no.4 - scandalous!
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Post by admin on Dec 7, 2022 23:28:33 GMT
7 Dec 2016 Greg Lake, who fronted both King Crimson and Emerson, Lake and Palmer, died aged 69 after a battle with cancer. One of the founding fathers of progressive rock, the band combined heavy rock riffs with a classical influence. They scored hit albums with Pictures at an Exhibition, Trilogy and Brain Salad Surgery and Lake had his solo hit 'I Believe in Father Christmas'. Jimi Hendrix considered joining ELP in their earliest incarnation, and if this had happened, the band would've been known as HELP.
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Post by admin on Dec 7, 2022 23:35:04 GMT
7 Dec 2021 Scottish singer-songwriter Steve Bronski died from smoke inhalation in a fire at his home in Soho, London age 61. He was a co-founder and keyboard player of the group Bronski Beat, known for the singles ‘Smalltown Boy’ and ‘Why?’.
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Post by admin on Dec 7, 2022 23:44:09 GMT
born 8 Dec 1951 Dan Hartman, multi- instrumentalist, producer, worked with Edgar Winter. Had the 1978 UK No.8 & US No.29 solo single 'Instant Replay'). He died on 22nd March 1994. Wrote ‘Relight My Fire’ a UK No.1 for Take That and Lulu, collaborated with Tina Turner, Dusty Springfield, Joe Cocker, Bonnie Tyler, Paul Young, James Brown, Holly Johnson and Steve Winwood. Hartman died on March 22, 1994 at his Westport, Connecticut, home of an AIDS-related brain tumor.
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Post by admin on Dec 7, 2022 23:53:40 GMT
born 8 Dec 1959 Paul Rutherford, vocals with Frankie Goes To Hollywood, the British band who formed in Liverpool and had the 1984 UK No.1 & US No.10 single 'Relax'. The single eventually sold 2 million copies in the UK alone, making it the seventh best-selling single in the UK Singles Chart's history. Their debut album, Welcome to the Pleasuredome, reached No.1 in the UK in 1984 with advanced sales of over one million. The BEZ of FGTH  |
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Post by admin on Dec 8, 2022 0:00:48 GMT
8 Dec 1976 The Eagles released their fifth studio album Hotel California, their first album with guitarist Joe Walsh, who had replaced founding member Bernie Leadon. The album topped the US chart for eight weeks (non-consecutively) and at the 20th Grammy Awards, the Eagles won a Grammy Award for 'Hotel California', which won Record of the Year. Worldwide sales now stand at over 32 million.
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Post by admin on Dec 8, 2022 0:05:22 GMT
Jeez - don't know the full facts but 30 days! 8 Dec 1984 Vince Neil from Motley Crue was involved in a car accident in Redondo Beach, California, which killed Nick Dingley from Hanoi Rocks and injured two other passengers. Neil was later sentenced to 30 days in jail, five years probation, and had to pay $2.6 million in restitution to the victims of the crash. Neil got out of jail after 15 days for good behaviour.
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Post by admin on Dec 8, 2022 0:07:44 GMT
8 Dec 1984 Frankie Goes To Hollywood were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'The Power Of Love'. The group's third No.1 of the year and final UK No.1. This made them the first group since Gerry And The Pacemakers to have a UK No.1 with their first three singles.
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Post by Hodgy on Dec 8, 2022 19:34:41 GMT
7 Dec 1985 Mr Mister started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Broken Wings', a UK No.4 hit. Only no.4 - scandalous!Absolutely agree, scandalous. In my top ten songs. Brilliant tune that I still very often play. |
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Post by Hodgy on Dec 8, 2022 19:54:04 GMT
born 8 Dec 1959 Paul Rutherford, vocals with Frankie Goes To Hollywood, the British band who formed in Liverpool and had the 1984 UK No.1 & US No.10 single 'Relax'. The single eventually sold 2 million copies in the UK alone, making it the seventh best-selling single in the UK Singles Chart's history. Their debut album, Welcome to the Pleasuredome, reached No.1 in the UK in 1984 with advanced sales of over one million. The BEZ of FGTH Yes he didn’t really offer much, def the Bez of FGTH - Holly was the star act. Relax was a classic. |
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Post by Hodgy on Dec 8, 2022 19:58:17 GMT
born 8 Dec 1959 Paul Rutherford, vocals with Frankie Goes To Hollywood, the British band who formed in Liverpool and had the 1984 UK No.1 & US No.10 single 'Relax'. The single eventually sold 2 million copies in the UK alone, making it the seventh best-selling single in the UK Singles Chart's history. Their debut album, Welcome to the Pleasuredome, reached No.1 in the UK in 1984 with advanced sales of over one million. The BEZ of FGTH Yes he didn’t really offer much, def the Bez of FGTH - Holly was the star act. Relax was a classic. Power of love also a great song. Sorry, another thread needed, or iPad. |
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