This Day In Music

[Gravdigr]

September 13

1960, A campaign was started in the UK to ban the American hit 'Tell Laura I Love Her' by Ray Peterson. The song was being denounced in the press as likely to inspire a teen-age "glorious death cult." The story told of a lovesick youngster who drives in a stock car race to win the hand of his sweetheart. He crashes and just before dying, groans out the words of the title.

1963, Graham Nash fell out of The Hollies van after a gig in Scotland. Nash checked to see if the door was locked, it wasn't and he fell out as it travelled at 40 m.p.h.

1964, During a UK tour two dozen rugby players were hired as 'a human crash barrier' at a Rolling Stones gig at the Liverpool Empire. The 'human chain' disappeared under a wave of 5,000 fans as the Stones took to the stage.

1967, The Beatles formed an electronics company called Fiftyshapes, Ltd. appointing John Alexis Mardas (Magic Alex) to be the company's director. Alex claimed he could build a 72-track tape machine, instead of the 4-track at Abbey Road (this never materialised). One of his more outrageous plans was to replace the acoustic baffles around Ringo Starr's drums with an invisible sonic force field. George Harrison later said that employing Mardas was "the biggest disaster of all time."

1996, American rapper Tupac Amaru Shakur died after being shot six days earlier when he was driving through Las Vegas. 13 bullets were fired into his BMW. The incident was blamed on East and West Coast Gang wars. Shakur was a convicted sex offender, guilty of sexual abuse. After serving eleven months of his sentence he was released from prison on an appeal financed by Marion "Suge" Knight, the CEO of Death Row Records.

2000, Elton John threw a tantrum when he was set to appear at a sell-out show at the Estoril Casino near Lisbon. Elton was unhappy after the audience were slow in leaving a VIP dinner before the concert, Elton left the building and flew home on his private jet without playing a note.

2009, Vera Lynn went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'We'll Meet Again: The Very Best of Vera Lynn'. At the age of 92 it made her the oldest living artist to achieve this feat with an album. The previous oldest living artist to top the charts was Bob Dylan, who at 67 saw his album 'Together Through Life' become number one in the UK earlier this year. [Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn?]

[Flint]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

1996, American rapper Tupac Amaru Shakur died after being shot six days earlier when he was driving through Las Vegas. 13 bullets were fired into his BMW. The incident was blamed on East and West Coast Gang wars. Shakur was a convicted sex offender, guilty of sexual abuse. After serving eleven months of his sentence he was released from prison on an appeal financed by Marion "Suge" Knight, the CEO of Death Row Records.

Wow, cool bio. I'm sure every time you mention any one of these baby boomer musicians, you'll treat them the same way. Like, Jimmy Page, famous for kidnapping a 14-year old, and keeping her in captivity as a sex slave. Or John Lennon, who beat his wives so viciously he gave one of them a miscarriage. You missed that part in your mention of the Beatles.

[xoxoxoBruce]

This is not Wikipedia, it's This Day in Music, a thread where anybody can add something that happened on this day in any manner they choose... or not.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by Flint

Wow, cool bio. I'm sure every time you mention any one of these baby boomer musicians, you'll treat them the same way. Like, Jimmy Page, famous for kidnapping a 14-year old, and keeping her in captivity as a sex slave. Or John Lennon, who beat his wives so viciously he gave one of them a miscarriage. You missed that part in your mention of the Beatles.

I treat didn't treat anybody any way. I did a direct copy/paste from right fucking here.

You can bitch to them all you want. But don't make the mistake of thinking I give the first happy damn about whatever bug is up your ass today.