Posted on 05/09/2008 4:11:49 PM PDT by Caramelgal
Today In Music History - May 09
2005 - In what is billed as the first "descriptive music video," the clip for Stevie Wonder's "So What the Fuss" becomes available with an audio track from rapper Busta Rhymes in an effort to convey its storyline to blind and low vision fans. Rhymes' commentary is accessible by using the SAP (Second Audio Program) function on equipped televisions.
2004 - South African singer Brenda Fassie dies at the Sunninghill Hospital in Johannesburg. She is 39. She had been in a coma since April 26, after suffering an asthma attack. This led to cardio-respiratory arrest and subsequent brain damage.
2002 - Veteran Mexican singer/songwriter Juan Gabriel takes home four honors at the 13th annual Billboard Latin Music Awards in Miami, including songwriter of the year, hot Latin track of the year, and Latin pop airplay track of the year for his hit song "Abrazame Muy Fuerte."
2001 - Kenny Rogers receives a special Career Achievement Award from the Academy of Country Music during its 36th annual awards show, held at the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles. The award recognizes artists who have had career success in the past, then scored a "substantial comeback" as a performer.
2001 - James Myers, whose 2-minute, 8-second tune "Rock Around the Clock" is considered the granddaddy of all rock'n'roll songs, dies of leukemia. He is 81. Myers wrote the song with Max Freedman in 1953. Bill Haley & His Comets recorded it in 1954.
2001 - Michael Jackson releases a statement insisting he has no plans to sell the rights to the Beatles catalog. "I want to clarify a silly rumor," the statement reads. "The Beatles Catalogue is not for sale; has not been for sale and will never be for sale."
2000 - Backstreet Boys and Christina Aguilera each took home two trophies at the Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, in Los Angeles. Backstreet Boys snag favorite pop group and favorite CD honors for "Millennium," while Aguilera wins favorite new female artist and favorite single for "Genie In A Bottle."
2000 - Rapper Jamal "Shyne" Barrow, a protg of hop-hop impresario Sean "Puffy" Combs, is hit with a $6 million civil suit charging assault by a basketball rival. Robert Steinmentz alleges Barrow threw a basketball at his face from five feet away during a game at a New York sports club, and then began punching him.
1998 - Blues singer/harmonica player Lester Butler, 39, dies of a drug overdose in Los Angeles. Butler gained prominence as the front man for the Red Devils, who played a long residency at the King King in L.A. in the early '90s.
1998 - Just a day short of six-weeks-old, young Emma McBride makes her first visit to the Grand Ole Opry with her mother, country singer Martina McBride. As mom sings "Valentine," young Emma rests in the wings in Grandmother Jean Schiff's arms.
1998 - Puff Daddy and Jimmy Page are musical guests on "Saturday Night Live." The two perform their collaboration "Come To Me," which borrows heavily from Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir."
1964 - Chuck Berry starts his first U.K. tour in London, supported by the Animals, Carl Perkins and the Nashville Teens.
1949 - Billy Joel is born in Hicksville, Long Island, N.Y. He receives a Grammy Legends Award in 1990. His three No. 1 hits are "We Didn't Start the Fire" in 1990, "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" in 1980 and "Tell Her About It" in 1983.
1944 - Richie Furay of Buffalo Springfield and Poco is born in Yellow Springs, Ohio.
1942 - Singer Tommy Roe is born in Atlanta. His No. 1 hits are "Dizzy" in 1969 and "Sheila" in 1962.
1937 - Dave Prater of Sam & Dave is born in Ocilla, Ga. The group's biggest hit is the 1967 No. 2 song "Soul Man." He dies in a car accident on April 9, 1988.
1914 - Grand Ole Opry member and Country Music Hall of Famer Hank Snow is born.
Bill Haley - Rock Around The Clock (1956)
The Red Devils, time to cry
Led Zeppelin-Kashmir
You Tube Music Ping
Buffalo Springfield was,and is,just about the most under-rated groups of the 60's.And Poco's "In The Heart of the Night" is one of my favorite songs ever.
My new favorite, FretKiller on YouTube...
Would You Like To Play The Guitar?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o3jeHrZbWs
Wabash Cannonball
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efnIlbkc5vg
You Don’t Mess Around With Jim
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvbBaj4hb8w
Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9ok5Iwiclw
Long Haired Country Boy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChN_gSqjFqA
Up a lazy river
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpK9Q5JLIE0
King Of The Road
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efm1TqZgpN0
Dang Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvn0VKkEBAw
Uncle Pen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bfQjCR-G-I
I like this video mostly for the comments posted below! LOL
And Jimmy Page said he did this song so his teen-age kids would be interested in his work!
FretKiller is amazing. I especially liked Uncle Pen. Cool!
Eddy Arnold died yesterday. Sally, his wife of 66 years died in March. RIP Eddy.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SE6rdpMV2Dg
New Weezer
Spoon You Got Yr Cherry Bomb
And more excellence from Radiohead. I love this song.
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