This Day in Music History: December 10

December 10, 2016

We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.

 

Today: December 10.

 

1961: The Beatles appeared at Hambleton Hall, Huyton in Liverpool after they returned to Liverpool from their first live performances in south England and London. They arrived so late for their appearance in Huyton, that they only had time to play for 15 minutes. The promoters however, had to pay The Beatles their full £15 and were not so pleased about it, to say the least.

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1965: David Bowie, who was 18 years old at the time, recorded 'Can't Help Thinking About Me' at Pye Studios, London, England. It was later released as a single under the name David Bowie with The Lower Third. The song became the first David Bowie record to be released in the US as well as the first time the name "Bowie" appeared under the songwriters credit.

 

1966: The Beach Boys topped the US singles chart with 'Good Vibrations', the band's third US No.1 hit. As a child, his mother told him that dogs could pick up "vibrations" from people, so that the dog would bark at "bad vibrations". Wilson decided to turn this into the general idea for the song.

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1967: American soul singer, songwriter Otis Redding was killed in a plane crash, at the age of 26. Redding and his band had made an appearance in Cleveland, Ohio on the local ‘Upbeat’ television show the previous day. The plane carrying Otis Redding and his band crashed at 3.28.pm into icy waters of Lake Monoma near Madison. He was killed in the crash along with members from the The Bar-Kays: Jimmy King, Ron Caldwell, Phalin Jones and Carl Cunningham. Trumpet player Ben Cauley was the only person who survived this horrible plane crash.

 

1971: Playing the first of two nights at London's Rainbow Theatre, in England, Trevor Howell, the jealous boyfriend of an audience member pushed Frank Zappa off stage. Frank Zappa fell onto the concrete-floored orchestra pit, and the band thought Zappa had been killed. He suffered serious fractures, head trauma and injuries to his back, leg, and neck, as well as a crushed larynx, which ultimately caused his voice to drop a third after he healed. This accident resulted in Zappa using a wheelchair for an extended period, which forced him off the road for over half a year.

 

1983: Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson started a six week run at the top of the US singles chart with 'Say Say Say'. It was Michael Jackson's 10th No.1 (solo & The Jackson's) and Paul McCartney's 29th, (solo and The Beatles).

 

1998: Bruce Springsteen won a £2 million court battle to ban an album of his early songs. The case revolved around a dispute over copyright ownership between Springsteen and a former manager.

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2007: Led Zeppelin played their first concert in 19 years, at London's 02 Arena as part of the Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert. Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones were joined on stage by Jason Bonham, the son of their late drummer John Bonham. Over one million people had taken part in a ballot for the 20,000 tickets available for the show with all proceeds going to Ahmet's own charity. They performed 16 songs including two encores. A number of celebrities attended the concert, including: David Gilmour, Brian May, Peter Gabriel, Dave Grohl, Jeff Beck, The Edge, Mick Jagger, Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Jerry Hall, Priscilla Presley and Paris Hilton.

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