This Day in Music History: February 16

February 16, 2017

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

 

Today: February 16.

 

1964: The Beatles made their second live appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, exactly one week after their first appearance. They played before an audience of 3,500 at the Deauville Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, and performed the songs: ‘She Loves You’, ‘This Boy’, ‘All My Loving’, ‘I Saw Her Standing There’, ‘From Me to You’, and ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’.

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1972: Led Zeppelin made their live debut in Australia, when they kicked off a six-date tour at the Subiaco Oval, Perth. Police struggled and battled with more than 500 fans who rammed the gates that were locked, as they tried to get into the concert. More than 4,000 fans stood outside the venue without tickets and local residents jammed police phone lines in order to complain about the noise the fans were making.

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1974: Bob Dylan started a four week run at the top of the US album chart with Planet Waves, his first US No.1. The original name of the album was supposed to be Ceremonies Of The Horsemen, a reference to the song 'Love Minus Zero / No Limit', from the 1965 album 'Bringing It All Back Home', but Bob Dylan decided to change the title at the last minute, and because of this decision, the release was delayed for two weeks.

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1974: During a tour of America the band members of Emerson, Lake & Palmer were arrested in Salt Lake City because they were swimming naked in the hotel pool. Each of the members was fined $75 (£44).

 

1982: The Jam were topped the UK singles chart with 'A Town Called Malice', & 'Precious'. It was the band's third No.1 hit and spent three weeks at the top of the chart.

 

1985: Bruce Springsteen topped the UK album chart with 'Born In The USA', his first UK No.1 album. This album which was his seventh studio album, was the best-selling album of 1985 in the United States, but was also Springsteen's most successful album of all-time. The album produced a record-tying string of seven Top 10 singles.

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2004: US singer Doris Troy died. She had been a session singer with Dionne Warwick, sang on Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon and released an album on The Beatles Apple label. She had also had a 1964 UK No.37 single with 'Whatcha Gonna Do About It' and a 1963 US No. 10 hit 'Just One Look'.

 

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