This Day in Music History: February 18

February 18, 2017

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

 

Today: February 18.

 

1959: Ray Charles recorded the song 'What'd I Say', in New York City. The song had evolved in concert as a call-and-response between Charles and his female back-up singers, and became Charles' biggest hit to to day, topping the R&B chart and a No.6 hit on the pop chart.

 

1965: The Kinks topped the UK singles chart with 'Tired Of Waiting For You', the band's second UK No.1. According to Ray Davies, the music for 'Tired of Waiting for You' was written on the train, on the way to the recording studio and the words were written at a coffee shop during a break in the session.

 

1965: While working at Abbey Road studios in London, The Beatles recorded two new songs. 'You've Got to Hide Your Love Away' by John Lennon and 'Tell Me What You See', a new song by Paul McCartney.

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1966: Brian Wilson from The Beach Boys recorded the future classic song 'Good Vibrations'. The song went on to become the band's third US number-one hit. As a child, Brian's mother told him that dogs could pick up different "vibrations" from people, so that the dog would bark at "bad vibrations". Brian Wilson took this info and turned it into the general idea for the song.

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1990: Freddie Mercury made his final public appearance on stage, as he joined the rest of Queen band members in order to collect the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music, which took place at the Dominion Theatre, London, England.

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2013: African-American soul and R&B singer, Otis Damon Harris, who was a member of The Temptations, died at the age of 62 after fighting a 14-year battle with prostate cancer. He was a member of The Temptations from 1971-1975, and joined shortly after the departure of Eddie Kendricks.

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