This Day in Music History: October 23

October 23, 2016

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

 

Today: October 23.

 

1962: 12 year old Little Stevie Wonder recorded his first single for Motown Records, 'Thank You For Loving Me All The Way'. He was backed by the Funk Brothers.

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1963: The Beatles completed the final session for their second album 'With the Beatles' recording 'I Wanna Be Your Man.' The band then drove to London airport for a flight to Stockholm, Sweden in order to start their first foreign tour. The Beatles were met at Stockholm airport by hundreds of girls, fans of the group. All these girls had taken the day of school in order to meet their beloved Beatles.

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1963: Bob Dylan recorded 'The Times They Are A-Changin' at Columbia Recording Studios in New York City. He wrote the song as a deliberate attempt to create an anthem of change for the time, influenced by Irish and Scottish ballads. In January 1984, a young Steve Jobs would recite the second verse of 'The Times They Are a-Changin' during his opening of the 1984 Annual Apple Shareholders Meeting, where he famously unveiled the Macintosh computer for the first time.

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1966: The Jimi Hendrix Experience recorded their first single 'Hey Joe', at De Lane Lea studios in London. The earliest known commercial recording of the song is the late-1965 single by the Los Angeles garage band the The Leaves. The group then re-recorded the track and released it in 1966 as a follow-up single which became a hit.

 

1976: Chicago started a two week run at the No.1 spot on the US singles chart with 'If You Leave Me Now'. It was the band's 18th Top 40 and first US No.1, also a No.1 in the UK. The song went on to win a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance.

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1976: Led Zeppelin made their US television debut on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert. They performed with the songs ‘Black Dog’ and ‘Dazed And Confused’.

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1982: Culture Club were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Do You Really Want To Hurt Me', the band's first chart topper and the first of 12 UK Top 40 hits. The song became a huge hit after their memorable debut performance on Top Of The Pops when they stood in for Shakin' Stevens who was ill and not able to appear.

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1989: Nirvana played their first ever European gig when they appeared at Newcastle's Riverside Club in North East England. It was the first night of a 36 date European tour for the band who were sharing the bill with Tad.

 

1993: Take That scored their first UK No.1 album with their second release 'Everything Changes.' The album which was nominated for the 1994 Mercury Prize became the third best selling album of 1993 in the UK.

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1995: Def Leppard entered the Guinness book Of World Records, by playing three gigs in three continents in 24 hours! Tangier, London and Vancouver.

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