This Day in Music History: October 26

October 26, 2016

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

 

Today: October 26.

 

1962: The Rolling Stones, which at the time were known as The Rollin' Stones, consisting of Keith Richard, Mick Jagger, Brian Jones pianist Ian Stewart and drummer Tony Chapman, recorded their first demo tape at Curly Clayton Studios in Highbury, London. They recorded three songs: 'Close Together' by Jimmy Reed, 'You Cant Judge A Book By The Cover' by Bo Diddley and Soon Forgotten' by Muddy Waters.

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1965: Queen Elizabeth II invested The Beatles with their MBE's at Buckingham Palace, London. According to John Lennon, the band members smoked marijuana in one of the palace bathrooms in order to calm their nerves. Many former recipients gave their MBE's back in protest, to which John Lennon responded: "Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war, for killing people." He continued and said: "We received ours for entertaining other people. I'd say we deserve ours more."

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1970: A wake was held at the Lion's Share in San Anselmo, California to celebrate the life of Janis Joplin. The singer who died of an accidental drugs overdose had left $2,500 in her will to throw a wake party in the event of her demise. In this party attended her sister Laura and Joplin's close friends. Brownies laced with hashish were unknowingly passed around amongst the guests. Janis Joplin was cremated in the Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Mortuary in Los Angeles, and her ashes were scattered from a plane into the Pacific Ocean and along Stinson Beach.

 

1979: AC/DC appeared at The Mayfair, Newcastle upon Tyne, England. They were supported by Def Leppard. They were booked to appear the night before but after a fire at the venue in the afternoon, the show was cancelled.

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1996: The Spice Girls had their second UK No.1 single when 'Say You'll Be There' started a two-week run at the top of the charts. The song included a harmonica solo, played by Judd Lander who also played the harmonica solo on Culture Club's 1984 hit 'Karma Chameleon'.

 

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