1955 - Little Richard recorded the song "Tutti Frutti." The session had not been going well, but with only 15 minutes left in the session, Richard recorded the song and coined the phrase, "A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-lop-bam-boom."
1968 - The first episode of the animated series, The Archies, based on the comic strip, aired on television. Rock mogul Don Kirshner (who also brought us The Monkees), was put in charge of the show's studio musicians.
A set of studio musicians was assembled by Don Kirshner in 1968 to perform various songs. Their most famous song is "Sugar, Sugar", written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim,[1] which went to number one on the pop chart in 1969.
1974 - Eric Clapton scored a US No.1 with his version of the Bob Marley song 'I Shot The Sheriff' which was first released in 1973 on The Wailers' album Burnin'.
Clapton didn't want to use this on the album because he thought it might seem disrespectful to Marley. Members of his band and management convinced him that it should not only go on the album, but also be released as a single.
Eric spoke with Bob Marley about the song, he said "I tried to ask him what the song was all about, but couldn't understand much of his reply. I was just relieved that he liked what we had done."
2003 - Jet release their debut album, Get Born. The title is lifted from the lyrics of Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues."
" Oh, Get Born, Keep Warm..."
It included the hit "Are You Gonna Be My Girl?"
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Amy Winehouse was born in 1983. Amy Winehouse was one of the U.K.'s flagship vocalists during the 2000s. While the British press and tabloids seemed to focus on her rowdy behavior and tragic end, fans and critics alike embraced her rugged charm, brash sense of humor, and distinctively soulful and jazzy vocals.Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
Fred "Sonic" Smith of MC5 was born. One of the key architects of the Detroit High Energy rock sound as guitarist and co-founder of the legendary MC5, and while his work after the band's breakup was sporadic, what has survived is strong enough to confirm his reputation as one of the great unsung heroes of Midwest rock & roll.
He married Patti Smith and their relationship helped inspire the song she wrote with Bruce Springsteen, "Because The Night."
Paul Kossoff (of Free) was born on this day in 1950. He came up the famous riff in the classic "All Right Now."
Ed King and Steve Gaines, guitarists in Lynyrd Skynyrd, were born on this day in 1949. Ed was in the Strawberry Alarm Clock. They had the 1967 hit "Incense and Peppermint."
Gaines' guitar-picking and songwriting skills were a major revelation to the band, as demonstrated on his one studio album, 1977's Street Survivors. Steve's contributions included his co-lead vocal with Ronnie on the co-written "You Got That Right" (
On This Day In Music History was sourced from This Day in Music, Song Facts, Allmusic, and Wikipedia.
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