On This Day In The World Of Music - 16th February 2021
Hello Steemians & music lovers. On my daily radio show here in the UK, I have a feature called "On This Day" where I share with the listeners what happened in the world of rock, pop and music – it has turned over the past couple of years into an archive of the history of popular music. Here's what happened on this day in years past...
My featured year today is 1980
On This Day 16th Feb 1980 – Top 5 in the USA
- Do That To Me One More Time - Captain & Tennille
- Crazy Little thing Called Love - Queen
- Coward Of The County - Kenny Rogers
- Cruising - Smokey Robinson
- Rock With You - Michael Jackson
On This Day 16th Feb 1980 – Top 5 in the UK
- Coward Of The County - Kenny Rogers
- Too Much Too Young - The Specials
- I'm In The Mood For Dancing - The Nolans
- Someone's Looking At You - The Boomtown Rats
- Captain Beaky - Captain Beaky & His Band
Happening on this day in the World Of Music...
16th Feb 1967 - Petula Clark was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with the Charlie Chaplin penned 'This Is My Song', the singers second and last UK No.1.
16th Feb 1972 - Led Zeppelin made their Australian live debut when they kicked off a six-date tour at the Subiaco Oval, Perth. Police battled with over 500 fans who rammed locked gates trying to get into the concert. Over 4,000 fans stood outside the venue without tickets and local residents jammed police phone lines to complain about the noise.
16th Feb 1982 - The Jam were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'A Town Called Malice', & 'Precious', their third No.1 spent three weeks at the top of the chart.
16th Feb 1985 - Bruce Springsteen went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Born In The USA', his first UK No.1 album. The singers seventh studio album, was the best-selling album of 1985 in the United States (and also Springsteen's most successful album ever). The album produced a record-tying string of seven Top 10 singles.
16th Feb 1991 - The Simpsons were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Do The Bartman'. The song was written by Michael Jackson and Bryan Lorenand, The Simpsons became the first cartoon characters to make No.1 since the Archies hit 'Sugar Sugar' in 1969. Jackson was apparently a massive fan of The Simpsons.
16th Feb 2002 - Thieves broke into George Michael's London home and stole over £100,000 ($170,000) worth of paintings, jewellery and designer clothes and drove off in his £80,000 ($136,000) Aston Martin DB7. They also caused £200,000 ($340,000) worth of damage to his home.
16th Feb 2005 - Kid Rock was arrested for allegedly punching a DJ at a club in Nashville, Tennessee. Police were called to the incident but Rock escaped from the club. Shortly after, he was pulled over by an officer who got an autograph but did not do a breath test despite smelling alcohol. The officer was later fired.
16th Feb 2006 - Yusuf Islam, the former Cat Stevens was awarded substantial damages from The Sunday Times and The Sun, after they had printed articles alleging he was involved in terrorism. Both UK newspapers apologized to the 56 year old musician for the "false and highly defamatory allegations."
Those artists and musicians born on this day include...
16th Feb 1935 - Sonny Bono - Singer/Songwriter/Producer
16th Feb 1939 - Howard Kalin - Singer/Songwriter with The Kalin Twins
16th Feb 1949 - Lynn Paul - Singer with The New Seekers
16th Feb 1963 - John Bradbury - Drummer with The Specials
16th Feb 1956 - James Ingram - Singer/Performer
16th Feb 1959 - Ice T - Rapper
16th Feb 1960 - Pete Willis - Guitarist/Songwriter with Def Leppard
16th Feb 1961 - Andy Taylor - Guitarist with Duran Duran
16th Feb 1962 - Tony Kylie - Drummer with The Blow Monkeys
16th Feb 1965 - Dave Lombardo - Drummer with Slayer
16th Feb 1967 - Damon Reece - Drummer with Spiritualised
16th Feb 1990 - Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (The Weeknd) - Singer/Songwriter
16th Feb 1994 - Ava Max - Singer/Songwriter
A very Happy Birthday to all of those above still with us today....