Good Morning, Students! Yes. It’s true I return to retail hell today. I must say I enjoyed the five solid days in the DJ chair. If this job paid, I’d take it.
Here’s your lesson for today:
December 29, 1956: Fats Domino spends his 11th week at the top of the R & B chart with his song Blueberry Hill.
December 29, 1958: Lonely Teardrops by Jackie Wilson was #1 on the R & B chart.
December 29, 1962: Bob Dylan played the Troubadour folk club in London.
December 29, 1964: The Liverpool Youth Employment Services announced that some applicants were having difficulties getting jobs because their Beatle haircuts and clothing was unacceptable to employers. Oh, puhleeeze.
December 29, 1966: The Jimi Hendrix Experience made their TV debut on the UK show Top of the Pops where they performed Hey Joe.
Also on this day, The Beatles began recording Penny Lane.
December 29, 1967: Singer, songwriter, and guitarist Dave Mason leaves the popular and successful band Traffic for a solo career. Rumor had it that he did not enjoy sharing co-writing duties with Steve Winwood.
December 29, 1969: Sly & The Family Stone release the single Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again).
December 29, 1970: Norman Greenbaum (native of Malden, Massachusetts) released the great song Spirit in The Sky, a sixties anthem if there ever really was one.
December 29, 1971: America released it’s self-titled first album.
December 29, 1973: Jim Croce’s Time in a Bottle tops the Hot 100, the second of three posthumous hits for the late singer/songwriter.
Also on this day, Elton John’s fine album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was #1 on the Album chart for a third week.
December 29, 1980: Singer-Songwriter Tim Hardin was found dead in his apartment of a heroin overdose at the age of 39. He is best known for If I Were A Carpenter (a hit for Bobby Darin in 1966; the Four Tops in 1968), as well as Reason To Believe (a hit for Rod Stewart in 1971).
Born On This Day
December 29, 1941: Ray Thomas, singer, composer and flautist for The Moody Blues was born on Stourport-on-Severn, England.
December 29, 1942: Rick Danko, co-lead singer and bassist for The Band was born in Green’s Corner, Ontario, Canada.
December 29, 1946: Marianne Faithful was born in Hamsted, London.
And that is your lesson from the College of Rock n’ Roll Knowledge for today!
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