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Today In Music History, 3-10-09

Posted at 7:53 AM on March 11, 2009 by Steve Seel (1 Comments)

1950 - Bobby McFerrin was born.
1961 - Mike Percy (Dead Or Alive: "You Spin Me Round, Like A Record") was born.
1968 - Otis Redding's "Dock Of The Bay" went gold.
1968 - Lisa Loeb was born.
1972 - Neil Young's album Harvest was #1 in the US & UK.
1993 - Oasis recorded their first demos in Liverpool.
2005 - The front door of Ozzy Osbourne's childhood home went up for sale because the current owner was fed up with fans defacing it.

Music History Highlight: On this day in 1978, the debut single from Kate Bush, 'Wuthering Heights' a song inspired by the Emily Bronte novel, started a four-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart. Bush's debut album, The Kick Inside, was a sensation in England when it was released, but failed to make a significant impression in the US. With the exception, that is, of those lucky enough to catch her performance on Saturday Night Live, perched atop a grand piano, dressed in (if I remember correctly) a leopardskin bodysuit, singing "The Man With The Child In His Eyes." I also remember the evenings host, Eric Idle, introducing her and saying she was "very nervous."

Comments (1)

No leopardskin, just a spangly, yellow-gold body suit. She also sang, "Them Heavy People" dressed in a trench coat. Looked at the Idle opening and don't hear anything about her being "very nervous," but maybe I don't have the whole intro. She looks pretty "in control" and professional particularly for a kid.

Posted by Keith DeWeese | March 12, 2009 9:40 PM

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