The Current Music Blog: July 20, 2009 Archive

Today In Music History: Some Famous Mancunians In One Room

Posted at 6:05 AM on July 20, 2009 by Steve Seel (1 Comments)
Filed under: Music History

Birthdays:

Carlos Santana is 62.
Paul Cook (drums, Sex Pistols) is 53.
Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Audioslave) is 45.

1940 - Billboard published its first comprehensive record chart. The magazine had previously published best-seller lists submitted by the individual record companies, but the new chart combined the top sellers from all major labels. Their first number one song was "I'll Never Smile Again" by Frank Sinatra and the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra.
1963 - Jan and Dean started a two week run with "Surf City", written by Beach Boy Brian Wilson, with the Beach Boys on backing vocals.
1965 - Bob Dylan's single "Like A Rolling Stone" was released by Columbia Records.
1968 - Jane Asher announced on national TV in Britain that her engagement to Paul McCartney was off. McCartney reportedly was watching and was surprised by the news.
1975 - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band played the opening night on their Born To Run Tour at The Palace Theatre, Providence, Rhode Island. This was also Steven Van Zandt's first show as a member of The E Street Band.
1999 - A coalition of church groups claimed that pictures of Britney Spears printed in Rolling Stone magazine encouraged child pornography. The shots showed Britney with not many clothes on in her bedroom.

Today in 1976, The Buzzcocks made their live debut supporting The Sex Pistols and The Damned at The Lesser Free Trade Hall, Manchester. In the audience, Morrissey, Bernard Sumner Peter Hook of Joy Division, and Mark E. Smith of The Fall. Tickets: one pound, or about a buck fifty. A Buzzcock's tune that might have inspired any one of those kids to go on and form their own bands: "Everybody's Happy Nowadays."

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"The End Is Near" a free message from the book of Daniel...

Posted at 9:17 AM on July 20, 2009 by Barb Abney (1 Comments)

Thanks to this fan letter, I now know that The Fiery Furnaces is a biblical reference from the book of Daniel. (am I the last to know?) I'm Going Away is the band's eighth release and it hits the shelves tomorrow. Today on our Song Of The Day podcast you can grab the tune "The End Is Near" for free!

If you're a new subscriber, you'll also receive new music from Double Bird, MC Rut, Amazing Baby and The Rural Alberta Advantage. Later this week we'll be featuring new music from Eugene McGuinness, Moby, Other Lives and local music from Eyedea and Abilites.

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3 songs by Canadian artists...

Posted at 12:41 PM on July 20, 2009 by Barb Abney (0 Comments)
Filed under: My Three Songs

Jen Dustin from Kamloops, BC picked today's My 3 Songs set as her way of saying...

"Happy belated Canada Day!!"

The Hidden Cameras - "She's Gone"
Gentleman Rag - "We're In A Thunderstorm" (89.3 The Current in-studio version)
Black Mountain - "Stormy High"

Make your "My 3 Songs" requests here.

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