The Current Music Blog: July 21, 2009 Archive

Today In Music History: Stephen Cat Yusuf Georgiou Islam Stevens

Posted at 6:09 AM on July 21, 2009 by Steve Seel (0 Comments)
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1977 - The Sex Pistols made their debut on British music TV show Top Of The Pops.
1987 - Guns N' Roses released their debut album, "Appetite for Destruction."
1990 - Roger Waters' The Wall - his own solo production of his Pink Floyd work - took place at the Berlin Wall in Potzdamer Platz, Berlin with over 200,000 people attending. The event was broadcast live throughout the world. Van Morrison, Bryan Adams, Joni Mitchell, The Scorpions, Cyndi Lauper, Sinead O'Connor were among the performers.
1994 - Oasis played their first ever American show as part of the New Music Seminar at Wetlands in New York City.
2003 - Coldplay singer Chris Martin was charged with malicious damage in Australia after he allegedly attacked a photographer's car after he had taken pictures of him surfing on a beach. Martin admitted he had lost his temper and smashed the photographer's windsheild and let the air out of his tires.

Today is the 61st birthday of Yusuf Islam, born Stephen Georgiou, but best known by his stage name Cat Stevens. He changed his named to Yusuf Islam in 1978 after converting to Islam the previous year. In the past couple of years, he has returned to performance, using simply the name Yusuf. In his career as Cat Stevens he sold over 60 milliion records worldwide and recorded a number of huge hits that are beloved to this day. Our choice today: "Another Saturday Night."

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Posted at 9:42 AM on July 21, 2009 by Barb Abney (0 Comments)

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