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Today In Music History: Happy Birthday Andy Fletcher
Posted at 6:21 AM on July 8, 2009
by Steve Seel
Birthdays:
Joan Osborne is 46.
Beck (Beck David Campbell) is 39.
1967 - The Monkees began a 29-date tour with The Jimi Hendrix Experience as support act. Hendrix was dropped after eight shows after being told his act was not suitable for their teenybopper audience.
1972 - Bill Withers started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with "Lean On Me", his only No.1 hit.
1978 - Gerry Rafferty's album City To City containing the hit "Baker Street" went to No.1 on the US chart, knocking off Saturday Night Fever, which had been at the top of the charts for almost six months.
1995 - TLC started a seven week run at No.1 with "Waterfalls."
2007 - Prince was forced off stage by police halfway through his set at the First Avenue during a late-night gig. The club was allowed to stay open until 3am but Prince took to the stage at 2.45am. He'd already played two concerts before his late-night appearance; first at Macy's, where he promoted his new cologne with a nine-song, 45-minute set, followed by a full show at the Target Center.
Andy Fletcher (bass, synth, Depeche Mode) is 49 today. Fletcher is one of the three remaining original members of the band, which formed in 1980. We played a tune from the band's debut full-length Speak and Spell, "Just Can't Get Enough."
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