The Current Music Blog: September 8, 2009 Archive

Today In Music History: Must Be All That Boxing

Posted at 6:17 AM on September 8, 2009 by Steve Seel
Filed under: Music History

Birthdays:

Neko Case is 39.
Drummer Richard Hughes of Keane is 34.

Today in:

1962 - "Monster Mash" by Bobby "Boris" Pickett made its debut on the charts.
1968 - The Beatles performed 'Hey Jude' on the UK television show 'Frost On Sunday' in front of an invited audience.
1973 - Marvin Gaye started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Let's Get It On', his second US No.1.
2002 - Singer Gordon Lightfoot was rushed to the emergency room suffering from a weakened blood vessel in his abdomen. He spent three months in the hospital.
2002 - Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson started his new job as an airline pilot. The singer qualified as a first officer with English airline Astraeus.

Aimee Mann is 49 today. Born in the town of Midlothian, Virginia, she started her musical career in the punk band Young Snakes before forming 'Til Tuesday in 1983, which had a major MTV hit with the song "Voices Carry" in 1985. The early years of Mann's solo career were a critical success, but a nightmare in terms of record company dealings: her first record, Whatever, was lost in the collapse of its record label, Imago; the second, I'm With Stupid, suffered from a near total lack of promotion on the part of Geffen. Finally, it was her success penning the Magnolia soundtrack that kick-started a career that's been going strong ever since. 49? You must be kidding; we should all look so healthy at that age. Today, from her Lost In Space album, we played "Guys Like Me."