The Current Music Blog: September 23, 2009 Archive

Today In Music History: They'e Saying "Bruce"

Posted at 6:52 AM on September 23, 2009 by Steve Seel
Filed under: Music History

Birthdays:

Ani DiFranco is 39.

Today in:

1967 - Making their UK live debut, The Mothers Of Invention appeared at the Royal Albert Hall London.
1967 - The Box Tops started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with "The Letter." The record went on to sell over four million copies and receive two Grammy nominations. It was also a Top Ten hit for Joe Cocker in 1970.
1969 -The Northern Star newspaper of Northern Illinois University ran a story claiming that Paul McCartney had been killed in a car crash in 1966 and had been replaced by a look-a-like. Russell Gibb of WKNR-FM in Detroit picked up on the claim and the story went worldwide. By late October 1969 the rumour was so well established that McCartney came out of seclusion at his Scottish farm to deny the story. When McCartney was asked to comment, he said "Do I look dead? I'm as fit as a fiddle."

Holy cow - Bruce Springsteen is 60 today. Does he look 60? Um, no. With a career that has spanned four decades, Bruce shows no sights of slowing down - go see him live if you need any proof of this. We assume a background paragraph on Bruce's career is unnecessary, so howabout some trivia? Did you know he's good friends with Tom Hanks? He originally wrote "Hungry Heart" for The Ramones? He grew up wanting to be a baseball player? In 1975 he appeared on the covers of Time and Newsweek simultaneously, something that before that had only happened with world leaders?

We played "The Promised Land" from Darkness At the Edge of Town this morning. Happy birthday Bruce!