The Current Music Blog: October 12, 2009 Archive

Music History:Little Richard Rocks On

Posted at 9:04 AM on October 12, 2009 by Jill Riley
Filed under: Music History

Sam Moore of Sam and Dave is 74

In 1975, Rod Stewart and The Faces played their last show
together at a concert on Long Island, New York.
In 1978, Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols was arrested in New York
in connection with the stabbing death of his girlfriend, Nancy
Spungen.
In 1979, Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull was injured when a fan
threw a rose on stage and a thorn pierced his eye. The band was
forced to cancel two shows.
In 1971, singer Gene Vincent died in Los Angeles of a seizure
brought on by a bleeding ulcer. He was 36.
In 1996, the film documentary "The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll
Circus" was released. It had been filmed in December 1968 but was
shelved for nearly 28 years because the Stones reportedly were
afraid that The Who upstaged them in the film.
In 1997, singer John Denver was killed when his experimental
plane crashed into Monterey Bay in California. He was 53.

On this day in 1957, Little Richard announced that he was
giving up rock and roll for religion. He later was ordained as a
minister, but eventually went back to playing rock and roll.
Just five years late on this day in 1962, Little Richard played a gig in Liverpool, with a then-unknown local band called The Beatles opening for him. There's no doubt he had an influence on The Beatles, they even covered his music. We played Little Richard's "Long Tall Sally" this morning.