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Today In Music History: Play It Steve!
Posted at 6:09 AM on October 21, 2009
by Steve Seel
Filed under: Music History
Birthdays:
Guitarist Charlotte Caffey of The Go-Go's is 56.
Singer Julian Cope is 52.
Singer-bassist Nick Oliveri of Queens Of The Stone Age is 38.
Today in:
1958 - Buddy Holly held what ended up being his last recording session. "It Doesn't Matter Anymore," which he recorded in that session in one take, became a hit after he died.
1961 - Bob Dylan recorded his first album for Columbia Records. The self-titled album was recorded in one day and cost $400.
1972 - After 17 years of recording rock classics, Chuck Berry finally got a number-one hit with "My Ding-A-Ling."
1995 - Singer Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon died of a cocaine overdose in New Orleans. He was 28.
Guitarist Steve Cropper of Booker T. and the MG's is 68. His playing can be heard on classics like "Green Onions" and "Groovin'," and he was even appeared in the cast of The Blues Brothers movie as the lead guitarist in the band. This morning we played the Booker T. and the MGs' "Booker-Loo."
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