The Current Music Blog: December 2, 2009 Archive

On This Day in Music History: The Clap Campaign

Posted at 8:04 AM on December 2, 2009 by Jill Riley
Filed under: Music History

In 1972, Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" was released. Mick Jagger, rumored to be the subject of the tune, sang back-up vocal. Later, word leaked out that the song was about actor Warren Beatty.
In 1973, The Who spent the night in jail in Montreal after causing $6,000 worth of damage to a hotel room. The incident
inspired John Entwistle to write "Cell Block Number Seven."
Also in 1973, mail-in ticket requests for a Bob Dylan U.S. tour went
on sale. At one San Francisco post office, there was a five
block-long traffic jam.
In 1974, While touring with George Harrison as the opening act, Ravi Shankar (Norah Jones' father) was hospitalized in Chicago after suffering from chest pains. He recovered and rejoined the tour a week later in Boston.
In 1983, MTV first aired Michael Jackson's 14-minute
"Thriller" video.
In 1986, Jerry Lee Lewis checked into the Betty Ford Clinic to
overcome an addition to painkillers.
In 1995, The Guinness Book of World Records confirms that Ace of Base's The Sign is the best-selling debut of all time, with 19 million copies sold.
In 2000, The Smashing Pumpkins played their last concert with the
original lineup, at a club in Chicago. It was the same club where
they had played their first show 13 years earlier.

History Hightlight:
In 1970, Eric Burdon launched his "Curb The Clap" bumpersticker campaign designed to battle what he called the "number one sickness in the record business today, V.D". Thanks for doing your part Eric... We played Eric Burdon and War "Spill The Wine."