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This Day in Music History: The Sex Pistols are Bad Boys

Posted at 7:37 AM on December 1, 2009 by Jill Riley
Filed under: Music History

Birthdays:
Singer-guitarist Eric Bloom of Blue Oyster Cult is 65.
Drummer John Densmore of The Doors is 65.
Lou Rawls (Soul/jazz/pop hit crooner who once worked with Sam Cooke) is 73.

On this day in 1957, Buddy Holly and Sam Cooke made their national TV debuts on "The Ed Sullivan Show."
In 1960, Paul McCartney and Pete Best were deported from West
Germany on suspicion of arson after their hotel room mysteriously
caught fire.
In 1969, Chicago blues man, "Magic" Sam Maghett, best known for his recording of "High Heel Sneakers," died of a heart attack at age 32.
In 1978, Ian Dury scored his biggest hit with "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick." Not a huge hit in the U.S., it made it to #1 in the U.K. and sold 2 million copies worldwide.
In 1980, The newly expanded nine-piece Talking Heads played London's Hammersmith Palais. A very promising Irish band that would go on to great things opened, a group called U2.
In 1982, What turned out to be the biggest-selling pop album of all time at 40 million units, Michael Jackson' Thriller hit the streets.
In 1986, singer Lee Dorsey died in New Orleans of complications
from emphysema. He's known for the hits "Ya-Ya" and "Working In
The Coal Mine."
In 1987, A Kentucky school teacher lost her appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court after having been fired for screening Pink Floyd's The Wall for her class. The court decided, due to bad language and sexual content, that the film was unsuitable for minors.
History Highlight:
In 1979, The Sex Pistols, who had just released their first single, "Anarchy In The U.K.,'" appeared as a last minute replacement for the Queen of England on a popular Brit TV morning "chat" show. Interviewer Bill Grundy taunted them about their "nasty reputation," compelling bassist Glen Matlock to utter a few vulgarities. In the ensuing uproar, the Pistols were banned from nearly every venue that had booked them for their first tour.

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