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Today In Music History: Not A Human Being? Gee, That's Harsh

Posted at 7:29 AM on May 27, 2010 by Steve Seel
Filed under: Music History

Birthdays:

Siouxsie Sioux of Siouxsie and the Banshees is 53.
Neil Finn of Split Enz and Crowded House is 52.
Andre 3000 of Outkast is 35.


Today In:

1957 - The Crickets' first record "That'll Be the Day," with lead singer Buddy Holly, was released by Brunswick records. It was the group's first and only chart-topper.
1962 - Bob Dylan released The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, which contained songs like "Blowin' in the Wind" and "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall."
1980 - David Lee Roth fractured his nose and suffered a concussion when he leaped off Alex Van Halen's drum riser and hit the stage lights. They were recording an Italian TV special in Rome at the time.


History Highlight:

Today in 1977, the Sex Pistols' second single, "God Save the Queen," was released to coincide with Queen Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee celebration in June. The record, which begins "God save the Queen, she ain't no human being," made the British Top Ten despite being banned from airplay.

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