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Today In Music History: Fame, Fame, Fame ...

Posted at 6:02 AM on June 28, 2010 by Steve Seel
Filed under: Music History

Birthdays:

Bassist Tim Nordwind of OK Go is 34.
Bassist Mark Stoermer of The Killers is 33.

Today in:

1969 - Crosby, Stills and Nash released their first album.
1986 - Wham! played their farewell concert, for 72,000 fans at London's Wembley Stadium.
1992 - The first National Music Day was celebrated in England. The day was the brainchild of Mick Jagger, and included hundreds of events nationwide.

History Highlight:

On this day in 1975, David Bowie's "Fame" was released. The song grew out of a jam session between Bowie and John Lennon during a brief stay Bowie had in New York; even though Lennon only came up with the song's title during the improvs, Bowie gave him co-writing credit. Lennon's vocals can also be heard during the closing section where the word "fame" is sung at fast, normal, and slow speeds. The tune became Bowie's biggest hit to date.

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