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This Day in Music History: Another One Bites the Dust

Posted at 7:16 AM on November 24, 2010 by Jill Riley (1 Comments)
Filed under: Music History

Birthdays:
Donald "Duck" Dunn is 69
(Veteran Stax Records bass player who was a pioneer of "the Memphis sound"; best known for his long stint with Booker T. & The MG's but he has also backed up legends like Otis Redding, Albert King, Wilson Pickett, Jerry Lee Lewis, Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, the Blues Brothers, Neil Young, Mark Knopfler and many others.)

Pete Best is 69
(Drummer with The Beatles between 1960-62; replaced by some guy named Richard Starkey who did okay by all accounts.)

This Day In Music:
In 1966, The Beatles were in the studio beginning work on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. They laid down the initial tracks for "Strawberry Fields Forever," but ultimately left it off the album in favor of making it the flip side of "Penny Lane."

In 1972, In Concert, the ABC-TV late-night rock show, debuted. The first episode starred Alice Cooper, Chuck Berry, Blood Sweat & Tears, Poco and The Allman Brothers Band.

In 1999, At an auction of rock memorabilia in London, Buddy Holly's first driver's license went for almost $8,000, while a copy of The Beatles' White Album numbered 00000001 sold for nearly $20 grand.

In 2001, After unprecedented cooperation between the major labels and tv and cable networks, a key benefit CD album was just days away from arriving in stores. The Concert for New York City featured Paul McCartney, The Who, David Bowie, Mick with Keith, Elton John and Billy Joel.

History Feature:
In 1991, Freddie Mercury, lead singer, main writer and frontman for Queen, died of complications from AIDS. Best known for the elaborate "Bohemian Rhapsody," Freddie and the band enjoyed many other hits including "We Will Rock You," "We Are The Champions," "Another One Bites The Dust," "Somebody To Love" and "Under Pressure" [with Bowie].

Comments (1)

Wow. What a day in history this is! Thank you for playing QUEEN this morning; a band that filled my days as a youth in the 70's. To think that Freddy would still be alive today if the anti-retroviral medications we have today (Truvada, Retrovir, Reyataz,etc, etc.) existed back then, he would still be making music:( Life is short my MPR friends: Enjoy every day and Happy Thanksgiving.

Posted by Ramon | November 24, 2010 8:09 AM

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