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On This Day in Music History: Hats Off to Otis Redding

Posted at 7:00 AM on December 10, 2010 by Jill Riley
Filed under: Music History

Birthday:
J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.) is 45.

This Day in Music:
In 1971, An audience member pushed Zappa off the stage at London's Rainbow Theatre. Frank Zappa suffered serious fractures, head trauma and injuries to his back, leg, and neck, as well as a crushed larynx. He recovered, but was in a wheelchair for nine months.

In 1984, The all-star group assembled by Bob Geldof, Band-Aid released "Do They Know It's Christmas?". The proceeds went to Ethiopian famine relief. Geldof would later receive knighthood back home in Britain for his efforts.

In 1999, Rock & roll deejay Alan Freed was posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was the first to widely use the term rock & roll, a phrase which would eventually make it into the dictionary.

Also in 1999, Rick Danko, bass player for The Band, died in his sleep in Woodstock, New York, one day after celebrating his 56th birthday.

History Feature:
In 1967, Otis Redding and several members of his band died when their plane crashed into a lake near near Madison, Wisconsin. His biggest hit, "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay," was released just three days earlier. Otis Redding was 26.

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