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This Day in Music History: The Devil's Dance

Posted at 7:25 AM on January 26, 2012 by Jill Riley (1 Comments)
Filed under: Music History

Birthdays:
Lucinda Williams is 59
Eddie Van Halen is 57

Today in Music:

In 1977, Peter Green, the original lead guitarist for Fleetwood Mac, was committed to a mental hospital in England after firing a pistol at a delivery boy who was attempting to bring Green a royalties check accrued from Fleetwood Mac record sales. Green had left the band in May 1970 to pursue a life of religious seclusion.

In 1978, Some employees at EMI's record processing plant in England refused to press copies of The Buzzcocks' "Oh, (expletive removed)," the flip side of their single "What Do I Get?" The record, of course, eventually was pressed and "What Do I Get?" became a #1 hit in the U.K.

In 1984, In another wacky misadventure, Michael Jackson suffered scalp and neck burns when his hair was set ablaze in an accidental explosion on the set of a Pepsi commercial. The commercial debuted on MTV on February 27, 1984. The scene was cut out of the commercial.

In 2004, Ryan Adams cancels the remainder of his European tour and flies back to the United States after breaking his wrist during a show in Liverpool.

History Highlight:
In 1962, Bishop Burke of the Buffalo, New York, Catholic Diocese prohibited the dance of the devil, "The Twist." It couldn't be danced, sung about or listened to at any Catholic school, parish or youth event. Later in the year, "The Twist" was also banned from community center dances in Tampa, Florida, as well.

Comments (1)

The Fat Boys may've done a track with Chubby checker, based on "The Twist"

Posted by Justin | January 26, 2012 8:13 AM

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