Music
Throwback Thursday: This Day in Music
1955
The Godfather of Soul, James Brown recorded “Please Please Please” at the studio of WIBB in Macon, Georgia.
1965
The Righteous Brothers were at No.1 on the UK and US singles chart with the Phil Spector song “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’”.
1967
The Monkees self-titled debut album started a seven-week run at No. 1 on the UK charts. The song “Last Train to Clarksville” was released as a single shortly before the release of the album and went to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
1968
The Beatles recorded “Across The Universe”, working at Abbey Road studios in London. John Lennon and Paul McCartney decided the song needed some falsetto harmonies so they invited two teenage fans, Lizzie Bravo and Gayleen Pease, to sing on the song and provide backup vocals.
1971
Diana Ross guest starred on ABC’s Make Room For Granddaddy, a spin-off of Danny Thomas’ Make Room For Daddy series.
1977
Fleetwood Mac’s second album Rumours (their most successful album) was released. It included singles “Go Your Own Way”, “Don’t Stop”, “Dreams” and “You Make Loving Fun”. Along with winning the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1978, the record has sold over 45 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time.
1978
ABBA started a seven-week run at No.1 on the UK chart with The Album – their third No.1 LP.
1978
The Bee Gees started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with “Staying Alive”, from the film soundtrack Saturday Night Fever. It gave the brothers their fifth US No.1. It also was No.1 in the UK.
1995
Celine Dion started a seven-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with “Think Twice”. The single received an Ivor Novello Award for the Song of the Year in 1995.
2002
Stevie Wonder sang “Happy Birthday” to Rosa Parks on her 89th birthday at the premiere of the TV-movie biography Ride to Freedom: The Rosa Parks Story.