From the Rockmine Almanac for today (Saturday 5th July):
Birth
1950. Andy Ellison (John’s Children) born in Leatherhead, Surrey.
On Tour
1966. President Ferdinand Marcos of The Philipines makes an official statement expressing regret at the treatment received by The Beatles when they left Manila earlier today. The moptops were shoved, kicked, spat at and told to “go to Hell” by Philipinos incensed at the group’s treatment of their president’s wife. They had been expected to visit the Presidential Palace between concerts but were unaware of any arrangements. At the airport, they were given no assistance with their luggage and escalators were turned off. Their flight was then delayed by 45 minutes while Brian Epstein was forced to settle a £ 6,600 tax bill for the two concerts. All this shortly after he had been knocked to the ground and kicked in a scuffle.
In Custody
1975. Keith Richards and Ron Wood are arrested along with aide Fred Sessler by the Arkansas Highway Patrol. Keith is questioned about carrying a concealed weapon, his swiss-army knife. He and Ron (who’s done nothing) are released on bail of $ 162. Sessler, unfortunately, is found to be in possession of a quantity of cocaine. He is released on bail of $ 5,000.
In Hospital
1980. Bad Manners‘ gig at the Electric Ballroom in London’s Camden turns nasty. At one point a member of the audience jumps onstage and tries to stab Douglas Trendle (a.k.a. Buster Bloodvessel). Before he has a chance to strike, Louis “Alphonso” Cook kicks him off the stage. Unfortunately, before the gig is over, a member of the audience is stabbed in the kidneys.
On Television
1975. Disco (ZDF, West Germany) 55. George Baker Selection - Paloma blanca; Demis Roussos - Schön wie Mona Lisa; Peter, Sue + Marc - In den Straßen von Belfast; Costa Cordalis - Es stieg ein Eingel vom Olymp; David Cassidy - Get it up for love; Marianne Rosenberg - Er gehört zu mir; Kenny - Fancy pants - and here they are!
Death
1998. Folk singer and broadcaster Danny Kyle dies in hospital in Paisley, Scotland aged 58.
From the Rockmine Almanac for today (Friday 4th July):
Birth
1943. Alan “Al” Wilson (Canned Heat) born in Boston, Massachusetts.
On Tour
1975. The Rolling Stones are warned by the Memphis Police Vice Squad that playing the song “Starfucker” at tonight’s gig in the city’s Memorial Stadium will get them arrested for obscenity. Jagger refuses to comply and police in full riot gear surround the stage during the show. The band’s U.S. lawyer, Bill Carter, tells the police department that the band will sue and the fans will riot if anything is done. He also points out that the local radio station has been playing the song all week, and they haven’t been busted.
In Custody
1997. Stanley V. House (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) is arrested at his home in the San Fernando valley after neighbours report hearing gunshots in his back yard. Although they can find no evidence of anyone being shot, police do find a cache of explosives and an arsenal of weapons including AK-47 assault rifles. The 24 year old rapper, along with his 19 year old brother-in-law Jamar Tarik Cole are charged with possessing explosives. They are remanded in custody pending an appearance in court on the 7th of July.
In Hospital
1969. Scott Walker (real name Scott Engel) is injured in car crash near Sharpthorne, Essex. He was being driven to Brighton by his road manager, Bobby Hamilton, when a tyre burst causing the car to swerve, hitting a tree. No other vehicles were involved. He was taken to the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead for treatment for cuts and shock before being discharged in the evening. Tonight’s concerts in Brighton have been cancelled as a result.
Unlike John Lennon’s car crash in the remote north of Scotland on July 1st, Scott gets massive press coverage for his crash with pictures of the mangled car in many papers. The music papers go to town on it but seem to have completely missed out on Lennon’s smash. If John had smashed the car on any road in England, he’d have made the front page of every paper in the land but the inaccessibility of the crash site meant it largely went unreported.
On Television
1975. The Midnight Special (NBC, U.S.A.) 123. Host: Frankie Valli. Guests: Freddy Fender; The Four Seasons; The Hollies; Orleans.Here are The Hollies with “Long Cool Woman”.
Death
1973. Don Powell of Slade is seriously injured in a car crash when his Bentley crashes through a hedge, a wall and into a tree. He and his girlfriend, Angela Morris, are rushed to Wolverhampton’s Royal Hospital where Angela dies soon after. Don has multiple injuries including a fractured skull. He will remain in hospital for six weeks. The accident, which took place in the early hours of the morning, did not involve any other cars. The couple were returning to Don’s luxury flat in Bilston after an evening at the Dix Nightclub in Wolverhampton.
From the Rockmine Almanac for today (Tuesday 1st July):
Birth
1977. Actress Liv Tyler is born at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. Although her birth certificate lists her father as Todd Rundgren she found out in 1988 that her biological father was in fact Steven Tyler. Liv’s mother, Bebe Buell, was Playboy’s Playmate Of The Month for November 1974 and a renowned groupie. She lived with Rundgren from 1972 until 1977 and dated Tyler in 1976 and 1977. If Liv’s choice of two fathers seems confusing, it’s complicated by the fact that both men have married twice since her birth. Her mother’s also managed to fit in two other husbands and a relationship with Elvis Costello that saw her twice mis-carry. That means Liv manages a grand total of one mother, two fathers, two step-fathers and four step-mothers!
On Tour
1997. Figures released today show that despite NOT selling out all their shows, U2’s “Popmart” is the biggest grossing tour of the year. The cash registers have rung up $ 45 million since the band kicked off on April 25th - that’s $ 2.4 million every night!
In Court
1996. The High Court in London rules that Paula Yates acted unlawfully when she knocked down a partition wall in the house she had shared with ex-husband Bob Geldof. The ruling is being contested by Yates and both parties will be back in court this week. The action follows a bizarre house swap in which Paula and her new lover, Michael Hutchence are occupying the former Geldof family home while Bob has moved into the INXS star’s £ 400,000 warehouse flat.
Later that day… Status Quo are also in The High Court in London in a bid to force BBC Radio 1 to play their records. The judge, Mr. Justice Collins takes less than an hour to dismiss the “hopeless” case. He points out that there is no legal requirement for Radio 1 to like their music.
In Hospital
1969. John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Kyoko Cox and Julian Lennon are all injured in a road accident in the Tongue area of Sutherland, Scotland. They are staying in the area whilst visiting John’s aunt in Durness. All four are taken to hospital in Golspie where John receives 17 stitches to a head wound and Yoko 14. Kyoko needs 4 stitches but Julian escapes with bruising and shock. John was driving an Austin Maxi hired for their trip. It’s thought he panicked on the single-track road as a vehicle approached and over-reacted. The car swerved off the road into a ditch and overturned. The car was later transported to John and Yoko’s home, Tittenhurst Park near Ascot and left in the garden to remind them of the event. It’s pictured on my Lennon autograph page here
On Television
1956. Elvis Presley appears on the Steve Allen Show. He is ordered not to girate or dance or make any “suggestive” movements. In an effort to give him a more serious image, his host dresses him in a tuxedo with tails and has him sing “Hound Dog” to a bassett hound. The fans react badly. The next day there are pickets outside the television studios demanding “the real Elvis”. Elvis, of course, takes it all in his stride and seems to enter into the fun of it when he quips that the only thing that doesn’t match his tux and tails are the blue suede shoes he’s wearing.
Death
1981. Rushton Moreve (Steppenwolf), real name John Russell Morgan, dies in a car crash in Sunny Valley, California, aged 35. Moreve had been a session player in Los Angeles before joining a Canadian group called Sparrow which had moved to the city in 1967. That soon changed its name to Steppenwolf which turned into one of the biggest bands on the scene. Moreve left the band under the most bizzare circumstances. Early in 1969, Steppenwolf were heading for a weekend of gigs in Colorado. Moreve turned up at the airport with enough trunks for a stay of several months and several friends in tow. After their gigs, Moreve and friends refused to fly back to Los Angeles despite having to tape a television show the next day. The band flew home, a replacement drummer was found and Moreve wasn’t seen for weeks. When he eventually returned, he told Steppenwolf front-man John Kay that he and the friends with him had believed that a massive earthquake was scheduled to consign California to the ocean floor and they were staying away. Having figured out that the ‘quake wasn’t going to happen, they made their way home. Unfortunately, John Kay had already replaced him and was in no mood to put up with such paranoia.
From the Rockmine Almanac for today (Sunday 22nd June):
Birth
1947. Howard Kaylan (The Turtles) born Howard Lawrence Kaplan in New York.
On Tour
2001. As R&B singer Lil’ Mo leaves San Francisco’s Warfield Theatre, she’s attacked by a man who smashes a champagne bottle into her head. Mo had been performing in the theatre at a concert given by radio station KMEL. She was taken to hospital where she needed 22 stitches in her face and head. Her assailant escaped.
In Court
1981. Mark David Chapman (26) appears in Manhattan Supreme Court accused of murdering John Lennon. Despite protests from his lawyers who advised him to plead not guilty, by reason of insanity, Chapman pleads guilty. Judge Dennis Edwards, presiding, sets a date of August 24th for sentencing. Chapman’s lawyer, Jonathan Marks, said that earlier in the month his client had two conversations with God - one on June 8th and the other on June 10th. Since then, it had become impossible for him to “have any meaningful dialogue” with Chapman. He went on to tell the court, “I do not believe Mr. Chapman is capable of listening to my advice”.
In Politics
2000. Hamilton Jordan, Chief Of White House Staff when Jimmy Carter was in office, tells an audience at West Virginia University that the president used to get nuisance calls from Elvis Presley. It seems “The King” was excited at having another Southern boy in the top job and liked to keep in touch. Trouble was Presley was “usually pretty loaded” and wouldn’t notice if Carter handed the phone to anyone else he could find.
On Television
1996. Rockpalast (WDR, Germany) Placebo; Crown Of Thorns; Frank Black; Heather Nova; Pulp; Iggy Pop; Bad Religion; David Bowie (Loreley St. Goarshausen) Here’s David Bowie with, “The Voyeur”.
Death
1969. Judy Garland is found dead by her fifth husband, Mickey Deans, at the couple’s home in Cadogan Lane, Chelsea, London. Initial tests rule out a drug overdose or cirrhosis of the liver.
From the Rockmine Almanac for today (Saturday 24th May):
Birth
1941. Bob Dylan born Robert Allen Zimmerman in Duluth, Minnesota.
On Stage
1957. John Lennon and his band, The Quarrymen, play their first live date on the back of a lorry at a street party in Liverpool’s Rose Street as part of Empire Day celebrations.
In Court
2000. Roberta Catherine Rasp (47) appears in Santa Monica Superior Court facing charges of stalking, making terrorist threats and extortion. The charges follow a criminal complaint filed by Jackson Brown who alleges that because of her stalking and harassment he fears for his safety and that of his family. Rasp pleaded innocent but as she was unable to raise $ 150,000 bail was remanded to jail. As the charges relate to felony offences, Rasp could face between 16 months and 3 years in prison on each of the five counts.
In Hospital
2002. Bono and U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill visit the prenatal HIV clinic at Soweto’s Chris Hani Baragwaneth Hospital in South Africa. The two men are in the country on a fact-finding tour but hope the publicity they’re attracting will bring worldwide attention to the problem of AIDS in Africa.
On Television
2005. The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (CBS, U.S.A.) 89. Guests include: Alice Cooper.
Death
1974. Duke Ellington (born Edward Kennedy Ellington) dies of cancer in New York.
From the Rockmine Almanac for today (Tuesday 20th May):
Birth
1940. Shorty Long (”Devil With The Blue Dress On” and “Here Comes The Judge”) born Frederick Earl Long in Birmingham, Alabama.
On Tour
1960. It’s the first gig of the Silver Beetles‘ Scottish tour with Johnny Gentle at Alloa Town Hall. Offered the job only two days ago by promoter Larry Parnes, the band manage to squeeze in their only rehearsal for half an hour before the show. Their first tour with a “name” act brings out the showbiz in some of the lads with Paul adopting the name of Paul Ramon, George becomes Carl Harrison and Stuart is now Stuart de Stael. Drummer for the tour is Tommy Moore.
In Court
1997. A federal jury finds the Miller Brewing Company liable for breach of copyright in using a song “substantially similar” to “Two Princes” by The Spin Doctors in a beer commercial. The commercial for Miller Lite Ice, made in 1995, showed a man dancing in a bar made to look identical to Nightingale’s in New York where the band had their first break. Miller had asked The Spin Doctors for use of the track but they declined. The company then had a somewhat altered version of the song composed and used that instead. The next stage of the trial begins tomorrow with the search for damages. The band’s attorney has already announced he will look for $ 11.5 million.
In Hospital
1998. Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward suffers a mild heart attack and is hospitalised in London. He and the band were rehearsing for their forthcoming European tour and Ozzfest dates when he took ill. His place on the tour will be taken by Vinnie Appice who drummed with the band in the 80s.
On Television
1996. Late Show With David Letterman (CBS, U.S.A.) Show #0595. Musical guest: Joan Jett and The Blackhearts. Here they are with “Love Is All Around”, the theme to the “Mary Tyler Moore Show”.
On The Street
1997. U2 shut down a major freeway interchange in Kansas City to shoot part of a video for “Do You Feel Loved” from their new album, ‘Pop’. Despite causing major problems for traffic, a spokesman for Kansas City Police Department said that the closure had been allowed because all shooting was taking place between the morning and afternoon rush hours. Why Kansas City? Well, the band like the look of the skyline!
From the Rockmine Almanac for today (Sunday 13th April):
Birth
1945. Lowell George (Little Feat) born in Hollywood, California.
On Tour
1967. The Rolling Stones perform behind the Iron Curtain for the first time. Their concert, at the Palace of Culture in Warsaw, turns into a riot when 7,000 people are locked out. Police use tear gas to clear the kids who refuse to leave.
In Court
1999. Capitol Records file a lawsuit against Fred Seaman, John Lennon’s former personal assistant. The suit seeks a declaration that a photograph the company used in a recent CD box set does not infringe on any copyright. Seaman had contacted the company claiming that the photo, which shows John and Sean Lennon overlooking a beach in Bermuda was used without his permission. Capitol were under the impression that copyright to the image was owned by Lennon’s estate.
This is yet another suit in Seaman’s long running dispute with Yoko Ono, who claims he frequently stole shopping bags full of personal items and documents. Seaman pled guilty in 1983 to stealing Lennon’s journals from 1975 to his death and was sentenced to five years’ probabtion. Part of the deal he came to included the return of all other items he had taken but Yoko claims that hundreds of photographs have never been handed over. The former aide claims that they were taken with his camera and that he registered copyright on them.
In Custody
2001. Rapper Jay-Z (real name Shawn Carter) is arrested outside a New York nightclub in the early hours of the morning. Undercover police spotted an armed man getting into a 2001 Chevrolet Suburban. Although unable to identify who was carrying the weapon, the car was stopped a block away and on discovering the gun, all four occupants were arrested. With the 31-year-old rapper were his bodyguard, Hamzah Hewitt, and two friends.
In Hospital
1995. Juliana Hatfield collapses after a show in New York. She is taken to hospital where she is found to be suffering from nervous exhaustion.
On Television
1998. Rockpalast (WDR, Germany) Roger Chapman & The Shortlist; Popa Chubby; Canned Heat; A.J. Croce; Climax Blues Band; Walter Wolfman Washington & The Roadmasters (Biskuithalle, Bonn). Here’s the Climax Blues Band with “Going To New York”.
Death
1981. Country guitarist/vocalist Guy Willis (The Willis Brothers) dies in Nashville, Tennessee.
Music Paper From Today
New Musical Express from 13th April 1970. A copy taken from Rockmine’s almost complete run of U.K. music papers from the last 45 years.
From the Rockmine Almanac for today (Friday 11th April):
Birth
1956. Neville Staples (The Specials / Fun Boy Three) born Christiana, Jamaica.
On Stage
1961. After playing for free for two weeks in March, Bob Dylan plays his first professional gig at Gerde’s Folk City, New York where he’ll support John Lee Hooker for the next two weeks. As he was under age when he was hired, the club’s owner, Mike Porco became his temporary guardian to enable a contract to be drawn up.
In Court
1988. Cher files a $ 15 million lawsuit against the “National Enquirer” over an article alleging a dispute with actor Eddie Murphy.
In Hospital
1995. Genesis P. Orridge (Psychic TV) suffers broken ribs, wrist and elbow when he climbs out of a window at Rick Rubin’s Laurel Canyon home to escape a fire. He is there as a guest of Love & Rockets who are staying at the producer’s house while they record their new album. The fire is later found to have been an accident.
On Television
1966. Hullabaloo (NBC, U.S.A.) Host: Paul Anka. Guests: Lesley Gore, Paul Anka, The Cyrkle, Peter and Gordon.
Death
1988. Dave Prater (Sam & Dave) dies in a car crash on Interstate 75 near Sycamore, Georgia.
Daily Babble.
I’m away from the office again! So I’m leaving the almanac extract until I get back. I’m just going to do my babble for now, while things are still in my head.
I came north to Elgin with two tasks in mind. One was to look at an autographed postcard that John Lennon and Yoko Ono had signed whilst on holiday in Scotland in 1969. Although I thought I might end up selling it on commission for the owner, it didn’t happen. He’s planning an extension to his house and wanted £ 4,500 for the autograph to cover the costs. C’est la vie!
The other task was to go and visit one of the hallowed halls of Scottish rock music. A venue that has over the years played host to The Beatles, Pink Floyd and almost anyone else worth mentioning. It used to be called the Two Red Shoes and reopened last year as The Red Shoes. It’s a small, intimate arts centre now offering everything from tuition, through theatre to live gigs and even on a dreich spring night was well attended.
I went, still smarting from my exhibition visit in Edinburgh, vaguely wondering if there was scope for an exhibition of rock memorabilia there. By the time I left, we had largely agreed we’d do it. All that needs to be settled is when and which of the hanging spaces we use.
The idea is so simple and yet it really excites me. To have images hanging on walls where the greats have played. Walls that have echoed to the guitars of John Lennon and Syd Barrett and the voices of Dusty Springfield and scores of others who plied their trade around the gig circuit of the 1960s. What better place to stage an exhibition?
One of the current owners pointed out this was where “Love Me Do” was launched. A fact that I can’t confirm but will follow up. Maybe this is where Beatlemania first began, out in the real world, away from the security of The Cavern and the Liverpool Scene the band had dominated for years.
I was talking about blue sky thinking yesterday and one idea I’ve had for years but never done anything about is a “Rockmine Plaque” for places of great historical import in rock music. I was trying to think, where the other seminal Scottish venues are. Glasgow’s great Apollo has long since gone. Would King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut deserve a plaque. Or should the fact that Oasis were “discovered” there be forgotten?
Then there are the birth places of stars and companies. Should a plaque be affixed to the building that housed Postcard Records, or the flat’s front door, or even the actual bedroom where the label was based in a wardrobe. There’s certainly lots to think about. Your comments would be appreciated.
From the Rockmine Almanac for today (Thursday 10th April):
Birth
1947. Bunny Wailer born Neville O’Reilly Livingstone, Kingston Jamaica.
On Tour
1970. Jim Morrison gets dragged off the stage by Ray Manzarek during The Doors gig at the Boston Arena. Jim has just screamed to the audience, “Would you like to see my genitals?”
In Court
1998. A federal appeals court rules in favour of The Kingsmen after a five year battle for royalty payments from Gusto Records and GML. The judge recinded the group’s original contract and granted all rights to the track from the date they launched their lawsuit in 1993 as well as holding the two companies in contempt for refusing to release the master recording.
In The Press
1970. The Daily Mirror carries the front page headline, “Paul is quitting The Beatles”. Paul confirms the fact. A friend announces “George doesn’t want to talk about it”. Ringo says, “This is all news to me” and John, still at Arthur Janov’s hospital undergoing primal scream therapy, says, ” …. he didn’t quit, he was fired”. Apple’s press officer, Derek Taylor describes the group’s split as “part of their growing up” and says, “They could be dormant for years”.
In Hospital
1976. Elkie Brooks is forced to cancel tonight’s show at London’s New Victoria Theatre as she’s recovering from an emergency operation for peritonitis.
On Television
2002. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC, U.S.A.) Show #2242. Drowning Pool.
Death
1994. A day after attending Kurt Cobain’s memorial, Daniel Kasper becomes the first copy-cat to follow his hero and kills himself with a shotgun.
Music Paper From Today
Sounds from 10th April 1976. A copy taken from Rockmine’s almost complete run of U.K. music papers from the last 45 years.
Daily Babble
Yesterday was weird. I took a trip down to Edinburgh to see an exhibition entitled, “Tour ‘67″ at The Dome in the city’s George Street. In theory it should’ve been exciting and at the very least interesting but I left with a real sense of let-down. There were prints of works by John Lennon, Miles Davis, Janis Joplin and Grace Slick as well as original illustrations by Klaus Voormann and photographs by Robert Knight but it was flat and dull.
Maybe I’m just a grumpy old git who refuses to get excited but the anticipation and the desire to see it were there but somehow the works on show failed to connect with me, or I failed to connect with them.
I realised that what has always excited me about memorabilia is its connection to an event, a time or a place and, of course, the artist themselves. Everything from a Bay City Rollers bubblegum wrapper to Elton John’s monogrammed shoes fixes a memory in time or place and yet what I saw yesterday had none of that.
In the main, the works were post mortem. Almost echoes of what they might have been. Janis Joplin’s work carried a pencil signature of “Joplin” although one appeared to say “Jopelin” but it surely wasn’t her hand that weilded the pencil. I knew she was an accomplished artist but I wanted more - a connection with her hand - a photograph of her painting or drawing; some proof that before her death she’d turned her work into prints. that these works were in her head.
The idea that someone can buy the rights to a set of images and sell them in this manner unsettles me. I’ve sold memorabila for two decades but I can’t relate to this. What I find even more difficult to comprehend is the fact that there were several works by Ringo Starr, which appeared to be signed by everyone’s favourite mop-top. they were the cheapest items on display. Maybe Ringo will sign anything but it doesn’t detract from the fact that it’s the work of an ex-Beatle and we’ve only got two of them left. Part of me thinks I should go back and buy one.
The other part thinks I should do smething similar myself. Back around 1984, I contacted Bob Dylan’s management with a proposal to bring him to Scotland. Some of the staff at Stirling University were wanting to increase their public profile and were looking for a big rock star to offer an honorary doctorate to. Over a series of crazy informal meetings at a music shop in Bridge Of Allan, we formulated a plan to bring Dylan across for an event that we decided to call, “Bob Dylan: The Last Renaissance Man”.
It was simple enough, Invite Dylan over for the doctorate, get him to give a reading of his poetry/lyrics and stage an exhibition of his paintings, drawings and maybe even some of his original lyrics. Stirling University has its own arts centre so we had a venue. Then the blue-sky thinking got out of hand. Should we stop at Stirling? I contacted Edinburgh University to see if we could tie in an exhibition at their Talbot Rice Arts Centre. Obviously we would look to tie it in with The Edinburgh Festival but whoever was running the gallery at that time thought we’d need serious publicity and wanted Dylan in Scotland a month before for a press conference. He didn’t seem to appreciate my comment that he’d have a month of Bob Cats camping on the lawn of Old College’s quadrangle.
A few days later, having discounted Edinburgh University, I contact Richard Demarco to ask if we could get his gallery. Richard was kind enough to say he’d consider it - but he would have to see Dylan’s work first! Before I could get back to Dylan’s management to ask for samples, Stirling University came back with a very clear “No!” to the idea of an honorary doctorate. I was told they’d offered honorary doctorates to very few people from overseas due to the fact that Claude Levi-Strauss, the anthropologist, had not appeared to accept his.
It’s one of these bizarre stories that I’d largely forgotten about until yesterday. If Dylan had been given a doctorate when he was in the middle of a creative revival would he have fallen asleep during the presentation? Who can say?
Back to the subject of memorabilia briefly: In the 1990s I staged three exhibitions of memorabilia. The best of which was the main exhibition of the Aberdeen Alternative Festival, staged at The Lemon Tree gallery. I’m sorely tempted to go back to doing that. In the meantime I think I’ll concentrate on getting my Garage Sale listings together and a gallery of real collectables on-line again.
Talking of which I may be about to handle one of the John Lennon postcards that were unearthed when I put the Lawson Memorial Hospital autograph up for sale. Needless to say, I’ll keep you posted!
From the Rockmine Almanac for today (Wednesday 9th April):
Birth
1961. Mark Kelly (Marillion) born in Dublin, Eire.
On Tour
1977. The Damned become the first British punk band to hit the U.S. They open four nights at CBGB’s in New York. Arriving at their hotel, they find The Rolling Stones have left several gifts for them - a birthday cake, seven meringue pies and three prostitutes.
In Court
1998. Rapper Mase is arrested in Manhattan in the early hours of the morning after police catch him with a prostitute. At first he’s charged with patronising a prostitute but by the time he appears in court in the afternoon it’s on a reduced charge of disorderly conduct. He’s fined $ 200 and ordered to pay by June 9th.
In The Media
1970. In the face of mounting rumours, Apple officially denies that Paul McCartney is about to leave The Beatles. Mavis Smith, head of public relations says, “This is just not true”. Unfortunately, it was. The rumours had taken hold when Paul sent out advance copies of his first solo album, “McCartney”. Included in it was an interview sheet giving Paul’s answers to questions set by Peter Brown of Apple. The answers included “I do not know if the break will be temporary or permanent” and “I do not foresee a time when the Lennon & McCartney partnership will be active again …”.
On Television
1994. Austin City Limits (PBS, U.S.A.) 247. John Hiatt followed by Radney Foster with Mary Chapin Carpenter. Here’s John Haitt.
Death
1988. R&B singer/songwriter Brook Benton dies from pneumonia after contracting spinal meningitis, at Mary Immaculate Hospital in Queens district of New York. He was 56.
Music Paper From Today
New Musical Express from 9th April 1970. A copy taken from Rockmine’s almost complete run of U.K. music papers from the last 45 years.
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