Today1926 – American guitarist, singer and songwriter Charles Edward Anderson Berry, better known as Chuck Berry. As one of the pioneers of rock and roll, his influence can be seen in almost every rock musician after him, and after releasing his first hit, “Maybellene“, Chuck Berry quickly became one of the most popular rock and roll artists, releasing classics such as “Roll Over Beethoven„, „Johnny B. Goode“ i „Sweet Little Sixteen„.
1957 – Paul McCartney had his first live performance in a Liverpool club New Clubmoor Hall with the group The Quarry Men which consisted of his future bandmates The Beatles, John Lennonas well as Eric Griffiths, Colin Hanton i Just Garry. The following year, at McCartney’s insistence, he joined the band George Harrisonalthough Lennon was initially skeptical because he thought the guitarist was too young.
1958 – Mexican folk song „La Bamba“ she became famous for the adaptation Ritchies and Valensa which was a top 40 hit on the US charts and one of the most famous songs of the early days of rock and roll. Valens’ version of the song “La Bamba” is the only song that was not sung in English, and was ranked at Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 greatest songs of all time, and later performed by many famous musicians, including The Wolves, Carlos Santanu i Bruce Springsteenremains one of the most popular songs in the world today.
1966 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience held their first concert together, supporting the French pop star Johnnyja Hallydaya in a Parisian club Olympia. Later that month, the band’s famous managers The Who, Kit Lambert i Chris Stamp signed Hendrix and his band to the newly formed record label Track Records, and soon after, the group recorded their hit, “Hey Joe“
1967 – Sixty-six years old Louis Armstrong releases a song „What a Wonderful World“which wins first place on UK listsbut it takes much longer to become popular in his home country of America. It gained popularity there only in 1988, when it was used in the film “Good Morning, Vietnam“a comedy about an American radio DJ in Saigon during the Vietnam War, has since become one of the most popular songs in the world, used in many films, series and commercials.
1985 – British group Dire Straits publishes „Brothers in Arms“the closing ballad from their self-titled fifth studio album. Some describe it as an anti-war song, since it was written during the British involvement in the Falk**nd War, and Mark Knopfler has recorded a new version of the song after 25 years to raise funds for British veterans who he said “they are still suffering from the consequences of that conflict„, too you “Brothers in Arms” became a favorite at military funerals.
1988 – It is published „Daydream Nation“the fifth studio album by the American alternative rock band Sonic Youth. The album received widespread critical acclaim and secured the group a major label deal, and has since been widely regarded as Sonic Youth’s best work, as well as one of the greatest albums of all time, significantly influencing the alternative and indie rock genres.
Source: balkanrock.com
