Every day on Radio Nova, just before 11am, we play a couple of songs key to “today in music history” Have a listen! But for now – here’s some light reading and watching. February 14th in Music History looks like this.
1970, The Who appeared at Leeds University, England. The show was recorded for the bands forthcoming ‘Live At Leeds’ album. Live at Leeds has been cited by several music critics as the best live rock recording of all time. The University of Leeds refectory, has now been named a national landmark in the UK!
1973, David Bowie collapsed on stage during a concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Check out the 4 minute mark below. Bewilderment!
1977, US singer songwriter Janis Ian received 461 Valentine’s day cards after indicating in the lyrics of her song ‘At Seventeen’, she had never received any.
1984, Elton John married recording engineer Renate Blauer in Sydney, Australia.
1986, Frank Zappa appeared on an episode of the television series Miami Vice. Zappa portrayed a crime boss named ‘Mr. Frankie.’
1992, The film ‘Waynes World’, which featured appearances from Meat Loaf and Alice Cooper premiered in the US. It also did rather good things for Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody!
2003, Stolen reel-to-reel studio recordings by The Beatles were found in Australia. Police recovered the tapes of the bands 1968 The White Album and the Abbey Road album after they were advertised for sale in a Sydney newspaper. Australian police had been tipped off by British detectives from Operation Acetone, an investigation into thefts of original Beatles music from Abbey Road studios in London in the 1960s.
2008, Oasis singer Liam Gallagher married his long-term partner, the ex-All Saints singer Nicole Appleton at a civil ceremony in London. The venue, Westminster Register Office, was where Gallagher married his first wife, Patsy Kensit, in 1997.
2010, Doug Fieger died after a long battle with cancer. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist of The Knack, and co-wrote ‘My Sharona’
2019, When you have too much disposable income, you do stuff like Kanye West did. In a room full of roses for Valentines, his wife Kim Kardashin, was treated to a private show from sax legend Kenny G. *eye roll* (Those 2 would split by 2021)
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