MUSIC HISTORY'S BLOG

Born on this day in 1951 - American singer and songwriter, John 'Cougar' Mellencamp, who had the 1982 US No.1 and UK No.25 single 'Jack And Diane', and the 1982 US No.1 album American Fool.…

On this day in 1969 - George Harrison's song ’Something’ was released as the "A" side of a Beatles' 45, a first for Harrison. Along with Lennon and McCartney's 'Come Together', the single went on…

Born on this day in 1954 - American musician, singer, songwriter, guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan frontman of the blues rock trio Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. He was one of the most influential guitarists…

Born on this day in 1951 - English singer, songwriter and musician Sting (Gordon Sumner), who with The Police, had the 1983 UK & US No.1 single 'Every Breath You Take', plus 4 other UK…

On this day in 1977 - Elton John became the first musician to be honoured in New York City's Madison Square Hall Of Fame. [embed]https://youtu.be/z0qW9P-uYfM[/embed]

On this day in 1969 - The Beatles released Abbey Road. The final studio recordings from the group featured two George Harrison songs ’Something’ (Harrison's first A-side single), and 'Here Comes The Sun'. In their…

On this day in 1982 - Queen made a guest appearance on TV's Saturday Night Live, where they performed 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' and 'Under Pressure'. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mmLxAZ5NqA[/embed]

On this day in 1979 - The Eagles released their sixth album, The Long Run. The lead single 'Heartache Tonight' a song co-written by Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Bob Seger and JD Souther won a…

On this day in 1969 - The Northern Star newspaper of Northern Illinois University ran a story claiming that Paul McCartney had been killed in a car crash in 1966 and had been replaced by…

Born on this day in 1951 - English singer and songwriter David Coverdale, who, with Whitesnake, scored the 1987 US No.1 & UK No.9 single 'Here I Go Again'. Coverdale was the lead singer of…