this day in music

45 years ago today, the members of the band formerly known as Jefferson Airplane kicked off their first under a new moniker, one which would last them until the day they decided to do away with the Jefferson, but the...

23 years ago today, Alanis Morissette was the queen of 38 th Grammy Awards, taking home four awards and cementing her status as a superstar. Given the success of her JAGGED LITTLE PILL album over the course of the preceding...

38 years ago today, Firefall appeared on American Bandstand to promote their album CLOUDS ACROSS THE SUN. When we originally started work on the piece, it was with the belief that this appearance was Firefall’s one and only time appearing...

61 years ago today, Richard Wayne Penniman – better known to rock ‘n’ roll fans as Little Richard – set aside the super-secular songs that had made him one of the most popular of the early rock ‘n’ rollers and...

41 years ago today, one of the greatest music and comedy crossovers of all time took place on prime-time television. That’s right: we’re talking about that time the Doobie Brothers guest-starred on What’s Happening!! If it seems like an unlikely...

50 years ago today, Jethro Tull stepped onstage to play their inaugural performance in the United States…and apparently either they liked it or America liked it, because five decades later, they’re still playing dates across the U.S. of A.! The...

49 years ago today, Judy Collins caused a completely ridiculous courtroom controversary in the midst of the trial of the so-called Chicago 7. Being as she was friends with both Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin and appeared at their press...

62 years ago today, one of the most famous nightclubs in the world – and certainly the most famous nightclub in Liverpool – opened its doors for the first time. Opened by Alan Sytner, The Cavern Club came into existence...

39 years ago today, Hugh Cornwell – best known as the former lead singer of The Stranglers – received the unfortunate news that he’d soon be spending some time behind bars. In late 1979, Cornwell was fronting The Stranglers, a...