LET’S GROOVE
EARTH WIND AND FIRE
“LET’S GROOVE” IS A 1981 SONG FROM THE ALBUM RAISE! BY EARTH, WIND & FIRE, WRITTEN BY MAURICE WHITE AND WAYNE VAUGHAN. THE SONG PEAKED AT NUMBER 3 IN THE U.S. AND IN THE U.K.[IT ALSO SPENT EIGHT WEEKS AT NUMBER 1 ON THE HOT SOUL SINGLES CHART IN LATE 1981 AND EARLY 1982 AND WAS THE SECOND R&B SONG OF 1982 ON THE YEAR-END CHARTS
1956, AFTER THE JUNE 30TH TROUBLE AT ASBURY PARK, BILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS ARE DENIED PERMISSION TO PLAY AT THE ROOSEVELT STADIUM IN JERSEY CITY. A CITY ORDNANCE WAS PASSED THAT READ: “ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC ENCOURAGED JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND INSPIRED YOUNG FEMALES IN LEWD BATHING SUITS TO PERFORM OBSCENE DANCES ON THE CITY’S BEACHES.”
1967, ON A US TOUR SUPPORTING THE MONKEES, THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE APPEAR AT THE CONVENTION HALL, MIAMI, FLORIDA. AFTER IT BECOMES PLAINLY APPARENT THAT THE GROUP IS NOT SUITED TO TEENYBOPPER AUDIENCES, THE TOUR’S PROMOTER DICK CLARK AND HENDRIX’S MANAGER CHAS CHANDLER CONCOCT A STORY SAYING THAT THE CONSERVATIVE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION GROUP HAD COMPLAINED AT JIMI’S ACT AND SO THE EXPERIENCE LEFT THE TOUR AFTER JUST SIX SHOWS
1972, PAUL MCCARTNEY AND WINGS PLAYED THEIR VERY FIRST SHOW IN THE SMALL FRENCH TOWN OF CHATEAUVILLON. THE BAND INCLUDED DENNY LAINE, DENNY SEIWELL, HENRY MCCULLOUGH AND PAUL’S WIFE, LINDA. IT WAS MCCARTNEY’S FIRST TIME ON THE ROAD SINCE THE BEATLES QUIT TOURING IN 1966. THE BAND TRAVELLED ON A DOUBLE DECKER LONDON BUS WITH A PSYCHEDELIC INTERIOR
1989, NEW EDITION’S PRODUCTION MANAGER WAS CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL HOMICIDE AFTER ALLEGEDLY SHOOTING THE SUPPORT ACTS SECURITY MAN AFTER THEY RAN OVER THEIR STAGE TIME.
2004, DAVID BOWIE WAS FORCED TO CANCEL A STRING OF EUROPEAN SHOWS AFTER EMERGENCY HEART SURGERY. THE 57 YEAR-OLD SINGER HAD AN OPERATION LAST MONTH IN GERMANY, WHERE HE WAS ON TOUR, TO TREAT “AN ACUTELY BLOCKED ARTERY”. THE STAR’S CANCELLATION LAST MONTH OF 11 EUROPEAN DATES WAS ORIGINALLY ATTRIBUTED TO A SHOULDER INJURY
2007, HAPPY MONDAYS’ FRONTMAN SHAUN RYDER WAS IN TROUBLE AFTER HE SMOKED SEVERAL CIGARETTES ON STAGE DURING A CONCERT AT THE RITZ IN MANCHESTER. SMOKING HAD BEEN BANNED IN ALL ENCLOSED PUBLIC PLACES IN ENGLAND ON 1 JULY OF THIS YEAR, AND ANYONE FLOUTING THE LAW FACED A £50 FINE. PERFORMERS WERE ONLY EXEMPT FROM THE SMOKING BAN IF THE “ARTISTIC INTEGRITY” OF THEIR ACT REQUIRED IT.
BORN TODAY
1929, BORN ON THIS DAY, LEE HAZLEWOOD, US MALE SINGER, (1967 US NO.14 & UK NO. 11 SINGLE ‘JACKSON’, 1971 UK NO.2 SINGLE WITH NANCY SINATRA). WROTE THE NANCY SINATRA HIT, ‘THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKIN.’ DIED OF CANCER ON 4TH AUG 2007 AT HIS HOME NEAR LAS VEGAS AGED 78.
1946, BORN ON THIS DAY, BON SCOTT, SINGER WITH AC/DC. SCOTT WAS FOUND DEAD IN THE BACKSEAT OF A FRIEND’S CAR ON 20TH FEBRUARY 1980. THE CORONER’S REPORT STATED HE HAD ‘DRUNK HIMSELF TO DEATH’.
1947, BORN ON THIS DAY, MITCH MITCHELL, DRUMS, JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE,
1953, BORN ON THIS DAY,
KATE GARNER, VOCALS, HAYSI FANTAYZEE,
1959, BORN ON THIS DAY, JIM KERR, VOCALS, SIMPLE MINDS,
1959, BORN ON THIS DAY, MARC ALMOND, SINGER, SOFT CELL,
