ALL STOOD STILL – ULTRAVOX
#8 JUN 1981
“ALL STOOD STILL” IS ULTRAVOX’S FOURTH AND FINAL SINGLE FROM VIENNA, THE BAND’S FIRST ALBUM WITH MIDGE URE, RELEASED IN MAY , 1981.
THE SINGLE, ON THE BACK OF “VIENNA”S SUCCESS, HIT #8 ON THE UK CHARTS, GIVING ULTRAVOX THEIR SECOND TOP-TEN HIT. THERE IS CURRENTLY NO KNOWN MUSIC VIDEO AVAILABLE FOR THE SONG, ALTHOUGH THE SONG WAS USED TO INFECTIOUS EFFECT IN THE FIRST SKATEBOARDING VIDEO, POWELL PERALTA’S PROMOTIONAL “SKATEBOARDING IN THE ’80’S”, FEATURING FUTURE LEGENDS TONY HAWK AND RODNEY MULLEN.
“ALL STOOD STILL” IS THE FIRST ULTRAVOX SINGLE TO HAVE AN EXTENDED 12″ VERSION OF THE A-SIDE.
1964, TOURING AUSTRALIA THE BEATLES ARRIVED IN MELBOURNE AND WERE GREETED AT THE AIRPORT BY OVER 5,000 FANS. ANOTHER 20,000 FANS LINED THE ROUTE FROM THE AIRPORT TO THE HOTEL, ARMY AND NAVY UNITS WERE BROUGHT IN TO HELP CONTROL THE CROWDS, CARS WERE CRUSHED, HUNDREDS OF GIRLS FAINTED AND OVER 50 PEOPLE WERE ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL WITH BROKEN BONES.
1986, BOB GELDOF WAS NAMED IN HRH THE QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY HONOURS LIST, RECEIVING AN HONORARY KNIGHTHOOD IN RECOGNITION OF HIS HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES.
1986, PATTI LABELLE AND MICHAEL MCDONALD STARTED A THREE WEEK RUN AT NO.1 ON THE US SINGLES CHART WITH ‘ON MY OWN’. THE PAIR RECORDED THEIR VOCAL PARTS SEPARATELY AND HAD NEVER MET UNTIL AFTER THE SONG WENT TO NUMBER ONE.
1994, COMPOSER HENRY MANCINI DIED AGED 70. WROTE THE MUSIC TO ‘MOON RIVER, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY SUNG IN THE MOVIE BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S BY AUDREY HEPBURN, WAS ALSO THE THEME SONG FOR THE ANDY WILLIAMS TELEVISION SHOW. HAD THE 1969 US NO.1 SINGLE ‘LOVE THEME FROM ROMEO AND JULIET.’ RECORDED OVER 90 ALBUMS, CONTRIBUTED MUSIC TO OVER 100 MOVIES, INCLUDING ‘THEME FROM THE PINK PANTHER.’
1995, IRISH GUITARIST RORY GALLAGHER DIED AFTER A CHEST INFECTION SET IN FOLLOWING A LIVER TRANSPLANT. HAD BEEN A MEMBER OF TASTE BEFORE GOING SOLO, SOLD OVER 30M ALBUMS WORLDWIDE. VOTED MELODY MAKER’S TOP MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR IN 1972, AUDITIONED FOR THE ROLLING STONES FOLLOWING THE DEPARTURE OF MICK TAYLOR. GALLAGHER MADE HIS FINAL PERFORMANCE ON 10 JANUARY 1995 IN THE NETHERLANDS.
2002, DURING AN UK VISIT MICHAEL JACKSON MADE A TOUR OF PARLIAMENT AND WAS SHOWN THE MONARCH’S THRONE IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS. WHENEVER JACKSON WENT OUTSIDE HE CALLED FOR AN UMBRELLA TO SHIELD HIS FACE FROM THE SUN.
BORN ON THIS DAY
1961 – GEORGE O’DOWD, (BOY GEORGE), SINGER, DJ. CULTURE CLUB
1971 – BILLY MYERS, UK FEMALE SINGER, (1998 UK NO. 4 SINGLE ‘KISS THE RAIN’).
1983 – SIOBHAN DONAGHY, VOCALS, THE SUGABABES, (2002 UK NO.1 SINGLE, ‘ROUND ROUND’, 2002 UK NO.2 ALBUM ‘ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES’).
1945- ROD ARGENT, KEYBOARDS, THE ZOMBIES
1949 – JIM LEA, BASS, PIANO, VIOLIN, SLADE
1958 – NICK VAN EDE, SINGER, CUTTING CREW,
