“EVER FALLEN IN LOVE (WITH SOMEONE YOU SHOULDN’T’VE)
THE BUZZCOCKS
#12 Sep 1978
“EVER FALLEN IN LOVE (WITH SOMEONE YOU SHOULDN’T’VE)” IS A 1978 SONG WRITTEN BY PETE SHELLEY AND PERFORMED BY HIS GROUP, BUZZCOCKS. IT WAS A NUMBER TWELVE HIT ON THE UK SINGLES CHART AND WAS INCLUDED ON THE ALBUM ‘LOVE BITES’.
SOMETIME DURING NOVEMBER 1977, THE BAND WATCHED THE MUSICAL GUYS & DOLLS IN THE TV LOUNGE OF A GUESTHOUSE IN EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND. IT WAS THE DIALOGUE “HAVE YOU EVER FALLEN IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE YOU SHOULDN’T HAVE” FROM THE FILM WHICH INSPIRED THE SONG. THE FOLLOWING DAY SHELLEY WROTE THE LYRICS OF THE SONG, IN A VAN OUTSIDE A POST OFFICE, WITH THE MUSIC FOLLOWING SOON AFTER.
1960, BING CROSBY WAS PRESENTED WITH A PLATINUM DISC TO COMMEMORATE HIS 200 MILLIONTH RECORD SOLD. THE SALES FIGURES WERE A COMBINED TOTAL OF 2,600 RECORDED SINGLES AND 125 ALBUMS. CROSBY’S GLOBAL LIFETIME SALES ON 179 LABELS IN 28 COUNTRIES TOTALED 400 MILLION RECORDS.
1962, THE FIRST BEATLES RECORDING SESSION TOOK PLACE AT ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS. THE GROUP RECORDED FOUR TRACKS, ONE OF WHICH WAS ‘LOVE ME DO’, THE FOUR MUSICIANS RECEIVED PAYMENTS FOR THE SESSION OF £7.10 ($12.07) EACH.
1966, ROY ORBISON’S FIRST WIFE, CLAUDETTE, WAS KILLED WHEN A TRUCK PULLED OUT OF A SIDE ROAD AND COLLIDED WITH THE MOTORBIKE THAT SHE AND HER HUSBAND WERE RIDING ON IN GALLATIN, TEXAS, SHE WAS 25.
2006, BILLY PRESTON DIED OF KIDNEY FAILURE. THE GRAMMY-WINNING KEYBOARD PLAYER COLLABORATED WITH SOME OF THE GREATEST NAMES IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, INCLUDING THE BEATLES, THE ROLLING STONES, NAT KING COLE, LITTLE RICHARD, RAY CHARLES, GEORGE HARRISON, ELTON JOHN, ERIC CLAPTON AND BOB DYLAN.
1986, A&R MAN DICK ROWE DIED OF DIABETES. ROWE BECAME FAMOUS FOR NOT SIGNING THE BEATLES TO DECCA RECORDS AND MADE THE CLASSIC QUOTE ‘NOBODY CARES ABOUT GUITAR GROUP’S ANYMORE.’ HE DID HOWEVER SIGN THE ROLLING STONES TO DECCA.
1998, B*WITCHED SCORED THEIR FIRST UK NO.1 SINGLE WITH ‘C’EST LA VIE’, MAKING THEM THE SEVENTH ACT IN CHART HISTORY TO DEBUT AT NO.1. ALSO TODAY FOR ONLY THE SECOND TIME IN CHART HISTORY ALL OF THE TOP 3 SINGLES ON THE UK CHART WERE NEW ENTRIES.
2003, KEYBOARD PLAYER WITH THE ANIMALS DAVE ROWBERRY DIED AGED 62. HE REPLACED ALAN PRICE WHO LEFT IN 1965. THE ANIMALS HAD THE 1964 UK & US NO.1 SINGLE ‘HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN’.
2010, MARVIN ISLEY, THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN R&B BAND, THE ISLEY BROTHERS, DIED, AGED 56. MARVIN ISLEY, WHO WAS THE GROUP’S BASS PLAYER, STOPPED PERFORMING IN 1996 BECAUSE OF COMPLICATIONS FROM DIABETES, INCLUDING THE LOSS OF HIS LEGS.
BORN ON THIS DAY
1944 – PETER ALBIN, JANIS JOPLIN BAND
1959 – ROBERT HODGENS, GUITAR, VOCALS, THE BLUEBELLS,
1965 – DAVID WHITE, BROTHER BEYOND
1936 – LEVI STUBBS, VOCALS, THE FOUR TOPS,
1939, BORN ON THIS DAY, GARY U.S. BONDS, SINGER,
