![]() ![]() In 1995, producer Paul Rothchild, renowned for his work with ``The Doors'' and Janis Joplin, died in Los Angeles at age 59. In 1994, ``Pink Floyd'' played their first concert in more than five years, opening a North American tour before more than 55,000 fans in Miami. Janet Jackson also was reported to have called off a Polish tour for the same reason. In 1991, Poland's news agency reported ``Dire Straits'' cancelled a Polish concert to protest pirating of their albums. ![]() The group - Claude Morrison, Marc Connors, Arnold Robinson and Paul Cooper - were awarded about $7,800. In 1986, the Toronto-based quartet ``The Nylons'' won the best singer award at the Tokyo Music Festival. In 1978, Paul Simonon and Topper Headon of the British political rock band ``The Clash'' were arrested in London for shooting pigeons from the roof of a rehearsal hall. In 1976, the ``Sex Pistols'' played their first show at London's 100 Club, reportedly attracting only 50 people. In 1972, Canada's first simultaneous radio and TV broadcast of a symphony concert aired on CBC-TV and CBC-FM. And, Dion achieved another worldwide hit with ``My Heart Will Go On'' from the ``Titanic'' movie soundtrack. Dion's international breakthrough followed with her duet with Peabo Bryson on the 1992 Oscar-winning title track from the Walt Disney movie, ``Beauty and the Beast.'' Her subsequent hits included ``Love Can Move Mountains,'' ``When I Fall in Love'' and ``The Power of Love.'' ``Because You Loved Me'' became the best-selling adult contemporary single ever. With her career already being managed by her future husband, Rene Angelil, Celine recorded a series of French-language albums before her 1990 English language debut, ``Unison,'' which produced four hit singles. Dion's mother wrote the first song for Celine, which she recorded with a brother at the age of 12. In 1968, singer Celine Dion was born in Charlemagne, Que., the youngest of 14 children in a musical family. George Harrison was later found to have unknowingly plagiarized the melody for his 1970 hit ``My Sweet Lord.'' In 1963, ``He's So Fine'' by ``The Chiffons'' reached No. Eric Clapton is the only three-time member of the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame - as a solo performer, and as a member of both ``The Yardbirds'' and ``Cream.'' ![]() That was followed by stints with ``John Mayall's Bluesbreakers,'' ``Cream,'' ``Blind Faith,'' and ``Delaney and Bonnie.'' The '70s and '80s yielded such Clapton albums as ``Layla'' - with a band he called ``Derek and the Dominos'' - and ``461 Ocean Boulevard,'' and the singles ``I Shot the Sheriff'' and ``Lay Down Sally.'' His 1992 album, ``Eric Clapton Unplugged,'' became his top-seller and won six Grammys. Clapton's blues-based guitar work first came to light after he joined ``The Yardbirds'' in late 1963. His father was Canadian soldier Edward Fryer who was stationed in Britain. In 1945, Eric Clapton, the first guitar hero of the 1960s, was born in Ripley, England. ``Days of Future Passed'' included their top-selling single, ``Nights in White Satin.'' Edge also recorded a 1974 solo album, ``Kick Off Your Muddy Boots.'' After first hitting the charts with the 1965 ballad, ``Go Now,'' the group became known for its lush concept albums. In 1941, ``Moody Blues'' drummer Graeme Edge was born in Staffordshire, England. He's known mainly for his influence on later harmonica players, such as Little Walter and Junior Wells. The first recorded very little, but did produce a classic 1947 recording of ``Good Morning Little Schoolgirl.'' John Lee Williamson was killed the next year during a robbery. He was the first of two singers and blues harp players who called themselves Sonny Boy Williamson. In 1914, blues singer John Lee (Sonny Boy) Williamson was born in Jackson, Tenn. His work included ``That's My Desire,'' ``Mule Train,'' the ``Rawhide'' TV show theme and the title song from the Mel Brooks film ``Blazing Saddles.'' He died Feb. In 1913, Frankie Laine, whose jazz-influenced singing style produced dozens of hit records in the '40s and '50s, was born in Chicago. ![]()
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