Answer to Looch for June 14, 2021: What newsworthy musical event took place the year you were born?

Опубликовано 14 июня 2021, 23:23

This week, Mary Lucia asked, "What newsworthy musical event took place the year you were born?" and you responded with great enthusiasm. Listen to Mary Lucia as she read your responses on the air just after 5 p.m. CDT on Monday, June 14, 2021.

YOUR ANSWERS:
Pat on Twitter:
Sun Records was founded, the NME published the first U.K. singles chart. (1952)

Craig on Facebook:
Eddie Van Halen was born! (1955)

Brian on Facebook:
I was born in the year when the music died, 1959. On February 3, 1959,Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper aka J.P.Richardson died in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.

Don on Twitter:
Sadly, Buddy Holly died the year I was born, 1959.

MN Geller on Twitter:
The Shadows released Apache (1960)

Marion on Twitter:
Frank Sinatra formed Reprise Records. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards met at a London train station. The Beach Boys and the Zombies became bands. On a tragic note, Bob Seger also started his career. (1960)

Glasses Braces Dorko on Twitter:
The Beatles receive MBE medals from Queen Elizabeth, and Sonny & Cher have their first No. 1 hit, "I Got You Babe" (1965)

Liz on Twitter:
Bob Dylan was booed at the Newport Folk Festival for using an electric guitar. He made a quick decision to play electric and the fans wanted folk. (1965)

Rick on Facebook:
1966 was a monumental year for music on television, with the premieres of Batman, Star Trek, and The Monkees bringing in three of the most iconic TV theme songs of all time, along with one of the first boy bands ever created. In addition, it was the year that Dr. Seuss's "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" first aired, which gave us Thurl Ravenscroft singing "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch."

L.K. on Twitter:
Jim Morrison was arrested onstage in Connecticut for "disturbing the peace"; also, the Monterey Pop Festival took place, marking the start of the Summer of Love. (1967)

Jimmy on Twitter:
1968: David Gilmour joins Pink Floyd. There were no big festivals like Woodstock a year later, but Gilmour joining Pink Floyd is kind of a big deal.

Brian on Facebook:
Two weeks after I was born, The Beatles started recording “The White Album,” and released it later that year. About a month after that was Elvis’s televised “Comeback Special.” (1968)

Sean on Facebook:
Johnny Cash: Live At Folsom Prison was recorded (1968)

Brent on Facebook:
1969: So, obviously Woodstock, and also the Altamont Free Concert later that year

Dan on Twitter:
Jim Morrison died five weeks after I was born. (1971)

Daniel on Facebook:
1973 - The Who released Quadrophenia.

Sheryl on Facebook:
CBGB opened! (1973)

Amy on Facebook:
Apparently 1974 was considered the worst year of music. John Denver had the No. 1 album, Kiss debuted their first album. Meh...

Jay on Twitter:
Captain & Tennille became omnipresent on the radio dial, pledging that love would keep them together. (1975)

JD on Twitter:
Feedback, which would become U2, was formed a few weeks after I was born. (1976)

Renae on Facebook:
I was born in 1979, the year Disco died.

Heidi on Facebook:
The Chicago White Sox hosted "Disco Demolition Night" at Comiskey Park. Sponsored by a local radio station, the event invited fans to bring their disco records to the stadium so that they could be destroyed in a ceremony between the games of a doubleheader. When the crate of records was blown up between games, fans began throwing records onto the field like Frisbees, and several thousand people charged onto the field, leaving it in such bad shape that the White Sox were forced to forfeit the second game of the doubleheader. (1979)

Sarah on Facebook:
1979: Pink Floyd premiered their live version of "The Wall," The Cure released their debut album "Three Imaginary Boys", and of course The Knack released their catchy tune "My Sharona." And then there was the epic Sid Vicious: his arrest for murder and his overdose death.

Just Josh on Twitter:
John Lennon was shot and killed in December 1980. I'm glad that I was able to share the earth with him for a few months at least.

Jeremy on Twitter:
All born in the same year as me: Beyoncé, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Alicia Keys, Pitbull, Johnny Lang, Brandi Carlile, Josh Groban, Jennifer Hudson, Natasha Bedingfield, Christina Milian, Amy Lee, Kelly Rowland, Brandon Flowers of the Killers, Keyshia Cole — all born in 1981.

Jill on Twitter:
Ozzie Osbourne bit the head off a bat! (1982)

Maggie on Twitter:
Prince canceled the original release of The Black Album (1987)

Elliott on Facebook:
1991: Birth of Lollapalooza and death of Freddie Mercury — not exactly a fair trade.


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