Friday’s Nostalgic News – May 26

“MUSIC TODAY”

• 1937 – Lionel Hampton and his band recorded “Flying Home.”
• 1962 – Acker Bilk went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Stranger On The Shore’; it became a million seller in the UK making No.2 on the charts.
• 1963 –  Elvis Presley recorded “(You’re The) Devil In Disguise” at the RCA Studios in Nashville, Tennessee.
• 1964 – Marianne Faithful recorded the Mick Jagger and Keith Richards song ‘As Tears Go By’, accompanied by future Led Zeppelin members Jimmy Page on guitar and John Paul Jones on bass.
• 1966 – The Rolling Stones were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Paint It, Black’, their sixth UK No.1 single. It was the first No.1 single to feature a sitar on the recording.
• 1966 – The Beatles recorded ‘Yellow Submarine’ at Abbey Road studios in London. The track features John Lennon blowing bubbles in a bucket of water, shouting “Full speed ahead Mister Captain!”

Music News Continued…