This Day in Music History: December 23
December 23, 2016We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.
Today: December 23.
1959: Chuck Berry was arrested after he took 14-year-old Janice Norine (who unbeknown to Berry was working as a prostitute), across a state line. Berry was sentenced to 5 years in prison, but after the judge made some racist comments, Berry was freed.
1964: During a US tour, Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys had a nervous breakdown during a flight from Los Angeles to Houston. He left the band in order to concentrate on writing and producing. Glen Campbell replaced Brian Wilson for the group's live shows before Bruce Johnston replaced him.
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1972: Former Grand Funk Railroad manager, Terry Knight, arrived during a concert by the band with a court order to seize $1 million in money or assets. Police informed him that he couldn't take anything until after the concert.
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1985: Judas Priest fans, Raymond Belknap and James Vance, shot themselves after listening to the Judas Priest album ‘Stained Class.’ They had drank beer, smoked marijuana and listened for hours to the album. Later, they took a shotgun to a nearby school playground where Belknap shot and killed himself. Vance then blew away his jaw, mouth and nose but lived for more than three years before dying of effects of the shooting.
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1989: Phil Collins started a four week run at the top of the US singles chart with 'Another Day In Paradise', his 7th US solo No.1 Taken from his No.1 album '...But Seriously.' 'Another Day in Paradise' was written in order to bring attention to the problem of homelessness.
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2005: Geezer Butler, the bass player with Black Sabbath, offered £5,000 for any information that will lead to the safe return of Toga, the three-month-old penguin that had been stolen from a zoo on the Isle of Wight a few days earlier.
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