This Day in Music History: December 3
December 3, 2016We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.
Today: December 3.
1955: Elvis Presley's first release on RCA Victor Records was announced. The first two songs ‘Mystery Train’ and ‘I Forgot to Remember to Forget’ had been purchased from Sam Phillips of Sun Records. His new record company described Elvis Presley as 'The most talked about personality in recorded music in the last 10 years.'
1961: Brian Epstein invited The Beatles into his office to discuss about the possibility of him becoming their manager. John Lennon, George Harrison and Pete Best arrived late for the 4 P.M. meeting, as they had been drinking at the Grapes pub in Matthew Street. Paul McCartney was not present with them, because, as Harrison explained, he had just got up and was "taking a bath".
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1964: The Rolling Stones had their second UK No.1 single with their version of 'Little Red Rooster'. They had recorded the song at Chess Studios in Chicago, which was also the same studios where Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters and Little Walter had recorded their blues classics.
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1966: The Monkees made their live debut at the International Arena, Honolulu, before a sold out crowd. The band had arrived in Hawaii a couple days earlier, where they were greeted by several thousand fans at the Honolulu airport.
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1976: An attempt was made on Bob Marley's life when 7 gunmen broke into his Kingston home. Bob Marley, his wife Rita and manager Don Taylor were all injured, and the attack was believed to be politically motivated.
1986: Judas Priest were sued by two families, alleging that the band were responsible for their sons' forming a suicide pact and shooting themselves after listening to the band's records. The parents and their legal team alleged that a subliminal message of 'do it' had been included in the song 'Better By You, Better Than Me' from the Stained Class album and alleged the command in the song triggered the suicide attempt. The trial lasted from 16 July to 24 August 1990, when the suit was dismissed.
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1999: Bono, singer of U2, had his missing laptop computer returned to him after he lost it. A young man had bought it for £300 and discovered he had the missing laptop of Bono, which contained tracks from the forthcoming U2 album.
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