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2009 Melbourne, Australia records highest-ever temperature, sparking the deadliest brushfires in Australian history
2004 Norris McWhirter, Guinness World Records curator/commentator, dies at 78 2003 Sam Phillips, entreprenuer/DJ, started Sun Records, dies at 80 1997 Ewart G. Abner, Jr., president (Motown Records), dies at 74 1997 Brown Meggs, CEO (Capitol Records), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 66 1997 St. Louis Cardinals Gary Gaetti records his 2,000th hits 1996 Bill Doggett, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, organist, musician, American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist, hit Honky Tonk, recorded with King Records, sold four million copies, arranged music for Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald 1994 Rockwell B-1B Lancers break 11 world speed records 1991 Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula records his 300th career NFL victory 1991 "Weird Al" Yankovic records "Babalu Music" 1991 New York Yankee Steve Howe records his 1st major league save since 1987 1991 Michael Jackson signs $65M 6 album deal with Sony records 1991 Janet Jackson signs $40M 3 album deal with Virgin records 1990 Florida record store owner Charles Freeman is found guilty of obsenity, for selling 2 Live Crew rap records 1989 Dallas Cowboy, Ed "Too Tall" Jones records his 1,000th NFL tackle 1989 Amateur Athletic Federation strips Ben Johnson of all track records 1989 Weird Al Yankovic records "She Drives Like Crazy" 1989 Weird Al Yankovic records his UHF soundtrack 1989 Gretzky sets 2 records, his 45th hat trick and 10th 40+ goal season 1988 Mario Andretti records fastest Indianapolis 500 lap (221.565 mph) 1988 Barbra Streisand records "You'll Never Know" 1988 Barbra Streisand records "Warm All Over" 1988 Jordy, born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, French singer, guitarist, achieved Guinness Book of World Records as youngest singer with number one chart-topping hit, 'Dur dur d'etre bebe!', or, 'It's Tough to be a Baby', founded, tours, records with Jordy and the Dixies 1987 Geffen records sign their 1st artist, Donna Summer 1987 Rhino Records 1st #1-Billy Vera and Beaters' "At This Moment" 1986 Beatle records officially go on sale in Russia 1986 Geffen records signs Guns and Roses 1985 Barbra Streisand records "Broadway Album" 1984 Browns set team records for most sacks (11) 1984 Browns' Ozzie Newsome sets club records with 14 receptions for 191 yards 1984 Barbra Streisand records "Here We Are at Last" 1983 "Weird Al" Yankovic records "Ricky" and "Buckingham Blues" debut LP 1982 Billy Martin records his 1,000th career win as a manager 1981 Warner-Elektra-Atlantic raises price of 45 records from $1.68 to $1.98 1981 Browns set team records for most fumbles (9) and most turnovers (10) 1980 John and Yoko sign a recording contract with Geffin Records 1980 U.S. swimmers set 3 world records at National championships 1980 Bert Kaempfert, orchestra leader, songwriter, composed jazz-oriented, easy-listening records including Strangers in the Night and hit Wonderland by Night, Danke Schoen for Wayne Newton and L-O-V-E for Nat King Cole 1980 Capitol Records releases some rare Beatles tracks 1979 Guinness Book of Records presents Paul McCartney with a rhodium disc 1979 Cleveland Browns' Dino Hall sets club records with 9 kickoff returns 1978 Rhino Records releases their 1st album "Wildmania" 1977 EMI records drop punk rock group Sex Pistols 1975 Ross McWhirter, Guinness Book of Records keeper, murdered 1975 Apple records closes down 1974 Bob Dylan records 'Blood on the Tracks' 1974 Barbra Streisand records the album "Butterfly" 1973 Columbia Records fires president Clive Davis for misappropriating $100,000 in funds, Davis will start Arista records 1973 Barbra Streisand records "Between Yesterday and Tomorrow" 1973 Cleveland sets day-game and opening-game attendance records of 74,420 1972 Elvis Presley records a live album at New York's Madison Square Garden 1971 Barbra Streisand records "We've Only Just Begun" 1970 Reds clout 7 home runs by 6 batters, Braves counter with 3 home runs, 6 for one team and 9 different batters for two teams, all tie or set records 1970 Barbra Streisand records "The Singer" and "I Can Do It" 1970 Heintje Simons (14) wins 7 gold records 1969 Shelby Singleton buys Sun Records from Sam Phillips 1969 Brian Lara, cricketer, WI left-hand bat Smashed world records in 1994 1969 Graham Coxon, born in Rintein, West Germany, musician, instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, painter, lead guitarist and singer for Blur, art and music is featured on the band's seven albums, including Leisure, 1991, album titled 13, in 1999, and Think Tank, 2003, single-handedly recorded seven solo albums, including The Spinning Top on Transgressive records 1968 Jim Dorey sets Toronto Maple Leaf penalty records (48 minutes on 9 penalties in a game and 44 minutes on 7 penalties in a period) 1968 Beatles launch "Apple Records" label 1968 Phil Anselmo, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, musician, focuses on heavy metal, sludge metal, hardcore punk, thrash metal genres, lead for Pantera, producer, owner Housecore Records 1968 Paul McCartney and John Lennon appear on Johnny Carson Show to promote Apple records, Joe Garagiola is substitute host 1968 Bobby Goldsboro records his biggest hit, "Honey" 1967 Otis Rescue records "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay" 1967 4 people from Baltimore pour blood on selective service records 1967 Bobbie Gentry records "Ode to Billie Joe" 1967 Aretha Franklin records "Respect" 1967 Beatles sign a 9 year worldwide contract with EMI records 1966 South African government bans Beatle records 1966 Eric Clapton records guitar tracks for Harrison's "While My Guitar..." 1965 Otis Redding records "Respect" 1965 Bob Dylan records "Like a Rolling Stone" 1964 Rod Steward records his 1st single "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" 1964 Cilla Black records Beatle's "Its For You," McCartney plays piano 1964 Giants sweep Mets 5-3 and 8-6 in 23 inn, records include elapsed time of 9:50, 47 strikeouts, 7:22 for 2nd game and New York's 22 K's in 2nd games 1963 Capital records signs right of 1st refusal agreement with Beatles 1963 At 10:59 AM census clock, records U.S. population at 190,000,000 1963 Jerry Lee Lewis quits Sun Records 1963 Ken Lynch records "Misery," 1st Lennon-McCartney song by someone else 1962 Island Records begins 1961 Britain's EMI Records originally rejects the Beatles 1961 Warren Spahn records victory #300, beats Cubs 2-1 1961 Frank Sinatra launches Reprise label under Warner Bros Records 1961 Supremes signed with Motown Records 1960 Frank Sinatra's 1st session with Reprise Records (Ring-A-Ding-Ding) 1960 Singer Ben E King records "Spanish Harlem" and "Stand By Me" 1960 Loretta Lynn records "Honky Tonk Girl" 1958 Perez Prado "Mambo King," receives one of the 1st gold records 1958 CBS Labs announce new stereophonic records 1958 Australian swimmer Jon Konrads sets 6 world records in 2 days 1958 Carl Perkins leaves Sun Records for Columbia Records 1957 Elvis records "White Xmas," "Silent Night" and "Here Comes Santa Claus" 1956 RCA Records reports Elvis Presley sold over 10 million records 1956 Elvis Presley records "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel" 1956 Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel" for RCA 1956 Coasters sign with Atlantic Records 1956 Elvis Presley records his version of "Blue Suede Shoes" 1956 Buddy Holly records "Blue Days Black Night" in Nashville 1956 Elvis records "Heartbreak Hotel" 1956 Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel" 1956 Elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel for RCA in Nashville 1955 Carl Perkins records "Blue Suede Shoes" 1955 RCA Victor's best investment paying $25,000 to Sun Records and Sam Philips for rights to Elvis Presley, a truck driver from Tupelo Miss 1955 Harry Belafonte records "Day-O" (Banana Boat Song) 1955 Guinness Book of World Records 1st published 1954 Chris Stamey, born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, musician, rocker, songwriter, record producer, formed the dB's, founded Car Records indie record label, founded recording studio called Modern Recording where he recorded and mixed Whiskeytown 1954 Elvis Presley records his 1st hit, "That's All Right" 1954 Bill Haley and Comets records "Rock Around Clock" 1954 Elvis Presley records his debut single, "That's All Right" 1954 Michigan rep Ruth Thompson (R) introduces legislation to ban mailing "obscene, lewd, lascivious or filthy" phonograph (rock and roll) records 1954 Elvis Presley pays $4 to a Memphis studio and records his 1st two songs, "Casual Love" and "I'll Never Stand in Your Way" 1954 Elvis Presley records a 10 minute demo in Nashville 1953 Michael Byron, born in America, composer, released music on Koch Records, Meridien Records, editor, contemporary music anthologies 1952 Sun Records of Memphis begins releasing records 1949 Ray Shulman, born in Portsmouth, England, born Raymond Schulman, musician, record producer, member of Gentle Giant, British progressive rock band, produced records for The Sugarcubes 1949 Ralph Flanagan and his orchestra records "You're Breaking My Heart" 1948 Tommy Matola, rock manager/CEO, CBS records 1948 33 1/3 RPM LP record introduced (DR Peter Goldmark-Columbia Records) 1948 Columbia commits to 33 1/3 rpm records, plans to phase out 78's as Dr. Peter Goldmark of CBS demonstrates "long playing record" 1946 Cher, born in El Centro, California, born Cherilyn Sarkisian, singer, songwriter, director, record producer, won Academy Award, sold over 100 million records 1945 Sarah Tyacke, Keeper of British Public Records 1945 Golfer Byron Nelson records most tournament wins (18) in a season 1945 King Floyd, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, singer, songwriter, famous for 'Groove Me' song recorded with Malaco Records 1944 Joshua Rifkin, born in New York, musicologist, composer, keyboard, involved in ragtime revival, in the 1970's, recorded Scott Joplin's works for Nonesuch Records 1944 Bing Crosby records "Swinging on a Star" for Decca Records 1943 Lead, South Dakota, temp is 52 degrees F, while 1.5 miles away Deadwood SD records -16 degrees F 1943 Chris Montez, born in Los Angeles, California, rocker, singer, guitarist, rhythm and blues, Latino rock, recording Let's Dance with Monogram Records was on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart in the U.S. 1942 Gunther Hagg becomes world champ of all records from 1500m to 5000m 1942 Bing Cosby records "Silent Night" 1942 Bing Crosby records "White Christmas," greatest selling record to date 1942 Kris Jensen, born in New Haven, Connecticut, musician, singer, guitarist, recorded with Kapp Records, Leader Records, Hickory Records, recorded chart topping hit 'Torture' 1942 Count Basie records "One O'Clock Jump" 1941 Glenn Miller records "Chattanooga Choo Choo" for RCA 1941 Duke Ellington 1st records "Take the A Train" 1940 Bruce Channel, born in Jacksonville, Bruce McMeans, Texas, singer, rocker, known for hit song, 'Hey! Baby', rock and roll, pop music, recorded with Smash Records, Mercury Records 1940 Glenn Miller records "Pennsylvania 6-5000" 1940 Artie Shaw records "Frenesi" on RCA Victor label 1940 Frances Langford records "When You Wish Upon a Star" 1939 Benny Goodman records "Let's Dance" 1939 Annea Lockwood, born in Christchurch, New Zealand, composer, records natural found sounds, Fluxus works with burning pianos, teacher, Vassar College 1938 Phillies Harold Kelleher faces 16 batters in 6th, as Cubs score 12 runs, both marks are NL records off one hurler in a single inning 1938 Ella Fitzgerald records "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" 1937 Emile Ford, born in Saint Lucia, West Indies, rocker, singer, guitarist, produced UK chart-topper 'What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For?,' recorded for Pye Records 1937 David Behrman, born in Salzburg, Austria, composer, producer, Music of Our Time series, Columbia Records, founding member, Sonic Arts Union 1937 Wayne Embry, holder of 7 basketball records, Miami of Ohio 1937 Ron Clarke, Australia, runner, held 19 world records 1936 Benny Goodman and orchestra record "Stompin' at the Savoy" on Victor Records 1935 Jesse Owens equals or breaks 6 world records in one hour 1933 Garnett Mimms, born in Ashland, West Virginia, singer, songwriter, record producer, worked with Bert Berns, Jimi Hendrix, recorded on MGM, Verve Records, funk, rhythm and blues music 1932 Max Schubel, born in America, composer, contemporary classical music, founder and owner of Opus One records, recorded new music 1932 Maria Itkina, U.S.S.R., sprinter, 9 world records 1931 His Master's Voice and Columbia Records merge into EMI 1931 Cab Calloway records "Minnie Moocher" (Jazz's 1st million seller) 1931 Galina Zybina, U.S.S.R., discus thrower, 15 world records between 1952-58 1930 Kenny Ball, born in Essex, England, musician, lead trumpet player, Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen, appeared in film Live It Up!, featured with Joe Brown, Brenda Lee on Kapp Records 1929 Johnny Ace, born in Memphis, Tennessee, born John Marshall Alexander, Jr., singer, member of the B.B. King band, signed to Duke Records, toured with Willa Mae "Big Mama" Thornton 1928 G H Martin, British keeper of Public Records 1928 Nina Otkalenko, U.S.S.R., 800m runner, 9 world records 1928 Paul Whiteman and orchestra record "Ol' Man River" for Victor Records 1927 Johnny Weissmuller set swim records in 100-yard and 200-yard free-style 1927 Walter Johnson records 113th and last shutout of his career 1927 Johnny Weissmuller set records in 100 and 200 m free style 1925 Louis Armstrong records 1st of Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings 1925 Norris McWhirter, author, Guinness Book of World Records 1925 Ross McWhirter, author, Guinness Book of World Records 1923 Bert Kaempfert, born in Barmbek, Hamburg, Germany, orchestra leader, songwriter, composed jazz-oriented, easy-listening records including Strangers in the Night and hit Wonderland by Night, Danke Schoen for Wayne Newton and L-O-V-E for Nat King Cole 1923 Ahmet Ertegun, CEO, Atlantic Records 1922 Ilja Hurnik, born in Poruba, Czechoslovakia, composer, essayist, studied at Prague Conservatory, Prague Academy of Arts, recorded 'sonata da camera', for flute, oboe, cello and harpsichord on Cedille Records 1922 Kai Winding, born in Aarhus, Denmark, jazz composer, trombonist, worked with J.J. Johnson, Benny Goodman, Paul Chambers, recorded "More" from "Mondo Cane" movie with Verve records 1921 Donald Malcome Campbell, born in Surrey, England, boat racer, 1955 speed records 1920 Del Wood, born in Nashville, Tennessee, given name Polly Adelaide Hendricks Hazelwood, singer, pianist, recorded for Tennessee Records label, performed on the Grand Ole Opry 1917 1st jazz recording for Victor Records released 1916 Grover Cleveland Alexander records his 16th shutout of year 1916 Ralph Baldwin, harness driver, set 11 major world records 1916 Bill Doggett, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, organist, musician, American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist, hit Honky Tonk, recorded with King Records, sold four million copies, arranged music for Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald 1906 Peter Carl Goldmark, developed color TV and LP records 1900 E Verlinger begins manufacturing 7" single-sided records (Montreal) 1840 Records show 95,820 licensed public houses in England on this date |
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