August 16th, 1957 Buddy Holly and The Crickets, still being billed by the band name only, begin a six-night engagement at Harlem’s famed Apollo Theater, the first white rock act to play the venue. Although crowds boo a little at first — many, including the venue, assumed they’d be seeing R&B vocal group The Crickets — […]
xpatriate Englishman Eadweard Muybridge (1830–1904), a brilliant and eccentric photographer, gained worldwide fame photographing animal and human movement imperceptible to the human eye. Hired by railroad baron Leland Stanford in 1872, Muybridge used photography to prove that there was a moment in a horse’s gallop when all four hooves were off the ground at once. […]
Life He was born in New York, New York, in 1886, and attended Columbia University,[1] graduating with a B.A. in 1912. He studied photography with Clarence H. White, a faculty member at Columbia. His first successes came selling photographs to magazines including Vogue, Vanity Fair, and Harper’s Bazaar. (However, he was quick to insist that […]
August 13th, 1964 The Kinks score their first hit as “You Really Got Me,” written by Ray Davies on his mother’s piano, enters the British charts. Releases 1965:The Beatles, Help! 1966:The Supremes, “You Can’t Hurry Love” Recording 1930:Guy Lombardo, “Go Home And Tell Your Mother” 1952:Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton, “Hound Dog” 1959:Brenda Lee, “Sweet […]
August 12th, 1877 Thomas Edison finishes the prototype of his new invention, the phonograph, and hands it over to his master mechanic John Kreusi to build. Kreusi bets Edison two dollars that the contraption will never work. Releases none Recording 1940:Will Bradley, “Down The Road Apiece” 1953:The Four Lads, “Istanbul (Not Constantinople)” 1958:The Crests, “Sixteen […]
The Murder of My Sweet is a Swedish cinematic metal band founded in 2007 by drummer and producer Daniel Flores. The music is inspired by movie scores, film noir storytelling and bands like Queen, E.L.O and Genesis, presented with a modern twist and heavy sounding production. In 2009 The Murder of My Sweet released their […]
The Weeknd, Skrillex, Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne will headline the first-ever Billboard Hot 100 Music Festival that will also feature a very special performance by Justin Bieber. The highly anticipated festival, produced by Billboard, the leading global destination for charts, news, trends and innovations in music, in partnership with Live Nation, the world’s leading […]
When GRAMMY-winning, GOLDEN GLOBE® nominated singer/songwriter and rock icon Chris Cornell was about to release his 1999 solo debut on Interscope/A&M/Geffen Records, he was dissuaded from his first choice for the title, Euphoria Mourning, and reluctantly dubbed it Euphoria Morning. Now, 16 years later, Universal Music Enterprises is correcting that admitted misjudgment, re-releasing the re-mastered […]
August 8th, 1969 Photographer Iain MacMillan shoots the cover for what would be the Beatles’ last recorded album, Abbey Road, just outside the studios of the same name where the band recorded most of its classic songs. The photo, which merely shows the band crossing the street while walking away from the studio, has become […]
NOW That’s What I Call Music!, the world’s best-selling multi-artist album series, is proud to announce all the major hits chosen for NOW That’s What I Call Music! Vol.55 and the simultaneous release of NOW That’s What I Call New Wave 80s!, the NOW brand’s first foray into the post-punk alt-rock New Wave pop music […]