Give us this day, March 4, our daily elvis
March 04, 1959
Peter Gunn by Henry Mancini won Album of the Year at the first Grammy Awards. “Volare” by Domenico Modugno took Record of the Year honors. and The Champs “Tequila” won best R&B performance. Variety magazine seemed to take great delight when it later reported – “The record academy has snubbed the Rock. Not one Rock ‘n’ Roll record was nominated.”
1963
The Beach Boys released “Surfin’ USA.” The song was a note-for-note copy of Chuck Berry’s “Sweet Little Sixteen” with new lyrics. After Berry sued, he was granted royalties, and all further issues of the song gave him writing credit.
March 4, 1964
The Rolling Stones performed the Buddy Holly song “Not Fade Away” on Top of the Pops on BBC-TV.
While Elvis worked on Roustabout ; Variety reviewed Kissin Cousins with:
“This new Elvis Presley concoction is a pretty dreary effort, one that certainly won’t replenish the popularity of Sir Swivel. Presley needs—and merits—more substantial material than this if his career is to continue to flourish as in the past. A few more like this and Cuhnel Parker may have to press the panic button.”
1966
While Elvis worked on Spinout ; The Beatles
March 4, 1966: Lennon’s ‘Beatles Bigger Than Jesus’ Gaffe
John Lennon’s statement that The Beatles were ‘more popular than Jesus Christ’ was published in The London Evening Standard. “Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. We’re more popular then Jesus now; I don’t know which will go first, rock ‘n’ roll or Christianity. Jesus was alright, but his disciples were thick and ordinary.” Christian groups in the US were outraged resulting in some states burning Beatles records. Lennon later apologised. The English public didn’t raise an eyebrow over his remarks, but they caused controversy and protest in America
1989
After Madonna’s “Like A Prayer” debuts in a Pepsi commercial on US television, Roman Catholic groups around the world protest, calling the video, which contains both religious and sexual imagery, “blasphemy”.
1993
The Elvis Presley compilation album “The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll – The Complete 50’s Masters” was named Best Reissue Album in Rolling Stone magazine’s 1993 Music Awards Critic’s Picks.
2003
A noisy neighbour was banned from playing her music and had her stereo system impounded, after she had played Cliff Richard music too loudly. 23 year-old Sian Davies was fined £1,000 ($1,700) plus court costs after environmental protection officers raided her flat in Porth, Rhondda, Wales and seized 15 amplifiers and speakers, plus 135 CDs and cassette tapes. The disc found in her CD player was the Cliff Richard single, ‘Peace in Our Time’. A spokesman for the Cliff Richard Organization said he was delighted to hear of somebody in their early 20s owning one of his many recordings. He added, Cliff would not want anyone to play his music so that it caused a nuisance.
2020
this is how new generations discover older music, eh
https://etcanada.com/news/602737/kelly-clarkson-goes-classic-with-romantic-elvis-presley-cover/
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