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Simon and Garfunkel, one of the most well known duos in modern day music, announced that they planned a comeback together. Paul Simon explained that they had sat down together and ironed out their differences. In June the same year they played a 9 date European tour. Unfortunately the problems that Simon said they had ironed out still caused the pair to have disagreements and because of this reason they decided to cancel a planned American tour. Both went on to pursue solo careers.
pop group Slade had problems with their new album "Till Death Us Do Part" because of a picture on the album cover that showed an ear being pierced by a nail. The record was labeled inapt and offensive by a lot of record companies and certain shops even refused to sell the new disc.
David Bowie struck out in a different direction, when he announced that he would play the character Herbert Beerbolm in the BBC production entitled "Baal".
Pope John Paul II proved to be a threat to Queen fans in England. Are you confused? The pop group Queen tried to organize a U.K. tour but had trouble finding available venues, because most of them were reserved for the arrival of the head of the Vatican. Fortunately for Queen fans the group did manage to find enough stadiums and performed.
controversy followed Ozzy Osbourne - after already having received a rabies injection earlier in the year because he had bitten the head off a real bat believing that it was actually plastic. He found himself and, more to the point his band, in deeper trouble all the time. Whilst touring the U.S.A. a prank from the guitarist Randy Rhoades went disastrously wrong, when Rhoades repeatedly dive-bombed the group's bus with the group's tour plane. On the final run the wing tip of the plane clipped the bus and the aircraft crashed into a house killing Rhoades, pilot Andrew Aycock and Osbourne's hairdresser Rachel Youngblood.
in the U.S. single charts this month were J. Geils Band with "Centerfold" and Joan & The Jets with "I Love Rock'n Roll", while the album chart was dominated for the entire month by Beauty & The Beast with "Go-Go's". The Jam were popular this month in the U.K. with the single "A Town Called Malice" and the album "The Gift". Other hits this month included Tight Fit with "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" and in the album chart "Love Songs" from Barbra Streisand and Haircut 100 with "Pelican West".
the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson proved how it was possible to take a previous hit, refit it with new lyrics and make a million seller out of it. "Surfin' U.S.A.", as we know it today, was actually taken from "Sweet Sixteen", the old Chuck Berry hit. After an initial dispute with Mr. Berry (who at the time was in prison for transporting an under aged girl across a state border for immoral purposes) over the new song, their differences were settled with the help of what you can call a sizeable cheque.
Steve Marriot, later known as the lead singer with the Small Faces, made his debut record with the Buddy Holly inspired song "Give Her My Regards".
Another one making a debut appearance in the charts was Otis Redding with "These Arms Of Mine".
after a memorial concert in Kansas for the family of disc jockey Cactus Jack Call (who died in a road accident), the aircraft carrying Patsy Cline (30), Lloyd Cowboy Copas (50) and Harold Hawkshaw Hawkins (41) crashed due to bad weather at Camden Tennesee, killing all on board. Cline who had hits with "I Fall To Pieces" and "Walking After Midnight", had only just recovered from a horrific car accident the previous year, having been a passenger in her brother's car. Reports claimed the plane in which the star had travelled was flying upside down when it crashed, apparently a distinct possibility due to the high winds at the time.
Gerry Marsden, from Gerry And The Pacemakers, was fined 60 pounds for apparently trying to evade custom officers at Heathrow airport for not paying the duty on a guitar. The group had already performed the same month with The Beatles and Billy J. Krammer.
chart toppers in the American album chart were the Four Seasons with "Walk Like A Man", Ruby & The Romantics with "Our Day Will Come" and The Chiffons with "He's So Fine" whilst Vaughn Meader with "The First Family" and Frankie Fontaine with "Songs I Sing On The Jackie Gleeson Show" topped the album chart. In the UK it was Cliff Richard all the way this month with "Summer Holiday", topping both the album and single charts. However, the Beatles did break the domination with "Please Please Me" and The Shadows also did the same with "Foot Tapper". Both songs reached the number one position in the single charts.
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| last updated: 27. 2. 2000 |