This Day in Music : An Everyday Record of 10,000 Musical Facts

by Neil Cossar

• ISBN13: 9781843402985
• ISBN10: 184340298X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-12-10
• Publisher: Collins & Brown

Summary

This Day in Music is the essential guide to the history of music-related happenings. The concept is quite simple - each page in the book presents a day of the year (from January 1st to December 31st) and lists the momentous musical events that have taken place on that day worldwide in the last 50 years - including births/deaths/marriages, No 1 singles, arrests, famous gigs, award ceremonies, classic albums, trivia and much more. For instance, July 12th was the day in 1954 when a 19-year-old Elvis Presley signed for Sun Records; the day in 1962 when the Rolling Stones made their live debut at the Marquee Jazz Club - for a £20 fee; the day in 1980 when Olivia Newton John and Electric Light Orchestra had a No 1 single with 'Xanadu'; and the day in 1986 when Boy George was arrested in London for possession of drugs. Twelve special feature pages (one for each month) recount truly remarkable events in the course of music history such as Band Aid, Woodstock, the death of Elvis Presley and the Beatles first gig in Liverpool's Cavern Club. With its informative, but strongly amusing and entertaining approach, and an array of musical collectables - posters, albums covers, ticket stubs etc - illustrating the book, This Day in Music is guaranteed to be a must-have book for any discerning music fan. One of the largest collection of music-related facts and trivia available in one volume Ideal gift book for music fans presented in easy reference form Sponsorship and marketing support from Carling Foreword by leading light of the music industry