1967: The soundtrack to The Sound Of Music was at No.1 on the UK album chart, spending its 132 week on the chart. The Beatles were at No.2 with Sgt. Pepper and Scott Walker was at No.3 with ‘Scott.’
2009: A clump of hair believed to have been trimmed from Elvis Presley’s head when he joined the US Army in 1958 sold for $15,000 at an auction in Chicago, America. Other items sold belonging to Presley included a shirt which sold for $52,000, a set of concert-used handkerchiefs, $732 and photos from the reception of Presley’s 1967 wedding to Priscilla, sold for nearly $6,000.
2010: Elton John described today’s songwriters as “pretty awful,” Pop music as “uninspiring,” and talent shows like American Idol as “boring” in an interview with UK Radio Times magazine.
2011: At the involuntary manslaughter trial of Dr Conrad Murray, Dr Steven Shafer testified that it would have been impossible for Michael Jackson to have self-administered a lethal dose of the sedative propofol. He later said of Dr Murray’s delay in calling 911: “I almost don’t know what to say. That is so completely and utterly inexcusable.”
2014: Raphael Ravenscroft who played the sax riff on the Gerry Rafferty hit ‘Baker Street’ died aged 60 of a suspected heart attack. He was only paid £27.50 for the ‘Baker Street’ session, and it has been reported that the check bounced and that it was kept on the wall of Ravenscroft’s solicitors. By contrast, the song is said to have earned Rafferty £80,000 a year in royalties.
