The Next Memorial Dusty Record Convention celebrating the legacy of Richard Pegue will be held on Saturday, November 6, 2010
at St. Elizabeth Hall, 40th & Wabash.
There will be no advance tickets - pay at the door only. Some of your favorite Ol' School DJ's will be rockin' the night away with
The Best Music Of Your Life"
Click the monitor above to listen to ClubSteppin.Com
Internet Radio Station - Courtesy of LaMont Watts
One of the stations Richard Pegue broadcasted on.
You can listen while you browse this website ... Enjoy!
CHECK OUT SOME OF THE EDITORIALS WRITTEN BY RICHARD PEGUE IN STREETWISE & THE CITIZEN "EDITORIAL ARCHIVE" CLICK HERE
Richard's Birthday is July 29th and we will be celebrating here on the website with memories from July 29ths of the past.
July 29: On This Day In…
1957: #1 R&B Song: “Short Fat Fannie” LarryWilliams
1959: The Drifters recorded the samba-styled “Dance with Me” (#15 pop, #2 R&B), heralding the Latin influence on Jay & the Americans, Tony Orlando & Dawn, and future Drifters hits.
1959: The Isley Brothers recorded the immortal “Shout.” The song was an adaptation of Jackie Wilson’s perpetual classic, “Lonely Teardrops.”
1963: Elvis Presley was No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘(You’re The) Devil In Disguise’. It was his 14th UK No.1
1965: The Supremes performed at the world famous Copacabana in New York at the start of a three-week stay, portions of which would be recorded for a future album.
1966: Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker made their live debut as Cream at The Twisted Wheel, Manchester.
1966: Bob Dylan suffered a broken neck vertebra when he crashed his Triumph 55 motorbike near his home in Woodstock, New York.
1968: The first recording session of The Beatles’ seven music epic ‘Hey Jude’, a song written about John’s son Julian, took place.
1972: UK singer/songwriter Gilbert O’ Sullivan started a five week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Alone Again (Naturally)’. It was his only U.S. No.1. The follow-up, ‘Claire’, made No.2.
1973: Led Zeppelin lost $180,000 (£105,882) in cash when a thief made off with their safety deposit box from two Madison Square Garden concerts.
1978: Prince’s debt chart single, “Soft and Wet,” reached #12 R&B and #92 pop. He was named after the Prince Rogers Trio, a jazz ensemble, and was inspired to become a performer after seeing a James Brown concert in 1968, when he was ten. He went on to learn to play more than twenty instruments.
1978: Earth, Wind, & Fire charted with the Beatles’ “Got to Get You into My Life” from the movie Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, reaching #1 R&B and #9 pop. The (often) ten-member group was considered one of the most exciting live performance acts of the ‘70s and ‘80s. The band also managed to have forty-eight R&B chart singles through 2004.
1980: David Bowie starred in the stage play of The Elephant Man, in Denver, Colorado.
1981: On the day of the wedding between Prince Charles and Lady Diana a bunch of records were released relating to the event: ‘Lady D’ by Typically Tropical; ‘Charley’s Angels’ by Mini & The Metros and ‘Diana’ by Mike Berry. They all failed to reach the charts.
1987: Four Tops Day was declared by Michigan Governor James Blanchard to honor the quartet’s contributions to music. The group performed at the governor’s meeting with guest sax player, Arkansas governor and future president Bill Clinton, backing the act on-stage.
2001: Destiny’s Child started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Bootylicious’.
2004: Keyboard player Huby Heard died from heart problems. He had been a member of Billy Preston’s The God Squad and also worked with Teddy Pendergrass and Ray Charles.
Thanks to my assistant Bri Autumn Pettis for all the typing!
... The WebLadee
