TODAY IN A&M RECORDS HISTORY
May 17, 2012
| BIRTHS AND DEATHS | ||
|---|---|---|
| YEAR | ARTIST (Band) | |
| 2005 | (Frank Gorshin) died. | |
| 1996 | (Johnny Guitar Watson) died. | |
| 1953 | George Johnson (Brothers Johnson) was born. | |
| 1965 | O'Dell (Mint Condition) was born. | |
| CONCERTS | ||
|---|---|---|
| YEAR | ARTIST | LOCATION |
| 1958 | Wes Montgomery | Chicago, IL |
| 1968 | Move | Chester, UK |
| 1968 | Procol Harum | Detroit, MI |
| 1968 | Phil Ochs | Berkeley, CA |
| 1968 | Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass | Bozeman, MT |
| 1968 | Checkmates Ltd. | Bozeman, MT |
| 1972 | Status Quo | Barry, UK |
| 1972 | Fairport Convention | Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1972 | Carpenters | Sydney, Australia |
| 1973 | Phil Ochs | East Lansing, MI |
| 1973 | Merry Clayton | Los Angeles, CA |
| 1973 | Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee | Toronto, Canada |
| 1973 | Strawbs | Hamilton, Canada |
| 1973 | Tim Weisberg | Denver, CO |
| 1974 | Burt Bacharach | Anaheim, CA |
| 1974 | Fairport Convention | New York, NY |
| 1974 | Hoyt Axton | Chicago, IL |
| 1974 | Cat Stevens | Tucson, AZ |
| 1974 | Nazareth | Birmingham, UK |
| 1974 | Carpenters | Las Vegas, NV |
| 1975 | Hustler | Glasgow, Scotland |
| 1975 | Burt Bacharach | Lake Tahoe, NV |
| 1976 | Pablo Cruise | Seattle, WA |
| 1977 | Nils Lofgren | Bristol, UK |
| 1978 | Nazareth | Calgary, Canada |
| 1979 | Wazmo Nariz | Santa Monica, CA |
| 1979 | John Cale | Austin, TX |
| 1979 | Supertramp | Largo, MD |
| 1979 | Police | Santa Monica, CA |
| 1979 | Dickies | Birmingham, UK |
| 1979 | Squeeze | Bristol, UK |
| 1980 | Cramps | San Francisco, CA |
| 1981 | John Cale | Milwaukee, WI |
| 1981 | Cramps | Leeds, UK |
| 1981 | Squeeze | Chelmsford, UK |
| 1982 | Cure | Berlin, Germany |
| 1982 | Payola$ | Edmonton, Canada |
| 1982 | Split Enz | Edmonton, Canada |
| 1982 | Cramps | San Francisco, CA |
| 1983 | Alarm | Hull, UK |
| 1984 | Alarm | London, UK |
| 1984 | Fleshtones | Rennes, France |
| 1985 | Bryan Adams | Charlotte, NC |
| 1985 | Joan Armatrading | Denver, CO |
| 1986 | Joe Jackson | Paris, France |
| 1986 | Simple Minds | Montreal, Canada |
| 1987 | Suzanne Vega | Brighton, UK |
| 1987 | Nylons | Chicago, IL |
| 1987 | Bryan Adams | Albany, GA |
| 1988 | Sting | Stuttgart, Germany |
| 1988 | Sandi Patti | Madison, WI |
| 1989 | Chris DeBurgh | Nurnberg, Germany |
| 1989 | Extreme | Houston, TX |
| 1990 | Del Amitri | Portland, OR |
| 1990 | Janet Jackson | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1991 | Sting | Frankfurt, Germany |
| 1992 | Del Amitri | Cardiff, Wales |
| 1993 | Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians | Washington, DC |
| 1994 | Blues Traveler | San Francisco, CA |
| 1996 | Herb Alpert | Philadelphia, PA |
| 1996 | Sting | Athens, Greece |
| 1996 | Therapy? | Cleveland, OH |
| 1997 | Big Back Forty | New Brunswick, NJ |
| 1997 | Tonic | Nashville, TN |
| 1997 | Sheryl Crow | Sendai, Japan |
| 1997 | Jonny Lang | St. Cloud, MN |
| 1997 | Orbit | Cleveland, OH |
| 1997 | Patty Griffin | Baltimore, MD |
| 1997 | Gene | Toronto, Canada |
| 1997 | Mint Condition | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| 1998 | God Lives Underwater | Arlington, TX |
| 2000 | Sting | Stuttgart, Germany |
| 2003 | Jonny Lang | Dana Point, CA |
| 2003 | MxPx | Dallas, TX |
| 2003 | Cold | Washington, DC |
| 2008 | Police | West Palm Beach, FL |
| TELEVISION SHOW GUEST APPEARANCES | ||
|---|---|---|
| YEAR | ARTIST | SHOW |
| 1967 | Sandpipers | Mike Douglas Show |
| 1986 | E. G. Daily | Saturday Night Live |
| 1991 | Feelies | Late Night with Letterman |
| 1996 | Gin Blossoms | Tonight Show |
| RADIO SHOW GUEST APPEARANCES | ||
|---|---|---|
| YEAR | ARTIST | SHOW |
| 1975 | Supertramp | American Top 40 |
| 1975 | Ozark Mountain Daredevils | American Top 40 |
| 1975 | Carpenters | American Top 40 |
| 1980 | Brothers Johnson | American Top 40 |
| 1986 | Simple Minds | American Top 40 |
| 1986 | OMD | American Top 40 |
| 1986 | Janet Jackson | American Top 40 |
| 1986 | Falco | American Top 40 |
| 1987 | Joe Jackson | Rock Over London |
| 1987 | Bryan Adams | Unistar |
| 1992 | Cece Peniston | American Top 40 |
| 1992 | Bryan Adams | American Top 40 |
| 1992 | Amy Grant | American Top 40 |