Glynt Productions | Shopping & retail

Glynt Productions

Add/Update information

Reviews

Tags

• Shopping & retail
• Businesses
• Retail company

25.01.2022 September 14th: On this Day 1955, Little Richard entered a New Orleans recording studio to begin two days of recording. Things were not going well and during a break, Richard and his producer; Bumps Blackwell went to the Dew Drop Inn for lunch. Richard started playing the piano in the bar like crazy, singing a loud and lewd version of ‘Tutti Frutti.’ With only fifteen minutes left in the session, Richard recorded the song and coined the phrase, ‘a-wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-lop-bam-...Continue reading

24.01.2022 November 11th: On this Day 1954, Bill Haley scored his first US Top ten single with 'Shake Rattle And Roll'. He had dropped his cowboy image about a year and a half earlier, while renaming The Saddlemen to Bill Haley and His Comets. The song became the theme song for the Springfield Indians of the American Hockey League. ‘Shake, Rattle and Roll’ was originally made popular by Big Joe Turner. 1965, The final recording session for The Beatles Rubber Soul album took place, at A...bbey Road, London. They needed three new songs to finish the album so an old song ‘Wait’ is pulled off the shelf and the group recorded two new songs from start to finish. Paul's ‘You Won't See Me’ and John's ‘Girl’, the basic tracks for both songs being completed in two takes. Rubber Soul was completed, and finished copies of the album were in the shops by December 3 in the UK and December 6 in the US. 1969, The FBI in Phoenix, Arizona arrested Jim Morrison for drunk and disorderly conduct aboard a plane. The Doors singer who was on his way to a Rolling Stones concert with actor Tom Baker had been drinking and annoying the stewardesses. The pair spent the night in jail and were released on $2,500 bail. 1972, Allman Brothers bass player Berry Oakley was killed when his motorcycle hit a bus at the same intersection as former band member Duane Allman, who had died a year earlier. Oakley was 24 years old. 1973, Thirty US radio stations broadcasted a 'live' Mott The Hoople concert. In reality it was the band recorded in the studio with the applause dubbed in. 1990, A 21 year-old AC/DC fan died after being attacked outside the Brendan Byrne Arena in New Jersey where the band were playing a gig that night. 1990, A 21 year-old AC/DC fan died after being attacked outside the Brendan Byrne Arena in New Jersey where the band were playing a gig that night. 2004, Coldplay fan Sarah Sainsbury wrote to the band asking for their autographs so she could sell them to raise funds at her school charity. Coldplay sent her a triple platinum disc worth over 4,000. 2004, Liza Minnelli's former bodyguard accused the singer of forcing him to have sex with her in order to keep his job, court documents revealed. M'hammed Soumayah was suing Minnelli for $100m damages, saying she made "many repeated attempts" to compel him into sex and he "eventually succumbed". 2004, Robbie Williams, The Rolling Stones and Queen were inducted into the UK's first music Hall of Fame at a ceremony in London. One act had been chosen by TV viewers of a Channel 4 program to represent each decade since the 1950s. Williams represented the 1990s, Michael Jackson the 1980s, Queen the 1970s, the Rolling Stones the 1960s, and Cliff Richard the 1950s. 2011, The four original band members of Black Sabbath announced that they were reuniting and recording a new album followed by a world tour in 2012. See more

21.01.2022 September 15th: On this Day 1956, Elvis Presley started a five-week run at No.1 on the US charts with 'Don't Be Cruel'. 1961, A group from Hawthorne, California called The Pendletones attend their first real recording session at Hite Morgan's studio in Los Angeles. The band recorded 'Surfin', a song that would help shape their career as The Beach Boys....Continue reading

15.01.2022 September 15th: Born on this day... 1946, Ola Brunkert, drummer with the Swedish group Abba. Was a member of the Slim Blues Gang, Science Poption and jazz-rock combo Opus III before joining Abba. He played on every Abba album and toured with the group. He was found dead with his throat cut at his home in Majorca, Spain on March 17th 2008 after he hit his head against a glass door in the dining room at his home. 1956, Jaki Graham, singer, (1985 UK No.5 single 'Could It Be I'm ...Falling In Love'). 1958, Tim Whelan, Furniture, Guitar, (1986 UK No.21 single 'Brilliant Mind'). 1960, Michel Dorge drums, Crash Test Dummies, (1994 UK No.2 & US No.4 single 'MMM MMM MMM MMM'). 1976, Ivette Sosa, Eden's Crush, (2001 US No. 8 single 'Get Over Yourself'). 1976, KG, MN8, (1995 UK No.2 single 'I've Got A Little Something For You'). 1977, Paul Thomson, drums, Franz Ferdinand, (winners of the 2004 Mercury Music Prize for their self-titled debut album). 2013, Zachary Filkins, guitarist with OneRepublic who had the 2013 UK No.1 hit 'Counting Stars'.

13.01.2022 September 14th: Born on this day... Songwriter Mae Boren Axton, known as the 'Queen Mother of Nashville' she wrote over 200 songs including a co-writing credit on the Elvis Presley hit 'Heartbreak Hotel'. Died on April 9th 1997 aged 82 after drowning in her bath at her home in Hendersonville, Tennessee after an apparent heart attack. 1949, Steve Gaines, guitar, Lynyrd Skynyrd, 1974. (1974 US No. 8 single 'Sweet Home Alabama', 1982 UK No.21 single 'Freebird'). Killed in a plan...e crash on 20th October 1977. 1950, Paul Kossoff, guitar, Free. (1970 UK No.2 & US No.4 single 'All Right Now'). Formed Back Street Crawler. Kossoff died of a heart attack on 19th March 1976 during a flight from Los Angeles to New York. 1955, Steve Berlin, Los Lobos. (1987 UK & US No.1 single 'La Bamba'). 1959, Morten Harket, vocals, A-Ha...The first Norwegian group to score a UK and US No.1. (1985 US No.1 single 'Take On Me'. 1986 UK No.1 single 'The Sun Always Shines On TV'). 1967, John Power, bass, vocals, The La's. (1990 UK No.13 single 'There She Goes'). Cast (1996 UK No.4 single 'Flying'). 1970, Graig Montoya, bass, Everclear. (2000 UK No.36 single 'Wonderful', 1997 album 'So Much For The Afterglow'). 1970, Mark Webber, Pulp. (1995 UK No.2 single 'Common People'). 1972, Nas, (Nasir Jones). (1996 UK No.12 single 'If I Ruled The World', 2007 US No.1 album 'Hip Hop Is Dead'). 1981, Ashley Roberts, singer, The Pussycat Dolls. (2005, US No.2 & UK No.1 with their debut single ‘Don't Cha’ featuring Busta Rhymes). 1983, Amy Winehouse, UK singer, songwriter. (2007 UK No.1 album 'Back To Black’, 2006 UK No.6 single 'Rehab'). Winehouse was found dead at her home in London, England on 24th July 2011.

10.01.2022 Feb 24th 1963, The Rolling Stones started a Sunday night residency at The Station Hotel, Richmond, Surrey. The Stones were paid 24 ($41) for the gig and played on the first night to a total of 66 people. 24 from 1963 would be worth 392, adjusted for inflation. 1965, The first full day of filming took place for The Beatles movie 'Help!' with the group riding bicycles on location near London Airport, England.1969, The Jimi Hendrix Experience played their last ever-British pe...rformance when they appeared at the Royal Albert Hall. 1973, Roberta Flack had her second US No.1 when 'Killing Me Softly With His Song', started a five-week run at the top. The song was written about US singer songwriter Don McLean. 1973, The Byrds made their final live appearance when they played at The Capitol Theatre in Passaic, New Jersey. (The then-current incarnation of the Byrds, which included Roger McGuinn, Clarence White, John York and Gene Parsons). 1975, Led Zeppelin released their sixth album Physical Graffiti in the UK. Recording sessions had been disrupted when bassist and keyboard player John Paul Jones had proposed quitting the band, supposedly to become choirmaster at Winchester Cathedral, England, although in reality he just needed time to rest after Zeppelin's demanding tour schedule. The group decided on a double album so they could feature songs left over from their previous albums Led Zeppelin III, Led Zeppelin IV and Houses Of The Holy. 1982, The Police won best British group at the first annual Brit Awards held in London, Adam And The Ants won best album for 'Kings Of The Wild Frontier', Cliff Richard won British Male Solo Artist, Randy Crawford won British Female Solo Artist, British Breakthrough Act went to The Human League, British Producer was Martin Rushent and Outstanding Contribution went to John Lennon. 1990, Manchester band The Happy Mondays had six singles on the UK indie chart. 2005, Former Orange Juice singer, guitarist and producer Edwyn Collins was rushed to hospital after suffering a brain haemorrhage. 2010, The personal assistant to former Ramones manager Linda Stein was convicted in a New York court of bludgeoning her boss to death at her Manhattan apartment on 30 October 2007. Prosecutors said Natavia Lowery, 28, stole more than $30,000 (19,500) from Stein, then clubbed her with a piece of exercise equipment. Jurors spent less than a day reaching a second-degree murder verdict. 2010, Promotions company MCD launched a $2.3 million lawsuit against Prince for pulling out of a concert in Dublin, Ireland in June, 2008, just ten days before it was to take place. The singer blamed the William Morris Agency for booking the event without permission, but the agency said the star cancelled the gig and gave "no reason of substance" for deciding to pull out.