An Every Day Record Of 10,000 Musical Facts.
'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 1 January to 31 December) and lists the momentous musical events that have taken place on that day worldwide in the last 50 years - including births/deaths/marriages, Number 1 singles, arrests, famous gigs, award ceremonies, classic albums, trivia and much more.
For instance, 12 July 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 pound fee; the day in 1980 when Olivia Newton John and Electric Light Orchestra had a number 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, album covers, ticket stubs etc - illustrating the book, 'This Day In Music' is guaranteed to be a must-have book for any discerning music fan.
