{"id":1857,"date":"2011-09-29T00:31:43","date_gmt":"2011-09-29T05:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=1857"},"modified":"2015-06-27T15:28:12","modified_gmt":"2015-06-27T20:28:12","slug":"on-this-day-in-music-history-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2011\/09\/29\/on-this-day-in-music-history-2\/","title":{"rendered":"On this day in music history"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>On this day in music history &#8230; Sept. 29<!--more--><br \/>\nBy Bryne Gonzales<\/div>\n<div><strong>1907<\/strong>, Gene Autry was born. Autry was an American musician and actor. The Singing Cowboy is primarily known for his country hits like \u201cBack in the Saddle Again\u201d but also found success with Christmas tunes such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-5-OC_5rksk\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cHere Comes Santa Claus\u201d<\/a> \u2013 a song that Autry wrote.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><strong>1935<\/strong>, Jerry Lee Lewis was born. The singer, songwriter, and keyboardist is best known for his hit singles <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7IjgZGhHrYY\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cGreat Balls of Fire\u201d<\/a> and \u201cWhole Lotta Shakin\u2019 Goin\u2019 On.\u201d (While celebrating his birthday in 1976, Jerry Lee Lewis shot his bass player in the chest. The bassist survived and later sued Lewis.)<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><strong>1979<\/strong>, The Police landed their first UK No. 1 with \u201cMessage in a Bottle.&#8221;<br \/>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5G2LtPvPemw?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>\u201cMessage in a Bottle\u201d reached the top of the UK charts but only #74 on the U.S. charts.<\/em><\/div>\n<div>\n<strong>1990<\/strong>, Nelson scored the top spot on the U.S. charts with their single \u201c(Can\u2019t Live Without Your) Love and Affection.&#8221;<br \/>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x1W6-ErrHls?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Nelson\u2019s album, <\/em>After the Rain<em>, produced two top 10 hits. Their video served as an ungraceful transition between the 80s and the 90s. Enjoy the hair.<\/em><\/div>\n<div>\n<strong>2002<\/strong>, Kelly Clarkson hit the<a href=\"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/50.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1861\" title=\"50\" src=\"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/50-254x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/50-254x300.png 254w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/50.png 339w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/a> top of the charts with her song \u201cA Moment Like This.&#8221; The song enjoyed a two week stay at No. 1.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><strong>2007<\/strong>, Kanye West defeated 50 Cent in a competition for the best-selling album. West\u2019s <em>Graduation<\/em> sold 957,000 copies while 50 Cent\u2019s Curtis only sold 691,000 copies. 50 Cent had previously claimed he would retire if he was beaten.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this day in music history &#8230; Sept. 29<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4332,"featured_media":1868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3226],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-culture-articles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/jerry-lee.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4332"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}