GOOD MORNING! Today is Brownielocks Day; Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day, and; D.B. Cooper Day. On this date in music history: -- Births 1868: Scott Joplin 1912: Teddy Wilson 1925: Al Cohn 1929: Eileen Barton 1932: Tommy Allsup (The Crickets) 1939: Jim Yester (The Association) 1940: Johnny Carver 1941: Donald Duck Dunn (Booker T. and the MGs) 1941: Pete Best (The Beatles) 1942: Billy Connolly 1943: Richard Tee 1943: Robin Williamson (The Incredible String Band) 1944: Bob Lind 1944: Bev Bevan (The Move, Electric Light Orchestra) 1945: Lee Michaels Deaths 1985: Big Joe Turner 1991: Freddie Mercury 1993: Albert Collins 1995: Junior Walker (Jr. Walker and the All Stars) Events 1950: The musical comedy Guys and Dolls premieres on Broadway at the 46th Street Theatre. 1957: Harry Belafontes Marys Boy Child becomes the first single to sell a million copies in the UK. It stays at Number One for an unheard-of seven weeks and has since become a perennial UK Christmas favorite. 1959: Teen heartthrob Johnnie Ray is arrested in London for soliciting an undercover officer in a gay bar. (He is later found not guilty.) 1961: In yet another important development for British blues-rock, Chicago blues legend Howlin Wolf makes his first appearance in the UK, touring behind his latest single, Little Baby. 1962: Ex-Beatles drummer Pete Best, sacked from the group three months previously, nevertheless receives a birthday telegram from the band and manager Brian Epstein wishing him all the best. 1964: The Who, until recently the High Numbers, perform their first gig under the new name at Londons Marquee Club, promising what the posters famously call Maximum R&B. 1964: The UKs first commercial radio station, Radio Manx, begins broadcasting from the Isle of Man. 1965: NBC-TV airs the musical special Frank Sinatra: A Man And His Music . 1966: Kansas City, MO police lock horns with rioting teenagers at a James Brown concert after officials stop the show due to Browns obscene dances. 1972: ABC-TVs Don Kirshner-produced In Concert , the networks weekly late-night answer to NBCs Midnight Special , debuts. The initial episode features musical performances by Chuck Berry, Alice Cooper, Blood, Sweat and Tears, The Allman Brothers, and Poco. 1974: In the midst of his infamous Lost Weekend, John Lennon rehearses with Elton John for Eltons upcoming Madison Square Garden performance, at which Lennon will make a surprise cameo. 1978: In a clear prelude to his coming Christian direction, the Jewish-born Bob Dylan plays tonights gig in Fort Worth, TX wearing a large gold cross around his neck. 1991: An ordained Little Richard marries singer Cyndi Lauper and actor David Thornton in New York, then sticks around to play at the reception. 2003: Glen Campbell is arrested for drunk driving and hit-and-run charges in Phoenix, AZ, after crashing his BMW into another car at another intersection and continuing on. The 67-year-old Campbell, who is sentenced to ten days in jail, allegedly knees an officers groin during the arrest. Releases 1958: Jackie Wilson, Lonely Teardrops 1958: Ritchie Valens, Donna b/w La Bamba Recording 1937: The Andrews Sisters, Bei Mir Bist Du Schön 1965: The Young Rascals, Good Lovin 1966: The Beatles, Strawberry Fields Forever Charts 1958: The Kingston Trios LP The Kingston Trio hits #1 1973: Ringo Starrs Photograph hits #1 1978: Barbra Streisand and Donna Summers No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) hits #1
Posted on: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 16:31:02 +0000
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