THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY (December 1st): 1936: Lou Rawls was born 1938: Sandy Nelson (drummer) was born – in 1963 lost his left foot in a motorcycle accident but continued to preform & record into the early 70s, worked with The Teddy Bears, Gene Vincent. 1944: Bette Midler was born 1944: Eric Bloom (Blue Oyster Cult, guitar and vocals) was born 1944: John Densmore (The Doors, drums) was born 1951: Jaco Pastorius (bass player) was born. Also worked with Joni Mitchell and Pat Metheny. Died on 21st September 1987 aged 35. He suffered irreversible brain damage after being beaten into a coma after an altercation with a bouncer at the Midnight Club in Fort Lauderdale 1957: Buddy Holly and the Crickets appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing Thatll Be The Day and Peggy Sue. Sam Cooke was also a guest on the same show performing You Send Me 1958: The Teddy Bears were at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘To Know Him is to Love Him.’ The title of the Phil Spector song came from words on his father’s tombstone 1964: Ringo Starr was admitted to the University College Hospital for a tonsillectomy 1964: The Who played the first of 22 consecutive Tuesday night gigs at The Marquee Club in London, the band were paid £50 for each gig. The Marquee Club saw the rise of some of the most important British artists in the 60s such as Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, Cream, Manfred Mann, The Nice, Yes, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, King Crimson and many others who all appeared at the club 1966: Tom Jones was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with his version of Green Green Grass Of Home. It stayed at No.1 for seven weeks giving Decca records its first million selling single by a British artist. Also a No.11 hit in the US 1967: On this Friday night the 16 date UK package tour with Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, The Move, Nice, Outer Limits and Amen Corner played at the Central Hall, Chatham. The Chatham Standard later reported: ‘Hendrix opened his act with the Beatles’ number Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, and the three-piece group made as much of an impression as a studio full of musicians. Once upon a time this sort of noise could not be reproduced outside a studio. He did several of his own numbers, including unfaultable versions of Hey Joe and Purple Haze and The Troggs’ Wild Thing 1973: The Carpenters went to No.1 on the US singles chart with Top Of The World, their second US No.1, which was also a No.5 hit in the UK. Country singer Lynn Anderson covered the song and her version became her first hit when it reached No.2 on the US country singles charts in mid-1973 1983: Neil Young was sued by Geffen Records because his new music for the label was ‘not commercial in nature and musically uncharacteristic of his previous albums’. His latest album Everybodys Rockin featured a selection of rockabilly songs (both covers and original material) which ran for just 25 minutes, Youngs shortest album 1989: Sly Stone was sentenced to 55 days after pleading guilty to a charge of driving under the influence of cocaine, (two weeks later he also pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine and was sentenced to spend 9-14 months in rehab) 1997: Kenny G set a new world record when he held a note on his saxophone for 45 minutes and 47 seconds. (The record has since been broken by Geovanny Escalante, who held a note for 1 hour, 30 minutes and 45 seconds, using a technique that allows him to blow and breathe at the same time)
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