Musical birthdays today include operatic soprano Virginia Zeani (88), Manfred Mann (73), Steve Cropper (72), Elvin Bishop (71), Chicago trumpeter Lee Loughnane (67), Go-Go's guitarist Charlotte Caffey (60), Bay City Rollers guitarist Eric Faulkner (60), Julian Cope (56), Pink Floyd keyboardist & songwriter Jon Carin (49), ex-Queens of the Stone Age bassist Nick Oliveri (42), Fiery Furnaces guitarist Matthew Friedberger (41), and Josh Ritter (37).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for jazzman Don Byas, born on this date in 1912... for Dizzy Gillespie, who would have been 96 today... for salsa vocalist Celia Cruz, who would have been 89... for former Cramps lead singer Lux Interior, who would have been 67... for ex-Grateful Dead keyboardist Brent Mydland, who would have been 61... for Maxene Andrews [of the Andrews Sisters], who died today in 1995, and for Blind Melon frontman Shannon Hoon, who left us on the same day at the age of 28.
Also on October 21: Buddy Holly goes into Pythian Temple Studios in NYC for what will prove to be his final recording session. Among the tracks he completes is 'It Doesn't Matter Anymore', which will be a posthumous no. 1 hit for him (1958)... The Beatles record 'Norwegian Wood' in three takes and begin work on 'Nowhere Man' (1965)... Lulu hits no. 1 on the US charts with 'To Sir, with Love' (1967)... Mick Jagger becomes a father when Bianca gives birth to their daughter Jade (1971)... Chuck Berry has his first and only simultaneous US and UK no. 1 with 'My Ding-a-Ling' (1972)... Keith Moon plays his final show with the Who, the closing date of their North American tour at the Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto (1976)... Elton John's 'Candle In The Wind 97' is declared by the Guinness Book Of Records to be the biggest selling single record of all time, with sales of 31.8 million in less than 40 days and raising more than £20 million for charity (1997).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for jazzman Don Byas, born on this date in 1912... for Dizzy Gillespie, who would have been 96 today... for salsa vocalist Celia Cruz, who would have been 89... for former Cramps lead singer Lux Interior, who would have been 67... for ex-Grateful Dead keyboardist Brent Mydland, who would have been 61... for Maxene Andrews [of the Andrews Sisters], who died today in 1995, and for Blind Melon frontman Shannon Hoon, who left us on the same day at the age of 28.
Also on October 21: Buddy Holly goes into Pythian Temple Studios in NYC for what will prove to be his final recording session. Among the tracks he completes is 'It Doesn't Matter Anymore', which will be a posthumous no. 1 hit for him (1958)... The Beatles record 'Norwegian Wood' in three takes and begin work on 'Nowhere Man' (1965)... Lulu hits no. 1 on the US charts with 'To Sir, with Love' (1967)... Mick Jagger becomes a father when Bianca gives birth to their daughter Jade (1971)... Chuck Berry has his first and only simultaneous US and UK no. 1 with 'My Ding-a-Ling' (1972)... Keith Moon plays his final show with the Who, the closing date of their North American tour at the Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto (1976)... Elton John's 'Candle In The Wind 97' is declared by the Guinness Book Of Records to be the biggest selling single record of all time, with sales of 31.8 million in less than 40 days and raising more than £20 million for charity (1997).
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