Sunday 13 October 2013

October 13

Musical birthdays include Lee Konitz (86), Nana Mouskouri (79), Pharoah Sanders (73), Paul Simon (72), Chicago founding member & songwriter Robert Hamm (69), Sammy Hagar (66), Soft Machine saxophonist Alan Wakeman (66), John Ford Coley (65), operatic soprano Leona Mitchell (64), Fairport Convention multi-instrumentalist Simon Nicol (63), Marie Osmond (54), Anthrax lead singer Joey Belladonna (53), Broken Social Scene drummer Justin Peroff (36), and Ashanti (33). 

Shoutout to the Great Beyond for Art Tatum, born on this date in 1909... for Yves Montand, who would have been 92... for jazz percussionist Johnny Lytle, who would have been 81... for Ed Sullivan, who died today in 1974... and for Earth, Wind & Fire founding member Wade Flemons, who left us 20 years go today. 

Also on October 13: The Beatles make their debut on ITV's 'Sunday Night at the Palladium', topping the bill and transmitted to an estimated 15 million viewers. An article promoting the appearance in today's 'Daily Mirror' also contains the first recorded appearance of the term 'Beatlemania' (1963)... The Who record 'My Generation' at Pye Studios in London (1965)... Janis Joplin's ashes are scattered on Stinson Beach in Marin County, CA in a small private ceremony (1970)... The Rolling Stones have the no. 1 album in the US with Goats Head Soup (1973)... UK tabloids report that Toni Braxton pulled out of this year's MOBO awards in the US because one of her breast implants ruptured. A spokesman for her Arista record label says "We don't comment on the personal lives of our artistes" (2000)... British rock group Muse files for an injunction to keep Celine Dion from going forward with plans to call her forthcoming Las Vegas review 'Muse'. Lead singer Matt Bellamy says "We don't want anyone to think that we're Celine Dion's backing band" (2002)... In a video message on his website, Ringo Starr announces that he no longer has time to sign autographs, and asks fans not to send him any mail at all. "No more fan mail, and no objects of any kind to be signed, please. Nothing" (2008). 

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