Musical birthdays today include producer Bob Crewe (82), Bo0ker T. Jones (69), Neil Young (68), Blue
Öyster Cult guitarist Buck Dharma (66), Errol Brown (65), country singer Barbara Fairchild (65), ex-Bay City Rollers lead singer Les McKeown (58), ex-Fall guitarist Brix Smith (51), Megadeath bassist Dave Ellefson (49), former Bikini Kill lead singer Kathleen Hanna (45), singer-songwriter Sarah Harmer (43), and Taking Back Sunday bassist Shaun Cooper (33).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for composer Alexander Borodin, born on this date in 1833... for blues legend Bukka White, born in 1909... for big band singer Jo Stafford, who would have been 96 today... for former Walker Brothers frontman John Walker, who would have been 70... for Jimi Hendrix Experience drummer Mitch Mitchell, who left us today in 2008... and for composer Henryk Górecki, who passed away in 2010.
Also on November 12: Johnnie Ray is at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Just Walking In The Rain.' It will stay at the top for seven weeks, making it this years Christmas No.1 (1956)... The Beatles make a return appearance at the Star Club, Hamburg, opening for headliner Little Richard (1962)... After changing his name from Toby Tyler to Marc Bolan, the future T Rex star performs his first single 'The Wizard' on the UK TV show Ready Steady Go!... In America, the Velvet Underground make their live debut, playing a Homecoming dance at Summit High School in New Jersey. The band are paid $75 for the gig (1965)... Pink Floyd appears at the Corn Exchange, Bedford. The set list includes 'Let's Roll Another One', 'Gimme A Break', 'Interstellar Overdrive', 'Astronomy Domine' and 'Stoned Alone'. 'Stoned Alone' was also known as 'I Get Stoned', and is considered by many rock historians to be the first song that Syd Barrett wrote for the group (1966)... UK book and record chain W.H. Smiths announce their refusal to display The Jimi Hendrix Experience album 'Electric Ladyland' due to the naked girls featured on the sleeve (1968)... Mott The Hoople kick off a 20-date UK tour at Leeds Town Hall with an up and coming group called Queen as their opening act (1973)... The Sex Pistols go to No.1 on the UK album chart with their debut LP Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols. The album was met by a hail of controversy upon its release. The first problems involved the allegedly 'obscene' name of the album, resulting in the prosecution of the manager of the Nottingham Virgin record shop for having displayed it in a window. More outrage was sparked by the lyrics of the songs 'God Save the Queen' and 'Anarchy in the UK' (1977)... Bob Dylan’s album Infidels reaches its highest position when it peaks at #9 on the UK chart. Dylan's 22nd studio album was co-produced with Dire Straits guitarist Mark Knopfler. Dylan had also approached Elvis Costello, David Bowie and Frank Zappa as possible producers (1983)... Ron Wood breaks both his legs after crashing his car on the M4 motorway near Marlborough, Wiltshire (1990)... Die-hard Beatles fans are outraged after Paul McCartney alters the song writing credits on his Back In The US 2002 album, changing them to McCartney and Lennon from Lennon and McCartney (2002).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for composer Alexander Borodin, born on this date in 1833... for blues legend Bukka White, born in 1909... for big band singer Jo Stafford, who would have been 96 today... for former Walker Brothers frontman John Walker, who would have been 70... for Jimi Hendrix Experience drummer Mitch Mitchell, who left us today in 2008... and for composer Henryk Górecki, who passed away in 2010.
Also on November 12: Johnnie Ray is at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Just Walking In The Rain.' It will stay at the top for seven weeks, making it this years Christmas No.1 (1956)... The Beatles make a return appearance at the Star Club, Hamburg, opening for headliner Little Richard (1962)... After changing his name from Toby Tyler to Marc Bolan, the future T Rex star performs his first single 'The Wizard' on the UK TV show Ready Steady Go!... In America, the Velvet Underground make their live debut, playing a Homecoming dance at Summit High School in New Jersey. The band are paid $75 for the gig (1965)... Pink Floyd appears at the Corn Exchange, Bedford. The set list includes 'Let's Roll Another One', 'Gimme A Break', 'Interstellar Overdrive', 'Astronomy Domine' and 'Stoned Alone'. 'Stoned Alone' was also known as 'I Get Stoned', and is considered by many rock historians to be the first song that Syd Barrett wrote for the group (1966)... UK book and record chain W.H. Smiths announce their refusal to display The Jimi Hendrix Experience album 'Electric Ladyland' due to the naked girls featured on the sleeve (1968)... Mott The Hoople kick off a 20-date UK tour at Leeds Town Hall with an up and coming group called Queen as their opening act (1973)... The Sex Pistols go to No.1 on the UK album chart with their debut LP Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols. The album was met by a hail of controversy upon its release. The first problems involved the allegedly 'obscene' name of the album, resulting in the prosecution of the manager of the Nottingham Virgin record shop for having displayed it in a window. More outrage was sparked by the lyrics of the songs 'God Save the Queen' and 'Anarchy in the UK' (1977)... Bob Dylan’s album Infidels reaches its highest position when it peaks at #9 on the UK chart. Dylan's 22nd studio album was co-produced with Dire Straits guitarist Mark Knopfler. Dylan had also approached Elvis Costello, David Bowie and Frank Zappa as possible producers (1983)... Ron Wood breaks both his legs after crashing his car on the M4 motorway near Marlborough, Wiltshire (1990)... Die-hard Beatles fans are outraged after Paul McCartney alters the song writing credits on his Back In The US 2002 album, changing them to McCartney and Lennon from Lennon and McCartney (2002).
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