Musical birthdays today include jazz drummer Idris Muhammad (74), John P. Hammond (71), session guitarist & sideman Terry Reid (64), Pogues drummer Andrew Ranken (60), Aldo Nova (57), Strokes bassist Nikolai Fraiture (35), and rapper Jibbs (23).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for jazz pianist Hampton Hawes, who would have been 85 today... for Marshall Tucker Band guitarist Toy Caldwell, who would have been 66... for former Troggs drummer Ronnie Bond, who died on this date in 1992... for Mills Brothers vocalist Donald Mills, who left us today in 1999... and for experimental musician John Balance [co-founder of Coil] who was killed in a home accident on this day in 2004.
Also on November 13: The Beatles record a television interview at Westward Television Studios in Plymouth, Devon, for the local teen program 'Move Over, Dad'. Due to the large crowd of excited fans outside, the group has to be smuggled from their dressing-room at the ABC Cinema, where they are scheduled to appear that night, into an adjacent building, then through a tunnel, to get to Westward Studios for the interview taping (1963)... Decca Records release The Rolling Stones’ 'Little Red Rooster'. Written by Willie Dixon (as The Red Rooster), and previously recorded by Howlin’ Wolf and Sam Cooke, the single was recorded at Chess Studios in Chicago. The single will become a No.1 hit in the UK and remains the only time a blues song has ever topped the British pop chart (1964)... Brian Jones buys 'Cotchford Farm' in Sussex from the estate of A.A. Milne, who wrote Winnie the Pooh when he was living in the house (1968)... Crosby Stills Nash & Young open a four-night stand at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco (1969)... Rod Stewart starts an 8 week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Tonight's The Night'. It is Rod's second US No.1; it made No.5 in the UK despite being banned by many radio stations owing to the song's lyric about the seduction of a virgin. The song features whispers from actress Britt Ekland, who was Stewart's girlfriend at the time... In Britain, Melody Maker announces UK dates for the first major punk tour, with The Sex Pistols and the Ramones co-headlining along with Talking Heads, The Vibrators and Chris Spedding. The 14-date tour which is due to start at Newcastle City Hall on Nov 29th will never take place (1976)... U2 kick off a 23 date North American 'October' tour at JB Scott's in Albany, NY (1981)... Rod Stewart fan Patricia Boughton files a lawsuit against the singer claiming that a football he kicked into the crowd during a concert at the Pine Knob Music Theater in Clarkston, MI ruptured a tendon in the middle finger of her right hand; the injury had allegedly made sex between her and her husband difficult (1990)... The Beatles launch their first official website, www.thebeatles.com. The site goes live on the same day as the release of their retrospective 'Compilation 1' album (2000).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for jazz pianist Hampton Hawes, who would have been 85 today... for Marshall Tucker Band guitarist Toy Caldwell, who would have been 66... for former Troggs drummer Ronnie Bond, who died on this date in 1992... for Mills Brothers vocalist Donald Mills, who left us today in 1999... and for experimental musician John Balance [co-founder of Coil] who was killed in a home accident on this day in 2004.
Also on November 13: The Beatles record a television interview at Westward Television Studios in Plymouth, Devon, for the local teen program 'Move Over, Dad'. Due to the large crowd of excited fans outside, the group has to be smuggled from their dressing-room at the ABC Cinema, where they are scheduled to appear that night, into an adjacent building, then through a tunnel, to get to Westward Studios for the interview taping (1963)... Decca Records release The Rolling Stones’ 'Little Red Rooster'. Written by Willie Dixon (as The Red Rooster), and previously recorded by Howlin’ Wolf and Sam Cooke, the single was recorded at Chess Studios in Chicago. The single will become a No.1 hit in the UK and remains the only time a blues song has ever topped the British pop chart (1964)... Brian Jones buys 'Cotchford Farm' in Sussex from the estate of A.A. Milne, who wrote Winnie the Pooh when he was living in the house (1968)... Crosby Stills Nash & Young open a four-night stand at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco (1969)... Rod Stewart starts an 8 week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Tonight's The Night'. It is Rod's second US No.1; it made No.5 in the UK despite being banned by many radio stations owing to the song's lyric about the seduction of a virgin. The song features whispers from actress Britt Ekland, who was Stewart's girlfriend at the time... In Britain, Melody Maker announces UK dates for the first major punk tour, with The Sex Pistols and the Ramones co-headlining along with Talking Heads, The Vibrators and Chris Spedding. The 14-date tour which is due to start at Newcastle City Hall on Nov 29th will never take place (1976)... U2 kick off a 23 date North American 'October' tour at JB Scott's in Albany, NY (1981)... Rod Stewart fan Patricia Boughton files a lawsuit against the singer claiming that a football he kicked into the crowd during a concert at the Pine Knob Music Theater in Clarkston, MI ruptured a tendon in the middle finger of her right hand; the injury had allegedly made sex between her and her husband difficult (1990)... The Beatles launch their first official website, www.thebeatles.com. The site goes live on the same day as the release of their retrospective 'Compilation 1' album (2000).
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