Musical birthdays today include country singer C.W. McCall (85), Petula Clark (81), former Steeleye Span bassist Rick Kemp (72), conductor and classical pianist Daniel Barenboim (71), former ABBA vocalist Frida Lyngstad (68), former Henry Cow bassist Georgina Born (58), ex-Parliament/Funkadelic guitarist Michael Hampton (57), Tonight Show band leader Kevin Eubanks (56), rapper E-40 (46), Elysian Fields co-founder & vocalist Jennifer Charles (45), country singer Jack Ingram (43), Nickelback frontman Jack Kroeger (39), Glass Cloud lead singer Jerry Roush, and rapper B.o.B. (25).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for pianist and ragtime composer Artie Matthews, born on this date in 1888... for pop orchestra conductor Annunzio Mantovani, born in 1905... for jazzman Seldon Powell, who would have been 85 today... for soul singer Joe Hinton, who would have been 84... for Drifters vocalist Clyde McPhatter, who would have been 81... for R&B singer Little Willie John, who would have been 76... for Wu-Tang Clan founding member Russell 'ODB' Jones, who would have been 45... for The Velvet Teen drummer Logan Whitehurst, who would have been 36... for composer Christoph Willibald Gluck, who died on this day in 1787... and for jazz and prog rock multi-instrumentalist John Grimaldi, who died of MS at the age of 28 today in 1983.
Also on November 15: Johnny and the Moondogs (the future Beatles) play in the final heat of the 'TV Star Search' competition at the Hippodrome Theatre, Manchester. Judging is done by the volume of applause each group receives when they are called back onto stage at the end of the night. Since the Moondogs have no money to stay overnight in Manchester, they are forced to leave to catch the last train back to Liverpool before they are called back on stage (1959)... Brian Jones is admitted to Passavant Hospital in Chicago with a temperature of 105ยบF, causing him to miss the last few dates on the Rolling Stones' current tour (1964)... The Stones make their US TV debut on Hullabaloo, performing ‘Get Off Of My Cloud’. Hullabaloo was an American one-hour musical variety series that ran on NBC from January 1965 through August 1966 (1965)... The Doors officially sign with Elektra Records in a deal for the band to produce seven albums. The band also reluctantly agree to release 'Break On Through' as their first single. The lyric 'She gets high/she gets high/she gets high' is changed to 'She gets/she gets/she gets' in order to secure radio play (1966)... Janis Joplin is arrested during a gig in Tampa, Florida, after using vulgar and indecent language with a policeman. Joplin became upset after police moved into the hall to force fans to move back to their seats. As the singer left the stage she confronted a detective calling him 'a son of a bitch' and told him she would kick his face in. She is released on $504 bail (1969)... Bob Dylan spends much of the day shooting scenes for his film Renaldo and Clara at Niagara Falls. In the evening the Rolling Thunder Revue plays the Niagara Falls Convention Center (1975)... Blondie score their third UK no. 1 of the year with 'The Tide Is High' (1980)... Echo and the Bunnymen release Songs to Learn and Sing (1985)... Pop history is made when the Top 5 UK singles are all by female vocalists: Corinne Drewery from Swing Out Sister, Mel and Kim, Susannah Hoffs from The Bangles, plus Kim Wilde and Terri Nunn from Berlin who are at No.1 with 'Take My Breath Away' (1986)... Ozzy Osbourne announces his retirement from live performance after a gig in California, saying "Who wants to be touring at 46?" (1992)... Michael Abram, the Liverpool man who stabbed George Harrison after breaking into his home, was found not guilty at Oxford's Crown Court. The verdict, however, is returned in view of Abrams' mental history, and he was taken into care at a secure psychiatric facility (2000)... Jay-Z goes to No.1 on the US album chart with American Gangster his 10th No.1 disc. This ties the rapper with Elvis Presley for the most No.1 albums on the chart; only the Beatles have had more, with 19. Since 1998, all eight of Jay-Z's solo studio albums have hit the top spot, in addition to his ‘Collision Course’ project with Linkin Park and his ‘Unfinished Business’ collaboration with R. Kelly (2007).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for pianist and ragtime composer Artie Matthews, born on this date in 1888... for pop orchestra conductor Annunzio Mantovani, born in 1905... for jazzman Seldon Powell, who would have been 85 today... for soul singer Joe Hinton, who would have been 84... for Drifters vocalist Clyde McPhatter, who would have been 81... for R&B singer Little Willie John, who would have been 76... for Wu-Tang Clan founding member Russell 'ODB' Jones, who would have been 45... for The Velvet Teen drummer Logan Whitehurst, who would have been 36... for composer Christoph Willibald Gluck, who died on this day in 1787... and for jazz and prog rock multi-instrumentalist John Grimaldi, who died of MS at the age of 28 today in 1983.
Also on November 15: Johnny and the Moondogs (the future Beatles) play in the final heat of the 'TV Star Search' competition at the Hippodrome Theatre, Manchester. Judging is done by the volume of applause each group receives when they are called back onto stage at the end of the night. Since the Moondogs have no money to stay overnight in Manchester, they are forced to leave to catch the last train back to Liverpool before they are called back on stage (1959)... Brian Jones is admitted to Passavant Hospital in Chicago with a temperature of 105ยบF, causing him to miss the last few dates on the Rolling Stones' current tour (1964)... The Stones make their US TV debut on Hullabaloo, performing ‘Get Off Of My Cloud’. Hullabaloo was an American one-hour musical variety series that ran on NBC from January 1965 through August 1966 (1965)... The Doors officially sign with Elektra Records in a deal for the band to produce seven albums. The band also reluctantly agree to release 'Break On Through' as their first single. The lyric 'She gets high/she gets high/she gets high' is changed to 'She gets/she gets/she gets' in order to secure radio play (1966)... Janis Joplin is arrested during a gig in Tampa, Florida, after using vulgar and indecent language with a policeman. Joplin became upset after police moved into the hall to force fans to move back to their seats. As the singer left the stage she confronted a detective calling him 'a son of a bitch' and told him she would kick his face in. She is released on $504 bail (1969)... Bob Dylan spends much of the day shooting scenes for his film Renaldo and Clara at Niagara Falls. In the evening the Rolling Thunder Revue plays the Niagara Falls Convention Center (1975)... Blondie score their third UK no. 1 of the year with 'The Tide Is High' (1980)... Echo and the Bunnymen release Songs to Learn and Sing (1985)... Pop history is made when the Top 5 UK singles are all by female vocalists: Corinne Drewery from Swing Out Sister, Mel and Kim, Susannah Hoffs from The Bangles, plus Kim Wilde and Terri Nunn from Berlin who are at No.1 with 'Take My Breath Away' (1986)... Ozzy Osbourne announces his retirement from live performance after a gig in California, saying "Who wants to be touring at 46?" (1992)... Michael Abram, the Liverpool man who stabbed George Harrison after breaking into his home, was found not guilty at Oxford's Crown Court. The verdict, however, is returned in view of Abrams' mental history, and he was taken into care at a secure psychiatric facility (2000)... Jay-Z goes to No.1 on the US album chart with American Gangster his 10th No.1 disc. This ties the rapper with Elvis Presley for the most No.1 albums on the chart; only the Beatles have had more, with 19. Since 1998, all eight of Jay-Z's solo studio albums have hit the top spot, in addition to his ‘Collision Course’ project with Linkin Park and his ‘Unfinished Business’ collaboration with R. Kelly (2007).
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