Musical birthdays today include Christopher Plummer (84), composer Alvin Curran (75), guitarist Jeff Baxter (68), Ted Nugent (65), Tom Verlaine (64), Alabama lead singer Randy Owen (64), country singer John Anderson (59), Morris Day (56), saxophonist Eric Marienthal (56), Iggy & the Stooges drummer Toby Dammit (47), Franz Ferdinand guitarist Nick McCarthy (39), Blink-182 guitarist & singer Tom DeLonge (38), Evanescence lead singer Amy Lee (32), and Taylor Swift (24).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for flamenco guitarist Carlos Montoya, born on this day in 1903... for popular singer Harry Barris, who died today in 1962... and for Lovin' Spoonful lead guitarist Zal Yanovsky, who left us today in 2002.
Also on December 13: Dickie Valentine is at no.1 in the UK with 'Christmas Alphabet'. It will still be at the singles chart on the 25th of December, making it the first Yuletide no.1 that is actually about Christmas (1955)... Jimi Hendrix makes his TV debut on ITV's 'Ready Steady Go!' [Marc Bolan is also on the program]. After the show, Hendrix goes into the studio with the Experience to record 'Foxy Lady' (1966)... Diana Ross takes the Latino Casino in Philadelphia to court for $27,500 for damages and emotional distress; her two pet dogs died after eating cyanide tablets left by an exterminator in her dressing room... Bob Dylan appears on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine for the first time (1969)... Badfinger release Straight up (1971)... Bruce Hornsby & the Range go to no. 1 in America with 'The Way It Is' (1986)... Happy Mondays lead singer Shaun Ryder is ordered to pay £160,000 to his former management team over a dispute in his contract. Ryder told the court he was so high after smoking particularly potent joint that he hadn't bothered to read the fine print (1999)... It is announced that after 74 years the UK music weekly Melody Maker is to close down. The Christmas edition will be the last issue before the publication merges with the New Musical Express to create a more sizeable broad-based magazine... Sir Paul McCartney holds his first-ever London book signing at Waterstone's in Piccadilly (2000).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for flamenco guitarist Carlos Montoya, born on this day in 1903... for popular singer Harry Barris, who died today in 1962... and for Lovin' Spoonful lead guitarist Zal Yanovsky, who left us today in 2002.
Also on December 13: Dickie Valentine is at no.1 in the UK with 'Christmas Alphabet'. It will still be at the singles chart on the 25th of December, making it the first Yuletide no.1 that is actually about Christmas (1955)... Jimi Hendrix makes his TV debut on ITV's 'Ready Steady Go!' [Marc Bolan is also on the program]. After the show, Hendrix goes into the studio with the Experience to record 'Foxy Lady' (1966)... Diana Ross takes the Latino Casino in Philadelphia to court for $27,500 for damages and emotional distress; her two pet dogs died after eating cyanide tablets left by an exterminator in her dressing room... Bob Dylan appears on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine for the first time (1969)... Badfinger release Straight up (1971)... Bruce Hornsby & the Range go to no. 1 in America with 'The Way It Is' (1986)... Happy Mondays lead singer Shaun Ryder is ordered to pay £160,000 to his former management team over a dispute in his contract. Ryder told the court he was so high after smoking particularly potent joint that he hadn't bothered to read the fine print (1999)... It is announced that after 74 years the UK music weekly Melody Maker is to close down. The Christmas edition will be the last issue before the publication merges with the New Musical Express to create a more sizeable broad-based magazine... Sir Paul McCartney holds his first-ever London book signing at Waterstone's in Piccadilly (2000).
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