Musical birthdays today include George Martin (88), Van Dyke Parks (73), Stephen Stills (69), John Paul Jones (68), Dictators lead guitarist Ross the Boss Friedman (60), Slits original drummer Paloma 'Palmolive' McCardy (59), Daft Punk co-founder Thomas Bangalter (39), and Lloyd (28).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for Victor Borge, born in this day in 1909... for Maxene Andrews, born in 1916... for R&B singer-songwriter Zulema Cusseaux, who would have been 67 today... and for classical violinist and conductor János Fürst, who left us today in 2007.
Also on January 3rd: The Beatles are seen for the first time on US TV when a clip from the BBC's 'The Mersey Sound' showing the group playing 'She Loves You' is broadcast on 'The Jack Paar Show' (1964)... Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys refuses to comply with his draft notice from the US Army and requests conscientious objector status (1967)... Appearing live on 'The Lulu Show' in the UK, Jimi Hendrix performs 'Voodoo Child', the first of two songs that he was scheduled to sing, then stops in the middle of 'Hey Joe', launching instead into a version Cream's 'Sunshine Of Your Love' as a tribute to the band, who had split a few days earlier. Hendrix then proceeds to continue jamming with the Experience, running over their allocated time slot on the live show, preventing hostess Lulu from closing the show properly (1969)... B.J. Thomas starts a month-long run at no. 1 on the US singles chart with 'Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head'... In the UK, Syd Barrett's debut solo album The Madcap Laughs is released (1970)... Pink Floyd begin two weeks of rehearsals for the forthcoming Dark Side Of The Moon tour at The Bermondsey in London [the club is owned by The Rolling Stones] (1972)... In Chicago, Bob Dylan and the Band kick off a 39-date US tour. It is Dylan's first full-scale tour in 8 years ~ there were more than 5 million applications for the 660,000 tickets (1974)... The Bay City Rollers have the no. 1 single in America with 'Saturday Night'... Further down the chart is Bob Dylan's 'Hurricane', which is peaking at no. 33 (1976)... David Bowie closes his run in the play 'The Elephant Man' on Broadway (1981)... Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1987)... Liam and Noel Gallagher top a poll of 'Celebrities you would least like to live next to', getting 40% of the vote. Readers of Britain's 'Your Home' magazine voted the brothers from Oasis as 'Neighbours From Hell' (2002).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for Victor Borge, born in this day in 1909... for Maxene Andrews, born in 1916... for R&B singer-songwriter Zulema Cusseaux, who would have been 67 today... and for classical violinist and conductor János Fürst, who left us today in 2007.
Also on January 3rd: The Beatles are seen for the first time on US TV when a clip from the BBC's 'The Mersey Sound' showing the group playing 'She Loves You' is broadcast on 'The Jack Paar Show' (1964)... Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys refuses to comply with his draft notice from the US Army and requests conscientious objector status (1967)... Appearing live on 'The Lulu Show' in the UK, Jimi Hendrix performs 'Voodoo Child', the first of two songs that he was scheduled to sing, then stops in the middle of 'Hey Joe', launching instead into a version Cream's 'Sunshine Of Your Love' as a tribute to the band, who had split a few days earlier. Hendrix then proceeds to continue jamming with the Experience, running over their allocated time slot on the live show, preventing hostess Lulu from closing the show properly (1969)... B.J. Thomas starts a month-long run at no. 1 on the US singles chart with 'Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head'... In the UK, Syd Barrett's debut solo album The Madcap Laughs is released (1970)... Pink Floyd begin two weeks of rehearsals for the forthcoming Dark Side Of The Moon tour at The Bermondsey in London [the club is owned by The Rolling Stones] (1972)... In Chicago, Bob Dylan and the Band kick off a 39-date US tour. It is Dylan's first full-scale tour in 8 years ~ there were more than 5 million applications for the 660,000 tickets (1974)... The Bay City Rollers have the no. 1 single in America with 'Saturday Night'... Further down the chart is Bob Dylan's 'Hurricane', which is peaking at no. 33 (1976)... David Bowie closes his run in the play 'The Elephant Man' on Broadway (1981)... Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1987)... Liam and Noel Gallagher top a poll of 'Celebrities you would least like to live next to', getting 40% of the vote. Readers of Britain's 'Your Home' magazine voted the brothers from Oasis as 'Neighbours From Hell' (2002).
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