Musical
birthdays today include Pete Best (78), Incredible String Band
co-founder Robin Williamson (76), former ELO drummer Bev Bevan (75),
ex-Caravan keyboardist Dave Sinclair (72), Blondie drummer Clem Burke (64),
session upright bassist Edgar Meyer (59), ex-Stone Roses guitarist John
Squire (57), Godsmack guitarist Tony Rombola (55), ex-Danzig bassist
Rob Nicholson (50), and pop/rock singer Julieta Venegas (49), and
singer-songwriter Tom Odell (28).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for Scott Joplin, born on this day in 1867... for jazz pianist Teddy Wilson, born in 1912... for Booker T. and the M.G.s bassist Donald 'Duck' Dunn, who would have been 77 today... for R&B singer Big Joe Turner, who died in 1985... for Freddie Mercury, who died in 1991... for bluesman Albert Collins, who passed away in 1993... and for producer and manager Chris Stamp, who left us four years ago today.
Also on November 24: Leonard Bernstein conducts the NY Philharmonic in a performance of Mahler's 2nd Symphony as a tribute to slain president John F. Kennedy. The concert is broadcast nationwide on the CBS network (1963)... The Who play the Marquee Club in London, the first of 29 appearances that they will make at the venue during the 1960s (1964)... The Beatles reunite for the first time since their return at the end of August from their summer tour of the United States, ready to make a new album. The first song selected for recording is John's 'Strawberry Fields Forever', which would end up not on the album, but as the band's next single. This day's session will be devoted entirely to work on the track (1966)... Diana Ross and The Supremes are at the top of the US singles chart with 'Love Child', their 11th American № 1. The song is also notable for finally knocking The Beatles' massive hit 'Hey Jude' out of the top spot (1968)... Ringo Starr goes to № 1 in the US with 'Photograph'. Written by Starr and George Harrison, the promotional film shot for the single shows Starr walking around his new house at the time, Tittenhurst Park, which had been previously the home of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, [and where the 'Imagine' video was shot] (1973)... Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee marries his girlfriend, nude model Candice [neé Elaine Margaret Starchuk). The marriage will last one month. Lee has also been married to actress Heather Locklear and the former Playboy Playmate Pamela Anderson (1984)... 'Agadoo' by Black Lace is named the worst song of all time by a panel of 100 British music writers. The song, which peaked at № 2 on the UK charts in 1984, spent 30 weeks in the top 75 and went on to become the country's eighth best-selling single in 1984. Black Lace themselves recorded an X-rated version of the song entitled 'Have a Screw', which was released on the B-side of the 12-inch vinyl EP 'Gang Bang' (2003)... Bob Geldof calls for fair trade at an awards event in Rome that recognises his antipoverty efforts. "Africa must be allowed to trade itself out of poverty," he says after receiving the Man of Peace award from former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (2005)... Snaresbrook [NE London] Crown Court hears how Boy George chained a male escort to his bedroom wall and beat him with a fireplace poker after accusing him of hacking into his laptop. The singer had made contact with Mr Audun Carlsen, 29, on the social networking website Gaydar. Mr Carlsen told the court that he was dragged along the floor towards the bed and that a handcuff was put on his right hand. The manacle was attached to a hook drilled into the wall by the bed. The police later photographed welts on Mr Carlsen's arm where the handcuffs had been. The fire brigade had to be called to cut the cuffs off (2008).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for Scott Joplin, born on this day in 1867... for jazz pianist Teddy Wilson, born in 1912... for Booker T. and the M.G.s bassist Donald 'Duck' Dunn, who would have been 77 today... for R&B singer Big Joe Turner, who died in 1985... for Freddie Mercury, who died in 1991... for bluesman Albert Collins, who passed away in 1993... and for producer and manager Chris Stamp, who left us four years ago today.
Also on November 24: Leonard Bernstein conducts the NY Philharmonic in a performance of Mahler's 2nd Symphony as a tribute to slain president John F. Kennedy. The concert is broadcast nationwide on the CBS network (1963)... The Who play the Marquee Club in London, the first of 29 appearances that they will make at the venue during the 1960s (1964)... The Beatles reunite for the first time since their return at the end of August from their summer tour of the United States, ready to make a new album. The first song selected for recording is John's 'Strawberry Fields Forever', which would end up not on the album, but as the band's next single. This day's session will be devoted entirely to work on the track (1966)... Diana Ross and The Supremes are at the top of the US singles chart with 'Love Child', their 11th American № 1. The song is also notable for finally knocking The Beatles' massive hit 'Hey Jude' out of the top spot (1968)... Ringo Starr goes to № 1 in the US with 'Photograph'. Written by Starr and George Harrison, the promotional film shot for the single shows Starr walking around his new house at the time, Tittenhurst Park, which had been previously the home of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, [and where the 'Imagine' video was shot] (1973)... Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee marries his girlfriend, nude model Candice [neé Elaine Margaret Starchuk). The marriage will last one month. Lee has also been married to actress Heather Locklear and the former Playboy Playmate Pamela Anderson (1984)... 'Agadoo' by Black Lace is named the worst song of all time by a panel of 100 British music writers. The song, which peaked at № 2 on the UK charts in 1984, spent 30 weeks in the top 75 and went on to become the country's eighth best-selling single in 1984. Black Lace themselves recorded an X-rated version of the song entitled 'Have a Screw', which was released on the B-side of the 12-inch vinyl EP 'Gang Bang' (2003)... Bob Geldof calls for fair trade at an awards event in Rome that recognises his antipoverty efforts. "Africa must be allowed to trade itself out of poverty," he says after receiving the Man of Peace award from former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (2005)... Snaresbrook [NE London] Crown Court hears how Boy George chained a male escort to his bedroom wall and beat him with a fireplace poker after accusing him of hacking into his laptop. The singer had made contact with Mr Audun Carlsen, 29, on the social networking website Gaydar. Mr Carlsen told the court that he was dragged along the floor towards the bed and that a handcuff was put on his right hand. The manacle was attached to a hook drilled into the wall by the bed. The police later photographed welts on Mr Carlsen's arm where the handcuffs had been. The fire brigade had to be called to cut the cuffs off (2008).
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