Musical
birthdays today include Youngbloods founder Jesse Colin Young (80), former Bob Marley & the
Wailers bassist Aston Barrett (75),
E Street band guitarist Steven van Zandt (71), ex-Talking Heads bassist
Tina Weymouth (71), Styx lead singer Larence Gown (64),
singer-songwriter Horse (62), Carter USM singer & guitarist Jim Bob
(61), Hello Saferide frontwoman Annika Norlin (44), Yeah Yeah Yeahs lead
singer Karen O (43), Napster inventor & entrepreneur Shawn Fanning
(41), singer-songwriter & former a1 member Ben Adams (40), and
Trivium guitarist Corey Beaulieu (38).
Shoutout
to the Great Beyond for songwriter Hoagy Carmichael, born 0n this day
in 1899... for composer Benjamin Britten, born today in 1913... for
composer, pianist & musicologist Dika Newlin, born in 1923... for organist and composer Peter Hurford, born in 1930... for
country singer Terry Stafford, who would have been 79... for composer
Arthur Sullivan, who died today in 1900... for former INXS frontman
Michael Hutchence, who took his own life at the age of 37 on this day in
1997... and for rapper MC Breed, who left us today in 2008.
Also on November 22: Ravel's Bolero premieres in Paris (1928)... Paul
Simon and Art Garfunkel make their US television debut, in their
incarnation as Tom and Jerry on ABC-TV's American Bandstand. They
perform their hit 'Hey Schoolgirl' (1957)... The
Beatles release their second UK album, With The Beatles (1963)... Bob
Dylan and Sara Lowndes are married in a small civil ceremony at the
Nassau County, NY courthouse (1965)... Singer-songwriter [and later
Dylanologist] Long John Baldry is at on the UK singles chart with 'Let
the Heartaches Begin... George Harrison goes into the studio to begin
recording the soundtrack to the film Wonderwall, his first solo effort
(1967)... The double LP officially entitled The Beatles and more
commonly known as The White Album is released (1968)... Bruce
Springsteen's band Steel Mill opens for Iron Butterfly at Randolph-Macon
College in Ashland, VA (1969)... Jerry
Lee Lewis was arrested for drunk driving after being found unconscious
in his Rolls Royce in a ditch outside Pensacola, FL (1976)... Stevie
Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble kick off a 149-date North American &
European tour at the Towson Center in Towson, MD (1986)... Bill
Wyman announces that his 17-month marriage to model Mandy Smith is
over. With the consent of her mother, Smith started dating the
47-year-old Rolling Stones bassist when she was 13 (1990)... Supporting
his new album Rhythm of the Saints, Paul Simon opens his first South
American tour in Rio de Janeiro (1992)... Pearl
Jam release their third studio album Vitalogy, which first comes out on
vinyl. It becomes the first vinyl LP to appear on the US charts since
1981, when the domination of the compact disc format began (1994)... Surviving
members of The Doors Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger announce that they
will record and tour again with a new line up including ex-Cult singer
Ian Astbury and former Police drummer Stewart Copeland. Original drummer
John Densmore is unable to take part because he is suffering from
severe tinnitus (2002)... U2
shoot the video for 'All Because Of You' from a moving flat bed truck
on the streets of Brooklyn. Later in the day, they perform a brief
concert under the Brooklyn Bridge which is taped by MTV for later
broadcast (2004)... Poems
written by Bob Dylan in his college days sell for $78,000 (£45,000) at a
New York auction. The 16 pages of verses are the first known use by
Robert Zimmerman of the pseudonym to which he will legally change his
name in 1962, and date from his enrollment at the University of
Minnesota during 1959-60 (2005).
Monday, 22 November 2021
November 22nd
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