Musical
birthdays today include Shadows guitarist Bruce Welch OBE (84), ex-Fairport Convention and Jethro Tull
bassist Dave Pegg (78), former Go-Betweens drummer Lindy Morrison (74),
Dave Matthews Band drummer Carter Beauford (68), k.d. lang (64), Poison
bassist Bobby Dall (62), Korn bassist Reginald Arvizu (56), Nelly (51),
Death Cab for Cutie guitarist Chris Walla (50), and Big Time Rush singer
Kendall Schmidt (35).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for swing trumpeter Bunny Berigan, born on this date in 1908... for Blue Note Records producer & engineer Rudy van Gelder [worked on Kind of Blue and A Love Supreme, among many other classics], born in 1924... for jazzman Phil Woods, born today in 1931... for Cadillacs lead singer Earl Carroll, who would have been 88 today... for Jay and the Americans lead singer Jay Black, who would have been 87... for J.D. Souther, who would have been 80...for Keith Emerson, who would have been 81... for legendary soprano Jenny 'The Swedish Nightingale' Lind, who died on this date in 1887... for bluesman Mississippi John Hurt, who passed away in 1966... and for singer Eva Cassidy, who left us at the age of 33 today in 1996.
Also on November 2: The work of Shostakovich is heard in the US for the first time, as Leopold Stokowski conducts the Philadelphia Symphony in a performance of the Russian composer's 1st Symphony (1928)... John Coltrane and sidemen record the first of the two shows that will become the Live at the Village Vanguard album (1961)... Peter, Paul & Mary hit № 1 on the US singles chart with their cover of 'Blowin' in the Wind'... The Konrads, featuring a young lead singer named David Jones making his public debut ~ he will soon rechristen himself David Bowie ~ appear at Shirley Parish Hall, in Croydon, Surrey (1963)... The Beatles complete recording their next single ‘Hello Goodbye’ at Abbey Road studios with a second Paul McCartney bass line. The McCartney song had been selected for the A-side for The Beatles next single, the flip side to be John Lennon’s ‘I Am the Walrus'... Cream release Disraeli Gears (1967)... Ringo Starr releases his star-studded solo album Ringo. Among the many supporting musicians were the three other former Beatles, though all four were never in the studio at the same time (1973)... George Harrison became the first Beatle to undertake a solo world tour, kicking off a 30-night outing with a show in Vancouver (1974)... The Rev Marvin Gaye Sr. is sentenced to five years in prison on a charge of manslaughter in the death of his son (1984)... Bob Dylan is sued for 'palimony' by actress Laura Tyrangiel, who appeared in the singer's 1977 film Renaldo and Clara. Tyrangiel claims that she lived with Dylan from 1974 to 1993, that she is the co-author of many of his songs from that period, and that he promised to marry her (1994)... Foo Fighters release their third studio album, There Is Nothing Left to Lose; the album marks the first appearance of drummer Taylor Hawkins (1999)... Eric Clapton collects his CBE from Buckingham Palace for his services to music (2004)... Led Zeppelin's eagerly-awaited reunion concert in London is postponed for two weeks after guitarist Jimmy Page breaks a finger (2007).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for swing trumpeter Bunny Berigan, born on this date in 1908... for Blue Note Records producer & engineer Rudy van Gelder [worked on Kind of Blue and A Love Supreme, among many other classics], born in 1924... for jazzman Phil Woods, born today in 1931... for Cadillacs lead singer Earl Carroll, who would have been 88 today... for Jay and the Americans lead singer Jay Black, who would have been 87... for J.D. Souther, who would have been 80...for Keith Emerson, who would have been 81... for legendary soprano Jenny 'The Swedish Nightingale' Lind, who died on this date in 1887... for bluesman Mississippi John Hurt, who passed away in 1966... and for singer Eva Cassidy, who left us at the age of 33 today in 1996.
Also on November 2: The work of Shostakovich is heard in the US for the first time, as Leopold Stokowski conducts the Philadelphia Symphony in a performance of the Russian composer's 1st Symphony (1928)... John Coltrane and sidemen record the first of the two shows that will become the Live at the Village Vanguard album (1961)... Peter, Paul & Mary hit № 1 on the US singles chart with their cover of 'Blowin' in the Wind'... The Konrads, featuring a young lead singer named David Jones making his public debut ~ he will soon rechristen himself David Bowie ~ appear at Shirley Parish Hall, in Croydon, Surrey (1963)... The Beatles complete recording their next single ‘Hello Goodbye’ at Abbey Road studios with a second Paul McCartney bass line. The McCartney song had been selected for the A-side for The Beatles next single, the flip side to be John Lennon’s ‘I Am the Walrus'... Cream release Disraeli Gears (1967)... Ringo Starr releases his star-studded solo album Ringo. Among the many supporting musicians were the three other former Beatles, though all four were never in the studio at the same time (1973)... George Harrison became the first Beatle to undertake a solo world tour, kicking off a 30-night outing with a show in Vancouver (1974)... The Rev Marvin Gaye Sr. is sentenced to five years in prison on a charge of manslaughter in the death of his son (1984)... Bob Dylan is sued for 'palimony' by actress Laura Tyrangiel, who appeared in the singer's 1977 film Renaldo and Clara. Tyrangiel claims that she lived with Dylan from 1974 to 1993, that she is the co-author of many of his songs from that period, and that he promised to marry her (1994)... Foo Fighters release their third studio album, There Is Nothing Left to Lose; the album marks the first appearance of drummer Taylor Hawkins (1999)... Eric Clapton collects his CBE from Buckingham Palace for his services to music (2004)... Led Zeppelin's eagerly-awaited reunion concert in London is postponed for two weeks after guitarist Jimmy Page breaks a finger (2007).
