Dave Winthrop - Supertramp (1944)
Randy Brecker - Blood Sweat & Tears (1945)
Charlie Burchill - Simple Minds (1957)
Lori Barbero - Babes in Toyland (1960)
Charlie Benante - Anthrax (1962)
Mike Bordin - Faith No More (1962)
Fiachna O'Braonain, Hothouse Flowers (1965)
Wallis Buchannan - Jamiroquai (1965)
Terry Corso - Alien Ant Farm (1971)
Twista, (a.k.a Tung Twista, born Carl Terrell Mitchell) (1973)
They Are Missed:
Born on this day in 1935, Al Jackson, drummer, Booker T and the MG's. Shot dead by burglars at his home October 1, 1975.
42 year old Allan Ramsay, the original bassist for Gary Lewis and The Playboys, was killed in a light plane crash in 1985.
Born today in 1941, Eddie Rabbitt, singer, songwriter. Elvis, Dr Hook and Tom Jones all recorded his songs. He died of cancer on May 7, 1998.
Tony Meehan drummer with The Shadows died in 2005 from head injuries sustained in a fall at his London flat in Maida Vale (age 62).
Joe Jones, a musician-turned producer who sang the 1961 Billboard #3 hit "You Talk Too Much" and went on to become an independent music publisher and advocate for Black artists' rights, died on November 27, 2005. He was 79.
History:
Elvis Presley was promoted to Private First Class in the US Army in 1958. His rank would rise to Specialist Fourth Class on June 1, 1959 and to Sergeant on January 20, 1960.
The Beatles recorded their first BBC radio session at the BBC Paris studio on Regent Street in London in 1962. They played "Twist and Shout," "Love Me Do" and "P.S. I Love You." The tracks were aired on the BBC Light Program 'Talent Spot.'
Elvis' movie Fun in Acapulco, co-starring Ursula Andress, was released in the US in 1963. While some exterior scenes were filmed on location, Elvis' scenes were all shot in Hollywood. The King never set foot in Acapulco, Mexico in his life.
In 1965, the Lovin' Spoonful's "You Didn't Have To Be So Nice" and The Vogues' "5 O'clock World" entered the US record charts.
The New Vaudeville Band were at #1 on the US singles chart in 1966 with "Winchester Cathedral."
In 1967, Capitol Records released The Beatles' 'Magical Mystery Tour' LP in the US. It would rise to number one on the Billboard chart, where it would stay for eight weeks and be nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Album in 1968. (It lost to Glen Campbell's 'By The Time I Get To Phoenix')
Also in 1967, the Association were presented with a Gold record for their hit, "Never My Love", which had risen to #2 in the US.
Steppenwolf's first album, which includes their biggest hits, "Born to Be Wild" and "Magic Carpet Ride" was certified Gold in 1968.
During a North American tour in 1969, the Rolling Stones played the first of four shows at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The group played to 55,000 fans over the four nights grossing over $100,000. (big money back then)
In 1970, George Harrison released his first post-Beatles album, 'All Things Must Pass,' produced by Phil Spector and featuring Eric Clapton, Dave Mason, Ringo Starr and Jim Gordon. The triple disc set would go on to be certified 6x Platinum by the RIAA, making it the best selling album by a solo Beatle. I did not know that....
Also in 1970, Black Sabbath, Cactus and Steel Mill, (featuring Bruce Springsteen) all appeared at the Sunshine In, Asbury Park in New Jersey. All three acts played two shows, tickets cost $5.00.
Brian Wilson appeared on NBC-TV's Saturday Night Live in 1976.
Queen's "Somebody To Love" was released in 1976.
In 1981, the British Phonographic industry placed advertisements in the press claiming that 'home taping was wiping out music'. The Boomtown Rats, 10cc, Elton John and Cliff Richard all backed the campaign.
Also in 1981, a concert by the Allman Brothers Band and The Grateful Dead, scheduled at the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando, Florida, was cancelled because only 10,000 of 60,000 tickets had been sold. When the two groups played together in New York eight years earlier, they drew over 600,000. Go figure....
Two extremes of the California music scene, the Grateful Dead and the Beach Boys played the Jamaica World Music Festival in Montego Bay in 1982.
Lionel Richie was #1 in the US in 1982 with "Truly." Richie achieved a #1 hit each year from 78-86 as a writer, "Three Times A Lady," "Still," "Lady "(Kenny Rodgers), "Endless Love," (Diana Ross), "All Night Long," "Hello," "Say 'You Say Me" and as co-writer of "We Are The World."
Bon Jovi were at #1 on the US singles chart in 1986 with "You Give Love A Bad Name."
Nirvana’s “Nevermind” LP went platinum in 1991.
In 1992, Neil Diamond's Christmas Special debuts on HBO. The one-hour show featured Diamond performing many of the favorites heard on "The Christmas Album" while joined by such diverse vocal ensembles as a doo-wop group, a children's choir and a mixed chorale. The LP became a Top 10 Platinum best-seller.
In 1994, Rod Stewart and the Faces appeared at The Odeon, Lewisham, London, England. Paul and Linda McCartney both joined the band on stage for a few numbers.
A disturbed rock fan brought the 1997 funeral of Michael Hutchence to a standstill when he tried to launch himself from a 20 ft high balcony with a cord around his neck. He was removed by police and taken away to a psychiatric unit. Ya think?
Elvis Presley was inducted into The Gospel Association Hall Of Fame in 2001, an organization dedicated exclusively to recognizing meaningful contributions by individuals in all forms of Gospel music. Other notable inductees are Pat Boone, Tennessee Ernie Ford and Al Green.
Figures released by the Rolling Stones showed that the band had grossed 175m from their 2002 '40 Licks World Tour.' The report also showed they had made over $1billion from 1989-2002 from royalties, album sales and tour revenue.
In 2005, multimillionaire defence contractor David H. Brooks booked New York’s Rainbow Rooms and his daughter Elizabeth’s favourite acts for her ‘bat mitzvah’ coming-of-age celebration. The stars who appeared included 50 Cent, Tom Petty, Aerosmith, Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Stevie Nicks. 50 Cent who was paid $500,000 to appear performed only four songs but he did manage to work in the lyric, "Go shorty, it's your bat miztvah, we gonna party like it's your bat mitzvah". The party cost an estimated $10 million, including the price of corporate jets to ferry the performers to and from the venue.
The Rolling Stones' 'A Bigger Bang' world tour is #1 all-time, according to the 2006 Billboard magazine Boxscore monitor. The jaunt grossed $437 million putting ahead of U2's Vertigo tour, which earned approximately $377 million.
In 2007, David Bowie's "Outside"('95), "Earthling" ('97), "Hours" ('99), "Heathen" ('02) and "Reality" ('03) albums are released as a box set. There's also a bonus disc of rarities (like a cover of the Kinks "Waterloo Sunset"), B-sides and remixes.
Linkin Park was selling their rarities collection "Songs From The Underground" exclusively through Best Buy outlets in 2008. The limited-edition CD, previously available only to members of the LP Underground fan club, includes a live version of frontman Chester Bennington singing the Temple Of The Dog classic "Hunger Strike" with Chris Cornell.
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