bmusic - Newsletter No. 48

In 1942, Frank Sinatra, backed by the Benny Goodman Orchestra, performed his first solo concert at the Paramount Theatre in New York.

In 1953, 20,000 people attended the funeral of country star Hank Williams in Montgomery, Alabama. Williams had died three days earlier at age 29 in the back seat of his limousine.

In 1961, the Beach Boys played their first concert under that name at the Richie Valens Memorial Centre in Long Beach, California.
The group was previously known under several names -- the Pendletones, Kenny and the Cadets or Carl and the Passions.

In 1967, guitarist and vocalist Dave Mason made the first of his two departures from the group Traffic. Mason disagreed with leader Steve Winwood over the direction the group should take, with Mason favoring a pop approach while Winwood leaned toward jazz. Mason returned briefly in 1968 to help record Traffic's second album but was gone again within months.

In 1969, Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsies, with Billy Cox on bass and Buddy Miles on drums, made their debut at the Fillmore East in New York City. The Band of Gypsies was the successor to the guitarist's first group, the Jimi Hendrix Experience.

In 1970, Paul McCartney filed suit in London seeking the legal dissolution of the Beatles' partnership. The move came six months after the release of the "Let It Be" album.

In 1973, Kiss, whose flash-and-thrash stage shows would influence two decades of heavy metal bands, made their debut at the Academy of Music in New York. They shared the bill with Blue Oyster Cult, Iggy Pop and Teenage Lust.

In 1974, Mick Fleetwood telephoned Stevie Nicks and Lindsay Buckingham and invited them to join Fleetwood Mac. Fleetwood became interested in the duo after producer Keith Olsen played him an album that Nicks and Buckingham had recorded at Olsen's studio. Nicks and Buckingham completed the lineup that would record the four-million-selling "Fleetwood Mac" album in 1975 and the 15-million-selling "Rumours" two years later.

In 1975, Paul Kantner and Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane split after seven years of marriage.

In 1979, Emerson, Lake and Palmer announced they were splitting up. The trio regrouped in 1986, at first with drummer Cozy Powell substituting for Palmer. But Palmer himself later rejoined Emerson and Lake.

In 1981, the father of Spanish singer Julio Iglesias was kidnapped by Basque terrorists from a Madrid hospital. He was rescued three weeks later in a raid by 150 anti-terrorist troops and police on a house in north-eastern Spain. No ransom was paid, although the singer was reported to have withdrawn about US$1,000,000 from a U.S. bank and transferred it to Spain.

In 1984, Rick Allen, the drummer for English hard-rock group Def Leppard, lost an arm in a car crash. He rejoined the band after his recovery, playing a specially designed electronic/traditional drum kit.

In 1987, Elton John announced he was cancelling all performances for a year to undergo throat surgery at a private hospital in Sydney, Australia. The exploratory operation five days later revealed a non-malignant lesion.

In 1992, B.B. King performed in Gainesville, Florida, for a prison audience that included his daughter. Patty King was serving three years for drug trafficking.

In 1992, singer Courtney Love sued her doctor and a Los Angeles hospital for around US$1,000,000. She accused them of leaking word of the heroin treatment she underwent while pregnant with her and Cobain's daughter, Francis, who was born healthy four months earlier.

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Births In 1915, bluesman Brownie McGhee.

In 1926, record producer George Martin was born in London. He joined EMI Records in 1950, producing hits by pop singers Matt Munro and Shirley Bassey. Martin signed the Beatles in 1962, and produced all of their records until 1969.

In 1928, rhythm-and-blues superstar Bo Diddley, whose real name is Ellas McDaniels, was born in McComb, Mississippi.

In 1933, Scottish singer Andy Stewart.

In 1942, guitarist Andy Summers, formerly of the Police.

In 1942, British jazz-rock guitarist John McLaughlin was born. He first gained recognition for his work on Miles Davis's "Bitches' Brew" album, and later formed the Mahavishnu Orchestra. This group did much in the 1970's to promote the idea of fusing jazz and rock music.

In 1945, singer Stephen Stills of Crosby, Stills and Nash.

In 1946, singer Marianne Faithful was born in London.

In 1946, Davy Jones, lead vocalist of the Monkees, was born in Manchester, England. The Monkees' guitarist, Mike Nesmsith, was born on the same day in 1942.

In 1946, singer Patti Smith.

In 1946, John Paul Jones, bassist with the Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin.

In 1947, sax and flute player Ray Thomas of the Moody Blues was born in Stourport-on-Severn, England.
Thomas, along with lead singer Denny Laine, keyboard player Michael Pinder, bassist Clint Warwick and drummer Graeme Edge, began the Moody Blues as a rhythm-and-blues band in 1964 in Birmingham.
After their first major hit, "Go Now," Justin Hayward replaced Warwick as lead vocalist and the group turned to a more full-bodied orchestral sound. "Nights in White Satin," in 1972, was the biggest of their dozen hit singles.

In 1947, drummer Cozy Powell of Whitesnake.

In 1947, Jeff Lynne, one of the founding members of the Electric Light Orchestra, was born in Birmingham, England. The other original members of the group were Bev Bevan and Roy Wood -- all three had performed together as members of a group called the Move.
After ELO Lynne concentrated on record production, and in 1988 became a member of the Traveling Wilburys with Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty.

In 1948, disco star Donna Summer.

In 1951, Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton.

In 1958, rapper Grandmaster Flash, whose real name is Joseph Saddler.

In 1960, R.E.M. lead singer Michael Stipe.

In 1963, Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian.

In 1972, Joe McIntyre of New Kids on the Block.

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Deaths In 1953, one of the most charismatic figures in country music, Hank Williams, died of a heart attack brought on by excessive drinking. He and his band, the Drifting Cowboys, had been booked to play in Canton, Ohio, and Williams hired a limousine to take him to the gig. Williams is said to have fallen asleep during the trip from Knoxville, Tennessee, and when the driver tried to wake him at Oak Hill, Virginia, the singer was dead.
But some researchers believe Williams was already dead when he was put in the Cadillac by two hotel workers on New Year's Eve. The controversy was fuelled by the hasty autopsy performed at a funeral home in Oak Hill.

Though he was an alcoholic for most of his working life, Williams nonetheless became the most influential figure in modern country music. A star on both the Louisiana Hayride and the Grand Ole Opry, he was fired from the Opry in 1952 because of his drinking. Many of his compositions, such as "Your Cheatin' Heart", "Jambalaya" and "Cold, Cold Heart", have been recorded by rock, folk and rhythm-and-blues acts. Hank Williams was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1961.

In 1967, Paul Whiteman, the most popular bandleader of the pre-swing era, died in Doylestown, Pennsylvania at age 77. He had more than 30 number-one hits from 1920 to 1934, including "Whispering", "Hot Lips", "Three O'Clock in the Morning" and "Ol' Man River". Whiteman was billed as the "King of Jazz", but he specialized in sentimental songs and novelty tunes. However, his band did include, at various times, such sidemen as cornetist Bix Beiderbecke, trombonists Jack Teagarden and Tommy Dorsey and trumpeters Henry Busse and Red Nichols.
Singer Bing Crosby made his professional debut with Whiteman in 1926.

In 1976, ex-Beatles road manager Mal Evans was shot dead by police at the home of his girlfriend in Los Angeles. Police said Evans refused to surrender a shotgun he was holding.

In 1977, jazz pianist and composer Erroll Garner died at the age of 53. Garner was a self-taught musician who couldn't read music. But that didn't stop him from composing timeless music, such as the familiar "Misty".

In 1979, composer and lyricist Richard Rodgers died in New York City at the age of 77. Collaborating with Lorenz Hart and later with Oscar Hammerstein the Second, Rodgers wrote Broadway musicals, many of which were made into movies, for more than 55 years. Among his greatest successes were "The Sound of Music", "The King and I", "South Pacific", "Carousel" and "Oklahoma".

In 1980, folk singer and songwriter Tim Hardin died of a heroin overdose in Los Angeles at the age of 40. He composed such well-known songs as "Reason to Believe" and "If I Were a Carpenter", which provided a hit for both Bobby Darin and the duo of Johnny Cash and June Carter. Ironically, Hardin's only successful single came when he recorded Darin's "Simple Song of Freedom", which made the US top 50 in 1969.

In 1980, New Orleans-born rhythm-and-blues singer Larry Williams, despondent over his fading popularity, committed suicide. Williams began as a valet for singer Lloyd Price, before playing in Price's band. By 1956, he was recording on his own, and the following year had two million-sellers with the humorous novelty songs "Bony Moronie" and "Short, Fat Fannie." The Beatles were great admirers of Williams' music, and recorded several of his songs, including "Slow Down", "Bad Boy" and "Dizzy Miss Lizzy".

In 1985, singer Rick Nelson, his fiance and five members of his Stone Canyon band were killed when their private plane crashed near Dekalb in northeastern Texas. They were on their way to perform at a New Year's Eve concert in Dallas.
Nelson gained teen-idol status in the 1950s after appearing with his parents and brother David on U.S. television's "Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet".

In 1986, Phil Lynott, former lead singer of the group Thin Lizzy, died in a London hospital of heart failure and pneumonia brought on by drug and alcohol abuse. He was 35. The Irish-born singer was being treated for an infection of the kidneys and liver.
Lynott is also recognised as a prolific poet.

In 1997, Randy California, guitarist for the 1960s rock band Spirit, drowned while swimming with his 12-year-old son off Molokai, Hawaii. He was 45. California was apparently caught in a riptide after pushing his son to shore.
Spirit did have a Top-25 single in 1968, "I Got a Line on You", but they were known primarily for their critically-acclaimed albums, which blended hard rock, blues, country, folk and jazz.

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