Happy birthday Chris Glen, any ecuse to play some SAHB!
On Tuesday, November 6, 2012 3:28:17 PM UTC, Eidem wrote:
> ... and more November 6 birthdays –
> Antoine-Joseph “Adolphe” Sax (1814) – inventor of the saxophone.
> Stonewall Jackson (1932) – Country music artist.
> Joseph Pope (1933) – The Tams.
> Jim Pike (1936) – The Lettermen.
> Eugene Pitt (1937) – The Jive Five.
> Guy Clark (1941) – Country/folk singer/songwriter.
> John Wilson (1947) – drummer for Them.
> Rushton Moreve (aka John Morgan, 1948) – bassist for Steppenwolf.
> Chris Glen (1950) – bassist for The Sensational Alex Harvey Band.
> Craig Goldy (1961) – guitarist for Dio.
> Corey Glover (1964) – singer for Living Colour.
> Paul Gilbert (1966) – guitarist for Mr. Big, and Racer X.
>
> November 6 R.I.P. –
> Dickie Goodman (1989) – suicide. Age 55. Record producer ("Ben
> Crazy").
> Don Julian (1998) – pneumonia. Age 61. The Larks (“The Jerk”).
> Pete Jolly (2004) – multiple myeloma. Age 72. Jazz pianist with Ray
> Conniff, TV theme musician.
> Jance Garfat (2006) – motorcycle accident. Age 62. Dr. Hook & The
> Medicine Show.
> Hank Thompson (2007) – lung cancer. Age 82. Country singer (“The Wild
> Side Of Life”).
>
> November 6 album releases –
> The Monkees – Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd. (1967)
> The Cars – Shake It Up (1981)
> Rod Stewart – Tonight I’m Yours (1981)
> Rod Stewart – Absolutely Live (1982)
> Stevie Wonder – Characters (1987)
> Queen – Made In Heaven (1995)
>
> November 6 events –
> 1935 – Edwin H. Armstrong publishes his findings on the development of
> FM broadcasting after conducting months of large-scale field tests of
> his new radio technology at RCA’s facilities on the 85th floor of the
> Empire State Building in New York from May 1934 to October 1935.
> 1936 – Bandleader Woody Herman holds his first recording session with
> his orchestra, and records “Wintertime Dreams” for Decca Records.
> 1940 – Guy Lombardo records “The Moon Fell In The River” in New York
> City for Decca.
> 1947 – Hank Williams records “Honky Tonkin’,” “I Can’t Get You Off My
> Mind,” and “I’m A Long Gone Daddy” for Sterling Records.
> 1953 – BBC radio bans both Frankie Laine's "Answer Me" and Lee
> Lawrence's "Crying In The Chapel" after religious groups protest the
> lyrics.
> 1954 – Elvis Presley signs a year-long contract with the Shreveport
> concert radio show Louisiana Hayride. Later in the day, Elvis records
> his first and only commercial, a radio spot for the city's Southern
> Maid Doughnuts outlets, singing the company jingle: "You can get them
> piping hot after 4 p.m. You can get them piping hot. Southern Maid
> Donuts hit the spot. You can get them piping hot after 4 p.m."
> 1958 – Connie Francis records “My Happiness” at the Radio Recorders in
> Hollywood.
> 1961 – Fats Domino records “Jambalaya (On The Bayou)” at Cosimo Studio
> in New Orleans.
> 1963 – Tony Bennett records “I’ll Be Around” at CBS Studios in New
> York City.
> 1964 – The Beach Boys make their UK television debut on Ready, Steady,
> Go!, performing “I Get Around,” “When I Grow Up (To Be A Man),” and
> “Dance, Dance, Dance.”
> 1964 – Joe Tex records "Hold What You've Got" at Fame Studios in
> Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
> 1965 – The Rolling Stones, Fontella Bass, Jackie Wilson, Billy Joe
> Royal, and The Strangeloves all appear on Shindig!
> 1965 – Bob Dylan, Rolling Stone Brian Jones, and Robbie Robertson are
> visiting in Dylan’s Hilton hotel room when New York City is hit with
> its infamous total blackout. The three light candles and jam through
> the night.
> 1965 – Promoter Bill Graham puts on his first show, a Jefferson
> Airplane concert benefit for the radical San Francisco Mime Troupe at
> the Calliope Ballroom in San Francisco.
> 1966 – Beatles manager Brian Epstein turns down a request for the
> group to appear on a television special to aid the victims of a mining
> disaster in South Wales that killed 144 people.
> 1966 – Lou Rawls appears on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing “Love Is
> A Hurtin’ Thing.”
> 1967 – Bob Dylan holds his second session at Columbia Studios in
> Nashville for his up-coming John Wesley Harding album, recording five
> songs: “All Along The Watchtower," "John Wesley Harding," "As I Went
> Out One Morning," "I Pity The Poor Immigrant," and "I Am A Lonesome
> Hobo.”
> 1968 – The Monkees’ movie Head premieres in New York City.
> 1970 – Aerosmith plays their first ever gig at Nipmuc Regional High
> School in Mendon, Massachusetts.
> 1973 – Michael Martin and Phil Kaufman, manager of the recently-
> deceased country-rock singer Gram Parsons, are fined $300 each for
> stealing the singer's coffin and body from the Los Angeles
> International Airport; both men claiming that it was Parson’s last
> wish that his body be cremated and his ashes scattered near the Joshua
> Tree National Monument, a favorite spot of the singer.
> 1975 – The Sex Pistols make their live debut at St. Martin's School of
> Art in central London, with opening act Bazooka Joe.
> 1979 – Paul Simon kicks off his latest British tour at London's
> Hammersmith Odeon, and buys everyone in the audience a drink from the
> bar. The tab comes to almost $2,000.
> 1980 – The remaining members of Led Zeppelin meet on the island of
> Jersey in the Channel Islands, along with manager Peter Grant, to
> decide what to do next. All four agree the band would simply not be
> the same without Bonham, and decide to split up.
> 1983 – The ABC-TV miniseries Princess Daisy debuts, featuring Ringo
> Starr as a gay fashion designer.
> 2005 – The Four Seasons’ stage musical, Jersey Boys, begins its
> official Broadway run at the August Wilson Theatre.
> 2006 – Singer Marianne Faithfull announces that she has conquered her
> battle with breast cancer.
> 2007 – Meat Loaf cancels his entire European tour after being
> diagnosed with a cyst on his vocal cords.
> 2010 – In Los Angeles, singer Scott McKenzie is hospitalized after
> being diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome, which affects the
> peripheral nervous system.
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