Happy Birthday Billy, who after leaving Gerry Refferty in the HUmblebums
went on to be Scotland's most famous comedian!
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On Saturday, November 24, 2012 6:25:57 PM UTC, Eidem wrote:
> ... and more November 24 birthdays –
> Kirby Grant (1911) - child prodigy violinist, singer, bandleader.
> Teddy Wilson (1912) – Jazz pianist with Louis Armstrong and Billie
> Holiday.
> Eileen Barton (1924) – singer ("If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked
> A Cake").
> Al Cohn (1925) – Jazz saxophonist.
> Tommy Allsup (1931) – The Crickets.
> Claude Johnson (1934) – singer, Don and Juan (“What’s Your Name”).
> Jim Yester (1939) – The Association.
> Johnny Carver (1940) – Country music artist.
> Pete Best (1941) – drummer for The Beatles, 1960-1962.
> Billy Connolly (1942) – The Humblebums.
> Tony Bourge (1948) – guitarist for Budgie.
> Clem Burke (1955) – drummer for Blondie.
> Chris Hayes (1957) – guitarist for Huey Lewis and The News.
> Gary Stonadge (1962) – bassist for Big Audio Dynamite.
> John Squire (1962) – guitarist for The Stone Roses.
> Tony Rombola (1964) – guitarist for Godsmack.
> Chad Taylor (1970) – guitarist for Live, and The Precious Few.
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>
> Birthday corrections --
> Bev Bevan and Lee Michaels were both born in 1945.
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>
> November 24 R.I.P. –
> "Big" Joe Turner (1985) – heart attack. Age 74.
> Eric Carr (1991) – brain hemorrhage. Age 41. Drummer for KISS.
> Freddie Mercury (1991) – AIDS. Age 45. Queen.
> Albert Collins (1993) – lung and liver cancer. Age 61. Blues singer/
> guitarist.
> Teddy Wilburn (2003) – progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). Age 71.
> The Wilburn Brothers.
> Michael Lee (2008) – epileptic seizure. Age 39. Drummer for Robert
> Plant and The Cult.
>
> November 24 album releases –
> Tim Buckley – Blue Afternoon (1969)
> The Kinks – Muswell Hillbillies (1971) U.S.
> George Harrison – Thirty-Three And 1/3 (1976) U.S.
> Rod Stewart – Blondes Have More Fun (1978)
> Mike Oldfield – Incantations (1978)
> Pat Benatar – Tropico (1984)
> Eric Clapton – August (1986)
> Leonard Cohen – The Future (1992)
> Spin Doctors – Homebelly Groove…Live (1992)
> Pearl Jam – Live On Two Legs (1998)
> Metallica – Garage Inc. (1998)
> Jeff Beck – Performing This Week…Live From Ronnie Scott’s (2008)
> Bob Seger – Early Seger Vol. 1 (2009)
>
> November 24 events –
> 1937 – The Andrews Sisters record "Bei Mir Bistu Shein" ("To Me You're
> Beautiful"). The song becomes their first hit.
> 1950 – The musical comedy Guys And Dolls premieres on Broadway at the
> 46th Street Theatre.
> 1956 – In a makeshift studio at the Penn-Sheraton Hotel in Pittsburgh,
> The Del Vikings record nine a cappella songs, including "Come Go With
> Me." Instruments will be overdubbed later.
> 1957 – Harry Belafonte's "Mary's Boy Child" becomes the first single
> to sell a million copies in the UK. The record stays at #1 for an
> unheard-of seven weeks.
> 1958 – Jackie Wilson’s “Lonely Teardrops” hits the Billboard Hot 100.
> 1958 – Ritchie Valens releases his second single, “Donna” b/w “La
> Bamba.”
> 1958 – Ricky Nelson records "Never Be Anyone Else But You" at Master
> Recorders in Hollywood. The Jordanaires will overdub background vocals
> on December 11.
> 1958 – Brenda Lee releases her Holiday single, “Rockin’ Around The
> Christmas Tree” b/w “Papa Noël” on Decca Records.
> 1959 – Singer Johnnie Ray is arrested and jailed in London for
> soliciting an undercover officer in a gay bar. He is later found not
> guilty.
> 1961 – Blues man Howlin’ Wolf begins his first tour of the UK.
> 1962 – Despite being fired from The Beatles in late August, Pete Best
> receives a birthday telegram from Brian Epstein.
> 1964 – The Who perform for the first time under their new name at
> their debut gig at the Marquee Club in London. The date is the start
> of a Thursday residency that lasts for seven weeks.
> 1964 – The UK's first commercial radio station, Radio Manx, begins
> broadcasting from the Isle of Man.
> 1965 – The television special, Frank Sinatra: A Man And His Music,
> airs on NBC.
> 1965 – The Elvis Presley movie Harum Scarum opens in theaters.
> 1966 – Kansas City, Missouri police lock horns with rioting teenagers
> at a James Brown concert after officials stop the show due to Brown's
> obscene dancing.
> 1966 – The Beatles begin recording “Strawberry Fields Forever” at
> Abbey Road Studios.
> 1967 – Ed Ames releases his single, “Who Will Answer?” b/w “My Love Is
> Gone From Me” on RCA.
> 1967 – The Beatles release their single, “Hello Goodbye” b/w “I Am The
> Walrus.”
> 1968 – Dusty Springfield appears on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing
> “Son Of A Preacher Man.” Also on the show is Nancy Wilson.
> 1972 – Don Kirshner’s answer to The Midnight Special, In Concert
> debuts on ABC-TV. Artists include Alice Cooper, Bo Diddley, and Seals
> & Crofts.
> 1973 – Frank Sinatra ends two years of retirement with the NBC
> television special Ol’ Blue Eyes Is Back.
> 1974 – John Lennon rehearses “Whatever Gets You Through The Night,” “I
> Saw Her Standing There” and “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” at the
> Record Plant recording studio with Elton John for Elton's upcoming
> Madison Square Garden concert.
> 1978 – In a clear prelude to his coming Christian direction, Jewish-
> born Bob Dylan plays tonight's gig in Fort Worth, Texas wearing a
> large gold cross around his neck.
> 1983 – The Irish band The Undertones breaks up.
> 1984 – Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee marries his girlfriend, nude
> model Candice (aka Elaine Starchuk). The marriage lasts one month.
> 1991 – Little Richard presides over the marriage of Cyndi Lauper to
> David Thornton. He then entertains at the reception.
> 1992 – Bill Wyman's divorce from Mandy Smith is finalized.
> 1999 – At a Bonhams of London rock auction, Buddy Holly's first
> driver’s license sells for £3,795, and a copy of The Beatles’ White
> Album, numbered 00000001, sells for £9,775.
> 2000 – Spice Girl Mel B’s former husband Jimmy Gulzar is given
> unconditional bail after appearing in court charged with attacking the
> star's sister, Danielle.
> 2003 – In a poll for Q magazine, a panel of UK music writers votes
> Black Lace’s "Agadoo" the worst song of all time.
> 2003 – Glen Campbell is arrested for drunk driving and leaving the
> scene of an accident in Phoenix.
> 2005 – Jessica Simpson and husband Nick Lachey separate.
> 2006 – Roger Daltrey portrays a killer on the “Transformation” episode
> of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
> 2007 – The mansion of Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea burns to the
> ground in a wildfire that consumes 53 other properties in the Malibu
> area.
> 2008 – Snaresbrook Crown Court hears how Boy George chained a male
> escort to his bedroom wall and beat him with a metal chain after
> accusing him of hacking into his laptop.
> 2008 – The movie about the history of Chess Records, Cadillac Records,
> premieres at the Egyptian Theatre in L.A.
> 2009 – Donny Osmond and his dancing partner, Kym Johnson, win the
> mirror ball trophy on Dancing With The Stars.
> 2011 – The New York memorabilia store, Gotta Have Rock & Roll,
> auctions off a John Lennon handwritten to-do list for his personal
> assistant Fred Seaman from 1980. Items on the list include waiting for
> the cable guy, fixing the lock on the bathroom door, picking up
> marmalade and buying books. The list sells to a Massachusetts
> collector for an undisclosed amount.
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