... and more December 3 birthdays – Connee Boswell (1907) – The Boswell Sisters. Nino Rota (1911) – Italian film composer (The Godfather). Ferlin Husky (1925) – Country singer. Andy Williams (aka Howard Williams, 1927) – singer, TV show host (“Moon River”). Jaye P. Morgan (aka Mary Morgan, 1931) – singer/actress (“That’s All I Want From You”). Ralph “Jody” Reynolds (1932) – singer/guitarist (“Endless Sleep”). David Lerchey (1937) – The Del-Vikings. Michel Rubini (1942) – session keyboardist. Ken Lewis (aka Kenneth Hawker, 1942) – British songwriter (“Can’t You Hear My Heart Beat”). Ralph McTell (1944) – singer/songwriter (“Streets Of London”). Paul Nicholas (aka Paul Beuselinck, 1945) – singer/musical actor (Hair). Vic Malcolm (1946) – guitarist for Geordie. John "Ozzy" Osbourne (1948) Mickey Thomas (1949) – vocalist for The Elvin Bishop Group and Jefferson Starship. Mike Stock (1951) – British songwriter/producer. Nicky Stevens (1951) – Brotherhood Of Man. Don Barnes (1952) – guitarist/vocalist for .38 Special. Duane Roland (1953) – guitarist for Molly Hatchet. Montell Jordan (1968) – R&B singer.
December 3 R.I.P. – Hoyt Curtin (2000) – Age 78. Composer/producer for Hanna-Barbera cartoons (The Jetsons). Grady Martin (2001) – heart attack. Age 72. Nashville session guitarist. Derek Wadsworth (2008) – Age 69. British session trombonist. December 3 album releases – The Beatles – Rubber Soul (1965) UK The Who – My Generation (1965) UK Neil Diamond – I’m Glad You’re Here With Me Tonight (1977) Cat Stevens – Back To Earth (1978) Slade – The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome (1983) Spirit – California Blues (1996) December 3 events – 1925 – George Gershwin premieres his "Concerto In F," the first jazz concerto for piano and orchestra, at New York City's Carnegie Hall. 1944 – Frank Sinatra records “Ol’ Man River” at Columbia Studios. 1953 – Nat “King” Cole records “Answer Me, My Love” at Capitol Studios in Hollywood. 1954 – Country music artist Webb Pierce records “In The Jailhouse Now” and two other songs at Castle Studio in the Tulane Hotel in Nashville. 1955 – RCA Records announces Elvis Presley's first release on the label, “Mystery Train” b/w “I Forgot To Remember To Forget.” Both songs were purchased from Sam Phillips of Sun Records. 1956 – Frank Sinatra records “Can I Steal A Little Love” at the Capitol Tower in Hollywood. 1957 – Country artist Don Gibson records “I Can’t Stop Loving You” and three others songs with The Jordanaires at RCA Studios in Nashville. 1957 – Perry Como records “Magic Moments” at RCA Studios in New York City. 1968 – The Skyliners record “Since I Don’t Have You” at Capitol Studios in New York City. 1961 – The Beatles have their first meeting with Brian Epstein at his NEMS record store. John, Paul, George and Pete all show up late, much to the chagrin of Epstein. Brian inquires whether they have a manager, but talks don’t go much farther than that. They will meet again in a couple days. 1962 – Bobby Darin records “You’re The Reason I’m Living” at Capitol in L.A. 1963 – Louis Armstrong and His All Stars record “Hello Dolly” in New York. 1965 – Rolling Stone Keith Richards steps on a microphone cord and is electrocuted and knocked unconscious during a Rolling Stones concert at Memorial Auditorium in Sacramento. 1965 – The Beatles begin their final tour of the UK at the Odeon Cinema in Glasgow. The tour lasts ten days, playing nine venues in eight cities. 1965 – The Beau Brummels “appear” as The Beau Brummelstones on the “Shinrock A Go-Go” episode of The Flintstones. 1966 – Ray Charles is given a five-year suspended sentence for possession of marijuana and heroin. 1966 – The Monkees make their live stage debut in Honolulu, Hawaii. 1967 – Diana Ross & The Supremes and The Dillards appear on The Tennessee Ernie Ford Special. 1967 – Ray Charles and Billy Preston appear on The Ed Sullivan Show. 1968 – NBC-TV airs the special, Elvis - also known as the ’68 Comeback Special. The show was filmed over several days in June. 1969 – John Lennon is offered the role of Jesus in the musical Jesus Christ Superstar. The offer is withdrawn the next day. 1973 – Ringo Starr releases his single, “You’re Sixteen” b/w “Devil Woman” in the U.S. 1975 – Ron Wood’s first wife Krisse is arrested for possession of marijuana and cocaine after a raid on the couple's house in Richmond. Krissie’s friend Audrey Burgon is also arrested. The two women are in bed together when the raid takes place. 1976 – Seven gunmen burst into Bob Marley’s Kingston home, shooting the singer, his wife Rita, and manager Don Taylor, in what is believed to be a politically motivated assassination attempt. All survive. 1976 – The second day of the album cover photo shoot for Pink Floyd’s Animals takes place at Battersea Power Station. Unlike the previous day, the trained marksman does not return, so when the giant inflatable pig breaks free of its moorings, it floats away, only to be recovered miles away in Kent in a farmer’s field. 1976 – An estimated three and a half million people apply for tickets for ABBA's upcoming two concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, with just over 11,000 tickets available for each show. 1979 – 11 people are trampled to death and more than two dozen injured when the doors open at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati for a general admission concert by The Who. 1986 – British rock band Judas Priest and CBS Records are sued by the families of two boys who committed suicide while listening to the group’s Stained Class album. The parents’ legal team claims that subliminal messages within the music made the boys kill themselves. The case will be dismissed in 1990. 1988 – Songwriters Carole King and Gerry Goffin receive a Lifetime Achievement award from the U.S. National Academy of Songwriters. 1991 – DJ Alan Freed posthumously receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 1999 – Rapper Jay-Z (aka Shawn Carter) is arrested and jailed for stabbing rival record executive Lance Rivera at a party at the Kit Kat Klub in Manhattan. 1999 – U2 singer Bono has his stolen laptop computer returned by a young man who bought it for £300 and then realized he had the missing laptop, which contained tracks from the forthcoming U2 album. 1999 – In an L.A. courtroom, Gabriel Gomez is charged with the murder of his half-sister Sandra Rosas, wife of Los Lobos bassist Cesar Rosas. A May 2000 trial date is set. 2000 – Mick Jagger and U2 form a £100 million offshore investment trust based in the Channel Islands to invest in offices and shops in London. 2003 – Barbara Streisand loses her $10 million lawsuit against software entrepreneur Kenneth Adelman for posting an aerial photo of her home on his blog when a Los Angeles court rules that the privacy of the singer was not violated. 2004 – Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch is raided once again by Santa Barbara Sheriffs with a new batch of search warrants looking for evidence that Jackson molested a young boy. 2007 – Former Supreme Diana Ross and former Beach Boy Brian Wilson receive lifetime achievement awards at the 30th annual Kennedy Center Honors at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in New York. 2009 – The United Nations recognizes Stevie Wonder as a “Messenger of Peace.”
