Happy Birthday Justin!
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On Tuesday, December 11, 2012 5:19:36 PM UTC, Eidem wrote:
> ... and more December 11 birthdays --
> Perez Prado (1916) – Cuban band leader, “King of the Mambo.”
> Benny Spellman (1931) – R&B singer ("Lipstick Traces (On A
> Cigarette)").
> Rita Moreno (aka Rosa Alverío, 1931) – actress/singer (West Side
> Story).
> Curtis Williams (1934) – The Penguins.
> Tom Brumley (1935) – pedal steel guitarist for The Buckaroos and The
> Stone Canyon Band.
> J. Frank Wilson (1941) – J. Frank Wilson and The Cavaliers (“Last
> Kiss”).
> Tony Brown (1946) – pianist, record producer.
> Justin Currie (1964) – singer/songwriter for Del Amitri.
>
> December 11 R.I.P. –
> Walter Ward (2006) – Age 66. The Olympics.
>
> December 11 album releases –
> Blood, Sweat & Tears – Blood, Sweat & Tears (1968)
> Deep Purple – The Book Of Taliesyn (1968) U.S.
> John Lennon – John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970)
> Yoko Ono – Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band (1970
> King Crimson – Lizard (1970)
> The Rolling Stones – More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies) (1972)
> Monty Python – Monty Python Sings (1989)
> No Doubt – Rock Steady (2001)
>
> December 11 events –
> 1939 – Marlene Dietrich records an English version of the German song
> "Ich Bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe Eingestellt" as "Falling In Love
> Again.”
> 1944 – NBC Radio begins broadcasting The Chesterfield Supper Club, a
> 15-minute radio program airing at 7pm weeknights. Perry Como is the
> host. During the show’s seven year stay on air, other hosts included
> Jo Stafford and Peggy Lee.
> 1957 – Jerry Lee Lewis secretly marries his 13-year old cousin Myra
> Brown in Hernando, Mississippi, even though Lewis is still married to
> his first wife.
> 1958 – The Coasters record "Charlie Brown."
> 1960 – Aretha Franklin makes her New York debut at the Village
> Vanguard.
> 1961 – Bing Crosby’s first Christmas special airs on ABC-TV. The show
> was filmed in black and white in London, and features guests Shirley
> Bassey, Terry Thomas and Bob Hope.
> 1965 – The Mamas and The Papas, The Grass Roots, and Barry McGuire all
> appear on Shindig!
> 1966 – Little Richard appears at Brian Epstein’s Saville Theatre in
> London. After the show, Epstein offers to manage Little Richard, but
> the singer declines.
> 1966 – The Mamas and The Papas make their debut appearance on The Ed
> Sullivan Show, performing "Monday Monday," "California Dreamin'" and
> "Words Of Love." Also on the show is Lana Cantrell.
> 1967 – NBC airs the Nancy Sinatra special, Movin’ With Nancy, with
> guest appearances by her dad, Frank, Dean Martin, Lee Hazelwood and
> Sammy Davis, Jr.
> 1968 – The Rolling Stones film what is intended to be a BBC television
> program entitled The Rolling Stones Rock And Roll Circus at the
> InterTel video facility at Stonebridge House in Wembley, London.
> Filming begins at 2:00 in the afternoon and stretches on for the next
> 15 hours, until 5:00 the next morning. Acts include The Who, Taj
> Mahal, Marianne Faithfull, The Dirty Mac (John Lennon, Eric Clapton,
> Keith Richards and Mitch Mitchell), Yoko Ono, and The Rolling Stones.
> Afterward, Jagger refuses to release the film due to The Stones’
> lackluster performance.
> 1968 – An airplane is hijacked to Cuba carrying country artist Tex
> Ritter.
> 1969 – Pat Boone appears as himself in the “She Never Had The Vegas
> Notion” episode of That Girl.
> 1971 – John Lennon debuts his new song "John Sinclair" at a Free John
> Sinclair Rally in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Stevie Wonder and Phil Ochs
> also appear.
> 1972 – James Brown is arrested and charged with "disorderly conduct"
> after his concert in Knoxville, Tennessee, when a conversation Brown
> has with fans from the stage is somehow mistaken for an attempt to
> incite a riot. Charges are later dropped after Brown threatens to sue
> the city for $1 million for police brutality.
> 1972 – Genesis makes their U.S. stage debut at Boston's Brandeis
> University.
> 1976 – KISS guitarist Ace Frehley is nearly electrocuted when he
> touches a short-circuited light during a concert in Florida. He is
> carried from the stage, but returns to finish the show ten minutes
> later.
> 1980 – U2 appears at the Mudd Club in New York City: the first date of
> four U.S. shows which also take the band to Boston and Washington DC.
> 1982 – The Jam plays their final gig together at the Brighton Centre.
> 1985 – The most expensive non-oil acquisition in U.S. history takes
> place when the General Electric Company agrees to buy the RCA
> Corporation, which includes NBC radio and television, for $6.3
> billion.
> 1988 – A Roy Orbison tribute concert is held at the Wiltern Theatre in
> L.A., featuring Don Henley, Tom Petty, Graham Nash and Bonnie Raitt.
> 1989 – Four Led Zeppelin albums - Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin,
> Presence, and In Through The Out Door - are certified multi-platinum
> by the RIAA.
> 1992 – During a gig at the National Ballroom in Kilburn, Nicky Wire of
> Manic Street Preachers tells the audience, "In this season of
> goodwill, let's pray that Michael Stipe (of R.E.M.) goes the same way
> as Freddie Mercury."
> 1996 – Johnny Marr and Morrissey lose their court case over unpaid
> royalties with former Smiths members Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce, and
> are left with a £300,000 legal bill.
> 1998 – During a gig in Tucson, Arizona, a bottle is thrown from the
> audience and hits Black Crowes singer Chris Robinson. A security guard
> is later stabbed trying to eject a man from the crowd.
> 2000 – The Verve is forced to cancel the remaining dates of their UK
> tour after singer Richard Ashcroft falls on stage and breaks two ribs.
> 2001 – East 17 singer Brian Harvey undergoes emergency surgery after
> suffering a serious head injury after being attacked by a group of
> youths as he left the Works nightclub in Nottingham, after appearing
> at a promotional event.
> 2001 – Actor/singer David Soul wins his £20,000 libel lawsuit against
> London theater critic Matthew Wright, who ridiculed Soul's stage
> performance and play, The Dead Monkey, saying it was the worst West
> End show he had ever seen, even though he never saw the play.
> 2008 – Simon Cowell says he is "very embarrassed" after contracts
> signed by this year's X Factor contestants are leaked to the Daily
> Mirror newspaper. The 80-page document, which is enforceable "anywhere
> in the world or the solar system," was signed by all 12 finalists
> before the live shows began. It included a clause that prevents them
> from saying anything "unduly negative, critical or derogatory" about
> Cowell. Also, the show claims the prize as a "£1 million recording
> contract," but the contestants' contract says the prize money is only
> £150,000.
> 2008 – Roman Catholic Cardinal Jorge Medina criticizes Madonna’s first
> concert in Santiago, Chile, stating, “This woman comes here and in an
> incredibly shameless manner, she provokes a crazy enthusiasm, an
> enthusiasm of lust, lustful thoughts, impure thoughts."
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