... and more December 12 birthdays –
Joe Williams (aka Joseph Goreed, 1918) – Jazz singer.
Dick James (1920) – music publisher.
Joan Weber (1935) – singer ("Let Me Go, Lover!").
Terry Kirkman (1939) – The Association.
Tim Hauser (1941) – The Manhattan Transfer.
Mike Heron (1942) – The Incredible String Band.
Grover Washington, Jr. (1943) – Jazz saxophonist.
Rob Tyner (1944) – vocalist for MC5.
Booker T. Jones (1944) – Booker T. and The MGs.
Alan Ward (1945) – guitarist for The Honeycombs.
Ralph Scala (1947) – organist for The Blues Magoos.
Ray Jackson (1948) – mandolin and harmonica player for Lindisfarne.
Bruce Kulick (1953) – guitarist for Grand Funk Railroad and KISS.
Cy Curnin (1957) – vocalist for The Fixx.
Eric Schenkman (1963) – guitarist/vocalist for The Spin Doctors.December 12 R.I.P. – Ian Stewart (1985) – heart attack in a clinic waiting room. Age 47. Pianist for The Rolling Stones. Dotty Todd (2000) – Alzheimer's disease. Age 87. Art and Dotty Todd. Ike Turner (2007) – Age 76. The Ike & Tina Turner Revue. December 12 album releases – The Plastic Ono Band – Live Peace In Toronto 1969 (1969) Ringo Starr – Blast From Your Past (1975) Burning Spear – Marcus Garvey (1975) ABBA – ABBA: The Album (1977) The Clash – Sandinista! (1980) The Fall – Perverted By Language (1983) UB40 – Labour Of Love II (1989) Cypress Hill – Live At The Fillmore (2000) December 12 events – 1896 – Guglielmo Marconi amazes a London assemblage with the first wireless radio communication sent across a room at Toynbee Hall. 1901 – Guglielmo Marconi sends the first transatlantic wireless radio signal from Poldhu in Cornwall, England, to Newfoundland, Canada. 1955 – Bill Haley and His Comets record “See You Later, Alligator” at Decca in New York. 1955 – Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley all appear at the National Guard Armory in Armory, Mississippi. 1957 – DJ Al Priddy is fired from radio station KEX in Portland, Oregon for playing Elvis Presley's version of "White Christmas" on air. 1957 – Frankie Avalon appears on American Bandstand. 1962 – The Kingston Trio records “Greenback Dollar” at Capitol Studios in L.A. 1963 – The album John Fitzgerald Kennedy - A Memorial Album becomes the fastest-selling album in U.S. history, selling four million copies in six days. 1964 – The Righteous Brothers release their single, “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” b/w “There’s A Woman,” with “Lovin’ Feelin” hitting the Hot 100 at #77. 1965 – The Beatles play their final show of their last UK tour at the Capitol Theatre in Cardiff. 1965 – The Byrds, The Dave Clark 5, Al Hirt, Wayne Newton, Barbara McNair and The Swingle Singers all appear on The Ed Sullivan Show. 1966 – The Pink Floyd performs at London's Royal Albert Hall for the first time for the Oxfam Benefit. 1967 – A London Appeals Court commutes the nine-month prison sentence of Rolling Stone Brian Jones for marijuana possession, citing psychiatric testimony that he could not handle prison. 1969 – The Ringo Starr and Peter Sellers film The Magic Christian premieres in London. 1970 – Jim Morrison performs with The Doors for the last time at The Warehouse in New Orleans. 1970 – Stephen Stills releases his single, “Love The One You’re With” b/w “To A Flame.” 1970 – Little Richard is charged with "larceny by trick" in Miami Beach by Blacks, Inc., claiming Richard pocketed $250 he solicited for the organization. Little Richard asks for a receipt and he’ll return the money. The charges are later dropped. 1971 – Diana Ross begins filming the Billie Holliday biopic, Lady Sings The Blues. 1974 – The Rolling Stones begin recording their Black And Blue album in Munich, Germany, with an array of second guitarists, cementing Mick Taylor's departure from the group. One of the session guitarists, The Faces' Ron Wood will become Taylor's permanent replacement. 1976 – Backstage after a concert at the Las Vegas Hilton, Elvis Presley meets with televangelist Rex Humbard and breaks down in tears, bemoaning his life's lack of meaning. 1980 – Marie Osmond's solo variety series, Marie, premieres on NBC. 1980 – In New York, thousands march peacefully in memory of John Lennon, walking down Fifth Avenue and ending at the Dakota Building. 1985 – On her 45th birthday, Dionne Warwick is awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 1991 – The funeral for John Lennon’s aunt Mimi Smith is held, with Cynthia Lennon, and Sean and Yoko in attendance. McCartney, Harrison and Starr all send flowers. 1994 – Beach Boy Mike Love wins his songwriting credit lawsuit against cousin Brian Wilson, securing past and future royalties on 35 songs. Love was promised 30% of a $10 million settlement Wilson won in a lawsuit for the 1969 sale of Wilson’s publishing company Sea Of Tunes by his father Murray for the paltry sum of $70,000. Love sued when Wilson failed to pay up, thus winning $13 million in his suit against Wilson. 1995 – The Beatles release their first single in more than 25 years with the release of “Free As A Bird” as a CD maxi-single. Other tracks on the single include studio outtakes of “I Saw Her Standing There,” “This Boy” and the fan club Christmas record “Christmas Time (Is Here Again).” 1996 – Country artist Clint Black receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 2000 – At the Friar’s Club in New York, Tony Bennett announces the formation of the Frank Sinatra School Of The Arts: a high school for gifted students in the arts. 2001 – Las Vegas declares the day “Frank Sinatra Day,” on what would have been the singer’s 86th birthday. 2001 – Love guitarist and singer Arthur Lee is released from prison after serving almost six years of a 12-year sentence for illegal possession and discharge of a firearm during a dispute with a neighbor. 2002 – Singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot is released from the McMaster University Medical Centre in Canada after three months in intensive care and numerous surgeries to repair a ruptured intestinal artery in his lower abdomen. 2002 – Guitarist and inventor Les Paul announces his intention to donate 2,000 records, pieces of sheet music, and other memorabilia for an exhibit in his home town of Waukesha, Wisconsin. 2003 – Mick Jagger is knighted by Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace, becoming Sir Michael Jagger. Mick’s 92-year old father is in attendance. 2003 – Dave Matthews begins his first solo tour at the Bryce Jordan Center at Penn State University. 2007 – A copy of John Lennon's book A Spaniard In The Works, containing a lock of Lennon's hair, sells at Gorringes Auction House for £24,000 ($48,000). Lennon gave the book and the hair to Betty Glasgow, the Fab Four's hairdresser, during their heyday, with the inscription, “To Betty, Lots of Love and Hair, John Lennon xx." 2008 – A new housing development in Mick Jagger’s and Keith Richards’ home town of Kent names 13 streets after Rolling Stones song titles, including Sympathy Street and Ruby Tuesday Drive. 2011 – Barry Manilow is hospitalized to remove fluid and repair torn muscles in his hips. 2011 – The producer of The Monkees television show, Bert Schneider passes away from natural causes at age 78.
