... and more December 13 birthdays – Wesley Tuttle (1917) – Country music singer, guitarist for Tex Ritter. Wayne Walker (1925) – Rockabilly singer/songwriter. Joe Messina (1928) – guitarist with the Funk Brothers. Lou Adler (1933) – record producer, owner of the Roxy Theatre. Ronald “Skip” Prokop (1943) – drummer for Lighthouse. Robert Martinez (1945) – drummer for ? and The Mysterians. Lester Bangs (1948) – rock journalist. Jeff “Skunk” Baxter (1948) – guitarist for Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers. Ted Nugent (1948) Randy Owen (1949) – vocalist for Alabama. Tom Verlaine (aka Thomas Miller, 1949) – guitarist/vocalist for Television. Berton Averre (1953) – guitarist for The Knack. Dana Strum (aka Dana Strumwasser, 1958) – bassist for Slaughter. Jaime Foxx (aka Eric Bishop, 1967) – actor/singer (Ray). Tom DeLonge (1975) – guitarist/vocalist for Blink-182. Taylor Swift (1989) – Country singer/songwriter. ____________________
Birthday correction -- Tony Gomez was born in 1938. ____________________ December 13 R.I.P. – Chuck Schuldiner (2001) – brain cancer. Age 34. Guitarist for Death, “The Father of Death Metal.” Zal Yanovsky (2002) – heart attack. Age 57. The Lovin’ Spoonful. Yvonne King (2009) – died from a fall. Age 89. The King Sisters. Stuart "Woolly" Wolstenholme (2010) – suicide. Age 63. Barclay James Harvest. December 13 album releases – Neil Diamond – Touching You, Touching Me (1969) Badfinger – Straight Up (1971) U.S. Yes – Relayer (1974) Roberta Flack – Blue Lights In The Basement (1977) C + C Music Factory – Gonna Make You Sweat (1990) Garth Brooks – The Hits (1994) George Michael – Songs From The Last Century (1999) December 13 events – 1929 – Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra, with Hoagy Carmichael on vocals, records “Rockin’ Chair.” 1956 – Perez Prado records “Patricia” in Hollywood. 1960 – Elvis Presley's latest UK single, "It's Now Or Never," breaks all records by selling one million copies in six weeks. 1960 – Solomon Burke records “Just Out Of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms)” at his first Atlantic recording session in New York. 1961 – At Brian Epstein’s invitation, Decca A&R man Mike Smith visits the Cavern Club to watch The Beatles’ evening show. Following their performance, Smith offers the group a January 1 session date. 1963 – Frankie Avalon appears as Max in the “Who Killed Cynthia Royal?” episode of ABC-TV’s Burke’s Law. 1966 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience makes their television debut on Ready, Steady, Go! performing “Hey Joe.” Later in the day, the group records “Foxey Lady” at CBS Studios in London. 1969 – Diana Ross sues the Latino Casino in Philadelphia for $27,500 after her two pet dogs died from eating cyanide tablets left by an exterminator in her dressing room. 1969 – Miles Davis appears on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. 1974 – George Harrison, Billy Preston and Ravi Shankar are invited to the White House to have lunch with President Gerald Ford. Harrison gives the President a button with the word "OM" on it, to aid in meditation; Ford responds by gifting George with a "WIN" (Whip Inflation Now) button. 1975 – The Rolling Stones' request to stage a three-day show on Easter Island for 100,000 fans is denied by the government of Chile, saying "the whole future of the island" would be damaged by such an event. 1975 – Foghat releases their single, “Slow Ride” b/w “Save You Loving (For Me).” 1983 – Jimmy Page joins Robert Plant on stage for the first time since the break up of Led Zeppelin at the Hammersmith Odeon in London for an encore of Roy Head’s “Treat Her Right.” 1985 – Phil Collins makes his U.S. television acting debut in the “Phil The Shill” episode of Miami Vice. 1991 – John Denver’s final holiday special, Montana Christmas Skies, airs on CBS, featuring Clint Black, Kathy Mattea and Patty Loveless. 1993 – Faith Hill makes her Grand Ole Opry debut. 1994 – Prince appears on The Late Show With David Letterman, performing “Dolphin.” 1996 – Eagle Glenn Frey makes his first and only major film debut when the movie Jerry Maguire premieres in theaters. 1997 – Chuck Berry performs at the grand opening of The Hard Rock Café in Dubai. 1999 – BMI declares The Righteous Brothers' 1965 smash "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" as the most-performed song of the century. 1999 – Happy Mondays singer Shaun Ryder is ordered to pay £160,000 to his ex management team over a dispute in his contract. Ryder said he was so high after a joint he didn't bother to read the small print. 2000 – The British music newspaper Melody Maker announces it is stopping publication after 74 years. 2000 – Paul McCartney holds his first-ever book signing at Waterstone's in Piccadilly, London, signing copies of his new book, Paul McCartney Paintings. 2003 – Former Fugees singer Lauryn Hill launches into a blistering attack on the Catholic Church, urging religious figures to "repent" (regarding the allegations of sexual abuse in America) during a Christmas show in Vatican City before an audience of top Vatican cardinals, bishops and the cream of Italian society. 2004 – For the first time, Dick Clark is forced to bow out from hosting his annual Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year’s Eve show due to his recent stroke. 2005 – A District Bank Limited check signed by John Lennon, made out to Inland Revenue on January 23, 1968 in the amount of £6,946, sells for £2,000 at a UK auction. 2006 – Yoko Ono’s chauffer and bodyguard Koral Karson is arrested in New York and charged with attempted first-degree grand larceny after trying to extort $2 million from her, after Ono tapes him threatening her with releasing private papers and photos if she didn’t pay up. 2007 – Joe Cocker receives the OBE (Order of the British Empire) honor from Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. 2008 – Rapper Dizzee Rascal (aka Dylan Mills) is arrested in Sevenoaks Way in south-east London when he approaches another motorist with a baseball bat following a road rage incident. Rascal is held on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon. 2010 – Paul McCartney performs at the Apollo Theater in Harlem.
