... and more December 14 birthdays – Lindley "Spike" Jones (1911) – bandleader, Spike Jones and His City Slickers. Dan Dailey (1915) – actor/dancer/singer (“In The Good Old Summertime”). Jerry Daniels (1915) – The Ink Spots. Clark Terry (1920) – Swing/bop trumpeter. Abbe Lane (aka Abigail Lassman, 1932) – actress/singer. Johnny Moore (1934) – The Drifters. Warren Ryanes (1937) – The Monotones. Gary Usher (1938) – songwriter/producer/singer, Sagittarius. Don Addrisi (1938) – singer/songwriter, The Addrisi Brothers (“Never My Love”). Dick Wagner (1942) – session guitarist with Alice Cooper. Frank Allen (aka Francis McNeice, 1943) – bassist for The Searchers. Linda Jones (1944) – Soul singer. Jackie McAuley (1946) – keyboardist for Them. John Du Prez (aka Trevor Jones, 1946) – film score composer, trumpeter for Modern Romance. Cliff Williams (1949) – bassist for AC/DC. Ray Stephens (1954) – The Village People. Mike Scott (1958) – vocalist for The Waterboys. Peter “Spider” Stacy (1958) – vocalist for The Pogues. Tim Sköld (1966) – bassist for Shotgun Messiah and Marilyn Manson.
December 14 R.I.P. – Pattie Santos (1989) – car crash. Age 40. It’s A Beautiful Day (“White Bird”). Kurt Winter (1997) – kidney failure. Age 51. Guitarist for The Guess Who. Conte Candoli (2001) – prostate cancer. Age 74. Jazz trumpeter with Stan Kenton. Ahmet Ertegun (2006) – coma from a head injury. Age 83. Founder of Atlantic Records. Billie Jo Spears (2011) – cancer. Age 73. Country music singer. December 14 album releases – Canned Heat – Historical Figures and Ancient Heads (1971) Yes – Tales From Topographic Oceans (1973) Joe Walsh – So What (1974) The Clash – London Calling (1979) Yellow Magic Orchestra – Service (1983) Dinosaur Jr. – You’re Living All Over Me (1987) Nirvana – Incesticide (1992) Steely Dan – Citizen Steely Dan (1993) (box set) Culture Club – Don’t Mind If I Do (1999) December 14 events – 1956 – Alan Freed’s second film, Don’t Knock The Rock, opens in theaters. 1959 – The Ohio State University Research Center issues a report showing that rock and roll is the overwhelming favorite music of people aged 14-18. However, most over the age of eighteen who are polled considered it their least favorite form of music. 1962 – Bill Wyman makes his live debut with The Rollin' Stones at the Ricky Tick Club inside the Star And Garter Hotel in Windsor. 1962 – Bob Dylan releases his debut single, “Mixed Up Confusion” b/w “Corrina, Corrina.” 1963 – The Beatles play a show for their Southern Area Fan Club at Wimbledon Palais in London: their only gig ever at the venue. 1965 – Simon and Garfunkel record “I Am A Rock,” Richard Corey” and “Homeward Bound.” 1966 – Elvis Presley’s 22nd film, Spinout, premieres in theaters. 1966 – Chad and Jeremy and Don Ho appear in “The Cat’s Meow” episode of Batman. 1967 – Dick Clark announces he's making a movie about hippies called The Love Children, starring Jack Nicholson and Dean Stockwell, and featuring music by The Strawberry Alarm Clock and The Seeds. 1967 – Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones is rushed to St. Georges Hospital in London after collapsing, suffering from over strain and recovering from having some teeth pulled out. 1967 – Simon and Garfunkel record “Save The Life Of My Child.” 1968 – Tommy James and The Shondells’ “Crimson And Clover” hits the Billboard Hot 100. 1969 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono begin their "Bagism" project, arriving at London's Hyde Park inside a white bag inside a white Rolls Royce, and then giving a protest speech - from inside the bag - on behalf of executed prisoner James Hanratty: the idea being that the press and skeptics would have to listen to their words without being distracted by their celebrity. 1969 – The Jackson 5 make their first network television appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. 1972 – The movie Born To Boogie, starring Marc Bolan, Ringo Starr and David Essex, premieres at Oscar's Cinema on Brewer Street in Soho. Bolan, Starr and Elton John attend the showing. 1972 – Alexander's department store in New York City stays open late so that Alice Cooper, who is wearing silver pants and a "Paul Lives" button, can do his Christmas shopping. 1973 – Bruce Springsteen performs at the Pinecrest Country Club in Shelton, Connecticut. Not even 200 tickets are sold. 1973 – 14-year old Lorrie Morgan makes her debut appearance at the Grand Ole Opry, singing "Paper Roses" at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. 1977 – The disco movie Saturday Night Fever, featuring a Bee Gees soundtrack, premieres at Mann’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. 1980 – A ten-minute worldwide silent vigil is held at 2:00 PM EST at Yoko Ono's request for John Lennon. Over 100,000 observe the vigil in New York's Central Park, while 30,000 observe the vigil in Liverpool. 1981 – The Police play the first of three nights at the Wembley Arena on their Ghost In The Machine Tour. 1992 – Merle Haggard files for bankruptcy. Later in the day, his wife gives birth to a son, Binion Louis Haggard. 1995 – ABC-TV airs the special Frank Sinatra: 80 Years My Way, featuring performances by Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Tony Bennett, Bruce Springsteen, Little Richard and others. 1999 – Paul McCartney returns to the Cavern Club in Liverpool for a one-off show, supported by David Gilmour and Mick Green on guitars, Pete Wingfield on keyboards, and Ian Paice on drums. 2001 – Billy Preston pleads guilty to insurance fraud in a Los Angeles court and agrees to testify against six other defendants in the same case. Preston receives five years probation, as well as one year in jail to run concurrently with a sentence he is already serving for violating probation on a prior conviction for cocaine possession. 2004 – The funeral for Damageplan and Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell takes place in Arlington, Texas, with Eddie Van Halen placing Darrell’s original black and yellow striped guitar into the Kiss Kasket he will be buried in. 2011 – The Troggs’ singer Reg Presley is hospitalized in Winchester, England, after suffering a stroke.
