James Paul McCartney (1966) – car crash. Age 24. The Quarrymen, Long John and the Silver Beatles, The Beatles, (Not) Wings.
But seriously, how about an "Allegedly R.I.P." section for Paul. On Saturday, November 9, 2013 11:12:52 AM UTC-5, Eidem wrote: > > November 9 R.I.P. – > > Paul McCartney (1966) – car crash. Age 24. The Quarrymen and The Beatles. > > Yves Montand (1991) – heart attack. Age 70. French actor, singer with Édith > Piaf <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89dith_Piaf>. > > Herb Abramson (1999) – Age 82. Record executive, producer. > > Miriam Makeba (2008) – heart attack. Age 76. South African singer, civil > rights activist (“Pata Pata”). > > Major Harris (2012) – congestive heart failure. Age 65. The Delfonics. > > > November 9 album releases – > > Elvis Presley – Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962) > > The Beach Boys – The Beach Boys’ Christmas Album (1964) > > Badfinger – No Dice (1970) U.S. > > Billy Preston – Encouraging Words (1970) U.S. > > Roberta Flack – Quiet Fire (1971) > > Diana Ross – Lady Sings The Blues (1972) (soundtrack) > > Santana – Welcome (1973) > > Billy Joel – Piano Man (1973) > > Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers (1976) > > Iron Maiden – The Soundhouse Tapes (1979) (EP) > > Men At Work – Business As Usual (1981) > > The Stranglers – La Folie (1981) > > Aerosmith – Done With Mirrors (1985) > > Twisted Sister – Come Out And Play (1985) > > Y&T – Down For The Count (1985) > > W.A.S.P. – The Last Command (1985) > > Loudness – Thunder In The East (1985) U.S. > > Dokken – Under Lock And Key (1985) > > Candlemass – Nightfall (1987) > > Eurythmics – Savage (1987) > > Madonna – The Immaculate Collection (1990) > > The Tubes – The Best Of The Tubes (1992) > > Genesis – The Way We Walk, Vol. 1 (The Shorts) (1992) > > Outlaws – Hittin’ The Road Live! (1993) > > Phil Collins – Both Sides (1993) > > Céline Dion – The Colour Of My Love (1993) > > The Dubliners – Further Along (1999) > > Jimmy Buffett – Buffett Live: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays (1999) > > Anal Cunt – It Just Gets Worse (1999) > > .38 Special – Live At Sturgis (1999) > > Tonic – Sugar (1999) > > Prince – Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic (1999) > > Linda Ronstadt – Hummin’ To Myself (2004) > > > November 9 events – > > 1955 – Harry Belafonte records “Jamaica Farewell,” “Dolly Dawn” and “Come > Back, Liza” at RCA Studios in New York City. > > 1955 – The Everly Brothers make their first recordings under their new > Columbia Records contract at the Old Tulane Hotel in Nashville, recording > four songs in 22 minutes: “If Her Life Isn’t True,” “That’s The Life I Have > To Live,” plus “The Sun Keep Shining” and “Keep A Lovin’ Me,” which > Columbia will release as a single to no response. The Everly Brothers will > soon be dropped by Columbia. > > 1956 – Buddy Holly begins his first solo tour, opening for country music > singers George Jones and Hank Locklin. > > 1956 – Marvin Rainwater records his first country songs at Music City > Recordings in Nashville, recording “Gonna Find Me A Bluebird,” “’Cause I’m > A Dreamer,” “So You Think You’ve Got Troubles” and “Lonesome I’ll Never Be.” > > 1958 – Elvis Presley's hit single "Hound Dog" b/w "Don't Be Cruel" hits > the 3 million mark in sales, becoming only the third record in history to > sell that many copies, behind Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" and Gene > Autry's "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer." > > 1959 – RCA executives guarantee Sam Cooke $100,000 if he signs with them > when his contract expires with Keen Records. > > 1960 – Hank Locklin joins the Grand Ole Opry. > > 1960 – Dee Clark records “Your Friends” in Chicago for Vee-Jay Records. > > 1960 – Elvis Presley begins filming his seventh movie, Wild In The > Country, in Napa, California. > > 1961 – Brian Epstein and Alistair Taylor go to the Cavern Club to catch > The Beatles’ lunch time performance. John, Paul, George and Pete, who all > know Epstein from his NEMS record store, chat with him after the gig. > > 1962 – The Miracles release their single, “You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me” > b/w “(Have A) Happy Landing” on Tamla. > > 1962 – Roy Acuff becomes the first living member inducted into the > Country Music Hall of Fame. > > 1963 – The Kingsmen’s “Louie Louie” hits the Billboard Hot 100. > > 1963 – The Beatles’ new and yet to be released single, "I Want To Hold > Your Hand," becomes the first UK single to receive advance orders of a > million copies. > > 1963 – Little Richard begins headlining a UK package tour, performing two > shows at the Regal Cinema in Edmonton, London. Other acts on the tour > include The Shirelles, Micky Most, The Flintstones, The Roof-Raisers and > The Hi-Fi’s. > > 1964 – RCA Records releases the Elvis Presley single, “Blue Christmas” b/w > “Wooden Heart.” > > 1965 – Bob Dylan, Rolling Stone Brian Jones, and Robbie Robertson are > visiting in Dylan’s Hilton hotel room when New York City is hit with its > infamous total blackout. The three light candles and jam through the night. > > 1966 – John Lennon meets Yoko Ono for the first time at the Indica Art > Gallery in London. > > 1967 – David Crosby is fired from The Byrds after an argument with Roger > McGuinn. > > 1967 – The first issue of Rolling Stone hits news stands, with John Lennon > on the cover. > > 1968 – Led Zeppelin makes their London debut at the Roundhouse. Other acts > on the bill include John Lee Hooker, The Deviants, John James, and Tyres. > Earlier in the day, Robert Plant married his girlfriend of two years, > Maureen Wilson, and they remained married for 15 years. > > 1969 – Simon and Garfunkel record “Bridge Over Troubled Water” and “So > Long, Frank Lloyd Wright” in Los Angeles. > > 1970 – Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn, backed by The Jordanaires, record > “After The Fire Is Gone” at Bradley’s Barn in Tennessee. > > 1971 – Singer/songwriter Carly Simon attends James Taylor's concert at > Carnegie Hall. They meet after the show. > > 1972 – Elvis Presley appears at the Tucson Convention Center in Arizona. > > 1973 – The Grateful Dead play the first of three nights at the Winterland > Ballroom in San Francisco. > > 1973 – Cat Stevens makes his U.S. national television debut on ABC’s In > Concert. > > 1978 – Queen plays the first of two nights at the Cobo Arena in Detroit on > their Jazz Tour. > > 1980 – Mark David Chapman flies back to New York City from Atlanta with > bullets. > > 1990 – The Internal Revenue Service seizes Willie Nelson's bank accounts, > real estate holdings and other assets to pay off $16 million in back taxes. > > 1991 – Promoting his Rush-In Rush-Out Street Tour, singer Richard Marx > performs five shows in five different cities in a day: Baltimore, New York > City, Cleveland, Chicago, and the Burbank Airport in California. > > 1996 – For the first time ever, Bob Dylan licenses one of his songs - "The > Times They Are A-Changin'" - for commercial use to the Bank of Montreal. > > 1996 – Oasis’ Liam Gallagher is pulled over by police following the Q > Awards and is arrested for possession of cocaine. > > 1996 – Michael Jackson begins the 11-date Australian leg of his HIStory > Tour at Ericsson Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand. > > 1997 – Paul Weller is arrested and jailed for destroying his hotel room > in France. > > 1998 – Michael Jackson settles his lawsuit against London's Daily Mirror > newspaper, > which claimed his face was permanently disfigured by endless cosmetic > surgeries. > > 1998 – Funkster Rick James, rocking out and “banging” his head back and > forth during a performance in Denver, causes a blood vessel in his neck to > rupture and has a minor stroke. > > 1999 – Gary Glitter goes on trial for sexually assaulting a 14-year old > girl. > > 1999 – The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announces the > biggest-selling artists of the century in the U.S., with The > Beatles<http://www.artistfacts.com/detail.php?id=1>having sold the most > albums (106 million), Garth > Brooks <http://www.songfacts.com/search-artist.php?Garth+Brooks> as the > best-selling male solo act, and Barbra > Streisand<http://www.songfacts.com/search-artist.php?Barbra+Streisand>the > best-selling female. Elton John’s “Candle > In The Wind <http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1313> ‘97” is the > best-selling single of the century, and the best-selling album is the > Eagles <http://www.artistfacts.com/detail.php?id=45>'s Greatest Hits > 1971-1975. > > 2002 – The Columbia Tristar film company announces that it will not > release Madonna’s new movie, Swept Away, in the UK because of its complete > failure in U.S. theaters. > > 2004 – A Dutch man is jailed for nine months after being found guilty of > stalking and harassing former Spice Girl Mel C (aka Melanie Chisholm). > > 2007 – Former vocalist for The Mindbenders, Wayne Fontana, shows up to > court dressed as Lady Justice and is found guilty of arson for setting a > police car on fire. He is given an 11 month sentence but is released, > having already spent time in a mental hospital since the incident. > > 2007 – 26-year old personal assistant Natavia Lowry is arrested for the > murder of her boss, Ramones manager Linda Stein. > > 2009 – Bon Jovi performs at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, as part > of the 20th anniversary celebration of the fall of the Berlin Wall. > > 2010 – A warehouse in San Carlos, California, leased by Neil Young, > containing cars, musical equipment, paintings and other memorabilia, is > heavily damaged by fire. The fire causes $1 million in damages even though > much of the belongings are salvageable. > > 2011 – Country music singer Miranda Lambert makes Billboard Country Album > chart history when her new album, Four The Record, debuts on the chart at > #1, making her the first artist in the 47-year history of the chart to > debut each of her first four albums in the #1 spot. > > 2012 – Bob Dylan performs at the United Center in Chicago as part of his > Never Ending Tour, with opening act Mark Knopfler. > >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Diamond Headz" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
