November 24 Born –
Scott Joplin (1868) – pianist/composer, “The King of Ragtime.” Kirby Grant (1911) - child prodigy<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_prodigy> violinist <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violin>, singer<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singer>, bandleader. Teddy Wilson (1912) – Jazz pianist with Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday. Eileen Barton (1924) – singer ("If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked A Cake"). Al Cohn (1925) – Jazz saxophonist. Tommy Allsup (1931) – The Crickets. Ray Perkins (1932) – The Crew Cuts (“Sh-Boom”). Claude Johnson (1934) – singer, Don and Juan (“What’s Your Name”). Charles Laquidara (1938) – renowned Boston DJ. Jim Yester (1939) – The Association. Carl Bunch (1939) – Winter Dance Party tour drummer for Buddy Holly. Johnny Carver (1940) – Country music artist. Pete Best (1941) – drummer for The Beatles, 1960-1962. Donald "Duck" Dunn (1941) – Stax session bassist, Booker T. and The MGs, The Blues Brothers. Gary Boyle (1941) – guitarist/vocalist for Brian Auger & The Trinity and Isotope. Billy Connolly (1942) – The Humblebums. Richard Tee (1943) – Jazz session keyboardist. Robin Williamson (1943) – The Incredible String Band. Bev Bevan (1945) – drummer for The Move and Electric Light Orchestra. Lee Michaels (1945) – pianist/guitarist/singer (“Do You Know What I Mean”). Tony Bourge (1948) – guitarist for Budgie. Clem Burke (1955) – drummer for Blondie. Chris Hayes (1957) – guitarist for Huey Lewis and The News. Carmel McCourt (1958) – vocalist for Carmel. Gary Stonadge (1962) – bassist for Big Audio Dynamite. John Squire (1962) – guitarist for The Stone Roses. Tony Rombola (1964) – guitarist for Godsmack. Dawn Robinson (1968) – En Vogue. Chad Taylor (1970) – guitarist for Live, and The Precious Few. November 24 R.I.P. – "Big" Joe Turner (1985) – heart attack. Age 74. Blues singer/shouter, “The Boss of the Blues.” Eric Carr (1991) – brain hemorrhage. Age 41. Drummer for KISS. Freddie Mercury (1991) – AIDS. Age 45. Queen. Albert Collins (1993) – lung and liver cancer. Age 61. Blues singer/guitarist. Teddy Wilburn (2003) – progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). Age 71. The Wilburn Brothers. Michael Lee (2008) – epileptic seizure. Age 39. Drummer for Robert Plant and The Cult. November 24 album releases – Kaleidoscope – Tangerine Dream (1967) Tim Buckley – Blue Afternoon (1969) The Kinks – Muswell Hillbillies (1971) U.S. Hawkwind – Doremi Fasol Latido (1972) George Harrison – Thirty-Three And 1/3 (1976) U.S. Rod Stewart – Blondes Have More Fun (1978) Mike Oldfield – Incantations (1978) Pat Benatar – Tropico (1984) Eurythmics – 1984 (For The Love Of Big Brother) (1984) Eric Clapton – August (1986) Keith Sweat – Make It Last Forever (1987) Leonard Cohen – The Future (1992) Spin Doctors – Homebelly Groove…Live (1992) Erasure – Pop! The First 20 Singles (1992) U.S. All Saints – All Saints (1997) Pearl Jam – Live On Two Legs (1998) Metallica – Garage Inc. (1998) Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – The Collection Volume One (1998) The Tubes – White Punks On Dope (2003) Jeff Beck – Performing This Week…Live From Ronnie Scott’s (2008) Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds – Live At The Royal Albert Hall (2008) Bob Seger – Early Seger Vol. 1 (2009) November 24 events – 1937 – The Andrews Sisters record "Bei Mir Bistu Shein" ("To Me You're Beautiful"). The song will become their first hit. 1950 – The musical comedy Guys And Dolls premieres on Broadway at the 46th Street Theatre. 1956 – In a makeshift studio at the Penn-Sheraton Hotel in Pittsburgh, The Del Vikings record nine a cappella songs, including "Come Go With Me." Instruments are overdubbed at a later date. 1957 – Harry Belafonte's "Mary's Boy Child" becomes the first single to sell a million copies in the UK. The record stays at #1 for an unheard-of seven weeks. 1958 – Jackie Wilson’s “Lonely Teardrops” hits the Billboard Hot 100. 1958 – Ritchie Valens releases his second single, “Donna” b/w “La Bamba.” 1958 – Ricky Nelson records "Never Be Anyone Else But You" at Master Recorders in Hollywood. The Jordanaires will overdub background vocals on December 11. 1958 – Brenda Lee releases her Holiday single, “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” b/w “Papa Noël” on Decca Records. 1959 – Singer Johnnie Ray is arrested and jailed in London for soliciting an undercover officer in a gay bar. He is later found not guilty. 1961 – Blues man Howlin’ Wolf begins his first tour of the UK. 1962 – Despite being fired from The Beatles in late August, Pete Best receives a birthday telegram from Brian Epstein. 1964 – The Who perform for the first time under their new name at their debut gig at the Marquee Club in London. The date is the start of a Thursday residency that lasts for seven weeks. 1964 – The UK's first commercial radio station, Radio Manx, begins broadcasting from the Isle of Man. 1965 – The television special, Frank Sinatra: A Man And His Music, airs on NBC. 1965 – The Elvis Presley movie Harum Scarum opens in theaters. 1966 – Kansas City, Missouri, police lock horns with rioting teenagers at a James Brown concert after officials stop the show due to Brown's obscene dancing. 1966 – The Beatles begin recording the John Lennon song “It’s Not Too Bad,” soon to become “Strawberry Fields Forever,” at EMI Studios in London. 1967 – Ed Ames releases his single, “Who Will Answer?” b/w “My Love Is Gone >From Me” on RCA. 1967 – The Beatles release their single, “Hello Goodbye” b/w “I Am The Walrus.” 1968 – Dusty Springfield appears on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing “Son Of A Preacher Man.” Also on the show are Nancy Wilson, The Kessler Twins, and The Doodletown Pipers. 1969 – Glen Campbell begins recording “Honey Come Back” at Capitol Studios in Hollywood. 1972 – Don Kirshner’s answer to The Midnight Special, In Concert, debuts on ABC-TV. First show artists include Alice Cooper, Bo Diddley, and Seals & Crofts, filmed in concert on September 21, 1972, at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. 1973 – Frank Sinatra ends two years of retirement with the NBC television special, Ol’ Blue Eyes Is Back. 1974 – John Lennon rehearses “Whatever Gets You Through The Night,” “I Saw Her Standing There” and “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” at the Record Plant recording studio with Elton John for Elton's upcoming Madison Square Garden concert. 1978 – In a clear prelude to his coming Christian direction, Jewish-born Bob Dylan plays tonight's gig in Fort Worth, Texas, wearing a large gold cross around his neck. 1978 – David Bowie plays the first of two sold-out nights at the RAS Showgrounds in Sydney, Australia, on his The Low/Heroes World Tour. 1983 – The Irish band The Undertones breaks up. 1984 – Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee marries his girlfriend, nude model Candice (aka Elaine Starchuk). The marriage lasts one month. 1991 – Little Richard presides over the marriage of Cyndi Lauper to actor David Thornton. Richard then entertains at the reception. Lauper and Thornton are still married. 1992 – Bill Wyman's divorce from Mandy Smith is finalized. 1993 – Janet Jackson kicks off her 125-date Janet World Tour at Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, Ohio. 1999 – At a Bonhams of London rock auction, Buddy Holly's first driver’s license sells for £3,795, and a copy of The Beatles’ White Album, numbered 00000001, sells for £9,775. 2000 – Spice Girl Mel B’s former husband, Jimmy Gulzar, is given unconditional bail after appearing in court charged with attacking the star's sister, Danielle. 2003 – In a poll for Q magazine, a panel of UK music writers votes Black Lace’s "Agadoo" the worst song of all time. 2003 – Glen Campbell is arrested for drunk driving and leaving the scene of an accident in Phoenix, Arizona. 2005 – Jessica Simpson and husband Nick Lachey separate. 2006 – Roger Daltrey portrays a killer on the “Transformation” episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. 2007 – The mansion of Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea burns to the ground in a wildfire that consumes 53 other properties in the Malibu area. 2008 – Snaresbrook Crown Court hears how Boy George chained a male escort to his bedroom wall and beat him with a metal chain after accusing him of hacking into his laptop. 2008 – The movie about the history of Chess Records, Cadillac Records, premieres at the Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles. 2009 – Donny Osmond and his dancing partner, Kym Johnson, win the mirror ball trophy on Dancing With The Stars. 2011 – The New York memorabilia store, Gotta Have Rock & Roll, auctions off a John Lennon handwritten to-do list for his personal assistant Fred Seaman from 1980. Items on the list include waiting for the cable guy, fixing the lock on the bathroom door, picking up marmalade and buying books. The list sells to a Massachusetts collector for an undisclosed amount. -- 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.
