Although Billy Connolly made three albums as a member of the Homblebums in 1969/70 he became internationally famous as a comedian! John Squire went on to play for the Seahorses after Stone Roses.
On Sunday, 24 November 2013 15:24:31 UTC, Eidem wrote: > November 24 Born – > > Scott Joplin (1868) – pianist/composer, “The King of Ragtime.” > > Kirby Grant (1911) - child > prodigy<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FChild_prodigy&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNG0YnMsLiDcwbSiaZiDT02hz0j97g> > > violinist<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FViolin&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGKnzVygvkIuGkudmsyi-lJVxobIg>, > > singer<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSinger&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGjuFJk9KEkIIsEshbakATugpmuoA>, > > 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.
