November 29 Born –
Walter Kent (1911) – songwriter (“I’ll Be Home For Christmas”). Merle Travis (1917) – Country music singer/songwriter (“Sixteen Tons”). Ed Bickert (1932) – Canadian jazz guitarist. John Gary (1932) – singer. John Mayall (1933) – British blues artist, The Bluesbreakers. Domenico “Meco” Monardo (1939) – Disco producer. Denny Doherty (1940) – The Mamas & The Papas. Chuck Mangione (1940) – flugelhorn player. Jody Miller (aka Myrna Joy Miller, 1941) – Country/gospel singer (“Queen Of The House”). Felix Cavaliere (1942) – The Rascals. Tim Davis (1943) – drummer for The Steve Miller Band. Ronnie Montrose (1947) – guitarist for The Edgar Winter Group and Montrose. Barry Goudreau (1951) – guitarist for Boston. Roger Troutman (1951) – vocalist for Zapp. Michael Dempsey (1958) – bassist for The Cure. Wendy Wu (aka Wendy Cruise, 1959) – singer for The Photos. Wallis Buchanan (1965) – vibraphonist and didgeridoo player for Jamiroquai. Martin Carr (1968) – guitarist for The Boo Radleys. Jonathan Knight (1968) – New Kids On The Block. Frank Delgado (1970) – keyboardist/turntabler for Deftones. The Game (aka Jayceon Taylor, 1979) – rapper. November 29 R.I.P. – Ray Smith (1979) – suicide. Age 45. Rockabilly artist (“Rockin’ Little Angel”). Paul Ryan (1992) – cancer. Age 44. Songwriter, Paul & Barry Ryan (“Eloise”). David “Butch” McDade (1998) – cancer. Age 52. Drummer for The Amazing Rhythm Aces. Curtis Knight (1999) – cancer. Age 54. The Squires. George Harrison (2001) – metastatic non-small cell lung cancer. Age 58. The Beatles. November 29 album releases – John Lennon and Yoko Ono – Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins (1968) UK The Charlie Daniels Band – Fire On The Mountain (1974) Slade – Slade In Flame (1974) ZZ Top – Tejas (1976) Parliament – Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo Syndrome (1977) Blondie – Autoamerican (1980) Heart – Greatest Hits/Live (1980) Amy Grant – In Concert Volume Two (1981) Foreigner – Records (1982) Cocteau Twins – Echoes In A Shallow Bay (1985) EP Debbie Harry – Rockbird (1986) Guns ‘N Roses – G ‘N R Lies (1988) U.S. Motörhead – Bastards (1993) Mary J. Blige – My Life (1994) Quarashi – Switchstance (1996) Genesis – Platinum Collection (2004) UK November 29 events – 1938 – Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra records “Hawaiian War Chant” for Victor Records. 1944 – Gene Autry records “Don’t Fence Me In” for OKeh Records. 1959 – Bobby Darin wins Best New Artist and Record of the Year for his song "Mack the Knife" at the Grammy Awards. 1960 – Paul McCartney and Pete Best are arrested and jailed in Hamburg, Germany, for attempted arson when they burn a condom in the backstage area of the Bambi Kino cinema where they’ve been living. 1963 – The Beatles release their single, “I Want To Hold Your Hand” b/w “This Boy” in the UK. 1965 – Colorado Governor John Love declares the day “Rolling Stones Day” in anticipation of their concert at the Denver Coliseum. 1966 – Just outside of Little Rock, Arkansas, Elvis Presley hears DJ Georg Klein play Tom Jones' “Green Green Grass Of Home” on his radio show, and repeatedly calls the station to have the song played again and again. 1967 – The Kinks release their single, “Autumn Almanac” b/w “David Watts” in the U.S. 1969 – Rolling Stone magazine issues their second anniversary edition with an artist’s rendering of Bob Dylan on the cover. 1976 – The Lancaster local council cancels the Sex Pistols’ gig at Lancaster Poly, saying, “'We don't want that sort of filth in the town limits.” 1979 – KISS plays their “final” gig before “breaking up” at the San Diego Sports Arena. They will tour again the next year with a different drummer. 1979 – Paul Simon hits his CBS record label with two lawsuits in an attempt to break his contract. 1979 – Keith Richards' common-law wife, Anita Pallenberg, is cleared of all charges in the shooting death of 17-year-old Scott Cantrell. 1985 – KISS kicks off their 91-date Asylum Tour at Barton Coliseum in Little Rock, Arkansas. 1992 – U2's first television special, U2's Zoo TV Outside Broadcast, airs on Fox-TV. 1995 – Singer Sammy Hagar marries his second wife, Kari Karte. They are still married. 1997 – Whitney Houston pulls out of a concert sponsored by the Moonies two hours before she is due on stage after finding out the event is a mass wedding for over 1,000 Moonie couples. The religious group said they have no intention of suing providing the singer returns the $1million fee she was paid. 1999 – British tabloids report that Oasis’ Liam Gallagher is missing after not being seen in three days. No comments from the band are forthcoming, but all members board a flight for the U.S. for a tour the following day. 2000 – U2 drummer Larry Mullen comes to the rescue of a motorcyclist who’s been involved in an accident after coming across the crash victim while driving home. Mullen stops to call for help on his phone, and then waits for the ambulance to arrive. 2000 – Chuck Berry’s keyboardist, Johnnie Johnson, sues Berry for songwriting credits on 52 songs. The suit will be thrown out on October 23, 2002, due to the statute of limitations. 2002 – Three paintings by Paul McCartney are bought for just £35 each at the Secrets Postcard Sale at London's Royal College of Art, where members of the public gamble on whether they are buying works by celebrity artists at a fraction of their value, since the work’s creator is only made known after it’s sold. 2003 – A five-hour charity concert to boost the fight against AIDS is held at Greenpoint Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa. Acts include Bono, Queen, Ms. Dynamite, Peter Gabriel, Eurythmics, Beyonce, Youssou N'Dour, Anastacia, The Corrs, Jimmy Cliff and Chaka Chaka. The show is also broadcast live on the Internet. 2005 – Pop Idol creator Simon Fuller drops his £100 million copyright suit against the X Factor's Simon Cowell, which charged Cowell with copying Pop Idol, and settles the case out of court in a deal which makes him a joint partner in the X Factor show. As part of the settlement, Cowell agrees to appear for five more seasons on American Idol. 2007 – Control, the biopic about late Joy Division singer Ian Curtis, takes five awards at the British Independent Film Awards, including Best British Independent Film, Best Director, Best Debut Director, Most Promising Newcomer in Curtis’ portrayer Sam Riley, and Best Performance By A Supporting Actor Or Actress In A British Independent Film for Toby Kebbell, who plays Joy Division’s manager Rob Gretton. 2007 – Former Smiths singer Morrissey begins court proceedings to sue the UK music weekly New Musical Express for printing an interview where Morrissey calls Chinese people “a sub species.” 2007 – Former Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer Artimus Pyle, a convicted sex offender, is arrested for the second time in 10 days for failing to properly register at a new address in Florida. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Diamond Headz" group. 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