December 3 Born –

Connee Boswell (1907) – The Boswell Sisters.

Nino Rota (1911) – Italian film composer (The Godfather).

Ferlin Husky (1925) – Country music singer.

Andy Williams (aka Howard Williams, 1927) – singer, TV show host (“Moon 
River”).

Jaye P. Morgan (aka Mary Morgan, 1931) – singer/actress (“That’s All I Want 
>From You”).

Ralph “Jody” Reynolds (1932) – singer/guitarist (“Endless Sleep”).

Nik Venet (aka Nikolas Venetoulis, 1936) – record producer.

David Lerchey (1937) – The Del-Vikings.

Jim Freeman (1940) – The Five Satins.

Michel Rubini (1942) – session keyboardist.

Ken Lewis (aka Kenneth Hawker, 1942) – British songwriter (“Can’t You Hear 
My Heart Beat”).

Ralph McTell (1944) – singer/songwriter (“Streets Of London”).

Paul Nicholas (aka Paul Beuselinck, 1945) – singer/musical actor (Hair).

Vic Malcolm (1946) – guitarist for Geordie.

John "Ozzy" Osbourne (1948) – singer for Black Sabbath.

Paul “Buffalo” Bruce Barlow (1948) – bassist for Commander Cody and His 
Lost Planet Airmen.

Mickey Thomas (1949) – vocalist for The Elvin Bishop Group and Jefferson 
Starship.

Mike Stock (1951) – British songwriter/producer.

Nicky Stevens (1951) – Brotherhood Of Man.

Don Barnes (1952) – guitarist/vocalist for .38 Special.

Duane Roland (1953) – guitarist for Molly Hatchet.

Montell Jordan (1968) – R&B singer.


December 3 R.I.P. –

Hoyt Curtin (2000) – Age 78. Composer/producer for Hanna-Barbera cartoons 
(The Jetsons).

Grady Martin (2001) – heart attack. Age 72. Nashville session guitarist.

Derek Wadsworth (2008) – Age 69. British session trombonist.


December 3 album releases –

The Beatles – Rubber Soul (1965) UK

The Who – My Generation (1965) UK

Neil Diamond – I’m Glad You’re Here With Me Tonight (1977)

Cat Stevens – Back To Earth (1978)

Slade – The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome (1983)

Bob Dylan – Real Live (1984)

Spirit – California Blues (1996)

Bloodhound Gang – One Fierce Beer Coaster (1996)

Mariah Carey – Charmbracelet (2002)


December 3 events –

1925 – George Gershwin premieres his "Concerto In F," the first jazz 
concerto for piano and orchestra, at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

1944 – Frank Sinatra records “Ol’ Man River” at Columbia Studios.

1953 – Nat “King” Cole records “Answer Me, My Love” at Capitol Studios in 
Hollywood.

1954 – Country music artist Webb Pierce records “In The Jailhouse Now” and 
two other songs at Castle Studio in the Tulane Hotel in Nashville.

1955 – RCA Records announces Elvis Presley's first release on the label, 
“Mystery Train” b/w “I Forgot To Remember To Forget.” Both songs were 
purchased from Sam Phillips and Sun Records.

1956 – Frank Sinatra records “Can I Steal A Little Love” at Capitol Studios 
in Hollywood.

1957 – Country music artist Don Gibson records “I Can’t Stop Loving You” 
and three others songs with The Jordanaires at RCA Studios in Nashville.

1957 – Perry Como records “Magic Moments” at RCA Studios in New York City.

1958 – The Skyliners record “Since I Don’t Have You” at Capitol Studios in 
New York City.

1960 – The Lerner and Loewe musical, Camelot, starring Julie Andrews, 
Robert Goulet and Richard Burton, opens on Broadway at the Majestic 
Theatre, where it will run for 873 performances.

1961 – The Beatles have their first meeting with Brian Epstein at his NEMS 
record store. John, Paul, George and Pete all show up late, much to the 
chagrin of Epstein. Brian inquires whether they have a manager, but talks 
don’t go much farther than that. They will meet again in a couple days.

1962 – Bobby Darin records “You’re The Reason I’m Living” at Capitol in 
Hollywood.

1963 – Louis Armstrong and His All Stars record “Hello Dolly” in New York 
City.

1965 – Rolling Stone Keith Richards steps on a microphone cord and is 
electrocuted 
and knocked unconscious during a Rolling Stones concert at Memorial 
Auditorium in Sacramento, California.

1965 – The Beatles begin their final tour of the UK at the Odeon Cinema in 
Glasgow. The tour lasts ten days, playing nine venues in eight cities.

1965 – The Beau Brummels “appear” as The Beau Brummelstones on the 
“Shinrock A Go-Go” episode of The Flintstones.

1966 – In a Boston courtroom, Ray Charles is given a five-year suspended 
sentence and fined $10,000 for possession of marijuana and heroin.

1966 – The Monkees make their live stage debut at the Honolulu 
International Center in Hawaii.

1967 – Diana Ross & The Supremes and The Dillards appear on The Tennessee 
Ernie Ford Special.

1967 – Ray Charles and Billy Preston appear together on The Ed Sullivan 
Show, performing “Double-O-Soul,” “Yesterday” and “What’d I Say?” Also on 
the show is Frankie Fanelli, who sings “All I Ask.”

1968 – NBC-TV airs the special, Elvis - also known as the ’68 Comeback 
Special. The show was filmed over several days in June.

1969 – John Lennon is offered the role of Jesus in the musical Jesus Christ 
Superstar. The offer is withdrawn the next day.

1973 – Ringo Starr releases his single, “You’re Sixteen” b/w “Devil Woman” 
in the U.S.

1975 – Ron Wood’s first wife Krissie is arrested for possession of 
marijuana and cocaine after a raid on the couple's house in Richmond. 
Krissie’s friend Audrey Burgon is also arrested. The two women are in bed 
together when the raid takes place.

1976 – Seven gunmen burst into Bob Marley’s Kingston home, shooting the 
singer, his wife Rita, and manager Don Taylor, in what is believed to be a 
politically motivated assassination attempt. All survive.

1976 – The second day of Pink Floyd’s photo shoot for the Animals album 
cover again takes place at Battersea Power Station. Unlike the previous 
day, the trained marksman does not return, so when the giant inflatable pig 
breaks free of its moorings, it floats away, only to be recovered miles 
away in Kent in a farmer’s field.

1976 – An estimated three and a half million people apply for tickets for 
ABBA's upcoming two concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, with just over 
11,000 tickets available for each show.

1979 – 11 people are trampled to death and more than two dozen injured when 
the doors open at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati for a general admission 
concert by The Who.

1986 – British rock band Judas Priest and CBS Records are sued by the 
families of two boys who committed suicide while listening to the group’s 
Stained Class album. The parents’ legal team claims that subliminal 
messages within the music made the boys kill themselves. The case will be 
dismissed in 1990.

1988 – Songwriters Carole King and Gerry Goffin receive a Lifetime 
Achievement award from the U.S. National Academy of Songwriters.

1990 – ABC television news program Nightline airs Madonna’s MTV-banned 
video “Justify My Love” in its entirety, then interviews the singer about 
the banning of the video and censorship.

1991 – DJ Alan Freed posthumously receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of 
Fame.

1999 – Rapper Jay-Z (aka Shawn Carter) is arrested and jailed for stabbing 
rival record executive Lance Rivera at a party at the Kit Kat Klub in 
Manhattan.

1999 – U2 singer Bono has his stolen laptop computer returned by a young 
man who bought it for £300, and then realized he had the missing laptop 
after finding tracks from the forthcoming U2 album on it.

1999 – In a Los Angeles courtroom, Gabriel Gomez is charged with the murder 
of his half-sister Sandra Rosas, wife of Los Lobos bassist Cesar Rosas. A 
May 2000 trial date is set.

2000 – Mick Jagger and U2 form a £100 million offshore investment trust 
based in the Channel Islands to invest in offices and shops in London.

2003 – In Los Angeles, Barbra Streisand loses her $10 million lawsuit 
against software entrepreneur Kenneth Adelman when the court rules that her 
privacy was not violated when Adelman posted an aerial photo of her home on 
his blog.

2004 – Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch is raided once again by Santa 
Barbara Sheriffs with a new batch of search warrants looking for evidence 
that Jackson molested a young boy.

2005 – Marilyn Manson and new bride, burlesque dancer and model Dita Von 
Teese, hold a large wedding ceremony at Gurteen Castle in 
Kilsheelan<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilsheelan>, 
Ireland, after marrying privately five days earlier, on November 28. The 
second “wedding” is officiated by surrealist film director and comic book 
writer Alejandro Jodorowsky<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Jodorowsky>; 
the photos of which will appear as a feature in the pages of 
Vogue<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vogue_magazine>magazine.

2007 – Former Supreme Diana Ross and former Beach Boy Brian Wilson are 
honored at the 30th annual Kennedy Center Honors at the John F. Kennedy 
Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC.

2009 – The United Nations recognizes Stevie Wonder as a “Messenger of 
Peace.”

2009 – Rolling Stone Ron Wood is arrested and jailed in Esher, Surrey, 
after a passer-by dials 999 while witnessing a violent argument take place 
between Ronnie and his 21-year old bride-to-be, Ekaterina Ivanova. Wood 
will be bailed out of jail the next day.

2012 – Songwriter and performer Carole King receives a star on the 
Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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