December 6 Born –
Ira Gershwin (1896) – lyricist (“I Got Rhythm”).
Hugo Peretti (1916) – songwriter/producer ("The Lion Sleeps Tonight").
Dave Brubeck (1920) – Jazz pianist/composer.
George Williams (1935) – The Tymes.
Steve Alaimo (1939) – singer, host of Where The Action Is.
Helen Cornelius (1941) – Country singer (“I Don’t Want To Have To Marry
You”).
Keith West (1943) – vocalist for Tomorrow.
Mike Smith (1943) – The Dave Clark 5.
Willie Hutch (aka William Hutchison, 1944) – singer/songwriter/producer for
Motown.
Jonathan King (aka Ken King, 1944) – British singer (“Everyone’s Gone To
The Moon”).
David “Fritz” Fryer (1947) – The Four Pennies.
Miroslav Vitous (1947) – Jazz bassist for Weather Report.
Linda Creed (1948) – songwriter (“You Make Me Feel Brand New”).
Eddie Tenpole (aka Edward Tudor-Pole, 1954) – British singer/actor, Tenpole
Tudor.
Rick Buckler (1955) – drummer for The Jam.
Peter Buck (1956) – guitarist for R.E.M.
Randy Rhoads (1956) – guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne.
Jonathan Melvoin (1961) – touring keyboardist for Smashing Pumpkins.
David Lovering (1961) – drummer for The Pixies.
Ben Watt (1962) – Everything But The Girl.
Jeff “Blando” Bland (1964) – guitarist for Slaughter.
Mark Gardener (1969) – singer/guitarist for Ride.
Ulf Ekberg (1970) – keyboardist for Ace Of Base.
December 6 R.I.P. –
Lead Belly (aka Huddie Ledbetter, 1949) – Lou Gehrig's disease. Age 61.
Blues/folk singer/songwriter.
Roy Orbison (1988) – heart attack. Age 52. Singer/songwriter (“Oh, Pretty
Woman”).
Sammy Fain (1989) – Age 87. Composer ("Love Is A Many Splendored Thing").
Danny Williams (2005) – lung cancer. Age 63. South African pop singer
("White On White").
Dobie Gray (2011) – cancer. Age 71. Singer/songwriter ("Drift Away").
Ed Cassidy (2012) – cancer. Age 89. Drummer for Spirit.
December 6 album releases –
The Byrds – Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965)
The Beatles – Rubber Soul (1965) U.S.
The Rolling Stones – Beggar’s Banquet (1968)
James Taylor – James Taylor (1968) UK
Christine Perfect – Christine Perfect (1970)
Diana Ross – Last Time I Saw Him (1973)
Al Green – Livin’ For You (1973)
Jackson Browne – Running On Empty (1977)
Al Green – The Belle Album (1977)
Denny Laine – Japanese Tears (1980)
The Cure – Japanese Whispers: The Cure Singles Nov 82: Nov 83 (1983)
The Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band – Almost Acoustic (1988)
Cathedral – Forest Of Equilibrium (1991) UK
Depeche Mode – Songs Of Faith And Devotion Live (1993)
Pearl Jam – Vitalogy (1994) (CD)
The Beatles – Live At The BBC (1994) U.S.
Bush – Sixteen Stone (1994)
Eminem – Slim Shady EP (1997) (EP)
Korn – See You On The Other Side (2005)
Phish – Hampton/Winston-Salem ’97 (2011) (box set)
Korn – The Path Of Totality (2011)
December 6 events –
1877 – Thomas Edison makes his first recording of the human voice on his
tinfoil cylinder “phonograph,” recording himself reciting Mary Had A Little
Lamb.
1948 – Arthur Godfrey’s Talents Scouts debuts on CBS-TV.
1956 – Country music singers Carl Smith and June Carter are divorced.
1957 – Elvis Presley performs at The Goodwill Revue in Memphis, sponsored
by radio station WDIA. Other acts include Junior Parker, Bobby Bland and
Brook Benton: all “heroes” of Presley’s.
1957 – The Platters record "Twilight Time" at Mercury Sound Studio in New
York City.
1960 – Country music singer Gene Autry is awarded baseball’s American
League expansion franchise for his team The Los Angeles Angels.
1961 – Solomon Burke records “Cry To Me” at Atlantic Studios in New York
City.
1961 – The Beatles meet with Brian Epstein once again to discuss his
management of the band, with Epstein laying out all he can do for them.
John Lennon accepts Epstein’s offer on behalf of the group.
1962 – Bob Dylan records “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall,” “Oxford Town” and
several others at Columbia Studios in New York City.
1964 – The Gerry and The Pacemakers movie, Ferry ‘Cross The Mersey, debuts
at the New Victoria Cinema in London.
1965 – The Beatles release their single, “We Can Work It Out” b/w “Day
Tripper” in the U.S. on Capitol Records.
1965 – The Miracles release their single, “Going To A Go-Go” b/w “Choosey
Beggar” on the Tamla label.
1965 – The Rolling Stones record “19th Nervous Breakdown” and “Mother’s
Little Helper” at RCA Studios in Hollywood.
1966 – The Beatles begin recording “When I’m Sixty-Four” - a song written
by Paul when he was a teenager.
1969 – Led Zeppelin makes their debut on the U.S. singles chart with “Whole
Lotta Love.”
1969 – Cab Calloway stars in NBC's Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation of The
Littlest Angel.
1969 – More than 300,000 people attend a free concert at the Altamont
Speedway in northern California, featuring The Rolling Stones, Jefferson
Airplane, Santana, The Flying Burrito Brothers and Crosby, Stills, Nash &
Young. The Stones hire the Hell’s Angels for security, and the event is
marred by considerable violence almost from the onset, culminating in the
stabbing murder of concert-goer Meredith Hunter.
1970 – The Rolling Stones movie Gimme Shelter, featuring footage of the now
infamous Altamont concert, premieres in New York.
1970 – The Grass Roots sing a medley of their hits on The Ed Sullivan Show.
Other musical guests include Bobbi Martin, The Three Degrees, Lucecita
Benitez, and The NFL Singers.
1972 – The Rolling Stones begin recording songs for their album, Goat’s
Head Soup, at Dynamic Sound Studios in Kingston, Jamaica.
1974 – George Harrison releases his single, “Ding Dong, Ding Dong” b/w “I
Don’t Care Anymore” in the UK.
1975 – Rev. Charles Boykin of Tallahassee, Florida, organizes the burning
of Elton John and Rolling Stones records, claiming they are sinful, in
reaction to the results of a local survey that claimed 984 of 1,000
unmarried mothers had sex while listening to rock music.
1978 – Sid Vicious smashes a glass in the face of Patti Smith's brother,
Todd, during an altercation at the Hurrah club in New York City.
1980 – Mark David Chapman flies to New York City with the intent of
shooting John Lennon.
1980 – The Police play at the Fox Theater in Atlanta, Georgia, with R.E.M. as
opening act.
1986 – Ringo Starr becomes the first Beatle to lend his name and
endorsement in a commercial advertisement, pushing Sun Country wine coolers.
1991 – John Lennon’s Aunt Mimi Smith passes away at age 88.
1993 – Travis Tritt records “Take It Easy,” and gets the former members of
The Eagles to supply backing vocals. After the session, The Eagles decide
to re-unite for real and make plans for a comeback show and tour.
1995 – Michael Jackson collapses during rehearsals at the Beacon Theatre in
New York City for an upcoming HBO special, and is hospitalized for
dehydration.
1997 – Metallica and Marianne Faithfull appear and perform together on
NBC’s Saturday Night Live.
2003 – Elvis Costello marries his third wife, singer/songwriter Diana
Krall. They are still married.
2005 – The driver of a Jeep hits an ice patch outside Graceland and crashes
into the “graffiti wall,” destroying a section of the wall and thousands of
messages written on it. No one is injured.
2005 – Singer Robbie Williams wins his libel lawsuit against the People
newspaper, Star, and Hot Stars magazines over claims that he was secretly
homosexual.
2007 – Billy Joel, with Cass Dillon on vocals, releases the single,
“Christmas In Fallujah” on iTunes, with proceeds being donated to Homes for
Our Troops, which builds homes for severely wounded veterans of Iraq and
Afghanistan.
2010 – Former bassist for KC and The Sunshine Band, Richard Finch, pleads
no contest to “inappropriate sexual contact” with a teenage boy, and is
sentenced to seven years in prison.
2011 – Barbara Orbison, the widow of the late singer, passes away at age 61
from prostate cancer - 23 years to the day after her husband Roy’s death.
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