December 12 Born –
Frank Sinatra (1915) – singer/actor.
Joe Williams (aka Joseph Goreed, 1918) – Jazz singer.
Dick James (1920) – music publisher.
Joan Weber (1935) – singer ("Let Me Go, Lover!").
Connie Francis (aka Concetta Franconero, 1938) – singer (“Who’s Sorry Now”).
Terry Kirkman (1939) – The Association.
Dionne Warwick (aka Marie Warrick, 1940) – singer (“I Say A Little Prayer”).
Tim Hauser (1941) – The Manhattan Transfer.
Mike Heron (1942) – The Incredible String Band.
Forrest “Dickey” Betts (1943) – guitarist for The Allman Brothers Band.
Grover Washington, Jr. (1943) – Jazz saxophonist.
Rob Tyner (1944) – vocalist for MC5.
Booker T. Jones (1944) – Booker T. and The MGs.
Alan Ward (1945) – guitarist for The Honeycombs.
Tony Williams (1945) – Jazz drummer.
Ralph Scala (1947) – organist for The Blues Magoos.
Ray Jackson (1948) – mandolin and harmonica player for Lindisfarne.
Bruce Kulick (1953) – guitarist for Grand Funk Railroad and KISS.
Cy Curnin (1957) – vocalist for The Fixx.
Sheila E. (aka Sheila Escovedo, 1957) – drummer/percussionist for Prince.
Daniel O’Donnell (1961) – Irish singer.
Eric Schenkman (1963) – guitarist/vocalist for The Spin Doctors.
Gabby Glaser (1965) – guitarist for Luscious Jackson.
Nick Dimichino (1967) – bassist for Nine Days.
Daniel “Danny Boy” O’Connor (1968) – rapper for House Of Pain.
Dan Hawkins (1976) – guitarist for The Darkness.
Dino Meneghin (1977) – guitarist for The Calling.
Carl Dalemo (1980) – guitarist for Razorlight.
December 12 R.I.P. –
Mildred Bailey (1951) – heart failure from diabetes. Age 44. Jazz singer,
“The Queen of Swing” (“Rockin’ Chair”).
Ian Stewart (1985) – heart attack in a clinic waiting room. Age 47. Pianist
for The Rolling Stones.
Clifton Chenier (1987) – kidney disease from diabetes. Age 62. Eminent
Creole music accordionist. “The King of Zydeco.”
Dotty Todd (2000) – Alzheimer's disease. Age 87. Art and Dotty Todd.
Ike Turner (2007) – Age 76. The Ike & Tina Turner Revue.
December 12 album releases –
The Plastic Ono Band – Live Peace In Toronto 1969 (1969)
Ringo Starr – Blast From Your Past (1975)
Burning Spear – Marcus Garvey (1975)
ABBA – ABBA: The Album (1977)
The Clash – Sandinista! (1980)
The Fall – Perverted By Language (1983)
UB40 – Labour Of Love II (1989)
Arch Enemy – Black Earth (1996)
Cypress Hill – Live At The Fillmore (2000)
Kylie Minogue – Showgirl (2005)
December 12 events –
1896 – Guglielmo Marconi amazes a London assemblage with the first wireless
radio
communication sent across a room at Toynbee Hall.
1901 – Guglielmo Marconi sends the first transatlantic wireless radio
signal from Poldhu in Cornwall, England, to Newfoundland, Canada.
1955 – Bill Haley and His Comets record “See You Later, Alligator” at Decca
Studios in New York City.
1955 – Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley all appear at the
National Guard Armory in Armory, Mississippi.
1957 – Disc jockey Al Priddy is fired from radio station KEX in Portland,
Oregon, for playing Elvis Presley's version of "White Christmas" on air.
1957 – Frankie Avalon appears on American Bandstand.
1962 – The Kingston Trio records “Greenback Dollar” at Capitol Studios in
Hollywood.
1963 – The album John Fitzgerald Kennedy - A Memorial Album becomes the
fastest-selling album in U.S. history, selling four million copies in six
days.
1964 – The Righteous Brothers release their single, “You’ve Lost That
Lovin’ Feelin’” b/w “There’s A Woman.”
1965 – The Beatles play their final show of their last UK tour at the
Capitol Theatre in Cardiff.
1965 – The Byrds, The Dave Clark 5, Al Hirt, Wayne Newton, Barbara McNair
and The Swingle Singers all perform on The Ed Sullivan Show.
1966 – The Pink Floyd performs at London's Royal Albert Hall for the first
time for the Oxfam Benefit.
1967 – A London Appeals Court commutes the nine-month prison sentence of
Rolling Stone Brian Jones for marijuana possession, citing psychiatric
testimony that he could not handle prison.
1968 – Smokey Robinson and The Miracles release their single, “Baby, Baby
Don’t Cry” b/w “Your Mother’s Only Daughter” on the Tamla label.
1969 – The Ringo Starr and Peter Sellers film, The Magic Christian,
premieres in London.
1969 – The Moody Blues appear at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and
record the show for a live album release.
1970 – Jim Morrison performs with The Doors for the last time at The
Warehouse in New Orleans.
1970 – Stephen Stills releases his single, “Love The One You’re With” b/w
“To A Flame.”
1970 – Little Richard is charged with "larceny by trick" in Miami Beach by
Blacks, Inc., claiming Richard pocketed $250 he solicited for the
organization. Little Richard asks for a receipt and he’ll return the money.
The charges are later dropped.
1971 – Diana Ross begins filming the Billie Holliday biopic, Lady Sings The
Blues.
1974 – The Rolling Stones begin recording their Black And Blue album in
Munich, Germany, with an array of second guitarists, cementing Mick
Taylor's departure from the group. One of the session guitarists, The
Faces' Ron Wood, will become Taylor's permanent replacement.
1976 – KISS guitarist Ace Frehley is electrocuted and knocked unconscious
when he touches a short-circuited light fixture during a concert at the
Civic Center in Lakeland, Florida. He is carried from the stage, but
returns to finish the show ten minutes later.
1976 – Backstage after a concert at the Las Vegas Hilton, Elvis Presley
meets with televangelist Rex Humbard and breaks down in tears, bemoaning
his life's lack of meaning.
1980 – Marie Osmond's solo variety series, Marie, premieres on NBC-TV. It
lasts half a season.
1980 – In New York City, thousands march peacefully in memory of John
Lennon, walking down Fifth Avenue and ending at the Dakota Building.
1985 – On her 45th birthday, Dionne Warwick is awarded a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1991 – The funeral for John Lennon’s aunt Mimi Smith is held, with Cynthia
Lennon, and Sean and Yoko in attendance. Paul McCartney, George Harrison
and Ringo Starr all send flowers.
1994 – Beach Boy Mike Love wins his songwriting credit lawsuit against
cousin Brian Wilson, securing past and future royalties on 35 songs. Love
was promised 30% of a $10 million settlement Wilson won in a lawsuit for
the 1969 sale of Wilson’s publishing company Sea Of Tunes by his father
Murray for the paltry sum of $70,000. Love sued when Wilson failed to pay
up, thus winning $13 million in his suit against Wilson.
1995 – The Beatles release their first single in more than 25 years, “Free
As A Bird,” as a CD maxi-single. Other tracks on the single include studio
outtakes of “I Saw Her Standing There,” “This Boy” and the fan club
Christmas record “Christmas Time (Is Here Again).”
1996 – Country music artist Clint Black receives a star on the Hollywood
Walk of Fame.
2000 – At the Friar’s Club in New York City, Tony Bennett announces the
formation of the Frank Sinatra School Of The Arts: a high school for gifted
students in the arts.
2001 – Las Vegas declares the day “Frank Sinatra Day,” on what would have
been the singer’s 86th birthday.
2001 – Love guitarist and singer Arthur Lee is released from prison after
serving almost six years of a 12-year sentence for illegal possession and
discharge of a firearm during a dispute with a neighbor.
2002 – Singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot is released from the McMaster
University Medical Centre in Canada after three months in intensive care
and numerous surgeries to repair a ruptured intestinal artery in his lower
abdomen.
2002 – Guitarist and inventor Les Paul announces his intention to donate 2,000
records, pieces of sheet music, and other memorabilia for an exhibit in his
home town of Waukesha, Wisconsin.
2003 – Mick Jagger is knighted by Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace,
becoming Sir Michael Jagger. Mick’s 92-year old father is in attendance.
2003 – Dave Matthews begins his first solo tour at the Bryce Jordan Center
at Penn State University.
2007 – A copy of John Lennon's book A Spaniard In The Works, containing a
lock of Lennon's hair, sells at Gorringes Auction House for £24,000. Lennon
gave the book and the hair to Betty Glasgow, the Fab Four's hairdresser,
during their heyday, with the inscription, “To Betty, Lots of Love and
Hair, John Lennon xx."
2008 – A new housing development in Mick Jagger’s and Keith Richards’ home
town of Kent names 13 streets after Rolling Stones song titles, including
Sympathy Street and Ruby Tuesday Drive.
2011 – Barry Manilow is hospitalized to remove fluid and repair torn
muscles in his hips.
2011 – The producer of The Monkees television show, Bert Schneider, passes
away from natural causes at age 78.
2012 – New York City’s Madison Square Garden hosts 12-12-12: The Concert
For Sandy Relief, as a benefit for the victims of Hurricane Sandy. Artists
performing at the event include Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band,
Roger Waters, Bon Jovi, Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, Alicia Keys, The
Who, Kanye West, Billy Joel, and Paul McCartney, who performs the song “Cut
Me Some Slack” with the former members of Nirvana.
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