Mike Heron also formed a band Mike Heron#s Reputation which became Herom. He recently rreleased a new album with the band Trembling Bells!
On Sunday, 1 December 2013 16:29:58 UTC, Eidem wrote: > December 1 Born – > > Mary Martin (1913) – Broadway actress/singer. > > Matt Munro (1930) – nightclub singer. > > Lou Rawls (1933) – singer/songwriter. > > Billy Paul (1934) – R&B singer (“Me And Mrs. Jones”). > > Sandy Nelson (1938) – L.A. session drummer. > > Dianne Lennon (1939) – The Lennon Sisters. > > Charlie Grima (1944) – drummer for Wizzard. > > Eric Bloom (1944) – guitarist for Blue Öyster Cult. > > John Densmore (1944) – drummer for The Doors. > > Bette Midler (1945) – singer/actress. > > Raymond “Gilbert” O’Sullivan (1946) – singer/songwriter. > > John “Jaco” Pastorius (1951) – bassist for Weather Report. > > Mary Vesta Williams (1957) – R&B singer (“Congratulations”). > > Steve Jansen (1959) – drummer for Japan. > > Sam Reid (1963) – keyboardist for Glass Tiger. > > Greg Upchurch (1971) – drummer for 3 Doors Down. > > Brad Delson (1977) – guitarist for Linkin Park. > > Mike Fineo (1981) – drummer for Filter. > > > December 1 R.I.P. – > > Fred Rose (1954) – Age 56. Songwriter, publisher, Acuff-Rose Music. > > Samuel "Magic Sam" Maghett (1969) – heart attack. Age 32. Chicago blues > musician. > > Horace Heidt (1986) – Age 85. Big band leader, radio/television > personality. > > Billy Lyall (1989) – AIDS. Age 36. Pilot and Bay City Rollers. > > Ray Gillen (1993) – AIDS. Age 34. Vocalist for Badlands and Black Sabbath. > > Irving Gordon (1996) – cancer. Age 81. Songwriter (“Unforgettable”). > > Stéphane Grappelli (1997) – complications from a hernia operation. Age 89. > Jazz violinist with Django Reinhardt. > > > December 1 album releases – > > The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Axis: Bold As Love (1967) UK > > The Shadows – From Hank, Bruce, Brian And John (1967) > > The Monkees – Head (1968) > > Gentle Giant – Octopus (1972) > > Black Sabbath – Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973) > > Koko Taylor – South Side Lady (1973) > > Styx – Equinox (1975) > > AC/DC – T.N.T. (1975) Australia > > Aerosmith – Draw The Line (1977) > > The Doobie Brothers – Minute By Minute (1978) > > Queen – Live Magic (1986) > > Sodom – Persecution Mania (1987) > > Journey – Time3 (1992) (box set) > > The Ramones – Acid Eaters (1993) > > R.E.M. – The Automatic Box (1993) (box set) Germany > > Dimmu Borgir – For All Tid (1994) > > Sarah Brightman – Eden (1998) U.S. > > > December 1 events – > > 1931 – Gene Autry debuts his first radio show on station WLS in Chicago. > > 1944 – Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, along with singer Joya Sherrill, > records “I’m Beginning To See The Light” for RCA Victor. > > 1945 – Singer Burl Ives makes his concert debut at the Town Hall in New > York City. > > 1956 – The musical comedy, The Girl Can’t Help It, premieres in theaters. > The film features musical performances by Little Richard, Eddie Cochran, > Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps, Julie London, The Platters, Fats Domino and > others. > > 1957 – The Crickets, Sam Cooke, and The Rays all make their national > television debuts on The Ed Sullivan Show. Also on the show is Bobby > Helms. > > 1958 – Neil Sedaka signs with RCA Records. > > 1958 – Ricky Nelson appears on the cover of LIFE magazine. > > 1960 – Bobby Darin, 24, marries 16-year old Sandra Dee in music publisher > Don Kirshner’s apartment in New York City. They stay married for seven > years. > > 1961 – The Beatles play a lunchtime show at the Cavern Club, then, in the > evening, the group headlines a five hour, six-act concert entitled The Big > Beat Session at the Tower Ballroom in New Brighton, Wallasey, in front of > 2,000 fans. > > 1961 – Mike Douglas, former big band singer with Kay Kaiser, begins his > 20-year career as a television talk show host on KYW-TV in Cleveland. The > show will move to Philadelphia in 1965. > > 1964 – Buck Owens records “Cryin' Time” and “I've Got A Tiger By The Tail” > in an afternoon recording session at Capitol Studios in Hollywood. Both > songs will become hits for Owens. > > 1964 – The Who plays the first night of a 22-week Tuesday night residency > at the Marquee Club in London. > > 1965 – The Rolling Stones appear at the PNE Agrodome in Vancouver, British > Columbia, on their second North American Tour. > > 1967 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Move, Pink Floyd, The Nice, Outer > Limits and Amen Corner play two shows at Central Hall in Chatham. > > 1967 – Country music artist Jimmie Rodgers is found bleeding with a > fractured skull in his car along the San Diego Freeway, the result of a > "mysterious assault." In the months that follow, Rodgers will file an $11 > million lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles, claiming that three police > officers had beaten him, though he has no memory of what happened. > > 1968 – Janis Joplin plays her last gig with Big Brother and The Holding > Company at a Family Dog benefit at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco. > > 1968 – Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass, Engelbert Humperdinck and Tiny > Tim all appear on The Ed Sullivan Show. > > 1969 – Bee Gee Barry Gibb announces that he’s "fed up, miserable and > completely disillusioned" with The Bee Gees, and is quitting the group. > > 1971 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono release their single, “Happy Christmas > (War Is Over)” b/w “Listen, The Snow Is Falling.” > > 1972 – The Eagles perform at Claremont College in Claremont, California. > > 1975 – On her 30th birthday, Bette Midler undergoes emergency appendectomy > surgery at the Beverly Hills Medical Center. > > 1976 – The Sex Pistols appear on ITV's Today show in place of Queen who > pull out at the last minute. When program interviewer Bill Grundy asks the > band to say something outrageous, guitarist Steve Jones says, “You dirty > bastard...you dirty fucker...what a fucking rotter!” > > 1977 – Queen appears at Madison Square Garden on their News Of The World > Tour. > > 1980 – The Talking Heads appear at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, with > opening act U2. > > 1983 – Neil Young is sued by Geffen Records because his new music for the > label is “not commercial in nature and musically uncharacteristic of his > previous albums.” > > 1987 – A Kentucky school teacher loses her appeal in the U.S. Supreme > Court over her sacking after showing Pink Floyd's film The Wall to her > class. The court decides that the film is not suitable for minors with its > bad language and sexual content. > > 1989 – Sly Stone is sentenced to 55 days in jail after pleading guilty to > driving under the influence of cocaine. > > 1990 – Poison guitarist C.C. DeVille is arrested for public drunkenness > in Louisville, Kentucky, and spends six hours in jail. > > 1995 – Frank Sinatra and his wife sell off some of the singer’s memorabilia > through Christie’s auction house in New York, and take in more than $2 > million. > > 1997 – Saxophonist Kenny G sets a new Guinness Book World Record when he > holds a note on his saxophone for 45 minutes and 47 seconds, using a > technique that allows him to blow and breathe at the same time. The record > has since been broken by Geovanny Escalante, who held a note for 1 hour, 30 > minutes and 45 seconds. > > 1998 – The Second II None Tour stops in Columbus, Ohio, featuring > headliners ‘N Sync and opening acts Britney Spears, B*Witched, and Mandy > Moore. > > 2006 – Oasis fan Ben Hayes enjoys "the best day of his life" when Noel > Gallagher pops round to his house in Poynton, Cheshire, to play an intimate > gig. Hayes won a BBC Radio 1 competition to have the star play in his front > room as part of a week of gigs hosted by DJ Jo Whiley. 15 people pack into > his living room for the gig, with his mother on hand making cups of tea for > the crew. > > 2012 – Singer Shakira is sued for $100 million by former boyfriend and > business manager of six years, Antonio de la Rua. In papers filed in New > York, Rua claims he is the "principal architect" of the business plan that > turned the singer into a global superstar, and is seeking to "recover his > share of past and future partnership profits." > -- 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.
