December 18 Born –
Montana Slim (aka Wilf Carter, 1904) – Canadian country music
singer/songwriter.
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson (1917) – Jazz/jump blues saxophonist, blues
shouter.
James Carter (1925) – amateur singer, inmate (“Po’ Lazarus” from O Brother,
Where Art Thou?)
Harold Land (1928) – hard bop saxophonist with The Timeless All Stars.
Allen Klein (1931) – manager of The Rolling Stones and The Beatles.
Bryan "Chas" Chandler (1938) – bassist for The Animals, manager of Jimi
Hendrix.
Sam Andrew (1941) – guitarist for Big Brother and The Holding Company.
Les Cauchi (1942) – The Brooklyn Bridge.
Keith Richards (1943) – The Rolling Stones.
Bobby Keys (1943) – saxophonist for The Rolling Stones.
Bill Nelson (1948) – guitarist for Be Bop Deluxe.
Randy Castillo (1950) – drummer for Ozzy Osbourne.
Martha Johnson (1950) – Martha and The Muffins.
Anthony “Sooty” Jones (1952) – bassist for Humble Pie.
Elliot Easton (aka Elliot Steinberg, 1953) – guitarist for The Cars.
Kevin “Geordie” Walker (1958) – guitarist for Killing Joke.
Daddy G (aka Grantley Marshall, 1959) – rapper for Massive Attack.
Greg D’Angelo (1963) – drummer for White Lion.
Steve Dullaghan (1966) – guitarist for The Primitives.
DMX (aka Earl Simmons, 1970) – rapper.
Christina Aguilera (1980) – singer/songwriter.
December 18 R.I.P. –
Les Kummel (1978) – car crash. Age 33. Bassist for The New Colony Six.
Jimmy Nolen (1983) – heart attack. Age 49. Guitarist for James Brown.
Irving Caesar (1996) – Age 101. Lyricist (“Sometimes I’m Happy”).
Kirsty MacColl (2000) – hit by a speed boat while swimming. Age 41.
Singer/songwriter.
James Mitchell (2000) – heart failure. Age 69. Saxophonist for the Memphis
Horns.
Clifford T. Ward (2001) – pneumonia. Age 57. British singer/songwriter
(“Gaye”).
Gilbert Bécaud (2001) – cancer. Age 74. Composer ("Et Maintenant" - "What
Now My Love <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Now_My_Love_(song)>").
Clay Cole (2010) – heart attack. Age 72. Singer/DJ/TV show host (The Clay
Cole Show).
Ralph McDonald (2011) – lung cancer. Age 67. Songwriter ("Where Is The
Love").
December 18 album releases –
The Beach Boys – Wild Honey (1967)
The Jackson 5 – Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 (1969)
The Beatles – From Then To You (1970) (Fan club Christmas album)
T. Rex – T. Rex (1970)
Sly and The Family Stone – Heard Ya Missed Me, Well I’m Back (1976)
December 18 events –
1934 – Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra, along with Willie Smith on
vocals, records “Rhythm Is Our Business” for Decca Records.
1945 – Perry Como records “Prisoner Of Love” at RCA Studios in New York
City.
1961 – Chubby Checker's "The Twist" begins its 23rd week on the singles
chart, becoming the longest stay on Billboard's Hot 100 to date.
1961 – Sam Cooke records "Twistin' The Night Away" at RCA Studios in
Hollywood.
1961 – EMI’s Ron White responds to Brian Epstein’s December 8 request for a
recording contract for The Beatles by turning them down.
1962 – The Beatles return to Hamburg, Germany, for the fifth and final time
as a club act, playing a two week engagement at the Star Club.
1964 – Sam Cooke's funeral brings 200,000 fans to the A.R. Leak Funeral
Home in Chicago - so many fans that the crush breaks the glass front doors
of the parlor. James Brown, there to pay his respects, is forced to leave
in order to avoid the grieving mob. Ray Charles, who makes it in, sings a
stirring version of "Angels Keep Watching Over Me" for his friend.
1965 – SSgt. Barry Sadler records 12 songs for an album, including “The
Ballad Of The Green Berets.”
1966 – Tara Browne, heir to the Guinness fortune, is killed when he
collides with a bus while driving his sports car in London's South
Kensington district. Reading about the accident a few days later, John
Lennon incorporates the incident into the first and second verses of his
new song, "A Day In The Life."
1968 – Janis Joplin begins rehearsing with her new group, The Kozmic Blues
Band.
1968 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono participate in the Underground Christmas
party at the Royal Albert Hall, presenting their “Alchemical Wedding” by
sitting in a huge white bag for a half hour and chatting with passersby.
The following year, the couple will begin their Bagism project.
1968 – Frankie Laine releases his single, “You Gave Me A Mountain” b/w “The
Secret Of Happiness.”
1969 – The New York Times reports that 75 percent of the billion-dollar
music industry's revenue is generated by American youth.
1971 – Joe Tex releases his single, “I Gotcha” b/w “A Mother’s Prayer.”
1972 – Bob Dylan begins filming the Sam Peckinpah film, Pat Garrett And
Billy The Kid.
1973 – Jim Stafford records “My Girl Bill” in Atlanta.
1975 – Rod Stewart officially quits The Faces.
1978 – Led Zeppelin completes work on what will be their last album, In
Through The Out Door.
1981 – The Rolling Stones perform at the Hampton Coliseum in Virginia, and
the concert airs on cable television as one of the first pay-per-view
events.
1981 – Kim Carnes and Tina Turner open for Rod Stewart at the Los Angeles
Forum, and the concert is broadcast via satellite to 35 million people in
23 countries.
1982 – Hall and Oates’ “Maneater” hits #1, causing the pair to surpass The
Everly Brothers as the biggest selling duo of all time.
1983 – On his 40th birthday, Keith Richards marries Patti Hansen at the
Finisterra Hotel in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
1988 – The Alarm’s Mike Peters is rushed to the hospital from the Northgate
Arena in Chester when his eyes are burned from the intense spotlights. The
group is forced to cancel dates in London and Birmingham while Peters
regains his eye sight.
1991 – In a move that will have widespread implications for the rap
industry, Gilbert O'Sullivan is awarded an injunction against rapper Biz
Markie for an unlicensed sample of Gilbert's "Alone Again (Naturally)" used
in Biz's own "Alone Again."
1991 – Céline Dion signs a $10 million contract with Sony Music.
1992 – Canadian radio station CFRA bans The Beatles' "Run For Your Life"
from its playlist for its alleged anti-women sentiment.
1995 – Saxophonist Kenny G and his family escape a fire that causes
$275,000 damage to their home in suburban Los Angeles.
1999 – Madame Tussauds in London unveils their Spice Girls wax-works.
2000 – 15-year old Danielle McGuire sues ‘N Sync singer Justin Timberlake
for harassment, assault and intentional infliction of emotional distress
following a November 19 incident after a concert in St. Louis, charging
Timberlake was allowed “to take over security and control the lobby area of
the Chase Park Plaza Hotel, and control members of the public located in
the lobby.”
2000 – The last issue of Melody Maker is published.
2003 – In Los Angeles, Michael Jackson is formally charged with seven
counts of lewd and lascivious acts upon a minor, and two counts of
administering an "intoxicating agent" to a minor.
2003 – President George W. Bush awards James Brown and Loretta Lynn with
Kennedy
Center Honors in Washington DC.
2004 – The red Gibson SG guitar that George Harrison used while recording
Revolver fetches $570,000 at a Christie’s New York auction. In the late
‘60s, Harrison gave the guitar to Pete Ham of the Apple band, Badfinger.
2005 – Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty is arrested for possession of
heroin after being pulled over by police for driving erratically.
2008 – Paul Simon is made a member of the Board of Trustees at the
prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston.
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