Elliott Easton was also the guitarist for Creedence Clearwater Revisited
On Wednesday, December 18, 2013 8:40:45 AM UTC-7, Eidem wrote:
> 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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