December 21 Born –
Luise King (1913) – The King Sisters.
David “Panama” Francis (1918) – prolific New York session drummer.
Luigi Creatore (1921) – songwriter/producer (“Honeycomb”).
Freddie Hart (aka Frederick Segrest, 1926) – Country singer/songwriter
(“Easy Loving”).
Hank Crawford (aka Bennie Crawford, Jr., 1934) –
saxophonist/songwriter/arranger.
Wes Farrell (1939) – American producer/songwriter ("Boys").
Paul (aka Ray Hildebrand, 1940) – Paul and Paula.
Frank Zappa (1940) – guitarist/singer/songwriter.
Carla Thomas (1942) – singer, “The Queen of Memphis Soul.”
Albert Lee (1943) – session and tour guitarist.
Gwen McCrae (1943) – Soul singer (“Rockin’ Chair”).
Carl Wilson (1946) – The Beach Boys.
Nick Gilder (1951) – Canadian singer (“Hot Child In The City”).
Betty Wright (aka Bessie Norris, 1953) – R&B singer/songwriter (“Clean Up
Woman”).
Robert Wilson (1956) – bassist for The Gap Band, “The Godfather of Bass
Guitar.”
Emmett “Murph” Murphy III (1964) – drummer for Dinosaur Jr. and The
Lemonheads.
Gabby Glaser (1965) – guitarist/vocalist for Luscious Jackson.
Brett Scallions (1971) – vocalist for Fuel.
December 21 R.I.P. –
Charlie Fuqua (1971) – Age 61. Singer/guitarist for The Ink Spots.
John Spence (1987) – suicide. Age 18. Original vocalist for No Doubt.
Paul Jeffreys (1988) – Lockerbie airplane bomb. Age 36. Bassist for Be-Bop
Deluxe and Cockney Rebels.
Albert King (1992) – heart attack. Age 69. Blues guitarist/singer.
Karl Denver (1998) – brain tumor. Age 67. Scottish singer (“Wimoweh”).
Lee Dorman (2012) – heart attack. Age 70. Bassist for Iron Butterfly and
Captain Beyond.
December 21 album releases –
Dionne Warwick – Here I Am (1965)
Frank Zappa – Thing-Fish (1984) (box set)
Sade – Promise (1985) U.S.
Jodeci – Diary Of A Mad Band (1993)
Los Del Rio – Macarena Non Stop (1996)
DMX – …And Then There Was X (1999)
December 21 events –
1950 – Billy Eckstine records "I Apologize" at Radio Recorders in Hollywood.
1950 – Hank Williams records “Cold, Cold Heart,” “Dear John,” “Just
Waiting” and “Men With Broken Hearts” at Castle Studio in Nashville.
1955 – LaVern Baker records “Jim Dandy” for Atlantic Records.
1959 – Jack Scott, along with The Chantones on backing vocals, records "Burning
Bridges" at Bell Sound Studio in New York City.
1959 – Conway Twitty releases his single, “Lonely Blue Boy” b/w “Star
Spangled Heaven” on MGM Records.
1960 – Elvis Presley’s sixth movie, Flaming Star, opens in theaters, and
Elvis is inducted into the Los Angeles Indian Tribal Council.
1964 – Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts publishes his children’s book, Ode
To A High Flying Bird - a book of text and drawings about Charlie Parker.
1964 – The Temptations release their single, “My Girl” b/w “(Talking ‘Bout)
Nobody But My Baby” on the Gordy label.
1966 – The Beach Boys’ single “Good Vibrations” and their albums Little
Deuce Coupe and Shut Down Vol. 2 are certified gold by the RIAA.
1967 – The Beatles throw a costume party at London's Royal Lancaster Hotel
for the cast, crew and families of their Magical Mystery Tour film.
1967 – The Temptations release their single, “I Wish It Would Rain” b/w “I
Truly, Truly Believe” on the Gordy label.
1968 – Glen Campbell’s album Wichita Lineman hits #1 on the Billboard
chart: Glen’s only album to do so.
1968 – Janis Joplin makes her solo stage debut in Memphis at a Stax/Volt
Christmas party that also features label artists Eddie Floyd and Booker T.
and The MGs.
1969 – Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young perform at Balboa Stadium in San
Diego, with opening act Canned Heat.
1969 – Diana Ross makes her final live appearance with The Supremes on “The
Swinging, Soulful Sixties” episode of The Ed Sullivan Show. Other musical
guests appearing on tape include clips of The Beatles at Shea Stadium, The
Dave Clark 5, The Animals, The Rolling Stones, Herman’s Hermits, Petula
Clark, as well as Broadway clips of Robert Goulet, Richard Burton, Gwen
Verdon, and Barbra Streisand.
1970 – Elvis Presley makes a visit to the White House in order to volunteer
his services to President Nixon in fighting the war on drugs. Presley, who
loves official badges, has been trying to get a BNDD (Bureau of Narcotics
and Dangerous Drugs) badge for himself, and when calling the Bureau failed,
Nixon himself stepped in and ordered his deputy counsel to arrange a
meeting. Presley presents the President with a chrome-plated Colt .45 gun,
and the next day Presley receives his badge.
1972 – Martha and The Vandellas play their final together concert at Cobo
Hall in Detroit.
1974 – The Doobie Brothers’ single “Black Water” debuts on the Billboard
Hot 100.
1977 – Queen appears at the Long Beach Arena in southern California on
their News Of The World Tour.
1977 – Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams record "Too Much, Too Little, Too
Late."
1979 – Linda Ronstadt hosts a benefit show for her boyfriend, Governor of
California and Presidential candidate Jerry Brown, at the San Diego Sports
Arena, where she performs along with Chicago and The Eagles.
1984 – Frankie Goes To Hollywood plays the first of three nights at the
Royal Court Theatre in Liverpool.
1985 – Bruce Springsteen's album Born In The U.S.A. passes Michael
Jackson's Thriller to become the second longest-lasting LP on Billboard’s Top
Ten album chart at 79 weeks, second only to 1959’s original Broadway
soundtrack of The Sound Of Music, at 109 weeks..
1990 – A memorial concert for John Lennon is held at the Tokyo Dome in
Japan, featuring Hall & Oates, Natalie Cole, Linda Ronstadt and Sean Lennon.
1995 – Northern Uproar singer Leon Meya receives a letter from the Spanish
Ministry Of Defense ordering him to sign up for national service because
Meya lived in Spain until he was five.
1996 – En route to a White House dinner with the Clintons, Tony Bennett
suffers a ruptured hernia and is rushed to the hospital for emergency
surgery.
2001 – The Los Angeles police department launches an investigation into why
widow Olivia Harrison listed a non-existent Beverly Hills address as the
place of husband George Harrison's death.
2003 – Eminem's ex-wife Kimberley Mathers pleads guilty in a Michigan court
to a drug and driving offenses stemming from a traffic stop by police in
June. Mathers was charged with possession of cocaine, driving with a
suspended license and maintaining a drug house in which police discovered
marijuana and Ecstasy. The 28 year-old mother turned herself in after
failing to attend a November 1 hearing, and removing an electronic tagging
device used to monitor her movements.
2003 – Tommy Hubbard from Whitby, age 14, wins the 2003 Riffathon - a
nationwide guitar competition in aid of Action For Brazil's Children Trust
- at the University of Surrey. The ten Riffathon finalists - judged by
Jimmy Page and Brian May - each perform a Led Zeppelin classic track with a
full live band. Tommy's performance of “Ramble On” wins him the star prize
of a 1958 re-issue Gibson Les Paul standard guitar, donated by Gibson
Guitars.
2005 – The Sugababes unveil their new singer, self-confessed Sugababes fan
Amelle Berrabah, 21, from Hampshire, just a day after Mutya Buena announces
she is leaving the group.
2005 – Elton John and his partner David Furnish become the first gay
celebrity couple to register their relationship as a civil partnership in a
20-minute ceremony taking place at the Guild Hall in Windsor. Guests
include Ringo Starr, Victoria Beckham, Joss Stone, Sting, Elvis Costello,
Jamie Cullum, George Michael and The Osbournes.
2010 – Kings Of Leon postpone their concert at the O2 Arena in London after
fires break out on two of their tour buses which are parked in the loading
bay of the venue. About 60 firefighters are at the scene and ambulance
crews treat six people for smoke inhalation.
2012 – Paul Simon performs his classic track “The Sound Of Silence” at the
funeral of first grade teacher Victoria Soto, who died in the Sandy Hook
Elementary School shooting in Connecticut on December 14. Said to be a
favorite of the 27-year old teacher, Simon and a family friend perform the
song in front of 400 mourners at Soto's local church.
2012 – Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood, 65, marries his third wife,
34-year old girlfriend Sally Humphreys, in a low-key ceremony at the
Dorchester Hotel in London. Rod Stewart is best man.
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