December 22 Born –
Russell “Red” Steagall (1938) – Country music singer/actor/radio and
television host.
James Gurley (1939) – guitarist for Big Brother and The Holding Company.
Colin “Barry” Jenkins (1944) – drummer for The Nashville Teens and The
Animals.
Pamela Courson (1946) – “cosmic mate” and common-law wife of Jim Morrison.
Rick Nielsen (1948) – guitarist for Cheap Trick.
Alan Williams (1948) – guitarist/vocalist for The Rubettes.
Maurice Gibb (1949) – The Bee Gees.
Robin Gibb (1949) – The Bee Gees.
Barry Sless (1955) – guitarist/pedal steel player for Phil And Friends.
Ricky Ross (1957) – vocalist for Deacon Blue.
Danny Saber (1966) – engineer/producer, bassist for Black Grape.
Marcel Shirmer (1966) – bassist/vocalist for Destruction.
Richey Edwards (1967) – guitarist for Manic Street Preachers.
December 22 R.I.P. –
Ma Rainey (1939) – heart attack. Age 53. “The Mother of the Blues.”
Rockin’ Robin Roberts (1967) – car crash. Age 27. Singer, The Wailers
(“Louie, Louie”).
D. Boon (1985) – van crash. Age 27. Singer/songwriter/guitarist for
Minutemen.
Joe Strummer (2002) – congenital heart defect. Age 50. The Clash.
Dave Dudley (2003) – heart attack. Age 75. Country music singer ("Six Days
On The Road").
Dennis Linde (2006) – idiopathic pulmonary
fibrosis<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiopathic_pulmonary_fibrosis>.
Age 63. Country music songwriter (“Burning Love”).
Joe Ames (2007) – heart attack. Age 86. The Ames Brothers.
Marva Whitney (2012) – pneumonia. Age 68. Funk singer with The James Brown
Revue.
December 22 album releases –
Madeline Bell – Comin’ Atcha (1973)
DMX – Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood (1998)
December 22 events –
1941 – Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra, along with Willie Smith on
vocals, records “Blues In The Night” in New York City.
1948 – Hank Williams records his breakout hit, “Lovesick Blues,” as well as
“Lost On The River” and “There’ll Be No Teardrops Tonight” at Herzog
Studios in Cincinnati, Ohio.
1955 – Alan Freed's twelve-day Rock 'N' Roll Holiday Jubilee stage show
opens at New York’s Academy of Music in Manhattan, featuring The
Heartbeats, Teddy Randazzo and The Three Chuckles, Joe Williams and The
Count Basie, LaVern Baker, The Cadillacs, The Wrens, The Valentines, The
Bonnie Sisters, Don Cherry and Gloria Mann.
1956 – Billboard magazine announces that Elvis Presley placed 17 chart hits
during the year. Pat Boone only managed five.
1957 – The Crickets release their single, “Oh Boy!” b/w “Not Fade Away” in
the UK.
1962 – Bob Dylan performs at the Singers Club in London: his second gig of
his first UK tour.
1962 – The Tornadoes hit #1 on the U.S. charts with their instrumental,
“Telstar.”
1962 – After receiving only marginal regional success in 1960 as The Rebels
on Mar Lee Records, The Rockin’ Rebels re-release their single “Wild
Weekend” b/w “Wild Weekend Cha-Cha” on Swan Records. The song will become a
worldwide smash.
1963 – The Beatles perform at the Empire Theatre in Liverpool as a warm-up
for their upcoming Christmas Shows, which begin on the 24th.
1964 – Dean Martin records “Send Me The Pillow You Dream On” and “In The
Chapel In The Moonlight” at United in Hollywood.
1966 – At Abbey Road studios, producer George Martin and engineer Geoff
Emerick synch up two different versions of John Lennon’s “Strawberry Fields
Forever” by slightly slowing down the first version (originally in the key
of C) and speeding up the second (in the key of A), which puts the song’s
key as somewhere close to B flat.
1967 – UK DJ John Peel hosts the all day and night event, Christmas On
Earth Continued, at the Olympia Exhibition Hall in London. Acts include The
Jimi Hendrix Experience, Pink Floyd, The Who, The Animals, Keith West and
Tomorrow (featuring guitarist Steve Howe), 1984 (featuring guitarist Brian
May), and Soft Machine.
1968 – Eric Burdon officially quits The Animals for a solo career.
1968 – The Vogues perform “Turn Around, Look At Me” on The Ed Sullivan
Show. Also on the show are Patti Page and Mike Douglas.
1969 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono meet with Canadian Prime Minister Pierre
Trudeau and Minister of Health John Munro to discuss drug abuse.
1972 – Led Zeppelin performs at Alexandra Palace in London.
1975 – A suitcase belonging to Ike and Tina Turner, containing $86,000 in
concert receipts, is stolen.
1976 – Isaac Hayes files for bankruptcy.
1978 – Former Small Faces and Faces drummer Kenney Jones joins The Who.
1978 – The stage version of Harry Nilsson's musical The Point opens in
London, featuring ex-Monkees Davy Jones and Micky Dolenz.
1980 – In the UK, Stiff Records releases an album called The Wit And Wisdom
Of Ronald Reagan, which contains no sound. The album’s running length is 40
seconds of complete silence.
1982 – In Hollywood, Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton record Bob Seger's "We've
Got Tonight."
1984 – CBS Records announces the upcoming release of Mick Jagger's first solo
album, titled She's The Boss.
1987 – Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx overdoses on heroin and is pronounced
“dead on arrival” in an ambulance when his heart stops beating for two
minutes. Sixx is given two shots of adrenaline in his chest to revive him.
1988 – The Smiths play their final gig together at the Wolverhampton Civic
Hall.
1991 – Gregg Allman makes his acting debut as drug lord Will Gaines in the
film Rush, which premieres in theaters.
1991 – James Brown launches a lawsuit against the producers of the movie
The Commitments, claiming one of the characters too closely resembles him.
Brown will lose the suit.
2000 – Madonna marries film director Guy Ritchie at Skibo Castle in
Scotland.
2002 – The College of Arms honors Paul McCartney with his own coat of arms,
which features a guitar and a Liver bird (the symbol of the city of
Liverpool).
2005 – Internet search engine Google announces that Janet Jackson was the
most searched name of the year due to her “wardrobe malfunction” at the
Super Bowl.
2008 – A 1973 cassette tape of a drunk John Lennon recording a six-minute
cover version of Lloyd Price's “Just Because” sells at an auction in Los
Angeles for $30,000.
2008 – AC/DC singer Brian Johnson dedicates the Brian Johnson Music Therapy
Room in the pediatric ward of the Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Florida.
2009 – The FBI releases 333 pages of documents compiled on Michael Jackson
between the years 1992 to 2005. The files reveal that they made several
investigations into death threats against Jackson made by obsessed fans,
alleged inappropriate involvement between Michael and an underage male, as
well as fears that he may have become the target for terrorists.
2009 – Rolling Stone magazine reports that Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler has
checked himself into rehab for his addiction to prescription painkillers.
2010 – The Abbey Road zebra crossing in north London is given Grade II
listed status. The crossing, the first of its kind to be listed, is
recognized for its "cultural and historical importance" following advice
from English Heritage.
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