Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart were in "The Tourists" before they formed the
Eurythmics
Cool Joey Molland story
On Wednesday, December 25, 2013 9:52:07 AM UTC-7, Eidem wrote:
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> December 25 Born –
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> Edward “Kid” Ory (1886) – Jazz trombonist, bandleader.
>
> Cabell “Cab” Calloway III (1907) – Jazz singer, bandleader.
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> Tony Martin (aka Alvin Morris, 1913) – actor/singer (“To Each His Own”).
>
> Pete Rugolo (1915) – Jazz composer, television theme songwriter (The
> Fugitive).
>
> Chris Kenner (1929) – R&B singer/songwriter ("Land Of A Thousand Dances").
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> Bill Horton (1929) – The Silhouettes.
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> McKinley Mitchell (1934) – R&B/soul singer (“The Town I Live In”).
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> O’Kelly Isley (1937) – The Isley Brothers.
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> Bob James (1939) – Jazz keyboardist.
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> Pete Brown (1940) – poet/lyricist (“White Room”).
>
> Trevor Lucas (1943) – guitarist for Fairport Convention.
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> Henry Vestine (1944) – guitarist for Canned Heat.
>
> Kenny Everett (aka Maurice Cole, 1944) – British DJ, television host.
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> John Edwards (1944) – The Spinners.
>
> Steve Mancha (aka Clyde Wilson, 1945) – 100 Proof (Aged In Soul).
>
> Noel Redding (1945) – bassist for The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Fat
> Mattress.
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> Jimmy Buffett (1946) – singer/songwriter.
>
> Barbara Mandrell (1948) – Country music singer/songwriter, The Mandrell
> Sisters.
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> Merry Clayton (1948) – Soul singer (“Gimme Shelter”).
>
> Annie Lennox (1954) – Eurythmics.
>
> Robin Campbell (1954) – guitarist/vocalist for UB40.
>
> Shane MacGowan (1957) – vocalist for The Pogues.
>
> Alannah Myles (1958) – Canadian singer/songwriter.
>
> Bob Stanley (1964) – guitarist for Saint Entienne.
>
> Noel Hogan (1971) – guitarist for The Cranberries.
>
> Dido (aka Florian Armstrong, 1971) – singer/songwriter.
>
> Josh Freese (1972) – drummer for Nine Inch Nails and Devo.
>
>
> December 25 R.I.P. –
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> Johnny Ace (1954) – accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound. Age 25. R&B
> singer.
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> Eugene “Bird” Daughtry (1994) – cancer. Age 55. The Intruders.
>
> Clarence "Satch" Satchell (1995) – brain aneurysm. Age 55. The Ohio
> Players.
>
> Dean Martin (1995) – acute respiratory failure from emphysema. Age 78.
> Singer/entertainer.
>
> Damita Jo DeBlanc (1998) – respiratory failure. Age 68. Singer ("If You Go
> Away").
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> Bryan MacLean (1998) – heart attack. Age 52. Singer/guitarist/songwriter
> for Love (“Alone Again Or”).
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> Joe Olivier (2001) – diabetes. Age 74. Guitarist for Bill Haley and His
> Comets.
>
> Birgit Nilsson (2005) – Age 87. Opera singer.
>
> James Brown (2006) – heart failure. Age 73. Soul/R&B singer/songwriter.
>
> Eartha Kitt (2008) – colon cancer. Age 81. Singer/actress.
>
> T-Bone Bellamy (2009) – liver failure. Age 63. Guitarist for Redbone.
>
> Vic Chesnutt (2009) – overdose. Age 45. Singer/songwriter.
>
> Dorothy Jones (2010) – Alzheimer’s disease. Age 76. The Cookies.
>
> Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood (2011) – Age 69. Saxophonist for The Mothers of
> Invention.
>
>
> December 25 album releases –
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> Pestilence – Consuming Impulse (1989)
>
> Zard – Mō Sagasanai (1991)
>
>
> December 25 events –
>
> 1931 – NBC radio broadcasts the first full opera from the Metropolitan
> Opera House in New York City, airing Hansel And Gretel.
>
> 1936 – Future Country music Hall of Famer Roy Acuff marries future
> recording executive Mildred Douglas. They stay married 45 years, until
> her death in 1981.
>
> 1937 – Arturo Toscanini makes his NBC radio debut conducting the Symphony
> of the Air.
>
> 1954 – While on tour with Big Mama Thornton, Johnny Ace (aka John
> Alexander) accidently shoots himself to death while playing with what he
> thinks is an unloaded gun backstage at the City Auditorium in Houston,
> Texas <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston,_Texas>.
>
> 1958 – DJ Alan Freed puts on his first Christmas Rock & Roll Spectacular
> at Loews State Theatre in Manhattan, featuring Chuck Berry, Jackie Wilson,
> Bo Diddley, Eddie Cochran, The Moonglows, The Everly Brothers, Frankie
> Avalon and Johnnie Ray. The show runs for 10 days.
>
> 1959 – 18-year old engineer apprentice Richard Starkey receives a drum set
> for Christmas.
>
> 1960 – 12-year old James Taylor gets his first guitar for Christmas.
>
> 1964 – George Harrison’s girlfriend Pattie Boyd is attacked by fans at
> The Beatles' Christmas Show in London.
>
> 1964 – The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, The Miracles, Stevie
> Wonder and The Marvelettes all appear at the Fox Theatre in Brooklyn, New
> York.
>
> 1964 – Murray the K’s Big Holiday Show begins its 10-day run in Manhattan,
> featuring The Zombies, The Nashville Teens, The Shangri-Las, Chuck Jackson,
> Ben E. King, The Drifters, Patti Labelle and Dionne Warwick.
>
> 1965 – Johnny Mathis is the only guest on Shindig!
>
> 1967 – Paul McCartney and Jane Asher announce their engagement.
>
> 1969 – 16-year old Robbie Bachman receives a drum set for Christmas.
>
> 1978 – John Lydon debuts his new group Public Image Ltd. at their first
> live gig at the Rainbow Theatre in London.
>
> 1981 – The J. Geils Band plays a Christmas concert for the inmates of
> Norfolk Correctional Center near Boston.
>
> 1982 – Three armed men wearing nylon stockings over their heads invade Johnny
> Cash's vacation home in Jamaica, terrorizing Cash and his family and
> locking them in the basement before robbing the place and fleeing. The
> three men are later shot and killed by Jamaican authorities.
>
> 1990 – James Brown is given a four-day furlough from prison in order to
> perform a free concert for troops at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, whose
> Christmas leave is cancelled because of the impending Gulf War.
>
> 1991 – Willie Nelson’s 33-year old son Billy commits suicide by hanging
> himself in Nashville after splitting up with his wife and spending 30 days
> in an alcohol rehab center.
>
> 2003 – Michael Jackson gives his first interview since his arrest on child
> molestation charges to CBS’ 60 Minutes news program.
>
> 2010 – Elton John and husband David Furnish welcome the birth of their
> second son, Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John. The identity of the
> surrogate parents remains a secret.
>
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