December 28 Born –
Earl "Fatha" Hines (1903) – Jazz pianist.
Harold Rhodes (1910) – inventor of the electric piano.
Billy Williams (1910) – The Charioteers ("I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And
Write Myself A
Letter<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_Gonna_Sit_Right_Down_And_Write_Myself_A_Letter>
").
Roebuck “Pops” Staples (1914) – The Staple Singers.
Johnny Otis (aka Ioannis Veliotes, 1921) – singer/songwriter/producer/band
leader (“Willie And The Hand Jive”).
Morris “Moe” Koffman (1928) – Canadian jazz saxophonist/clarinetist.
Dorsey Burnette (1932) – Rockabilly artist, The Rock And Roll Trio.
Gene Thomas (1938) – singer/songwriter, Gene and Debbie (“Playboy”).
Charles Neville (1939) – The Neville Brothers.
Chas Hodges (1943) – Chas & Dave.
Edgar Winter (1946) – singer/songwriter/keyboardist, Edgar Winter’s
Roadwork, The Edgar Winter Group.
Dick Diamonde (aka Dingeman van der Sluijs, 1947) – bassist for The
Easybeats.
Mary Weiss (1948) – The Shangri-Las.
Joseph “Ziggy” Modeliste (1948) – drummer for The Meters.
Alex Chilton (1950) – vocalist for The Box Tops, Big Star.
Louis McCall (1951) – drummer for Con Funk Shun.
Richard Clayderman (aka Philippe Pagès, 1953) – French pianist.
Mike McGuire (1958) – drummer for Shenandoah.
Marty Roe (1960) – guitarist/vocalist for Diamond Rio.
Christine Collister (1961) – British singer/songwriter.
Paul Wagstaff (1964) – guitarist for Happy Mondays and Black Grape.
Joey Shuffield (1969) – drummer for Fastball.
John Legend (aka John Stephens, 1978) – singer/songwriter.
December 28 R.I.P. –
Max Steiner (1971) – congestive heart failure. Age 83. Film composer (King
Kong).
Freddie King (1976) – pancreatitis. Age 42. Blus guitarist/singer ("Have
You Ever Loved A Woman").
Dennis Wilson (1983) – drowned. Age 39. The Beach Boys.
Eddie "Bongo" Brown (1984) – Age 52. Percussionist with the Funk Brothers.
Meri Wilson (2002) – car crash. Age 53. Novelty song singer/songwriter
(“Telephone Man”).
The Rev (2009) – multiple drug overdose. Age 28. Drummer for Avenged
Sevenfold.
Billy Taylor (2010) – heart attack. Age 89. Jazz pianist, composer.
Kaye Stevens (2011) – breast cancer. Age 79. Actress, Las Vegas entertainer.
December 28 album releases –
Stevie Wonder – With A Song In My Heart (1963)
Suicide – Suicide (1977)
R.E.M. – iTunes Originals - R.E.M. (2004)
December 28 events –
1944 – Leonard Bernstein has a hit with his first big musical, On The Town,
which opens at the Adelphi Theater on Broadway, and features the song “New
York, New York.”
1954 – Elvis Presley releases his single, “Milkcow Blues Boogie” b/w
“You’re A Heartbreaker” on Sun Records.
1960 – Fats Domino records “What A Price” at Cosimo Studio in New Orleans.
1960 – The film Where The Boys Are, guest starring Connie Francis, opens in
theaters in the U.S. and Canada.
1963 – Teen idol Bobby Vee marries Karen Bergen at the Holy Rosary Church
in Detroit Lakes, Michigan. They’re still married.
1963 – New Yorker magazine runs an interview with Beatles manager Brian
Epstein about the group and their up-coming appearance on The Ed Sullivan
Show. It’s considered the first serious piece about the group in the U.S.
1963 – Hank Williams, Jr. holds his first MGM recording session.
1964 – Trumpeter Hugh Masekela is the featured guest on CBS-TV's game show
To Tell The Truth.
1964 – Buck Owens releases his single, “I’ve Got A Tiger By The Tail” b/w
“Cryin' Time” on Capitol Records, just four weeks after recording both
songs.
1965 – Elvis Presley and girlfriend Priscilla Beaulieu drop acid at
Graceland for the first and only time. They spend the majority of their
“trip” staring at the fish in the aquarium.
1966 – Ike and Tina Turner appear at the El Cortez Hotel in San Diego.
1968 – The second Miami Pop Festival begins at the Gulfstream Park
racetrack in Hallandale, Florida. It is the first successful three-day
major rock concert on the East Coast. Acts appearing at the festival
include Chuck Berry, Marvin Gaye, The Turtles, Joni Mitchell, Procol Harum,
Steppenwolf, Canned Heat, Iron Butterfly, The McCoys, Fleetwood Mac, The
Box Tops, Three Dog Night, Pacific Gas & Electric, and The Grateful Dead.
1968 – Vanilla Fudge plays at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British
Columbia, with opening act Led Zeppelin.
1968 – Pink Floyd appears at the two-day Flight To Lowlands Paradise II
festival in Margriethal-Jaarbeurs, Utrecht, The Netherlands, replacing The
Jimi Hendrix Experience. Other acts appearing include Jethro Tull, Jeff
Beck, The Pretty Things and The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.
1968 – The Doors release their single, “Touch Me” b/w “Wild Child.”
1969 – Temptations Day is declared in Detroit, Michigan.
1970 – John Lennon releases his single, “Mother,” b/w Yoko Ono’s “Why” on
Apple in the U.S. only.
1971 – Oldies cover act Sha Na Na hits the big time, headlining a show at
Carnegie Hall, hosted by The Who’s drummer Keith Moon.
1972 – David Bowie appears at the Hardrock Theatre in Stretford,
Manchester, on his Ziggy Satrdust Tour. 14-year old Steven Morrissey is in
the audience.
1972 – Mick Jagger visits Managua, Nicaragua, with his wife Bianca,
searching for her mother after the recent devastating earthquake that
claimed thousands of lives. Fortunately, Bianca's mother is fine.
1975 – Ted Nugent has a .44 Magnum gun pulled on him by 25-year old David
Gelfer at a concert in Spokane, Washington. Security quickly wrestles
Gelfer to the ground.
1978 – Rolling Stone magazine's annual Reader’s and Critic’s Poll both vote
The Rolling Stones’ album Some Girls as Album of the Year.
1979 – The Who headline the third night of the Concerts For The People Of
Kampuchea, with The Pretenders and The Specials opening the show at the
Hammersmith Odeon in London.
1981 – Warner, Elektra and Atlantic Records follow RCA’s lead and raise the
price of their 45 RPM records from $1.68 to $1.98.
1987 – Leon Redbone holds the first of three days of recording sessions for
his album, Christmas Island.
1988 – Nirvana appears at the Hollywood Underground in Seattle, Washington.
1991 – The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana and Pearl Jam all appear at the
Pat O'Brien Pavilion in Del Mar, California.
1993 – Singer Shania Twain marries record producer Robert “Mutt” Lang. They
stay married 17 years.
1993 – Paul Simon and his wife, New Bohemians singer Edie Brickell, welcome
the birth of their son, Adrian.
1993 – Country music singer Billy Ray Cyrus marries Leticia “Tish” Finley.
They are still married.
1998 – Atlanta Rhythm Section singer Ronnie Hammond attempts suicide for
the second time in a month by slitting his wrist with a steak knife. When
police arrive on the scene, Hammond approaches the officers with a hammer
and he is shot. Hammond will recover over time.
2000 – After moving to a smaller house in Chandler, Arizona, Waylon
Jennings holds a three-day estate sale at his former home in Dixon,
Illinois, offering up amongst other artifacts a motorbike that once
belonged to Buddy Holly.
2002 – After spending two days in jail for alleged sex offenses, singer
Gary Glitter is deported from Cambodia to Viet Nam.
2003 – The Who’s Pete Townshend reveals in a London newspaper that he
seriously considered suicide after his 2002 arrest on child pornography
charges.
2004 – On eBay, Wade Jones of North Carolina sells three tablespoons of
water for $455, supposedly taken from a cup used by Elvis Presley at the
Charlotte Coliseum in 1977. Jones, who saw Elvis in concert at age 13 and
got the cup of water as a souvenir, got the idea to sell it after reading
that a grilled cheese sandwich bearing the likeness of the Virgin Mary
fetched $28,000 on the auction site.
2005 – Pink Floyd is voted the greatest rock band of all time in a survey
of 58,000 listeners of the UK radio station Planet Rock. Led Zeppelin comes
in second place, followed by The Rolling Stones in third, The Who in
fourth, AC/DC in fifth, U2, Guns ‘N Roses, Nirvana, Bon Jovi and Jimi
Hendrix.
2005 – The body of Barry Cowsill is found floating in the Mississippi River
near the Charles Street Wharf in New Orleans, after having been missing
since late August when Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana.
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