December 29 Born –
Pablo Casals (aka Pau Casals i Defilló, 1876) – cellist, conductor.
Clyde McCoy (1903) – Jazz trumpeter ("Sugar Blues").
Rose Lee Maphis (1922) – Country singer with Joe Maphis, “Mr. and Mrs.
Country Music.”
Virgil Johnson (1935) – The Velvets.
Ray Thomas (1941) – flutist for The Moody Blues.
Bobby Comstock (1941) – Bobby Comstock and The Counts.
Jerry Summers (aka Jerry Gross, 1942) – The Dovells.
Rick Danko (1942) – bassist/vocalist for The Band.
Barbara Alston (1943) – The Crystals.
Marianne Faithfull (1946) – singer/songwriter.
Cozy Powell (1947) – drummer for The Jeff Beck Group, Rainbow, and Emerson,
Lake & Powell..
Charlie Spinosa (1948) – trumpeter for John Fred & His Playboy Band.
Rob Parissi (1950) – vocalist for Wild Cherry (“Play That Funky Music”).
Yvonne Elliman (1951) – singer.
Neil Giraldo (1955) – guitarist for Pat Benatar.
Jim Reid (1961) – singer for The Jesus And Mary Chain.
Mark “Cow” Day (1961) – guitarist for Happy Mondays.
Alex Gifford (1963) – bassist/keyboardist/DJ for Propellorheads.
Bryan “Dexter” Holland (1965) – guitarist/vocalist for The Offspring.
Glen Phillips (1970) – vocalist for Toad The Wet Sprocket.
December 29 R.I.P. –
Fletcher Henderson (1952) – Age 55. Jazz pianist/arranger/composer for
Benny Goodman.
Paul Whiteman (1967) – Age 77. Bandleader, "King of Jazz."
Tim Hardin (1980) – heroin overdose. Age 39. Folk singer/songwriter
(“Reason To Believe”).
Freddie Hubbard (2008) – heart attack. Age 70. Jazz trumpeter.
Bobby Purify (2011) – Age 72. James and Bobby Purify.
Marva Whitney (2012) – pneumonia. Age 68. Singer for The James Brown Revue.
December 29 album releases –
Grand Funk Railroad – Grand Funk (1969)
America – America (1971)
The Trammps – Disco Inferno (1976)
Neil Young – Trans (1982)
Meat Beat Manifesto – 99% (1990)
All Saints – The Remix Album (1998)
December 29 events –
1943 – Bing Crosby, along with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra,
records “San Fernando Valley” in Los Angeles.
1945 – Sheb Wooley records the first commercial records ever produced in
Nashville, recording four songs for the Bullet label which is owned by
radio station WSM, home of the Grand Ole Opry.
1949 – Ernest Tubb records "I Love You Because," "Give Me A Little Old
Fashioned Love" and "Unfaithful One" during an evening session at
Nashville's Castle Studio, located inside the Tulane Hotel.
1952 – Patti Page releases her single, “(How Much Is) That Doggie In The
Window” b/w “My Jealous Eyes” on Mercury Records.
1953 – Perry Como, along with the Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra and Choir,
records “Wanted” at the Manhattan Center in New York City.
1955 – 13-year old Barbra Streisand makes her first recording, “You’ll
Never Know,” in New York City.
1956 – While driving North on Avenue K in Lubbock, Texas, a not-yet-famous
Buddy Holly notices a woman screaming, "Stop that thief!" and chases down a
fleeing shoplifter, making the local newspaper for his good deed.
1956 – Buddy Knox releases his single, “Party Doll” b/w “I’m Stickin’ With
You” on the Triple-D label.
1957 – Singers Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé are married at the El Rancho
Hotel in Las Vegas. They stay married until Eydie’s death in 2013.
1957 – Chuck Berry records “Reelin’ And Rockin’,” “Sweet Little Sixteen”
and “Johnny B. Goode” at Chess Studios in Chicago, with Lafayette Leake on
piano, Willie Dixon on bass, and Fred Below on drums.
1958 – Frank Sinatra records “French Foreign Legion” at Capitol Studios in
Hollywood.
1958 – The Platters record “Enchanted” at Capitol Studios in Hollywood.
1962 – Bob Dylan appears at the Troubadour folk club in London.
1962 – The Rockin’ Rebels’ “Wild Weekend” debuts on the Billboard Hot 100.
1963 – Folk icons The Weavers perform their farewell concert at Chicago's
Orchestra
Hall.
1963 – New York radio stations WMCA and WABC begin playing The Beatles’ new
Capitol single, “I Want To Hold Your Hand.”
1964 – Liverpool’s Youth Employment Service reports that recent graduates
are having trouble getting jobs with their Beatle-style haircuts and suits.
1965 – The Supremes release their single, “My World Is Empty Without You”
b/w “Everything Is Good About You” on Motown.
1966 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience makes their debut appearance on the
BBC’s Top Of The Pops, performing “Hey Joe.”
1966 – Paul McCartney begins recording “Penny Lane” at Abbey Road studios,
laying down several piano tracks before adding percussion and sound effects.
1966 – Pink Floyd plays the Marquee Club in London, with opening act Syn
(featuring bassist Chris Squire).
1967 – Dave Mason quits Traffic for a solo career.
1967 – The Doors appear at the Family Dog in Denver, Colorado.
1968 – Led Zeppelin opens for Vanilla Fudge at the Civic Auditorium in
Portland, Oregon.
1968 – Sly and The Family Stone perform a medley of their hits, and Judy
Collins sings "Both Sides Now" on The Ed Sullivan Show. Also on the show
are Lainie Kazan, Eddie Albert, and Earl Wilson, Jr.
1969 – Motown artists hold five of the top seven spots on Billboard’s
singles chart, including the top three: a milestone for the record company.
1975 – Jefferson Airplane's Paul Kantner and Grace Slick split up after
dating for six years.
1979 – The final night of the Concerts For The People Of Kampuchea features
Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Rockpile, Wings and Rockestra at the
Hammersmith Odeon in London.
1982 – Jamaica issues its first set of Bob Marley commemorative stamps.
1999 – Three ferrets, named Beckham, Posh Spice and Baby Spice, are used to
lay power cables for a New Year’s Eve concert by Simply Red, The Eurythmics
and Bryan Ferry at Royal Park in Greenwich, London, when workers are not
allowed to dig up the turf at the park. Organizers choose to utilize
existing gopher tunnels to run the cables through, but find that rods can
not push the cables through the tiny underground tunnels, which frequently
bend and dog-leg. So, the ferrets are put into nylon harnesses and
successfully pull the cables through the tunnels with them.
2001 – Aretha Franklin sues the Star tabloid newspaper for $50 million for
reporting the singer has alcohol problems.
2004 – The Bobby Darin biopic, Beyond The Sea, premieres in theaters. The
film’s star, Kevin Spacey, sings all of Darin’s songs in the movie himself.
2006 – Burlesque dancer and model Dita Von Teese files for divorce from
husband Marilyn Manson, citing irreconcilable differences.
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