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Good Day Everybody,
It's hard to believe that April is already drawing to a close. Time goes way too fast, but then, usually we are to. The showers are here for most of this week and hopefully that means some beautiful flowers in May. Hope you got out to do a little (or a lot) of jamming last weekend. If your sound was a little dull then nows the time to get yourself a couple of new packs of strings from globalstrings and get ready for next weekend. We've got some good strings for you, all the favs like DR, Elixir, Hannabach, John Pearse, Savarez, SIT, Thomastik-Infeld and more. We've also got some new to us DR handmade guitar strings, the JH-10 general purpose electric, a really good all around string for whatever kind of music you play. Try a couple o' packs on and see how you like them. Don't forget to check out the rest of our catalogue as we're sure you'll find something you'll like. Canada's best on-line string site. www.globalstrings.com. For Now, Take Care and enjoy the news of the day. All the Best.
Today in Music History
1865 - Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera "L'Africaine," premieres in Paris
1932 - 1st broadcast of "One Man's Family" on NBC-radio
1975 - John Lennon appears on "Tonight" and Ringo on "Smother Brothers"
1994 - Lisa Marie Presley separates from Danny Keough
Births in Music
1946 - Ginette Reno, French Canadian singer, songwriter and actress
1948 - Dorothée Berryman, French Canadian actress and singer
1986 - George Nozuka, Canadian Singer/Songwriter
1715 - Franz Sparry, composer
1748 - Lorenz Justinian Ott, composer
1750 - Paul Ignaz Kurzinger, composer
1757 - Claus Nielsen Schali, composer
1826 - Alexander Stadtfeld, composer
1848 - Ludvig Schytte, composer
1870 - Hermann Suter, composer
1873 - Harold Bauer, English/US pianist (Beethoven-Association)
1892 - Georges Antoine, composer
1892 - John Jacob Niles, composer
1906 - Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor (d. 1999)
1914 - Skuli Halldorsson, composer
1920 - Nan Merriman, US/Neth singer (Arturo Toscanini NBC Orch)
1923 - Wolfgang Steffen, composer
1926 - Blossom Dearie, American jazz singer
1930 - Christopher John Magenis Headington, composer
1932 - Marek Kopelent, composer
1933 - Karl Heinz Wahren, composer
1933 - Oliver "Bops Junior" Jackson, drummer
1936 - John Martin Tchicai, composer
1943 - Fantastic Johnny C[orley], US singer (Boogaloo down Broadway)
1943 - Jacques Dutronc, French singer and actor
1947 - Steve Khan, jazz musician (Christmas Waltz)
1953 - Kim Gordon, American musician (Sonic Youth)
1955 - Eddie Jobson, rock violinist (Zappa, UK, Roxy Music-For Your Pleasure)
1956 - Jimmy Barnes, Scottish-born singer
1957 - Wilma Landkroon, Dutch singer
1960 - Wally Langdon, bassist (Bob Color)
1964 - Noriyuki Iwadare, Japanese composer
1966 - Too Short, American rapper
1968 - Daisy Berkowitz, American musician (Marilyn Manson)
1968 - Howard Donald, British musician
1972 - Joseph Bruce, American musician
1978 - Lauren Laverne, Disc jockey, television presenter and former singer
Deaths in Music
1799 - Francois Giroust, composer, dies at 62
1804 - Hans Gram, composer, dies at 49
1887 - Carl Ferdinand Pohl, composer, dies at 67
1935 - Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, Scottish composer, dies at 87
1969 - Johannes Rontgen, composer, dies at 70
1979 - Feliks Roderyk Labunski, composer, dies at 86
1988 - B. W. Stevenson, American country singer (b. 1949)
1992 - Olivier Messiaen, French composer (St. Francois d'Assise), dies at 83
2005 - Percy Heath, American jazz bassist (Modern Jazz Quartet) (b. 1923)
2007 - Tommy Newsom, American bandleader (b. 1929)
News on this Day in History
1253 - Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds Nam Myoho Renge Kyo for the first time and declares it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism.
1789 - Mutiny on the HMS Bounty. Captain William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for Pitcairn Island.
1902 - Using the ISO 8601 standard Year Zero definition for the Gregorian calendar preceded by the Julian calendar, the one billionth minute since the start of January 1, Year Zero occurs at 10:40 AM on this date.
1930 - The first night game in organized baseball history takes place in Independence, Kansas.
1932 - A vaccine for yellow fever is announced for use on humans.
1947 - Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to prove that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
1967 - Expo 67 opens to the public in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2001 - Millionaire Dennis Tito becomes the world's first space tourist.
Holidays and Observances
Roman Empire - first day of the Floralia in honor of Flora.
Bahá'í Faith - Feast of Jamál (Beauty) - First day of the third month of the Bahá'í calendar.
Canada - National Day of Mourning to commemorate workers killed, injured, or suffering illness from occupational hazards and accidents.
Barbados - National Heroes Day.
Workers Memorial Day - International Workers Memorial Day.
Feast day, in the Roman Catholic calendar of saints, of
Saint Peter Chanel and of
Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort
but, in the General Roman Calendar as in 1954, of
Saint Paul of the Cross
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