Good Wednesday Morning,
This was our blog from 2008. Thought we'd post it again. In rememberance.
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Isaac Hayes and Bernie Mac. Both gentlemen were truly unique and very talented and the world will miss them. All the best to their families and friends.
We hope your having a good week and getting a lot of playing in. Remember that when you need to re-string your instruments cause their sounding a little rough and won't stay in tune - order from globalstrings.com, We'll ship them out right away and we'll save you money. That's our goal.
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Today in Music History
1957 - Paul Hindemith' opera "Harmonie der Welt," premieres in Munich
1964 - Beatles' "A Hard Days Night" opens in NYC
1964 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: ``Everybody Loves Somebody,'' Dean Martin. The song becomes the theme song to NBC's ``The Dean Martin Show'' the following year.
1966 - The Beatles arrive at Chicago's O'Hare Airport to start their last tour of the United States.
1968 - Beatles launch "Apple Records" label
1974 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: ``The Night Chicago Died,'' Paper Lace. The song is written by Mitch Murray and Peter Callander.
1976 - Keith Moon, drummer for Who, collapses and is hospitalized in Miami
1981 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: ``Endless Love,'' Diana Ross & Lionel Richie. The song holds onto the top spot for nine weeks, making it the most successful duo, most successful Motown single and most successful soundtrack single of all time.
1997 - Four Elvis confidants known as "The Memphis Mafia" commemorate the 20th anniversary of the King's passing with a webcast interview. In the chat, hosted live at http://www.natsatinc.com, Lamar Fike, Marty Lacker, Marty Red and Sonny West discuss Presley's humble beginnings, the women in his life, his fame and his drug problems.
Births in Music
1943 - James Kale, Winnipeg, Canada, bassist (The Guess Who)
1943 - Denis Payton, rocker (Dave Clarke 5-Glad All Over)
1949 - Eric Carmen, Cleveland Ohio, rocker (All by Myself)
1954 - Joe Jackson, English singer/pianist/composer (The Harder they Come)
1968 - Veda Hille, Canadian singer
1600 - Paul Hallman, composer
1613 - Cristoph Kaldenbach, composer
1720 - Martin Gerbert, composer
1744 - Johann Gottlieb Schwencke, composer
1748 - Joseph Schuster, composer
1863 - Arpad Szendy, composer
1867 - Joseph M Weber, comedian/singer (Weber and Lewis Fields)
1873 - John Rosamond Johnson, Fla, co-composer (Lift Every Voice and Sing)
1880 - Frederick Jerome Work, composer
1894 - Wilhelm Grosz, composer
1900 - Alexander Mosolov, Kiev Russia, composer (Zavod)
1904 - Jess Stacy, pianist
1909 - Gaston Gilbert Litaize, composer
1915 - Kunio Toda, composer
1919 - Ginette Neveu, French violinist (d. 1949)
1920 - William Masselos, Niagara Falls NY, pianist/prof (Juilliard 1976)
1925 - Robert Linn, composer
1926 - Johnny Van Derrick, jazz violinist
1929 - Cora de Man-Canne Meyer, mezzo-soprano (Figaro, Carmen)
1929 - Alun Hoddinott, Bargoed Wales, composer (Floriture)
1930 - Heinz Werner Zimmermann, composer
1933 - Justin Connolly, composer
1933 - Tamas Vasary, pianist/conductor
1938 - Rainer Boesch, composer
1939 - Attila Bozay, composer
1939 - Ronnie Dawson, American rockabilly performer (d. 2003)
1942 - Mike Huggs, rock drummer (Manfred Mann)
1943 - Stefania Toczyska, Polish mezzo-soprano
1943 - Krzysztof Meyer, composer
1946 - John Conlee, Versailles Ky, country singer (Common Man)
1947 - Catherine Collard, French pianist (Schumann/Brahms)
1947 - Jeff Hanna, singer/guitarist (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
1950 - Erik Braunn, Boston Mass, rock guitarist (Iron Butterfly)
1952 - Bob Mothersbaugh, AKA Bob 1, American Musician (DEVO)
1954 - Juan Maria Solare, Argentine composer
1957 - Richie Ramone, [Richie Beau], rock drummer (Ramones-Pet Semtary)
1957 - Ian Stuart Donaldson, British singer (Skrewdriver)
1959 - Gustavo Cerati, Argentinian musician (Soda Stereo)
1964 - Hamish, rocker (The Pasedenas-Riding on the Train)
1967 - Enrique Bunbury, Spanish singer
1968 - Charlie Sexton, rocker (Arc Angels)
1969 - Jonah Matranga, American singer
1970 - Andy Bell, English musician (Ride, Hurricane #1, Oasis)
1974 - Hadiqa Kiyani, Pakistani pop star
1975 - Davey von Bohlen, American musician, (The Promise Ring, Maritime)
1975 - Ronald Clarke, American musician and founder of aliennetwork Records
1976 - Ben Gibbard, American musician (Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service)
1981 - Sandi Thom, Scottish born singer
1981 - Fiona Sit, Hong Kong singer and actress
Deaths in Music
1563 - Bartolomé de Escobedo, Spanish composer (b. circa 1500)
1729 - Nicola Francesco Haym, composer, dies at 51
1757 - Jose Pradas Gallen, composer, dies at 67
1794 - Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer, dies at 72
1820 - Janos Lavotta, composer, dies at 56
1868 - Halfdan Kierulf, composer, dies at 52
1872 - Lowell Mason, US organist/composer (Zebulo), dies at 80
1942 - Richard Heinrich Stein, composer, dies at 60
1949 - Karl Weigl, composer, dies at 68
1951 - Ebbe Hamerik, composer, dies at 52
1952 - Riccardo Martin, composer, dies at 77
1974 - Vicente Emilio Sojo, Venezuelan composer, dies at 86
1984 - Percy Mayfield, US singer (Hit the Road Jack), dies at 63
1995 - Herbert Whitton John Sumsion, organist/composer, dies at 96
1995 - Phil Harris, American singer and comedian (b. 1904)
1996 - Mel Taylor, American drummer, (The Ventures) dies at 63
1996 - Rafael Kubelík, Czech-born conductor and composer (b. 1914)
2000 - Jean Papineau-Couture, Canadian composer (b. 1916)
2006 - Mike Douglas, American singer and talk show host (b. 1925)
2008 - Isaac Hayes, American musician, composer, singer
Today in the News
- An air strike by the United States kills 25 Taliban militants and 8 civilians in Orūzgān Province in southern Afghanistan. (The Australian)
- The United States team wins the 4x100 men's freestyle relay setting a new world record with France and Australia finishing second and third respectively. The top five teams all broke the previous world record and Australia's Eamon Sullivan in the lead off leg broke the record for 100m.(New York Times) SI/CNN
- Taliban fighters force Pakistani troops to retreat from an outpost near the border with Afghanistan. (New York Times)
- The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao in the Philippines are holding elections using for the first-time electronic voting as precedent to the Presidential elections in 2010. (ABS-CBN)
- The war in South Ossetia between Georgian army and South Ossetian and Russian forces continue
- According to Ossetian and Russian sources, Georgian attacks leave 2000 dead in South Ossetia, most of which civilian population of Tskhinvali. South Ossetians 'highly unlikely to want to be part of Georgia now'. (Guardian)
- Breakaway republic of Abkhazia launched an attack on Georgian forces in the Kodori Valley, the region of Abkhazia under control of Georgians, where the parralel Tbilisi-backed "Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia in exile" is situated. (AFP via News.Com.Au), (Al Jazeera)
- Massive explosions at a propane facility just before 4 a.m. erupt in the Toronto, Canada community of Downsview, resulting in the evacuation of thousands of people. The explosions also caused the closure of Highway 401, North America's busiest highway, through that area of Toronto. At least 18 people are reported injured, one missing, and one firefighter has died in connection with the incident.(CP via The Globe and Mail)
News from this Day in History
1929 - Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.
1968 - The last steam passenger train service runs in Britain. A selection of British Rail steam locomotives make the 120-mile journey from Liverpool to Carlisle and returns to Liverpool before having their fires dropped for the last time - this working was known as the Fifteen Guinea Special.
Holidays and Observances
Roman Catholicism
- Attracta
- Saint Fiacre
- Gaugericus (Géry), bishop of Cambrai, confessor (sometimes martyr) [Cambrai, Liège, Magdeburg, Paderborn, Winchester]
- Saint Taurinus, bishop of Evreux, confessor [northern France, England]
- Saints Tiburtius and Chromatius, martyrs [common]
- Saint Susanna, virgin, martyr in 295 [common]
- Saint Clare of Assisi, virgin
- Saint Philomena
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