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Today in Music History
1964 - The Beatles' first U.S. tour opens at the Cow Palace in San Francisco.
1967 - Beatles' "All You Need is Love," single goes #1
1973 - Kris Kristofferson marries Rita Coolidge in a ceremony presided over by his minister father.
1979 - "My Sharonna" by the Knack hits #1 (stays for 42 days)
1990 - Leonard Bernstein conducts final concert, ending with Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 7.
1997 - The Fleetwood Mac live reunion album "The Dance" is released.
1998 - What some refer to as "Lilith Lite," the Suffragette Sessions Tour begins at the State Theater in Portland, Maine, with Indigo Girls, Gail Ann Dorsey, Lisa Germano, Lourdes Perez, Kate Schellenbach of Luscious Jackson, Jane Siberry, Jean Smith of Mecca Normal, Ann Wilson of Heart, Joshephine Wiggs of Breeders, Thalia Zedek of Come, and Shonen Knife among others.
2000 - Reba McEntire makes her live performance debut in Brazil at the annual Barretos Rodeo. The Oklahoma native plays before a crowd estimated at 30-40,000.
2003 - Sting is named the 2003 recipient of the Century Award, Billboard's highest honor for creative achievement. The award is to be presented to the former Police frontman Dec. 10 at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas.
2003 - Australian singer Olivia Newton-John begins postponing her North American tour with a miss in Albuquerque, N.M., so that she can be by her ailing mother's side.
Births in Music
1918 - James George "Jimmy" Rowles, jazz pianist
1928 - Norman Brooks, Canadian singer (d. 2006)
1939 - Ginger [Peter] Baker, England, drummer (Cream)
1940 - Johnny Nash, Houston, Tx, rocker (I Can See Clearly Now)
1945 - Ian Gillian, English singer (Deep Purple)
1951 - John Deacon, British bassist, songwriter (Queen)
1980 - Michael Todd, American musician (Coheed and Cambria)
1686 - Antonio Tonelli, composer
1686 - Nicola Porpora, Italian composer (d. 1768)
1737 - Johann Georg Christoph Schetky, composer
1813 - William Henry Fry, composer
1824 - Georg Goltermann, composer
1881 - Georges Enesco, [or Enescu], Romania, composer (Romanian Dances)
1886 - Robert Heger, composer
1896 - Walter Lang, composer
1896 - Eino Mauno Aleksanteri Linnala, composer
1905 - Jacques de Menasce, composer
1907 - Zygmunt Mycielsky, composer
1914 - Fumio Hayasaka, composer
1920 - Paul Kont, composer
1943 - Billy J Kramer, Liverpool, rock vocalist (The Dakotas-Bad to Me)
1944 - Eddy Raven, Lafayette La, country singer (Right Hand Man)
1946 - Beat Raaflaub, Swiss conductor
1947 - Gerard Schwarz, American conductor
1951 - Gustavo Santaolalla, Argentine film composer
1959 - Steve Grimmett, heavy metal rocker
1960 - Dan "Woody" Woodgate, rocker
1963 - Yip Sai Wing, Hong Kong musician (Beyond)
1963 - Joey Tempest, Swedish singer (Europe)
1966 - Lee Ann Womack, American musician
1967 - Jason Starkey, son of Beatle Ringo
1968 - Mark McGuinn, country music singer
1969 - Nate Dogg, American rapper
1969 - Clay Walker, American singer
1970 - Fat Joe, American rapper
1972 - Elizabeth Wolfgramm, rocker (Jets)
1972 - Sammi Cheng Sau Man, Hong Kong singer and actress
1972 - Chihiro Yonekura, Japanese singer
1979 - Dave Douglas, American musician (Relient K)
1980 - Jun Jin, Korean rapper (Shinhwa)
1980 - Darius Danesh, Scottish singer-songwriter & actor
1983 - Missy Higgins, Australian singer-songwriter
1985 - Megan Rochell, American singer
1987 - Anaïs Lameche, Swedish singer (Play)
1989 - Romeo, American rapper
Deaths in Music
1744 - Carlo Arrigoni, composer, dies at 46
1780 - Bernhard Haltenberger, composer, dies at 32
1795 - Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer, dies at 67
1812 - Vincenzo Righini, composer, dies at 56
1813 - Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab, composer, dies at 54
1813 - Josef Blazej Smrcek, composer, dies at 61
1822 - Melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer, dies at 62
1851 - Gioseffo Catrufo, composer, dies at 80
1872 - Eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer, dies at 63
1881 - Joseph Labitzky, composer, dies at 79
1892 - Frantisek Zdenek Xavier Alois Skuhersky, composer, dies at 62
1900 - Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian composer (b. 1833)
1912 - Alfonse Hasselmans, composer, dies at 67
1922 - Felipe Pedrell, composer, dies at 81
1936 - Federico Garc¡a Lorca, Spanish poet/composer, murdered at 37 or 38
1944 - Henry J Wood, English conductor (My Life of Music, Proms), dies at 75
1958 - Antonius "Toon" Verhey, violin cellist/conductor, dies at 63
1959 - Blind Willie McTell, American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist (b. 1901)
1963 - Kathleen Parlow, Canadian violinist (b. 1890)
1976 - Jeno Kenessey, composer, dies at 70
1979 - Dorsey Burnette, American singer (b. 1932)
1995 - Pierre Schaeffer, French composer/radio innovator, dies at 85
2001 - Betty Everett, American singer and pianist (b. 1939)
Whats in the News Today
- North Korea declares Sweden its enemy and a United States war puppet. (Swedish Armed Forces) (The Local)
- A bomb in at a paramilitary police training academy in the town of Issers 60 km east of Algiers kills at least 43 people and injures another 38. (BBC)
- French forces engage in heavy fighting with Taliban insurgents 50 kilometres east of Kabul, Afghanistan with 10 French soldiers dead. (AFP via Google News), (BBC)
- NATO will today deliver a "strong message" to Russia over its conduct in Georgia - but is likely to stop short of the punishment measures some members want to see (Sky News), (BBC), (CNN).
- Russian and Georgian forces exchange prisoners of war (Reuters Alertnet).
- A United Nations aid convoy which entered Gori on Sunday reported evidence of large-scale looting. "While the buildings did not appear to be very damaged, there are clear signs of massive looting of both shops and private accommodations," the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said. (The Vancouver Sun).
- Russia begins to withdraw troops from Georgia proper according to eyewitness accounts (Reuters)
- Russia temporarily closed its borders with Georgia and Azerbaijan to prevent terrorist groups from crossing into Russia.(Delfi), (Reuters).
- Alexander Stubb, the current Chairman of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe says that Russia has agreed to a beefed-up monitoring mission for Georgia's disputed region of South Ossetia.(AP via Google News)
- Georgian police cars had been blocking the road and the police told Russian tank commanders that they were carrying out orders. The tanks proceeded to plow ahead, damaging the police cars in the process (CNN), (CNN).
News from this Day in History
1561 - An 18-year-old Mary Queen of Scots returns to Scotland, after spending 13 years in France.
1692 - Salem witch trials: In Salem, Massachusetts, Province of Massachusetts Bay five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.
1839 - Presentation of Jacque Daguerre's new photographic process to the French Academy of Sciences.
1848 - California Gold Rush: The New York Herald breaks the news to the East Coast of the United States of the gold rush in California (although the rush started in January).
1919 - Afghanistan gains full independence from the United Kingdom.
1934 - The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
1960 - Sputnik program: Sputnik 5 - The Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, 2 rats and a variety of plants.
1991 - Collapse of the Soviet Union, August Coup: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev placed under house arrest while on holiday in the town of Foros, Crimea.
2005 - A series of strong storms lash Southern Ontario spawning several tornadoes as well as creating extreme flash flooding within the city of Toronto and its surrounding communities. In Toronto, it is also dubbed as the Toronto Supercell.
Holidays and Observances
- Roman festivals - Vinalia Rustica celebrated in honor of Venus Libitina commemorating the founding of the oldest known temple to her, on the Esquiline Hill, in 293 BC on this date.
- RC saints - Saint Sebald, Saint Louis of Toulouse, Jean-Eudes de Mézeray.
- Russian and Georgian Orthodox churches celebrate the Saviour's Transfiguration, popularly known in Russia as the "Apples Feast" (it's the first day of the year when eating apples is allowed).
- Afghanistan - Afghan Independence Day
- National Day of the Filipino Language, Philippines - Holiday for Quezon City, Quezon Province and other municipalities named after Manuel Quezon.
- National Aviation Day, USA.
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