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Holy Wednesday December 1st,
Less than a month to go now till the big day. It's raining this morning in Southern Ontario, still a little warm but getting cooler, I'm sure this warmth won't stay long but we do need snow to get us in the mood and ready for Christmas. Speaking of Christmas, If your not sure what to get the musicians on your list, look no further than www.globalstrings.com. We've got you covered with a great selection of instrument strings from the World's top manufacturers such as Dean Markley, DR, Elixir, Ernie Ball, Hannabach, John Pearse, Savarez, SIT and Thomastik and for whichever instrument they play like guitars, bass, mandolin, ukelele, banjo, violin. We'll even gift wrap and send to the musician on your list if you wish (just put a note on the order to let us know) or send it off to you to give. The choice is yours and globalstrings will be there with you to take the stress out of your Christmas shopping. Enjoy this holiday season and All the Best.
Today In Music History
1944 - Prokofjev's 8th Piano sonata, premieres
1951 - Benjamin Britten's opera "Billy Budd," premieres in London
1957 - Buddy Holly and the Crickets appeared on 'The Ed Sullivan Show', performing 'That'll Be The Day' and 'Peggy Sue'. Sam Cooke was also a guest on the same show performing 'You Send Me'.
1971 - John and Yoko release "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in US
1982 - Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' album was released. It spent 190 weeks on the UK album chart became the biggest selling pop album of all time, with sales over 51 million.
1983 - Neil Young was sued by Geffen Records because his new music for the label was “not commercial in nature and musically uncharacteristic of his previous albums.”
1997 - Kenny G set a new world record when he held a note on his saxophone for 45 minutes and 47 seconds. (The record has since been broken by Geovanny Escalante, who held a note for 1 hour, 30 minutes and 45 seconds, using a technique that allows him to blow and breathe at the same time).
Births in Music
1951 - Jaco Pastorious, jazz bassist and composer (Weather Report)
1605 - Juan de Padilla, composer
1671 - Francesco Stradivari, Italian violin maker/son of Antonius
1709 - Franz Xaver Richter, composer
1712 - Bernhard Christian Weber, composer
1724 - Dismas Hatas, composer
1729 - Giuseppe Sarti, composer
1779 - Pyotr Ivanovich Turchaninov, composer
1781 - Charles Philippe Lafont, composer
1784 - Francois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze, composer
1787 - Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov, composer
1810 - Joseph Gungl, composer
1814 - August Rockel, composer
1823 - Ernest Reyer, composer
1844 - Alfred Cellier, composer
1847 - Agathe Grondahl, composer
1850 - Peter Erasmus Lange-Muller, composer
1874 - Dominicus Johner, composer
1883 - Romanos Hovakimi Melik'yan, composer
1885 - Guy de Lioncourt, composer
1896 - Petko Staynov, composer
1901 - Dorothy James, composer
1905 - Ida Carroll, musician
1906 - Jean Cartan, composer
1912 - Terence Beckles, pianist/teacher
1914 - Johnny Johnston, St Louis Mo, singer (Make that Spare)
1919 - Ike Isaacs, guitarist
1925 - Jaime Mendoza-Nava, composer
1927 - Grant Beglarian, composer
1929 - Leon Biriotti, composer
1934 - Billy Paul, Phila, singer (Me and Mrs Jones)
1935 - Lou Rawls, Chic Ill, vocalist (Dean Martin's Golddigers, Natural Man)
1937 - Gordon Crosse, Bury Lancashire England, composer (Grace of Todd)
1938 - Sandy Nelson, Santa Monica, 50s rocker (Teen Beat, All Night Long)
1939 - Dianne Lennon, LA Calif, singer (Lennon Sisters)
1945 - John Densmore, LA, drummer (Doors-C'mon Light My Fire)
1946 - Gilbert O'Sullivan, Ireland, singer (Alone Again Naturally)
1951 - Eric Bloom, rock vocalist/guitarist (Blue Oyster Cult)
1956 - Stuart Kimball, rock guitarist (Face To Face)
Deaths in Music
1623 - Thomas Weelkes, composer, dies at 47
1635 - Melchior Teschner, composer, dies at 51
1651 - Cristobal de Isla Diego, composer, dies at 65
1707 - Jeremiah Clarke, composer
1727 - Johann Heinrich Buttstett, composer, dies at 61
1729 - Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer, dies at 59
1755 - Maurice Greene, composer, dies at 59
1808 - Anton Fischer, composer, dies at 30
1813 - Ferdinando Bertoni, composer, dies at 88
1817 - Justin Heinrich Knechtl, composer, dies at 65
1893 - Eduard Franck, composer, dies at 76
1925 - Vicente Arregui Garay, composer, dies at 54
1926 - Hans Heinrich XIV Hochberg, composer, dies at 83
1932 - Amadeo Vives, composer, dies at 61
1939 - Max Fiedler, composer, dies at 79
1945 - Harvey Bartlett Gaul, composer, dies at 64
1950 - Ernest John Moeran, British composer, dies at 55
1951 - Felix Petyrek, composer, dies at 59
1960 - Ion Vasilescu, composer, dies at 57
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