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Hello and Good Morning from the Canadian snow belt,
It's nice to have you checking in here at www.globalstrings.com. We are very glad you could join us. The weather is crisp and clean here in Southern Ontario, a really nice day for December 2nd. Only 22 days left and of course, we're here holding the string fort down. For all the musicians on your list you need look no further than here. We are Canada's top on-line retailer of instrument strings. From Dean Markley, DR, Elixir, Ernie Ball, Hannabach and John Pearse to Savarez, SIT and Thomastik, You'll find what you need (We'll even gift wrap it for you, just let us know when you order). We can send it to you to give or if you want we can send it to your giftee, whichever you like and you won't find better prices anywhere. Whether it's for guitar, bass, mandolin, ukelele, violin or any instrument with strings, you know we'll be there to help. We are your one stop source for instrument strings (and picks, stringwinders, etc.). Enjoy and All the Best.
Today in Music History
1967, The Monkees album, ‘Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones Ltd’ went to number one on the US album chart. It was their fourth album to sell over a million copies, following ‘The Monkees’, ‘More Of The Monkees’ and ‘Headquarters’.
1969, Cindy Birdsong of the Supremes was kidnapped at knifepoint by a maintenance man who worked in the building she lived in. She later escaped unharmed by jumping out of his car on the San Diego freeway. The kidnapper was arrested in Las Vegas four days later.
1983, MTV aired the full 14-minute version of Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' video for the first time.
2006, 25 year old singer and actress Beyonce was set to earn more money than any other black actress for her performance in her latest film ‘Dreamgirls.’ The musical based on the history of Diana Ross and the Supremes would earn the singer a £5m fee.
Births in Music
1978 - Nelly Furtado, Canadian singer and songwriter
1578 - Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer and music theorist (d. 1640)
1760 - Joseph Graetz, composer
1813 - Jacob Rosenhaim, composer
1856 - Robert Kajanus, composer
1863 - Gustav Wohlgemuth, composer
1866 - Henry Thacker Burleigh, Erie Pa, composer (Springarn Medal)
1870 - Francis Louis Casadesus, French violinist/composer/conductor
1886 - Harry Burleigh, American composer (d. 1949)
1892 - Leo Ornstein, Russian-born composer and pianist (d. 2002)
1895 - Harriet Cohen, British pianist (d. 1967)
1899 - John Barbirolli, English conductor (NY Philharmonic Orchestra)
1901 - Staf Gustaf Frans Nees, Belgian composer
1901 - Staff Nees, Flemish organist/composer (Simon Peter)
1902 - Miroslav Ponc, composer
1905 - Osvaldo Pugliese, musician/composer
1914 - Eddie Sauter, Bkln, musician (Sauter-Finegan Band, Sat Night Revue)
1915 - Nico Richter, composer
1918 - Milton Delugg, LA Calif, orch leader (Tonight Show)
1920 - Robert Moevs, composer
1923 - Maria M Callas, NYC, soprano (Carmen) [or 12/4]
1935 - Jurg Wyttenbach, composer
1936 - Peter Michael Braun, composer
1941 - Tom McGuiness, rocker (McGuiness-Flint)
1942 - Ted Bluechel, San Pedro Ca, rock vocalist/drummer (Association)
1943 - David Munden, rocker
1952 - Michael McDonald, St Louis, rock keyboardist/vocals (Doobie Brothers)
1953 - Myung-Whan Chung, Seoul Korea, pianist (Chung Sisters)
1954 - Danielle Alexander, Ft Worth Tx, country music pianist
1981 - Britney Spears, singer and popstar
Deaths in Music
1763 - Carl August Thielo, composer, dies at 56
1774 - Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist, dies at 54
1831 - Traugott Maximilian Eberwein, composer, dies at 56
1845 - Johannes Simon Mayr, composer, dies at 82
1880 - Josephine Lang, composer, dies at 65
1888 - Franz Xaver Witt, composer, dies at 54
1903 - Victor Roger, composer, dies at 50
1915 - Jan Malat, composer, dies at 72
1916 - Francesco Paolo Tosti, composer, dies at 69
1923 - Tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer, dies at 72
1925 - Julio Garreta, composer, dies at 50
1931 - Paul-Marie-Theodore-Vincent D'indy, French count/composer, dies at 80
1933 - Josef Gruber, composer, dies at 78
1950 - Dino Lipatti, composer, dies at 33
1972 - Jos‚ Lim¢n, Mexican/US dancer (moor's pavane), dies at 64
1974 - Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte, composer, dies at 72
1979 - Vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy, composer, dies at 72
1981 - Hershy Kay, composer, dies at 62
1986 - Lee Dorsey, RandB singer, dies at 59
1990 - Aaron Copeland, composer (Fanfare for Common Man), dies at 90
What's going on in the World Today?
2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak has claimed 425 lives and affected 10,000 people since August 2008. (Telegraph.co.uk)
NATO member countries decide not to offer MAP to Georgia and Ukraine, war in South Ossetia and Ukrainian goverment collapse being the main reasons. NATO, however, will expand to Albania and Croatia. (Deutsche Welle)
United States Senate election in Georgia, 2008: Voters in the U.S. state of Georgia go to the polls for a runoff election between incumbent Senator Saxby Chambliss of the Republican Party and Jim Martin of the Democratic Party. (Reuters)
The Reserve Bank of Australia cuts interest rates by 100 basis points to 4.25%. (News Limited)
News from this Day in History
1409 - The University of Leipzig opens.
1804 - At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor of the French, the first French Emperor in a thousand years.
1927 - Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A as its new automobile.
1942 - Manhattan Project: A team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
World Holidays and Observances
R.C. Saints - St Bibiana, Saint Chromatius
Laos - National Day
United Arab Emirates - National Day (independence from Britain, 1971)
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery - United Nations
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