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Good Morning to all pickers, strummers and bowers
So glad you could join us today. We have a couple of new DR strings on the site today. Hope your as excited about this as we are. In Electric Guitar Strings we've got the LT-9 Tite-Fit, The Pure Blues in guages 9-42, 10-46 and 12-52, (these are the ones I'll be putting on today) and we've added 2 new Bass String sets, the LLR-40 Hi-Beam 40-95 and the Black Beauties in 45-105. More information is available on the site and other guages are also available. Enjoy these strings, the prices are great, the shippings low and DR strings are absolutely amazing. Buy some now. We're also excited that the Spring is here, Easter weekend is coming soon and we'll all get to spend time with our families and friends. Have a great day and keep playin'. Here's the news of the day.
Today in Music History
1935 - "Your Hit Parade" made its debut on radio
1948 - With a Musicians Union ban lifted, the first telecasts of classical music in the United States, under Eugene Ormandy and Arturo Toscanini, are given on CBS and NBC.
1958 - Clandestine Burasi Bizim Radio (communist) begins transmitting
1958 - Greek Clandestine Radio (communist), Voice of Truth 1st transmission
1969 - Beatle John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar
1980 - The Mi Amigo ship containing England's pirate Radio Caroline sinks
1982 - Joan Jett and Blackhearts' "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" goes #1 for 7 wks
1990 - Singer Gloria Estefan breaks her collarbone in a bus accident
1991 - Michael Jackson signs $65M 6 album deal with Sony records
1994 - "Cyrano - The Musical" closes at Neil Simon NYC after 137 perfs
1995 - Beatles song, "Baby It's You," with late John Lennon as lead singer, is released, 1st Fab Four single in more than 30 years
Births in Music
1873 - Sergei V Rachmaninov, Russian/US pianist/composer (Aleko)
1920 - Marian McPartland, jazz pianist (Bill Mayer, Jimmy McPartland)
1947 - Carl Palmer, drummer (Asia-Heat of the Moment, Emerson Lake and Palmer)
1951 - Jimmie Vaughan, guitarist (Fabulous Thunderbirds)
1680 - Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater)
1739 - Eligio Celestino, composer
1774 - John Braham, composer
1829 - Charles Albert White, composer
1833 - Henry Southwick Perkins, composer
1863 - Ernesto Nazareth, composer
1872 - Bernhard Seklas, composer
1883 - Karl Hasse, composer
1890 - Lauritz Melchior, Copenhagen Denmark, baritone tenor (Natl Symphony)
1890 - Beniamino Gigli, Italian tenor (d. 1957)
1906 - Ozzie Nelson, American bandleader and actor (d. 1975)
1914 - Sviatosiav Richter, Zhitomir Ukraine, pianist (Stalin Prize-1945)
1917 - Vera Lynn, singer (Anniversary Waltz)
1918 - Bernd-Alois Zimmermann, German composer (Soldiers)
1921 - Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American singer (d. 1973)
1921 - Primoz Ramovs, composer
1922 - Larry Elgart, New Haven Ct, bandleader/alto sax (Elgart Orch)
1927 - John Pierre Herman Joubert, South African-born British composer (Chamber Music for brass quintet)
1930 - Michel Magne, composer
1931 - Antonio Tauriello, composer
1932 - Tod Dockstader, composer
1933 - Jacquez Guyonnet, composer
1936 - Lee "Scratch" Perry, Reggae artist
1937 - Joe Rivers, rocker (Johnnie and Joe)
1937 - Jerry Reed, American singer and actor
1946 - Ranger Doug, [Douglas Green], Ill, singer (Riders in Sky-Cowboy Way)
1949 - Marcia Ball, American singer and pianist
1951 - Guy Perry, rock guitarist/vocalist (Motels-Only the Lonely)
1951 - John Wetton, rocker (Asia)
1954 - Jim Seales, Hamilton Ala, singer (Shenandoah-Sunday in the South)
1959 - Richard Drummie, rocker (Go West-Call Me, Don't Look Down)
1961 - Slim Jim Phantom, [Jim Mcdonnell], rock drummer (Stray Cats)
1963 - Paul Mirkovich, rock keyboardist (Nelson-Love and Affection)
1964 - Natacha Atlas, Belgian singer
1966 - Alka Yagnik, Indian singer
1972 - Alexander Kapranos, Greek-British musician (Franz Ferdinand)
1976 - Chester Bennington, American musician (Linkin Park)
1980 - Ock Ju-Hyun, South Korean singer
1982 - Nick Wheeler, American guitarist (The All-American Rejects)
1984 - Winta, Norwegian musician
Deaths in Music
1757 - Johann Paul Kunzen, composer, dies at 60
1804 - Ignaz Malzat, composer, dies at 47
1812 - Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52
1866 - Rikard Nordraak, composer, dies at 23
1871 - Antonio Buzzolla, composer, dies at 56
1873 - Adolfe Louis Eugene Fetis, composer, dies at 52
1874 - Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer, dies at 63
1892 - Arthor Goring Thomas, composer, dies at 41
1911 - Jean-Theodore Radoux, composer, dies at 75
1913 - Christian Barnekow, composer, dies at 75
1942 - Theodoro Valcarcel, composer, dies at 41
1944 - Felix Woyrsch, composer, dies at 83
1951 - Jan Ingenhoven, composer, dies at 74
1951 - Kathleen Lockhart Manning, composer, dies at 60
1964 - Jean Rogister, composer, dies at 84
1970 - Manolis Chiotis, Greek bouzouki virtuoso and song writer (b. 1920)
1987 - Norman Harris, guitarist (O'Jays), dies at 39 of heart failure
1988 - Gil Evans, Canadian/US jazz composer (Out of the Cool), dies at 75
1991 - Conor Clapton, son of Eric Clapton (b. 1986)
1992 - Frank Westbrook, dancer/choreographer, dies at 82
1992 - Georges Delerue, French composer (Hiroshima, My Love), dies at 67
1996 - Alan Ridout, composer, dies at 61
1998 - George Howard, American jazz saxophone musician
2000 - Gene Eugene, Canadian actor and singer (b. 1961)
Todays News
- Yves Leterme is sworn in as Prime Minister of Belgium. (Guardian)
- The Xinhua news agency reports for the first time that protests have spread to neighbouring provinces of Sichuan and Gansu as the Chinese authorities attempt to regain control. (Associated Press)
- The Dalai Lama offers to meet with senior Chinese officials including the President of the People's Republic of China Hu Jintao. (Canadian Press)
- China dispatches convoys to Tibet consisting of thousands of soldiers and hundreds of vehicles. (AFP)
- Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden releases an audio tape criticizing the European Union for allowing publication of cartoons that he claims insulted the Prophet Mohammed and threatening a strong reaction. (Associated Press)
News from this day in History
1852 - Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.
1914 - In New Haven, Connecticut, the first international figure skating championship takes place.
1916 - Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
1985 - Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
2004 - Stephen Harper wins the leadership of the newly created Conservative Party of Canada, becoming the party's first leader.
Holidays and Observances
- Canberra Day
- The second day of Quinquatria in ancient Rome, held in honor of Minerva.
- The vernal equinox usually occurs on this day. This is a national holiday of Japan.
- Though dependent on the exact day of the vernal equinox, New Year of Iranian Calendar: Norouz is sometimes celebrated on March 20 if the equinox falls on this day.
- Though dependent on the exact day of the vernal equinox, International Astrology Day is sometimes celebrated on March 20 if the equinox falls on this day.
- World Storytelling Day is a global celebration of the art of oral storytelling, celebrated every year on March 20.
- Feast of St. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (d.687)
- Feast of Abdon and Sennen celebrated in Soissons, France
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