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Well Good Morning,
Here's the blog from this day two years ago, the morning after the U.S. election, interesting,
I don't know about you but that was some exciting evening yesterday. Wow! By a huge majority. It's going to be nice to see Ol' G.W. go. Hopefully the world will be a much better place and also hoping the stock markets turn around. Lots of people need to get their shirts back. So glad you could drop in to www.globalstrings.com. We promise to ship you the strings you need in a timely and efficient manner and we also pledge to save you money as best we can. We sell all our instrument strings (D'Addario, Dean Markley, DR, Elixir, Ernie Ball, Hannabach, John Pearse, Martin, Savarez, SIT, Thomastik-Infeld and more) to you at a discounted price. Our shipping is very reasonable and our service is second to none. Jump on the bandwagon (and bring your guitars and basses, mandolins and violins, etc.) and become a member of globalstrings. There is no upfront cost and your strings will be much less expensive. All the Best.
Today in Music History
1966 - The Monkees went to No.1 on US singles chart with 'Last Train To Clarksville, the group's first No.1. They revealed during a press conference that no members of the group had played on the record.
1971 - announcer Al Dvorin uttered what would become a well known phrase: "Elvis has left the building" at the end of a Minneapolis concert by the King. He was asked to make the announcement in an effort to quiet the fans who continued to call for an encore.
1982 - Brian Wilson was fired from The Beach Boys by his former colleagues.
Births in Music
1946 - Gram Paarson, [Cecil Connor], Winter Haven Fl, musician, singer, songwriter (Byrds)
1947 - Peter Noone, musician, singer, songwriter (Herman's Hermits)
1959 - Bryan Adams, Vancouver BC Canada, musician, singer, songwriter (Heaven)
1962 - Brian Wheat, rock bassist (Tesla)
1494 - Hans Sachs, composer
1654 - Christian Liebe, composer
1666 - Attilio Ariosti, composer
1819 - Josef Rudolf Zavrtal, composer
1841 - Alexander Sergeyevich Famintsin, composer
1866 - Daniel Protheroe, composer
1887 - Paul Wittgenstein, Vienna Austria, left hand specialist pianist
1894 - Eugen Z dore B taszek, Hungary, Hungarian/American composer (Diana)
1895 - Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer
1917 - Claus Adam, composer
1919 - Myron Floren, American accordianist The Lawrence Welk Show (d. 2005)
1921 - Gyorgy Cziffra, Hungarian/French pianist (Chopin/Liszt)
1924 - Ivan Rezak, composer
1929 - Ottmar MA Fraai, Curacaos/Dutch tenor
1931 - Ike Turner, Miss, AKA Mr Tina Turner!, guitarist (A Fool in Love)
1935 - Jerry Amper Dadap, composer
1935 - John Nicholas Maw, composer
1938 - Joe Dassin, French-speaking American singer (d. 1980)
1941 - Art Garfunkel, American singer, musician
1943 - Pablo Gomez, rocker
1946 - Herman Brood, Dutch musician and artist (d. 2001)
1948 - Rick Cobb, rocker
1948 - Peter Hammill, British musician
1949 - Jimmie Spheeris, American singer-songwriter (d. 1984)
1956 - Rob Fisher, Bath England, rock keyboardist (Naked Eyes)
1956 - Mike Score, Liverpool England, rock guitarist (Flock Of Seagulls)
1957 - David Moyse, Adelaide Australia, rock vocalist (Air Supply)
1958 - Don Falcone, American musician and producer
1960 - Rene Froger, Dutch singer (Everything Can Make a Man Happy)
1961 - David Bryson, American guitarist and vocalist (Counting Crows)
1967 - Marcelo D2, Brazilian rapper
1971 - Jonny Greenwood, guitarist (Radiohead)
1971 - Edmond Leung, Hong Kong singer
1974 - Angela Gossow, German vocalist (Arch Enemy)
1974 - Ryan Adams, American musician
1979 - Mihalis Hatzigiannis, Greek-Cypriot songwriter and singer
1985 - Kate DeAraugo, Australian Idol 2005
1985 - Tanaka Koki, Japanese rapper (KAT-TUN)
1986 - BoA, Korean singer
1987 - Kevin Jonas, American guitarist
Deaths in Music
1743 - Andreas Benedikt Praelisauer, composer, dies at 44
1772 - Johannes Schmidlin, composer, dies at 50
1860 - Carl Binder, composer, dies at 43
1933 - Texas Guinan, American saloon keeper, actress, and musician (b. 1884)
1942 - George M Cohan, American musician, actor, writer, and composer, dies at 64
1946 - Sigismond Stojowski, composer, dies at 77
1951 - Bedrich Antonin Wiedermann, composer, dies at 67
1956 - Art Tatum, jazz pianist, dies at 46 in Los Angeles
1960 - Johnny Horton, country singer, dies at 33
1964 - Alexander Uriah Boskovich, composer, dies at 57
1964 - Buddy Cole, American jazz pianist and orchestra leader (b. 1916)
1977 - Guy Lombardo, Canadian orch leader (Auld Lang Syne), dies in Houston at 75
1989 - Barry Sadler, singer (Green Berets), murdered at 49 in Murfreesboro Tn
1989 - Vladimir Horovitz, Ukrainian/US pianist, dies at 85
1990 - Bobby Nunn, US bassist (Coasters-Down in Mexico), dies at about 65
1996 - Eddie Harris, saxophonist/composer, dies at 62
1997 - Epic Soundtracks, English musician (Swell Maps, Crime and the City Solution, These Immortal Souls) (b. 1959)
2000 - Jimmie Davis, singer and politician (b. 1899)
2002 - Billy Guy, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1936)
2003 - Bobby Hatfield, American singer (Righteous Brothers) (b. 1940)
2005 - Virginia MacWatters, American soprano (b. 1912)
What's happening in the World Today 2009
* Barack Obama elected 44th President of the United States
India's Chandrayaan-1 leaves earth’s gravity to enter lunar space. (Hindu)
President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev announces Russia has to place short-range conventional warhead missiles in Kaliningrad region in order to counter US National missile defense facilities in Poland and Czech Republic. Medvedev expressed hope that the US-Russian relations would be mended with the US administration change. (AFP via Google)
Mexican Interior Minister Juan Camilo Mouriño dies along with eight others after the airplane he was on crashes into rush-hour Mexico City traffic. (BBC News)
The Straits Exchange Foundation and the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits sign four agreements for the Three Links across the Taiwan Strait, a major step in normalizing Cross-Strait relations. (CNN)
News from this Day in History
1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier (Brittany). This Breton-French-Latin dictionary was written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc. It is the first Breton dictionary as well as the first French dictionary.
1605 - Gunpowder Plot: A conspiracy led by Robert Catesby to blow up the English Houses of Parliament is thwarted when Sir Thomas Knyvet, a justice of the peace, finds Guy Fawkes in a cellar below the Houses of Parliament.
1872 - Women's suffrage: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100.
1895 - George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
1940 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected to a third term as President of The United States of America. 1995 - André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Jean Chrétien; he is thwarted when the Prime Minister's wife locks the door.
World Holidays and Observances
United Kingdom, New Zealand and the province of Newfoundland & Labrador (Canada): Guy Fawkes Night (also called Bonfire night; or Fireworks night): Failure of the Gunpowder Plot to blow up Parliament in 1605 is celebrated with bonfires, fireworks and burning of effigies.
R.C. Saints: November 5 is the feast day of the following Roman Catholic Saints:
- St. Domninus
- St. Galation
- St. Magnus
- Pope Zachary
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