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Steven Page of The Bare Naked Ladies gets an "adjournment in contemplation of dismissal" ruling, which means the charges against him will be dismissed in six months time if he isn't arrested again, receives therapy and passes drug screening. Also, The Jeff Healey Blues Band is up for a leading seven Maple Blues Awards. Congrats. The Memphis soul sound of the 1960s and '70s will get its due when Booker T. and the MGs and the Memphis Horns are inducted into the U.S. Musicians Hall of Fame, other inductees include the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and Buddy Holly's band, The Crickets. Long overdue. These were just a few music notes from this date last year that we wanted to share with you. Don't forget to check our catalogue out and order the strings, picks, t-shirts and tab books you need. Best prices and service on the web, especially for Canadians. The World's Best Strings at the World's Best Prices. All the Best.
Today in Music History
1787 - Opera "Don Giovanni" is produced (Prague)
1982 - Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson release "Girl is Mine"
Births in Music
1926 - Jon[athan Stewart] Vickers, Prince Albert, Canada, tenor
1944 - Denny Laine, [Brian Hines], rock guitarist (Moody Blues, Wings)
1946 - Peter Green, [Peter Greenbaum], London, guitarist (Fleetwood Mac)
1961 - Steven Randall "Randy" Jackson, Gary In, singer, musician (Jackson 5)
1815 - Daniel Emmett, American composer (d. 1904)
1891 - Fanny Brice, American singer (d. 1951)
1898 - Emmanuel Bondeville, composer
1901 - Daniele Amfiteatrov, composer
1903 - Vivian Ellis, composer
1922 - Neal Hefti, Hastings Neb, jazz musician and orch leader (Kate Smith Show)
1923 - Dietrich Manicke, composer
1925 - Zoot Sims, rocker
1930 - Peter Stampfel, rocker
1930 - Natalie Sleeth, American composer (d. 1992)
1930 - Omara Portuondo, Cuban singer
1934 - Ramon Sender, composer
1934 - Robert E Hughes, NYC, orch leader (Rich Little Show)
1937 - Michael Ponti, Freiburg Germany, pianist (Boston Competition 1964)
1940 - Frida Boccara, French singer (d. 1996)
1944 - Robbie van Leeuwen, Dutch guitarist (Shocking Blue)
1946 - Lynn Carey, American actress and singer (Mama Lion)
1948 - Ricky Reynolds, rocker
1949 - James Williamson, American guitarist
1951 - Rick Bordia, rock guitarist (Mink Deville)
1951 - Guy Gelso, rock drummer (Zebra)
1952 - Arnell Carmichael, rock keyboardist (Raydio)
1954 - Anita Meijer, Dutch singer (Just a Disillusion)
1955 - Kevin DuBrow, American singer (Quiet Riot) (d. 2007)
1955 - Roger O'Donnell, English musician (The Cure)
1987 - Makoto Ogawa, Japanese singer
Deaths in Music
1802 - Jacques-Philippe Lamoninary, composer, dies at 95
1829 - Maria A [Nannerl] Mozart, Austrian pianist
1853 - Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann, composer, dies at 68
1853 - William Richard Bexfield, composer, dies at 29
1876 - Jacques Gregoir, composer, dies at 59
1882 - Martin Gustav Nottebohm, composer, dies at 64
1883 - Friedrich Robert Volkmann, composer, dies at 68
1920 - Johann Ernst Perabo, composer, dies at 74
1922 - George August Lumbye, composer, dies at 79
1931 - Luciano Gallet, composer, dies at 38
1934 - Gustavo Emilio Campa, composer, dies at 71
1947 - Theodore Samuel Holland, composer, dies at 69
1953 - William Kapell, American pianist (b. 1922)
1962 - Naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer, dies at 77
1968 - Marius Moaritz Ulfrstad, composer, dies at 78
1971 - Duane Allman, American singer, songwriter, musician, dies in a motorcycle accident at 24
1973 - Heathcote Dicken Statham, composer, dies at 83
1975 - John Scott Trotter, orch leader (George Gobel Show), dies at 67
1981 - Georges Brassens, French singer (b. 1921)
1983 - Sten Broman, composer, dies at 81
1987 - Woody Herman, bandleader/composer (Thundering Herds), dies at 74
1998 - Paul Misraki, French songwriter (b. 1908)
2003 - Franco Corelli, Italian tenor (b. 1921)
What's in the News Today?
Danish-based low-cost carrier Sterling Airways files for bankruptcy and strands all passengers flights, after its cash-strapped Icelandic investors were unable keep the company airborne.(The Guardian)
Suicide bombers attack targets in Hargeisa, the capital of the self-proclaimed republic of Somaliland, and Bosaso, a city in the autonomous state of Puntland. (BBC)
At least 11 construction workers are killed as a crane crashes to the ground near Chongqing in China. (Reuters via News Limited)
At least 100 people die after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake in Pakistan near the city of Quetta. (CNN)
Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldivian Democratic Party is elected as the President of the Maldives in the country's first democratic election. (AFP via Google)
British television presenters Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand are suspended by the BBC after making prank phone calls to actor Andrew Sachs concerning his granddaughter Georgina Baillie. (BBC)
Tamil Tiger rebels have carried out air strikes on oil tanks near the capital, Colombo, and an army camp in Mannar, north-western Sri Lanka. (AFP via Google)
At its Professional Developers Conference, Microsoft delivers a pre-beta release of Windows 7 to developers, and announces plans to release a full Windows 7 beta early in 2009. (The New York Times)
North Korea issues a statement declaring that it will turn South Korea into "debris" if the South does not stop all "confrontational activities". (CNN)
Iran opens a naval base in the town of Jask, just outside the Strait of Hormuz entrance to the Persian Gulf. (BBC News)
News from this Day in History (and interesting tidbits)
1390 - First trial for witchcraft in Paris.
1675 - Leibniz makes the first use of the long s (∫) as a symbol of the integral in calculus.
1863 - Sixteen countries meeting in Geneva agree to form the International Red Cross.
1886 - The first ticker-tape parade takes place in New York City when office workers spontaneously throw ticker tape into the streets as the Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1929 - The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of '29 or "Black Tuesday", ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression.
1960 - In Louisville, Kentucky, Cassius Clay (who later takes the name Muhammad Ali) wins his first professional fight.
1964 - A collection of irreplaceable gems, including the 565 carat (113 g) Star of India, is stolen by a group of thieves (among them is "Murph the surf") from the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
1967 - Montreal's World Fair, Expo 67, closes with over 50 million visitors.
1969 - The first-ever computer-to-computer link is established on ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet.
1991 - The American Galileo spacecraft makes its closest approach to 951 Gaspra, becoming the first probe to visit an asteroid.
1998 - Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off on STS-95 with 77-year old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space.
1998 - ATSC HDTV broadcasting in the United States is inaugurated with the launch of STS-95 space shuttle mission.
2007 - Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is elected the first woman President of Argentina.
World Holidays and Observances
R.C. Saints - October 29th is the feast day of the following Roman Catholic Saints:
- Saint Narcissus of Jerusalem
- St. Abraham of Rostov
- Douai Martyrs
- St. Maximillian
- Gaetano Errico
Anglican Church - James Hannington
Turkey - Republic Day (1923)
Coronation Day of Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia
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