Well Hello and Good Thursday Morning,
It's a beautiful, sunny day here in Southern Ontario and nice and warm. Thank God for the warmth and I hope it's great where you are today. Today we talk about strings (like that's anything different) and especially Electric strings today. We carry any kind of electric string you need for your instruments, be it guitar, bass, violin, mandolin, whatever, we've got it for you. We ship fast and save you money. We are all about getting you the strings you need at a price that saves you money over retail. Strings is what we do. Please check out our catalogue and read about and order up some of your favs. We carry the coloured, handmade DR strings, the ever growing in popularity S.I.T. strings (wow, do they stay in tune and the price is great) and of course the famous Elixir coated strings. Whatever your choice you'll find it here and we'll get 'em out to you fast. All the best.
Today in Music History
1962 - The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City opens with the completion of the first building, the Philharmonic Hall (now Avery Fisher Hall) home of the New York Philharmonic.
1969 - Northern Star starts rumor that Paul McCartney is dead
1969 - "Clues Hint at Beatle's Death," reported in Illinois Univ newspaper, sparking widespread rumours of Paul McCartney's death
Births in Music
1930 - Ray Charles, Albany Ga, singer/pianist (Georgia)
1949 - Bruce Springsteen, [Boss], Asbury NJ, rock musician/singer/songwriter (Born in the USA)
1970 - Ani DiFranco, American musician/singer/songwriter
1591 - Michael Lohr, composer
1642 - Giovanni Maria Bononcini, composer
1684 - Johann Theodor Romhild, composer
1703 - Jean-Marie Leclair, composer
1782 - Jacques-Fereol Mazas, composer
1817 - Leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer
1842 - Karl Munzinger, composer
1849 - Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov, composer
1866 - Edouard Combe, composer
1890 - Arthur Walter Kramer, composer
1899 - William Levi Dawson, composer
1905 - Jeno Kenessey, composer
1906 - Willard F McMurry, musician
1907 - Jarmila Novotna, soprano (Met Opera)/pres of Czechoslovakia (1957-68)
1910 - Soulima Stravinsky, Lausanne Switz, Russian pianist (Igor's son)
1913 - Alexey Davidovich Machavariani, composer
1914 - Norman Cazden, composer
1915 - Finn Arnestad, composer
1920 - Alexander Arutiunian, composer
1920 - Jiri Jaroch, composer
1926 - John Coltrane, jazz saxophonist (Round Midnight)
1928 - Robert Helps, composer
1929 - Wally Whyton, English musician (d. 1997)
1935 - Pierre Marietan, composer
1939 - Roy Buchanan, Ozark Ark, guitarist
1940 - Tim Rose, rocker
1943 - Julio Iglesias, Spain, singer (Of All the Girls I Loved Before)
1943 - Walter Scott, rock vocalist, (Bob Kuban And The In-Men - "The Cheater").
1944 - Eric Bogle, Scottish-born Australian singer and songwriter
1945 - Ronald Bushy, Washington DC, rock drummer (Iron Butterfly)
1947 - Don Grolnick, jazz musician
1947 - Jerry Corbetta, American singer and musician (Sugarloaf)
1947 - Neal Smith, American drummer (Alice Cooper)
1956 - June Forester, Chattanooga Tn, country singer (Forester Sister-Men)
1957 - Kumar Sanu, Indian playback singer
1958 - Danielle Dax, British musician
1958 - Lita Ford, English-born singer/guitarist (The Runaways)
1959 - Martin Page, English singer and songwriter
1960 - John Rocca, English funk singer (Southern Freeze)
1964 - Koshi Inaba, Japanese singer (B'z)
1967 - Harry Connick Jr, New Orleans Louisiana, singer (We Are in Love)
1969 - Patrick Fiori, French singer
1972 - Jermaine Dupri, American music producer and rapper
1973 - Ingrid Fliter, Argentinian pianist
1975 - Layzie Bone, American rapper (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)
1977 - Rachael Yamagata, American singer and songwriter
1977 - Susan Tamim, Lebanese singer and actress (d. 2008)
1981 - Natalie Horler, German singer (Cascada)
1984 - Louie Stephens, American musician (Rooney)
1985 - Maki Goto, Japanese pop singer
Deaths in Music
1694 - Francesco Passarini, composer, dies at 57
1700 - Nicolaus Adam Strungk, composer, dies at 59
1797 - Johann Georg Roser, composer, dies at 57
1835 - Vincenzo Bellini, Italian opera composer (Norma), dies at 33
1837 - Richard John Samuel Stevens, composer, dies at 80
1896 - Louis-Gilbert Duprez, composer, dies at 89
1937 - Caro Roma, composer, dies at 68
1970 - Bourvil, French actor and singer (b. 1917)
1973 - Manuel Borguno, composer, dies at 87
1974 - Robbie Mcintosh, drummer (Average White Band), overdoses at 24
1982 - Jimmy Wakely, country western singer, dies of heart failure at 68
1984 - Anatoly Grigoreyevich Novikov, composer, dies at 87
1987 - O B McClinton, US country singer (Man needs a woman), dies at 47
1988 - Arwel Hughes, composer, dies at 79
1994 - Dalton Reed, singer, dies at 42
1995 - Booker T Laury, blues pianist/vocalist, dies at 81
2003 - Ronnie Dawson, American rockabilly musician (b. 1939)
2004 - André Hazes, Dutch singer (b. 1951)
2006 - Sir Malcolm Arnold, English composer and professional trumpeter (b. 1921)
2006 - Etta Baker, American blues guitarist (b.1913)
What's Happening in the News Today
- Japanese investment bank Nomura Holdings acquires the European, Asian and Middle Eastern equities and investment banking operations of Lehman Brothers.(MarketWatch)
- Sweden's National Television issues a public apology for a "misleading" report on comments made by foreign minister Carl Bildt about Sweden’s intelligence services. (The Local)
- Colin Barnett is sworn in as the 29th Premier of Western Australia. (The West Australian)
- At least nine students die in a school shooting in western Finland. (BBC News)
- Herman Simm, a former head of security at the Estonian Defense Ministry, and his wife Heete Simm, who works as a lawyer at Estonia's National Police Board, are arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia. (The International Herald Tribune)
- Four people die in Puerto Rico as a result of heavy rains. (AP via Fox News)
- South Africa's ruling African National Congress party names deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe as the successor to President Thabo Mbeki. (Bloomberg News)
- More than 18,000 archived radio programs are indefinitely lost after the main computer server at Sweden's National Radio crashed last month. (Resume)
The News from this Day in History
1846 - Neptune is discovered by French astronomer Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier and British astronomer John Couch Adams; the discovery is verified by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle.
1884 - Herman Hollerith patents his mechanical tabulating machine.
1889 - Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
1988 - José Canseco of the Oakland Athletics becomes the first member of the 40-40 club.
2002 - The first public version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox ("Phoenix 0.1") is released.
Holidays and Observances
- Astrology: Usually the first day of sun sign Libra in the tropical zodiac.
- In ancient Latvia, the second day of Mikeli.
- Roman Catholic Saints - Feast day of Saint Adomnan of Iona, Saint Thecla, Padre Pio of Pietrelcina
- Traditional New Year's Day in Constantinople and Eastern Orthodox Churches — because of the birthday of Augustus, not because of the equinox.
- Japanese Autumnal equinox Day (秋分の日/Shūbun no hi).
- Saudi Arabia - National Day (unification 1932).
- French Republican Calendar - Safran (Saffron) Day, second day in the Month of Vendémiaire.
- Celebrate Bisexuality Day was first recognized in 1999 and is observed mainly in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Australia.
- Adamnan of Iona
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