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1935, Born on this day, Peter Grant, manager of Led Zeppelin. Died from a heart attack on 21/11/95 aged 60. Known as being one of the shrewdest and most ruthless managers in rock history, Grant secured 90% of concert gate money and intimidated record store owners who dealt in bootlegs
1942, Born on this day, Alan Clarke, vocals, The Hollies, (over 25 top 40 hits, 1972 US No.2 single 'Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress'), 1988 UK No.1 single 'He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother', first released in 1969.
1944, Born on this day, Nicholas Caldwell, The Whispers, (1980 UK No.2 & US No.19 single 'And The Beat Goes On').
1948, Born on this day, Dave Holland, drummer, Judas Priest.
1950, Born on this day, Agnetha Faltskog, vocals, Abba, (first UK hit 1974 No.1 'Waterloo', followed by eight other UK No.1 singles and 9 UK No.1 albums, 1977 US No.1 single 'Dancing Queen').
1966, Born on this day, Mike McCready, guitar, Pearl Jam, (1992 UK No.15 single 'Jeremy', 1993 US No.1 album 'Vs').
Cобытия:
1955: Ray Charles marries his second wife, Della Beatrice Howard, in Houston, TX.
1958: Johnny Mathis' compilation album Johnny's Greatest Hits, the first "greatest hits" LP, enters the Billboard charts, where it will stay for almost nine and a half years. It's a record that would only be broken in 1982 by Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon.
1964: The Beatles film the famous opening scene from their first movie, A Hard Day's Night, running away from several rabid female fans at London's Marylebone train station.
1964: The Searchers make their US television debut, singing "Needles and Pins" and "Ain't That Just Like Me" on on CBS' Ed Sullivan Show.
1967: Monkees fans march in London in protest of band member Davy Jones' announced induction into the Army. The teen heartthrob is eventually exempted from duty for being his family's main provider.
1967: Elvis Presley's 24th movie, Double Trouble, premieres in Hollywood.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Trouble_(1967_film)1982: The record industry trade magazine Record World folds after 36 years.
1984: Marvin Gaye's funeral takes place at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Los Angeles, drawing some very notable mourners, including Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones, and Berry Gordy. Gaye had been shot to death three days earlier by his father after he intervened in an argument between his parents.
1987: Buddy Rich's funeral in Los Angeles also draws some very notable mourners, including Frank Sinatra, Artie Shaw, and Johnny Carson.
1990: After serving months of his sentence for drug possession, resisting arrest, and other charges, James Brown is put on a work-release program, moving from his jail to South Carolina's Lower Savannah Work Center, where he provides counseling for drug addicts. He is paid four dollars an hour.
2003: On stage in Melbourne, Australia on the eve of the Iraq War, Carlos Santana declares, "We are the architects of the world and our agenda is different to Saddam Hussein and George Bush. Dignity and grace are our weapons - unity, salvation and elegance."
2008: Toto breaks up after performing its final concert in Seoul
Ушли из жизни:
1998: Cozy Powell (ELP, Black Sabbath, Rainbow)
2006: Gene Pitney
Стали первыми в чартах:
1975, Minnie Riperton went to No.1 on the US singles chart with the Stevie Wonder produced song 'Loving You' (a No.2 hit in the UK). It was the singers only US chart hit. Riperton died of cancer on 12th July 1979.
2008, Danity Kane were at No.1 on the US album chart with their second album 'Welcome To The Dollhouse'.
