Things you might not know. 25 Dec. 1. 1954: Johnny Ace, an up-and-coming R&B singer whom the press has picked as a star in the making, is killed backstage at his concert in Houston. Although official reports say Ace was playing Russian Roulette, other theories maintain he was murdered, perhaps by his manager, whose contract Johnny had recently tried to break out of. When he hears the news, a twelve-year-old Lou Reed wears a black armband all day in mourning. 2. 1958: Hugely influential DJ Alan Freed puts on his first Christmas Rock & Roll Spectacular at Loews State Theatre in Manhattan, featuring, among others, Chuck Berry, Jackie Wilson, Bo Diddley, Eddie Cochran, The Moonglows, The Everly Brothers, Frankie Avalon and Johnnie Ray. 3. 1959: An apprentice engineer from Liverpool named Richard Starkey, then already eighteen, gets his first real set of drums for Christmas (the young Starkeys family couldnt afford a proper set when he was a child). Later, he would become known as Ringo Starr. 4. 1969: 16-year-old Robbie Bachman of Winnipeg, Canada receives his first drum kit for Christmas and begins to play along with his older brother, guitarist Randy. Just three years later, Randy asks him to join his new band, named Bachman-Turner Overdrive.
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