November 21st: On this Day in Music History 1877 - Thomas Edison announced he had invented the phonograph 1955: RCA Records purchased Elvis Presleys recording contract from Sam Phillips at Sun Records for an unprecedented sum of $35,000. 1955, Born on this Day, Peter Koppes is a guitarist multi-talented instrumentalist and founding member of Australian rock band The Church. 1960: The Beatles were forced to play a show in Hamburg, Germany without George Harrison who had been deported for being underage and ineligible to play in a bar. 1970: Two months after his death Jimi Hendrix was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with Voodoo Child (Slight Return) the closing track on Electric Ladyland. This was the guitarists only UK No.1 single. Hendrixs solo on the track was named the 11th greatest solo of all-time in Guitar Worlds 100 Greatest Guitar Solos. 1976, The Stranglers supported by Chelsea appeared at The Nashville, London, England. This was Billy Idols last gig with Chelsea, who then joined fame in the punk band Generation X before becoming a solo artist. 1983: Michael Jacksons 14-minute video for Thriller, was premiered in Los Angeles. The video was filmed at the Palace Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, the zombie dance sequence at the junction of Union Pacific Avenue and South Calzona Street in East Los Angeles and the final house scene in the Angeleno Heights neighborhood at 1345 Carroll Avenue. 1987: Billy Idol knocked Tiffany from the No.1 single position on the US singles chart with his version of Tommy James Mony Mony. Tiffany had been at No.1 with another Tommy James song I Think Were Alone Now. 1988: Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page set out on his first ever-solo tour at The Hummingbird, Birmingham, appearing with John Miles and the son of Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, Jason Bonham. 1991: Aerosmith were the first rock band to make a guest appearance on The Simpsons where they performed “Walk This Way” at Moe’s Tavern. 1995: Legendary manager of Led Zeppelin Peter Grant died from a heart attack 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. The former wrestler, also worked as a film extra and bodyguard. During the early 60’s Grant worked as a tour manager for Bo Diddley, The Everly Brothers, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent and The Animals. 2002: Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger, the surviving members of The Doors announced that they would be performing again with Ian Astbury of The Cult singing & Stewart Copeland of The Police on drums. 2003: Record producer Phil Spector appeared before a California court and was formally charged with murder. B-movie actress Lana Clarkson had been found at his mansion in February of this year with a fatal gunshot wound to her face. Spector pleaded not guilty to her murder during a brief hearing in Alhambra, near Los Angeles and was released on $1m bail. ------------------------- CHARTS: -1960: Maurice Williams and The Zodiacs No.1 US single Stay, the shortest ever US No.1 at one minute 37 seconds. -1970: The Partridge Family 3 week run No.1 US single I Think I Love You. -1979; Dr Hook No.1 UK single When Youre In Love With A Beautiful Woman, their only UK No.1. -1981: Olivia Newton John 10 week run No.1 US single Physical, her fourth US No.1 -1981: Queen and David Bowie 2 weeks #1 U.K. Single “Under Pressure” (U.S. #29) -1992: Charles and Eddie No.1 UK single Would I Lie To You their only chart topper. -2004: Eminem No.1 US album Encore, his third US No.1 album. ---------------------------- Released 1960 - I Wanna Love My Life Away - Gene Pitney (single, first under his own name) 1967 - The Who Sell Out - Who 1980 - Documentary Van Morrison in Ireland premiered in London 1988 - Delicate Sound of Thunder - Pink Floyd 1994 - Love Spreads - Stone Roses single 1995 - Beatles Anthology 1 - Beatles 1995 - Soundgarden’s “Alive In The Superunknown” is A&M Records’ first multi-media/enhanced CD. 1995 - The Offspring’s self-titled debut album finally issued on CD, originally out on vinyl in ’89 -------------------------- Birthdays 1904 - Coleman Hawkins (d. 1969) 1907 - Buck Ram (songwriter) (d. 1991) 1933 - Jean Shepard 1940 - Dr. John (born Mac Rebennack, Jr.) 1941 - David Porter (songwriter, producer) 1942 - Andrew Love (Memphis Horns, Doobie Brothers) 1948 - Lonnie Jordan (War) 1949 - Randy Zehringer (McCoys) 1950 - Livingston Taylor 1960 - Brian Ritchie (Violent Femmes) 1962 - Stephen Curtis Chapman 1965 - Björk (born Björk Guðmundsdóttir) 1966 - Lisa McCarter (McCarters) 1966 - Teresa McCarter (McCarters) 1967 - Örnólfsdóttir (Sugarcubes) 1968 - Alex James (Blur) 1970 - Francis MacDonald (Teenage Fanclub) 1971 - Pretty Lou (Lost Boyz) 1974 - Kelsi Osborn (SHeDAISY) 1977 - Myles Heskett (Wolfmother) 1985 - Carly Rae Jepsen ------------------------- Deaths 1965 - Cecil Brower (session fiddler, considered one of best in Western Swing) - Perforated Ulcer (51) 1995 - Peter Grant (manager, Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, Bad Company) - Heart attack (60) 1995 - Matthew Ashman (Adam and the Ants, Bow Wow Wow) - Complications of diabetes (35) 2002 - Hadda Brooks (Queen of the Boogie) - After open-heart surgery (86) 2006 - Robert Lockwood, Jr. - Cerebral aneurysm and stroke (91)
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