THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY (November 22nd): 1941: Jessie Colin Young (The Youngbloods) was born 1943: Floyd Sneed (Three Dog Night, drums) was born 1947: Rod Price (Foghat, slide guitar) was born – died after he fell down a flight of stairs when suffering a heart attack in 2005 at 57 years of age 1949: Steven Van Zandt (Little Steven // Miami Steve) -- he played guitar for Southside Johnny, Bruce Springsteens E Street Band and Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul 1950: Tina Weymouth (Talking Heads, bass) was born 1955: Elvis Presley sends a telegram to his new manager, Colonel Tom Parker, which reads: Dear Colonel, Words can never tell you how my folks and I appreciate what you did for me. Ive always known and now my folks are assured that you are the best, most wonderful person I could ever hope to work with. Believe me when I say I will stick with you through thick and thin and do everything I can to uphold your faith in me. Again, I say thanks and I love you like a father. 1957: Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel appeared as Tom and Jerry on ABC-TVs American Bandstand. Close friends through childhood, the first time they appeared on stage together was in a school play, Alice in Wonderland (Simon as the White Rabbit, Garfunkel as the Cheshire Cat). They later began performing together in their junior year as Tom and Jerry, with Simon as Jerry Landis and Garfunkel as Tom Graph 1963: President John F. Kennedys motorcade passes through Dallas, TX, on its way to the Dallas Trade Mart, where he is to give an important speech. Three blocks before it reaches Dealey Plaza, it passes a rehearsal hall where the Caravan of Stars tour performers -- Dale and Grace, Brian Hyland, Bobby Vee, and Jimmy Clanton -- are preparing for that evenings show. All wave to the President 1963: With The Beatles, The Beatles second album) is released -- it goes on to spend 51 weeks on the album charts and sold a million copies by September 1965 (only the second album, after the South Pacific soundtrack, in 1958, to do so) 1965: Bob Dylan married Sara Lowndes in a secret ceremony during a break in his tour. The marriage took place under an oak tree on a judges lawn on Mineola, Long Island, New York. Sara who is the mother of singer Jakob Dylan filed for divorce on March 1st 1977 1967: Long John Baldry is on top of the UK singles chart with Let The Heartaches Begin 1968: The Beatles double White album was released in the UK. Featuring Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, Dear Prudence, Helter Skelter, Blackbird Back In The USSR and George Harrisons While My Guitar Gently Weeps. Priced at £3.13 shillings, ($8.76), it spent eight weeks as the UK No.1 album 1969: Iron Butterfly supported by Steel Mill, (featuring Bruce Springsteen), appeared at the Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia. The gig was held in the schools 3,500- seat Crenshaw Gymnasium 1975: KC and the Sunshine Band started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Thats The Way (I Like It), the groups second US No.1 of the year, it made No.4 in the UK 1986: The Human League went to No.1 on the US singles chart with Human, making them the 8th UK act to score a US No.1 single in 1986 and used for a auto insurance commercial in 2014 1991: Alice Cooper came to the rescue of two fans; Patrick and Dee Ann Kelly, whose California home was about to be re-possessed. Patrick had painted Coopers face on the house to help sell the property. Mr Cooper signed autographs to help raise money for the couple 1997: INXS singer Michael Hutchence was found dead in his hotel suite in Sydney. He was 37. Hutchence body was found at 11.50am naked behind the door to his room. He had apparently hanged himself with his own belt and the buckle broke away and his body was found kneeling on the floor and facing the door. It had been suggested that his death resulted from an act of auto eroticism, no forensic or other evidence to substantiate that suggestion was found 1998: Alanis Morissette was at No.1 on the US album chart with her fourth album ‘Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie.’ The first single from album Thank You received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance 2002: The surviving members of The Doors, Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger, announced they would record and tour again with a new line up including ex- Cult singer Ian Astbury and former Police drummer Stewart Copeland. Original drummer John Densmore was not able to take part because he was suffering from severe tinnitus 2004: Ozzy Osbourne struggled with a burglar who escaped with jewelery worth about £2m from his Buckinghamshire mansion. Osbourne told reporters that he had the masked raider in a headlock as he tried to stop him. The burglar broke free and jumped 30 ft from a first floor window. A large amount of jewelery was stolen in the raid in which two burglars were involved 2010: After just one week of availability on the iTunes store, The Beatles music sold more than 450,000 albums and 2 million individual songs. The Fab Fours debut on iTunes was accompanied by an extensive world-wide marketing campaign
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