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10 years ago
It is reported that guitarist Harvey Mandel, currently with Canned Heat, has had surgery for nasal cancer and is slowly recovering. A Help Harvey Mandel website has been set up to help him pay his $50,000 medical costs.
It is announced that New York City all-female dream-pop trio Vivian Girls plans to break up after fulfilling a handful of live committments.
During a show by Suicidal Tendencies, Terror, Strife and Evergreen Terrace on their Persistence Tour at the Kulturfabrik Kofmehl venue in Solothurn, Switzerland, Europe, a 28-year old fan dives from the stage and dies soon after in Bern University Hospital from an epileptic seizure brought on by his injuries.
Jonny Kaplan, Kris Kristofferson and Earl Slick are among those performing at Gibson Guitar Entertainment Relations Showroom Presents The Art And Music Of The Beatles in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.25 years ago
Revered Texan steel guitar player Jimmy Day dies aged 65 of cancer in Houston, Texas, USA. In a long career he played with Webb Pierce, Red Sovine, Hank Williams, Jim Reeves, Lefty Frizzell, Elvis Presley, Ray Price, Ernest Tubb, Willie Nelson, Johnny Bush, Ferlin Husky, George Jones, Tracy Nelson And Mother Earth, Leon Russell, Commander Cody and Skeeter Davis.
50 years ago
The album Planet Waves, Bob Dylan's first under his new contract with Asylum Records, is awarded an R.I.A.A. gold disc for sales in the USA.
Bob Dylan and The Band play the second of two nights at the Omni, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
The album Planet Waves, Bob Dylan's first under his new contract with Asylum Records, is awarded an R.I.A.A. gold disc for sales in the USA.
75 years ago
During a season at Joe Tenner's Cafe Society Uptown, jazz great Billie Holiday is busted for possession of opium in a raid on Room 203 of the Mark Twain Hotel, 345 Taylor Street, San Francisco, California, USA.
Evelyn Knight reaches No1 in the Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart in the USA. with A Little Bird Told Me for the first of seven weeks.
Monte Rey, billed as "Radio's Famous Romantic Singer" plays the sixth night of a week at The Metropolitan Theatre, Edgeware Road, London, UK.
100 years ago
James Louis 'J.J.' Johnson, regarded as the inventor of bebop trombone playing, is born in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
James Louis 'J.J.' Johnson, regarded as the inventor of bebop trombone playing, is born in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.10 years |
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