| Forum Home | ||||
| PC World Chat | ||||
| Thread ID: 145537 | 2017-11-27 02:45:00 | The Day The Music Died | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1442630 | 2017-11-27 02:45:00 | It's in here somewhere: joe@joe-studio:~$ calendar -f /usr/share/calendar/calendar.music -A 365 Nov 26 Cream performs their farewell concert at Royal Albert Hall, 1968 Nov 26 Paul Hindemith is born in Hanau, Germany, 1895 Nov 27 Jimi Hendrix (Johnny Allen Hendrix) is born in Seattle, 1942 Nov 29 Pau Casals born in Vendrell, 1876 Nov 29 George Harrison dies at 13:30 in L.A., 2001 Dec 04 Frank Zappa dies in his Laurel Canyon home shortly before 18:00, 1993 Dec 05 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart dies in Vienna, Austria, 1791 Dec 06 First sound recording made by Thomas Edison, 1877 Dec 06 The Rolling Stones play Altamont Speedway near San Francisco, 1969 Dec 07 Harry Chapin is born in New York City, 1942 Dec 08 Jim Morrison is born in Melbourne, Florida, 1943 Dec 08 John Lennon is shot and killed in New York City, 1980 Dec 09 The Who's "Tommy" premieres in London, 1973 Dec 11 (Louis) Hector Berlioz born in La-Côte-Saint-André, 1803 Dec 13 Ted Nugent, the motor city madman, born in Detroit, 1949 Dec 15 Thomas Edison receives patent on the phonograph, 1877 Dec 16 Don McLean's "American Pie" is released, 1971 Dec 17 Ludwig van Beethoven is christened in Bonn, 1770 Dec 21 Frank Zappa is born in Baltimore, 1940 Dec 23 First G&S collaboration, Thespis, 1871 Dec 23 Joe Strummer (born John Mellor) dies in Broomfield, England, 2002 Dec 28 Edgar Winter is born in Beaumont, Texas, 1946 Dec 28 Paul Hindemith dies in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, 1963 Dec 31 Jimi Hendrix introduces the Band of Gypsies at the Fillmore East, 1969 Jan 01 Country Joe McDonald is born in El Monte, California, 1942 Jan 03 Steven Stills is born in Dallas, 1945 Jan 04 Jazz great Charlie Mingus dies at 57 in Cuernavaca, Mexico, 1979 Jan 08 David Bowie (then David Robert Jones) is born in London, 1947 Jan 08 Elvis Presley born, 1935 Jan 09 James Patrick Page (Led Zeppelin) is born in Middlesex, England, 1945 Jan 10 Blues guitarist Howlin' Wolf dies in Chicago, 1976 Jan 10 Jim Croce is born in Philadelphia, 1943 Jan 10 Pat Benatar is born in Long Island, 1952 Jan 10 Rod Stewart is born in Glasgow, Scotland, 1945 Jan 13 Eric Clapton plays the "Rainbow Concert" in London, 1973 Jan 17 Led Zeppelin's first album is released, 1969 Jan 19 Janis Joplin is born in Port Arthur, Texas, 1943 Jan 22 Sam Cooke is born in Chicago, 1935 Jan 24 Warren Zevon is born in Chicago, 1947 Jan 25 Bob Dylan plays the second "Hurricane" benefit, in the Astrodome, 1978 Jan 27 Bobby "Blue" Bland (Robert Calvin Bland) is born in Tennessee, 1930 Jan 27 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is born in Salzburg, Austria, 1756 Jan 27 Giuseppe Verdi dies in Milan, Italy, 1901 Jan 28 Jimi Hendrix headlines Madison Square Garden, 1970 Jan 30 Lightnin' Hopkins, the most-recorded blues artist ever, dies, 1982 Jan 31 Franz Schubert is born in Lichtenthal, Vienna, Austria, 1797 Jan 31 The Grateful Dead are busted in New Orleans, 1970 Feb 01 RCA Victor unveils the 45 rpm record playing system, 1949 Feb 02 Graham Nash is born in Lancashire, England, 1942 Feb 03 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy is born in Hamburg, Germany, 1809 Feb 03 The Day The Music Died; Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper are killed in a plane crash outside Mason City, Iowa, 1959 Feb 07 Beatles land at JFK airport to begin first U.S. tour, 1964 Feb 07 Steven Stills makes the first digitally recorded rock album, 1979 Feb 09 Carole King (Carole Klein) is born in Brooklyn, 1941 Feb 12 The Beatles play Carnegie Hall in New York City, 1964 Feb 13 Richard Wagner dies in Venice, Italy, 1883 Feb 17 Jazz great Thelonius Monk dies in Englewood, New Jersey, 1982 Feb 18 Yoko Ono Lennon is born in Tokyo, 1933 Feb 19 Paul McCartney's "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" is banned in Britain, 1972 Feb 19 William "Smokey" Robinson is born in Detroit, 1940 Feb 20 J. Geils (J. Geils Band) is born, 1946 Feb 20 Yes sells out Madison Square Garden...without advertising, 1974 Feb 23 George Friedrich Handel is born in Halle on the Saale, Germany, 1685 Feb 23 Johnny Winter is born in Leland, Mississippi, 1944 Feb 25 George Harrison born in Liverpool, England, 1943 Mar 01 Jimmy Dorsey born, 1904 Mar 01 Frederic Chopin is born in Zelazowa Wola, Warsaw, Poland, 1810 Mar 01 Jim Morrison is busted for obscenity in Miami, 1969 Mar 02 Blues guitarist Rory Gallagher is born in Ballyshannon, Ireland, 1949 Mar 02 Bedrich Smetana is born in Litomysl, Czech republic, 1824 Mar 03 Buffalo Springfield is formed in Los Angeles, 1966 Mar 04 Antonio Vivaldi born in Venice, Italy, 1678 Mar 07 Last Gilbert & Sullivan opera produced, 1896 Mar 08 Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (Grateful Dead) dies in California, 1973 Mar 08 (Louis) Hector Berlioz dies in Paris, 1869 Mar 09 Robin Trower is born in London, 1945 Mar 13 The Allman Brothers record their live album at the Fillmore East, 1971 Mar 15 Sly Stone born, 1944 Mar 17 Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane) is born in San Francisco, 1942 Mar 21 Johann Sebastian Bach is born in Eisenach, Germany, 1685 Mar 22 Ten Years After plays their last concert, 1974 Mar 25 Aretha Franklin is born in Detroit, 1943 Mar 25 Bela Bartok is born in Nagyszentmiklos, Hungary, 1881 Mar 26 Emerson, Lake, and Palmer record "Pictures at an Exhibition" live, 1971 Mar 26 Ludwig van Beethoven dies in Vienna, Austria, 1827 Mar 28 Sergej Rachmaninow dies in Beverley Hills, 1943 Mar 29 Carl Orff dies in Munich, Germany, 1982 Mar 29 Dr. Hook gets a group picture on the cover of "Rolling Stone", 1973 Mar 30 Eric Clapton is born in Surrey, England, 1945 Mar 31 Joseph Haydn is born in Rohrau, Austria, 1732 Apr 01 Sergej Rachmaninow is born in Oneg, Russia, 1873 Apr 02 Marvin Gaye is born in Washington, D.C., 1939 Apr 04 Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) is born in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, 1915 Apr 09 Paul Robeson born, 1898 Apr 10 Paul McCartney announces that he's quitting the Beatles, 1970 Apr 14 George Friedrich Handel dies in London, England, 1759 Apr 14 Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Rainbow) is born, 1945 Apr 18 Yes breaks up after 13 years, 1981 Apr 25 Blues guitarist Albert King is born, 1925 Apr 25 Ella Fitzgerald born, 1918 Apr 26 Carol Burnett born in San Antonio, Texas, 1933 Apr 29 "Hair" premiers on Broadway, 1968 May 01 Kate Smith born, 1909 May 01 Antonin Dvorak dies in Prague, 1904 May 03 Bob Seger is born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1945 May 07 Johannes Brahms is born in Hamburg, Germany, 1833 May 07 Tchaikowsky born, 1840 May 10 Dave Mason is born in Worcester, England, 1945 May 11 Bob Marley dies in his sleep in Miami, 1981 May 12 Pink Floyd performs the first quadrophonic concert, 1977 May 12 Bedrich Smetana dies in Prague, Czech republic, 1884 May 18 Gustav Mahler dies in Vienna, Austria, 1911 May 18 Rick Wakeman is born in West London, England, 1949 May 19 Pete Townshend is born in London, 1945 May 20 The Jimi Hendrix Experience is signed by Reprise Records, 1967 May 22 Richard Wagner is born in Leipzig, Germany, 1813 May 23 Blues great Elmore James dies, 1963 May 24 Bob Dylan (Robert Zimmerman) is born in Duluth, 1941 May 26 Al Jolson born, 1886 May 31 Joseph Haydn dies in Vienna, Austria, 1809 May 31 The Who perform the loudest concert ever -- 76,000 watts of PA, 1976 Jun 01 The Beatles release "Sgt. Pepper", 1967 Jun 03 Georges Bizet dies in Bougival, Paris, France, 1875 Jun 05 Carl Maria von Weber dies in London, England, 1826 Jun 06 "Rock Around The Clock" makes Billboard's #1 slot, 1955 Jun 06 Dee Dee Ramone dies, 2002 Jun 07 Blind Faith debuts in concert at London's Hyde Park, 1969 Jun 08 Robert Schumann is born in Zwickau, Germany, 1810 Jun 09 Les Paul (Lester Polfus) is born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, 1923 Jun 10 Howlin' Wolf (Chester Burnett) is born in West Point, Mississippi, 1910 Jun 10 Judy Garland born, 1922 Jun 11 Richard Strauss is born in Munich, Germany, 1864 Jun 15 Edvard Grieg is born in Bergen, Norway, 1843 Jun 15 Harry Nilsson is born in Brooklyn, 1941 Jun 16 The Monterey Pop festival opens, 1967 Jun 18 Paul McCartney born in Liverpool, England, 1942 Jun 21 Columbia records announces the first mass production of LP's, 1948 Jun 22 Todd Rundgren is born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, 1948 Jun 24 Jeff Beck is born in Surrey, England, 1944 Jun 27 John Entwistle dies in Las Vegas, 2002 Jul 02 Felix Pappalardi and Leslie West form Mountain, 1969 Jul 03 Jim Morrison dies in Paris, 1971 Jul 03 Leos Janacek is born in Hukvaldy, Czech republic, 1854 Jul 06 The Jefferson Airplane is formed in San Francisco, 1965 Jul 07 Gustav Mahler is born in Kalischt, Bohemia, 1860 Jul 07 Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) born in Liverpool, England, 1940 Jul 10 Carl Orff is born in Munich, Germany, 1895 Jul 12 Chicago DJ Steve Dahl holds "Disco Demolition" at Kamisky Park, 1979 Jul 14 Woodie Guthrie born, 1912 Jul 16 Cream forms in the U.K., 1966 Jul 16 Harry Chapin dies on Long Island Expressway, 1981 Jul 17 "Yellow Submarine" premieres at the London Pavilion, 1968 Jul 20 Carlos Santana is born in Autlan, Mexico, 1947 Jul 25 Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival, 1965 Jul 25 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young debut at the Fillmore East, 1969 Jul 26 Mick Jagger is born in Kent, England, 1943 Jul 28 Antonio Vivaldi dies in Vienna, 1741 Jul 28 Johann Sebastian Bach dies in Leipzig, 1750 Jul 28 The Watkins Glen "Summer Jam" opens, 1973 Jul 29 Robert Schumann dies in Endenich, Bonn, Germany, 1856 Aug 01 The Concert for Bangla Desh takes place at Madison Square Garden, 1971 Aug 04 John Lennon points out that "the Beatles are more popular than Jesus", 1966 Aug 10 Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) is born in Edinburgh, Scotland, 1947 Aug 12 Leos Janacek dies in Ostrava, Czech republic, 1928 Aug 13 Dan Fogelberg is born in Peoria, Illinois, 1951 Aug 15 Beatles replace drummer Pete Best with Richard Starkey, 1962 Aug 15 The Beatles play Shea Stadium in New York, 1965 Aug 15 Woodstock Festival, Max Yasgur's farm, 1969 Aug 16 Elvis Presley dies, 1977 Aug 16 Madonna Louise Ciccone born in Bay City, Michigan, 1958 Aug 21 Joe Strummer (The Clash), born John Mellor in Ankara, Turkey, 1952 Aug 23 Keith Moon is born in London, England, 1946 Aug 25 Leonard Bernstein is born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1918 Aug 26 Jimi Hendrix gives his last performance at the Isle of Wight, 1970 Aug 26 Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland Studios opens in New York, 1970 Sep 04 Anton Bruckner is born in Ansfelden, Austria, 1824 Sep 04 Edvard Grieg dies in Bergen, Norway, 1907 Sep 07 Keith Moon (The Who) dies in London of a drug overdose, 1978 Sep 07 Warren Zevon dies in Los Angeles of lung cancer (mesothelioma), 2003 Sep 08 Antonin Dvorak born in Nelahozeves, Bohemia, 1841 Sep 08 Richard Strauss dies in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 1949 Sep 08 Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (Grateful Dead) is born in San Bruno, California, 1945 Sep 14 Francis Scott Key writes words to "Star Spangled Banner", 1814 Sep 16 B.B. King is born in Itta Bena, Mississippi, 1925 Sep 18 Dee Dee Ramone (Douglas Colvin) born in Fort Lee, Virginia, 1952 Sep 19 Simon & Garfunkel reunite to play New York's Central Park, 1981 Sep 20 Jim Croce dies in a plane crash, 1973 Sep 23 "Paul is dead" rumors sweep the country, 1969 Sep 23 Bruce "The Boss" Springsteen is born in Freehold, New Jersey, 1949 Sep 25 John Bonham (Led Zeppelin) dies of alcohol poisoning, 1980 Sep 26 Bela Bartok dies in New York, 1945 Sep 26 George Gershwin is born in Brooklyn, NY, 1898 Oct 04 Janis Joplin dies of a heroin overdose in Hollywood, 1970 Oct 05 Steve Miller is born in Dallas, 1943 Oct 07 First Bandstand (later, American Bandstand) broadcast, 1957 Oct 09 John Entwistle is born in London, England, 1944 Oct 09 John Lennon born in Liverpool, England, 1940 Oct 10 John Prine is born in Maywood, Illinois, 1946 Oct 10 Giuseppe Verdi is born in Le Roncole, Italy, 1813 Oct 11 Anton Bruckner dies in Vienna, Austria, 1896 Oct 12 Ray Conniff dies after falling down and hitting his head, 2002 Oct 12 The Jimi Hendrix Experience is formed in London, 1966 Oct 13 Paul Simon is born in Newark, New Jersey, USA , 1941 Oct 14 Leonard Bernstein dies in New York, 1990 Oct 16 Bob Weir (Grateful Dead) is born in San Francisco, 1947 Oct 17 "Hair" opens at New York's Public Theater, 1967 Oct 17 Frederic Chopin dies in Paris, France, 1849 Oct 18 Chuck Berry is born in St. Louis, Missouri, 1926 Oct 20 Three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd die in a plane crash, 1977 Oct 21 Jesus Christ Super Star debuted on Broadway, 1971 Oct 22 Franz Liszt born, 1811 Oct 22 Pablo Casals dies in Puerto Rico, 1973 Oct 25 Georges Bizet is born in Paris, France, 1838 Oct 25 Jon Anderson (Yes) is born in Lancashire, England, 1944 Oct 25 The Rolling Stones appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, 1964 Oct 29 Duane Allman dies in motorcycle crash near Macon, Georgia, 1971 Oct 30 Grace Slick is born in Chicago, 1939 Nov 02 Jimi Hendrix's "Electric Ladyland" enters US charts at #1, 1968 Nov 02 Keith Emerson is born, 1944 Nov 03 James Taylor and Carly Simon are married in Manhattan, 1972 Nov 04 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy dies in Leipzig, Germany, 1847 Nov 06 Ray Conniff born in Attleboro, Massachusetts, 1916 Nov 07 Joni Mitchell (Roberta Joan Anderson) is born in Alberta, Canada, 1943 Nov 08 Patti Page born, 1927 Nov 09 The first issue of "Rolling Stone" is published, 1967 Nov 10 Greg Lake is born in Bournemouth, England, 1948 Nov 12 Neil Young is born in Toronto, 1945 Nov 13 Paul Simon born, 1942 Nov 16 Bill Ham first demonstrates his psychedelic "Light Show", 1965 Nov 18 Carl Maria von Weber is born in Eutin, Germany, 1786 Nov 19 Franz Schubert dies in Vienna, Austria, 1828 Nov 20 Duane Allman is born in Nashville, Tennessee, 1946 Nov 20 Joe Walsh is born in Cleveland, 1947 Nov 22 Saint Cecilia's day (patron saint of music) Nov 24 Scott Joplin born, 1868 Nov 25 "The Last Waltz" concert is played by The Band at Winterland, 1976 Nov 25 Johann Strauss, Jr., writes `On the Beautiful Blue Danube', 1867 Nov 26 Cream performs their farewell concert at Royal Albert Hall, 1968 Nov 26 Paul Hindemith is born in Hanau, Germany, 1895 joe@joe-studio:~$ | |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1442631 | 2017-11-27 03:20:00 | this ? Nov 26 Cream performs their farewell concert at Royal Albert Hall, 1968 |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1442632 | 2017-11-27 03:21:00 | Nope | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1442633 | 2017-11-27 03:31:00 | Nov 26 Cream performs their farewell concert at Royal Albert Hall, 1968 - wow, is it that long ago? |
decibel (11645) | ||
| 1442634 | 2017-11-27 03:41:00 | Don McLean's American Pie 1971 ? | B.M. (505) | ||
| 1442635 | 2017-11-27 03:42:00 | I looked up Buddy Holly et al, as he was the reference in the song "Bye bye, Miss American Pie" but that was 3rd February 1959. Not him I guess? Ken :) |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 1442636 | 2017-11-27 04:27:00 | Dec 16 Don McLean's "American Pie" is released, 1971 | decibel (11645) | ||
| 1442637 | 2017-11-27 05:42:00 | I looked up Buddy Holly et al, as he was the reference in the song "Bye bye, Miss American Pie" but that was 3rd February 1959. Not him I guess? Ken :) Dec 16 Don McLean's "American Pie" is released, 1971 Nope. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1442638 | 2017-11-27 06:12:00 | Awesome list Joe | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1442639 | 2017-11-27 06:15:00 | Thanks Gary - I had help. | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1 2 3 | |||||