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Thread ID: 145537 2017-11-27 02:45:00 The Day The Music Died SurferJoe46 (51) PC World Chat
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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
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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)
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