TODAY IN HISTORY - December 1st
1944 - Born this day, John Paul Densmore, in Los Angeles, California, drums, The Doors, 1967 US No.1 and UK No.49 single Light My Fire, 1968 UK No.15 single Hello I Love You, 1971 UK No.50 single Riders On The Storm (re-issued several times).
1945 - Born this day, Bette Midler, in Honolulu, Hawaii, Grammy Award-winning singer, (LP: The Divine Miss M [1972], 1989 US No.1 and UK No.5 single Wind Beneath my Wings, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, The Rose; Emmy Award-winning entertainer: Bette Midler-Old Red Hair is Back [1977-1978], The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson [21 May 1992]; actress: From a Distance, Beaches, For the Boys, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Hocus Pocus, Gypsy, Scenes from a Mall, Stella, Big Business, Ruthless People, Hawaii, Fiddler on the Roof, Tommy, The Edge of Night, First Wives Club).
1946 - Born this day, [Raymond Edward O’Sullivan] Gilbert O’Sullivan, in Ireland, singer, songwriter, 1972 UK No.1 single Clair, 1972 US No.1 single Alone Again Naturally, plus 13 other UK top 40 singles. LP: Back to Front.
1957 - Buddy Holly and the Crickets appeared on 'The Ed Sullivan Show', performing 'That'll Be The Day' and 'Peggy Sue'. Sam Cooke was also a guest on the same show performing 'You Send Me'.
1958 - The Teddy Bears were at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘To Know Him is to Love Him.’ The title of the Phil Spector song came from words on his father’s tombstone.
1963 - Born this day, Sam Reid, Glass Tiger, 1986 UK No.29 single Don't Forget Me, When I'm Gone.
1964 - Beatles drummer Ringo Starr booked into University College Hospital to have his tonsils removed.
1966 - Tom Jones had his second UK No.1 single with Green Green Grass Of Home, it stayed at No.1 for seven weeks and gave Decca its first million selling single by a British artist. It made No.11 in the US.
1971 - John and Yoko released Happy Xmas (War is Over) in the US.
1973 - The Carpenters went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Top Of The World', their second US No.1, which was also a No.5 hit in the UK. Country singer Lynn Anderson covered the song and her version became her first hit when it reached No.2 on the US country singles charts in mid-1973.
1976 - The Sex Pistols appeared on ITV's live early evening Today programme in place of Queen who had pulled out following a trip to the dentists by Freddie Mercury. Taunted by interviewer Bill Grundy who asked the band to say something outrageous, they respond with profanities and verbal abuse, guitarist Steve Jones said, ‘You dirty bastard...you dirty fucker...what a fucking rotter!.
1977 - Born this day, Brad Delson, guitar, Linkin Park, 2002 US No.2 and UK No.4 single In The End, 2002 US No.2 and 2001 UK No.4 album Hybrid Theory.
1981 - Vince Clarke announced he was quitting Depeche Mode to form Yazoo with Alison Moyet.
1983 - Neil Young was sued by Geffen Records because his new music for the label was ‘not commercial in nature and musically uncharacteristic of his previous albums’. His latest album Everybody's Rockin' featured a selection of rockabilly songs (both covers and original material) which ran for just 25 minutes, Young's shortest album.
1984 - Jim Diamond was at No.1 in the UK singles chart with 'I Should Have Known Better.' The song was displaced after one week by Band Aid's charity single 'Do They Know It's Christmas’'. Diamond publicly requested that people not buy his single, but instead buy 'Do They Know It's Christmas’'
1987 - A Kentucky teacher lost her appeal in the US supreme court over her sacking after showing Pink Floyd's film The Wall to her class. The court decided that the film was not suitable for minors with it's bad language and sexual content.
1988 - Born this day, Zoe Kravitz, daughter of Lisa Bonet & musician Lenny Kravitz.
1989 - Sly Stone was sentenced to 55 days after pleading guilty to a charge of driving under the influence of cocaine, (two weeks later he also pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine and was sentenced to spend 9-14 months in rehab).
1990 - Vanilla Ice started a four week run at No.1 in the UK with the single Ice Ice Baby.
1990 - C.C. Deville guitar player with Poison spent six hours in jail in Louisville, after being arrested for public drunkenness and criminal mischief after a concert in the town that night.
1990 - Whitney Houston went to No.1 on the US singles chart with I'm Your Baby Tonight, it was her 8th US No.1 and the first for writers and producers Reid and Babyface.
1997 - Kenny G set a new world record when he held a note on his saxophone for 45 minutes and 47 seconds. (The record has since been broken by Geovanny Escalante, who held a note for 1 hour, 30 minutes and 45 seconds, using a technique that allows him to blow and breathe at the same time).
2006 - An Oasis fan enjoyed "the best day of his life" when Noel Gallagher popped round to his house in Poynton, Cheshire to play an intimate gig. Ben Hayes had won a BBC Radio 1 competition to have the star play in his front room as part of a week of gigs compered by DJ Jo Whiley. 15 people packed into his lounge for the tiny gig - with his mother on hand making cups of tea for the crew.
2008 - Wham's Last Christmas was the most played festive track of the last five years. The Performing Right Society put the 1984 hit at the top of their chart of seasonal songs, just ahead of Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas. The Pogues came third with Fairytale of New York, recorded with the late Kirsty MacColl and first released in 1987. Other featured artists include Slade, Mariah Carey and Bruce Springsteen.
2009 – Hummingbird 100 (The Alcohol Company) does a poll to find the greatest female song of all time. This was in response to Australia’s Triple J Hottest 100 of all time countdown which featured no women. 62,000 votes were received and this is the top 10
1. RESPECT – Aretha Franklin
2. So What – Pink
3. I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
4. Dancing Queen – ABBA
5. Like a Prayer – Madonna
6. Poker face – Lady Gaga
7. Eternal Flame – The Bangles
8. Big Girls Don’t Cry – Fergie
9. Heart of Glass – Blondie
10. Like a Virgin - Madonna
2012 - Shakira was being sued for $100m (£62.4m) by a former boyfriend who acted as her business manager for six years. Antonio de la Rua claimed he was the "principal architect" of a business plan that turned the singer into a global superstar. He was seeking to "recover his share of past and future partnership profits," according to papers filed in New York.
1944 - Born this day, John Paul Densmore, in Los Angeles, California, drums, The Doors, 1967 US No.1 and UK No.49 single Light My Fire, 1968 UK No.15 single Hello I Love You, 1971 UK No.50 single Riders On The Storm (re-issued several times).
1945 - Born this day, Bette Midler, in Honolulu, Hawaii, Grammy Award-winning singer, (LP: The Divine Miss M [1972], 1989 US No.1 and UK No.5 single Wind Beneath my Wings, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, The Rose; Emmy Award-winning entertainer: Bette Midler-Old Red Hair is Back [1977-1978], The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson [21 May 1992]; actress: From a Distance, Beaches, For the Boys, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Hocus Pocus, Gypsy, Scenes from a Mall, Stella, Big Business, Ruthless People, Hawaii, Fiddler on the Roof, Tommy, The Edge of Night, First Wives Club).
1946 - Born this day, [Raymond Edward O’Sullivan] Gilbert O’Sullivan, in Ireland, singer, songwriter, 1972 UK No.1 single Clair, 1972 US No.1 single Alone Again Naturally, plus 13 other UK top 40 singles. LP: Back to Front.
1957 - Buddy Holly and the Crickets appeared on 'The Ed Sullivan Show', performing 'That'll Be The Day' and 'Peggy Sue'. Sam Cooke was also a guest on the same show performing 'You Send Me'.
1958 - The Teddy Bears were at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘To Know Him is to Love Him.’ The title of the Phil Spector song came from words on his father’s tombstone.
1963 - Born this day, Sam Reid, Glass Tiger, 1986 UK No.29 single Don't Forget Me, When I'm Gone.
1964 - Beatles drummer Ringo Starr booked into University College Hospital to have his tonsils removed.
1966 - Tom Jones had his second UK No.1 single with Green Green Grass Of Home, it stayed at No.1 for seven weeks and gave Decca its first million selling single by a British artist. It made No.11 in the US.
1971 - John and Yoko released Happy Xmas (War is Over) in the US.
1973 - The Carpenters went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Top Of The World', their second US No.1, which was also a No.5 hit in the UK. Country singer Lynn Anderson covered the song and her version became her first hit when it reached No.2 on the US country singles charts in mid-1973.
1976 - The Sex Pistols appeared on ITV's live early evening Today programme in place of Queen who had pulled out following a trip to the dentists by Freddie Mercury. Taunted by interviewer Bill Grundy who asked the band to say something outrageous, they respond with profanities and verbal abuse, guitarist Steve Jones said, ‘You dirty bastard...you dirty fucker...what a fucking rotter!.
1977 - Born this day, Brad Delson, guitar, Linkin Park, 2002 US No.2 and UK No.4 single In The End, 2002 US No.2 and 2001 UK No.4 album Hybrid Theory.
1981 - Vince Clarke announced he was quitting Depeche Mode to form Yazoo with Alison Moyet.
1983 - Neil Young was sued by Geffen Records because his new music for the label was ‘not commercial in nature and musically uncharacteristic of his previous albums’. His latest album Everybody's Rockin' featured a selection of rockabilly songs (both covers and original material) which ran for just 25 minutes, Young's shortest album.
1984 - Jim Diamond was at No.1 in the UK singles chart with 'I Should Have Known Better.' The song was displaced after one week by Band Aid's charity single 'Do They Know It's Christmas’'. Diamond publicly requested that people not buy his single, but instead buy 'Do They Know It's Christmas’'
1987 - A Kentucky teacher lost her appeal in the US supreme court over her sacking after showing Pink Floyd's film The Wall to her class. The court decided that the film was not suitable for minors with it's bad language and sexual content.
1988 - Born this day, Zoe Kravitz, daughter of Lisa Bonet & musician Lenny Kravitz.
1989 - Sly Stone was sentenced to 55 days after pleading guilty to a charge of driving under the influence of cocaine, (two weeks later he also pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine and was sentenced to spend 9-14 months in rehab).
1990 - Vanilla Ice started a four week run at No.1 in the UK with the single Ice Ice Baby.
1990 - C.C. Deville guitar player with Poison spent six hours in jail in Louisville, after being arrested for public drunkenness and criminal mischief after a concert in the town that night.
1990 - Whitney Houston went to No.1 on the US singles chart with I'm Your Baby Tonight, it was her 8th US No.1 and the first for writers and producers Reid and Babyface.
1997 - Kenny G set a new world record when he held a note on his saxophone for 45 minutes and 47 seconds. (The record has since been broken by Geovanny Escalante, who held a note for 1 hour, 30 minutes and 45 seconds, using a technique that allows him to blow and breathe at the same time).
2006 - An Oasis fan enjoyed "the best day of his life" when Noel Gallagher popped round to his house in Poynton, Cheshire to play an intimate gig. Ben Hayes had won a BBC Radio 1 competition to have the star play in his front room as part of a week of gigs compered by DJ Jo Whiley. 15 people packed into his lounge for the tiny gig - with his mother on hand making cups of tea for the crew.
2008 - Wham's Last Christmas was the most played festive track of the last five years. The Performing Right Society put the 1984 hit at the top of their chart of seasonal songs, just ahead of Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas. The Pogues came third with Fairytale of New York, recorded with the late Kirsty MacColl and first released in 1987. Other featured artists include Slade, Mariah Carey and Bruce Springsteen.
2009 – Hummingbird 100 (The Alcohol Company) does a poll to find the greatest female song of all time. This was in response to Australia’s Triple J Hottest 100 of all time countdown which featured no women. 62,000 votes were received and this is the top 10
1. RESPECT – Aretha Franklin
2. So What – Pink
3. I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
4. Dancing Queen – ABBA
5. Like a Prayer – Madonna
6. Poker face – Lady Gaga
7. Eternal Flame – The Bangles
8. Big Girls Don’t Cry – Fergie
9. Heart of Glass – Blondie
10. Like a Virgin - Madonna
2012 - Shakira was being sued for $100m (£62.4m) by a former boyfriend who acted as her business manager for six years. Antonio de la Rua claimed he was the "principal architect" of a business plan that turned the singer into a global superstar. He was seeking to "recover his share of past and future partnership profits," according to papers filed in New York.