TODAY IN HISTORY - November 22nd
1949 - Born this day, Steve Van Zandt, in Asbury Park, New Jersey, guitarist, South Side Johnny, E Street Band, Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul.
1950 - Born this day, (Martina) Tina Weymouth, in Coronado, California, musician, bass, Talking Heads, 1983 US No.9 single Burning Down The House, 1985 UK No.6 single Road To Nowhere, also with Tom Tom Club, 1981 UK No.7 single Wordy Rappinghood.
1955 - RCA paid the unheard of sum of $25,000, (other sources say $40,000 or $35,000) to Sam Phillips [Sun Records] of Memphis, Tennessee for the rights to the music of a truck driver from Tupelo, Mississippi, one Elvis Presley. Thanks to negotiations with Elvis’ manager, Colonel Tom Parker, RCA tossed in a $5,000 bonus as well for a pink Cadillac for Elvis’ mother.
1957 - Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel appeared as Tom and Jerry on ABC-TV's 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
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 judge's lawn on Mineola, Long Island, New York. Sara who is the mother of singer Jakob Dylan filed for divorce on March 1st 1977.
1968 - Marianne Faithfull miscarried Mick Jagger's baby.
1968 - The Beatles double White album was released. Featuring Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, Dear Prudence, Helter Skelter, Blackbird, Back In The USSR and George Harrison's While My Guitar Gently Weeps. It spent 8 weeks as the UK No.1 album.
1971 - Isaac Hayes was at No.1 on the US singles chart with Theme From Shaft. It made No.4 in the UK.
1975 - Billy Connolly was at No.1 for one week on the UK singles chart with his version of the Dolly Parton song D.I.V.O.R.C.E.
1975 - KC and the Sunshine Band started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with That's The Way (I Like It), it was the groups second US No.1 of the year, and it made No.4 in the UK.
1976 - Jerry Lee Lewis was arrested for drunk driving after driving his Rolls Royce into a ditch.
1980 - Abba scored their 6th UK No.1 album when Super Trouper started a 9 week run at the top of the charts.
1987 - Jesus and Mary Chain singer Jim Reid was arrested in Canada after being accused of assaulting members of the audience with his microphone stand, he was released on $2,000 bail.
1990 - Bill Wyman announced that his 17 month marriage to model Mandy Smith was over.
1991 - Alice Cooper came to the rescue of 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 it and Mr Cooper signed autographs to raise money.
1994 - Pearl Jam released their third studio album Vitalogy, which was first released on vinyl and became the first vinyl album to appear on the US chart, since the domination of the compact disc format. They followed the release in other formats two weeks later, whereupon it became the second-fastest-selling CD in history, behind only the band's previous release Vs.
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.
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 suffers from severe tinnitus.
2004 - Ozzy Osbourne struggled with a burglar who escaped with jewellery 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 jewellery was stolen in the raid in which two burglars were involved.
2005 - A gig by former Stone Roses front man Ian Brown was abandoned after 20 minutes because the floor at the venue began to sag. 2,000 people were told to leave Newcastle's Carling Academy, which had only been open for a month. Organisers said it was simply a safety precaution after joists under the main dance floor came out of their springs.
2007 – Heather Mills, the estranged wive of Beatle Sir Paul McCartney, has infuriated Agriculture Minister Jim Anderton by slating people who eat meat and dairy products in a billboard campaign to reduce global warming. He said, “The woman’s probably off the planet, I don’t think she’s got any scientific credibility at all”.
1949 - Born this day, Steve Van Zandt, in Asbury Park, New Jersey, guitarist, South Side Johnny, E Street Band, Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul.
1950 - Born this day, (Martina) Tina Weymouth, in Coronado, California, musician, bass, Talking Heads, 1983 US No.9 single Burning Down The House, 1985 UK No.6 single Road To Nowhere, also with Tom Tom Club, 1981 UK No.7 single Wordy Rappinghood.
1955 - RCA paid the unheard of sum of $25,000, (other sources say $40,000 or $35,000) to Sam Phillips [Sun Records] of Memphis, Tennessee for the rights to the music of a truck driver from Tupelo, Mississippi, one Elvis Presley. Thanks to negotiations with Elvis’ manager, Colonel Tom Parker, RCA tossed in a $5,000 bonus as well for a pink Cadillac for Elvis’ mother.
1957 - Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel appeared as Tom and Jerry on ABC-TV's 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
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 judge's lawn on Mineola, Long Island, New York. Sara who is the mother of singer Jakob Dylan filed for divorce on March 1st 1977.
1968 - Marianne Faithfull miscarried Mick Jagger's baby.
1968 - The Beatles double White album was released. Featuring Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, Dear Prudence, Helter Skelter, Blackbird, Back In The USSR and George Harrison's While My Guitar Gently Weeps. It spent 8 weeks as the UK No.1 album.
1971 - Isaac Hayes was at No.1 on the US singles chart with Theme From Shaft. It made No.4 in the UK.
1975 - Billy Connolly was at No.1 for one week on the UK singles chart with his version of the Dolly Parton song D.I.V.O.R.C.E.
1975 - KC and the Sunshine Band started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with That's The Way (I Like It), it was the groups second US No.1 of the year, and it made No.4 in the UK.
1976 - Jerry Lee Lewis was arrested for drunk driving after driving his Rolls Royce into a ditch.
1980 - Abba scored their 6th UK No.1 album when Super Trouper started a 9 week run at the top of the charts.
1987 - Jesus and Mary Chain singer Jim Reid was arrested in Canada after being accused of assaulting members of the audience with his microphone stand, he was released on $2,000 bail.
1990 - Bill Wyman announced that his 17 month marriage to model Mandy Smith was over.
1991 - Alice Cooper came to the rescue of 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 it and Mr Cooper signed autographs to raise money.
1994 - Pearl Jam released their third studio album Vitalogy, which was first released on vinyl and became the first vinyl album to appear on the US chart, since the domination of the compact disc format. They followed the release in other formats two weeks later, whereupon it became the second-fastest-selling CD in history, behind only the band's previous release Vs.
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.
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 suffers from severe tinnitus.
2004 - Ozzy Osbourne struggled with a burglar who escaped with jewellery 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 jewellery was stolen in the raid in which two burglars were involved.
2005 - A gig by former Stone Roses front man Ian Brown was abandoned after 20 minutes because the floor at the venue began to sag. 2,000 people were told to leave Newcastle's Carling Academy, which had only been open for a month. Organisers said it was simply a safety precaution after joists under the main dance floor came out of their springs.
2007 – Heather Mills, the estranged wive of Beatle Sir Paul McCartney, has infuriated Agriculture Minister Jim Anderton by slating people who eat meat and dairy products in a billboard campaign to reduce global warming. He said, “The woman’s probably off the planet, I don’t think she’s got any scientific credibility at all”.