Music Almanac: December 2, 2017

Birthdays 

• 1906 - Peter Carl Goldmark (inventor of the microgroove LP) (d. 1977)
• 1923 - Maria Callas (d. 1977)
• 1941 - Tom McGuinness (Manfred Mann, McGuinness Flint) (76)
• 1942 - Ted Bluechel, Jr. (Association) (75)
• 1943 - Dave Munden (Tremeloes) (74)
• 1948 - Screamin’ Scott Simon (Sha Na Na) (69)
• 1950 - John Wesley Ryles (67)
• 1954 - Daniele Alexander (63)
• 1960 - Rick Savage (Def Leppard) (57)
• 1960 - Razzle (born Nicholas Dingley) (Hanoi Rocks) (57)
• 1960 - Sydney Youngblood (57)
• 1965 - Casey Beathard (52)
• 1968 - Nate Mendel (Foo Fighters, Sunny Day Real Estate) (49)
• 1970 - Treach (born Anthony Criss) (Naughty by Nature) (47)
• 1971 - Donna Matthews (Elastica) (46)
• 1978 - Christopher Wolstenholme (Muse) (39)
• 1978 - Nelly Furtado (39)
• 1978 - Brian Chase (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) (39)
• 1981 - Britney Spears (36)
• 1983 - Jana Kramer (34)
• 1986 - Tal Wilkenfeld (31)
• 1987 - Teaiarra Mari (30)
• 1991 - Charlie Puth (26)

Deaths

• 1982 - David Blue - Heart attack (41)
• 1986 - Lee Dorsey - Emphysema (61)
• 1990 - Aaron Copland - Alzheimer's disease and respiratory failure (90)
• 1997 - Michael Hedges - Car accident (43)
• 2001 - Valorie Jones (Jones Girls) (45)
• 2004 - Kevin Coyne - Lung fibrosis (60)
• 2006 - Mariska Veres (Shocking Blue) - Cancer (59)
• 2008 - Odetta - Heart disease (77)
• 2009 - Eric Woolfson (Alan Parsons Project) - Kidney cancer (64)
• 2013 - Junior Murvin - Diabetes and hypertension (64 or 67)
• 2014 - Bobby Keys - Liver cancer (70)

On This Day

• 1957 - Danny and the Juniors got their big break when they were asked to fill in for Little Anthony & the Imperials on Dick Clark's American Bandstand. Their performance of At the Hop sent the song to number 1 a month later.
• 1969 - Cindy Birdsong of the Supremes was kidnapped by a maintenance worker from her apartment building and had to jump out of his moving car on the San Diego Freeway to escape.
• 1969 - George Harrison joined Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, including Eric Clapton, for the rest of their current tour.
• 1973 - The members of the Who are arrested in Montreal for allegedly destroying a hotel suite.
• 1974 - Ravi Shankar had to leave a tour with George Harrison to be treated for chest pains in Chicago.
• 1981 - Dreamgirls opened on Broadway. The show was loosely based on the career of the Supremes.
• 1983 - MTV aired the full version of Michael Jackson's Thriller for the first time.
• 1986 - Jerry Lee Lewis admitted himself to the Betty Ford Clinic to kick painkillers.
• 1991 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Shirelles, B.J. Thomas and Gene Pitney, saying they were owed $1.2 million in royalties.
• 1995 - The Guinness Book of World Records named The Sign by Ace of Base as the biggest selling debut record of all time.
• 1996 - Adam Duritz of Counting Crows severed a ligament and tore cartilage in his knee when he fell during a show in New York.
• 1997 - A man was killed during a Rolling Stones concert when he fell from the balcony of the Pontiac Silverdome.
• 1997 - A Philadelphia record store filed what would become a class-action lawsuit against EMI, Sony, WEA, Universal, Bartlesman and Polydor, saying that they had “conspired to raise, fix and maintain at artificially high and non-competitive levels the wholesale prices of CDs.”
• 1998 - Jimmy Buffett did a benefit concert in Mobile, AL for the victims of hurricane Georges.
• 2000 - Thieves broke into the home of Madonna and Guy Ritchie in London.
• 2000 - The Smashing Pumpkins played their last show in Chicago.
• 2002 - Liam Gallagher of Oasis was arrested after kicking a police officer during a fight.
• 2003 - Simon and Garfunkel performed in New York for the first time in ten years.
• 2003 - Alice Cooper received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
• 2003 - Ray Charles announced he had undergone hip replacement surgery.
• 2004 - Lynn Anderson was charged with drunk driving when an officer found her passed out behind the wheel of her car.
• 2005 - Irv and Chris Gotti, owners of the label The Inc., were cleared of charges that they were laundering drug money through the company.
• 2012 - Led Zeppelin were honored by the Kennedy Center. 

Divorces

• 1979 - Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge

Released

• 1971 - Black Dog - Led Zeppelin (single)
• 1972 - You're So Vain - Carly Simon (single)
• 2003 - The Diary of Alicia Keys - Alicia Keys

Broadcasts

• 1959 - This is Your Life - Bobby Darin
• 1988 - Geraldo - Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Willie Nelson

Number Ones – U.S. Singles

• 1950 - The Thing - Phil Harris (4 weeks)
• 1957 - You Send Me - Sam Cooke (2 weeks)
• 1967 - Daydream Believer - Monkees (4 weeks)
• 1972 - Papa Was a Rollin' Stone - Temptations (1 week)
• 1978 - You Don't Bring Me Flowers - Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond (1 week)
• 1995 - One Sweet Day - Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men (16 weeks)
• 2006 - I Wanna Love You - Akon Featuring Snoop Dogg (2 weeks)

Number Ones – U.S. Albums 

• 1967 - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. - Monkees (5 weeks)
• 1995 - R. Kelly - R. Kelly (1 week)
• 2000 - 1 - Beatles (1 week)
• 2006 - Doctor's Advocate - The Game (1 week)

Number Ones – U.S. R&B Singles

• 1967 - I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Gladys Knight & the Pips (6 weeks)
• 1972 - You Ought to Be With Me - Al Green (1 week)
• 1978 - Le Freak - Chic (5 weeks)
• 1989 - Here and Now - Luther Vandross (2 weeks)
• 2006 - Irreplaceable - Beyonce (9 weeks)

Number Ones – U.S. Country Singles

• 1957 - Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley (1 week)
• 1979 - I Just Want to Love You - Eddie Rabbitt (1 week)
• 1989 - It's Just a Matter of Time - Randy Travis (1 week)
• 2000 - We Danced - Brad Paisley (2 weeks)

Number Ones – U.S. Adult Contemporary Singles

• 1972 - I'd Love You to Want Me - Lobo (1 week)
• 1989 - Another Day in Paradise - Phil Collins (5 weeks)
• 2006 - What Hurts the Most - Rascal Flatts (3 weeks)

Number Ones – U.K. Singles

• 1978 - Da Ya Think I'm Sexy - Rod Stewart (1 week)
• 2000 - Independent Women, Part 1 - Destiny's Child (1 week)
• 2006 - Patience - Take That (4 weeks)

Number Ones – U.K. Albums 

• 1967 - The Sound of Music - Original Soundtrack (3 weeks (65 previous weeks))
• 1972 - 25 Rockin' and Rollin' Greats - Various Artists (3 weeks)
• 1989 - ...But Seriously - Phil Collins (8 weeks)
• 2006 - The Love Album - Westlife (1 week)