November 24 Music History Report

BIRTHDAYS

Scott Joplin (1867 or 1868) composer/pianist/multi-instrumentalist [“King of Ragtime”] [“The Entertainer”/Maple Leaf Rag”] (died 1917) age 48 or 49 – syphilitic dementia

Tommy Allsup (1931) Buddy Holly’s Crickets guitarist (died 2017) age 85 – hernia surgery complications

Jim Yester (1939) The Association guitarist/keyboardist/singer [current] [“Along Come Mary”/”Windy”/”Never My Love”]

Pete Best [born Randolph Scanland] (1941) The Beatles drummer/co-founder

Donald “Duck” Dunn (1941) The Blues Brothers bassist/co-founder, Booker T. & the M.G.’s bassist and session bassist (died 2012) age 70 – unknown causes

Lee Michaels [born Michael Olsen] (1945) singer/songwriter/organist [“Do You Know What I Mean”]

Bob Burns Jr. (1950) Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer/songwriter/co-founder (died 2015) age 64 – car accident

Gary “Mudbone” Cooper (1957) Sly Fox co-lead singer/percussionist/songwriter/co-founder [“Let’s Go All the Way”], Funkadelic, Parliament, and Bootsy’s Rubber Band percussionist/songwriter/singer

Clem Burke (1954) Blondie drummer/songwriter [current]

Terry Lewis (1956) The Time bassist/songwriter/co-founder [current] [“Jungle Love”/”The Bird”]

Chris Hayes (1956) Huey Lewis and the News guitarist/co-founder

Gary Stonadge (1961) Big Audio Dynamite II and Big Audio bassist/co-founder

Dawn Robinson (1965) En Vogue singer/songwriter/co-founder and solo singer/songwriter

Chad Taylor (1970) Live guitarist/songwriter/co-founder [current]

DEATHS

Joseph “Big Joe” Turner Jr. (1985) blues singer [“Shake, Rattle and Roll”] (born 1911) age 74 – heart failure

Freddie Mercury [born Farrokh Bulsara] (1991) Queen lead singer/songwriter/pianist/co-founder (born 1946) age 45 – AIDS-related bronchopneumonia

Eric “The Fox” Carr [born Paul Caravello] (1991) KISS drummer/songwriter (born 1950) age 41 – heart cancer

Albert Collins (1993) blues guitarist/singer/harmonica player/songwriter [“The Master of the Telecaster”] (born 1932) age 61 – cancer

Mitch Margo (2017) The Tokens singer “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” (born 1947) age 70 – natural causes

CHARTS

In 1973, “Photograph” by Ringo Starr hits No. 1 – 1 week (first of two No. 1 singles)

In 1979, “No More Tears (Enough is Enough)” by Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer hits No. 1 – 2 weeks (fourth of five No. 1 singles; fourth and final No. 1 single for Summer

NEW RELEASES

(Albums)

In 1969, A&M Records releases the second studio album from Joe Cocker, “Joe Cocker!”; Billboard 200: 11; 500,000 copies U.S.; “She Came in Through the Bathroom Window”

(Singles)

1958, “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” Brenda Lee

1967, “Hello Goodbye”/b-side “I Am the Walrus”

1980, “Hey Nineteen,” Steely Dan

COMINGS/GOINGS

In 2003, Motley Crüe reforms after five years and would remain together until 2015. The reforms again in 2019 for a world tour that takes place in 2020.