Crazy Don

Tuesday November 22 The late Terry Stafford ("Suspicion") is born in 1941 Marianne Faithfull suffers a miscarriage of Mick Jagger's baby, 1968 Elvis Presley signs with RCA Records (the contract costs RCA an unheard-of $40,000), 1955 Jerry Lee Lewis drives his Rolls Royce into a ditch and is arrested for driving while intoxicated, 1976 Simon & Garfunkel appear (as "Tom & Jerry") on ABC-TV's "American Bandstand", 1957 Elvis Presley's largest-grossing movie, "Blue Hawaii", premieres in 1961 The Beatles second album, "With the Beatles" is released in England, 1963

Monday November 21 Dr. John ("Right Place, Wrong Time") is 64 Livingston Taylor ("I Will Be in Love with You") is 55 Allan Sherman ("Hello Mudduh, Hello Faddah") dies in 1973 Teddy Randazzo ("The Way of a Clown" and Three Chuckles member) dies in 2003 Alvin Cash ("Twine Time") dies in 1999 Mick Jagger marries Jerri Hall (it lasts eight years), 1990 Joni Mitchell marries her bass player, 1982 John Lennon is by her side as Yoko Ono suffers a miscarriage, 1968 Police arrest Don Henley after discovering drugs and a nude, overdosed, 16 year-old girl at his home, 1980

Mixed Emotions--Exile

He's a dead ringer for my niece! So did I…and I also think that Rita Coolidge sounds like him on her song "We're All Alone"!

Nick Gilder sounds like a girl.

Not yet. The station that traditionally plays Christmas music around here hasn't started playing it yet. I just checked and they were playing Aaron Neville's version of "Everybody Plays the Fool"… Actually, there were two stations that played Christmas music last year, and the second station, playing music from the '80's, '90's and today switched to playing mainly '70's and '80's, probably because everyone tuned out while they were playing Christmas music… Here's a list of stations playing Christmas music right now. (BTW, the Charleston on this list must be Charleston, SC, as I don't know the two stations listed for Charleston…)

Thursday November 17 Gordon Lightfoot ("Sundown") is 67 The late Gene Clark of the Byrds ("Mr. Tambourine Man") is born in 1941 Bob Gaudio of the Royal Teens ("Short Shorts") and the Four Seasons ("Big Girls Don't Cry") is 63 The late Dean Martin, Jr. of Dino, Desi & Billy ("I'm a Fool") is born in 1952 Arthur Conley ("Sweet Soul Music") dies of cancer in 2003 David Crosby of the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash breaks his ankle, leg and shoulder in a motorcycle crash, 1990 Aretha Franklin gives a royal command performance for England's Queen Elizabeth in London, 1980 Meat Loaf collapses onstage in London and undergoes heart surgery to cure an irregular heartbeat, 2003 The Animals record "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", 1964 "A Very Special Olivia Newton-John" airs on ABC, 1976 Elton John records a live performance at a New York City radio station, later released as his "17-11-70" album, 1970 "The Beatles Revolution" documentary airs on ABC-TV, 2000 Cher guests on NBC-TV's "Will &d Grace", 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday November 18 The late Hank Ballard ("Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go") is born in 1927 Doug Sahm of the Sir Douglas Quintet ("She's About a Mover") dies of a heart attack in 1999 Bill Haley marries his pregnant girlfriend, four days after he divorces his first wife, 1952 Mick Jagger and then-wife Jerri Hall separate, 1998 A German Bee Gees concert is cancelled when Barry and Robin Gibb come down with tonsillitis, 1968 The Beatles release "Let It Be…Naked" (minus the Phil Spector embelishments on the original album), 2003 The first live rock concert is streamed on the Internet (twenty minutes of a Rolling Stones concert), 1994 Ricky Nelson records "Stood Up", 1957 The Spiral Starecase begin recording "More Today than Yesterday", 1968

Wednesday November 16 Chi Coltrane ("Thunder & Lightning") is 57 Garnet Mimms ("Cry Baby") is 71 Mike Love's brother, Stan, is sentenced to five years probation for embezzeling $300,000 from the Beach Boys, 1988 A life-sized statue of Sonny Bono is unveiled in downtown Palm Springs, California, where he once was mayor, 2001 "Sinatra: An American Original" with Walter Cronkite, airs on CBS-TV, 1965 Jay & the Americans record "Let's Lock the Door", 1964

I had a sister-in-law who was into Mötley Crüe, but she doesn't live around here anymore. But if she did, would she want to go see them if they came to town? Probably…

Tuesday November 15 Petula Clark ("Downtown") is 73 The late Clyde McPhatter ("Lover Please") is born in 1932 Anni-Frid Lyngstadt of ABBA ("SOS") is 60 The late Little Willie John ("Sleep") is born in 1937 C. W. McCall ("Convoy") is 77 Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones is hospitalized in Chicago with a 104-degree fever and misses three days of the Stones tour, 1964 "The Bee Gees Special" airs on NBC-TV, 1979 ABC airs a British TV special, "Around The Beatles", 1964 Elvis Presley's "Love Me Tender" film premieres in New York City, 1956 Its use on a "Studio One" drama on CBS-TV makes "Let Me Go, Lover" by Joan Weber a #1 song, 1954 Ringo Starr's spaghetti western movie, "Blindman" debuts in Rome, 1971 The Jefferson Airplane record "Somebody to Love" in 1966

Monday November 14 Freddie Garrity of Freddie & the Dreamers ("I'm Telling You Now") is 65 Stephen Bishop ("On & On") is 54 Michael Jackson marries his former nurse and the mother of his child (it lasts three years), 1996 Sonny & Cher reunite on "Late Nite with David Lettermen" on NBC-TV, 1987 Cozy Cole begins a 20-week goodwill tour of Africa, sponsored by the U. S. State Department, 1960 The Everly Brothers record "Crying in the Rain", 1961

Just You & Me & Bobby McGee (Just You & Me--Chicago)+(Me & Bobby McGee--Janis Joplin)

Friday November 11 The late LaVern Baker ("Jim Dandy") is born in 1929 Jesse Colin Young of the Youngbloods ("Get Together") is 61 Jim Peterik of the Ides of March ("Vehicle") and Survivor ("Eye of rhe Tiger") is 55 Mac Kissoon of Mac & Katie Kissoon ("Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep") is 62 Jim Morrison of the Doors is arrested for drunkeness while on an airplane, 1969 Bob Dylan's book, "Tarantula", is published in 1970 John Lennon and Yoko Ono release their "Two Virgins" album with a nude cover picture of them, 1968 The concert film, "Elvis: That's The Way It Is" opens in 1970

I have a Tracfone as I don't use my cellphone a lot and I can buy minutes for it every other month, about $20 for 40 minutes, and the units accumulate if you don't use them. It looks like this…

I was watching "Monday Night Football" when Howard Cosell broke the news.

Tuesday November 8 The late Minnie Riperton ("Lovin' You") is born in 1948 Bonnie Bramlett of Delaney & Bonnie ("Only You Know & I Know") is 61 Michael Johnson ("Bluer than Blue") is 61 Leif Garrett ("I Was Made for Dancin'") is 44 Rickie Lee Jones ("Chuck E's in Love") is 51 Patti Page ("Tennessee Waltz") is 78 Beach Boy Carl Wilson marries Dean Martin's daughter, Gina, 1987 Cynthia Lennon is granted a divorce from John, 1968 Connie Francis is raped in a Long Island, New York motel, 1974 Jerry Lee Lewis declares bankruptcy, 1988 The Dave Clark Five perform for Queen Elizabeth at the Royal Variety Show in London, 1965 A bullet hits a Motown tour bus in Savannah, Georgia (no one is hurt), 1962 Sonny Bono is elected to the U. S. House of Representatives, 1994 Jean Terrell is named to replace Diana Ross in the Supremes, 1968 Suzi Quatro begins her role as Leather Tuscadero on ABC-TV's "Happy Days", 1977 Buddy Holly's radio show debuts on KDAV in Lubbock, Texas, 1953 Harry Nilsson begins recording "Everybody's Talkin'", 1967

Monday November 7 Johnny Rivers ("Memphis") is 63 The late Dee Clark ("Raindrops") is born in 1938 Mary Travers of Peter, Paul & Mary ("Blowin' in the Wind") is 68 Joni Mitchell ("Help Me") is 62 The late Al Hirt ("Java") is born in 1922 Nick Gilder ("Hot Child in the City") is 54 Carter Cornelius of Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose ("Treat Her Like a Lady") dies of a heart attack in 1991 Frank Sinatra marries Ava Gardner (they divorce six years later), 1951 Frank Zappa announces he has prostate cancer (he dies two years later), 1991 The Kingston Trio reunite at Magic Mountain in California (the reunion airs as a PBS special three months later), 1981 John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival is cleared in court of charges he plagiarized himself (his former label thought "Old Man Down the Road" sounded too much like "Run Through the Jungle"), 1988

Friday November 4 The Beatles play a royal command performance for Queen Elizabeth in London (John Lennon asks those in the expensive seats "up front" to "rattle their jewelry" while the others applaud), 1963 Bob Dylan performs before 50 people at Carnegie Hall in New York, 1961 Jerry Butler is elected to the Cook County Board of Commissioners from Chicago, 1986 The Band documentary, "The Last Waltz", opens in 1977 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young are sued for one million dollars by a former bass player over royalties he claims he was due, 1978

Thursday November 3 Lulu ("To Sir with Love") is 57 Brian Poole of the Tremeloes is 64 John Barry ("Goldfinger") is 72 Lonnie Donegan ("Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor") dies in 2002 James Taylor marries Carly Simon (it lasts eleven years), 1972 Elton John retires (for 15 months), 1977 Billy Preston is sentenced to three years in prison in Santa Monica, California for cocaine possession while on parole, 1997 Hootie & the Blowfish settle out-of-court with Bob Dylan after he sues them for using his lyrics in their song, "Only Want to Be with You", 1995 Little Richard guest-stars on CBS-TV's "Hearts Afire", 1993 The Beatles record "Michelle", 1965 Gale Garnett records "We'll Sing in the Sunshine", 1963

Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show Me the Way (Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show--Neil Diamond)+(Show Me the Way--Peter Frampton)

Suddenly Last Summer in the City (Suddenly Last Summer--The Motels)+(Summer in the City--The Lovin' Spoonful)

Windows. But if I had my druthers, I'd rather run Linux…but then I'd be confused because I'm so used to Windows…

Actually, it got buried…

Wednesday November 2 Jay Black of Jay & the Americans ("Cara Mia") is 67 Maxine Nightingale ("Right Back Where We Started From") is 52 J. D. Souther ("You're Only Lonely") is 60 Earl "Speedoo" Carroll of the Cadillacs ("Speedoo") and the Coasters ("Little Egypt") is 68 Buddy Starcher ("History Repeats Itself") dies in 2001 (BTW, he was the host of a local music show in Charleston, WV, when he recorded that song and left after the song became popular! And the funny thing is, the local papers in Charleston did not report that he died!) David Crosby of the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash is hospitalized in Los Angeles for liver failure (he eventually receives a transplant), 1994 Dion walks off the "Ready, Steady, Go" TV show in Britain, complaining that the go-go dancers are too distracting, 1963 George Harrison becomes the first Beatle to tour solo when he performs in Vancouver, British Columbia, 1974 Brenda Lee does a royal command performance for Britain's Queen Elizabeth in London, 1964 "David Cassidy: Man Undercover" debuts on NBC-TV (all told, ten episodes air), 1978 Paul Revere & the Raiders appear on ABC-TV's "Batman", 1966 The TV special, "Barbra Streisand And Other Musical Instruments" airs on CBS, 1973 The Rolling Stones' "Sympathy For The Devil" film debuts in San Francisco, 1969 The Who's "Quadrophenia" movie opens in 1979 The Beatles record "Hello Goodbye", 1967

It was the "B" side of the "Band on the Run" single.