December 17th Born on this day in History of Music
Sy Olivet (1910), Tommy Steele (1936), Art Neville - The Neville Brothers (1937), Eddie Kendricks - The Temptations (1939), Hank Dixon (1939), Paul Butterfield (1942), Dave Dee - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich (1941), Sam Dees (1945), Jim Bonfanti - Raspberries (1948), Paul Rodgers - Free (1949), Carlton Barrett - The Wailers (1950), Wanda Hutchinson - The Emotions (1951), Mike Mills - R.E.M. (1958), Bob Stinson - The Replacements (1959), Sara Dallin - Bananarama (1961), Ginger Wilhdeart- The Wildhearts (1964), Mick Quinn - Supergrass (1969), DJ Homicide - Sugar Ray (1970), Neil Sanderson - Three Days Grace (1978), Taylor York - Paramore (1989)
Chart News
1966 Normie Rowe at No.1 in Australia with Ooh La La /Ain't Nobody Home
1973 Slade at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Merry Xmas Everybody'
1994 Ini Kamoze at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Here Comes The Hotstepper'
1994 The Cranberries at No.1 in Australia with Zombie
2000 Bob The Builder at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Can We Fix It'
2006 Leona Lewis at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'A Moment Like This'
2011 Olly Murs at No.1 on the UK chart with ‘Dance with Me Tonight’
Gig News
1968 The Who played their Xmas party at the Marquee Club, London. Also on the bill was a new group called Yes
1975 Hawkwind appeared at Brunel University, Middlesex
1975 Aerosmith and Blue Oyster Cult appeared at the San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, California
1982 Karen Carpenter made her last live appearance with The Carpenters in Sherman, California.
1988 New Order, A Certain Ratio, Happy Mondays and DJ Mike Pickering appeared at the G-Mex, Manchester
2010 Sir Paul McCartney performed an intimate lunchtime gig at the 100 Club on London's Oxford Street
Music News
1999 Grover Washington Jr. died
2010 Captain Beefheart died