Friday, December 4, 2009

On This Day ...

1660 – Composer Andre Campra was born.

1667 – Composer Michel Pignolet de Monteclair was born.

1879 – Composer Sir Herbert Hamilton Harty was born.

1961 – Gene Chandler’s “Duke of Earl” was released.

1976 – Tommy Bolin of Deep Purple died of a drug overdose at the age of 25.

1980 – Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones made the announcement of their decision not to re-form Led Zeppelin in the wake of the death of drummer John “Bonzo” Bonham.

1987 – Metallica released the “Cliff ‘Em All” video collection.

1988 – Roy Orbison gave his final concert in Akron, OH. He died two days later.

1995 – Michael Jackson appeared with legendary mime Marcel Marceau at New York news conference promoting a Jackson special airing on HBO.

2001 – Gene Simmons’ book “Kiss and Make-Up” was released.

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