12 DECEMBER
In Music History
1985 On her 45th birthday, Dionne Warwick is awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1981 At a Journey concert in San Francisco, lead singer Steve Perry brings up members of the 49ers football team who are in the audience and introduces them as "the next Super Bowl champions." His prediction comes true: the 49ers beat the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl XVI.
1980 Marie Osmond's solo variety series, Marie, premieres on NBC.
1977 Dino Meneghin (guitarist for The Calling) is born in Walnut Creek, California.
1974 Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor leaves the band. Ron Wood eventually replaces him after several candidates are auditioned.
1970 Smokey Robinson and the Miracles' "Tears Of A Clown" hits #1 for the first of two weeks.
1970 At a Doors concert in New Orleans, Jim Morrison performs live for the last time - his final song is an abbreviated version of "Light My Fire," which he cuts short in frustration as drugs and alcohol have taken their toll. The singer dies on July 3, 1971.
1969 The Plastic Ono Band releases Live Peace In Toronto 1969.
1969 The movie The Magic Christian, starring Ringo Starr, premieres in the UK. The film includes three Badfinger songs, including "Come And Get It," written by Paul McCartney.
1969 Isaac Hayes' Hot Buttered Soul album is certified gold.
1967 Nick Dimichino (bass guitarist for Nine Days) is born in Brooklyn, New York.
1967 A London Appeals Court quashes the 9-month sentence The Rolling Stones' Brian Jones had received for marijuana possession after hearing from psychiatrists who diagnose him with suicidal tendencies.
1966 Pink Floyd perform their first concert, for the Oxfam Benefit at London's Royal Albert Hall.
1964 Bobby Vinton's "Mr. Lonely" hits #1.
1963 John Fitzgerald Kennedy - A Memorial Album becomes the fastest-selling album ever, moving four million units in six days. The album contained speeches by Kennedy and news reports from the days after he was killed.
Frank Sinatra Is Born
1915Frank Sinatra is born Francis Albert Sinatra in Hoboken, New Jersey.
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2011 The Jewish reggae star Matisyahu shaves his beard, which he has had for 16 years. He gets the shave at a Manhattan Supercuts, as he doesn't own a razor. Many of his fans are thrown for a loop, but he explains that losing the beard does not mean he is abandoning Judaism.
2007 Ike Turner dies of a cocaine overdose in San Marcos, California, at age 76. He was also struggling with emphysema and cardiovascular disease.
1998 Luciano Pavarotti becomes the first classical musician to perform on Saturday Night Live when he sings ''Adeste Fideles'' with Vanessa Williams.
1987 At Cobo Arena in Detroit, The Cars wrap up their Door To Door tour. It ends up being their last concert until they pick up the pieces in 2011 for another album and tour.
1976 At a show in Lakeland, Florida, Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley is nearly electrocuted when he grabs a metal railing on the poorly wired set, completing a circuit that sends current through his body.More
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