November 14 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 Padres reliever Mark Davis wins NL Cy Young Award
1987 "La Cage aux Folles" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 1761 performances
1987 Sam's Town National Bowling Pro-Am won by Debbie Bennett
1986 Doubleday Publishing sells New York Mets to Nelson Doubleday and Fred Wilpon
1986 FCC issues Notice Of Apparent Liability to WYSP Philadelphia
1986 SEC imposes a record $100 million penalty against Ivan Boesky
1985 Brewers release 39-year-old pitcher Rollie Fingers
1985 Holmfriour Karlsottir of Iceland, 22, crowned 35th Miss World
1985 Volcano Nevado del Ruiz Colombia erupts, 1000s killed
1984 Astronauts aboard "Discovery" pluck a 2nd satellite from orbit
1984 NASA launches NATO-3D
1983 1st cruise missile placed, Greenham Common, England
1982 Polish Solidarity chairman Lech Walesa freed
1981 2nd Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 2-returns to Earth
1981 Old Dutch Windmill in Golden Gate Park repaired and working again
1981 Pakistan all out 62 vs. Australia at WACA, Lillee 5-18
1981 Paul 'Bear' Bryant ties Amos Alonzo Stagg with 314 football wins
1980 Guinee-Bissau premier Vieira fires president Luis Cabral
1980 Kimberley Santos, 19 of Guam, crowned 30th Miss World
1980 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1979 California's Don Baylor, wins AL MVP
1977 Egypt President Sadat repeats willingness to visit Israel to Cronkite
1976 "Don't Step on My Olive Branch" closes at Playhouse New York City after 16 performances
1976 Cleveland Browns' Jerry Sherk sets club record with 4 sacks
1976 War criminal Pieter Menten captured 1 day after fleeing
1975 Spain, Morocco and Mauretania sign accord about Spanish Sahara
1973 "Good Evening" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 438 performances
1973 Britain's Princess Anne marries commoner, Captain Mark Phillips
1973 Canada begins production of Olympic coins
1973 Jim Palmer is named AL Cy Young winner
1972 Dow Jones closes above 1,000 for 1st time (1003.16)
1970 DC-9 crashes in West Virginia, 75 killed

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 2nd Vietnam Moratorium Day in US
1969 Apollo 12 (Conrad/Gordon/Bean) launched for 2nd manned Moon landing
1968 "National Turn in Your Draft Card Day" features draft card burning
1968 1st European lung transplant
1968 Yale University announces it is going co-educational
1966 Muhammad Ali TKOs Cleveland Williams in 3 for heavyweight title
1965 "Baker Street" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 313 performances
1965 George Abbott Theater (Adelphi, 54 St) at 152 W 54th New York City, demolished
1965 KCST TV channel 39 in San Diego, California (NBC) begins broadcasting
1965 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Alamo Golf Open
1965 U.S. government sends 90,000 soldiers to Vietnam
1964 "Fade Out-Fade In" closes at Mark Hellinger New York City after 199 performances
1964 "Follies Bergere" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 191 performances
1964 "Oliver!" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 774 performances
1964 Detroit Red Wings Gordie Howe sets NHL record 627th career goal
1960 2 passenger trains collided at high-speed killing 110 (Czechoslovakia)
1960 Belgium threatens to leave United Nations due to criticism on it's Congo-policy
1960 OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries), forms
1960 Ray Charles' "Georgia On My Mind" reaches #1
1960 Riot due to school integration in New Orleans

Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1959 "Girls against the Boys" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 16 performances
1959 Kilauea's most spectacular eruption (in Hawaii)
1957 Dick Hutton beats Lou Thesz in Toronto, to become NWA wrestling champ
1957 Henry Aaron wins NL MVP
1956 Hungarian revolt put down
1954 Egyptian President Naguib fired/state of emergency declared
1953 WCIA TV channel 3 in Champaign, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting
1952 Greek general Papagos wins elections

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November 14 - Today in Beatles History

1961 Performance at the Merseyside Civil Service Club in Liverpool and later at the Cavern Club in Liverpool.

1962 Night. End of performances at the Star Club (4th season).

1963 Concert at the ABC, Exeter (`The Beatles Autumn Tour').

1964 `A Hard Day's Night' LP number 1, 17th week (UK Record Retailer chart).

1964 Teddington TV Studios, Middlesex. Filming for ABC-TV's `Thank Your Lucky Stars'.

1967 Closing of John and Yoko's art exhibition, `Half-A-Wind Show', at the Lisson Gallery, London.

2000 US CD release: `Beatles 1'.

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November 13 - Today In Rock Music History

Musicians Born On November 13

1934 Timmy Thomas (Why Can't We Live Together)
1943 John Hammond Jr.
1949 Terry Reid (Fifth of July)

Deaths On November 13

1973 Jerry Lee Lewis Jr.

Number 1 In The Charts On November 13

1965 'The Sound of Music' soundtrack US LP
1968 Hugo Montenegro: 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' UK 45
1971 Slade: 'Coz I Love You' UK 45
1971 Santana: 'Santana 3' US LP
1976 Led Zeppelin: 'The Song Remains the Same' UK LP
1976 Rod Stewart: 'Tonight's the Night' US 45
1976 Chicago: 'If You Leave Me Now' UK 45
1982 Men at Work: 'Business as Usual' US LP

Various Music Events On November 13

1961 Patsy Cline hits US country chart with 'Crazy'

1964 Rolling Stones release 'Little Red Rooster' in UK

1965 James Brown enters US chart with 'I Got You'

1965 Moody Blues release 'Go Now' in UK, cover of song first recorded by Bessie Banks

1967 Brian Jones buys Catchford Farm, Sussex, formerly home of 'Winnie the Pooh' writer A.A. Milne

1967 'Yellow Submarine' film opens in US

1971 Cat Stevens releases 'Tea for the Tillerman' LP

1971 Pink Floyd release 'Meddle' LP

1971 T. Rex's 'Jeepster' hits UK chart

1980 Gary Glitter begins his comeback tour of UK

1982 Phil Collins's 'Hello I Must Be Going' hits UK LP chart

1992 90,000 people attend a concert in Mexico City as Elton John performs in Mexico for the first time. .

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November 13 - Today in Beatles History

1961 Performance at Hambleton Hall in Huyton, Liverpool with the Rockin' Climbers, Jimmy and the Midnighters and Faron and the Flamingos.

1962 Night. Performance at the Star Club.

1963 Concert at the Guild Hall, Portsmouth (`The Beatles Autumn Tour'). Postponed because of Paul being sick.

1965 Italy LP release: `The Beatles In Italy'.

1966 ``Yesterday'... And Today', 21st week in the Top 100 (Billboard).

1988 7th episode of a BBC series, essentially based on `The Beatles At The Beeb' collection.


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November 13 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 Paul McCartney releases "Figure of 8" and "Ou Est Le Soleil"
1987 1st condom commercial on BBC TV
1986 Giselle Jeanne-Marie LaRonde of Trinidad, 23, crowned 36th Miss World
1986 NASA launches space vehicle S-199
1986 U.S. president Reagan confesses weapon sales to Iran
1985 Dwight Gooden, youngest 20 game winner, wins Cy Young award
1985 Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupts in Colombia, kills 25,000
1984 David Levy finds his 1st comet
1984 Ryne Sandberg wins the NL MVP Award
1983 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
1982 Korean boxer Duk Koo Kim fatally injured when KOed by Ray Mancini
1982 Vietnam War Memorial dedicated in Washington D.C.
1981 Ringo releases "Wrack My Brains"
1980 U.S. spacecraft Voyager I sent back 1st close-up pictures of Saturn
1980 Gabriella Brum, 18, of W Germany crowned 30th Miss World, she resigns the next day, because she wants to marry her 52 year old boyfriend

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1979 British newspaper "Times" resumes publishing after 1 year
1979 Ronald Reagan in New York announces his candidacy for president
1979 Willie Stargell and Keith Hernandez share NL MVP Award NL
1978 NASA launches HEAO
1977 25th Islander shut-out Resch 6-0 Gilles scores on 5th penalty shot
1977 Final Al Capp comic strip of "Li'l Abner" (1934-77)
1977 Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open
1975 "Musical Jubilee" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 92 performances
1974 Dodgers Steve Garvey wins NL MVP
1973 "Gigi" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 103 performances
1973 Oakland A's Reggie Jackson wins AL MVP unanimously
1971 Mariner 9, 1st to orbit another planet, Mars
1970 Cyclone kills estimated 300,000 in Chittagong Bangladesh
1970 Flooding ravages Ganges delta, 200,000-1 million killed
1970 Lieutenant General Hafez al-Assad becomes Prime Minister of Syria following military coup

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 Vice President Spiro T. Agnew accused network TV news depts of bias and distortion
1968 Bob Gibson edges Pete Rose to win NL MVP
1967 NL owners OK AL expansion to Seattle and Kansas City
1966 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Alamo Ladies' Golf Open
1965 "Skyscraper" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 248 performances
1965 "Yarmouth Castle" burns and sinks off Bahamas, killing 89
1964 Bob Petit (St. Louis Hawks) becomes 1st NBAer to score 20,000 points
1964 Pope Paul VI gives tiara to poor
1961 WCBB TV channel 10 in Augusta, ME (PBS) begins broadcasting
1960 Fire in movie theater kills 152 children (Amude Spain)
1960 Sammy Davis, Jr. marries Swedish actress May Britt


Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1958 New York City Mayor Robert Wagner announces plans to begin a new baseball called the Continental League
1956 Supreme Court strikes down segregation of races on public buses
1955 1st live telecast from non-contiguous foreign country-Havana Cuba
1955 Argentine General Pedro Aramburu succeeds E Lonardi as president
1953 Dmitri Shostakovich' 4th String Quartet, premieres
1952 False fingernails 1st sold
1952 KLBK TV channel 13 in Lubbock, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting
1951 Lefty O'Doul's all-stars, including Joe DiMaggio and Billy Martin, lose 3-1 to Pacific League all-star team (Japan)
1950 U.S. win 1st world championship bridge contest

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November 12 - Today In Rock Music History

Musicians Born On November 12

1906 Bukka White (blues performer)
1931 Bob Crewe (producer/ writer, Four Seasons)
1943 Brian Hyland (Sealed With a Kiss)
1945 Neil Young (Heart of Gold)
1947 Buck Dharma (Donald Roeser) (Blue Oyster Cult)
1948 Errol Brown (Hot Chocolate)
1949 Arthur 'Pooch' Tavares (Tavares)
1955 Leslie McKeown (Bay City Rollers)
1964 David Ellefson (Megadeth)

Number 1 In The Charts On November 12

1966 Johnny Rivers: 'Poor Side of Town' US 45
1966 Monkees: 'Monkees' US LP
1977 Sex Pistols: 'Never Mind the Bollocks' UK LP
1983 Lionel Richie: 'All Night Long' US 45
1984 Lionel Richie: 'Can't Slow Down' UK LP
1988 Escape Club: 'Wild Wild West' US 45
1988 U2: 'Rattle and Hum' US LP
1994 Nirvana : Unplugged in New York : UK LP

Various Music Events On November 12

1902 Caruso records the first record to sell a million - 'Vesta La Guibba'

1955 In annual 'Billboard' DJ poll in US, the most played single of 1955 is 'Pledging My Love' by Johnny Ace. Most promising R&B act is Chuck Berry, most popular R&B act is Fats Domino. Elvis is voted most promising country and western artist

1955 'Billboard' publishes first Top 100 singles chart. Four Aces are at No. 1 with 'Love is a Many Splendoured Thing'

1957 'Jamboree', the first Jerry Lee Lewis film, previews in Hollywood

1963 'South Pacific' film soundtrack becomes UK's first million-selling LP, notching up 115 weeks at No. 1

1964 Yardbirds debut on UK chart with 'Good Morning Little Schoolgirl'

1970 Doors make their final appearance as a quartet in New Orleans

1973 Queen begin their first UK tour in Leeds, supporting Mott the Hoople

1979 Snowy White joins Thin Lizzy

1980 Human League make their first live appearance

1988 Whitney Houston's debut album is awarded a multi-platinum certificate for sales of nine million copies in US, equalling 'Boston's' record as the most successful debut LP ever

1990 Ronnie Wood is injured when he is hit by a car near London.

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November 12 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

Retro Events For The Decade 1980


1989 "Grand Hotel" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 1018 performances
1989 Brazil holds 1st free presidential election in 29 years
1989 George Forest's musical "Grand Hotel," premieres in New York City
1988 Japan beats MLB All-Star team 5-4 in Tokyo (Game 6 of 7)
1988 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1987 "Teddy and Alice" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 77 performances
1987 Heavy snow closes schools from Washington D.C. to Maine
1987 Ulla Weigerstorfer of Austria, 20, crowned 37th Miss World
1986 France performs nuclear test
1986 Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award unanimously
1985 R. Hadlee takes 15-123 for Cricket match vs. Australia at Brisbane
1985 STS-61-B vehicle moves to launch pad
1985 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cozzene, Life's Magic, Pebbles, Precisionist, Proud Truth, Tasso, Twilight Ridge at Aqueduct
1984 Paul McCartney releases "We All Stand Together"
1984 Space shuttle astronauts retreive a satellite - 1st space salvage
1983 4 die in a train crash in Marshall Texas
1983 New Jersey Devils 1st overtime game, lose to Calgary Flames 4-3
1982 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1982 U.S.S.R. KGB-chief Yuri V Andropov succeeds Leonid Brezhnev as U.S.S.R. leader
1982 Zaheer Abbas gets his 100th 100 in Test Cricket vs. India, goes to 215
1981 1st balloon crossing of Pacific is completed, Double Eagle V
1981 2nd shuttle mission-1st time spacecraft launched twice (Columbia 2)
1981 Bill C. Davis' "Mass Appeal," premieres in New York City
1981 Billy Martin named AL Manager of Year for the Oakland A's
1981 Great Britain performs nuclear test
1981 Pilin Leon of Venezuela, crowned 31st Miss World
1980 Baltimore's Steve Stone wins AL Cy Young Award
1980 U.S. space probe Voyager I approaches 77,000-mi (124,000 km) of Saturn

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1979 President Carter announces immediate halt to all imports of Iranian oil
1979 Tony Franklin of Philadelphia Eagles kicks 59-yard field goal
1979 U.S. halts Iranian oil imports and freezes Iranian assets
1978 "Platinum" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 33 performances
1978 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open
1977 Ernest N. Morial elected mayor of New Orleans
1977 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1977 New Orleans elects 1st black mayor, Ernest "Dutch" Morial
1975 New York Mets Tom Seaver wins his 3rd Cy Young Award
1975 Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas retired after 36 years
1974 South Africa suspended from United Nations General Assembly over racial policies
1973 Dmitri Shostakovich' 14th String Quartet premieres
1970 240 KPH cyclone hits East Pakistan (Bangladesh); 3-500,000 die
1970 Cleveland Cavaliers 1st NBA victory (11th game), beating Portland 105-103
1970 Scientists perform 1st artificial synthesis of a live cell

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 Author Alexander Solzhenitsyn expelled from Soviet Writers Union
1969 Minnesota's Harmon Killebrew is voted AL MVP
1969 U.S. Army announces investigating William Calley for alleged massacre of civilians at Vietnamese village of My Lai in March, 19
1969 WJJY (now WJPT) TV channel 14 in Jacksonville, IL (ABC) 1st broadcast
1968 KSEL (now KAMC) TV channel 28 in Lubbock, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting
1968 Supreme Court declares Arkansas law banning teaching evolution in public schools unconstitutional
1967 Margie Masters wins LPGA Quality Chekd Golf Classic
1967 Packers' Travis Williams returns 2 kickoffs for TDs against Browns, setting largest margin of Browns defeat (48), winning 55-7
1966 Dick The Bruiser beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champ
1966 Dodgers complete an 18-game tour of Japan with a 9-8-1 record
1966 High schooler Robert Smith kills 7 for fame
1965 Ferdinand Marcos elected president of Philippines
1965 General strike in Morocco against disappearance of Ben Barka
1965 Mad Dog Vachon beats Crusher in Denver, to become NWA champ
1965 Venera 2 launched by Soviet Union toward Venus
1964 Jean becomes Grand Duke of Luxembourg
1964 Paula Murphy sets female land speed record 226.37 MPH
1963 Train crash in Japan, kills 164
1960 Coup against South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem fails

Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1959 White Sox 2B Nellie Fox wins AL's MVP
1958 Bob Turley of Yankees wins Cy Young Award
1956 Largest observed iceberg, 208 by 60 miles, 1st sighted
1955 1st West German officers sworn in
1955 E. Arcaro, E. Sande and G Woolf 1st inductees in Jockey hall of fame
1954 Ellis Island, immigration station in New York Harbor, closed
1953 David Ben-Gurion, resigns as premier of Israel
1953 U.S. district Judge Grim, rules NFL can black out TV home games
1952 Philadelphia A's pitcher Bobby Shantz wins AL MVP
1951 "Paint Your Wagon" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 289 performances
1951 17 die in a train crash in Woodstock Ala
1950 Gene Roberts sets NFL New York Giant rushing record (218 yards) vs Chicago Cards

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November 12 - Today in Beatles History

1963
Birmingham. The Beatles escape from the crowd disguised as policemen.

Brian meets Ed Sullivan in New York and negotiates appearances on his show for the Beatles and Gerry and the Pacemakers.
Brian gives CBS-TV one year's exclusive rights to the Beatles US television appearances.

US single release: 'I'll Keep You Satisfied', with Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas.

1965
Abbey Road, Room 65. 4.00-5.30pm. Mono mixing: 'The Word' (from take 3). Stereo mixing: 'The Word' (remix 1, from take 3). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Mike Stone.
Studio 2. 6.00pm-7.00am. Recording: 'You Won't See Mee' (takes 1-2); 'Girl' (takes 1-2); 'Wait' (overdub onto take 4); 'I'm Looking Through You' (overdub onto take 4). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott.

Nemperor Artists Limited, management company, is incorporated, with Brian one of its opening directors.

1966
The Beatles and Brian donate 1000 pounds to the Aberlan disaster fund.

'The David Frost Programme', Rediffusion television. Edition with the Four Tops and an interview with Brian. Before the show Brian makes it clear that if the Beatles situation is raised, he will add nothing to the statements already made, to the effect that nothing has been decided about their future activities.

1968
US LP release: 'Unfinished Music No. 1--Two Virgins'.

1970
Lee Parkin Starkey is born at the Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital, Hammersmith, London.

1977
Single release: 'Mull Of Kintyre'.



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November 11 - Today In Rock Music History

Musicians Born On November 11

1927 Mose Allison (jazz singer and pianist)
1929 Lavern Baker (Jim Dandy)
1943 Chas Hodges (Chas and Dave)
1944 Jesse Colin Young (Youngbloods)
1945 Vince Martell (Vanilla Fudge)
1945 Chris Dreja (Yardbirds)
1953 Andy Partridge (XTC)
1956 Ian Craig Marsh (Heaven 17)
1968 Jo (Fuzzbox)

Deaths On November 11

1972 Berry Oakley (Allman Brothers)

Number 1 In The Charts On November 11

1972 Gilbert O'Sullivan: 'Clair' UK 45
1973 Elton John: 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' US LP
1978 Donna Summer: 'MacArthur Park' US 45
1978 Donna Summer: 'Live and More' US LP
1989 Lisa Stansfield: 'All Around the World' UK 45
1989 Chris Rea: 'The Road to Hell' UK LP
1995 Robson Green/Jerome Flynn : I Believe/Up On The Roof : UK single
1995 Pulp : Different Class : UK LP
1995 Smashing Pumpkins : Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness : US LP

Various Music Events On November 11

1958 Hank Ballard & Midnighters record original version of 'The Twist' in King Studios, Cincinnati, Ohio

1969 Jim Morrison jailed following antics on an aeroplane journey from LA to Phoenix

1970 Bob Dylan's book 'Tarantula' is published

1972 Focus's 'Moving Waves' hits UK LP chart

1973 Thirty stations across America broadcast Mott the Hoople's 'live' concert. In reality, it's Mott studio tracks with dubbed applause

1978 Cars debut on UK chart with 'My Best Friend's Girl

1981 Rod Stewart beings US tour in North Carolina

1989 John Lee Hooker's 'The Healer' hits UK LP chart

1989 Melissa Eteheridge and Joe Cocker perform in Germany to celebrate the removal of the Berlin Wall.

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November 11 - Today in Beatles History

1963
Birmingham. The Beatles escape from the crowd disguised as policemen.

Brian meets Ed Sullivan in New York and negotiates appearances on his show for the Beatles and Gerry and the Pacemakers.
Brian gives CBS-TV one year's exclusive rights to the Beatles US television appearances.

US single release: 'I'll Keep You Satisfied', with Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas.

1965
Abbey Road, Room 65. 4.00-5.30pm. Mono mixing: 'The Word' (from take 3). Stereo mixing: 'The Word' (remix 1, from take 3). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Mike Stone.
Studio 2. 6.00pm-7.00am. Recording: 'You Won't See Mee' (takes 1-2); 'Girl' (takes 1-2); 'Wait' (overdub onto take 4); 'I'm Looking Through You' (overdub onto take 4). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott.

Nemperor Artists Limited, management company, is incorporated, with Brian one of its opening directors.

1966
The Beatles and Brian donate 1000 pounds to the Aberlan disaster fund.

'The David Frost Programme', Rediffusion television. Edition with the Four Tops and an interview with Brian. Before the show Brian makes it clear that if the Beatles situation is raised, he will add nothing to the statements already made, to the effect that nothing has been decided about their future activities.

1968
US LP release: 'Unfinished Music No. 1--Two Virgins'.

1970
Lee Parkin Starkey is born at the Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital, Hammersmith, London.

1977
Single release: 'Mull Of Kintyre'.


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November 11 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 "Prince of Central Park" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 4 performances
1989 Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Tish Johnson
1988 Oldest known insect fossils (390 million yrs) reported in Science
1987 "Roza" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 12 performances
1987 Judge Anthony M. Kennedy nominated to Supreme Court
1987 Moscow party secretary Boris Jerusalem resigns
1987 Van Gogh's "Irises" sells for record $53.6 M at auction
1986 Houston's Astro Mike Scott (18-10) wins NL Cy Young Award
1986 Suriname government proclaims gold purification
1985 1st AIDS theme TV movie - "An Early Frost"
1985 Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB
1985 Yonkers is found guilty of segregating schools and housing
1984 "3 Musketeers" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 9 performances
1983 1st U.S. cruise missiles arrive in Great Britain
1983 President Reagan became 1st U.S. President to address Japan's legislature
1983 Wayne Phillips scores 159 on Test Cricket debut, vs. Pakistan at WACA
1982 30th time Islanders shut-out-2-0 vs North Stars
1982 5th space shuttle mission-Columbia 5-launched 1st coml flight
1982 Gas explosion in Israeli army headquarters by Tyrus; kills 60
1982 Joe Altobelli succeeds retiring Earl Weaver as Oriole manager
1982 Solidarity leader Lech Walesa is let out of jail in Poland
1981 "Oh, Brother!" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 3 performances
1981 Fernando Valenzuela is 1st rookie ever to win a Cy Young Award
1980 Crew of Soyuz 35 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 37
1980 Islander's Mike Bossy scores 4 goals against North Stars

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1979 Boston Court issues occupancy permit for Cambridge Buddhist Center
1978 Maumoon Abdul Gayoom becomes president of Maldives
1977 Wings release "Mull of Kintyre" and "Girl's School"
1975 Angola gains independence from Portugal (National Day)
1975 Australian Prime Minister removed by crown (1st elected Prime Minister removed in 200 yrs)
1972 Dow Jones Index moves above 1,000 for 1st time
1972 U.S. Army turns over Long Bihn base to South Vietnamese army
1971 Man-made earthslide at Kawasaki Japan, kills 15
1971 Neil Simons "prisoner of Second Avenue," premieres in New York City
1970 Baltimore Oriole Boog Powell wins AL MVP

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 Beatles with Billy Preston release "Get Back" in UK
1969 Jim Morrison arrested on an airplane by FBI for drunkeness
1968 John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear nude on cover of "2 Virgins" album
1968 Maldives (in Indian Ocean) become a republic
1968 Ron Hill sets record 10-mile run (46:44) at Leicester England
1966 Gemini 12 (Lovell and Aldrin) launched on 4-day flight
1966 Methodist Church and Evangelical United Brethren Church unite as United Methodist Church
1965 Heavyweight Cassius Clay KOs Floyd Patterson in Las Vegas
1965 Rhodesia proclaimed independence from Britain by Prime Minister Ian D Smith
1965 William Alfred's "Hogan's Goat," premieres in New York City
1964 Murray Schisgal's "Luv," premieres in New York City
1963 Brian Epstein and Ed Sullivan sign a 3 show contract for Beatles
1963 Gordie Howe ties Rocket Richard's lifetime 544 goal record
1961 Congolese soldiers murder 13 Italian United Nations pilots
1961 Molotov, Malenkov and Kaganovitsj kicked out of Russia's Communist Party
1961 Stalingrad renamed Volgograd
1960 Largest New York Knick 49th St. MSG crowd-18,499


Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1959 1st episode of "Rocky and His Friends" airs
1959 Seals Stadium in San Francisco, demolished
1958 "La Plume de Ma Tante" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 835 performances
1958 AL announces Kansas City will play AL record 52 night games in 1959
1957 Demolition begins on cable car barn at California and Hyde (SF)
1953 Jimmy Dykes succeeds Marty Marion as Baltimore Orioles manager

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November 10 - Today In Rock Music History

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Musicians Born On November 10

1905 Tommy Dorsey (Tea for Two Cha Cha)
1940 Screamin' Lord Sutch (singer/politician)
1944 Tim Rice (songwriter)
1948 Greg Lake (Emerson, Lake and Palmer)
1958 Frank Maudsley (A Flock of Seagulls)
1961 Junior Giscombe (Mama Used to Say)
1979 Chris Joannou (Silverchair)

Number 1 In The Charts On November 10

1958 Conway Twitty: 'It's Only Make Believe' US 45
1973 Eddie Kendricks: 'Keep on Truckin' US 45
1979 Fleetwood Mac: 'Tusk' UK LP
1979 Eagles: 'Heartache Tonight' US 45
1984 Chaka Khan: 'I Feel for You' UK 45
1984 Frankie Goes to Hollywood: 'Welcome to the Pleasure Dome' UK LP
1990 Mariah Carey : Love Takes Time : US single
1990 Elton John : The Very Best Of Elton John : UK LP

Various Music Events On November 10

1956 'Billboard' publishes its annual disc-jockey poll, with Kaye Starr's 'Rock and Roll Waltz' the year's top disc

1958 Sam Cooke and Lou Rawls are involved in a car crash which kills their chauffeur

1967 'Paris Love-In', a two-day event in the French capital, begins, featuring Spencer Davis Group, Keith West and Soft Machine

1967 Moody Blues release 'Nights in White Satin' in UK

1978 Marvin Gaye's 'Let's Get it On' hits UK LP chart

1978 Clash release 'Give 'Em Enough Rope' LP, produced by Blue Oyster Cult man Steve Pearlman

1984 Frankie Goes to Hollywood LP 'Welcome to the Pleasure Dome' debuts at No. 1 in UK charts


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November 10 - Today in Beatles History

1961
Performance at the Tower Ballroom, New Brighton. Part of the Big-Beat operation, a festival with Gerry and the Pacemakers, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, Remo Four, and Kingsize Taylor and the Dominoes.

1962
Brian writes to Larry Parnes, asking him 230 pounds per week, replying his offer of a tour.

1963
Concert at the Hippodrome, Birmingham ('The Beatles Autumn Tour').

Broadcast of 'Royal Command (Variety) Performance', BBC-TV (recorded 4 November).

1964
18.20, 20.45. Concerts at the Colston Hall, Bristol. End of British Tour.

1965
Abbey Road, Room 65. 2.30-5.30pm. Stereo mixing: 'Run For Your Life' (from take 5); 'We Can Work It Out' (from take 2). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Jerry Boys.
Studio 2. 9.00pm-4.00am. Recording: 'The Word' (takes 1-3); 'I'm Looking Through You' [re-re-make] (take 4). Prodcuer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott.

1966
The newspapers report there will be no more Beatles' tours.

Abbey Road, Room 65. 2.00-4.30pm. Stereo mixing: 'This Boy' (remixes 1, 2, from takes 15, 17); 'Day Tripper' (remix 2, from take 3); 'We Can Work It Out' (remix 2, from take 2). Editing: 'This Boy' (of stereo remixes 1, 2). Producer: not assigned; Engineer: Peter Bown; 2nd Engineer: Graham Kirkby.
1st stereo mix for 'This Boy', mistaken for 'Bad Boy'.

Press conference of the Four Tops, at the Saville Theatre. Brian attends.

Opening of the art exhibition 'Unfinished Paintings And Objects' by Yoko Ono, at the Indica Gallery, London.

1967
Shooting of three 'Hello Goodbye' clips, directed by Paul, at the Saville Theatre.

1969
UK LP release: 'Space', with the Modern Jazz Quartet.

1973
John convinces Phil Spector to produce a record with old rock'n'roll hits, and they both go to the Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles.

1989
Paul's concert in Rotterdam (Get Back Tour).

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November 10 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

On November 10, 1967 'Paris Love-In', a two-day event in the French capital, begins, featuring Spencer Davis Group, Keith West and Soft Machine.



Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 Bulgarian party president Todor Zjikov, resigns
1989 Germans begins demolishing Berlin Wall
1988 China confirms earthquake death toll will rise above current 938
1988 MLB All-Star team beats Japan 3-1 in Tokyo (Game 5 of 7)
1988 New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority announces it may replace tokens with credit card type passes
1988 Orel Hershiser (23-8) is a unanimous choice as NL Cy Young Award
1987 Steve Bedrosian edges Rick Sutcliffe 57-55 to win NL Cy Young Award
1986 Bangladesh Constitution restored
1985 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
1984 Australia all out 76 vs. West Indies at cricket WACA, Holding 6-21
1984 Miami Hurricanes blows 31-0 lead in 3rd quarter lose to Md 42-40
1984 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Chief's Crown, Eillo, Lashkari, Outstandingly, Princess Rooney, Royal Heroine, Wild Again at Hollywood
1983 "Amen Corner" opens at Nederlander Theater New York City for 83 performances
1983 Federal government shut down
1982 IMF lends Mexico $3.8 billion due to threatened bankrupcy
1982 Susan Cooper/Hume Cronyns "Foxfire," premieres in New York City
1981 "Oh, Brother!" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 3 performances
1981 Ernest Thompson's "West Side Waltz," premieres in New York City
1980 Poland acknowledges Solidarity union

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1978 Israel's top negotiators broke away from Middle East peace talks
1978 Larry Holmes KOs Alfredo Evangelist in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
1978 Yankees trade Lyle, Rajsich, McCall, Heath and Ramos to Texas for Righetti, Mirabella, Beniquez, Jemison and Griffin
1977 Amsterdam: RAF-terrorists Gert Schneider/Christof Wackernagel arrested
1977 Major Indoor Soccer League officially organized (New York City)
1976 Utah Supreme Court OKs execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore
1975 Ore ship Edmund Fitzgerald and crew of 29 lost in storm on Lake Superior
1975 PLO leader Yasser Arafat addresses United Nations in New York City
1975 Royals release slugger Harmon Killebrew, ending his 22-year career
1975 U.N. General Assembly approves resolution equating Zionism with racism
1974 2nd meeting of Giants-Jets, Jets even series at 1 with 26-20 OT win
1974 Montreal Canadiens shutout Washington Capitals 11-0
1971 Joe Torre wins NL MVP, Vida Blue wins AL MVP
1971 U.S. table tennis team arrived in China
1970 "2 by 2" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 343 performances
1970 Luna 17, with unmanned self-propelled Lunokhod 1, is launched
1970 R Rodgers/M Charnins musical "Two by Two," premieres in New York City

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1969 "Sesame Street" premieres on PBS TV
1968 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Corpus Christi Civitan Golf Open
1968 Launch of Zond 6, 2nd unmanned circumlunar and return flight
1968 Portuguese socialist Mario Soares freed
1967 'Paris Love-In', a two-day event in the French capital, begins, featuring Spencer Davis Group, Keith West and Soft Machine
1967 KXNE TV channel 19 in Norfolk, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 Jack Lynch becomes Irish premier
1966 Lunar Orbiter 2 reaches 196-1871 km around Moon
1965 Manneke Piss statue stolen in Brussels
1965 Netherlands 2nd Chamber accept marriage princess Beatrice and Claus von Amsberg
1964 "Something More!" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 15 performances
1964 Braves sign a 25-year lease to play in the new Atlanta stadium
1963 Gordie Howe takes over NHL career goal lead at 545
1963 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA San Antonio Civitan Golf Open
1962 "Nowhere to Go, But Up" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 9 performances
1960 Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill


Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1959 Corinne Rottschaeffer elected Miss World
1958 Bertolt Brecht's "Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo o Ui," premieres
1958 WUFT TV channel 5 in Gainesville, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting
1957 NFL record crowd (102,368), '49ers vs Rams in LA
1957 Cleveland Browns' Don Paul sets club record for longest fumble return with a 89-yard run (and TD), beating Pittsburgh 24-0
1956 Gene de Paul/John Meyer's musical "Li'l Abner," premieres in New York City
1955 "Vamp" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 60 performances
1954 Iwo Jima Memorial (servicemen raising U.S. flag) dedicated in Arlington
1954 Lieutenant Colonel John Strapp travels 632 MPH in a rocket sled
1953 Giants end their tour of Japan (players got $331 of $3,000 promised)
1952 Trygve Halvdan Lie resigns as 1st secretary-genraal of UN
1951 1st long distance telephone call without operator assistance
1950 After 9 years, Cleveland Indians fire manager Lou Boudreau
1950 Clifford Odet's "Country Girl," premieres in New York City
1950 Jacobo Arbenz Guzman elected President of Guatemala
1950 Nobel for literature awarded to William Faulkner
1950 Spanish dictator Franco ends war in Gibraltar

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November 9 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Phil May!



Musicians Born On November 9

1941 Tom Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revivial)
1943 Lee Graziano (American Breed)
1948 Joe Bauchard (Blue Oyster Cult)
1944 Phil May (Pretty Things)
1969 Pepa (Salt and Pepa)

Number 1 In The Charts On November 9

1961 Elvis Presley: 'His Latest Flame' UK 45
1974 Bachman Turner: 'You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet' US 45
1985 Jan Hammer: 'Miami Vice Theme' US 45
1991 Vic Reeves and the Wonder Stuff: 'Dizzy' UK 45
1991 Prince: 'Cream' : US single
1991 Vic Reeves/Wonderstuff : Dizzy : UK single
1991 Queen : Greatest Hits II : UK LP
1996 Blackstreet/Dr Dre : No Diggity : US single
1996 Boyzone : A Different Beat : UK LP

Various Music Events On November 9

1961 Beatles meet Brian Epstein for the first time when he sees their lunchtime gig at the Cavern Club

1962 Miracles release 'You've Really Got a Hold on Me' in US

1967 David Crosby leaves Byrds, to be replaced by Gene Clark

1967 'Rolling Stone' magazine publishes its first edition, in San Francisco

1973 After years of group work with Hassels and Attica, Billy Joel releases his breakthrough solo LP, 'Piano Man'

1974 Ace's 'How Long' hits UK chart

1975 David Bowie makes his national US TV debut on Cher's TV show, singing 'Fame'

1980 Bob Dylan begins his 'Born-Again Christian' tour of US


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November 9 - Today in Beatles History

1961
Cavern lunch session: The Beatles.
By 12.30pm, Brian and Alistair Taylor visit the Cavern, during the Beatles performance.

1963
'Please Please Me' LP number 1, 27th week (UK Record Retailer chart).

Two performances at the Granada, East Ham, London ('The Beatles Autumn Tour').
Concert at the Adelphi, Slough ('The Beatles Autumn Tour').

The Beatles attend a party at the washing-machine tycoon John Bloom's house, 60 Park Lane, Mayfair, London.

1964
18.30, 20.50. Concerts at the City Hall, Sheffield.

1965
Abbey Road, Room 65. 2.30-5.30pm. Editing: 'The Beatles' Third Christmas Record' (takes 1-3). Mono mixing: 'Michelle' (remix 1, from take 2); 'What Goes On' (from take 1); 'Run For Your Life' (from take 5); 'Think For Yourself' (from take 1); 'The Beatles' Third Christmas Record' (from edit of takes 1-3). Stereo mixing: 'Think For Yourself' (from take 1); 'Michelle' (from take 2); 'What Goes On' (from take 1). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Jerry Boys.

1966
Brian phones Arthur Howes, telling him they won't accept more live performances.

John visits the exhibition 'Unfinished Paintings And Objects By Yoko Ono', at the Indica Gallery.

Brian reports that the Beatles contract with EMI has expired, although a new one is close to finalization.

Paul's death date.

1967
First issue of 'Rolling Stone'. John as Private Gripweed appears on cover.

1968
'Hey Jude' number 1, 7th week, 10th week in the Top 30 (Billboard).

1969
Press reports begin to appear about John and Yoko's film 'Apotehosis'.

1973
UK single release: 'Run, Run, Run'/'Men, Men, Men'.

1983
'Say Say Say' number 1, 5th week (Billboard).

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November 9 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

On November 9, 1967 David Crosby leaves the Byrds.



Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 East Berlin opens its borders
1988 "Prince of Central Park" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 4 performances
1988 MLB All-Star team beat Japan 8-2 in Nishinomya, (Game 4 of 7)
1986 Ai-Yu Tu wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
1986 Pakistan all out for 77 vs. West Indies at Lahore
1985 "News" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 4 performances
1985 Gary Kasparov becomes world chess champion
1985 Richard Hadlee takes 9-52 vs. Australia at the Gabba
1985 Surprise attack on Belgium supermarket in Aalst, 8 killed
1984 1st-class cricket debut for Brian McMillan, Transvaal B vs. N Tvl B
1984 Larry Holmes TKOs Bonecrusher Smith in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1984 Most shots in an Islander game-88-Isles 45, Rangers 43
1984 Vietnam Veterans Memorial ("3 Servicemen") completed
1983 Amsterdam brewer Freddie Heineken kidnapped
1983 Discovery flies from Vandenberg AFB to Kennedy Space Center
1982 Brewers' Robin Yount wins AL MVP, unanimously
1982 Sugar Ray Leonard retires for 1st time
1980 Iraqi President Saddam Hussein declares holy war against Iran
1980 Tatsuko Ohsako wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic

Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1978 NASL realligns its 24 teams into 6 divisions
1977 Reds' George Foster wins NL MVP
1976 Oakland releases Billy Williams, ending his Hall of Fame career
1976 U.N. General Assembly condemns apartheid in South Africa
1973 Fire at Taiyo department store, kills 101 and injures 84 (Kumamoto Japan)
1973 Government De Uyl decides Palestijnse fugitives to support
1973 Ringo releases "Ringo" album
1972 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1971 David Storey's "Changing Room," premieres in London
1971 John List kills family and moves to Colorado
1970 Trial of Seattle 8 anti-war protesters begins

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1968 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1967 David Crosby leaves Byrds
1967 1st unmanned Saturn V flight to test Apollo 4 reentry module
1967 Surveyor 6 soft lands on Moon
1966 "Let's Sing Yiddish" opens at Brooks Atkinson New York City for 107 performances
1966 Oakland Coliseum Arena opens
1966 John Lennon meets Yoko Ono at a London art gallery
1965 1st New York Knick game postponed (black-out) vs St. Louis
1965 5:16 PM, massive power failure in New Engl, and Ontario (New York blackout)
1965 Hurricane hits north east US/Canada
1965 Willie Mays named NL MVP
1964 "Comedy in Music-Opus 2" opens at John Golden New York City for 192 performances
1964 Eisaku Sato becomes premier of Japan
1963 "Tovarich" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 264 performances
1963 2 high-speed commuter trains collided with a derailed freight train
1963 450 die in a coal-dust explosion and 160 die in train crash (Japan)
1962 Dutch Catharina Lodders elected Miss World
1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1961 PGA eliminates caucasians only rule
1961 Paddy Chayefsky's "Gideon," premieres in New York City
1961 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 30,970m

Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1956 Lou Thesz beats Whipper Billy Watson in St. Louis, to become NWA champ
1955 Michael Gazzo's "Hatful of Rain," premieres in New York City
1955 New Zealand all out for 70 vs. Pakistan at Dacca
1955 U.N. disapproves of South Africa's apartheid politics
1953 Cambodia (now Kampuchea) gains independence within French Union
1953 KTVQ TV channel 2 in Billings, Montana (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 Supreme Court rules Major League baseball exempt from anti-trust laws
1950 Boston Brave Sam Jethroe wins NL Rookie of Year
1950 Phillies skipper Eddie Sawyer selected as Manager of Year
1950 White Sox release Luke Appling, who had been a Sox since 1930

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November 8 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Roy Wood!



Musicians Born On November 8

1927 Ken Dodd (Tears)
1927 Patti Page (Let Me Go Lover!)
1944 Bonnie Bramlett (Delanie and Bonnie)
1946 Roy Wood (Move/Wizzard)
1947 Minnie Ripperton (Loving You)
1949 Bonnie Raitt (Nick of Time)
1954 Rickie Lee Jones (Chuck E's in Love)
1961 Leif Garret (I Was Made for Dancin')

Deaths On November 8

1974 Ivory Joe Hunter (I Almost Lost My Mind)

Number 1 In The Charts On November 8

1962 Frank Ifield: 'Lovesick Blues' UK 45
1967 Foundations: 'Now That I've Found You' UK 45
1969 Fifth Dimension: 'Wedding Bell Blues' US 45
1974 Carole King: 'Wrap Around Joy' US Lp
1975 David Bowie: 'Space Oddity' UK 45
1980 Barbra Streisand: 'Guilty' UK LP
1980 Bruce Springsteen: 'The River' Us LP
1986 Berlin: 'Take My Breath Away' UK 45
1986 Police: 'Every Breath - The Singles' UK LP

Various Music Events On November 8

1958 'Elvis's Golden Records' and 'King Creole' film soundtrack both enter UK LP chart
1958 Frank Sinatra's 'Come Fly With Me' enters UK LP chart
1958 First-ever British LP chart published, in NME. 'South Pacific' film soundtrack is at No. 1 for 70 weeks continuously, and 115 in all
1967 Cynthia Powell Lennon divorces John
1969 On second gig of their first US tour in three years, Rolling Stones beat Los Angeles concert gross record (held since 1966 by Beatles) when fans pay £108,000 to see the band play the Forum
1969 'A HREF="ledzep.htm">Led Zeppelin 2' LP enters UK chart
1975 Elton John debuts at No. 1 on US LP chart for second time with 'Rock of the Westies'
1980 Human League split in two; Phil Oakey continues Human League. Martin Ware and Ian Craig Marsh go on to form Heaven 17
1995 Michael Jackson sells the ATV music catalogue which includes Lennon/McCartneyesongs to Sony for $95 million.


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November 8 - Today in Beatles History

1961
Brian phones to the Cavern, asking for a ticket as an important visit.

1962
NEMS Enterprises presents the Karl Denver Trio at the Tower Ballroom, New Brighton.

1963
Concert at the Ritz, Belfast ('The Beatles Autumn Tour').

1964
17.40, 20.00. Concerts at the Liverpool Empire, Liverpool.

1965
Studio 2. 9.00pm-3.00am. Recording: 'Beatle Speech' (take 1); 'Won't Be There With You' (working title of 'Think For Yourself') (take 1); 'The Beatles' Third Christmas Record' (takes 1-3). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott.
Rehearsals of 'Think For Yourself' recorded. 6 seconds of them will later appear on the 'Yellow Submarine' film. The definitive title of the song appears today, in the afternoon.

Brian announces he has booked Cilla Black into a 6-week cabaret season at the Savoy Hotel, London, for April 1966.

1966
Abbey Road, Room 53. 4.00-5.30pm. Stereo mixing: 'She Loves You' (remixes 1, 2, from single's master tape). Producer: not assigned; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: not assigned.
Having been destroyed the original 2-track tapes, Geoff Emerick makes a 'mock' stereo version from the single master.

1967
New York premiere of 'How I Won The War'.

1968
John stays at the Queen Charlotte's Hospital with Yoko, and does not attend the judgement of the case of divorce of his and Cynthia's.
Divorce is granted to John and Cynthia.

Peace advertisements recorded by John and Yoko are aired by the Israel and Araby's neutral radios.

1969
'Cold Turkey', 2nd week in the Top 28 (Billboard). [?]

1971
Empire Ballroom, London. Party thrown by Paul and Linda to launch Wings.

1976
US LP release: 'The Best Of George Harrison'.

1989
Paul's concert in Rotterdam (Get Back Tour).

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November 8 - Retro History From The 50s to 80s

On November 8, 1980 Human League split in two; Phil Oakey continues Human League. Martin Ware and Ian Craig Marsh go on to form Heaven 17.



Retro Events For The Decade 1980

1989 Cubs Jerome Walton wins the NL Rookie of Year
1989 David Dinkins elected 1st black mayor of New York City
1989 Douglas Wilder elected 1st U.S. black governor (Virginia)
1988 900 die as earthquake hits China
1988 Arco Arena in Sacramento, California opens, Sac Kings lose to Seattle, 97-75
1988 George Bush beats Mike Dukakis for presidency
1988 Rafael Fernandez Colon elected if President of Puerto Rico
1987 11 die as a bomb planted by Irish Republican Army explodes
1987 Australia beat England by 7 runs to win cricket World Cup
1987 IRA-bomb attack in Enniskillen North Ireland, 11 killed
1987 Yuko Moriguchi wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
1986 "Song and Dance" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 474 performances
1985 Atlantis moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS-61-B mission
1984 1st-class cricket debut of Wasim Akram, 2 months before his 1st Test
1984 Anna Fisher becomes 1st "mom" to go into orbit
1984 STS-51-A mission; launch
1983 Martha Layne Collins (D) elected 1st female governor of Kentucky
1983 STS-9 vehicle again moves to launch pad
1983 W Wilson Goode (D) elected 1st black mayor of Philadelphia
1981 Christian Democrats looses Belgium parliamentary election
1981 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
1980 Human League split in two; Phil Oakey continues Human League. Martin Ware and Ian Craig Marsh go on to form Heaven 17
1980 Voyager 1 space probe discovers 15th moon of Saturn


Retro Events For The Decade 1970

1979 Bernard Slade's "Romantic Comedy," premieres in New York City
1979 ABC broadcasts "Iran Crisis: American Held Hostage" with Frank Reynolds (forerunner to "Nightline")
1978 Tom Stoppard's "Night and Day," premieres in London
1975 Nick Bockwinkle beats Verne Gagne in St. Paul, to become NWA champ
1974 British Lord Lucan disappears
1973 Nevada approves pari-mutuel betting on Jai Alai
1970 Tom Dempsey of New Orleans Saints kicks NFL record 63 yard field goal

Retro Events For The Decade 1960

1968 Cynthia Lennon is granted a divorce from John
1967 1st local British radio station begins broadcasting (Radio Leicester)
1967 Silver hits record $1.951 an ounce in London
1967 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1966 Edward Brooke, Representative-R-Massachusetts 1967 - 1979, becomes 1st African American elected to Senate
1966 Actor Ronald Reagan elected governor of California
1966 President Johnson signs anti-trust immunity to AFL-NFL merger
1965 "Days of Our Lives" premieres on TV
1965 British Indian Ocean Territory formed
1964 IMF grants Great Britain credit of $1 billion
1964 KUPK TV channel 13 in Garden City, KS (ABC) begins broadcasting
1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open
1964 Orioles Frank Robinson unanimous choice as AL MVP
1962 Canada government orders changing nickel back to round shape
1961 Whitey Ford is voted Cy Young Award winner over Warren Spahn
1960 John F. Kennedy, Senator-D-Massachusetts, beats Vice President Richard Nixon to become the 35th U.S. president


Retro Events For The Decade 1950

1959 KJTV (now KGET) TV channel 17 in Bakersfield, California (NBC) 1st broadcast
1959 Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba's Nes Destour party wins every chair
1958 "Maria Golovin" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 5 performances
1957 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1956 U.N. demands U.S.S.R. leave Hungary
1954 AL approves Philadelphia A's move to Kansas City
1953 Salazars party wins all parliament seats in Portugal
1951 New York Yankee Catcher Yogi Berra wins 1st of his 3 MVP awards
1950 1st jet-plane battle ever, in Korean War
1950 Boston Red Sox 1B Walt Dropo wins AL Rookie of Year
1950 In the Korean War, 1st jet battle takes place
1950 Walt Dropo of Boston Red Sox selected AL Rookie of Year


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November 7 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Joni Mitchell!




Musicians Born On November 7

1937 Mary Travers (Peter, Paul and Mary)
1938 Dee Clark (Raindrops)
1942 Johnny Rivers (Poor Side of Town)
1943 Joni Mitchell (Big Yellow Taxi)
1951 Nick Gilder (Hot Child in the City)
1957 Jellybean (Benitez)
1964 Liam O Maonlai (Hothouse Flowers)
1967 Sharleen Spiteri (Texas)

Deaths On November 7

1960 A.P. Carter (Carter Family)

Number 1 In The Charts On November 7

1958 Tommy Edwards: 'It's All in the Game' UK 45
1981 Shakin' Stevens: 'Shakey' UK LP
1981 Hall and Oates: 'Private Eyes' US 45
1987 Tiffany: 'I Think We're Alone Now' US 45
1987 Bruce Springsteen: 'Tunnel of Love' US LP
1998 Robbie Williams : I've Been Expecting You : UK LP

Various Music Events On November 7

1958 Eddie Cochran debuts on UK chart with 'Summertime Blues'
1967 Fairport Convention release 'If I Had a Ribbon Bow', their first ever single
1971 'Led Zeppelin 4' LP released
1975 Steve Anderson becomes new World Guitar Champion with continuous string plucking for 114 hours 17 mins
1987 With 'I Think We're Alone Now', Tiffany becomes youngest act to top US chart since Michael Jackson (aged fourteen) went top with 'Ben' in 1972
1988 In a bizarre twist of logic, John Fogerty is found not guilty at a San Francisco court of plagiarising his own 1970 single 'Run Through the Jungle' in writing 'Old Man Down the Road'


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November 7 - Today in Beatles History

1962
Granada TV broadcasts, on the programme 'People And Places', a Beatles performance singing 'Love Me Do'.

1963
Concert at the Adelphi, Dublin ('The Beatles Autumn Tour').

1964
'A Hard Day's Night' LP number 1, 16th week (UK Record Retailer chart).

18.30, 20.50. Concerts at the Capitol, Cardiff.

Epstein opens a bazar at George Spicer School, Southbury Road, Enfield, Middlesex.

1966
Studio 1 (control room only). 2.30-5.30pm. Stereo mixing: 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' (remix 1, from take 17). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Mike Stone.

1967
Studio 2 (control room only). 2.30-5.45pm. Stereo mixing: 'Blue Jay Way' (remixes 1, 2, from take 3); 'Flying' (remix 1, from take 8). Editing: 'Blue Jay Way' (of remix stereo 2); 'Flying' (of remix stereo 1). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Peter Mew. Studio 1. 9.00pm-4.30am. Mono mixing: 'Blue Jay Way' (remixes 20-28, from take 3). Stereo mixing: 'Blue Jay Way' (remixes 10-12, from take 3). Editing: 'Blue Jay Way' (of remix mono 27, of remix stereo 12). Stereo mixing/Recording: 'Magical Mystery Tour' (remixes 5, 6, from remix stereo 4 with new overdub). Mono mixing/Recording: 'Magical Mystery Tour' (remixes 8-10, from remix mono 7 with new overdub). Tape copying: 'I Am The Walrus' (of remix mono 23); 'Your Mother Should Know' (of remix mono 25); 'Flying' (of edit of remix mono 6 and of edit of remix stereo 1); 'Magical Mystery Tour' (of remix mono 10 and of remix stereo 6); 'Blue Jay Way' (of edit of remix mono 27 and of edit of remix stereo 12); 'The Fool On The Hill' (of edit of remix mono 12); 'Strawberry Fields Forever' (of remix stereo 3). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Graham Kirkby.
Recording of sound effects for 'Magical Mystery Tour'. Copies of 'I Am The Walrus', 'Your Mother Should Know', 'Flying', 'Magical Mystery Tour', 'Blue Jay Way', 'The Fool On The Hill' and 'Strawberry Fields Forever', for Capitol.

1969
UK LP release: 'The Wedding Album'.

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