From the MCRFB music calendar:
Events on this date: DECEMBER 5
1936: Bing Crosby takes over as host of the Kraft Music Hall radio show.
1955: The BMI Annual Awards in New York City score big for R&B, with rhythm and blues songs winning a record eleven awards.
1956: The Alan Freed movie Rock! Rock! Rock!, starring Chuck Berry, The Flamingos, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, Lavern Baker, and Johnny Burnette premieres in New York City.
1960: Billboard reports that five “answer records” to Elvis Presley’s “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” have been released — four versions of “Yes, I’m Lonesome Tonight” and one “Oh, How I Miss You Tonight.”
1967: The Beatles throw a party to celebrate the opening of the Apple Boutique.
1968: Graham Nash quits the Hollies and within three days forms the “supergroup” Crosby, Stills and Nash.
1968: The Rolling Stones hold a “Beggar’s Banquet” at Elizabeth Rooms, London, to promote their release of the new album with the same name. The “banquet” ends with a pie fight.
1976: Elvis Presley falls onstage at a show in Las Vegas and sprains his ankle.
1980: John Lennon gives what would be his last interview, with Rolling Stone‘s Jonathan Cott.
2002: Elton John guest stars on NBC’s Will and Grace.
2003: Original Elvis Presley guitarist Scotty Moore undergoes surgery to repair a subdural hematoma.
Birthdays: 1899: Sonny Boy Williamson (II). 1922: Don Robertson.
1935: Little Richard. 1936: Chad Mitchell (The Chad Mitchell Trio). 1938: J. J. Cale. 1943: Mike Smith (The Dave Clark Five). 1946: Andy Kim. 1947: Jim Messina (formerly of Buffalo Springfield; Poco; Loggins and Messina).
Releases: None
Recording: None
Certifications: 1975: The ‘Fleetwood Mac’ LP is certified gold by the RIAA. 1975: Earth, Wind and Fire’s ‘Gratitude’ LP is certified gold by the RIAA.
Charts: 1964: Lorne Greene’s “Ringo” hits #1 on the charts. 1964: The Zombies’ “She’s Not There” enters the pop charts. 1964: The Kinks’ “You Really Got Me” enters the pop charts.
Deaths (Updated): December 5, 2012: Today, legendary jazz great Dave Brubeck. (See our MCRFB news brief, posted 12/05/12: ‘Dave Brubeck Dead at 91′).
And that’s just a few of the events which took place in pop music history, on this day . . . . D E C E M B E R 5
