TRIVIA
Today’s Question: Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea turns 52 years old today (October 16th).
At which Los Angeles high school did Flea first become friends with fellow Chili Peppers founding member Anthony Kiedis?
a) Hollywood High
b) Marshall High
c) Fairfax High
d) Beverly Hills High
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ANNIVERSARIES
2008-Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel co-headline a fundraiser for Barack Obama at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom.
2007-Peter Gabriel is honored as a B-M-I Icon at the Dorchester Hotel in London.
1999-David Bowie is awarded the Commander of Arts and Literature in France.
1992-Eric Clapton, Ron Wood, John Mellencamp, George Harrison and others play a Bob Dylan tribute concert at Madison Square Garden. Sinead O’Connor is booed off by a crowd insulted by her tearing up The Pope’s picture on Saturday Night Live two weeks earlier.
1981-Bob Dylan begins his Shot of Love tour at the Milwaukee Auditorium.
1980-Pat Benatar and her guitarist-husband Neil Giraldo are featured on the cover of Rolling Stone.
1979-Fleetwood Mac releases Tusk, the follow-up to the hugely successful Rumours. It’s considered a disappointment — musically and financially.
1973-Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album is released in the U-S.
1973-Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water” is the first song played when Britain’s first commercial radio station, Capitol Radio, goes on the air.
1972-Creedence Clearwater Revival announce their breakup. The band’s first rift had occurred a year earlier, when guitarist Tom Fogerty quit.
1971-John Lennon and Yoko Ono settle in New York, moving into an apartment owned by Lovin’ Spoonful drummer Joe Butler at 105 Bank Street in Greenwich Village.
1966-Replacing Signe Anderson, who left to have a baby, Grace Slick does her first show with Jefferson Airplane, at the Fillmore West in San Francisco.
1965-The Beatles record “Day Tripper” and “If I Needed Someone” in afternoon and evening sessions at Abbey Road Studios.
1964-19 year old Rod Stewart releases his first solo single in the U.K. It’s a cover of the Sonny Boy Williamson (the First) blues classic “Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl.” The bass player on it is future Led Zeppelin member John Paul Jones.
BIRTHDAYS
Tony Carey-61 years old
Ex-Rainbow keyboardist. Born in 1953.
Bob Weir-67 years old
The singer-guitarist co-founded The Grateful Dead. Since that band ended, he has carried on in The Dead, Ratdog and Furthur. Born in 1947.
C.F. “Fred” Turner-71 years old
The bassist in Bachman-Turner Overdrive, the Canadian band that hit number-one in the U.S. with the stuttering “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet.” Though “Taking Care of Business” didn’t chart as high, it’s their best-known song and has been used in numerous radio and TV commercials. Turner bought the rights to the group name from Randy Bachman and led a version of it for a while; they currently work together as Bachman & Turner.
Nico (Christina Paffgen)-Died in 1988
The German actress, model and vocalist sang on the Velvet Underground’s debut album (on which she had featured billing), then went solo. She was a young Jackson Browne’s girlfriend and muse, recording some of his early songs before he did, including “These Days.” She died in a bicycling accident July 18th, 1988 at 49. Her life is documented in the film Nico Icon. Born in 1938.
Bert Kaempfert-Died in 1980
The German orchestra leader and producer was an executive at Polydor Records in Germany. In 1961, he booked The Beatles for their first professional recording session, backing English singer Tony Sheridan and performing “Ain’t She Sweet,” “My Bonnie” and “When the Saints Go Marching In” on their own. Several of Bert’s melodies became American hits — including “Strangers in the Night” for Frank Sinatra, “Spanish Eyes” for Al Martino and “Wooden Heart,” from Elvis Presley’s GI Blues, a chart-topper for sound-alike Joe Dowell. A mainstay on easy listening radio during the ’60s and ’70s, Kaempfert died June 21, 1980 at 56. Born in 1923.
TRIVIA ANSWER
c) Fairfax High
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