| TV History/Birthdays/Music History/Other News for October 12 Today is Tuesday, October 12, 2010 Today in Television History 1949 - The police drama "The Plainclothesman" began airing on the DuMont Network. Today in American Bandstand History 1959 - The Tempos performed "See You in September" on "American Bandstand." (great song) 1960 - Jack Scott performed "Patsy" on "American Bandstand." 1963 - The Chiffons performed "He's So Fine" and "A Love So Fine" on "American Bandstand." 1968 - Johnny Nash performed "Hold Me Tight" and "You Got Soul" on "American Bandstand." Birthdays Elmer Sperry 1860 Perle Mesta 1891 Joe Cronin (MLB) 1906 Guitar Gabriel 1925 Antonia Rey 1927 Nappy Brown 1929 Ned Jarrett 1932 Jean Nidetch 1932 Dick Gregory 1932 Luciano Pavarotti 1935 Samuel Moore (Sam & Dave) 1935 Lawrence Jeffrey 1940 Melvin Franklin (Temptations) 1942 Chris Wallace 1947 Rick Parfitt (Status Quo) 1948 Susan Anton 1950 Ronald E. McNair 1950 Pat DiNizzio (Smithereens) 1955 Dave Vanian (The Damned) 1956 Claude McKnight (Take 6) 1962 Adam Rich 1968 Hugh Jackman 1968 Garfield Bright (Shai) 1969 Martie Seidel (Dixie Chicks) 1969 Kirk Cameron 1970 Music History for October 12 1872 - Composer Ralph Vaughan Williams was born. 1944 - Frank Sinatra returned to the Paramount Theatre to a huge crowd known as the "Columbus Day Riot". 1957 - Little Richard tossed four diamond rings into the Hunter River in Sydney, Australia, to prove that he was giving up rock-n-roll for his faith in God. He returned to music five years later. 1962 - Little Richard headlined a concert in Liverpool. One of the opening acts was the Beatles. 1968 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience was formed in London. 1968 - John Sebastian left the band Lovin' Spoonful to start his solo career. 1969 - The "Paul is Dead" craze began when a radio DJ played "Revolution #9" backwards. 1970 - Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's "Jesus Christ Superstar" debuted on Broadway. 1970 - Bill Graham held a rock Memorabilia auction at New York's Fillmore East. 1975 - Rod Stewart and the Faces play their final show together. The group's breakup was due to Stewart wanting to further his success with his solo career. 1978 - Sid Vicious (Sex Pistols) was arrested for the murder of his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen. Spungen had been found dead with several knife wounds to her abdominal area. Vicious died of a heroin overdose before his murder trial began. 1983 - Karen Carpenter received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 1985 - Ricky Wilson, of the B-52's, died of complication of AIDS at the age of 32. (Such a tragic loss fof someone so young. MBS) 1991 - Nirvana's album, "Nevermind" was certified gold by the RIAA. 1995 - Tupac Shakur was released from prison on $1.4 million bail. He was released pending an appeal of his conviction for sexual assault. 1996 - "The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus", the film documentary, was released. The work had been filmed in December 1968. 1997 - John Denver was killed when the plane he was piloting crashed into Monterey Bay, CA. He was 53 years old. 1997 - A Backstreet Boys concert in a central Madrid square was cancelled by city officials. 300 girls had to be treated after fainting in the heat. More than 7,000 fans came to the event that expected no more than 5,000. Today in Beatles History 1969 - The "Paul is Dead" craze began when a radio DJ played "Revolution #9" backwards. 2003 - In Britain, Stella McCartney, Paul McCartney's daughter, presented her spring-summer ready-to-wear clothing line. 2004 - Paul McCarney's CD-Single "Tropical Island Hum" was released in the U.K. Today in Elvis Presley History 1999 - The book "Elvis Day by Day" by Peter Guralnick and Ernst Jorgensen was released. Music News - October 12, 2010 'Lately' Is Best Album Yet From Bridgeport's Alternate Routes (The Hartford Courant) It's been a busy 18 months for the Alternate Routes. Let's recap. The Bridgeport group spent time touring behind its 2009 release, "The Sucker's Dream." Bassist Chip Johnson left the band. Joan Sutherland, Flawless Soprano, Is Dead at 83 (New York Times) Joan Sutherland , one of the most acclaimed sopranos of the 20th century, a singer of such power and range that she was crowned "La Stupenda," died on Sunday at her home in Switzerland, near Montreux. Eminem cusses on stage, but not at home (KASA-TV Albuquerque) Eminem says he's a family man who believes in checking his profanity at the door. They are of different genres and different generations, yet Ruby Dee and Missy Elliott will be among those honored as part of the Black Girls Rock! awards show on BET . Solomon Burke dies in Amsterdam at 70 (WLUK-TV Green Bay) Solomon Burke was born to the sound of music in an upstairs room of a Philadelphia church and went on to become one of the greatest soul singers of the 1960s, renowned as among music's premier vocalists. Justin Bieber to Market Nail Polish Line (NBC Philadelphia) It's not as though teenage girls needed another reason to go wild for Justin Bieber, but the mop-haired Canadian pop star is giving them one anyway.Country News - October 12, 2010 A doctor accused of failing to spot signs that Baby P was being abused is seeking to quit practising medicine in the UK. Kenny Chesney Reveals the 10 Songs That Changed His Life (WCTO-FM Lehigh Valley) Kenny Chesney recently revealed the 10 songs that changed his life in the latest issue of People Country . Darius Rucker finds home in country music (The Tennessean Nashville News) All things music from the Tennessean.com entertainment staff. Darius Rucker revisits many of the themes from his country debut on the follow-up, Charleston, SC 1966. Grand Ole Opry celebrates 85th birthday (The Leaf Chronicle) The Grand Ole Opry threw an 85th birthday bash being serenaded by country music legend Dolly Parton's rendition of 'I Will Always Love You.' The party on Saturday night continued the celebration of the venerable music venue's presence.Entertainment News - October 12, 2010 `Outlaw' headed for Saturday, then cancellation (Seattle Times) The new Jimmy Smits drama "Outlaw" is headed for Saturday night and then oblivion. For every great band the 1990s gave us, there are dozens more we're embarrassed to admit we once loved. Courteney Cox and David Arquette separate (Centre Daily Times) Courteney Cox and David Arquette announced Monday they have been separated for some time but said they remain committed parents and "best friends." FILE - In this Aug. Rhys Ifans cast as villain in new 'Spider-Man' (KBCI CBS 2) Rhys Ifans is playing the bad guy in the next "Spider-Man." But the filmmakers aren't saying yet which character he'll be. Esquire Magazine has a pick for the 2010 Sexiest Woman Alive. It's former former 'Friday Night Lights' actress the Sexiest Woman Alive in its November issue. (No way. Aishwarya Rai is the sexiest and most beautiful woman alive. MBS) A sly opening for Sunday's edition of 'The Simpsons' masterminded by graffiti artist Banksy (WQAD) The always clever and often subversive opening sequence for "The Simpsons" took a darker-than-usual turn with Sunday's episode, depicting the animation process for the Fox cartoon series as sweatshop drudgery performed by an exploited Asian underclass. October 11 is National Coming Out Day . NCOD was founded by Rob Eichberg, Ph.D. and Jean O'Leary in 1988. One of the most acclaimed sopranos of the 20th century died at her home in Switzerland, near Montreux, on Sunday. Tina Knowles is bringing her latest clothing line to a Walmart near you. "American Idol" alum Crystal Bowersox got married on October 10, 2010 wearing eco-friendly wedding fashion which included seashells, hemp, and macrame. Do you like this story? Katherine Jackson and her estranged husband Joe Jackson met with "The Oprah Winfrey Show" over the weekend to speak about Michael Jackson among other topics.A TMZ was the first to announce that "production trucks for Oprah's show were parked outside the Jackson compound in Encino for the better part of Saturday [October 9, ... Daniel Radcliffe replaces Pattinson (Ilkeston Today) Daniel Radcliffe is replacing Robert Pattinson in Twilight - in Springfield at least.Justin Hayward turning 64
John Lennon Imagine Imagine there's no heaven, It's easy if you try, No hell below us, Above us only sky. Imagine all the people Living for today. Imagine there's no country, It isn't hard to do. Nothing to kill or die for, And no religion, too. Imagine all the people Living life in peace-- You may say I'm a dreamer. But I'm not the only one. Someday I hope you'll join us, And the world will be as one. — Words and music by John Lennon. 1971 Northern Songs Ltd. (Maclen Music) On October 9, 1940, John Lennon was born in Liverpool. A guitar player, Lennon first teamed up with Paul McCartney at the age of 15. In 1960, they founded The Beatles, a pop foursome that took the world by storm in 1962. On March 4, 1966, the London Evening Standard published an interview with John Lennon in which he claimed that the Beatles were bigger than Jesus: "Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue about that. I'm right and I will be proved right. We are more popular than Jesus now. I don't know which will go first—rock and roll or Christianity. Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me." When the interview was reprinted in America, it was greeted by record-burnings and boycotts. He subsequently apologized for his remarks. Lennon married his second wife, Yoko Ono, in 1969. Despite hit after hit, The Beatles broke up when McCartney left in 1970. Lennon issued his solo hit album, "Imagine," in 1971. When his son, Sean, was born, Lennon became a famous "house husband." In 1980, he came out of retirement to do some recordings. Lennon was shot to death by a deranged fan outside his Dakota apartment building in New York City on Dec. 8, 1980. In an interview Lennon and Yoko gave to Playboy, published in the January 1981 issue, Lennon said: " ... this whole religion business suffers from the 'Onward, Christian Soldiers' bit. There's too much talk about soldiers and marching and converting. I'm not pushing Buddhism, because I'm no more a Buddhist than I am a Christian; but there's one thing I admire about the religion: There's no proselytizing." Lennon also wrote lyrics saying "I don't believe in Bible" or Jesus: "God is a concept by which we measure our pain." D. 1980. Compiled by Annie Laurie Gaylor "Have yourself a Merrier Christmas with MC!" October 9th, 2010 First, there was the initial promo teaser photo … then the official album artwork … then the Xmas message directly from Mimi herself … then the first listen of the first single, Oh Santa! … today, we get to see the final tracklisting for Mariah Carey's upcoming new Xmas album titled Merry Christmas II You. MC broke the news first on her official Twitter profile and then on her official website:  Merry Christmas II You is my Christmas gift 2 my fans I wanted u to be the 1st I share the tracklisting with, hope u love & enjoy it! LYM4E! The album will feature 13 tracks including a duet with her mother Patricia Carey on the Xmas mash-up/medley O Come All Ye Faithful / Hallelujah Chorus. As you already know, the lead single off the album is Oh Santa! and this week, one of the choreographers for the music video shared a photo from the video shoot. Check out that photo and see the full tracklisting for Merry Christmas II You, after the jump …  01. Santa Claus is Coming to Town (Intro) 02. Oh Santa! 03. O Little Town of Bethlehem / Little Drummer Boy Medley 04. Christmas Time Is In The Air Again 05. The First Noel / Born is the King (Interlude) 06. When Christmas Comes 07. Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) / Housetop Celebration 08. Charlie Brown Christmas 09. O Come All Ye Faithful / Hallelujah Chorus feat. Patricia Carey 10. O Holy Night – Live from WPC in South Central Los Angeles 11. One Child 12. All I Want for Christmas is You – Extra Festive 13. Auld Lang Syne – The New Year's Anthem Oh Santa! will be available for download purchase on Tuesday October 12 and the full Merry Christmas II You album will be available on November 2. Ugh … as much as I really DON'T want to think about Xmas already, I am kinda sorta looking forward to this album. Mimi can sang herself a damn fine Xmas song … I can't wait to hear these new tunes. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101011/ap_on_en_mu/eu_switzerland_obit_sutherland_12 Joan Sutherland, 'voice of the century,' dies AP – FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 10, 1987 file picture, Dame Joan Sutherland, left, and Luciano Pavarotti … GENEVA – Joan Sutherland's radiant soprano stretched effortlessly over more than three octaves, with a purity of tone that made her one of the most celebrated opera singers of all time. Acclaimed "La Stupenda," — "the Stupendous One" — during a career spanning more than four decades, Sutherland was known in the opera world as an "anti-diva" diva whose warm vibrant sound and subtle coloring helped revitalize the school of early 19th-century Italian opera known as bel canto. She died Sunday at her home near Geneva, after what her family described as a long illness. She was 83. Superlatives were attached to Sutherland's name from the moment she made her Italian debut in the title role of Handel's "Alcina" in Venice in 1960. Luciano Pavarotti proclaimed hers "the voice of the century," while to English-speaking opera goers she was "The Incomparable" for her mastery of coloratura — the ability to effortlessly sing difficult trills and rapid passages in high registers. The late tenor Pavarotti, who joined with mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne in Sutherland's farewell gala recital at London's Covent Garden on Dec. 31, 1990, called her "the greatest coloratura soprano of all time." "Her voice came straight into my ear; it was as if she was singing in my ear," Horne told The Associated Press on Monday. As her good friend Sutherland lay dying in Switzerland, Horne said she "couldn't sleep all night. It was almost as if I was keeping vigil." She said she waited until 4 a.m., when it was "a decent hour" in Europe, and called Sutherland's husband, conductor Richard Bonynge. "Ricky told me, 'She's gone,'" said Horne, adding that Sutherland had suffered from a heart ailment for several years. Spanish tenor Placido Domingo, who first worked with Sutherland when he made his U.S. debut in 1961, rated his appearances opposite her in productions of the bel canto opera "Lucia di Lammermoor" at the Met and in Hamburg as "among the greatest stage experiences of my life." "That magnificent voice, with its enormous range and power, and the interpretations she brought not only to standard repertoire operas but also to bel canto works that had nearly been forgotten, ensure a permanent place for her in the history of our art," Domingo said. With a resplendent soprano capable of effortless flights from low G to high C and beyond, the Australian-born Sutherland could have evolved in many operatic directions. While under contract at Covent Garden, she sang Mozart, Poulenc, Verdi — even Wagner. However, her 1954 marriage to Bonynge, a fellow Australian who became Sutherland's coach, set her on her future path, taking on the major roles of early 19th-century Italian bel canto opera. The bel canto repertory — literally "beautiful song" in Italian — had languished for decades outside Italy, until the legendary Maria Callas took on the roles in the early 1950s, demonstrating that operas like Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" and Bellini's "Norma" were not just showcases for coloratura agility but gripping dramatic works. The two powerhouse sopranos were frequently compared to one another, sparking rumors of a rivalry. Italian director Franco Zeffirelli, who directed Sutherland in the 1959 Covent Garden performance of "Lucia di Lammermoor" that launched her international career, said he knew Sutherland's voice rivaled that of Callas from the moment he heard it. Italian conductor Tullio Serafin, who discovered Sutherland, urged Zeffirelli to hear the young singer. "I went to the hotel, and he said, 'I want you to meet someone. Don't worry about her looks,'" Zeffirelli said in an interview. "We went to the theater and I saw her, as big as a sergeant in the army with a terrible Australian accent." Then "she started to sing, and she conquered me. I said, my God, it is going to be big trouble for Callas." Still, the two sopranos were never artistic rivals, he said. "They were two enormous artists. ... They respected one another. When you reach that level you are beyond how normal people react. They were absolutely above these petty jealousies," Zeffirelli said. Sutherland soon was seen as the pre-eminent singer of Italian bel canto opera. If she couldn't project the raw passion of Callas on stage, Sutherland's voice was far steadier and she could maintain a perfect vocal line in some of opera's most difficult roles, such as "Norma." "She had more vocal flexibility than Callas," said Lotfi Mansouri, former general director of the San Francisco Opera, who directed Sutherland in more operas than any other director. "She had a very extreme vocal range. Most of the time coloraturas are smaller, lighter voices. Joan had a lush middle register." Noting Sutherland's contributions to the bel canto repertoire, soprano Renee Fleming called the singer "an inspiration ... not only for her glorious instrument, but also as a courageous artist who explored unknown bel canto works, now thankfully part of the standard repertoire today." "No soprano in recorded history has sung with the same virtuosic perfection," Fleming said. Soprano Deborah Voigt agreed. "She really bought bel canto alive to latter 20th century audiences. I can't imagine her achievements being duplicated." Known in the opera world as unpretentious, Sutherland was valued for her hard work and astonishing technique. Mansouri said the only time she argued with him was when she thought he was overestimating her ability. "I asked her in the second act of 'Die Fledermaus' to dance part of the czardas. She said, 'Are you crazy? Dancing it and singing it at the same time? You must be joking.' Then she'd go ahead and do it. She was very game." Mansouri recalled how Sutherland protested when, at the end of her career, he directed her in "Hamlet." "She said, 'I'm a grandmother. You don't want me to do Ophelia.' Finally I convinced her. She was absolutely wonderful. Her mad scene was something I'll never forget. It was the last new role she ever learned." Sutherland herself noted that among her favorite roles was Violetta in "La Traviata" because "she was for me all woman, whereas many of the characters I interpreted were somewhat artificial." Horne, who frequently appeared with Sutherland, said, "There aren't a lot of singers who do something original, something that really contributes to the history of the world of music, and Joan is one of those people." Sutherland discovered her voice as a young child, crouching under the piano and copying her mother, Muriel Alston Sutherland. "I was able from the age of 3 to imitate her scales and exercises," she wrote in her autobiography. "As she was a mezzo-soprano, I worked very much in the middle area of my voice, learning the scales and arpeggios and even the dreaded trill without thinking about it. The birds could trill, so why not I?" "I even picked up her songs and arias and sang them by ear, later singing duets with her — Manrico to her Azucena. I always had a voice." Sutherland's early life was marked by tragedy. Her father died of a heart attack on her 6th birthday, leaving the family with financial problems in the depths of the Depression. Sutherland left school at 16 to become a secretary but continued her vocal studies with her mother, finally winning a vocal scholarship. When she began performing in Australia, Sutherland thought she was a mezzo like her mother, until she was persuaded to develop her higher range. At 20, she made her concert debut as Dido in Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas." She moved to London in 1951 and was contracted by Covent Garden, where she made her debut role as the First Lady in "The Magic Flute." There, she was being trained as a dramatic Wagnerian soprano. However, with Bonynge's encouragement, she began to strengthen her higher range. In 1959, she starred in title role of "Lucia di Lammermoor" in a Covent Garden revival. Her much-awaited U.S. debut came in Verdi's "Attilla" on Nov. 16, 1960, in Dallas. Four days later, she performed Donna Anna in Mozart's "Don Giovanni." Her New York debut followed, with the American Opera Society in a February 1961 Town Hall concert of Bellini's "Beatrice di Tenda." On the morning of the concert she learned that her mother had died. "There seemed no way I could just walk out on the concert," she said. "Mother would have wanted me to stay and fulfill my obligation." The reviewers loved her, as they did after her debut at the Metropolitan Opera, in "Lucia," the following November. And the audience cheered wildly. "I had experienced a few good audience reactions, but this one beat them all," she said. "It was like the fans of a favored team at a football match and somewhat frightening. It was also quite something to live up to." Queen Elizabeth made Sutherland a dame of the British Empire in 1978. When she was among the six recipients of the 2004 Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C., baritone Sherrill Milnes called her "an avalanche of sound. She's become the standard by which all others are measured." Sutherland is survived by Bonynge, their son, Adam, daughter-in-law Helen, and two grandchildren. Sutherland requested a very small and private funeral, a family statement said. ___ Jahn contributed from Vienna. Associated Press Writers Bradley S. Klapper and Frank Jordans in Geneva and Ronald Blum and Verena Dobnik in New York contributed to this report. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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