This Day in Music: December 10th

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Born on this day:

1941, Chad Stuart, vocals, guitars, Chad and Jeremy
1946, Walter Orange, drums, vocals, The Commodores
1965, J (Joseph) Mascis, guitar, vocals, Dinosaur Jr.
1972, Brian Molko, guitar, vocals, Placebo|
1974, Meg White, drums, The White Stripes

1967, American soul singer and songwriter Otis Redding was killed in a plane crash at age 26. Redding and his band had made an appearance in Cleveland, Ohio, on the local Upbeat television show the previous day. The plane carrying Redding and his band crashed at 3:28 p.m. into icy waters of Lake Monoma near Madison, Wisconsin. Redding was killed in the crash along with members from the The Bar-Kays – Jimmy King, Ron Caldwell, Phalin Jones and Carl Cunningham. Trumpet player Ben Cauley was the only person to survive the crash.

1971, Playing the first of two nights at London’s Rainbow Theatre, Frank Zappa was pushed off stage by jealous boyfriend Trevor Howell. Zappa broke one of his legs and suffered a fractured skull.

1973, The CBGB club opened in the lower east side of New York City; it became the home of new bands such as Blondie, Television, Patti Smith and The Ramones.

1983, Keith Richards married 27-year old Patti Hansen on his 40th birthday.

1988, During their 222-date Damaged Justice world tour, Metallica played the first of two nights at Cow Place in San Francisco, California.

1998, A recording of a 1963 Beatles concert was sold at auction at Christies in London for ?25,300, ($41,500). The tape of The Beatles’ 10-song concert was recorded by the chief technician at the Gaumont Theatre in Bournemouth during one of six consecutive nights which The Beatles had played.

1999, Rick Danko died in his sleep at his home near Woodstock, New York. In 1963, the Canadian guitarist and singer joined The Hawks who went on to work as Bob Dylan’s backing band (with Robbie Robertson, Richard Manuel and Garth Hudson). They renamed themselves The Band and released their 1968 debut Music from Big Pink.

2003, Coldplay singer Chris Martin married actress Gwyneth Paltrow in Santa Barbara, California. The couple also announced that Paltrow was pregnant and the baby was due the next summer.

2004, One of three RCA microphones used by radio station KWKH for the historic Elvis Presley appearance at the Louisiana Hayride was sold for $37,500. The microphone was one of three used during 50 performances by Elvis Presley when he performed for the radio show in Shreveport from 1954-56.

2007, Led Zeppelin played their first concert in 19 years, at London’s O2 arena. Original band members Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones were joined on stage by Jason Bonham, the son of their late drummer John Bonham. More than one million people had taken part in a ballot for the 9,000 pairs of tickets available for the show. For more on this story, see This Day in Music Spotlight.

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