Archive for November 29, 2008

1770 – Composer Peter Hansel was born.

1797 – Composer Gaetano Donizetti was born.

1924 – Italian composer Giacomo Puccini died before he could complete his final opera. “Turandot” was finished by Franco Alfano.

1956 – The musical “Bells Are Ringing” opened on Broadway.

1963 – The Beatles’ fifth single “I Want to Hold Your Hand” was released in Britain.

1968 – The Who released their first concert record, “The Who Sell Out.”

1969 – John Lennon was convicted of possession of cannabis and fined $360 in London. Yoko Ono, who was arrested with Lennon on October 18, was cleared of charges.

1976 – Jerry Lee Lewis shot his bass player, Norman “Butch” Owens, twice in the chest while trying to hit a soda bottle. Lewis was charged with shooting a firearm within the city limits.

1977 – “Alive II” was released by KISS.

1979 – The original four members of KISS performed their last show together until 1996 when they reunited for a makeup tour.

1979 – Ray Smith committed suicide.

1979 – Anita Pallenburg was cleared of murder charges in the shooting death of her young male companion. She was Keith Richards’ common-law wife.

1979 – Paul Simon filed two lawsuits against his record label in an attempt to leave them.

1982 – Metallica played their first headlining show. They played the song “Whiplash” for the first time. Exodus was the opening act.

1990 – The musical “Shogun – The Musical” opened.

1992 – U2′s first TV special, called “U2′s Zoo TV Outside Broadcast,” aired on Fox-TV.

1993 – Metallica released the box set “Binge & Purge.” It contained three CDs, three videos and a book.

1995 – Sammy Hagar and model Kari Karte were married.

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