Archive for November 24, 2009
This Day in Music…November 24
Nov 24th
1934 – Composer Alfred Schnittke was born.
1950 – The musical “Guys and Dolls” opened.
1961 – Howlin’ Wolf arrived in London for his first European tour.
1972 – ABC-TV debuted “In Concert.”
1985 – Singer Big Joe Turner died of a heart attack.
1991 – Eric Carr (Kiss) died of cancer at 41. Carr had joined Kiss in 1982 when founding drummer, Peter Criss, left the group.
1991 – Freddie Mercury of Queen died of AIDS complications at the age of 45.
1991 – Cyndi Lauper and David Thornton were married.
1994 – Prince performed “Peach” on the European MTV Awards. He claimed the song was a “cover tune by a good friend.”
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