Archive for November 24, 2009

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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