The Current Music Blog: November 25, 2009 Archive

On This Day in Music History: Happy Birthday Mr. Lanegan

Posted at 7:49 AM on November 25, 2009 by Jill Riley
Filed under: Music History

Birthdays:
Percy Sledge is 69
Tim Armstrong of Rancid is 44.

In 1961, Don and Phil Everly were sworn in to the U.S. Marine
Corps Reserves in Nashville and later reported to Camp Pendleton in
San Diego.
In 1968, The Beatles' "White Album" was released.
In 1976, The Band gave its final performance in San Francisco.
The concert was documented in the movie "The Last Waltz."
In 1969, John Lennon returned his MBE medal to the Queen to
protest Britain's support for U.S. involvement to Vietnam, among
other things. The other three Beatles kept their medals, which they
received in 1965.
In 1984, the Ethiopian famine relief song "Do They Know It's
Christmas" by Band Aid was recorded in London. The session was
organized by singer Bob Geldof.
In 1985, Bobby Brown announced he was leaving the group New
Edition for a solo career.

Mark Lanegan of Queens of the Stone Age and Screaming Trees is 45. We salute him this morning with a one of the biggest hits from his days in Screaming Trees with "Nearly Lost You."