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Today In Music History: Bowie And Bing

Posted at 6:03 AM on November 30, 2010 by Steve Seel (2 Comments)
Filed under: Music History

Birthdays:

Guitarist and singer Shuggie Otis is 57.
Billy Idol is 55.

Today in:

1969 - Sponsor AT&T reneged on backing Simon & Garfunkel's first TV special when they learned that footage of Bobby Kennedy's funeral and the Viet Nam war was going to be shown.
1996 - Entertainer Tiny Tim died after performing his signature song, "Tiptoe Thru' The Tulips," at a benefit concert in Minneapolis. Reports put his age at either 64 or 66.
1999 - Officials from the Boy Scouts of America were not amused when Elton John appeared on stage at London's Royal Albert Hall performing "It's A Sin" as six male dancers dressed up as Cub Scouts pranced around him, peeling off their uniforms.

History Highlight:

On this day in 1977, David Bowie sang a duet of "Little Drummer Boy" with Bing Crosby on Crosby's Christmas special. The pair exchanged dialogue about what they do for Christmas before singing song with a new counterpoint with original lyrics, "Peace On Earth," written for the special. Bowie's appearance has been described as "surreal" - at the time, he was seen as the furthest thing from the American mainstream, while Crosby was practically it's embodiment.

Comments (2)

Hey peoples of the Current. Can someone please tell me if the picture of the Hollerado dudes was taken in Philadelphia? That mural in the background looks very much like a mural by a very well known mural artist from Philadelphia and it looks like the photo was taken there as well.
Thank you for letting us inquiring minds know!

Posted by Rom | November 30, 2010 10:58 AM

Hello Rom - I don't know for sure, but having lived in Philly for 14 years, that VERY MUCH looks like the work of Isaiah Zagar, who you are probably referring to. Their big song talks about Philadelphia a lot (even though they are from Canada) so besides it just looking cool, there may be another reason to have shot their photo there.

Posted by Jim McGuinn | November 30, 2010 4:44 PM

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