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Today In Music History: George Gets His Holiday On

Posted at 6:03 AM on December 23, 2011 by Steve Seel
Filed under: Music History


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Eddie Vedder is 47.


Today in:

1964 - Performing "Little Saint Nick," "Dance, Dance, Dance," "Johnny B. Goode" and "Monster Mash," The Beach Boys made their first appearance on Shindig!.
1969 - One of the great pop/rock composing teams, Bernie Taupin and Elton John, collaborated for the first time.
1972 - Imagine, a film by John Lennon, made its debut on American television.


History Highlight:

Today in 1974, as his band mate John Lennon had done three years earlier, George Harrison released a holiday single, "Ding Dong, Ding Dong," which would celebrate the ringing in of the New Year. It was a modest hit when it was released (peaking at #36 in the United States, #38 in the United Kingdom). The other musicians include Gary Wright on piano, Mick Jones, Alvin Lee and Ron Wood (or "Ron Would If You Let Him" on the album inner sleeve credits) on guitars, Klaus Voorman on bass, and Ringo Starr and Jim Keltner on drums.

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