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Today in Music History: Monkee Business

Posted at 7:20 AM on December 30, 2011 by Jill Riley (2 Comments)
Filed under: Music History

Birthdays:
Bo Diddley is 83

Patti Smith is 65 (New York punk godmother, poet, singer)

Jeff Lynne is 64 (Electric Light Orchestra, Traveling Wilburys)

Del Shannon was born on this day in 1934. (Best known for his 1961 hit "Runaway." He committed suicide on February 8, 1990, in Santa Clarita, California.)

This Day in Music:

In 1967, "Hello, Goodbye" off Magical Mystery Tour by The Beatles was the #1 single in the country.

In 1978, Emerson, Lake & Palmer broke up.

In 1989, Nirvana bass player Krist Novoselic married Shelli Dilley near Seattle.

In 1999, George Harrison was stabbed repeatedly during an attempted early morning robbery at his home near London. The 56-year-old musician and his wife Olivia struggled with the intruder and were able to hold him until the authorities got there. The couple recovered from their injuries at a nearby hospital.

History/Birthday Highlight:

Michael Nesmith is 69. (The most talented member of The Monkees and an '80s video pioneer who produced the original pilot for what was to become MTV.)

Davy Jones is 66. (The "cute one" of The Monkees; maraca and tambourine player extraordinaire.)

Comments (2)

Michael Stipe is 51 years old today. How did you miss the greatest singer and lyricist of the 80's?

Posted by matt | January 4, 2012 9:04 AM

Nevermind, I clicked the wrong date, I am dumb

Posted by matt | January 4, 2012 9:07 AM

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