Music News
University of Florida awards honorary Ph.D. to its former groundskeeper Tom Petty. [Stereogum]
Watch Tearsfor Fears’ Koyaanisqatsi-inspired video for ‘No Small Thing’ from their first album in 17 years. [Spin]
Did a Pulitzer-winning journalist deceive hundreds of musicians? A musician’s claim that Outlaw Ocean author Ian Urbina misled over 400 artists about their contributions to a journalism-adjacent music project ignited a social media firestorm. “I apologize unequivocally,” Urbina responded. [Pitchfork]
The top 10 classical albums of 2021 [NPR]
20 years after the end of the world: Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood on the dread at the heart of 'Kid A' [NPR]
NYC issues new vaccine mandates for children in theaters [Broadway News]
Broadway posts record grosses during Thanksgiving week [Broadway News]In development: ‘Empire Records’ musical holds industry reading [Broadway News]
Music History
[Courtesy of Marqueemag.com, on-this-day.com, calendar.songfacts.com ]
December 6
1995: Coolio wins Single Of The Year for "Gangsta's Paradise" at the Billboard Music Awards. When he performs the song at the ceremony, he is joined by Stevie Wonder, whose "Pastime Paradise" is the basis for Coolio's track.
December 7
1987: Uriah Heep become the first hard rock act to play behind the Iron Curtain in Moscow, Russia. They do 10 shows at the Olympic Stadium.
December 8
1980: John Lennon, 40 years old, is shot and killed outside his apartment in New York City.
December 9
1965: A Charlie Brown Christmas makes its debut, airing on CBS in place of The Munsters. The famous score, which becomes synonymous with the Peanuts, is written by the jazz musician Vince Guaraldi and performed by his trio.
December 10
1967: Otis Redding dies at age 26 when his personal Beechcraft plane crashes into Lake Monona near Madison, Wisconsin. Members of his road band The Bar-Kays also die in the crash; the only survivor is the band's trumpet player Ben Cauley. One month later, "Dock of the Bay" is released, becoming the first #1 song issued after the artist's death.
December 11
1972: Genesis play their first-ever US show at Massachusetts' Brandeis University.
December 12
1998: Luciano Pavarotti becomes the first classical musician to perform on Saturday Night Live when he sings ''Adeste Fideles'' with Vanessa Williams.
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