Tag Archives: February 25

Nicknamed “the Calm Beatle” on the height of Beatlemania, George Harrison do indeed appear somewhat reserved set alongside the various other members from the Fab Four. He preferred wry wit to Ringo Starr’s clowning, and he hardly ever indulged in either John Lennon’s penchant for controversy or Paul McCartney’s crowd-pleasing …

Fred Katz’s cello using the Chico Hamilton Quintet during 1955-1958 was largely in charge of the popular awesome jazz group’s exclusive sound and atmospheric design. Katz was classically qualified (he previously analyzed with Pablo Casals) and worked well in orchestras, but additionally performed piano. In the first ’50s, he followed …

Doug Yule replaced John Cale while bass participant for the Velvet Underground in past due 1968, and continued to play on the third and 4th albums, in addition to continue using the Lou Reed-less edition of the group for some time in the first 1970s. Of all important users of …

The Italian community in New Orleans continues to be the source of several active musicians, as well as the name from the Assunto family will undoubtedly arise from any tally. Between the siblings of trumpeter Frank Assunto had been a set of sisters who shined on piano and woodwinds, and …

Probably the most famous operatic tenor ever, Enrico Caruso (né Errico Caruso) was created on February 25, 1873 (not on February 27, as given in lots of reference books). He was the 3rd kid of his fairly poor parents — not really the 18th, as can be frequently repeated in …

Cyril Stapleton was a ubiquitous amount in British pop music across 3 years, initially by method of the BBC and later on as an unbiased bandleader. Born over the last time of the entire year 1914 in Mapperley, Nottingham, he had taken to music conveniently and early in lifestyle, taking …

Originally referred to as “the Hillbilly Heartthrob” and “the Singing Sheriff,” Faron Young had among the longest-running & most popular careers in country music history. Rising in the first ’50s, Youthful was one of the most well-known honky tonkers to surface in the wake of Hank Williams’ loss of life, …

Ian Carr continues to be on the leading edge from the Uk jazz scene for pretty much four years. Self-trained like a musician, Carr performed an important part in the advancement of jazz-rock fusion, using John McLaughlin in the first ’60s, forming among England’s first digital jazz-rock fusion organizations, Nucleus, …

b. 25 Feb 1948, Bolton, Lancashire, Britain. Wrigley under no circumstances quite produced the commercial discovery towards the same level as various other comedian/folk artists, such as for example Billy Connolly, Richard Digance and Mike Harding. He was a self-taught guitarist who ‘uncovered’ folk night clubs due to the Bob …

An excellent accompanist whose occasional solos were pretty fundamental, Peck Morrison was a very important player about countless classes throughout his profession. He was classically qualified, played bass inside a armed service band while abroad in Italy and really started his professional profession while in NY in the middle-1940s. Among …