The World As I Der See It! Presents...Today in Music History!

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Born today December 3:

1940: John Cale (Velvet Underground)

 1949: Mickey Thomas (Jefferson Starship)

1948: Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath)
 

Events:

1965: Keith Richards is electrocuted and knocked unconscious during a Rolling Stones concert in Sacramento, CA. his Hush Puppies probably saved his life so the lesson here is don't leave broken strings on stage or on the floor of your rehearsal room they always seem to crawl into the next current socket.

1977: After a record 29 weeks at #1 on Billboard's album chart, Fleetwood Mac's Rumours which won album of the year at the Grammy’s is replaced by Linda Ronstadt's Simple Dreams LP.

 1980: Photographer Annie Leibovitz takes the last known photos of John Lennon and Yoko Ono together at their apartment in New York's Dakota building before John Lennon is shot and killed by Mark Chapman. 

Releases

1965: The Beatles, Rubber Soul (UK)
1973: Ringo Starr, "You're Sixteen"