1 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:10,360 Speaker 1: I'm buzz Night, the host of the Taken a Walk 2 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 1: podcast music History on Foot, and you know we like 3 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 1: taking a look at the month and music history. So 4 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:20,279 Speaker 1: first of all, December one, nineteen seventy eight, that's when 5 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:23,720 Speaker 1: the Doobie Brothers released the album Minute by Minute and 6 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:26,320 Speaker 1: that spent eighty seven weeks. 7 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:26,799 Speaker 2: On the chart. 8 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:30,840 Speaker 1: Unbelievable run for the Doobie Brothers Minute by Minute. 9 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:33,320 Speaker 2: December one, nineteen forty four. 10 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 1: Eric Bloom, vocalists for Blue Oyster Cult, born in Brooklyn 11 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 1: on that day. Another birthday, December one, forty four, as well, 12 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:46,120 Speaker 1: John Densmore, drummer, founding member of The Doors. 13 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 2: He was born in Los Angeles. 14 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 1: December second, nineteen sixty mark when Rick Savage, basis for 15 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 1: def Leppard, was born in Sheffield, England, and Rick is 16 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 1: a founding member of the band, and he and Joe 17 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:06,319 Speaker 1: Elliott are the only two remaining original members. December third, 18 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:10,400 Speaker 1: twenty fifteen, a tragic moment in the music history. Scott WiLAN, 19 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 1: frontman for Stone Temple, Pilots and Velvet Revolver. 20 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 2: Died of an accidental overdose at forty eight. 21 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 1: A happy memory for December third, nineteen eighty four, Bob 22 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:27,319 Speaker 1: Geldoff and Band Aid released the song do They Know 23 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 1: It's Christmas? The song was written by Geldoff and remember 24 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 1: Midge Sure of the band Ultravox, and it was written 25 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 1: in reaction to the famine in Ethiopia, and to this 26 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:43,759 Speaker 1: day the song still sounds brilliant. December third, nineteen sixty five, 27 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 1: The Who releases their debut album My Generation. 28 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:48,560 Speaker 2: Now. 29 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 1: When that was out, that was considered one of the 30 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 1: hardest rock records ever made, and in Who music history 31 00:01:56,840 --> 00:02:00,360 Speaker 1: produced one of their biggest songs and title track, My Generation. 32 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 1: December third, nineteen sixty five is when the Beatles released 33 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 1: the great album Rubber Soul. There's always a lot of 34 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:13,240 Speaker 1: Beatle moments that show up in every month in music history. 35 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 1: December third, nineteen forty eight The Wizard of Oz Ozzy 36 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 1: Osbourne born in Marston Green, England. December fourth, nineteen eighty 37 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:27,519 Speaker 1: Led Zeppelin officially breaks up. Now that breakup really kind 38 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 1: of happened a couple months earlier with the death of 39 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:34,800 Speaker 1: John Bottom, and it is amazing to see how well 40 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 1: Jimmy Page still out looking great and recently playing there 41 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 1: at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. And then 42 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 1: of course how Robert Plant has just sort of recreated 43 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 1: his career is really cool as well. December fourth, nineteen 44 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 1: sixty five, The Stones released the album December's Children. December fourth, 45 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 1: sixty five, also number one song Turn Turn Turn by 46 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 1: The Birds stayed there for three weeks. December fifth, nineteen 47 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 1: seventy three is when Paul McCartney released the album Band 48 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:09,920 Speaker 1: on the Run with Jet and Hell on Wheels, among others. 49 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 1: December fifth, sixty nine is when The Stones released Let 50 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:17,480 Speaker 1: It Lead Now. The band's founder, Brian Jones was fired 51 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,800 Speaker 1: during the making of the album, and what great music 52 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 1: on that one. 53 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 2: Gimme Shelter. 54 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 1: You can't always get what you want monkey Man, Great stuff. 55 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 2: December fifth, sixty five. 56 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:32,639 Speaker 1: Johnny Resnek, guitarist front man for the Goo Goo Dolls, 57 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 1: born in Buffalo. December fifth, nineteen thirty two is when 58 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: rock and roll pioneer Little Richard was born in Macon, Georgia. 59 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 1: December sixth, nineteen ninety seven. The number one album was 60 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 1: reloaded by Metallica also December sixth, But in nineteen ninety four, 61 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 1: Bush releases their debut album, sixteen Stone. Some of my 62 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 1: favorites from Bush Everything zend Come down come off of 63 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: that one. December sixth, nineteen seventy seven is when Jackson 64 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 1: Brown released the live album Running on Empty. December sixth, 65 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 1: nineteen sixty eight is when The Stones released Beggar's Banquet. 66 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 1: December seventh, nineteen ninety one is when the number one 67 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:22,839 Speaker 1: album was Octune Baby by U two, with songs like 68 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:26,360 Speaker 1: Mysterious Ways and Won and even Better than the Real Thing. 69 00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:31,840 Speaker 1: December eighth, nineteen eighty It's a tragic day in music history, 70 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:35,039 Speaker 1: tragic day in our lives. We all remember where we 71 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 1: were when we heard that John Lennon was shot and 72 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 1: killed by Mark David Chapman. December ninth, nineteen sixty nine 73 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:46,680 Speaker 1: is when Jacob Dillon, frontman for the Wallflowers, was born 74 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 1: in New York City. Of course, the Sun of Bob 75 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 1: Dylan and the Wallflowers with great music, including One Headlight. 76 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 1: December thirteenth, nineteen eighty six, the number one song was 77 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:02,039 Speaker 1: The Way It Is Bruce Hornsby, and that song makes 78 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 1: its a particular reference to the nineteen sixty four Poverty 79 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:10,040 Speaker 1: Act and the Civil Rights Act of nineteen sixty four 80 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 1: as well. December thirteenth, nineteen forty eight guitarist Jeff Skunk 81 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 1: Baxter born in Washington, d C. Founding member of Steely Dan, 82 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:24,040 Speaker 1: ultimately left to join the Doobie Brothers. A previous guest 83 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 1: on the Taking a Walk podcast. An interesting guy for sure, 84 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 1: so talented Jeff Skunk Baxter. December fourteenth, nineteen seventy nine, 85 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 1: The Class released the album London Calling and on that 86 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 1: one great lost track called Lost in the Supermarket. December fifteenth, 87 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:46,479 Speaker 1: nineteen sixty four, The Beatles released the album Beatles sixty five. 88 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 1: December fifteenth, nineteen twenty one. Pioneer radio disc jockey Alan 89 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 1: Freed born on that day. December seventeenth, nineteen seventy seven, 90 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 1: Elvis Costello made his American television day on Saturday Night Live. 91 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 1: He was a last minute replacement for the Sex Pistols, 92 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:10,240 Speaker 1: who were denied a visa to enter America at that time. Ultimately, 93 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:13,359 Speaker 1: I think Elvis was banned from the show because he 94 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 1: substituted some songs. December seventeenth, nineteen forty nine. Paul Rogers, 95 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:22,839 Speaker 1: frontman with Free Bad Company and The Firm, was born 96 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:28,600 Speaker 1: in Middlesbrough, England, and do check out our celebration episode 97 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:32,480 Speaker 1: of Paul Rodgers' birthday in his career, that is out 98 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 1: on taking a walk and it's just a blast. Having 99 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:39,920 Speaker 1: talked to Paul Rodgers, what a sweet guy. December eighteenth, 100 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 1: nineteen fifty three. The co founder and guitars for The Cars. 101 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 1: Ellie Easton was born in Brooklyn and also on December eighteenth, 102 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:53,919 Speaker 1: but in forty three, Keith Richards Keith was born in Dartford, England. 103 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:57,520 Speaker 1: Keith still going strong, always with a big smile on 104 00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 1: his face, December twentiethineteen seventy one, George Harrison released the 105 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 1: live triple album The Concert for Bangladesh, featured performances by 106 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 1: Bob Dylan, Ringo Star, Billy Preston, Leon Russell and Eric Clapton. 107 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 1: December twenty first, nineteen eighty five. The number one album 108 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 1: was Heart's self titled album, and that produced some of 109 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:22,360 Speaker 1: the big hits what About Love and Nothing at All 110 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 1: and These Dreams These Dreams was their first number one single, 111 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 1: by the Way. December twenty second, nineteen forty eight, the 112 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 1: birthday for Rick Nielsen, co founder and guitarist of the 113 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 1: band Cheap Trick We Knowed. December twenty third. Every year 114 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:42,239 Speaker 1: marks Festivus, We'll never forget that great episode nineteen ninety 115 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 1: seven of Seinfeld of Festivus. December twenty third, nineteen forty 116 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 1: Yorma Kalkan and guitars for the Jefferson Airplane and Hot 117 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:55,320 Speaker 1: Tuna born on that day, and also a previous double 118 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 1: appearance guest on the Taken a Walk podcast Love Yorm. 119 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:03,440 Speaker 1: December twenty fifth, two thousand and six. We lost James Brown, 120 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:06,880 Speaker 1: the godfather of Soul to heart failure, and do look 121 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:10,680 Speaker 1: out for our episode celebrating James Brown with the author 122 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 1: James Sullivan, has written a great book about James and 123 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 1: also James's last manager when he was still out playing 124 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 1: Super Frank. December twenty fifth, nineteen forty six. Jimmy Buffett 125 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 1: was born on that day, and of course we lost 126 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:30,200 Speaker 1: Jimmy this past year, very big loss. 127 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:31,280 Speaker 2: I Love him. 128 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:35,079 Speaker 1: December twenty seventh, nineteen eighty The number one album was 129 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:38,520 Speaker 1: Double Fantasy by John Lennon, where it stayed for eight weeks, 130 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:42,559 Speaker 1: and we previously also had the producer of that, Jack Douglas, 131 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:45,720 Speaker 1: on the Taken a Walk podcast, and then we close 132 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:49,120 Speaker 1: it out December twenty seventh, nineteen sixty nine. 133 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:51,319 Speaker 2: That's when the number one album was led. 134 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 1: Zeppelin three stayed there for seven weeks and you know 135 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 1: all the songs there. One of the greatest rock albums 136 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 1: ever made, a whole lot of love along Heartbreaker, Live 137 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:03,720 Speaker 1: and Love and Made and what is and what should 138 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:06,840 Speaker 1: never be. Well, thanks for your support of the Taking 139 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 1: a Walk podcast. If you liked the podcast, please share 140 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 1: it with your friends, and please check us out on 141 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:18,080 Speaker 1: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, the iHeart podcast Network, or wherever you 142 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:19,199 Speaker 1: get your podcasts.