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Today in Music History

November, 8

  • 2000 The Secure Digital Music Initiative announces that two of its proposed technologies did not survive being attacked as part of the “Hack SDMI” challenge. The competition invited all comers to attempt removal of copyright protection from particular files, based on a specific set of criteria.
  • 1999 Trumpeter Lester Bowie, a founder of the Art Ensemble of Chicago and, more recently, Brass Fantasy, dies at his home in New York, of liver cancer. He is 58.
  • 1997 Dr. Tommy Comeaux, a longtime fixture on the New Orleans music scene, dies when he is struck by a car while riding his bicycle. He is 45.
  • 1997 Country entertainer Johnny Paycheck officially joins the Grand Ole Opry. The honky-tonk ace becomes the 72nd member of the radio show’s cast.
  • 1995 Michael Jackson and Sony Corp. of America join forces to create the world’s third-largest music publishing company with more than 100,000 titles. Jackson’s ATV Music catalog, which includes the classic Beatles songs, is estimated to be worth $300 million.
  • 1983 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “All Night Long (All Night),” Lionel Richie. Richie sings the song at the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
  • 1973 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Keep on Truckin’ (Part 1),” Eddie Kendricks.
  • 1968 John and Cynthia Lennon are divorced after six years of marriage.
  • 1954 Rickie Lee Jones is born in Chicago. Her two top five albums are “Rickie Lee Jones” and “Pirates.”
  • 1949 Pop/blues artist Bonnie Raitt is born.
  • 1946 Roy Wood of Electric Light Orchestra is born in Birmingham, England.
  • 1944 Bonnie Lynne Bramlett is born in Pontotoc County, Miss. Bramlett and husband Delaney Bramlett release several albums in the early 1970s. The couple dissolves their marriage and musical duo in 1972.