November 8
Blues-rock's queen Bonnie Raitt celebrates her 75th birthday today, the slide guitar virtuoso whose soulful voice and authentic performances finally received mainstream recognition with her 1989 comeback 'Nick of Time,' proving that talent and integrity eventually triumph… Jazz-pop's most bohemian voice Rickie Lee Jones was born on this day in 1954, the Los Angeles songwriter whose debut album's beatnik cool and hits like "Chuck E.'s in Love" established her as one of the most original and quirky artists of the late 1970s… Entertainment met politics again today in 1994 when Sonny Bono, former mayor of Palm Springs and half of Sonny & Cher, was elected to the US House of Representatives, continuing the entertainer-turned-politician path until his skiing death in 1998… Pink Floyd's guitar architect David Gilmour received royal recognition today in 2002 when he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), hon...
