November 26
Fleetwood Mac's unshakable foundation John McVie celebrates his 80th birthday today, the British bassist whose rock-solid playing and surname gave the band its name while his steady demeanor provided ballast against the interpersonal chaos swirling around him… Jazz royalty met Hollywood elegance today in 1981 when Miles Davis married actress Cicely Tyson, uniting the trumpet legend with the acclaimed performer in a marriage that would last seven years before ending amid the trumpeter's health decline and difficult personality… We remember the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll Tina Turner on her birthday today in 1939, born Anna Mae Bullock, the powerhouse vocalist who survived Ike Turner's abuse to become one of music's greatest comeback stories and most electrifying performers before her death in 2023… American musical theater lost its greatest genius on this day in 2021 when Stephen Sondheim died at 91, ending the life of the composer-lyricist whose...
