![]() Island would become famous as the label that spread reggae, and particularly the music of Bob Marley, around the world. Its first release was "Darling Patricia" and "Twist Baby" by Owen Gray. In 1962, Jamaican Chris Blackwell launched Island Records, opening an office in London. The 13-year-old played the first movement of Beethoven's "Concerto Number Four" with the Toronto Conservatory of Music Orchestra. In 1946, Glenn Gould first appeared as a pianist with an orchestra. ![]() The group, whose blues-based, guitar-dominated rock 'n' roll laid the foundations of heavy metal, gave the rock world Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck. In 1943, Paul Samwell-Smith, bass player with "The Yardbirds," was born in Twickenham, England. Nelson, his fiancee and five of his band members died in a Texas plane crash on New Year's Eve, 1985. His autobiographical song "Garden Party" was a top-10 record in 1972. He had more than 35 records on the Billboard Hot 100 chart from 1957-63, including "Poor Little Fool" and "Travellin' Man." In the late '60s, he became Rick Nelson and turned to a more country-oriented style. The show moved to TV in the 1950s, and its popularity helped land Ricky a recording contract. ![]() His parents, Ozzie and Harriet, had a popular radio show, and Ricky joined the cast at the age of eight. In 1940, singer Rick Nelson was born in Teaneck, N.J. He was accompanied by the Vogt Choir of Guelph and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. In 1929, Metropolitan opera tenor Edward Johnson sang on the final evening of the first music festival held in his hometown of Guelph, Ont. ![]()
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