MUSIC NOTES – DECEMBER 6

1988: Roy Orbison dies.

1969: 60’s innocence ends with Rollling Stones’ Altamont. ("Gimme Shelter" premieres

the next year.)

1923: Radio: first presidential address (Coolidge)

BIRTHDAYS – DECEMBER 6, 1999

Helen Cornelius – 58

Dave Brubeck – 79

Peter Buck (R.E.M.) – 43

Len Barry ("1-2-3"/1965) – 57

MUSIC HEADLINES DECEMBER 6, 1999

PAUL MCCARTNEY BACK AT CAVERN CLUB

Dec. 14^th Paul McCartney plans an end-of-the-century rock party with 200 at Liverpool’s Cavern Club. . . Possible TV broadcast.

NASHVILLE: ARISTA…TRITT… MESSINA
Travis Tritt signing with Sony Music/Nashville (Epic, Monument, Columbia?). .

• Billboard’s Airplay Monitor says most played country female artist of 1999 - Jo Dee Messina. . . New York Times quotes B-M-G execs about preparations for Arista Nashville shutdown (Where to BR5-49, Alan Jackson, etc.)