Birthdays on the Tube, 15-21 November

reviews, news & interviews

A continuing series celebrating musicians' birthdays.

22 November 1965: Bjørk released her first self-titled album at the age of 11, at 14 she was in a punk band called Spit and Snot, and has since gone on to be one of the most successful and original musicians on the planet. Many of her classic videos have had their sound removed on YouTube, but "All is Full of Love" directed by Chris Cunningham is up there still, and features the best lesbian robot love scene ever filmed.

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Before leaving Bjork, perhaps we should have a guided tour of her house in Iceland.

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22 November 1899: Hoagy Carmichael sings with Jane Russell his composition "My Resistance is Low" from the 1951 film Las Vegas Story. Ian Fleming once said that James Bond looked like Hoagy Carmichael.

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22 November 1913: Benjamin Britten accompanies Peter Pears on Schubert's Die Schone Mullerin.

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21 November 1904: Coleman Hawkins trades solos with fellow saxist Charlie Parker.

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15 November 1932: Petula Clark made going Downtown about the most thrilling thing it was possible to do.

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