Births
1932: Petula Clark (Pop Singer)
1945: Frida (Anni-Frid Lyngstad) (Blonde in ABBA)
1954: Tony Thompson (Drummer for Chic & The Power Station)
1968: Ol' Dirty Bastard (Rapper in Wu-Tang Clan & Solo)
1974: Chad Kroeger (Vocals & Guitar in Nickelback)
Events
1956: Elvis Presley's first movie, Love Me Tender, premieres at New York's Paramount Theater. The King's popularity has grown so exponentially large during the filming on the movie that his part -- originally almost a cameo -- is expanded to fit his stardom. Indeed, when his character is killed at the end of the movie, test audiences are so distraught that Elvis re-appears at the end of the movie to reprise the title song. A fifty-foot cardboard cutout of the singer is posted outside the theater to emphasize his new importance to the project, and the movie -- which receives lukewarm reviews from critics who nonetheless appreciate the singer's performance -- rakes in a very respectable four million dollars in just two months.
1964: While on tour, Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones is admitted to Chicago's Passavant Hospital for pneumonia, having reached a temperature of 105. He will miss the last four dates of the Stones' US tour.
1965: The Rolling Stones make their first appearance on NBC-TV's rock variety show Hullabaloo, performing their hit "Get Off Of My Cloud."
1966: The Doors officially signed with Elektra Records in a deal for the band to produce seven albums. The band also reluctantly agreed to release ‘Break On Through’ as their first single. The lyric "She gets high/she gets high/she gets high" was changed to “She gets/she gets/she gets" in order to secure radio play.
1968: Janis Joplin performs her last gig with Big Brother and the Holding Company at New York's Hunter College.
1969: During tonight's Janis Joplin concert in Tampa, FL, a policemen tries to use a bullhorn to control a crowd that had left its seats and begun to move around, prompting Joplin to object: "Don't ---- with those people! Hey, mister, what're you so uptight about? Did you buy a $5 ticket?" The cop responds by telling the singer to inform her crowd that they need to be seated, she replies, "I'm not telling them s---." Janis left the stage after the concert, calling the cop a "son of a b----" and threatening to kick his face in, leading her to be arrested in her dressing room on a charge of publicly using "vulgar and indecent language." After posting a $504 bail, the charges are later dropped.
1969: The Beatles' last photographic session produces today's cover of Rolling Stone. On the same day, obsessive fans looking for "Paul Is Dead" clues on album covers and in songs push two previous Beatles albums, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Magical Mystery Tour, back onto the Billboard album charts.
1972: Harry Chapin becomes the proud father of his first child, Joshua Burke, in New York City, an event that would eventually inspire him to put his wife's poem, "Cat's In The Cradle," to music.
1975: ABBA were guests on "American Bandstand." They performed "S.O.S." and "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do."
1978: Echo & the Bunnymen made their performance debut in Liverpool, England.
1979: NBC airs The Bee Gees Special, their first, starring Willie Nelson, Glen Campbell, and little brother Andy Gibb.
1990: Milli Vanilli producer Frank Farian held a press conference to confirm the rumours that the two members of the group Rob and Fab had not sung on any of their hit records.
1991: French music producer and songwriter Jacques Morali, died of complications from aids. Formed The Village People and co-produced their film, Can't Stop the Music. Between 1974 and 1982 Morali produced over 65 albums.
1992: Ozzy Osbourne announced his retirement from touring after a gig in California, saying "Who wants to be touring at 46."
1992: The Doors' Robbie Krieger, Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere and the Raiders, Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits, Spencer Davis, Richie Havens, and the Lovin' Spoonful's John Sebastian all guest star on tonight's "Rock Of Ages" episode of FOX's Married With Children.
2000: Michael Abram, the Liverpool native who broke into George Harrison's home and stabbed him in an incident earlier in the year, is found not guilty by reason of insanity at Oxford Crown Court. Abram is ordered confined to a mental hospital for an indefinite period of time.
2004: Shania Twain's "Come On Over" becomes the first country album in history certified for shipments of 20 million units.
2005: Arista releases Carrie Underwood's debut album, "Some Hearts".
2007: Jay-Z went to No.1 on the US album chart with ‘American Gangster’ his 10th No.1 album. This made the rapper joint second with Elvis Presley for the most No.1 albums on the chart; only the Beatles have had more, with 19. Since 1998, all eight of Jay-Z's solo studio albums hade hit No. 1, in addition to his ‘Collision Course’ project with Linkin Park and his ‘Unfinished Business’ collaboration with R. Kelly.
