Births
1936: Doug Kershaw (Country Artist)
1941: Aaron Neville (Singer in The Neville Brothers & Solo)
1941: Neil Diamond (Pop Singer)
1947: Warren Zevon (Singer / Songwriter)
1949: John Belushi (Actor & Jake Blues from The Blues Brothers)
1953: Nigel Glockler (Drummer for Saxon)
1958: Jools Holland (Keyboards for Squeeze)
1967: John Myung (Bass for Dream Theater)
Events
1957: Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock" enters the UK charts at Number One, the first single to ever do so.
1962: The Beatles sign their first and only management contract with Brian Epstein at the manager's offices at 12 Whitechapel St. in Liverpool. Epstein is to receive a full one-quarter of the band's earnings, yet to prove his worth, he does not sign the contract until the following October.
1962: Today, at the very height of the dance craze, four of Billboard's Top Ten albums belong to Chubby Checker: For Twisters Only, Let's Twist Again, Your Twist Party, and Bobby Rydell / Chubby Checker.
1969: Jethro Tull play their first American show, opening for Blood, Sweat and Tears at New York's Fillmore East.
1970: Dr. Robert Moog unveils the "minimoog" synthesizer, one of the first portable synth keyboards, at a price of $2,000. The American Federation of Musicians at first opposes the instrument, fearing its "realistic" settings will put horn and string sections out of work. The minimoog becomes the first synth to go on tour with rock bands.
1979: The Clash released their first single in the US, 'I Fought The Law' (written by Sonny Curtis of Buddy Holly's Crickets).
1980: Pink Floyd advertise their upcoming four-city world tour to promote their album The Wall with a special billboard on Los Angeles' Sunset Strip that was gradually covered up each day with a brick until an entire wall was built over it.
1981: Singer Steve Tyler of Aerosmith was hospitalized after being involved in a crash on his motorcycle.
1982: Diana Ross sings the US National Anthem at Superbowl XVI in Pontiac, MI.
2005: Country-pop singer Lynn Anderson is arrested for stealing a Harry Potter DVD from a supermarket in Taos, NM, and then, allegedly, punching the arresting officer in the stomach.
