Births
1938: Norma Jean (Country Singer)
1942: Marty Balin (Singer for Jefferson Airplane & Starship)
1947: Steve Marriott (Guitar for Humble Pie & Small Faces)
1949: William King (Trumpet for The Commodores)
1951: Phil Collins (Drummer & Vocals for Genesis & Solo)
1959: Jody Watley (Singer in Shalamar & Solo)
Events
1961: The Shirelles became the first girl group to have the number one song on the US chart when 'Will You Love Me Tomorrow?' reached the top.
1969: The Beatles give their last public live performance on the roof of their own Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London. The band had come up with the idea of a rooftop performance a few days earlier, but the roof had to be shored up first in order to handle the weight of the group's equipment. The concert, which lasts 42 minutes, comes to an abrupt end when police, tipped off by the complaints of a nearby shop owner, shut the concert down.
1973: KISS play their first concert, at Popcorn (The Coventry Club) in Queens, New York. They wear makeup onstage, but not the look they would become known for.
1974: Greg Lake of Emerson, Lake, and Palmer is arrested for swimming nude in a hotel pool in Salt Lake City, NV. The pool was clearly visible from the street.
1982: American blues guitarist, singer Sam Lightnin Hopkins died of cancer at age 70.
1988: INXS had their first US No.1 hit single with 'Need You Tonight'.
1990: Unhappy with the re-issue of the bands early single 'Sally Cinnaman' The Stone Roses trashed their former record company Revolver FM's offices and threw paint over cars. The band were arrested and charged with criminal damage.
1998: Elton John recieved a knighthood in British Prime Minister Tony Blair's first New Year's Eve Honours List.
2007: R&B Singer Brandy (Brandy Norwood) was sued for wrongful-death by the parents of a woman that was killed in a car crash involving Brandy on Decenber 30, 2006.
