Births
1928: Johnny
Griffin (Jazz Saxophonist)
1942: Barbra
Streisand (Singer)
1943: Richard
Sterban (Bass Singer in The Oak Ridge Boys)
1945: Doug
Clifford (Drums in Creedence Clearwater Revival)
1951: Nigel Harrison (Bass for Blondie)
1954: Jack Blades (Bass for Night Ranger &
Damn Yankees)
1957: David J (Bass for Bauhaus & Love &
Rockets)
1957: Boris Williams (Drums for The Cure)
1963: Billy Gould (Bass for Faith No More)
1963: Joey Vera (Bass for Armored Saint, Fates
Warning & Anthrax)
1967: Patty Schemel (Drums for Hole)
1974: Brian Marshall (Bass for Creed)
1982: Kelly Clarkson (Pop Singer)
Events
1954: Keeping
an eye on the new trends, an article in this week's Billboard is
entitled "Teenagers Demand Music With A Beat - Spur Rhythm And
Blues."
1959: After
running on Saturday nights on radio for 24 years and TV for the last nine, the
final installment of the musical countdown show Your Hit Parade airs on
NBC. The final Top Five: Elvis Presley, "I Need Your Love Tonight"
(#5), Brook Benton, "It's Just A Matter Of Time" (#4), Ricky Nelson,
"Never Be Anyone Else But You" (#3), Dodie Stevens, "Pink Shoe
Laces" (#2), and the Fleetwoods at #1 with "Come Softly To Me."
1961: Bob
Dylan makes his first recording -- playing harmonica on Harry Belafonte's song
"Calypso King." He's paid fifty dollars.
1963: An
18-year-old Brenda Lee marries Ronnie Shacklett, one year her senior, in
Nashville a mere six months after meeting him at a Jackie Wilson concert. 49
years later, the two are still together.
1968: The
newly-formed Apple Records decides not to sign a young talent named David
Bowie.
1969: Paul
McCartney says their is no truth to rumors he is dead.
1970: Having
been invited to a White House dinner by Tricia Nixon, daughter of US President
Richard Nixon, the Jefferson Airplane's Grace Slick brings radical Abbie
Hoffman with her, in an attempt to secretly dose Tricia with LSD during the
meal. Hoffman is turned away at the door by Secret Service agents, causing
Slick to leave as well.
1974: Pamela Courson the long-term companion of
the late Jim Morrison died of a drugs overdose. It was Courson who found the
Doors singer dead on July 3, 1971 in the bathtub of their apartment in Paris,
France.
1975: Pete
Ham (Guitar for Badfinger) hanged himself in the garage of his Surrey home,
three days before his 28th birthday. At the time of his death his Blood alcohol
content was estimated to have been 0.27%.
1976: In a
parody of recent public offers, Saturday Night Live producer Lorne
Michaels goes on air and offers the Beatles the whopping sum of $3,000 if they
agree to reunite on the hits NBC-TV show. And it almost happens: Paul, visiting
John in his New York apartment for what would turn out to be the last time, is
watching the skit with John, and both consider going across town to the studio
live. However, the duo decide they're too tired.
1977: Elvis Presley made the last recordings of
his life during a concert at the Saginaw, Michigan Civic Centre. Three songs
from the show appeared on the posthumously released Presley album, 'Moody
Blue'.
1977: Talking Heads began its first European
tour, supporting the Ramones.
1979: The Police made their debut on BBC TV's
'Top Of The Pops' performing 'Roxanne'.
1979:
Governor George Busbee of Georgia issues a proclamation declaring Hoagy
Carmichael's "Georgia On My Mind" the new official state song. Ray
Charles sings his famous version at the ceremony.
1981: New Order started work on their first album
at Strawberry studios in Stockport, England.
1982: Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder were at
No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Ebony And Ivory.' This was McCartney's 24th
No.1 hit single as a songwriter. The title was inspired by McCartney hearing
Spike Milligan say "black notes, white notes, and you need to play the two
to make harmony folks!". It was later named as the tenth worst song of all
time by Blender magazine and in 2007 was named the worst duet in history by BBC
6 Music listeners.
1984: With
questions still lingering about the death of his fifth wife, Shawn Stephens,
Jerry Lee Lewis marries his sixth, Kerrie McCarver, the 22-year-old president
of his fan club.
1988: Bon Jovi's manager Doc Mcgee was convicted
on drug offences arising from the 1982 seizure of 40,000lb of marijuana
smuggled into north Carolina from Colombia. McGee was sentenced to a five year
suspended prison term and a $15,000 fine.
1990: The Fender Stratocaster that Jimi Hendrix
played at the Woodstock festival was auctioned off for a record $295,000.
1990: The road crew for Roger Waters discovered
an unexploded World War II era bomb while constructing the set for "The
Wall" concert in Potsdamer Platz, Germany.
1992: The
Cleveland Orchestra sues Michael Jackson for $7 million after it discovers the
singer used part of their recording of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on his hit
album Dangerous.
1992: Kris Kross started an eight week run at
No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Jump'. The duo of Chris Smith and Chris
Kelly were 12 and 13 when they recorded the song.
1992: David
Bowie marries his second wife, model Iman, in Switzerland.
1992: In his
hometown of Inglewood, NJ, Wilson Pickett drives his car through the mayor's
front yard, yelling death threats at the house and accidentally running over an
86-year-old man. He is later arrested and found with open containers of alcohol
in his car.
1994: Adam Horovitz of the Beastie Boys was
sentenced to 200 hours of community service for attacking a TV cameraman during
the memorial services for actor River Phoenix the previous November.
1996: It was announced that Scott Weiland (Stone
Temple Pilots) was in a drug rehab and could not perform causing the
cancellation of several shows.
2002: Jewel was thrown from a horse and suffered
a broken collarbone and a rib.
2004: Marion "Suge" Knight, the founder
of Death Row records was released from Mule Creek State Prison in California after
serving 10 months for breaking his parole on a 1997 assault. Knight was sent
back to prison on 4 August for a second parole violation after he punched a
parking attendant outside a Hollywood night-club in 2003.
2007: US
President George W. Bush is denied a luxury suite at the Imperial Hotel in
Vienna when Mick Jagger, in town with the Stones on a tour, books it first.
2007: American singer Bobby
"Boris" Pickett died of leukemia at the age of 69. Scored the
Halloween anthem ‘The Monster Mash’ in 1962. The song had been banned by The
BBC in the UK, deemed offensive and wasn’t a hit until 1973. It was a spoof on
the dance crazes popular at the time, including the Twist and the Mashed
Potato.
2007: Sheryl Crow said a ban on using too much
toilet paper should be introduced to help the environment. The singer suggested
using "only one square per restroom visit, except, of course, on those
pesky occasions where two to three could be required". Crowe made the
comments on her website after touring the US on a biodiesel-powered bus to
raise awareness about climate change. Crow had also designed a clothing line
with what she called a "dining sleeve". The sleeve is detachable and
can be replaced with another "dining sleeve" after the diner has used
it to wipe his or her mouth.
2009: A man suing rapper Snoop
Dogg told a court he received a ‘brutal’ beating from the star's security.
Richard Monroe Jr also claimed that the rapper hit him with a microphone after
he climb on stage. Mr. Monroe was asking for $22m in damages from the rapper
and others. Jurors were told that as the performer started his hit ‘Gin and
Juice’, at the White River Amphitheatre in Seattle, Mr. Monroe thought there
was an open invitation to go up on stage and party.
2011: Hazel Dickens, a folk
singer and bluegrass musician who advocated for coal miners, Die from
complications from Pneumonia.
