Births
1903: Bing Crosby
(Singer)
1919: Pete
Seeger (Folk Singer)
1933: James
Brown (R&B Singer)
1934: Frankie
Valli (Singer in The Four Seasons)
1951: Christopher Cross (Singer)
1953: Gary Young (Drums for Pavement)
1959: David Ball (Keyboards for Soft Cell)
1965: Simon Smith (Drums for The Wedding Present)
1972: Josey Scott (Lead singer for Saliva)
1978: Paul Banks (Lead Vocals & Guitar for
Interpol)
1981: Farrah Franklin (Singer in Destiny's Child)
Events
1958: One of
the first major rock and roll riots breaks out during Alan Freed's "Big
Beat Spring 1958" show at the Boston Arena, with local police threatening
to shut the show down because of dancing and Alan Freed telling the crowd from
the stage, "The police don't want you to have fun." He is arrested
for inciting a riot.
1964: Gerry
and the Pacemakers make their US television debut, singing "Don't Let The
Sun Catch You Crying" on CBS' Ed Sullivan Show.
1968: Having
just returned from studying with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in India, the Beach
Boys make him the opening lecture act on their new tour. About half of the
dates are eventually canceled.
1968: The Jimi Hendrix Experience recorded
'Voodoo Chile.' It was featured on the 'Electric Ladyland' double album and
became a UK No.1 single on 21st November 1970 two months after the guitarist's
death.
1969: Jimi Hendrix was arrested when Canadian
customs officials found heroin in his bag.
1971: Grand
Funk Railroad hold their sparsely-attended first press conference at the Gotham
Hotel in New York.
1976: Paul
Simon, Phoebe Snow, Jimmy Cliff and others perform a benefit for the New York
Public Library.
1976: Paul
McCartney opens his first tour with his new band as the massively successful
Wings Over America tour begins in Ft. Worth, TX.
1986: Robert Palmer went to No.1 on the US
singles chart with 'Addicted To Love', it made No.5 in the UK. Palmer
originally recorded the song as a duet with Chaka Khan but due to contractual
problems her voice was removed.
1986: Dollywood (Dolly Parton's theme park)
opened in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
1991: Texas
Governor Ann Richards officially declares today ZZ Top in the Lone Star State.
1991: Andy
Williams marries his second wife, Debbie Haas, in New York City.
2000: Rapper DMX was sentenced to 15 days in jail
after he pled guilty to drug possession charges, driving without a license and
outstanding parking tickets. DMX was also fined $350.
2001: London based bank Coutts And Co. turned
down applications from members of Oasis to open accounts on the grounds of the
bands bad behavior.
2004: The US Supreme Court rejected an appeal by
two musicians who claimed they were owed royalties from Ozzy Osbourne. Bassist
Robert Daisley and drummer Lee Kerslake had fought a long-running battle since
1997 with the Osbourne family claiming they were entitled to money from the
albums ‘Blizzard of Ozz’ and ‘Diary of a Madman.’ Sharon Osbourne, Ozzy's wife
and manager, said that the pair had "harassed" her family and had had
their contributions removed from the albums because of their "abusive and
unjust behaviour".
2006: Bob
Dylan's first hosted radio show airs on XM Satellite Radio, with the legend
playing favorite tracks by Prince, Wilco, Blur, LL Cool J, and Billy Bragg,
among others.
2008: Rap star Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was honored
with a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. The 38-year-old dedicated the star to
his father, who was shot dead in 1972.
2010: Flood waters soak the SoundCheck storage facility in
Nashville, damaging or destroying instruments, amplifiers and stage fear owned
by Brad Paisley, Toby Keith, Vince Gill and Keith Urban. As well it floods the
Grand Ole Opry House, peaking more than two feet above the venue's stage. The
Opry moves like a nomad to other Nashville locations for the next four months.
