Births
1898: Blind Willie McTell (Blues Artist)
1934: Johnnie Taylor (R&B Singer)
1942: Tammy Wynette (Country singer)
1948: Bill Ward (Drums for Black Sabbath)
1959: Ian McCulloch (Lead Vocals for Echo And The Bunnymen)
1959: Steve Stevens (Guitar for Billy Idol)
1963: James
LaBrie (Singer for Dream Theater)
1966: Shawn Drover
(Drummer for Megadeth)
1981: Craig David (Singer)
1981: Jesse Colburn (Guitarist for Avril Lavigne)
1988: Adele (Adele Laurie Blue Adkins) (Pop Singer)
1989: Chris Brown (R&B Singer)
Events
1891: The Music Hall (later Carnegie Hall) had its
grand opening with its first public performance. The first performer was Pyotr
Llych Tchaikovsky.
1900 : "The Billboard" (later called
"Billboard") began weekly publication instead of monthly after six
years of publication.
1956: Elvis Presley scored his first US No.1 single and album
when 'Heartbreak Hotel' went to the top of the charts. His debut album also
went to No.1 making it the first Rock & Roll album to go to #1 on the
Billboard charts.
1962: The Shirelles started a three week run at No.1 on the
US singles chart with 'Soldier Boy', it made No.23 in the UK.
1962: The soundtrack to West Side Story went to No.1 on the
US album chart. It went on to spend a total of 54 weeks at the No.1 position.
1963: On a recommendation by George Harrison, Dick Rowe Head
of A&R at Decca records (and the man who turned down The Beatles), went to
see The Rolling Stones play at Crawdaddy Club, London. The band was signed to
the label within a week.
1968: Buffalo Springfield split up. Richie Fury formed Poco
and Stephen Stills teamed up with David Crosby and Graham Nash in Crosby Stills
& Nash.
1968: Creedence Clearwater
Revival's "Bad Moon Rising" was released.
1969: Stevie Wonder met President
Nixon at the White House.
1972: Blind blues guitarist Reverend Gary Davis died of a
heart attack aged 76. His unique finger-picking style influenced many other
artists.
1973: David Bowie scored his first UK No.1 album when
'Aladdin Sane' started a five-week run at the top, featuring the single 'Drive
In Saturday'.
1974: The band Television appeared at CBGB's in New York
City, supported by the Stillettoes (later to become Blondie, who were playing
their first show at CBGB).
1984: Simple Minds singer Jim Kerr married Pretenders singer
Chrissie Hynde in a horse drawn carriage in Central Park, New York City.
1984: Duran Duran were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with
'The Reflex', the group's second and last No.1. The song which was taken from
their third album Seven and the Ragged Tiger was also a US No.1.
1986: It was announced that Cleveland, Ohio, had been chosen
as the city where the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame would be built.
1987: Over 130 girls fainted during a gig by Curiosity Killed
The Cat in Liverpool, England.
1990: The John Lennon tribute concert was held at the Pier
Head Arena in Merseyside, featuring Lenny Kravitz, Al Green, Joe Cocker, The
Christians, Kylie Minogue, Ringo Starr, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Deacon Blue, Lou
Reed, Joe Walsh and Wet Wet Wet.
1990: At his
wedding reception, drummer Jason Bonham plays a set with his dad's old
bandmates in Led Zeppelin, sparking yet more reunion rumors that do not come to
pass.
1992: Radiohead released 'The Drill EP', their first record
in the UK.
1995: Former Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler was arrested
on a felony count of possession of heroin, as well as two misdemeanour drug
charges.
1996: Cranberries singer Dolores O’Riordan received both a
public apology and a donation of $12,750
to the Warchild charity from The Sport newspaper after they ran a story
claiming she had performed a gig in Hamburg without wearing any underwear.
1997: Management company Ignition sent emails to over 100
Oasis unofficial websites threatening legal action over their alleged unlawful
breach of copyright over Oasis music featured on the sites.
1997: Texas
Governor George W. Bush declares today ZZ Top Day.
1997: Tim McGraw and Faith Hill have their first baby, Gracie
Katherine McGraw.
1998: The Michigan state legislature introduced a bill that
would limit concert attendance by minors under the age of 18.
1999: Garth Brooks was named
artist of the decade at the 34 annual Academy of Country Music Awards.
2000: Rod Stewart had a one-hour throat operation at Cedar
Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles to remove a growth on his thyroid. The
growth turns out to be benign.
2002: Two disc jockeys from Denver's KRFX-FM, Rick Lewis and
Michael Floorwax, stopped a live radio interview with Detroit rocker Ted Nugent
after he used derogatory racial terms for Asians and Blacks. The station
received dozens of complaints.
2005: Justin Timberlake underwent an operation at Los
Angeles' Cedars Sinai Hospital to remove nodules from his throat.
2011: Bryan Adams became a first-time father at the age of
51. The Mother of their baby is Alicia
Grimaldi, a long-time employee who helps run Adams' charitable efforts.
