Births
1945: Bob Seger (Guitar and Singer)
1950: Robbie McIntosh (Drummer for
Average White Band)
1951: Davey Johnstone (Guitar for The Elton John Band)
1960: John Flansburgh (Guitar &
Vocals for They Might Be Giants)
1964: Tony Scalzo (Singer &
Guitarist for Fastball)
1966: David Narcizo (Drums for
Throwing Muses)
1967: Mark Bryan (Guitar for Hootie
& The Blowfish)
1968: Lætitia
Sadier (Singer in Stereolab)
1971: Chris Shiflett (Guitar for
Foo Fighters)
Events
1957: Chuck Berry recorded "Rock And Roll Music".
1965: While preparing to go to sleep in his hotel room while on tour
in Clearwater, FL, the Rolling Stones' Keith Richards fools around with his new
Gibson "fuzz box" amp and discovers a new guitar riff, one he likes
so much he starts his tape recorder and plays it over and over until he falls
asleep. When he awakens the next day, he finds a tape full of one guitar riff
and about twenty minutes of snoring; bringing the riff to Mick Jagger at the
hotel pool, the two begin composing their breakthrough hit, "(I Can't Get
No) Satisfaction."
1965: Marianne Faithfull marries her second husband, artist John
Dunbar, at the registry office in Cambridge, England. Within six months she
will be living with Mick Jagger, who had written her hit song "As Tears Go
By."
1965: James Brown recorded "I Got You (I Feel
Good)".
1973: Paul Simon begins his first tour as a solo artist, performing
at Music Hall in Boston at a show that would be recorded for his upcoming album
Live Rhymin'.
1977: The Boomtown Rats played
their first gig in England when they appeared at Studio 51, London.
1977: Dolly Parton made her New York singing debut.
1978: At the United Nations, the Bee Gees announce an upcoming series
of concerts to benefit the UNICEF organization.
1978: The soundtrack to Saturday
Night Fever started an 18 week run at No.1 on the US. The album, which features
seven Bee Gee songs, went on to sell over 30 million copies worldwide.
1982: Tom Paton, manager of the Bay City Rollers, is convicted of the
counts of "conducting (himself) in a shamelessly indecent manner"
with teen boys. He is sentenced to three years in prison.
1984: Tina Turner releases the soon-to-be-smash single "What's
Love Got To Do With It?" marking the beginning of one of the greatest
comebacks in music history.
1984: Fictional group Spinal Tap
played a gig at New York's CBGB's.
1993: The IRS raids Jerry Lee Lewis' ranch home in Nesbit, MS, and
hauls away his belongings in an attempt to make up for what it says are $1.6
million in back taxes.
1994: Pearl Jam filed a complaint
with the U.S. Justice Department against Ticketmaster. The charge was the
company had a monopoly on the concert ticket business.
1996: Metallic began two days of
recording for the video "Until It Sleeps."
1997: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame holds its twelfth annual
induction ceremonies, for the first time in Cleveland, Ohio, home of the Hall
itself. The Jackson 5 & Michael Jackson, The Bee Gees, The Young Rascals,
Joni Mitchell, Buffalo Springfield, and Parliament-Funkadelic are all inducted.
Mitchell decides not to accept her award in person after having just publicly
reconciled with the daughter she gave up for adoption three decades earlier.
2002: Albany State University in Georgia awards hometown boy Ray
Charles an honorary Doctorate of Philosophy.
2002: 'Bohemian Rhapsody' by Queen
was voted the UK's favorite single of all time in a poll by the Guinness Hit
Singles book. 'Imagine' by John Lennon was voted in at No.2 and 'Hey Jude', The
Beatles No.3, 'Dancing Queen' by Abba was fourth and Madonna 'Like A Prayer'
was in fifth place.
2002: American songwriter and producer
Otis Blackwell died from a heart attack. He wrote the classic songs ‘All Shook
Up’, ‘Return To Sender’, ‘Don't Be Cruel’, ‘Great Balls Of Fire’ and ‘Fever.’
Over the years, Blackwell's songs have sold more than 185 million copies.
2005: In Augusta, GA, a statue of
James Brown was unveiled. The bronze lifesize statue was to commemorate Brown's
musical accomplishments.
2005: US coffee shop chain
Starbucks banned the sale of Bruce Springsteen's latest album Devils and Dust
over concerns about its adult content. The retailer - which stocked CDs at its
branches in the US - said it would be promoting other albums instead.
2006: The Go-Betweens singer & songwriter Grant
McLennan died in his sleep at his home in Brisbane, Australia, aged 48 from a
heart attack.
2008: Cher returns to the stage with the first of 200 planned shows
at the Las Vegas Coliseum, marking her final three-year retirement tour. (Only
78 shows would be performed.)
2009: A former publicist for
Michael Jackson was suing the singer for $44m for his alleged failure to pay
her for her services. Raymone Bain said Mr Jackson had agreed to give her 10%
of any business deals arranged with her assistance. Ms Bain acted as Mr
Jackson's publicist during his 2005 trial for child abuse.
