Births
1928: Burt Bacharach (Writer & Singer)
1937: George Carlin (Comedian)
1942: Ian Dury (Singer & songwriter)
1945: Ian McLagan (Keyboards for Small Faces)
1948: Steve Winwood (Vocals & Keyboards for Spencer Davis
Group, Traffic & Solo)
1950: Billy Squier (Guitarist & Singer)
1955: Kix Brooks (Singer / Songwriter in Brooks & Dunn)
1958: Eric Singer (Drummer for Kiss)
1961: Billy Duffy (Guitar for The Cult)
1962: Brett
Gurewitz (Guitar for Bad Religion)
1966: Bebel
Gilberto (Brazilian Singer)
Events
1958: The Everly Brothers started a four-week run at No.1 in
the US with 'All I Have To Do Is Dream', (the song was written in 15 minutes).
1960: Frank Sinatra and Elvis
Presley appeared on the same TV special and performed the other's hit. Elvis
sang "Witchcraft" and Sinatra sang "Love Me Tender."
1962: Billboard Magazine reported that last year's
most-played jukebox record was ‘Big Bad John’ by Jimmy Dean. The second
most-played was Chubby Checker's ‘The Twist’.
1963: Bob Dylan walked out of rehearsals for the US TV Ed
Sullivan show after being told he couldn't perform 'Talking John Birch Society
Blues' due to it mocking the US military.
1964: The Beach Boys started a four week run at No.1 on the
US album chart with 'Beach Boys Concert', the group's first US No.1.
1965: "Satisfaction" was
recorded by The Rolling Stones.
1967: 'Are You Experienced', the debut album by Jimi Hendrix
was released in the UK. Hendrix also played a gig at the Bluesville Club, Manor
House in London on this day.
1967: Archie Bell (Drells) was drafted into the U.S. military
for a tour of Vietnam.
1968: Jimi Hendrix was arrested by police on his way to
Toronto for possession of hashish and heroin. Hendrix claimed the drugs had
been planted on him.
1968: Brian Jones (Guitar and was replaced by Mick Taylor)
made his final live appearance with The Rolling Stones when they appeared at
the New Musical Express Poll Winners Concert at the Empire Pool, Wembley,
England.
1971: Rolling Stone Mick Jagger married Bianca Macias at St
Tropez Town Hall. The guest list included the other members of the Rolling
Stones, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton and Stephen Stills. The
couple separated in 1977.
1971: Jerry Lee Lewis was granted
a divorce from his cousin Myra.
1975: Jefferson Starship gave a free concert in New York's
Central Park in front of 60,000 fans. The band and concert sponsor, WNEW-FM,
were forced to pay $14,000 for cleaning up and damage done to the park after
the event.
1977: After being dropped by both EMI and A&M records in
less than 6 months, Virgin records announced they had signed The Sex Pistols.
1977: Led Zeppelin received the outstanding contribution to
British music at the second Ivor Novello Awards held at the Grosvenor Hotel,
London.
1981: Meat Loaf filed for bankruptcy with debts of over $1
million.
1985: An honorary Doctor of Music
degree was given to Lionel Richie from his alma mater Tuskegee Institute in
Alabama.
1986: Joe Strummer of The Clash was banned from driving after
being convicted of drink driving.
1996: 17-year-old Bernadette O'Brien died the day after being
injured 'body surfing' at a Smashing Pumpkins gig at The Point, Dublin.
1999: George Jones pled guilty to
driving while impaired and violating the Tennessee's open-container law in
Franklin. He was fined $550.
2000: Thieves stole the gates to Strawberry Fields the
Merseyside landmark immortalized by The Beatles song. The 10' high iron gates
were later found at local scrap metal dealers in Liverpool.
2001: American singer and TV presenter Perry Como died aged
88. He scored fourteen US No.1 singles, from 150 US chart hits and over 25 UK
chart hits, including the single 'Magic Moments' and 'Catch A Falling Star.'
Como was once the highest-paid performer in the history of television.
2002: At Miami International
Airport, Dionne Warwick was arrested when baggage screeners found 11 marijuana
cigarettes inside her lipstick container.
2002: Tom Hamilton's (Bass for Aerosmith) home in
Cape Cod was destroyed by a fire. The house was under construction at the time.
2004: Barry and Robin Gibb were both presented with honorary
degrees from Manchester University. They also picked up a posthumous award for their
brother Barry. The brothers had once lived in Manchester, England.
2008: Singer-songwriter Neil Young had a spider named after
him. US university biologist Jason Bond discovered a new species of trapdoor
spider and decided to name it after his favorite musician. Myrmekiaphila
neilyoungi was found in Jefferson County, Alabama, in 2007.
2011: 29-year-old
Kings of Leon rocker Caleb Followill tied the knot with 25-year-old model Lily
Aldridge in Montecito, Calif. "It was a perfect day," says Followill,
who met the Victoria's Secret model at Coachella in 2007.
