Births
1913: Woody
Herman (jazz clarinetist)
1919:
Liberace (Wladziu Valentinon Liberace) (Piano Player)
1929: Betty
Carter (Jazz Singer)
1946: Robert
Fripp (Guitarist for King Crimson)
1946: Billy
Cobham (Jazz Drummer)
1946: Roger Earl (Drummer for
Foghat)
1947: Darrel
Sweet (Drummer for Nazareth)
1947: Barbara
Lee (The Chiffons)
1951:
Jonathan Richman (Guitar & Vocals for The Modern Lovers & Solo)
1953: Richard Page (Lead Singer & Bass for Mr.
Mister)
1958: Glenn Gregory (Singer for Heaven 17)
1964: Boyd Tinsley (Violinist for Dave Matthews
Band)
1965: Chris Novoselic (Bass for Nirvana)
1966: Janet Jackson (Singer)
1968: Ralph Tresvant (Vocals for New Edition and
Solo)
Events
1953: While
walking from the Avon railway station after playing in a Paris club, guitar
legend Django Reinhardt collapsed outside his house from a brain haemorrhage
and died.
1960: Billboard
magazine reports that Detroit music mogul Berry Gordy is thinking of starting
three new record labels, including one called Motown.
1963: At this
year's Grammy Awards ceremonies in Los Angeles, Tony Bennett's "I Left My
Heart In San Francisco" wins Record Of The Year and Best Male Vocal, while
Ray Charles' "I Can't Stop Loving You" is awarded Best R&B
Recording. For some reason, Best Rock and Roll Record goes to the Bent Fabric
instrumental "Alley Cat."
1965: The
Rolling Stones' limo is attacked by female fans on the way back to their hotel
after a show in Long Beach, CA, standing on the roof in such numbers that it
caves in. While the band holds the roof up with their hands, the chauffeur
speeds away, leaving fans to fall on the road.
1965: The Beach Boys appeared on the "The Ed
Sullivan Show" and performed "Help Me Rhonda."
1966: The Beach Boys released the album 'Pet
Sounds' in the US. The album is now regarded as the masterpiece of
composer-producer Brian Wilson, and is often hailed as one of the best and most
influential albums in popular music.
1966: Frank
Sinatra recorded the single "Summer Wind".
1966: Dylan’s iconic Blonde On
Blonde album was released. Rock's first double album, and Dylan's seventh
studio effort, it was recorded with Al Kooper, Robbie Robertson and Nashville
country music session players, and had what Dylan later called ‘that wild
mercury sound’.
1969: Jack
Casady, bassist for the Jefferson Airplane, is arrested in New Orleans for
possession of marijuana and given a suspended sentence of two-and-a-half years.
1969: During
the Who's set at the Fillmore East in New York, a plainclothes policeman rushes
the stage to tell the audience that a fire has broken out, but guitarist Pete
Townshend, figuring him for a rabid fan, kicks him off. Literally. The
guitarist is arrested onstage, and later charged $30.
1970: Randy
Bachman leaves the Guess Who to produce an album for Winnipeg band Brave Belt,
which he eventually joins. At the suggestion of Neil Young, Bachman recruits
fellow Winnipeg bassist and vocalist C.F. Turner, and the band Bachman-Turner
Overdrive is born.
1970: Marty
Balin of the Jefferson Airplane is arrested in his Bloomington, MN hotel room
after police, responding to a noise complaint, find the singer smoking
marijuana and having sex with teenage girls. His sentence is eventually reduced
to a small fine.
1975:
Tonight's episode of NBC-TV's The Midnight Special is a retro tribute
hosted by Chubby Checker and featuring musical performances by Bo Diddley, The
Drifters, Lesley Gore, The Angels, The Tymes, and Danny and the Juniors.
1976: Mayor
James H. McGee declares today "Ohio Players Day" in the band's
hometown of Dayton, OH.
1980: The
Carpenters' last TV special, Music, Music, Music, airs on ABC.
1980: Brian
May of Queen collapses onstage during a concert in and is rushed to the
hospital, where he is diagnosed (for the second time) with hepatitis.
1980: Former Buggles members Trevor Horn and
Geoff Downes joined Yes, replacing Rick Wakeman and Jon Anderson.
1980: Elvis
Presley's doctor, George Nichopoulous, is brought before the Memphis medical
board and officially charged with 14 counts of abusing his right to prescribe
medication. Though he will be acquitted in November, his case will be reopened
twelve years later, when his license will be revoked.
1983: The television special "Motown 25:
Yesterday, Today and Forever" aired. It was a taping of the first time
that Michael Jackson performed the moonwalk for a live audience.
1984: Ozzy Osbourne was arrested in Memphis,
Tennessee for ‘staggering drunk’ down Beale Street.
1986: Johnny
Paycheck is convicted of shooting a man in a misunderstanding occurring at a
bar in Hillsboro, OH. The fan was only grazed by the bullet and Paycheck is
pardoned after 22 months in prison.
1986: Caitlin O'Riordan (Bass for The Pogues) and
Elvis Costello were married. They
divorced in 2002.
1987: David
Crosby marries his longtime girlfriend Jan Dance in Los Angeles, with bandmate
Stephen Stills giving away the bride and Graham Nash renewing his vows with
wife Susan.
1987: U2 started a three week run at No.1 on the
US singles chart 'With Or Without You', the group's first US No.1.
1990: Sammy
Davis Jr. died of complications from throat cancer.
1998: Keith
Richards of the Rolling Stones reaches for a book of artistic nudes in his
library at home in Connecticut and falls from a ladder, breaking a few ribs and
forcing the band to postpone its upcoming tour.
1999: Diana
Ross stars in her last major TV role, portraying the estranged mother of
R&B singer Brandy in the NBC movie Double Platinum.
2000: The Artist announced that he was reclaiming
the name "Prince" since his contract with Warner-Chappell had
expired. The contract officially ended on December 31, 1999.
2000: The "What My Heart Has Seen"
exhibition opened at the Catto Gallery in London. The art is the work of Tony
Bennett.
2000: The Debut Britney Spears album "Oops!..I
Did It Again" was released.
2002: Cher is
the guest star (for the second time) on tonight's "A.I.: Artificial
Insemination" episode of NBC-TV's Will & Grace.
2003:
Hoboken, NJ names its post office after its favorite son, Frank Sinatra.
2003: While
undergoing dialysis, Barry White suffers a stroke, though his sister publicly
claims he will soon perform again, it proves to be the end of White's public
life.
2011: Ronnie James Dio, singer with Elf, Rainbow,
Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell, and his own band Dio died after a six-month
battle with stomach cancer. He was 68 years old.
