Births
1910: Artie Shaw (Jazz Clarinetist & Bandleader)
1910: Scatman Crothers (Drummer & Singer)
1928: Rosemary Clooney (Singer)
1934: Dr. Robert Moog (Invented Moog Synthesizer)
1944: General Johnson (Norman Johnson) (Singer in General
Johnson & The Chairmen Of The Board)
1944: Ramon
"Tiki" Fulwood (Drummer for Funkadelic)
1952: James
Mankey (Guitar for Concrete Blonde)
1953: Rick Fenn (Guitar in 10CC)
1957: Jimmy
McShane (Pop singer for Baltimora)
1965: Simon Gilbert (Drums for
Suede)
1967: Junior Waite (Drummer for Musical
Youth)
1967: Philip Selway (Drums for
Radiohead)
1973: Maxwell (Gerald Maxwell Rivera) (R&B Singer)
1974: Jewel (Jewel Kilcher)
(Singer & Songwriter)
1974:Richard Jones (Bass for
Stereophonics)
1975: KT Tunstall (Singer &
Songwriter)
Events
1963: Paul Revere and the Raiders sign their first major
label contract with Columbia.
1964: Ella Fitzgerald's cover of the Beatles' "Can't Buy
Me Love" enters the UK charts, making her the first outside artist to have
a hit with a Beatles song.
1964: The Beach Boys release the single "I Get
Around".
1969: The Who release the Album “Tommy”.
1970: The latest (and last) Beatles album, Let It Be, logs
record-setting advance orders of a staggering 3.7 million.
1970: The Grateful Dead make their UK stage debut with a
four-hour show at the Hollywood Music Festival, ironically held in
Staffordshire, England, with Mungo Jerry opening.
1970: Paul McCartney's debut
solo album, 'McCartney', started a three-week run at No.1 on the US album
chart.
1971: Iron Butterfly announces their breakup.
1973: Columbia Records fires head Clive Davis, citing alleged
misuse of company funds to pay for interior decorating and his son's bar
mitzvah.
1974: George Harrison announced
the launch of his own record label, 'Dark Horse.'
1977: San Francisco bans electric instruments from all free
outdoor concerts, leaving Jefferson Starship to cancel their planned free
concert in Golden Gate Park. Years later, Bernie Taupin would write "We
Built This City" for the band about this event.
1979: Tom Petty declares bankruptcy after his record label,
ABC, is sold to MCA.
1979: The Who's acclaimed documentary The Kids Are Alright
debuts in New York.
1985: Still riding the crest of her own improbable comeback,
Aretha Franklin has "Aretha Franklin Appreciation Day" declared in
the state of Michigan by Governor James. J. Blanchard.
1987: The Doobie Brothers reform with most of their members
past and present -- a dozen members in all -- for a Vietnam Veterans benefit
that raises $350,000. Two thousand vets attend the show for free.
1991: Photographer Michael
Lavine took what would be the publicity shots for Nirvana’s 'Nevermind' album
at Jay Aaron Studios in Los Angeles. The idea for the front cover shot of the
baby swimming was taken after Kurt Cobain and Dave Grohl saw a TV documentary
on water babies and was taken by Kirk Weddle. Several babies were used;
five-month old Spencer Eldon’s photo came out best.
1992: Freddie Mercury's will bequeaths the bulk of the
deceased Queen singer's $17 million estate to his longtime companion, Mary
Austin.
2000: Noel Gallagher walked out
on his band Oasis during a European tour. The move was put down to a series of
burst-ups with his brother Liam. The band drafted in replacement guitarist Matt
Deighton for the rest of the European dates.
2007: The US Library of Congress hands out the first Gershwin
Award to Paul Simon for being a "performer whose lifetime contributions
exemplify the standard of excellence associated with the Gershwins."
