Births
1902: Guy
Lombardo (Band Leader)
1914: Lester
Flatt (Bluegrass Singer / Songwriter)
1939: Al
Wilson (R&B Singer)
1942: Elaine
"Spanky" McFarlane (Vocals for Spanky and Our Gang)
1948: Nick
Drake (Singer / Songwriter)
1950: Ann
Wilson (Singer for Heart)
1953: Larry
Dunn (Keyboards for Earth, Wind and Fire)
1956: Doug Stone (Country Singer)
1962: Paula Abdul (Singer)
1963: Simon Wright (Drummer for AC/DC & Dio)
1966: Brian Vander Ark (Guitar & Lead Singer
for The Verve Pipe)
1970: Head (Brian Welch) (Guitar for Korn)
Events
1958: Buddy
Holly records his first solo songs, "Early In The Morning" and
"Now We're One," at Decca's Pythian Temple Studios in New York.
1960: At the
height of the folk-music boom, The Kingston Trio premier their own self-titled
weekday show on CBS radio.
1963: For the
first time, Ringo Starr uses his new Ludwig drum kit, complete with the famous
"Beatles" logo, onstage as the group performs at London's Playhouse
Theatre.
1965: The Four Tops went to No.1 on the US
singles chart with 'I Can't Help Myself'. Lead singer Levi Stubbs had not been
satisfied with the recording session and was promised that he could do it again
the following day, but no other session ever took place. The track that became
a hit was just the second take of the song.
1967:
Answering questions about a controversial interview he'd recently given to the Daily
Mirror, Paul McCartney shocks the British public by admitting on BBC
television that he's taken LSD four times.
1973: A
strange musical ode to sci-fi and other Fifties kitsch starring Tim Curry, The
Rocky Horror Show, opens as a stage show at the Royal Court's Theatre
Upstairs in London.
1973: Roberta
Flack's first (and last) television special, Roberta Flack... The First Time
Ever, also starring The Blossoms and Seals & Crofts, airs on ABC.
1976:
"Rollermania" hits the US as the Bay City Rollers begin their first-ever
American tour with a concert in Atlantic City.
1977: Six men wielding knives and iron bars
outside Shepherd's Bush underground station beat up Paul Cook from The Sex
Pistols. Cook required 15 stitches to a head wound.
1980: David
Geffen's new self-titled record label makes its first signing... disco diva
Donna Summer.
1997: Country
singer Bobby Helms died from emphysema and asthma at the age of 63 .
2000: At Bob
Dylan's concert in Portland, OR, British sign-language expert Professor Patrick
Ladd "signs" the folk-rocker's famous lyrics for the
hearing-impaired.
