Births
1942: B.J.
Thomas (Pop Singer)
1950: Rodney Crowell (Country Guitarist &
Singer / Songwriter)
1951: Pete Way (Bass for
Fastway, UFO & Ozzy Osbourne)
1958: Bruce Dickinson (Vocals for Iron Maiden)
1960: Jacquie O'Sullivan (Singer for Bananarama)
1964: Ian Dench (Guitar for EMF)
1966: Kristin Hersh (Singer & Guitar for
Throwing Muses & Solo)
1977: Jamey Jasta (Lead Singer for Hatebreed)
Events
1954: Johnny Cash married
Vivian Liberto at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Memphis. Cash had plans of
becoming a Memphis appliance salesman, he instead formed a band with Luther
Perkins and Marshall Grant, and was signed to Sun Records a year later.
1957: The
Quarrymen (minus new member Paul McCartney, away at Scout camp!) make their
debut at Liverpool's Cavern Club. Manager Alan Sytner instructs them not to play
rock and roll, but midway through their performance, John lights into a version
of Elvis' "Don't Be Cruel," which the crowd loves.
1963: The
first of the Frankie Avalon / Annette Funicello "beach movies," Beach
Party, opens in American theaters, featuring music by surf legend Dick
Dale. Exactly 24 years later on this day, the reunion movie Back To The
Beach opens, with Frankie and Annette cast as parents with wild and crazy
teens of their own, and featuring music by Fishbone and Pee-Wee Herman.
1965: Mike Smith (Singer for Dave Clark Five) had
two ribs broken when he was pulled off the stage by a fan in Chicago.
1970:
Christine Perfect, now married to bass player John McVie, joins her husband's
band, Fleetwood Mac, as its first female member.
1971: The Bee Gees started a four week run at
No.1 on the US singles chart with 'How Can You Mend A Broken Heart'. It was the
group's tenth US hit and first No.1.
1974: J.
Geils Band frontman Peter Wolf marries movie star Faye Dunaway in a Beverly
Hills courtroom. They would divorce in 1979.
1991: Paul
Simon gives a free concert in Central Park, much as he had in 1981 with partner
Art Garfunkel. The performance eventually became the album Paul Simon's
Concert In The Park.
1995: LL Cool J and Simone Johnson were married.
1996: A
federal appeals court overturns the ruling that original Frankie Lymon and the
Teenagers members Jimmy Merchant and Herman Santiago co-wrote the group's
biggest hit, 1955's "Why Do Fools Fall In Love?" ruling that
copyright claims must be filed within three years of the song's publication.
1997: Garth Brooks played to the largest crowd
ever in New York's Central Park. An estimated 1 million people attended the
live concert with an additional 14.6 million viewing live on HBO.
1999: Violence erupted outside a Dave Matthews
Band concert in Hartford, CT. 55 arrests were made in the parking lot of the
Meadows Music Theater.
2000: Having
recently won back merchandising rights for their son's famous name, the family
of Jimi Hendrix succeeds in shutting down the faux-official website www.jimihendrix.com.
2002: Three members of Oasis were injured when
the taxi they were travelling in was involved in a crash during a US tour in
Indianapolis. Noel Gallagher, Andy Bell and Jay Darlington were all taken to
hospital and treated for cuts and bruises.
2006: Barry
Manilow cancels some dates at the Las Vegas Hilton while doctors attempt to
repair torn cartilage in his hip.
2007: The
Isley Brothers' Ron Isley begins serving a 27-month sentence at the Federal
Correctional Institution at Terre Haute, IN for income tax evasion.
2007: Lily Allen had her US work
visa cancelled after arriving at Los Angeles airport. The 22-year-old, who was
due to tour America in September, had flown in for the MTV Video Music Awards
launch. She was held at the airport for five hours in connection with an arrest
for an alleged assault in London in June.
2008: Elvis Presley's peacock
jumpsuit, was sold at auction for $300,000, making it the most expensive piece
of Elvis memorabilia ever sold at an auction. The white outfit with a plunging
V-neck and high collar featured a blue-and-gold peacock design,
hand-embroidered on the front and back and along the pant legs.
2011: Grammy-winning OutKast
rapper Big Boi (Antwan Patton) was arrested in Miami for
possession of drugs including ecstasy and Viagra pills.
