Births
1959: Kurtis Blow (Curtis Walker) (Rapper)
1963: Whitney Houston (Singer)
1968: Sam Fogarino (Drums for Interpol)
1972: Juanes (Juan
Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez) (Colombian Singer & Guitarist)
Events
1963: ITV
television in Britain premieres the legendary rock and roll variety show Ready!
Steady! Go!, which would run until 1966. The first episode features co-host
Dusty Springfield as well as musical guests The Searchers, Pat Boone, and The
Tremeloes.
1964: Bob
Dylan and Joan Baez share the stage for the first time, singing "With God
On Our Side" at the Newport Folk Festival.
1964: The
crowd of over three thousand at tonight's Rolling Stones gig in Manchester,
England, prove hard to control, accidentally breaking the ribs of one policeman
and causing another two to faint in the crush.
1967: At
England's National Jazz and Blues Festival in Sunberry, Jerry Lee Lewis is
kicked off the stage after the overenthusiastic crowd responds to his set with
a near-riot.
1978: Muddy
Waters performs at the Carter White House.
1980: AC/DC scored their first UK No.1 album with
'Back In Black'. It only went to #4 in
the US. It was the first AC/DC album recorded without former lead singer Bon
Scott, (who died on 19 February 1980 at the age of 33), and was dedicated to
him. The album has sold an estimated 49 million copies worldwide to date,
making it the second highest selling album of all time, and the best selling
hard rock or heavy metal album, as well as the best selling album ever released
by a band.
1980: Ten original Gerald Scarfe drawings for
Pink Floyd’s album ‘The Wall’ were stolen from the foyer of Earls Court,
London, England where they were being exhibited.
1985: After
the massive success of the Motown 25 TV special on NBC, the network
debuts the ill-fated Motown Revue variety series, which would only run
for five weeks.
1986: Queen
give what would prove to be their last live performance ever at the annual
Knebworth Park Festival in England, closing as usual with "We Will Rock
You / We Are The Champions" and "God Save The Queen."
1988: Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock release the
album “It Takes Two”.
1991: The 5th
Dimension are awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
1991: Rick James pled innocent to charges that he
imprisoned, tortured and sexually assaulted a woman in his California home.
1994: During an Oasis gig at The Riverside in
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, guitarist Noel Gallagher was hit in the face by a
man who had jumped on the stage. Noel refused to carry on playing and after
leaving the stage a mob of over 300 people attacked the bands bus as they were
leaving.
1995: The
Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia’s body was discovered in his room at the
rehabilitation clinic. The cause of death was a heart attack. Garcia had long
struggled with drug addiction, weight problems, and sleep apnea, all of which
contributed to his physical decline. He was well known for his distinctive
guitar playing and was ranked 13th in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest
Guitarist's of All Time"
2002: Lisa
Marie Presley was married to actor Nicolas Cage in a union that lasts less than
four months.
2005: Singer / Songwriter Marc Cohn survived
being shot in the head during an attempted car jacking as he left a concert in
Denver, Colorado. Cohn was struck in the temple by the bullet but it did not
penetrate his skull. Police said a man tried to steal Cohn's tour van as it
left after a show, the attacker was fleeing police after trying to pay a hotel
bill with a stolen credit card.
2007: As the
first Phil Spector / Lana Clarkson murder trial winds down, the legal teams
visit the famed producer's Alhambra mansion in California to take a look at the
scene of the crime.
2007: Amy Winehouse cancelled a
series of European shows after being admitted to hospital suffering from
"severe exhaustion". The 23-year-old singer was taken to University
College London Hospital and later discharged. In the past few weeks she had
pulled out of the T in the Park festival - also citing "exhaustion",
Liverpool's Summer Pops event and concerts in Norway and Denmark.
2007: Baltimore's mayor Sheila Dixon proclaimed
today as the city's official 'Frank Zappa Day' citing Zappa's musical
accomplishments as well as his defense of the First Amendment to the United
States Constitution.
2007: Jennifer Lopez won
$545,000 in a case against her first husband who planned to publish a book
claiming she had several affairs. Lopez claimed Ojani Noa had violated a
previous legal settlement preventing him from revealing private details about
their relationship. The star claimed Mr. Noa offered not to publish the book in
return for $5 million.
2011: Singer
Gavin DeGraw suffered a broken nose and was hospitalized after he was attacked
by a group on a New York City street.
2011: Kiss
guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley and wife, Erin, welcomed their fourth child,
daughter Emily Grace Stanley.
