Births
1925: Art
Pepper (Alto Saxophonist)
1931: Boxcar
Willie (Country Singer)
1933: Conway
Twitty (Country Singer)
1944: Archie
Bell (Singer for Archie Bell and the Drells)
1946: Barry
Gibb (Singer & Guitar for The Bee Gees)
1948: Greg
Errico (Drums for Sly and the Family Stone)
1955: Bruce Foxton (Bass & Vocals for The Jam
& Stiff Little Fingers)
1957: Gloria Estefan (Singer)
1973: J.D. Fortune (Singer for INXS)
1984: Joseph Mark Trohman (Guitarist for Fall Out
Boy)
Events
1887: Emile
Berliner files the first patent for the gramophone, beating Thomas Edison to
the punch.
1952: Ray
Charles signs to Atlantic after leaving Swingtime Records; the label will take
him in a harder R&B direction than the crooner-style pop and West Coast
Blues he had been recording.
1953: Buddy
and Bob, a country duo from Lubbock, TX, audition at local radio station KDAV,
earning themselves a weekly Sunday afternoon show and officially kicking off
the career of rock legend Buddy Holly.
1955:
Legendary DJ Alan Freed holds his "First Anniversary Rock 'n Roll
Party" at Brooklyn's Paramount Theater, featuring Chuck Berry, and for
some reason, Tony Bennett.
1956: Elvis Presley shared his success with his
family by purchasing his mother a pink Cadillac.
1957: A young
Jimi Hendrix catches Elvis Presley's performance at Seattle's Sicks Stadium.
1965: James
Brown introduces America to "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag," his latest
single, on tonight's episode of ABC-TV's Shindig!
1967: A young
guitarist named Boz Scaggs joins the blues band led by his childhood friend,
Steve Miller.
1971: After
their successful summer-replacement series, Sonny and Cher begin their fall TV
variety series on CBS-TV.
1977: Blondie, featuring former Playboy Bunny
Debra Harry, signed their first major record company contract with Chrysalis
Records.
1979: U2 released their very first record, an EP
titled 'U2-3.'
1979: INXS made their live debut in Sydney,
Australia.
1983: Mick Jones, lead guitarist with The Clash,
was fired by the other three members who claimed he'd 'drifted apart' from the
original idea of the group.
1984: After a 25-year career, Tina Turner had her
first solo No.1 single in the US with 'What's Love Got To Do With It'.
1986: Madness announced they were splitting up.
They re-formed in 1992 and again in 1999.
1989: A judge in Dublin, Ireland, decided not to
convict U2's Adam Clayton of marijuana possession, even though he had admitted
to the crime. Clayton agreed to contribute money to a women's center in Dublin.
1995: Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and
Museum was opened with a seven-hour concert with dozens of stars.
1998: Ian Gillan (Singer for Deep Purple) was
charged with assault and battery for allegedly hitting a security guard in the
head with a microphone during a concert in August.
2000: The
last remaining original member of the Platters, Herb Reed, is awarded a court
injunction against a group using the same name but containing no actual
original members.
2005: Barry Cowsill, bass guitarist for The
Cowsills, died from injuries caused by Hurricane Katrina. His body was not
recovered until December 28th, 2005, from the Chartres Street Wharf, New
Orleans. He was 51.
2006: While
still fighting his first murder trial for the death of actress Lana Clarkson,
Phil Spector marries his fourth wife, Rachelle.
2006: Ronald
Isley of the Isley Brothers is sentenced to 37 months in jail for federal
income tax evasion.
2006: Taylor Swift performs "Tim
McGraw" in her first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry.
2009: Jake Brockman, former keyboard player with
Echo and the Bunnymen was killed when his motorbike was in collision with a
converted ambulance on the Isle of Man. In 1989 the band's first drummer Pete
De Freitas died in a similar crash.
