Births
1934: Freddie
King (Blues Guitarist & Singer)
1942: Al
Jardine (Guitar & Vocals for The Beach Boys)
1947: Eric
Bell (Guitar for Thin Lizzy)
1948: Don
Brewer (Drums & Vocals for Grand Funk Railroad)
1950: Doug Pinnick (Bass for King’s X)
1955: Steve Jones
(Guitarist for The Sex Pistols)
1963: Jonathan Segal (Guitar &
Violin for Camper Van Beethoven)
1965: Vaden “Danger” Todd Lewis (Guitar &
Vocals for Toadies)
1971: Mike Wengren (Drummer For Disturbed)
1975: Redfoo (Stefan
Kendal Gordy) (Rapper in LMFAO)
1979: Tomislav 'Tomo' Milichevich Sarajevo (Lead
Guitarist for 30 Seconds to Mars)
1980: Jay 'Cone' McCaslin (Bass for Sum 41)
1980: B.G. (Christopher
Dorsey) (Rapper)
1982: Andrew McMahon (Singer & Pianist for
Jack’s Mannequin & Something Corporate)
Events
1955: Bill Haley &
his Comets turned down a $2,000 offer for a 15-date tour of Australia because
of their fear of flying.
1963: Three
years after its inception, Frank Sinatra's Reprise Records is bought by Warner
Brothers.
1965: Yet
another riot during a Rolling Stones concert as 30 fans rush the stage during their
performance in Dublin, Ireland, knocking lead singer Mick Jagger to the floor
and forcing the band to flee.
1966: After
14 years on TV (and ten years on radio before that), the last episode of The
Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, which made Ricky Nelson a household name,
airs on ABC.
1966: Donovan went to No.1 on the US singles
chart with 'Sunshine Superman', a No.2 hit in the UK. The track featured then
Yardbird and future Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page. The song was written for
Donovan's future wife Linda Lawrence.
1968: Sly and
the Family Stone's career gets another boost when the band wins the final round
on NBC-TV's summer talent competition Showcase '68.
1968: Having
quit the band in disgust a few weeks earlier due to endless band infighting
during the "White Album" sessions, Ringo returns to Abbey Road
Studios to find his drum kit covered in flowers.
1970: Alan
Wilson (Lead Singer for Canned Heat) died in Topanga Canyon, California of a
drug overdose at age 27. Although Wilson had reportedly attempted suicide twice
before and his death is sometimes reported as a suicide, this is not clearly
established as he left no note.
1970: The
Dave Clark Band call it quits after ten years.
1970: An
affair with Mick Jagger is cited in Marianne Faithfull's divorce proceedings
from art dealer John Dunbar.
1970: The
Crazy World of Arthur Brown suffers a setback when Brown is arrested after a
performance at the Palermo Pop Festival in Italy for completely disrobing on
stage. He spends four days in solitary confinement, during which he receives a
petition signed by 200 locals advising him to leave the country immediately.
1970: The
very first "bootleg" recording, a collection of Bob Dylan outtakes
entitled Great White Wonder, reaches its peak sales figure of 350,000
copies.
1971: Paul
McCartney decides to name his new band "Wings."
1977: The month after his death, Elvis Presley
had 27 albums and 9 singles in the Top 100 charts in the UK. 'Moody Blue' was
the No.1 album while 'Way Down' was No.1 on the singles chart, (putting him
equal with the Beatles, each amassing 17 No.1 hits).
1983: UB40 had their first No.1 single with 'Red
Red Wine'. Taken from their album Labour of Love the song was a cover of the
1968 Neil Diamond hit song.
1991: Ike
Turner is released from his four-year stint in the California Men's Colony
state prison in San Luis Obispo after serving 18 months, (Ike had been arrested
ten other times). In an interview with 'Variety' he claimed to have spent over
$11 million on cocaine.
1994: R&B
Singer Major Lance died from heart failure at age 55.
1994: Brian Setzer (formerly of the Stray Cats)
married Christine Schmidt.
1999: The largest music bootleg bust in US
history was made. It was estimated that this one operation alone was responsible
for $100 million in lost revenues. Recording equipment valued at $250,000 was
confiscated, as were almost 1 million CDs and tapes.
2002: The
Ronettes sue ex-producer Phil Spector for $3 million in unpaid royalties from
movie, TV, and commercial usage of their big early-Sixties hits.
2005: Blues musician Fats Domino was rescued from
New Orleans shortly after Hurricane Katrina hit the city. The 77-year-old
singer had been reported missing since the storm in New Orleans which had
flooding the city leaving thousands feared dead.
2006: Hundreds of Paris Hilton albums were
tampered with in record stores in Bristol, Brighton, Birmingham, Newcastle,
Glasgow and London in the latest stunt by "guerrilla artist" Banksy.
Banksy had replaced Hilton's CD with his own remixes and gave them titles such
as ‘Why am I Famous?’, ‘What Have I Done?’ and ‘What Am I For?’. He had also
changed pictures of her on the CD sleeve to show the US socialite topless and
with a dog's head.
2007: During a US tour with Linkin Park, My
Chemical Romance singer Gerard Way married Mindless Self Indulgence bassist Lyn
Z after a gig in Colorado.
2008: R&B singer Ne-Yo was awarded $700,320
after he was dropped from a US tour with R. Kelly. The singer claimed he was
fired as Kelly's opening act last November because fans and critics preferred
him - an allegation his co-star denied.
2008: Heavy metal band Slipknot
scored their first US number one album - but only after a recount put them
ahead of rapper The Game's latest release. Slipknot topped the US chart with
their fourth studio album All Hope Is Gone which, according to analysts Nielsen
SoundScan, sold 239,516 copies - 1,134 more than the Games album.
2010: Mike Edwards a founding
member of ELO was killed in a freak accident when a giant bale of hay tumbled
down a hill and crashed into his van. The 62 year-old cellist died after the
1,323 lb. bale rolled down a steep field in Devon, southern England, smashed
through a hedge and on to the road. Edwards played cello with ELO, the
seven-piece band led by Jeff Lynne, from their first live gig in 1972 until he
left in January 1975. He quit the band in 1975 to become a Buddhist, changing
his name to Deva Pramada and making his living by teaching the cello.
