Births
1943: Mickey
Hart (Drums for Grateful Dead & Solo)
1948: John
Martyn (Singer / Songwriter)
1953: Tommy
Shaw (Vocals & Guitar for Styx & Damn Yankees)
1964: Victor Wooten (Bass for Bela Fleck &
The Flecktones)
1965: Moby (Richard Hall) (DJ & Producer)
1967: Harry Connick Jr. (Jazz Singer /
Songwriter)
1969: Gidget Gein (Bass for Marilyn Manson)
1970: Ted Leo (Singer / Songwriter &
Guitarist)
1971: Richard Ashcroft (Lead Vocals & Guitar for The Verve &
Solo)
1975: Elephant Man (Reggae Artist)
1975: Mark Klepaski (Bass for Breaking Benjamin)
1977: Ludacris (Chris Bridges) (Rapper)
1977: Jonny Buckland (Lead Guitar for Coldplay)
1978: Ben Lee (Pop Singer & Guitarist)
1981: Charles Kelley (Vocals & Drums
for Lady Antebellum)
Events
1956: The
London premiere of the Bill Haley film Rock Around the Clock leads to a
riot at the Trocadero Cinema, leading to national outrage and a ban on the film
in major UK cities.
1960: Nancy
Sinatra marries her first husband, teen idol Tommy Sands. The marriage would
last five years.
1962: At
today's second attempt at cutting the Beatles' first single, "Love Me
Do" b/w "P.S. I Love You," producer George Martin decides, for
the first and only time, to use session drummer Andy White instead of Ringo
Starr. Ringo can be heard playing on the album version of the song, but White
is on the single, with Ringo on maracas and tambourine.
1964: The
16-year-old winner of a Mick Jagger impersonation contest at Greenwich,
England's Town Hall reveals himself to be... Mick's younger brother, Chris.
1968: Larry
Graham, bassist for Sly and the Family Stone, is arrested for possession of
marijuana in London, leading to the group being kicked out of their hotel and
off their planned BBC TV appearance.
1971: The
Jackson 5's eponymous TV cartoon show debuts, naturally enough, on ABC. Unlike
the Beatles' cartoon show, this one utilizes the brothers' actual voices.
1977: Elton
John lyricist Bernie Taupin makes a rare acting appearance, guest starring as
the leader of a fictional rock band called Circus on the "Meet
Dracula" episode of ABC-TV's The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries.
1979: The Who
play their first concert without longtime drummer Keith Moon, who'd overdosed
the previous year. Ex-Faces drummer Kenny Jones sits in during the gig at the
Capitol Theatre in Passaic, NJ, and will eventually become Moon's full-time
replacement.
1987: Peter
Tosh was shot in the head and killed by 3 men trying to rob him at his home.
1987: Prince's Paisley Park Studios officially
opened.
1989: Hank Williams Jr.'s "All My Rowdy
Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" debuts as "All my rowdy friends are
here on Monday night" to promote ABC-TV's Monday Night Football.
1997: John Lee Hooker received a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2001: Walking to work in New York (as an comic book
illustrator) Gerard Way witnessed the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center.
The day's events inspired him to start a band, which became My Chemical Romance
with Way becoming their lead singer.
2002: James
Brown's daughters Deanna and Yamma sue their dad for alleged songwriting
royalties due for songs they helped co-write, including the 1976 hit "Get
Up Offa That Thing," which they would have assisted him with when they
were three and six, respectively.
2003: Cher,
Bruce Springsteen, Fleetwood Mac and Steely Dan all decide not to take the
stage on the second anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
2003: Tommy Chong, one-half of the comedy team of
Cheech and Chong, was sentenced to nine months in federal prison and fined
$20,000 for selling drug paraphernalia over the Internet. The 65 year-old Chong
pled guilty to the charges last May. He remained free until April, 2004, when
he went to jail.
