Births
1936: Jim
Henson (Muppets)
1941: Linda
McCartney (Keyboards for Wings)
1942: Gerry
Marsden (Vocals & Guitar for Gerry and the Pacemakers)
1952: Mark Sandman (Singer & Bass for
Morphine)
1965: Sean McNabb (Bass for Quiet Riot &
Great White)
1969: Shawn "Clown" Crahan (Percussion
for Slipknot)
1971: Peter Salisbury (Drums for The Verve)
Events
1942:
Bandleader Glenn Miller makes his last radio broadcast on CBS' Moonlight
Serenade program before leaving to enlist in the Army.
1955: Judy
Garland makes her television debut on CBS' variety show Ford Star Jubilee,
breaking all previous ratings records.
1957:
Legendary DJ Alan Freed debuts his fourth movie, Mister Rock And Roll,
at New York City's Paramount Theatre. The film, named after Freed's nickname,
features Alan playing himself and also several musical performances by Little
Richard, Chuck Berry, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, Brook Benton, LaVern
Baker, Ferlin Husky, Lionel Hampton, and, for some reason, former middleweight
boxing champion Rocky Graziano.
1966: En
route from New York to London with his new manager, Chas Chandler, the
guitarist formerly known as Jimmy James decides to change his name to Jimi
Hendrix. Upon arrival, Jimi ends up in a jam session with British bluesman Zoot
Money, witnessed by Andy Summers, later the guitarist for the Police.
1967: The
Beatles film the (in)famous "Your Mother Should Know" dance segment
of their film Magical Mystery Tour at the West Malling Air Force Station
in Kent, England. Paul wears a black carnation when the group runs out of red
ones, creating more "clues" for the "Paul is Dead"
theorists.
1967: Traffic made their live debut when they
appeared at Saville Theatre in London, featuring Steve Winwood.
1977: Just a
month or so after his untimely death, the first national Elvis Presley
convention takes place in Memphis.
1980: The mixing of the forthcoming John and Yoko
album Double Fantasy moved from the Hit Factory in New York City to Record
Plant East. During this session, John Lennon gave one of last ever interviews
to Lisa Robinson from 97-FM in Buffalo.
1988: After
allegedly breaking into an insurance class being held in a building he owns and
waving a gun around, demanding to know who used his bathroom, James Brown
becomes involved in a hour-long, two-state car chase with police in Augusta,
GA, who were tipped off that Brown was behaving erratically and armed. Driving
over six miles in his pickup truck after authorities shoot out his two front
tires, Brown is arrested and charged with illegal possession of drugs and
firearms, simple assault, carrying a deadly weapon in public, resisting arrest,
and seven misdemeanors. He is released from jail after serving two years of a
five-year sentence.
1988: Bobby McFerrin started a two week run at
No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Don't Worry Be Happy', the first a-cappella
record to be a No.1. The song would go
on to win Grammy Awards for both Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
1989: Prince made an appearance on the 15-year
anniversary of Saturday Night Live.
1991: Nirvana’s album ‘Nevermind’ was released in
America, entering the chart at No. 144 on its first week, peaking at No.1 in
January 1992. It went on to sell over
30M copies.
1991: The album "The Low End Theory" was
released by A Tribe Called Quest.
1993:
Following his recent arrest for drunk driving, John Denver is ordered to
perform a benefit concert for victims of the same.
1993: Guns N' Roses reached a
settlement with their former drummer Steven Adler. Adler had been kicked out of
the band for not kicking his heroin habit.
1995: The Charlatans were
arrested by 24-armed police after a flight to New York. The band were accused
of trying to disrupt the planes flight path, passengers complained of the group
being drunk, spitting and interfering with in flight TV sets.
1997: Barry Loukaitis was
convicted of shooting and killing two pupils and a teacher at a school in
Washington. His defence team claimed he had copied scenes from Pearl Jam's
video 'Jeremy'.
