Births
1901: Ed Sullivan (Television Host)
1928: Koko Taylor (Blues
Singer)
1938: Ben E. King (R&B Singer)
1954: George Lynch (Guitarist for Dokken & Lynch Mob)
1966: Ginger Fish (Kenny
Wilson) (Drums for Marilyn Manson)
1979: Bam Margera
(Jackass)
1984: Melody Thornton
(Singer for The Pussycat Dolls)
1987: Hilary Duff
(Singer)
Events
1953: Country singer Johnny Horton marries Billie Jean Jones Eshliman,
widow of Hank Williams Sr.
1963: A full two months before "I Want To Hold Your Hand" finally
breaks Beatlemania in the US, New York disc jockey Murray The K obtains a copy
of the Beatles' last single, "She Loves You," and plays it on his
radio show for two solid weeks, becoming the first American DJ to play a
Beatles record. The response is tepid.
1968: Janis Joplin manager Albert Grossman announces that his client is
leaving her band Big Brother and the Holding Company, feeling that they weren't
"growing together."
1968: The Beatles started
a nine week run at No.1 on the singles chart with 'Hey Jude'. The Paul
McCartney song written about Lennon's son Julian gave the group their 16th US
No.1 and the biggest selling single of 1968.
1972: David Bowie catapults into US superstardom overnight when he sells
out tonight's gig at Carnegie Hall.
1973: The Rolling Stones appear on the premiere of Don Kirshner's Rock
Concert on ABC, performing "It's Only Rock N' Roll (But I Like
It)," marking their first appearance on US television in six years.
1974: Bad Company went to
No.1 on the US album chart with their self-titled debut album. Paul Rodgers and
Simon Kirke had come out of Free, while Mick Ralphs had played guitar with Mott
the Hoople and Boz Burrell was bass player for King Crimson before the group
formed in 1973.
1976: George Harrison, currently ill with hepatitis, is sued by his
American label, A&M, for $6 million for failing to deliver his latest album, 33 1/3, on time.
1987: The British tabloid The Sun reports erroneously that Elton
John keeps several guard dogs with their larynxes removed so that he can't hear
them bark, sparking a successful libel lawsuit from John that revolutionizes
the way the tabloids in England deal with celebrities.
1989: Jimmy Buffett publishes his first book, a collection of short fiction
entitled Tales From Margaritaville.
1991: Miles Davis died from the combined effects of a stroke, pneumonia and
respiratory failure in Santa Monica, California at the age of 65.
1991: Garth Brooks went
to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Ropin' The Wind'. The album spent a total
of eighteen weeks at the No.1 position and 70 weeks on the chart selling over
11m copies. It became the first country album to debut at No. 1 on the
Billboard pop chart.
1991: Guns N' Roses
released 2 albums 'Use Your Illusion I' and 'Use Your Illusion II' which debut
at number 1 and number 2 on the album chart.
1991: On the week of
their album ‘Nevermind’ being released, Nirvana made an appearance at the Tower
Records store in New York City and then played a show at The Marquee Club in
New York. Their single ‘Smell’s Like Teen Spirit’ had also entered the US Top
20 this week.
1995: Bobby Brown's car was riddled with bullets in
Boston's Roxbury section. The gun battle killed his sister's fiancé.
1996: Bob Dylan is nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature for his
songwriting by Gordon Ball literature professor at the Virginia Military
Institute in Lexington, VA.
2004:
Producer Phil Spector was charged with the murder of actress Lana Clarkson in
an unsealed indictment. Spector was in attendance at a Los Angeles court as the
indictment about the slaying of 40-year-old Clarkson was read. He remained free
on $1 million bail.
2009:
Adam Goldstein (DJ AM.), American club DJ and musician died of an accidental
drug overdose at home in New York City aged 36. Goldstein had survived a plane
crash along with Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker in September 2008.
