Births
1902: Larry (Louis Feinberg) (3 Stooges)
1907: Mrs.
Miller (Singer)
1942: Richard
Street (Singer in The Temptations)
1943: Steve
Miller (Guitar & Vocals)
1947: Brian
Johnson (Singer for AC/DC)
1948: Lucius
Ross (Rhythm Guitar for Funkadelic)
1949: Brian
Connolly (Lead Singer for Sweet)
1950: Eddie Clarke (Guitar for Motorhead &
Fastway)
1951: Bob Geldof (Singer for The Boomtown Rats)
1952: Harold Faltermeyer (Keyboardist)
1953: Sandra
"Puma" Jones (Singer for Black Uhuru)
1957: Lee Thompson (Sax for Madness)
1959: Troy
Luccketta (Drummer for Tesla)
1961: David Bryson (Guitar for Counting Crows)
1964: Dave Dederer (Vocals & Guitar for
Presidents Of The United States)
1974: Colin Meloy (Guitar & Lead Vocals for
The Decemberists)
1978: James Valentine (Guitarist for Maroon 5)
1980: Paul Thomas (Bass for Good Charlotte)
Events
1962: The
Beatles release their first single, "Love Me Do" b/w "P.S. I
Love You," in the UK. That night, it is played on Radio Luxembourg, owned
by EMI, representing the first time a Beatles song is ever heard on the
airwaves. It spent 26 weeks on the
charts and peaked at #4 in UK.
1965: Johnny Cash was arrested crossing the
Mexican border into El Paso, Texas after customs officials found 100’s of pills
in his guitar case. He received a suspended jail sentence and a $1,000 fine.
1966: In London, Jimi Hendrix, Mitch Mitchell and
Noel Redding played together for the first time, The Jimi Hendrix Experience
were formed.
1968: The single "Magic Carpet Ride" was
released by Steppenwolf. It is considered as the first modern rock video.
1970: George Jones & Tammy Wynette's only
child, Tamala Georgette, born in Lakeland, Florida.
1975: The
three original Wailers -- Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Bunny Wailer -- perform
together for the last time at Stevie Wonder's benefit concert, the Wonder Dream
Concert, in Kingston, Jamaica.
1987: Ex Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr began
rehearsals with The Pretenders in preparation for the band supporting U2 on
their North America tour.
1992: Eddie
Kendricks (Lead Singer for The Temptations) died of lung cancer at age 52.
1999: After
breaking up "permanently" in 1983, the Who reform with an
announcement by singer Roger Daltrey that the trio will re-form for a Las Vegas
concert.
1999: Trisha Yearwood files for divorce from
Mavericks bass player Robert Reynolds, citing the standard irreconcilable
differences.
2000: The
book The Beatles Anthology, some twenty years in the making, is
published in the US. Price: $60.
2006: Jeffrey
Borer, owner of the company that sold Michael Jackson his private Gulfstream
jet, is sentenced to six months in prison for ordering employee Arvel Jett
Reeves to install two video cameras in it in order to catch Jackson saying
something for which he could be blackmailed.
2007: A
federal jury finds a Minnesota woman guilty of online music file sharing
through the public service KaZaa, fining her $220,000.
