Births
1944: Peter
Tosh (Reggae Legend)
1945: Divine (Harris
Glenn Milstead) (Drag Queen)
1948: Patrick
Simmons (Guitar & Vocals for The Doobie Brothers)
1960: Jennifer Holliday (R&B Singer)
1972: Pras (Pras Michel) (Rapper in The Fugees)
Events
1958: Brenda Lee
records "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" at the Bradley Film &
Recording Studio in Nashville.
1964: The
incredibly influential English concert called the "American Negro Blues
Festival" kicks off, featuring Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon, Lightnin'
Hopkins, and Sonny Boy Williamson, among others. It is the first glimpse of
these bluesmen for many upcoming British R&B and rock legends.
1966: The
Yardbirds, now featuring Jeff Beck on lead guitar and Jimmy Page on rhythm
guitar, arrive in New York City to start their first American tour.
1970: Working
from a design sketched out by his wife and himself, Elvis Presley orders a
dozen 14-karat gold pendants from a Beverly Hills jeweler featuring the letters
"TCB" set around a lightning bolt. Designed as totems for the Memphis
Mafia (and also for security issues), the symbol stands, in Elvis' words, for
"Taking Care of Business in a Flash." They would eventually come to
symbolize the '70s era for Presley.
1981: At the
Holiday Star Theater in Merriville, IN, Bob Dylan calls up longtime friend
Larry Kegan, wheelchair-bound since the age of 15, and lets his perform Chuck
Berry's "No Money Down" as tonight's encore.
1985: A-Ha went to No.1 on the
US singles chart with 'Take On Me', making them the first Norwegian group to
score a US No.1.
1989: Alan Murphy guitarist with
Level 42 died of pneumonia related to aids. He also worked with Kate Bush, Go
West and Mike & the Mechanics.
1991: Oasis played The Boardwalk
in their hometown Manchester, the group's first gig with Noel Gallagher in the
group.
1999: Capitol releases Keith
Urban's self-titled debut album as a solo artist.
2006: Keith Urban checks into the Betty Ford Center in Rancho
Mirage, California, to cope with a recurrence of substance abuse.
