Births
1927: Patti Page (Clara Ann Fowler) (Singer)
1945: Don
Murray (Drummer for Turtles)
1947: Minnie
Riperton (R&B Singer)
1949: Bonnie
Raitt (Singer / Songwriter)
1954: Rickie Lee Jones (Singer / Songwriter)
1957: Porl Thompson (Guitar for The Cure)
1961: Leif
Garrett (Singer)
1970: Rat (Gareth Pring) (Guitar for Ned’s Atomic
Dustbin)
1970: Diana King (R&B Singer)
1975: Tara Reid (Just because)
1977: Bucky Covington (Country Artist)
1985: Jack Osbourne (Ozzy’s Son)
Events
1961:
Liverpool record store owner Brian Epstein calls Liverpool's Cavern Club to see
when the Beatles would next be performing, with the intent to see if their live
show matched their reputation.
1962: A
bullet is fired at Motown's tour bus while traveling through Savannah, GA, but
fortunately none of the (all African-American) stars are hurt.
1963: Having
heard Priscilla Presley was with her fiance Elvis, and reportedly attempting to
beat her to the altar, actress and Viva Las Vegas co-star Ann-Margret is
quoted in the L.A. press as being "in love" with Elvis and deeply
thinking of marriage with him. Priscilla, on the Colonel's advice, is sent back
to Memphis to avoid controversy (but not before Priscilla throws a vase across
the room, screaming that the expatriate Ann should "keep her ass in Sweden
where she belongs").
1965: The
Dave Clark Five perform for Queen Elizabeth II at London's annual Royal
Variety Performance.
1968: Diana
Ross leaves the Supremes to begin her solo career, and is replaced by Jean
Terrell.
1968: John
Lennon's divorce from first wife Cynthia is finalized, without Lennon present;
the Beatle is at Queen Charlotte's Hospital in London with Yoko Ono, currently
pregnant with the child she will miscarry later in the month.
1970: Jim
Morrison of the Doors makes the spoken-word recordings which would later become
the basis of the group's album An American Prayer.
1971: Paul
McCartney throws a party at London's Empire Ballroom to officially launch his
new group, Wings.
1971: Led Zeppelin released their fourth album.
With no title printed on the album, and generally referred to as Four Symbols,
The Fourth Album or Led Zeppelin IV. It has gone on to sell over 37 million
copies worldwide. The 19th century rustic oil painting on the front of the
album was purchased by Robert Plant from an antique shop in Reading, Berkshire,
England. The 20th century urban tower block on the back of the full gatefold LP
cover is Butterfield Court in Eves Hill, Dudley, England.
1974: After
returning to her Howard Johnson's hotel room in Jericho, CT, following a show
at the nearby Westbury Music Fair, singer Connie Francis is attacked at
knifepoint and raped. Francis successfully sues the chain for $3 million for
neglecting to repair a broken lock and torn screen on her room before the attack.
Her rapist is never brought to justice, and Francis finds herself so shattered
by the incident she quits touring for seven years and eventually divorces her
husband, Joseph Garzilli.
1975: David
Bowie makes his US television debut on CBS' Cher variety show,
performing his latest hit, "Fame."
1975: John
Lennon names close friend Elton John the godfather of his new son, Sean.
1977: Glam
queen Suzi Quatro makes her first appearance as Leather Tuscadero, the little
sister of Fonzie's girlfriend Pinky, on ABC-TV's Happy Days.
1987: The
Beach Boys' Carl Wilson marries his second wife, Gina Martin, daughter of
legendary crooner Dean.
1988: Jerry
Lee Lewis declares bankruptcy.
1994: Sonny
Bono, half of Sonny and Cher and former mayor of Palm Springs, CA, is elected
to the US House of Representatives.
1994: A
memorial service is held for legendary guitarist Fred "Sonic" Smith,
late of the MC5 and The Sonics, at Mariner's Church in Detroit, MI.
1995: A
financially strapped Michael Jackson merges his company, ATV Music Publishing
-- the one with all the Beatles hits -- with Sony Music Publishing in a deal
worth some $110 million. Jackson keeps half-ownership of the new company, but
as debts mount, that share is whittled down over time.
2002: David
Gilmour, longtime guitarist for Pink Floyd, is made an Officer of the Order of
the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II.
2005: The original "Guitar Hero" game was released in
North America.
2009: Former Smiths frontman Morrissey stopped a
concert halfway through his second song after being hit by a beer bottle. The
50-year-old singer who was hit in the eye by a plastic bottle of beer, said
goodnight to the 8,000 strong crowd in Liverpool, England before walking off.
2011: Rapper Heavy D died from a pulmonary
embolism at age 44.
