Births
1868: Scott Joplin
(Ragtime Composer & Pianist)
1941: Donald
"Duck" Dunn (Bass for Booker T. and the MGs)
1941: Pete
Best (original drummer for The Beatles)
1944: Bev
Bevan (Drums for The Move & Electric Light Orchestra)
1955: Clem Burke (Drummer for Blondie)
1957: Chris Hayes (Guitar for Huey Lewis &
The News)
1962: John Squire (Guitar for The Stone Roses)
1964: Tony Rombola (Lead Guitar for Godsmack)
1968: Dawn Robinson (Singer in EnVogue)
1970: Chad Taylor (Guitar for Live)
Events
1950: The
musical comedy Guys and Dolls premieres on Broadway at the 46th Street
Theatre.
1961: In yet
another important development for British blues-rock, Chicago blues legend
Howlin' Wolf makes his first appearance in the UK, touring behind his latest
single, "Little Baby."
1962:
Ex-Beatles drummer Pete Best, fired from the group three months previously,
nevertheless receives a birthday telegram from the band and manager Brian
Epstein wishing him "all the best."
1964: The
Who, until recently the High Numbers, perform their first gig under the new
name at London's Marquee Club, promising what the posters famously call
"Maximum R&B."
1965: NBC-TV
airs the musical special Frank Sinatra: A Man And His Music.
1966: Kansas
City, MO police lock horns with rioting teenagers at a James Brown concert
after officials stop the show due to Brown's "obscene dances."
1972:
ABC-TV's Don Kirshner-produced In Concert, the network's weekly
late-night answer to NBC's Midnight Special, debuts. The initial episode
features musical performances by Chuck Berry, Alice Cooper, Blood, Sweat and
Tears, The Allman Brothers, and Poco.
1974: In the
midst of his infamous "Lost Weekend," John Lennon rehearses with
Elton John for Elton's upcoming Madison Square Garden performance, at which
Lennon will make a surprise cameo.
1984: Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee married his
girlfriend, nude model Candice, (Elaine Margaret Starchuk). The marriage lasted
one month. Lee has also been married to actress Heather Locklear and the former
Playboy Playmate Pamela Anderson.
1985: Blues
singer Big Joe Turner died of a heart attack.
1991: An
ordained Little Richard marries singer Cyndi Lauper and actor David Thornton in
New York, then sticks around to play at the reception.
1991: Eric Carr (Paul Charles Caravello) drummer
with Kiss died aged 41, of complications from cancer in a New York hospital.
Carr replaced Peter Criss in 1980 and remained a band member until he became
ill in 1991. For his Kiss stage persona, Carr was known as 'The Fox.'
1991: Queen frontman Freddie Mercury died of
complications from aids at his home in London's Holland park aged 45, just one
day after he publicly admitted he was HIV positive.
2002: Jay-Z was at No.1 on the US album chart
with ‘The Blueprint 2’, the rapper’s first US No.1 album.
2003: Glen
Campbell is arrested for drunk driving and hit-and-run charges in Phoenix, AZ,
after crashing his BMW into another car at another intersection and continuing
on. The 67-year-old Campbell, who is sentenced to ten days in jail, allegedly
knees an officer's groin during the arrest.
2007: Red Hot Chili Peppers
bassist Flea lost his multi-million dollar house in a wildfire that swept
through Malibu, 53 other properties were destroyed by the blaze. Flea told the
Los Angeles Times the $4.8m property was "burnt to a crisp".
