Births
1942: Chris
Hillman (Bass & Vocals for The Flying Burrito Brothers & The Byrds)
1944: Dennis
Wilson (Drums for The Beach Boys)
1948:
Southside Johnny (John Lyon) ( Singer / Songwriter)
1951: Gary
Rossington (Lead & Rhythm guitar for Lynyrd Skynyrd & The
Rossington-Collins Band)
1955: Cassandra Wilson (Jazz Singer)
1966: Masta Ace (Rapper)
1969: Jay-Z (Shawn
Corey Carter) (Rapper)
1973: Ferry
Corsten (DJ)
Events
1927: Duke
Ellington’s new, larger big band opens Harlem's legendary Cotton Club.
1956: Elvis
Presley visits the Sun recording studio with his companion, Marilyn Evans, a
showgirl from Las Vegas, interrupting a Carl Perkins session that featured
Jerry Lee Lewis on piano. Fellow labelmate Johnny Cash also arrives and the
four begin running through an impromptu jam on a series of songs they all know
(mainly spirituals). Producer Sam Phillips records what would become famously
known as the "Million Dollar Quartet" sessions, although they don't
get released to the public officially until the early Eighties.
1957: Because
of the furor created by Elvis Presley's recently released Christmas album,
radio station CKWS in Kingston, Ontario plays the album in its entirety,
opening the phones to public comment. Most listeners approve of the album.
1969: President
Richard Nixon, Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew, and forty US governors view
"simulated acid trip" films and listen to rock music in order to
comprehend the generation gap.
1971: The Montreux Casino in Switzerland burnt to
the ground during a gig by Frank Zappa. The incident is immortalized by Deep
Purple's 1973 hit, 'Smoke On The Water' - 'some stupid with a flare gun, burned
the place to the ground..'.
1976:
Guitarist Tommy Bolin (Deep Purple, The James Gang) died of a heroin overdose
at age 25.
1980: Led
Zeppelin officially disbands following the death by misadventure of drummer
John Bonham due to excessive alcohol intake.
1987: Madonna filed for divorce from actor Sean
Penn and then changed her mind a week later, but would file again in
January 1988.
1988: Roy
Orbison gives what would prove to be his last concert, in Akron, OH. He dies
two days later.
1991: The Judds perform the
final show of their Farewell Tour at the Murphy Center in Murfreesboro,
Tennessee. Naomi Judd is retiring, suffering from a potentially fatal strain of
hepatitis, leaving Wynonna to pursue a solo career.
1993: Frank
Zappa died from prostate cancer at age 52.
2002: Whitney Houston admitted in a TV interview
that drink and drugs nearly killed her. Bobby Brown's wife also admitted to
being addicted to sex. She said her business is sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll,
and got into the lifestyle after missing out on partying when her career kicked
off aged 18.
