Births
1922: Redd Foxx (John Elroy Sanford) (Comedian)
1934: Junior
Wells (Blues Musician)
1941: Dan
Hicks (Singer / Songwriter)
1950: Joan Armatrading (Singer / Songwriter)
1954: Jack Sonni (Guitar for Dire Straits)
1957: Donny
Osmond (Singer in The Osmonds)
1958: Nick Seymour (Bass for Crowded House)
1958: Rikk Agnew (Guitar for The Adolescents
& Christian Death)
1964: Paul H. Landers (Rhythm Guitar for
Rammstein)
1966: Michael Foster (Drummer for Firehouse)
1968: Brian Bell (Rhythm Guitar for Weezer)
1969: Jakob Dylan (Singer / Songwriter &
Guitar for The Wallflowers & Solo)
1971: Geoff Barrow (Producer & DJ for Portishead)
1972: Tre Cool (Frank Wright III) (Drummer for
Green Day)
1974: Canibus (Germaine Williams) (Rapper)
Events
1955: Elvis
Presley performs at the B&I Club in Swifton, AK, and introduces his new
song, "Heartbreak Hotel," by claiming "It's gonna be my first
hit."
1962: Bobby
Darin appears as the "mystery guest" on CBS' What's My Line
show.
1962: The Supreme’s debut album “Meet the
Supremes” was released.
1964: John Coltrane recorded the album “A Love
Supreme” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. It is generally considered to
be among Coltrane's greatest works.
1967: The Doors appeared at the New Haven Arena,
New Haven, Connecticut. Before the show a policeman found singer Jim Morrison
making out with an 18 year-old girl in a backstage shower and after an argument
the policeman sprays mace in Morrison’s face. Once on stage Morrison tells the
story of the backstage episode and starts taunting the police who drag him off
the stage and arrest him. The crowd riots leaving the venue in disarray and
many are arrested. Later over 100 protestors gathered at the police station in
demonstration and more arrests were made.
1968: NBC
airs the joint Supremes and Temptations television TCB (Takin' Care Of
Business).
1972: An
all-star orchestral version of The Who's Tommy opened at London's
Rainbow Theatre. Advance tickets went for the then-princely sum of $50, but the
show itself was a major disappointment, with most of the "actors"
floundering (except Who singer Roger Daltrey and Steve Winwood as Tommy's father).
Narrator Pete Townshend, for his part, was observed to be drunk. None of this
stopped the cast recording from being recorded and eventually becoming a hit in
'73.
1984: The
Jacksons' five-month Victory tour -- Michael Jackson's last group tour
-- ends after 55 performances in 19 cities.
1989: Garth Brooks nabs his first #1 country
single: "If Tomorrow Never Comes".
1990: Paula Abdul was taken to North Hollywood
Medical Centre after being involved in a car crash in Los Angeles.
1991: A long
legal battle over the Bob Marley estate ends when the nearly $12 million estate
is awarded to his widow, Rita, and her children. In honor of the verdict, son
Ziggy names his daughter, who was born that day, Justice Marley.
1992: After
more than thirty years, Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman quits the group.
2000: U2 made their first-ever
appearance on the long-running NBC program 'Saturday Night Live.' The band
played ‘Beautiful Day’ and ‘Elevation.’
2002: Stereolab singer Mary
Hanson was killed in a cycling accident after colliding with a tipper truck in
East London at 36 years old.
2006: Mariah Carey threatened
legal action against porn star Mary Carey in an attempt to stop her
trademarking her similar-sounding stage name. The singer believed fans could
get the two performers confused if the adult film actress Mary Carey's
trademark application was successful.
