Births
1915: Frank
Sinatra (The Man !)
1918: Joe
Williams (Jazz Singer)
1923: Bob Dorough (Singer & Composer for
Schoolhouse Rock)
1938: Connie
Francis (Pop Singer)
1940: Dionne
Warwick (Singer)
1943: Dickey
Betts (Guitarist & Singer / Songwriter for The Allman Brothers)
1943: Grover Washington, Jr. (Jazz & R&B
Singer)
1944: Rob Tyner (Singer for MC5)
1953: Bruce Kulick (Guitar for Grand Funk
Railroad & Kiss)
1957: Sheila E. (Sheila Escovedo) (Drummer)
1957: Cy
Curnin (Singer for The Fixx)
1968: Danny
Boy (Rapper in House Of Pain)
1972: Hank Williams III (Country / Rock Artist)
1976: Dan Hawkins (Guitar for The Darkness)
1979: Sharin Foo (Bass & Vocals for The
Raveonettes)
Events
1957: Al Priddy a DJ on US radio station KEX in
Portland was fired after playing Elvis Presley's version of 'White Christmas'
The station management said, 'it's not in the spirit we associate with
Christmas'.
1961: Mike
Douglas begins his TV variety/talk show in Cleveland, OH.
1963: The LP John
Fitzgerald Kennedy - A Memorial Album becomes the fastest-selling album in
history, selling four million copies in six days. The tribute was recorded the
day of Kennedy's assassination.
1967: A
London Appeals Court reduces the nine-month prison sentence of the Rolling
Stones' Brian Jones, citing psychiatric testimony that he could not handle
prison. Jones had been busted for marijuana possession.
1970: The Doors played what would be their last
ever live show with Jim Morrison when they played at the Warehouse in New
Orleans.
1974: The
Rolling Stones begin recording their Black and Blue album in Munich,
Germany, with an array of second guitarists, cementing Mick Taylor's departure
from the group. One of the session guitarists, the Faces' Ron Wood, would
become Taylor's permanent replacement.
1980:
Thousands march peacefully in memory of John Lennon in New York, walking down
Fifth Avenue and ending at the Dakota Building, site of his murder.
1985: On her
45th birthday, Dionne Warwick is awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1992: Whitney Houston started a twenty-week run
at No.1 on the US album chart with 'The Bodyguard'. It has sold over 44 million
copies worldwide, becoming the best-selling soundtrack album of all time, as
well as one of the best selling albums of all time.
2001: The
state of Nevada declares today Frank Sinatra Day.
2001: Arthur Lee, guitarist and singer from Love,
was released from prison after serving almost six years of an eleven-year
sentence. Lee had been convicted of possession of a firearm and for allegedly
shooting a gun in the air during a dispute with a neighbor.
2002: After
three months, Gordon Lightfoot leaves a Hamilton, Ontario hospital, where he'd
been sent for emergency surgery on his abdomen.
2005: Dierks Bentley proposes to
Cassidy Black in Las Vegas. Two days later, the couple marries in Mexico.
2007: Ike Turner, the former
husband of Tina Turner died at the age of 76 at his home near San Diego,
California. Turner who was a prolific session guitarist and piano player is
credited by many music historians with making the first rock 'n' roll record in
1951.
