Births
1770: Ludwig Van
Beethoven (Composer)
1945: Tony
Hicks (Lead Guitar & Vocals for The Hollies)
1946: Benny
Andersson (Keyboards & Vocals for ABBA)
1949: Billy
Gibbons (Guitar & Lead Vocals for ZZ Top)
1971: Michael
McCary (Vocals for Boyz II Men)
1971: Paul
Van Dyk (Matthias Pau) (DJ)
1978: Kaine (Eric Jackson) (Rapper in Ying
Yang Twins)
1979: Flo
Rida (Tramar Dillard) (Rapper)
Events
1956: Elvis
Presley leaves the Louisiana Hayride after 50 appearances on the radio show.
Broadcast from KWKH in Shreveport, LA, the weekly broadcast made country music
stars of several unknowns.
1969: As
part of their new campaign against the war in Vietnam, John Lennon and Yoko Ono
place stark black-and-white billboards in eleven international cities
proclaiming "WAR IS OVER!" and then, in smaller type, "If You
Want It. Happy Christmas From John And Yoko."
1973:
Stephen Stills is found to be the father of a child, Justin Stills, birthed by
a Mill Valley, CA, resident Harriet B. Tunis. The US documentary series Trauma:
Life in the ER devotes an episode to Justin after he is seriously injured
in a 1997 snowboarding accident.
1974:
Guitarist Mick Taylor, who replaced Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones before
his death in 1969, announces he's leaving the group. A little over a year
later, he'll be replaced by former Faces guitarist Ron Wood.
1974: Glam
legends Mott The Hoople disband.
1981: Ray
Charles is awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6777 Hollywood Blvd.
1983: The
Who officially break up -- for the first time.
1988: Disco
Singer Sylvester died of complications from AIDS in San Francisco. He was 41
years old.
1991: Chubby
Checker sues McDonald's for $14 million after the restaurant mega-chain
allegedly uses a soundalike voice in a Canadian commercial for french fries.
1993: St.
Louis radio station KEZK becomes the first to ban Michael Jackson records from
its playlist after recent allegations of child sexual abuse.
2001: Stuart
Adamson, lead singer of Big Country was found dead in Hawaii a month after
disappearing from his home in the US. The 43-year old Scottish musician had
fought a long battle against alcoholism. His body was found in a hotel room.
2007: Singer
/ Songwriter Dan Fogelberg died from prostate cancer at age 56.
