Births
1895: Laurens
Hammond (Inventor of the Hammond organ)
1924: Slim Harpo (Blues Musician)
1942:
Clarence Clemons (Sax for The E Street Band)
1946: Tony Kaye (Keyboards for Yes)
1946: Naomi Judd (Country Singer)
1948: Terry Williams (Drums for Dire Straits)
1952: Lee Ritenour (Jazz Guitarist)
1956: Robert Earl Keen (Country Singer /
Songwriter)
1958: Vicki Peterson (Guitar & Vocals for The
Bangles)
1968: Tom Dumont (Guitar for No Doubt)
1971: Mary J. Blige (R&B Singer)
1971: Tom Rowlands (Keyboards for The Chemical
Brothers)
1981: Tom Meighan (Singer for Kasabian)
1997: Cody Simpson (Pop Singer)
Events
1963: The
legendary rock club Whisky-a-Go-Go -- America's first real discotheque -- opens
on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, CA. Johnny Rivers would record some of
his biggest hits at "the Whiskey," while numerous acts, including the
Doors, would get their start here.
1964: Billboard
magazine publishes its first country and western album chart. At Number One:
Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire album.
1967: The Jimi Hendrix Experience recorded
'Purple Haze'. Jimi also signed to the new record label Track Records on this
day.
1967: Johnny Cash and June Carter record
"Jackson" at Nashville's Columbia Recording Studios.
1968:
London's Daily Mirror reports that Jimi Hendrix has moved into the
London townhouse where Handel is believed to have composed his famous
"Water Music" and "Messiah" works. Jimi, for his part, says
he "will not let the tradition down" and will also compose in the
house.
1977: A
London court finds Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones guilty of possession of
cocaine and fines him $1,200. The drugs had been discovered in his car after a
traffic accident.
1992: Paul
Simon becomes the first international performer to perform in Johannesburg,
South Africa since the lifting of the UN boycott. Simon had violated the UN ban
by working with South African musicians years earlier.
1992: Nirvana appeared on NBC-TV's Saturday Night
Live performing two songs, ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ and 'Territorial
Pissings’. Also on this day the group’s 'Nevermind' went to No.1 on the US
album chart.
1996: In an
ominous preview of his demise, Sonny Bono collides with another skier near Big
Bear Lake, CA, causing a chin injury that would require eleven stitches.
2000: After
serving half of his four-month sentence for possession of child pornography,
Gary Glitter is released from a British jail.
2000: It was reported that Whitney Houston was
under investigation after allegedly trying to smuggle 15.2 grams of Marijuana
out of Hawaii. A security officer found the drug in the singer's handbag,
Houston then walked away when he tried to detain her.
2003: Pete Townshend issued a public statement
denying being a pedophile after his name was linked with a police Internet porn
inquiry. But The Who guitarist did admit studying child pornography for
research into a campaign against it.
