Births
1954:
Trevor Rabin (Guitar & Vocals for Yes)
1957:
Don Snow (Keyboards for Squeeze)
1959:
James Lomenzo (Bass for White Lion, Black
Label Society & Megadeth)
1961:
Suggs (Graham McPherson) (Vocals for Madness)
1961:
Wayne Coyne (Lead Vocals & Guitar for The Flaming Lips)
1962:
Trace Adkins (Country Artist)
1963:
Tim Kelly (Guitar for Slaughter)
Events
1941: The Modernaires vocal group joins the Glenn Miller Orchestra on a
permanent basis.
1968: Johnny Cash played
a show, which was recorded, for his forthcoming live album at Folsom Prison,
near Sacramento, California in front of 2,000 inmates.
1969: After his triumphant '68 "comeback" special, Elvis Presley
decides to take more control of his career and begins recording in Memphis for
the first time since he left Sun Records. Over the next three weeks at Chips
Moman's American Recording Studios, Elvis records the songs that would return
him to the top of the charts ("Suspicious Minds" and "In The
Ghetto" chief among them).
1970: John Lennon and Yoko Ono have their hair cut and donate it to a
charity auction.
1973: Eric Clapton made
his stage comeback at the Rainbow Theatre, London, with Pete Townsend, Ronnie
Wood, Stevie Winwood, Rebop, Jim Capaldi and support from The Average White
Band. The night's two shows were recorded for the 'Rainbow Concert' album. The Who's
Pete Townshend had organized the concert to help Clapton kick his heroin
addiction.
1978: The Police started
recording their first album at Surrey Sound Studios, Surrey, England with producer
Nigel Gray.
1979: The YMCA organization sues the Village People for copyright
infringement over their song of the same name. The suit is eventually dropped.
1979: Soul singer Donny
Hathaway committed suicide falling from a 15th floor New York hotel window.
1984: BBC Radio 1
announced a ban on 'Relax' by Frankie Goes To Hollywood, after DJ Mike Read
called it 'obscene', a BBC TV ban also followed.
1993: Bobby Brown was
arrested in Augusta, GA, for simulating a sex act onstage. It was the second
time that he had been arrested by the Augusta police department for the same
offense.
1998: Kevin Dubrow (Singer in Quiot Riot) was
released from jail. He was arrested for failing to pay a judgment against him
for an incident at a 1994 concert. A woman claimed that he threw another fan on
top of her breaking her leg.
2003: Diana Ross appeared
in a US court charged with driving while twice over the drunk driving limit.
Police in Tucson reported that Miss Ross could not walk in a straight line,
touch her nose or count to 30 after she had been stopped for swerving across
the road.
2003: Who guitarist Pete
Townshend was arrested on suspicion of child porn offences. Police officers
impounded seven computers from his 25.5 million home in Richmond, Surrey.
2010: Soul singer Teddy
Pendergrass died at the age of 59 following a difficult recovery from colon
cancer surgery.
2012: Country singer Jake
Owen breaks his collarbone skiing in Crested Butte, Colorado, forcing the
cancellation of several concerts.
