Births
1936:
Clarence Carter (R&B Singer)
1948: T-Bone
Burnett (Singer & Producer)
1959: Geoff Tate (Singer for Queensryche)
1962: Patricia Morrison (Bass for Sisters Of
Mercy & The Damned)
1967: Zakk Wylde (Guitar for Ozzy Osbourne, Black
Label Society & Solo)
1968: LL Cool J (James Todd Smith) (Rapper)
1969: Dave
Grohl (Drums for Nirvana, Vocals & Guitar for Foo Fighters)
1982: Caleb Followill (Singer &
Guitar for Kings Of Leon)
Events
1955:
Legendary disc jockey and promoter Alan Freed debuts his first Rock and Roll
Ball in New York City. Staged at the 6,000-seat Saint Nicholas Arena in Harlem,
both shows sell out well in advance. Featured at the gig are Big Joe Turner,
the Clovers, Fats Domino, the Moonglows, the Drifters and the Harptones.
1963: Drummer Charlie Watts made his live debut
with The Rolling Stones at The Flamingo Jazz Club, Soho, London.
1966: Singer
David Jones changes his name to David Bowie in order to avoid confusion with
the Monkees' Davy Jones.
1970: At the
Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas, Diana Ross performs her last show with the
Supremes. Miss Ross also introduces her replacement, Jean Terrell.
1970: John
Lennon's erotic "Bag One" lithographs are exhibited publicly in
London (and removed by Scotland Yard two days later).
1973: The
Grateful Dead's Phil Lesh is arrested for possession of drugs in California.
1973: Elvis
Presley draws the largest single television event audience ever for his
"Aloha From Hawaii" concert, broadcast live via satellite to over one
billion people in forty countries throughout the world. Originating from
Honolulu's International Center Arena, the show is a major success, and is
released as a hit double-album set later that year. However, the United States
doesn't get to see the show until NBC airs it on April 4th.
1978:
Fleetwood Mac's ‘Rumours’ album
logs a record 31st week at the top of Billboard's
album chart.
1978: The Sex Pistols played their last live gig
at Winterland, San Francisco (they re-formed in 96).
1988: Paul
McCartney releases his album CHOBA B
CCCP (translation: Back In The U.S.S.R.) exclusively in Russia, causing
bootleg copies stateside to fetch upwards of $1000. (The album, a collection of
oldies covers, is eventually released worldwide.)
1989: The
soundtrack to the film Dirty Dancing,
which consists mainly of classic oldies, reaches sales of ten million copies
(now known as Diamond certification).
1992: Jerry Nolan drummer with The New York Dolls
died from a fatal stroke at age 45.
1997: The
Beach Boys guest star on an episode of the ABC sitcom Home Improvement.
1999: Model
Jerry Hall files for divorce from her husband, the Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger.
1999: Metallica sued Victoria's Secret, claiming
that the manufacturer infringed on its trademark by marketing a line of
"Metallica" lip pencils.
1999: Garth Brooks appeared on Sesame Street. He
sang the song called "Together We Make Music".
2002: Adam Ant was taken to the Royal Free Hospital
by police. He was taken under the Mental Health Act which allows doctors to
hold Ant for up to 28 days while they assessed his condition. Ant had been
arrested on firearms offenses on January 12.
2003: Linda Gail Lewis, the sister of Jerry Lee
Lewis, dropped a claim of sex discrimination against Van Morrison. Lewis had
claimed that Morrison had 'publicly humiliated' her on stage and had tried to
ruin her life by asking her for sex. She withdrew her claim after discussions
with her lawyer. Morrison denied all the allegations.
2005: A $100,000 statue honoring the late punk
guitarist Johnny Ramone was unveiled by his widow Linda at the Hollywood
Forever Cemetery.
