Births
1909: Gene
Krupa (Jazz Drummer & Band Leader)
1929: Earl
Hooker (Blues Guitarist)
1929: Dr. Martin Luther King
1941: Captain
Beefheart (Don Van Vliet) (Singer / Songwriter)
1948: Ronnie
Van Zant (Lead Singer for Lynyrd Skynyrd)
1951: Charo (Maria Rosario Pilar Martinez Molina Baeza)(Flamenco
Guitarist & Comedian)
1951: Duke Erikson (Bass for Garbage)
1952: Boris Blank (Yello)
1959: Peter Trewavas (Bass for Marillion)
1965: Adam Jones (Guitar for Tool)
1966: Lisa Lisa (Lisa Velez) (Vocals for Lisa Lisa
& The Cult Jam)
1981: Howie Day (Singer / Songwriter)
1981: Pitbull (Armando Cristian Pérez) (Latino artist & Rapper)
1988: Skrillex (Sonny
John Moore) (DJ & Producer)
Events
1955: Billboard magazine reports that
"music with an R&B beat is not longer regarded as a passing phase by
major recording firms," citing the recent success of white pop covers of
R&B hits.
1961: The
Supremes sign with Motown Records.
1965: The Who released their first single 'I
Can't Explain'. With Jimmy Page on guitar and The Ivy League on backing vocals.
1967: Ed
Sullivan refuses to let the Rolling Stones sing their big hit "Let’s Spend
the Night Together" on his CBS show of the same name unless they change
the title and lyrics to "Let's Spend Some Time Together." The band
does as it's told, but lead singer Mick Jagger mocks the censorship by making
faces at the camera while he sings the cleaned-up line.
1969: George Harrison had a five-hour meeting
with John, Paul and Ringo where he made it clear that he was fully prepared to quit
The Beatles for good. Harrison wasn’t happy with plans for live performances
and the Let It Be film project.
1974: The
Fifties-nostalgia sitcom Happy Days
premieres on ABC.
1982: Harry
Casey (KC in KC and the Sunshine Band) is partially paralyzed in a Miami car
crash. His recovery takes the better part of a year.
1992: The
Seventh Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies are held in New
York City. Inductees include Bobby "Blue" Bland, Booker T. and the
MGs, Johnny Cash, The Isley Brothers, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Sam and
Dave, and The Yardbirds.
1992: Dee Murray bass player with the Elton John
band died after suffering a stroke aged 45.
1994: Singer / Songwriter Harry Nilsson died in
his sleep of heart failure after spending the previous day in the recording
studio.
1998: James
Brown is admitted to a South Carolina hospital for addiction to painkillers.
2002: 1980's British pop legend Adam Ant was
admitted to a mental ward 24 hours after being charged by police with pulling a
gun on staff in a London pub.
2003: In
Albuquerque, New Mexico, Lou Rawls is arrested on one count of battery against
his girlfriend.
2010: Charlie Daniels suffers a mild stroke while
snowmobiling in Colorado.
