Births
1939: Ray Stevens
(Country Singer)
1941: Aaron
Neville (Singer in The Neville Brothers & Solo)
1941: Neil
Diamond (Pop Singer)
1947: Warren
Zevon (Singer / Songwriter)
1949: John Belushi (Actor & Jake Blues from
The Blues Brothers)
1953: Nigel Glockler (Drummer
for Saxon & GTR)
1958: Jools Holland (Keyboards for Squeeze)
1967: John Myung (Bass for Dream Theater)
1974: Chris Hesse (Drums for Hoobastank)
1979: Tatyana
Ali (R&B Singer & Actress)
Events
1957: Elvis
Presley's "Jailhouse Rock" enters the UK charts at Number One, the
first single to ever do so.
1962: The
Beatles sign their first and only management contract with Brian Epstein at the
manager's offices at 12 Whitechapel St. in Liverpool. Epstein is to receive a
full one-quarter of the band's earnings, yet to prove his worth, he does not
sign the contract until the following October.
1962: Today,
at the very height of the dance craze, four of Billboard's Top Ten
albums belong to Chubby Checker: For Twisters Only, Let's Twist Again,
Your Twist Party, and Bobby Rydell / Chubby Checker.
1969: Jethro
Tull play their first American show, opening for Blood, Sweat and Tears at New
York's Fillmore East.
1970: Dr.
Robert Moog unveils the "minimoog" synthesizer, one of the first
portable synth keyboards, at a price of $2,000. The American Federation of
Musicians at first opposes the instrument, fearing its "realistic"
settings will put horn and string sections out of work. The minimoog becomes
the first synth to go on tour with rock bands.
1979: The Clash released their first single in
the US, 'I Fought The Law' (written by Sonny Curtis of Buddy Holly's Crickets).
1980: Pink
Floyd advertise their upcoming four-city world tour to promote their album The
Wall with a special billboard on Los Angeles' Sunset Strip that was
gradually covered up each day with a brick until an entire wall was built over
it.
1981: Singer Steve Tyler of Aerosmith was
hospitalized after being involved in a crash on his motorcycle.
1982: Diana
Ross sings the US National Anthem at Superbowl XVI in Pontiac, MI.
2005:
Country-pop singer Lynn Anderson is arrested for stealing a Harry Potter
DVD from a supermarket in Taos, NM, and then, allegedly, punching the arresting
officer in the stomach.
