Births
1941:
King Tubby (Osbourne Ruddock) (Reggae Producer)
1943:
Dick Taylor (Bass for The Pretty Things)
1945:
Robert Wyatt (Drums & Vocals for Soft Machine)
1951: Billy Base Nelson (William
Nelson) (Bass for Funkadelic)
1959: Dave Sharp (Guitar
for The Alarm)
1963: Dan Spitz (Guitar
for Anthrax)
1968: DJ Muggs (Lawrence Muggerud) (DJ for Cypress Hill)
1968: Sarah McLachlan
(Singer / Songwriter)
1968: Rakim (William Michael Griffin Jr.) (Rapper)
1971: Anthony Hamilton (R&B Singer)
1976: Rick Ross (William Leonard Roberts II) (Rapper)
1977: Joey Fatone (Singer
in N’Sync)
1980: Nick Carter (Singer
in Backstreet Boys)
1985: J. Cole (Jermaine Lamarr Cole) (Rapper / R&B Singer)
Events
1956: Elvis
Presley makes his television debut on CBS' Dorsey Brothers Stage Show. Backed by the house band, he sings
"Blue Suede Shoes" and "Heartbreak Hotel." The national
furor over Presley would not erupt, however, until subsequent appearances on
Milton Berle and Steve Allen's shows.
1965: The Who
make their first UK television appearance on BBC's Ready Steady Go!, which helps place their debut single "I
Can't Explain" in the British Top Ten.
1968: During
their tour in Australia, members of The Who and the Small Faces, among others,
are escorted off their flight from Adelaide to Essendon for drinking beer on
the plane, being rowdy, and using "very bad language." Two of the
flight's four attendants are said to be in tears.
1968: Jim Morrison of The Doors was arrested and
charged with public drunkenness after harassing a security guard at a Las Vegas
adult movie theatre.
1978: The
Doobie Brothers guest star on an episode of ABC's What's Happening!
1978: By
request, Ted Nugent carves his autograph into the arm of a fan using his bowie
knife.
1982: Jackson
Browne and his second wife, Lynne Sweeney, become the proud parents of their
first child, Ryan Daniel.
1984: Backstage after a Motley Crue show in
Buffalo, New York, Tommy Lee found out that his girlfriend has posed for the
current issue of Penthouse magazine without his knowledge, after a fan passes
comment on the pictures. Tommy punched the fan unconscious with one hit,
Motleys manager Doug Thaler convinced the fan not to press any charges.
1985: The recording took place for We Are The
World, the US equivalent of Band Aid, at A&M Studios in Hollywood, Los
Angeles. Written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, the all star cast
included Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner, Bruce Springsteen, Diana Ross, Bob Dylan
(who contributed four lines to the charity single), Ray Charles, Daryl Hall,
John Oates, Cyndi Lauper, Steve Perry and Bob Geldof. The session was produced
by Quincy Jones.
1995: TLC started a four week run at No.1 on the
US singles chart with 'Creep' the group's first US No.1, it made No.6 in the UK
the following year.
2003: H-Town singer Keven Conner was killed in a
car crash in Houston aged 28. Conner died when an SUV ran a red light and
crashed into the car he was a passenger in, which had just picked him up from
the recording studio.
2004: James
Brown is arrested on charges of domestic violence in Beech Island, SC.
2005: Traffic Drummer and
singer/songwriter Jim Capaldi died of stomach cancer aged 60.
