Births
1933: James
Jamerson (Bass for The Funk Brothers)
1952: Tommy Ramone (Thomas Erdelyi) (Drummer in
The Ramones)
1961: Eddie Jackson (Bass for Queensryche)
1981: Jonny
Lang (Blues Singer / Songwriter)
1982: Adam
Lambert (Singer)
Events
1942: BBC
Radio launches a new program called Desert Island Discs. Still on the
air today, it's the second-longest-running radio program in existence, next to
the Grand Ole Opry show.
1961: After
performing in New York, Bob Dylan visits the home of a friend in East Orange,
NJ, and meets his idol, Woody Guthrie.
1967: Jimi
Hendrix makes his UK stage debut, performing at London's Saville Theatre. In
the audience is a young Brian May, future guitarist for Queen.
1968: After a
show at The Pussy Cat A Go Go in Las Vegas, the Door's Jim Morrison pretends to
smoke a joint in the club's parking lot, leading to a scuffle and arrest by
police.
1972: Smokey Robinson left The Miracles.
1975: After
girlfriend Linda Thompson wakes up and finds him struggling to catch his
breath, Elvis Presley is admitted to Memphis' Baptist Hospital for "a
liver problem," which in reality is an attempt by Presley's personal
physician "Dr. Nick" to curtail his growing addiction to prescription
medication.
1979:
Emerson, Lake and Palmer announce their breakup, the first of many.
1983: Fleetwood
Mac's Stevie Nicks marries Warner Brothers promo man Kim Anderson in Los
Angeles. The marriage would last just over a year.
1992: American blues singer and guitarist Willie
Dixon died of heart failure at age 76.
1994: Tragedy
strikes Mary Wilson of the Supremes when her Jeep hits the curb near Los
Angeles and flips, injuring her and killing her 14-year-old son.
1996: Garth Brooks refuses to accept the American
Music Awards' Favorite Artist of the Year honor, saying he "cannot agree
with this." Backstage, he says it should have gone to Hootie + The
Blowfish. Brooks does take two other awards, while The Eagles get three.
1997: Paul
Simon's notorious flop musical, The Capeman, opens on Broadway. It would
close just 68 performances later.
2001: The
Monkees' Peter Tork appears as himself on tonight's "One Hundred"
episode of the WB's Seventh Heaven.
2001: A court
rules the P-Funk mastermind George Clinton is not eligible for royalties on
songs sampled by rappers, George having sold the rights to the songs off years
before.
2004:
Claiming bigamy on her part, James Brown annuls his marriage to third wife
Tommie Rae Brown.
2010: Sly
Stone sues former manager Jerry Goldstein for $50 million dollars in what he
claims are unpaid royalties.
2010: Roy
Orbison is awarded a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame at 1750 N. Vine.
2010: Members
of the group Protect Our Children distribute flyers around Miami, protesting
Who guitarist Pete Townshend's participation in the Superbowl halftime show.
(Townshend had been charged with viewing child porn on the internet in 2003,
but charges were later dropped.)
