Births
1941: Gene
Pitney (Singer)
1957: Loreena McKennitt (Singer)
1963: Larry The Cable Guy (Daniel Lawrence Whitney)
1967: Chanté
Moore (R&B Singer)
1970: Tim
Mahoney (Lead Guitar for 311)
1971: Denise Richards
1972: Billie Joe Armstrong (Singer & Guitar
for Green Day)
1972: Taylor Hawkins (Drummer for Foo Fighters)
1974: Bryan White (Country Artist)
1981: Paris Hilton (ummm…. Singer?)
Events
1960: Elvis Presley won
his first Gold record for the album 'Elvis'.
1965:
Governor Frank G. Clement declares Patti Page's smash "Tennessee
Waltz" the official anthem of that state.
1968: Big
Brother and the Holding Company, featuring singer Janis Joplin, are signed by
Columbia after a performance at the Anderson Theatre in New York City.
1970: Joni Mitchell announced she was retiring
from live performances during a concert at London's Royal Albert Hall. Joni was
on stage again by the end of the year.
1971: Johnny
Cash is the guest of honor on NBC-TV's This Is Your Life; a few channels
over, on Cash's ABC variety show, a young James Taylor makes his TV debut
singing "Fire And Rain" and "Carolina On My Mind."
1973: The
band Free, which would mutate into Bad Company, disband after playing their
final show at the Hollywood Sportatorium in Florida.
1975: AC/DC released their debut album 'High
Voltage'.
1976: Harvard
names Bette Midler it's Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year. Midler declares that
the honor "characterizes what the American male wants in a woman...
brains, talent and gorgeous t***."
1976: The Eagles release “Their Greatest Hits
1971-1975” which is tied with Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” for the best selling
LP in the US of all times at 29 Million copies.
1988: A 12-year old fan of Motley Crue set his
legs on fire while trying to imitate a stunt in the band's "Live
Wire" video. The boy suffered burns over ten percent of his body.
1988: Destiny’s Child release their debut album.
1989: Whitesnake singer David Coverdale married
actress Tawny Kitaen (known for her provocative appearances in Whitesnake's music
videos 'Here I Go Again, 'Is This Love' and 'Still of the Night'). The couple
divorced in 1991.
2000: Rapper Trick Daddy was arrested and charged
with disorderly conduct at a North Miami Beach nightclub.
2001: Brad Paisley is inducted into the Grand Ole
Opry. He wears the yellow jacket that Buck Owens wore the night he recorded his
"Live At Carnegie Hall" album. Paisley sings "Two People Fell In
Love," from his upcoming album.
2008: During
a Temptations/Four Tops concert in Nashville's famed Ryman Auditorium, Little
Richard, sitting in the audience, gets a standing ovation from all 2,400
concertgoers.
