Births
1940: Smokey
Robinson (R&B Singer)
1943: Lou
Christie (Singer)
1948: Mark
Andes (Bass for Spirit)
1948: Tony Iommi (Guitar for Black Sabbath)
1954: Francis
Buchholz (Bass for The Scorpions)
1956: Dave Wakeling (Singer & Guitar for The
English Beat & General Public)
1957: Falco (Johann
(Hans) Hölzel ) (Singer)
1963: Seal (Singer)
1964: Doug Aldrich (Guitar for
Whitesnake & Dio)
1968: Prince Markie D (Rapper in The Fat Boys)
Events
1878:
Inventor Thomas Alva Edison patents his latest (and personal favorite)
creation, the phonograph. Beginning life as a telegraph repeater, the device
was actually completed by an assistant working from Edison's sketches.
1965: Rod
Stewart plays his first major gig in a Harrow, England club, singing with his
band, The Soul Agents.
1972: Sammy
Davis Jr. makes his notorious guest appearance on CBS' All In The Family,
giving the show's main character, white bigot Archie Bunker, a big kiss.
1974: The
First Annual American Music Awards, Dick Clark's answer to the Grammys, is
broadcast on ABC. Hosts include Smokey Robinson, Helen Reddy and Roger Miller.
1974: KISS
make their television debut on an episode of ABC's Don Kirshner's Rock
Concert.
1976: Rich
Stevens of the soul group Tower of Power is arrested in San Jose, CA, for a
drug-related triple homicide that had taken place the night before. He will be
found guilty in November.
1980: Bon Scott, the lead singer of AC/DC, died in
London at the age of 33. He died as a result of choking on his own vomit after
drinking heavily.
1982: Ozzy Osbourne was arrested in San Antonio,
Texas for urinating on the Alamo. Osbourne was wearing a dress at the time of
his arrest, (due to his wife Sharon hiding all his clothes so he couldn't go
outside). Osbourne who apparently thought he was relieving himself on a pile of
rubble was banned from ever playing in San Antonio, Texas again, (a ban which
was lifted in 1992).
1995: Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee married
Baywatch actress Pamela Anderson on a Cancun beach, Mexico, the bride wore a
white bikini. Anderson and Lee who married only four days after meeting had
videotaped their sexual activities while on vacation which was later stolen and
released on the Internet. After suing the video company who released the tape,
the Lees entered into a confidential settlement agreement. The couple divorced
in 1998.
1995: Jon Bon Jovi and his wife Dorothea give
birth to son Jesse James Louis.
1997: Miles Davis received a star on the Hollywood
Walk of Fame.
1998:
Eighties rockabilly revivalists the Stray Cats reunite for a charity show at
Los Angeles' House of Blues. The show benefited the Carl Perkins Center For The
Prevention Of Child Abuse.
1999: Spice Girl Melanie B gave birth to a baby
daughter and named her Phoenix Chi.
2003: In West Warwick, RI, 99 people were killed
when fire destroyed the nightclub The Station. The fire started with sparks
from a pyrotechnic display being used by Great White. Ty Longley, guitarist for
Great White, was one of the victims in the fire.
