Births
1938: Bobby
Hendricks (Singer in The Drifters)
1968: Bradley
Nowell (Lead Singer & Guitar for Sublime)
1973: Scott Phillips (Drummer for Creed &
Alter Bridge)
1974: James Blunt (Singer / Songwriter)
Events
1968: Johnny Cash
proposes to June Carter when they perform in London, Ontario. She says yes.
1969: In
Britain's Oz Magazine, reviewer Felix Dennis says, of Led Zeppelin's debut
album: "Very occasionally a long-playing record is released that defies
immediate classification or description, simply because it's so obviously a
turning point in rock music that only time proves capable of shifting it into
eventual perspective."
1969: Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs make their
final public appearance on the Grand Ole Opry before a nasty split.
1976: Florence
Ballard (The Supremes) died of cardiac arrest caused by a blood clot in one of
her coronary arteries. She was 32.
1978: The Police appeared in a Wrigley's Chewing
Gum commercial for US TV, the band dyed their hair blonde for the appearance.
1978: Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen were arrested
in New York and charged with drug possession.
1986: A Fine Young Cannibals concert in Boston
was delayed until 2AM because somebody had thrown tear gas into the club.
1987: Andy
Warhol died from cardiac arrhythmia after a gall bladder operation at age 58.
1989: A category for Heavy Metal was included at
the Grammy Awards for the first time. Metallica performed on stage, but the
award went to Jethro Tull. Many audience members booed. Also, the same year Milli Vanilli won the
best new artist award.
1993: Radiohead's first album, "Pablo
Honey", was released.
2000: The
recently departed soul legend Curtis Mayfield is honored at a First African
Methodist Episcopal Church service in Los Angeles, featuring performances from
Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, and, spontaneously, Lauryn Hill.
2008: After
much controversy and debate over whether or not to honor recently deceased
musician and Mississippi native Ike Turner, the state legislature compromises
and passes a resolution that honors his musical achievements only.
2010: Johnny Marr was said to be
"ecstatic" after getting back one of his guitars which had been
stolen in 2000 after a gig at the Scala nightclub in Kings Cross, London.
Smiths fan Stephen White told a London court he was "disgusted" with
himself for taking the cherry red 1964 Gibson SG when he went backstage after
the gig at The Scala.
