Births
1944: Bobby
Womack (R&B Singer)
1948: Chris
Squire (Bass for Yes)
1948: Shakin’
Stevens (Singer)
1951: Chris
Rea (Singer / Songwriter & Guitarist)
1963: Jason Newsted (Bass for Metallica)
1967: Evan Dando (Vocals & Guitar for The
Lemonheads & Solo)
Events
1959: The
very first Grammy Awards are held in New York City, and the winners, to one's
surprise, have nothing to do with rock and roll, or, sometimes, even the
categories they were nominated in: for some reason, the Champs'
"Tequila" wins Best R&B Song, but Record of the Year goes to
"Volare" by Domenico Modugno, while Henry Mancini's Peter Gunn
soundtrack LP wins Album of the Year.
1967: The
Spencer Davis Group is dealt a crippling blow when its star members, Steve
Winwood and his brother, Muff, announce their intention to leave. The elder
Winwood would eventually go on to form the band Traffic.
1968:
Temptations members Eddie Kendricks and Otis Williams are hospitalized with
minor injuries after skidding on an icy road near Sommerset, PA.
1969: Sonny
and Cher Bono are the proud parents of their first and only child, a daughter
named Chastity.
1970: Janis
Joplin heads to Rio de Janeiro after being fined $200 for using obscene
language at a Miami, FL concert the previous November. While there, she
announces her intention to quit drugs and alcohol.
1977: CBS released The Clash's self- titled first
album in the UK. CBS in the U.S. refused to release it until 1979. Americans
bought over 100,000 imported copies of the record making it one of the biggest-
selling import records of all time.
1979: The
Jackson 5's Randy Jackson is involved in a serious car crash near Los Angeles,
breaking both legs and nearly dying when a nurse at the hospital nearby injects
him with methadone.
1983: George Jones marries Nancy Sepulveda at the
home of his sister, Helen Scroggins, in Woodville, Texas. The newlyweds eat
their wedding dinner at a Burger King in Jasper, Texas.
1986: Richard Manuel (Piano for The Band)
committed suicide at the age of 41.
1993: Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown became
parents when Whitney gave birth to a baby girl, Bobbi Kristina Houston Brown.
1994: Kurt Cobain was rushed to hospital after
overdosing on alcohol and drugs in a Rome hotel during a Nirvana European tour.
Cobain had taken 50-60 pills of Rohypnol mixed with champagne; rumors on the
internet claimed that Kurt was dead.
1996: Minnie
Pearl of complications from a stroke at age 83.
2001: Michael
Jackson and friend Macaulay Culkin spend the night shopping at a London record
store, which stays open after hours to accommodate the pair.
2002: Doreen Waddell, singer
with Soul II Soul was killed after attempting to run across the A27 in
Brighton, England after being caught shoplifting.
2010: Rascal Flatts has a guest role on CBS-TV's "CSI:
Crime Scene Investigation." The script has bass player Jay DeMarcus
electrocuted in the opening scene as the band plays "Unstoppable".
