Births
1946: Murray
Head (Singer)
1948: Eddy
Grant (Singer)
1952: Alan
Clark (Keyboards for Dire Straits)
1956: Teena Marie (R&B Singer)
1958: Andy
Gibb (Singer)
1966: Zachary Stevens (Lead Singer
Savatage)
1969: MC Solaar (French Rapper)
1970: John Frusciante (Guitar for The Red Hot
Chili Peppers)
Events
1951: Ike
Turner, recording as Jackie Brenston and his Kings of Rhythm, records
"Rocket '88" for Sam Phillips at his Memphis Recording Service (later
Sun Studios) in Memphis, a record now considered by many musicologists to be
the first rock and roll record.
1960: At 9:15
am, Elvis Presley is officially discharged from the United States military
(though he will remain on reserve for another four years). He collects a final
paycheck of nine dollars and eighty-one cents and boards a train for Memphis.
1963: Patsy
Cline died in a plane crash at 30 years old.
1969: The
rock magazine Creem is published for the first time.
1971: At the
beginning of their "Thank You" tour at Ulster Hall in Belfast, Led Zeppelin
debut the first live performance of their upcoming song, "Stairway To
Heaven." The audience is underwhelmed.
1973: Alabama, billed as Wildcountry, makes its
debut at The Bowery in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. They remain regulars at
the club for the next seven years.
1975: One of
the more famous romances in rock begins when Rod Stewart meets Swedish model
and actress Britt Ekland at a party thrown by mutual friend Joni Mitchell.
1982: Actor and singer John Belushi died from an
overdose of cocaine and heroin. Belushi was one of the original cast members on
US TV's Saturday Night Live, played Joliet 'Jake' Blues in The Blues Brothers
and also appeared in the film Animal House.
1994: Grace
Slick of Jefferson Airplane/Starship is arrested by police in Tiburon, CA, for
waving a shotgun at them when they arrive at her home to mediate a reported
domestic dispute. Slick is eventually sentenced to 200 hours of community
service and a dozen Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.
2002: MTV began airing "The Osbournes."
The reality television show followed the daily activities of rock musician Ozzy
Osbourne and his family.
2004: The
Sunday edition of Britain's Daily Mail lists Paul McCartney's worth at
1.3 billion US dollars.
2008: Lou Pearlman, the man behind boy bands 'N
Sync and the Backstreet Boys was set to plead guilty to a $300m fraud scheme.
The music mogul admitted to a court in Florida of running scams that defrauded
investors and major banks for more than 20 years. The charges carried a maximum
of 25 years in prison and a $1m fine.
2009: Taylor Swift makes her TV acting debut,
stabbed in the heart with scissors on CBS' "CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation".
