Births
1912:
Lightnin' Hopkins (Blues Artist)
1916: Harry James (Jazz Trumpeter &
Bandleader)
1931: D.J.
Fontana (Drummer for Elvis)
1940: Phil
Lesh (Bass for The Grateful Dead)
1941: Mike
Love (Singer / Songwriter in The Beach Boys)
1944: Sly
Stone (Funk Keyboardist & Singer)
1946: Howard
Scott (Guitar for War)
1947: Ry
Cooder (Guitarist & Singer)
1955: Dee Snider (Singer for Twisted Sister)
1962: Terence Trent D'arby (Singer)
1963: Bret Michaels (Singer for Poison)
1964: Rockwell (Kennedy William Gordy) (R&B Singer)
1968: Mark McGrath (Singer for Sugar Ray)
1968: Jon Schaffer (Guitar for Iced Earth)
1968: John Tardy (Singer for Obituary)
1972: Mark Hoppus (Bass & Vocals for Blink
182)
1975: Will.i.am (Producer & Rapper in Black
Eyed Peas)
1977: Joe Hahn (DJ for Linkin Park)
1981: Young Buck (David Darnell Brown) (Rapper)
Events
1929: Blues
artist Pinetop Smith dies from a gunshot wound in a dance-hall fight
in Chicago.
1945 : Billboard magazine began listing a top
albums chart. The first #1 was "The Nat King Cole Trio.
1955: Elvis Presley signed a
management contract with Colonel Tom Parker.
1958: Elvis
Presley performs his last concert before leaving for the Army, a show at
Memphis' Russwood Park. Aside from two benefit shows in 1961, this would be the
last Presley concert until 1969.
1966:
Tonight's winners at the Grammy Awards in New York City: Herb Alpert and the
Tijuana Brass for "A Taste Of Honey" (Record Of The Year), Frank
Sinatra's September Of My Years (Album Of The Year), and "The
Shadow Of Your Smile" (Song Of The Year).
1968:
"LIFE" magazine called Jimi Hendrix "the most spectacular
guitarist in the world."
1969: John
Lennon and Yoko Ono, attempting to marry in Paris, are caught "standing in
the dock at Southampton / Trying to get to Holland or France," as later
documented in the Beatles song "The Ballad Of John And Yoko."
Passport problems keep them from boarding.
1971: CBS-TV
announces it will cancel The Ed Sullivan Show, then the longest-running
TV show in history, after 23 years.
1972: After
Los Angeles station KHJ’s DJ Robert W. Morgan broadcasts Donny Osmond's version
of "Puppy Love" for 25 1/2 hours straight, worried callers summon the
local police, who break into the studio, convinced that hippies or anarchists
have taken it over. Turns out it was just a publicity stunt.
1975: Mick
Jagger settles his paternity suit with singer Marsha Hunt out of court.
1975 : The
group T. Rex disbanded.
1975: The Doobie Brothers went to No.1 on the US
singles chart with 'Black Water', the group's first of two US No.1's.
1976: KISS Destroyer
is released.
1978: The
Alan Freed biopic American Hot Wax, widely considered one of the best
rock and roll movies of all time, premieres in New York City, featuring
appearances and performances by Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, and Screamin' Jay
Hawkins.
1982: Bob
Dylan is inducted, somewhat belatedly, into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame.
1986: The Bangles were at No.2 on the UK singles
chart with 'Manic Monday', a song written by Prince under the pseudonym
Christopher, it also made No.2 in the US, held of No.1 by Prince with 'Kiss'.
1989: The
Rolling Stones sign a contract for $70 million -- the largest ever amount to
that time -- for their upcoming 50 date US tour.
1999: The
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inducts Curtis Mayfield, Del Shannon, Dusty
Springfield, Paul McCartney, The Staple Singers, Billy Joel, and Bruce
Springsteen at their annual ceremony in New York City. Marking their reunion
after ten years, Springsteen performs at the ceremony with the E Street Band.
2003: Brad Paisley marries "According To
Jim" star Kimberly Williams in Malibu, California.
2004: The
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inducts Bob Seger, George Harrison, The Dells, ZZ
Top, Jackson Browne, Prince, and Traffic at their annual ceremony in New York
City.
2004: Former Crazy Town
guitarist Rust Epique died of heart failure from an apparent heart attack at
his home in Las Vegas. Epique was 35.
2004: A
federal judge denied Axl Rose's request for a restraining order to block the
release of a Guns ‘N’ Roses greatest hits collection. Rose sued because he said
he had not approved the album.
2005: former Stone Roses singer
Ian Brown was arrested after a fight during a concert in San Francisco after a
fan jumped on stage and attacked the singer, who then became involved in a
fracas with a security guard. Brown was arrested at his hotel after the show at
the Great American Music Hall but released without charge.
2006:
Remnants of Fats Domino's three pianos are discovered and saved by the
Louisiana State Museum after attempting to salvage his Ninth Ward home after
Hurricane Katrina.
2010: Sony Music announced the biggest recording
deal in history with the estate of Michael Jackson worth more than $200 m. The
deal involved 10 album projects over seven years including one of previously
unreleased material. Sony had sold about 31 million copies of Jackson's albums
worldwide since his death on 25 June, 2009.
2011: Casey Royer, the former drummer
for Social Distortion, was charged today with one count of child endangerment
and one count of being under the influence of heroin after OD'ing on the drug
in front of his 12-year-old son while the two watched TV at home.
2011 Nate Dogg, the California
rapper whose real name is Nathaniel D. Hale, died at the age of 41 of
complications from multiple strokes.
