Births
1938: Charlie Pride (Country
Singer)
1941: Wilson Pickett (R&B Singer)
1947: Barry J Wilson (Drums for
Procol Harum)
1950: John Hartman (Original
Drummer for The Doobie Brothers)
1953: Jamie West-Oram (Guitar for
The Fixx)
1959: Irene Cara (Singer)
1961: Grant Hart (Drummer for Husker
Du)
1963: Vanessa Williams (Pop Singer)
1963: Jeff LaBar (Guitar for
Cinderella)
1964: Courtney Pine (Jazz Musician)
1966: Jerry Cantrell (Lead Singer
& Guitar for Alice In Chains)
1970: Queen Latifah (Rapper &
Jazz Singer)
1974: Stuart Zender (Bass for
Jamiroquai)
1979: Adam Levine (Guitar & Vocals
for Maroon 5)
Events
1939: Frank Sinatra made his first recording, a
song called ‘Our Love’, with the Frank Mane band.
1958: Jerry Lee Lewis becomes the
first musician to appear on American Bandstand actually singing and not
lip-synching his performance. Singing "Great Balls Of Fire,"
"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," and "Breathless" live, he
also becomes the first guest to perform three songs on the program.
1959: EMI Records in the UK announced that it had
now stopped all production of 78 rpm discs.
1965: The Rolling Stones were each
fined $8.50 for urinating in a public place. The incident took place at a
petrol station after a gig in Romford, Essex, England.
1965, John Lennon gave his friend
and ex-Quarry Man Pete Shotton $35,000 to open Hayling Supermarkets. Lennon,
George Harrison and Shotton became joint directors of Hayling Supermarkets Ltd.
1967: The UK music magazine New Musical Express
announced that former Spence Davis Group member Steve Winwood was planning to
form a new group with Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason. The ensemble
would choose the name Traffic.
1967: Pink Floyd signed to EMI Records in the UK.
1972: Neil Young started a three week run at No.1
on the US singles chart with 'Heart Of Gold'. His only Top 20 hit as a solo
artist reached No.10 on the UK chart.
1973: At Earl's Court in London,
Pink Floyd perform their just-released album Dark Side Of The Moon in its
entirety for the first time.
1975: Ken Russell's bizarre and
controversial film of the Who's rock opera Tommy premieres in New York.
1976: The Film 'The Man Who Fell To Earth'
featuring David Bowie premiered in London.
1977: The Clash released their debut single 'White
Riot.' It peaked at No.38 on the UK charts.
1978: The Bee Gees had the Top 3 on the US singles
charts, 'Night Fever' at No.1, '(Love is) Thicker Than Water', by brother Andy
at No.2, co-written by Barry Gibb and 'Emotion' by Samantha Song written and
produced by The Bee Gees at No.3.
1982: Driving home from a basketball game in
Philadelphia, soul singer Teddy Pendergrass crashed his Rolls Royce severely
injuring his spinal cord.
1991: After attending an in-store promo appearance
U2 were fined $850 after being found guilty of selling condoms illegally at the
Virgin Megastore, Dublin.
1992: Donna Summer received a star on the Hollywood
Walk of Fame.
1994: Four guns and 25 boxes of ammo were
confiscated from Kurt Cobain after his wife, Courtney Love, called police
fearing he was going to commit suicide. He did commit suicide about 3 weeks
later.
1994: Darryl Jones replaces
longtime bassist Bill Wyman in the Rolling Stones.
1996: The Sex Pistols announced their comeback at
the 100 Club in London, 20 years after they had split.
1997: Joni Mitchell announced that she had reunited
with a daughter she had given up for adoption many years earlier.
1997: Taylor Hawkins replaced
William Goldsmith as the drummer for the Foo Fighters.
2001: John Phillips of Mamas and The Papas died of
heart failure aged 65. .
2002: The Ramones were inducted into the Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame by Eddie Vedder, lead singer of Pearl Jam and close friend of
the Ramones. The ceremony took place at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York
City.
2002: In Concord, CA, about 1,500 teenagers swarmed
a music store to get autographs from the R&B band B2K. The Sun Valley Mall
was temporarily shut down due to the unexpectedly large crowd.
2002: In New York, Isaac Hayes,
Brenda Lee, and Gene Pitney (among others) are inducted into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame.
2004: Courtney Love exposed her breasts during an
appearance on David Letterman's TV talk show. The singer who had her back to
the audience flashed at the presenter while singing the song Danny Boy. After
the show, she went on to perform a surprise gig at the Plaid night-club in
Manhattan where she was alleged to have injured a man by throwing a microphone
stand into the crowd. Ms. Love was
charged with assault and reckless endangerment.
2011: Country Singer Ferlin Husky Died at 85.
2011: Hip-hop artist Petey Pablo plead guilty to
possession of a stolen firearm. He was
arrested in 2010 while attempting to clear security at Raleigh-Durham
International Airport. Authorities found a loaded gun in a bag that had passed
through an X-ray machine. He faced up to
10 years in prison.
