Births
1936: Roger
Whittaker (Singer / Songwriter)
1943: Keith
Relf (Lead Singer & Harmonica for Yardbirds)
1943: George
Benson (Jazz Singer & Guitarist)
1944: Jeremy
Clyde (Chad and Jeremy)
1948: Andrew
Lloyd Webber (Composer)
1952: Jay Dee Daugherty (Drummer for Patti Smith
Group & The Church)
1957: Stephanie Mills (R&B Singer)
1963: Susanne Sulley (Singer The Human League)
1968: Mickey Dale (Keyboards for Embrace)
1968: Euronymous (Guitarist for Mayhem)
1977: John Otto (Drummer in Limp Bizkit)
1979: Aaron Wright North (Guitarist for Nine Inch
Nails)
1980: Shannon Bex (Singer in Danity Kane)
1981: Mims (Shawn Mims) (Rapper)
Events
1958: Hank
Williams Jr. makes his stage debut, at the age of eight, singing on stage in
Swainsboro, GA.
1962:
19-year-old Barbra Streisand becomes an instant celebrity when she stars in the
Broadway play I Can Get It For You Wholesale.
1963:
Beatles release 1st album, "Please Please Me" in the U.K.
1965: Bob
Dylan's first electric album "Bring it All Back Home" was released.
1967: The Who
make their US stage debut, performing at the Paramount Theater in New York
City.
1971: The
Allman Brothers are arrested at a truck stop in Jackson, AL, and charged with
possession of marijuana and heroin.
1975: Barry Manilow
makes his first US television appearance, performing "Mandy" and
"It's A Miracle" on ABC-TV's American Bandstand.
1975: Frankie Valli went to No.1
on the US singles chart with 'My Eyes Adored You', his first solo No.1.
1976: While
campaigning for US President, Jimmy Carter tells NARM (The National Association
of Record Merchandisers) that he listened to Dylan, the Grateful Dead, and Led
Zeppelin while Governor of Georgia.
1977: ABC-TV
airs the John Denver special Thank God I'm A Country Boy.
1978: The
Rutles: All You Need Is Cash, a Beatles parody special that grew out of
sketches on ex-Monty Python member Eric Idle's show Rutland Weekend
Television, gets its first US airing on ABC-TV.
1978: The Police signed to A&M Records.
1979: Chaka
Khan gives birth to her second child, Damien Milton Patrick Holland.
1980: Pink Floyd's 'Another Brick In The Wall',
started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart. The track, which was
the group’s only US chart topper, was also a No.1 in the UK, Germany,
Australia, Italy and in many other countries around the world. Pink Floyd
received a Grammy nomination for Best Performance by a Rock Duo or Group for
the song, but lost to Bob Seger's Against The Wind.
1991: Dave
Guard (The Kingston Trio) dies of cancer at the age of 56.
1992: Polygram Records officially announced that
Tears For Fears had split up, Roland Orzabal continued using the name Tears For
Fears.
1994: Dan
Hartman, singer of the 80’s hit “I Can Dream About You” and member of The Edgar
Winter Group and wrote their hit “Free Ride”, dies of a brain tumor resulting
from AIDS at the age of 43.
1994: Ted
Nugent, always a straight arrow, makes a PSA warning kids of the dangers of
abusing inhalants.
1996: Don
Murray, drummer for The Turtles, dies after an ulcer surgery.
1997: Paul
McCartney's original birth certificate is sold to a private Beatles collector
for $84,146.
1997: Marilyn Manson stopped a show in Honolulu,
Hawaii, short after falling onstage and severing an artery in his hand.
1997: Puff Daddy featuring Mase started a six
week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Can't Nobody Hold Me Down', his
first US No.1.
2000: An
audience member falls 90 feet off of an electrical tower at a KISS concert in
at California's Oakland Arena.
2005: Rod Price of Foghat died after falling down
a stairway at his home after suffering a heart attack.
2006:
Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler's upcoming throat surgery forces the band to
cancel their latest tour.
