Births
1944: Diana
Ross (R&B Singer)
1948: Steven
Tyler (Singer for Aerosmith)
1949: Fran
Sheehan (Bass for Boston)
1950: Teddy
Pendergrass (R&B Singer)
1955: Martin Price (Keyboards for 808 State)
1957: Paul Morley (Art Of Noise)
1968: James Jonas Iha (Guitar for Smashing
Pumpkins)
1968: Kenny Chesney (Country Singer / Songwriter)
1981: Jay Sean (R&B Singer & Rapper)
Events
1827:
Composer Ludwig van Beethoven died at age 56.
1963: Funny Girl, a musical about Ziegfeld
Follies star Fanny Brice, opens on Broadway, starring Barbra Streisand. It
features the hits "Don't Rain On My Parade" and the song that would
become her trademark, "People."
1964:
Tonight's guest on CBS-TV's "panel show" I've Got A Secret is former Beatles drummer Pete Best, whose
"secret" occupation is guessed almost immediately. When host Gary
Moore asks Best why he "left" the group (Best was fired), he replied:
"I thought I'd like to start a group of my own."
1965: Mick Jagger,
Brian Jones and Bill Wyman all received electric shocks from a faulty
microphone on stage during a Rolling Stones show in Denmark. Bill Wyman was
knocked unconscious for several minutes.
1965:
It was announced that Jeff Beck would take Eric Clapton's place in the Yardbird
1968: Little Willie
John Dies. The official cause of death was listed in his death certificate as a
heart attack.
1969: Pat
Boone guest-stars as himself on tonight's "Collard Greens An'
Fatback" episode of CBS-TV's Beverly
Hillbillies.
1969: John Lennon and Yoko Ono began their
"bed-in" for peace in Amsterdam.
1970: Mere
days after winning a Grammy for Best Recording for Children with their album Peter, Paul and Mommy, Peter Paul and
Mary are scandalized when group leader Peter Yarrow is arrested in Washington,
DC for "taking immoral liberties" with a 14-year-old girl. He would
spend three months in prison and would later be given clemency by President
Jimmy Carter.
1972: Mott
The Hoople are about to call it quits when friend of the band David Bowie
offers to produce their next album, even offering them two new songs he's
written: "Suffragette City," which the band turns down, and "All
The Young Dudes."
1975: The
movie musical Tommy, directed
by Ken Russell and based on the Who album of the same name, premieres in
London, starring Who lead singer Roger Daltrey in the title role, as well as
Ann-Margret and Jack Nicholson. Guest stars include Elton John and Tina Turner.
1976: Keith
Richards and model girlfriend Anita Pallenberg become the proud parents of a
son, Tara. Sadly, he would die ten weeks later from pneumonia.
1976: Riding
near the scene of a multi-car pileup in Memphis, Elvis Presley jumps out of his
limo, displays his honorary police captain's badge from the city, and attempts
to help the victims before police and rescue teams arrive.
1977: Hall and Oates started a three week run at
No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Rich Girl', the duo's first US No.1
1980: Pink
Floyd's landmark 1973 LP Dark Side Of
The Moon surpasses Carole King's Tapestry
as the album with the longest consecutive stay on the Billboard 200 album chart. It would remain on the chart until
1988.
1983: Duran Duran went to No.1 on the UK singles
chart with 'Is There Something I Should Know'. Their first No.1 and there
eighth single release. The group was on a US promotional trip on this day,
where they were greeted by 5,000 screaming fans at an in-store appearance in
New York City.
1985: After
Stevie Wonder's Oscar speech the previous night, at which he dedicated his Best
Song Award to Nelson Mandela, South Africa bans all Wonder records from its nation's
radio stations.
1986: Guns N' Roses was signed to Geffen Records.
1988: Morrissey went to No.1 on the UK album
chart with his debut solo LP 'Viva Hate.'
1990: Digital Undergound released their debut
album “Sex Packets” on Tommy Boy records.
1994: Soundgarden entered the US album chart at
No.1 with 'Superunknown'.
1995: Rapper producer, and record executive
Eazy-E (Eric Lynn Wright) died of AIDS in Los Angeles aged 31.
2001: The toy figure of Eminem was facing a ban
from UK shops. Woolworth's and Hamleys were refusing to stock the dolls.
Psychologists warned parents who buy the dolls for children will be
inadvertently giving their approval to bad language.
2002: Randy Castillo drummer with the Ozzy
Osbourne band died of cancer aged 51.
2004: Jan Berry of Jan and Dean, died at the age
of 62 after being in poor health sustained in a 1966 car crash.
2005: Australian drummer Paul Hester died aged
46, after he "attempted suicide" and died from strangulation after
being found hanged in a park in Melbourne. He had been a member of Crowded
House, Split Enz and Largest Living Things.
2008: The Los Angeles Times apologised for
claiming rap mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs was involved in a 1994 shooting
of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur. The LA Times, which published the original story
on its website, initially said its claims were based on FBI records, witness
accounts and other unnamed sources. The apology followed a claim that the
newspaper was conned by a prisoner who doctored the documents used.
