Births
1924: Sarah
Vaughan (Jazz Singer)
1950: Tony
Banks (Keyboard & Guitar for Genesis)
1953: Wally
Stocker (Lead Guitar for The Babys)
1959: Andrew Farriss (Keyboards for INXS)
1962: Derrick McKenzie (Drums for Jamiroquai)
1965: Johnny April (Bass for Staind)
1970: Mariah Carey (R&B Singer)
1975: Fergie (Stacy Ferguson) (Singer in Black
Eyed Peas & Solo)
1988: Jessie J (Jessica Ellen Cornish) (Singer /
Songwriter)
Events
1955:
Frustrated over Ike Turner's inability to find a label to record the follow up
to his hit, Jackie Brenston's "Rocket 88," Sam Phillips decides to
form his own independent label in Memphis, known as Sun Records. Within a
matter of days, Sun will release its first single, Johnny London's
"Drivin' Slow" b/w "Flat Tire".
1958: CBS Records
announces its sound lab's latest invention, stereophonic sound, which when
played on a compatible phonograph will send sound through two channels instead
of one.
1960:
Representative Emanuel Celler (D-NY) introduces two bills designed to halt the practice
of "payola" -- that is, DJs receiving cash or gifts to promote
certain records. Celler, echoing the sentiments of his era, declares that
"the cacophonous music called Rock and Roll" could not possibly have
risen up the charts without the practice of payola.
1966: Roy
Orbison takes a curve too tightly while out motorcycling in Hawkstone Park in
Birmingham, England, fracturing his foot and resulting in him playing his next
few English dates in crutches on a stool.
1967: Fats
Domino plays his first UK gig at London's Saville Theatre, on a ticket that
includes the Bee Gees and Gerry & the Pacemakers.
1972: Elvis Presley recorded what would be his
last major hit, 'Burning Love,' a No.2 hit on the US chart.
1973: Rolling
Stone reports that Carlos Santana has become a devotee of Sri Chimnoy, and
has therefore changed his name to "Devadip," which means "the
lamp of the light of the Supreme."
1973: A
routine speeding ticket in New Jersey becomes a headache for Grateful Dead
leader Jerry Garcia when police search his car and find a significant quantity
of LSD. He is released on two thousand dollars bail.
1976: Paul McCartney and Wings were forced to
postpone forthcoming US tour for three weeks after guitarist Jimmy McCulloch
fell in his hotel bathroom and broke a finger.
1979: Eric
Clapton finally gets his "Layla" when he marries Pattie Boyd, ex-wife
of best friend George Harrison. Harrison attends the wedding in Tucson, AZ, as
do fellow Beatles Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney. Eric and Pattie would divorce
in 1988.
1982: Ronnie
Lane, former bassist for the (Small) Faces, is taken to the hospital for
treatment of his multiple sclerosis. Lane would succumb to the wasting muscle
disorder in 1997.
1984: Run-DMC release their debut self-titled
album on Profile records.
1986: Van Halen kicked off their 1986, 112 date
North American tour at the Hirsch Memorial Coliseum in Shreveport, Los Angeles.
This was the band's first tour with Sammy Hagar on lead vocals.
1987: U2 performed from the roof of a store in
downtown LA to make the video for 'Where The Streets Have No Name', attracting
thousands of spectators and bringing traffic to a standstill. The police
eventually stop the shoot.
1991: New Kids On The Block's Donnie Wahlberg was
arrested after setting fire to carpets (using a bottle of vodka) at The Seelbach
Hotel, Louisville. Wahlberg plea bargains the charge down to criminal mischief
and was ordered to perform fire safety and anti-drug abuse promos.
1995: Tupac Shakur's "Me Against the
World" made him the first rap artist to debut at No. 1 on the charts while
in jail for sexual assault.
2000: Singer, songwriter, poet and actor, Ian
Dury died after a long battle with cancer aged 57.
2001: Christina Aguilera signed an U.S.
sponsorship deal with Cola-Cola, only a month after Britney Spears signed a deal
to promote Pespi.
2002: Lyle Lovett was trampled by a bull while
trying to help his uncle who had just been thrown by the animal. Lovett's lower
right leg was broken in several places.
2003: The
Rolling Stones postpone a planned series of concerts in Hong Kong after the
deadly SARS flu epidemic breaks out there; ironically, the Stones would later
perform a benefit there to show the city was safe to visit.
2006: Victor
Willis, the "policeman" in the Village People, is arrested in San
Francisco for failing to appear at his trial for cocaine and gun possession.
After agreeing to enter rehab, his sentence is reduced to three years
probation.
2007:
Jefferson Airplane/Starship vocalist Grace Slick sues former bandmate Paul
Kantner for touring with different musicians under the name "Paul
Kantner's Starship."
2007: The
wife of Velvet Revolver singer Scott Weiland was arrested on suspicion of
burning over $10,000 of his belongings outside their home after police in
southern California found a bin of smouldering clothes. Earlier that day, the
couple left two rooms vandalized after an argument at a luxury hotel.
2007: Eminem and his ex-wife Kim reached a court
agreement to stop insulting each other in public. The pair, who divorced for
the second time last year, pledged to stop trading insults for the sake of
their 11-year-old daughter Hailie. The deal came after the rap star took legal
action to stop Kim Mathers making "derogatory, disparaging, inflammatory
and otherwise negative comments".
2008, Grammy-nominated rapper Remy Ma was
convicted of assault after a woman was shot in New York. The jury heard how Ms
Smith had shot her friend outside a nightclub in July 2007 because she thought
the woman had stolen $3,000 from her. The rapper was to remain in jail without
bail until she was sentenced.
2008: an inquest in Leeds, England heard the
husband of UK singer Corinne Bailey Rae died from a suspected overdose. The
body of saxophonist Jason Rae, 31, was found in a flat in the Hyde Park area of
Leeds. A 32-year-old man arrested on suspicion of supplying controlled drugs
was bailed pending further inquiries.
2008: X Factor winner Leona Lewis became the first
British woman to top the US pop chart for more than 20 years with her single
‘Bleeding Love.’ Kim Wilde was the last UK female to top the Billboard Hot 100
chart, with her 1987 cover version of the Supremes hit ‘You Keep Me Hangin'
On’. Petula Clark was the first, with her 1965 track ‘Downtown’.
