Births
1918: Pearl
Bailey (Singer)
1940: Raymond Davis (Bass Singer in Parliament
& Funkadelic)
1940: Astrud Gilberto (Brazilian Singer)
1943: Chad
Allan (Original Singer for The Guess Who)
1943: Vangelis (Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou) (Composer)
1947: Bobby
Kimball (Singer for Toto)
1956: Patty Donahue (Singer for The Waitresses)
1959: Perry Farrell (DJ Peretz) (Singer for
Jane's Addiction & Porno For Pyros & DJ)
1967: John
Popper (Singer & Harmonica for Blues Traveler)
Events
1958: New
Army recruit Elvis Presley arrives for boot camp at Ft. Hood, TX. He is
stationed there for six months, and insists on performing KP and guard duty
like any other soldier. With a bank account larger than most soldiers, he is
able to afford his own housing. His family arrives and moves into an off-base
trailer.
1966: During
a show in Marseilles, France, a rabid Rolling Stones fan throws a chair at
singer Mick Jagger, opening a gash in his forehead that would require eight
stitches to close.
1967: The Beatles
record "With A Little Help From My Friends" (originally titled ‘Bad
Finger Boogie’).
1970:
Tonight's Ed Sullivan Show on CBS-TV features performances by Bobbie
Gentry and Gladys Knight and the Pips, broadcast live from VA hospitals caring
for Vietnam wounded.
1972: Elvis
Presley records "Always On My Mind".
1972: Led
Zeppelin's Robert Plant and Jimmy Page travel to Bombay (Mumbai) India to
record versions of the band's songs "Friends" and "Four
Sticks" with the city's symphony orchestra. Musical and cultural barriers
prevent the experiment from being a success, but the duo would return two
decades later triumphant, recording those songs and many more for the MTV
special Unledded.
1973: In a
move that was destined to happen, the group Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show get
their picture (an illustration) on the cover of Rolling Stone after
their recent novelty hit, in which they daydreamed about doing just that. The
cover puckishly refers to the group as "What's-Their-Names," but the
band does indeed "buy five copies for (their) mother(s)."
1975: This
week's Billboard shows Led Zeppelin with all six of their studio albums
currently present on the "Billboard 200" album chart, including a
Number One with their latest, Physical Graffiti.
1976: In Memphis, Bruce Springsteen jumped a
fence at Graceland in an attempt to see his idol, Elvis Presley.
1978: Tina
Turner is officially divorced from husband Ike.
1980:
Mantovani Died at the age of 74.
1980: A
Chicago antiques dealer named Ronald Selle sues the Bee Gees, claiming that
their 1978 hit "How Deep Is Your Love" borrows heavily from his own
composition "Let It End." Although the Bee Gees deny the charge and
claim to have never heard the track, a court would rule in Selle's favor. The
group would win an appeal three years later.
1980: Pink
Floyd's 1973 album Dark Side Of The Moon marks its 303rd week on the Billboard
album charts, passing Carole King's Tapestry for longest stay on the
"Billboard 200." It remained
on the charts for 741 weeks (from 1973 to 1988), longer than any other album in
history, with an estimated 45 million copies sold.
1985: Michael
Jackson is honored with a wax statue at London's famous Madame Tussaud's
museum.
1985: Jeanine Deckers, The Singing Nun, died at
age 52 after taking an overdose of sleeping pills in a suicide pact with a
friend.
1986: Beatle
records officially go on sale in Russia.
1986: Austrian singer Falco started a three-week
run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Rock Me Amadeus'. Falco became the
first German speaking artist to achieve a No.1 on the US charts.
1988: Madonna debuted on Broadway in "Speed
The Plow."
2000: Phil Collins took out a high court action
against two former members of Earth, Wind And Fire. Collins claimed his company
had overpaid the musicians by $85,000 in royalties on tracks including
‘Sussudio’ and ‘Easy Lover’.
2001: A
three-hour musical tribute is held at New York City's Radio City Music Hall in
honor of the Beach Boys' guiding genius Brian Wilson, with vocal tributes in
the form of covers by Paul Simon ("Surfer Girl"), Elton John
("God Only Knows"), and Billy Joel ("Don't Worry Baby"), as
well as Heart's Ann and Nancy Wilson, the Go-Go's, Carly Simon, David Crosby,
Wilson Phillips, Aimee Mann, and songwriter Jimmy Webb. Wilson himself performs
"Barbara Ann," "Fun, Fun, Fun," and "Surfin'
U.S.A."
2005: After
experiencing blurred vision at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction
ceremony the month before, Neil Young enters a New York hospital to have a
brain aneurysm removed.
2006: Tom
Jones is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.
2007: U2 singer Bono accepted an honorary
knighthood at a ceremony in Dublin. Bono, 46, was not entitled to be called
"Sir" because he is not a British citizen. His new title is Knight
Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE).
