Births
1928: Serge
Gainsbourg (French Jazz Musician)
1939: Marvin
Gaye (Singer)
1942: Leon
Russell (Singer/ Songwriter & Piano Player)
1946: Kurt
Winter (Guitarist for The Guess Who)
1947: Emmylou Harris (Country Singer / Songwriter)
1949: David Robinson (Drummer for The Cars)
1952: Leon
Wilkerson (Bass for Lynryd Skynyrd)
1954: Gregory Abbott (R&B Singer)
1961: Keren Woodward (Singer in Bananarama)
1962: Billy Dean (Country Artist)
1967: Greg Camp (Guitar for Smash Mouth)
1967: Prince Paul (Hip-Hop DJ
& Producer)
1979: Jesse Carmichael (Keyboards for Maroon 5)
1980: Yung Joc (Jasiel A. Robinson) (Rapper)
Events
1956: Johnny
Cash recorded "I Walk The Line" & “Get Rhythm” at Sun Studios in
Memphis, TN.
1964: The
Beach Boys recorded "I Get Around" which became their first US No.1
in the summer of this year.
1965: The first edition of new music show 'Ready
Steady Goes Live!' was shown on UK TV.
1966: Herb
Alpert and the Tijuana Brass set a chart record when four of their albums make
the Top 10 of the Billboard album chart at the same time.
1967: An
overzealous audience member throws a smoke bomb onto the stage at the Rolling
Stones concert at the Town Hall in Vienna, Austria, leading to a riot and the
arrest of 154 fans.
1967: Steve
Winwood forms Traffic with Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason.
1969: Frank
Sinatra's "My Way" enters the charts.
1969: Bruce Springsteen’s new group Child made
their live debut at the Pandemonium Club in Wanamassa, New Jersey.
1970: Janis
Joplin get tattoos on her wrist and heart, the one on her chest reading
"One For The Boys."
1977:
Fleetwood Mac's LP Rumours hits #1. As of 2011, it is the 10th
best-selling album in US history selling over 40 Million copies.
1977: "Lucille" brings
Kenny Rogers his first #1 country single in Billboard magazine.
1977: Frank Sinatra scored his
first ever UK No.1 album with 'Portrait Of Sinatra', his 46th album release.
1987: Drummer
Buddy Rich died of heart failure following surgery for a malignant brain tumor
at the age of 69.
1990: Eric Clapton was fined $500 with $15 costs
by Walton-on- Thames Magistrates court, after being booked for speeding at
105mph; Clapton was also banned from driving for three months.
1990: Nirvana went into Smart Studios in Madison,
Wisconsin and started work on demo versions of ‘In Bloom’, ‘Dive’, ‘Lithium’,
‘Pay To Play’, ‘Imodium’, ‘Sappy’ and ‘Polly’ with Butch Vig producing.
1991: LL Cool J gave a pair of sneakers to every
student and teacher at The Thompson Middle School in Dorchester, England to
celebrate them winning the 'foot locker cool school video' contest.
1993: Robert
Flack guest stars as herself on today's episode of ABC-TV's Loving.
1993: The
London tabloids break the news that Rolling Stone bassist Bill Wyman's son
Stephen is engaged to 46-year-old Patsy Smith, mother of Wyman's ex-wife,
22-year-old Mandy Smith.
1997: After
32 years, Joni Mitchell is reunited with her first daughter, Kilauren Gibb.
Joni gave the child up for adoption at the start of her career.
1998: Rob Pilatus, one half of pop duo Milli
Vanilli was found dead in a Frankfurt Hotel room after taking a lethal
combination of drugs and alcohol. Milli Vanilli won the 1989 best new artist
Grammy after hits like 'Blame it on the Rain' and 'Girl, You Know It's True,'
selling 30 million singles and 14 million albums. But in late 1990, the
performers were stripped of the award after it was revealed that neither
actually sang on the Milli Vanilli album.
1999: The Black Crowes played a concert in
Knoxville, Tennessee. Joshua Harmon, a teenager sitting in the second row sued
the band, a year later for $5,000 claiming significant hearing loss.
2001: Mariah Carey signed the richest recording
deal in history. The 31-year old singer
signed a deal with Virgin for three albums worth $100M. The singer had sold
over 120 million records worldwide, scoring 14 US No.1 singles.
2002: Elton John and Ryan Adams perform together
at a studio in the back of the Grand Ole Opry House, a taping for "CMT
Crossroads." Among their collaborations are duets on Jim Reeves'
"He'll Have To Go" and Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls Of
Fire".
2004: Coldplay singer Chris Martin was accused of
attacking a photographer after leaving a London restaurant with his wife
Gwyneth Paltrow. A Coldplay spokesman said photographer Alessandro Copetti had
been running after Paltrow's taxi and tripped. Mr Copetti said he had been
taking pictures of the singer and his wife outside a restaurant when Martin
kicked him from behind.
2005: Kanye West had to abandon a signing
appearance in Fresno, California, after a fight broke out between a fan and a
security guard. West was taken out of the back door of the new FTK urban
boutique, while the owners locked all the doors and cleared around 1,000 fans
from the store's parking area.
2006: Gnarls Barkley started an eight-week run at
No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Crazy.' The American duo made chart history
by becoming the first act ever to reach No.1 through computer downloads only.
The single was not available to buy in shops until the following week.
2006: Brad Paisley performs "When I Get
Where I'm Going" during the funeral for Buck Owens at the Valley Baptist
Church in Bakersfield. Also on hand are Dwight Yoakam, Garth Brooks, Chris
Hillman, Herb Pedersen, Lulu Roman, John Berry and Trace Adkins.
