Births
1927: Gerry
Mulligan (Jazz Saxophonist)
1937: Merle
Haggard (Country Artist)
1952: Udo Dirkschneider (Singer for Accept)
1965: Frank Black (Charles Michael Kittridge
Thompson IV) (Guitarist & Singer for The Pixies & Solo)
Events
1956: Having
impressed Paramount Studios with his screen test five days earlier, Elvis
Presley is signed to a seven-year, three- picture deal worth nearly half a
million dollars.
1956: Capitol Tower, the home of Capitol Records
in Hollywood, CA, was dedicated. It was the first circular office tower
designed in America. It is 13 stories tall and 92 feet in diameter.
1962:
Russia's official newspaper, Pravda, warns Soviet teens of the decadent
dangers of the new "twist" dance craze.
1965: The
Beach Boys recorded "California Girls".
1966: The first session of what would become The
Beatles album 'Revolver' started in the evening at Abbey Road studios London,
with the recording of the basic track of 'Tomorrow Never Knows.'
1968:
Founding member Syd Barrett, already in a mental downward spiral from LSD
abuse, leaves Pink Floyd.
1968: The Beatles Apple Corps Ltd. record
company, management and publishing firm, opened their offices in London.
1969:
Original bassist Pete Quaife leaves the Kinks.
1971: The
Rolling Stones unveil their new custom record label, Rolling Stones Records,
which also features the group's new logo, the infamous tongue-and-lips
"pop art" drawing created by London graphic artist John Pasche.
1972: The
Monkees' Micky Dolenz guest stars as himself in tonight's "Barbara
Lost" episode of ABC-TV's My Three Sons.
1971: Carly
Simon is introduced to James Taylor backstage after her concert at Los Angeles'
famous Troubadour nightclub. Instantly smitten, they would marry in November of
1972.
1974: After
initially arguing with his record company about releasing it as a single
("it's the same thing over and over"), Billy Joel gets his first Top
40 hit with "Piano Man."
1974:
California's biggest annual rock concert, the California Jam, has its debut in
Ontario, CA, featuring performances by The Eagles, Earth Wind and Fire, Seals
and Crofts, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Emerson Lake and Palmer, and Black Oak
Arkansas performing for a crowd of 200,000.
1974: The
concert documentary Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones, the
first-ever such film with a quadraphonic soundtrack, premieres at the Ziegfeld
Theatre in New York.
1975: Labelle
performs their recent hit, "Lady Marmalade," on CBS-TV's Cher
show.
1979: In
Beverly Hills, Rod Stewart marries George Hamilton's ex-wife, Alana. The couple
would divorce in 1984.
1984:
Longtime E Street Band guitarist "Miami" Steve Van Zandt, a/k/a
Little Steven, announces he's leaving the group. He will return in 1995.
1987: Roger Waters' lawyers issued a statement
that Roger believed himself to be the creative driving force behind Pink Floyd
and therefore he would contest the use of the name by anyone else and any
former members of Pink Floyd.
1990: Drummer Tommy Lee (Motley Crue) suffered a
mild concussion in New Haven, CT. when he fell after swinging from scaffolding
above his elevated drum kit.
1991: Ringo
Starr guest stars as himself in tonight's "Brush With Greatness"
episode of Fox-TV's The Simpsons.
1992: George
Harrison performs his first full live solo concert since 1969, appearing in
London in a benefit for the Natural Law political party.
1993: Rap grout The Beatnuts release their debut
EP “Intoxicated Demons”.
1997: The
Michael Jackson short film/theme ride Captain EO is shown for the last
time at Disneyland.
1998: Chubby
Checker, Lesley Gore, Fabian, and Dick Clark all guest star as themselves in
tonight's "Opus One" episode of CBS-TV's Murphy Brown.
1998: Tammy
Wynette died after years of medical problems, numerous hospitalizations,
approximately 26 major operations and an addiction to large doses of pain
medication, Wynette died while sleeping on her couch at age 55. Wynette's
doctor from Pennsylvania said she died of a blood clot in her lung.
1998: Wendy O. Williams, former singer of the
Punk Rock band The Plasmatics, died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds.
Williams was known for her wild stage theatrics which included blowing up
equipment, near nudity and chain-sawing guitars. In January 1981 police in
Milwaukee arrested her for simulating sex on stage, later that same year in
Cleveland, Ohio Williams was acquitted of an obscenity charge for simulating
sex on stage wearing only shaving cream.
1999: Bob
Weir and Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead appear at an Al Gore Presidential
fundraiser, with Gore's wife, notorious anti-rock crusader Tipper, playing
congas.
2003: Linkin Park started a two week run at No.1
on the US album chart with ‘Meteroa’ the bands first US No.1 album.
2004: Niki
Sullivan (The Crickets) died suddenly of a heart attack, aged 66, in Sugar
Creek, Missouri, near Kansas City; despite his good health and no indications
of any illness.
2006: Eminem filed for divorce from his wife Kim
less than three months after the couple re-married.
