Births
1935: Loretta
Lynn (Country Singer)
1945: Ritchie
Blackmore (Guitarist for Deep Purple & Rainbow)
1964: Vinnie Moore (Guitar for
UFO)
1965: Martyn LeNoble (Bass for Porno For Pyros)
1973: David Miller (Tenor in Il Divo)
1974: Da Brat (Shawntae Harris) (Rapper)
1980: Win Butler (Lead
Vocalist & Songwriter for Arcade Fire)
Events
1759: George Frideric
Handel died.
1960:
Inspired by the hysteria surrounding Elvis Presley and his Army stint, the
musical Bye Bye Birdie, starring Dick Van Dyke, Dick Gautier, and Paul
Lynde opens on Broadway at the Martin Beck Theatre. It will run for 607
performances.
1963: The
Beatles visit the Crawdaddy Club in Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey, England, to
see an unsigned band called The Rolling Stones.
1967: ABC-TV airs
the final episode of their afternoon rock music variety show Where The
Action Is, featuring the house band it made famous, Paul Revere and the
Raiders.
1968: Famed
producer Phil Spector takes his first wife, Ronnie Bennett of Ronettes fame.
The legendarily unhappy marriage will finally end in 1972.
1969: The
Monkees' dismal last gasp, the NBC-TV special 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee,
airs to bad ratings and worse reviews.
1969: In a
first for the Academy Awards, the Oscar for Best Actress is a tie: Katherine
Hepburn for The Lion In Winter and Barbra Streisand for Funny Girl.
1970: Stephen
Stills breaks his wrist while driving into a parked car, forcing the
cancellation of CSNY's upcoming American tour.
1971: The Illinois Crime Commission issued a list
of 'drug-oriented records' including 'White Rabbit' by Jefferson Airplane, 'A
Whiter Shade Of Pale' by Procol Harum and The Beatles 'Lucy In The Sky With
Diamonds.'
1973: Led Zeppelin started a two-week run at No.1
on the UK album chart with 'Houses Of The Holy', also a No.1 in the US. The
young girl featured on the cover of the album climbing naked up Giants Causeway
in Northern Ireland is Samantha Gates who was 6 years old at the time of the
photo shoot.
1974: Pete
Townshend of the Who makes his solo concert debut at the Roundhouse in London,
backed solely by his own pre-recorded audio tapes.
1975: After a
long audition process during the recording of their album Black and Blue,
and after a slew of rumors about who would fill the position, the Rolling
Stones announce former Faces member Ron Wood as their new guitarist, replacing
the departed Mick Taylor.
1976: Stevie
Wonder signs the largest music contract to that time when he resigns with
Motown/Tamla for $13 million.
1980: New
Jersey considers a resolution to make Bruce Springsteen's "Born To
Run" the new official state anthem, but eventually designate it as merely
the Garden State's "rock anthem."
1980: Olivia
Newton John's TV special Olivia's Hollywood Nights, also starring Elton
John, The Carpenters, and Andy Gibb, airs on ABC.
1983: The Pretenders bass player Pete Farndon
died from a drug overdose. He was fired from the group on June 14th 1982, (two
days before Pretenders guitarist James Honeyman-Scott was found dead of heart
failure). Farndon was in the midst of forming a new band with former Clash
drummer Topper Headon when he died.
1988: Public Enemy released their 2nd
album “It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back”. Considered on many publications lists as the
greatest hip-hop album of all time, the album would finish at number 48 on
Rolling Stone Magazine’s list of The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time, the highest
ranking hip-hop album on the magazine’s list. The Source Magazine rated it as
the greatest hip-hop album ever.
1989: Tom Petty released his first solo album
"Full Moon Fever."
1999: Tammy Wynette's body was exhumed and an
autopsy performed in Nashville at the request of her husband, George Richey.
2001: Sean Puffy Combs (P. Diddy) was arrested in
Miami for riding a scooter in South Beach on a suspended driver's license. He
was released 20 minutes later after signing a promise to appear in court.
2002: Ashanti started a ten week run at No.1 on
the US singles chart with 'Foolish' and on the same day started a three week
run at No.1 on the US album chart with her self-titled album.
2003: A man was arrested accused of making up a
Bjork concert then selling tickets. Alex Conate allegedly sold tickets worth
$14,000 at $40 each after persuading a San Diego nightclub owner that Bjork had
agreed to play there. He was accused of taking the money and moving to Hawaii,
where he was arrested.
2007: Don Ho
died in Waikiki from heart failure.
2008:
Liverpool's John Moore University names a new Chancellor -- Queen's Brian May.
2009: George
Harrison is posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1750
Vine -- not coincidentally in front of the offices of George's old US label, Capitol.
