Births
1917: Ella
Fitzgerald (Jazz Singer)
1923: Albert King (Blues Guitarist & Singer)
1933: Jerry
Leiber (Standards Composer)
1940: Al Pacino
1945: Bjorn Ulvaeus (Singer in ABBA)
1945: Stu Cook (Bass for CCR)
1958: Fish (Derek William Dick) (Singer in
Marillion & Solo)
1964: Andy Bell (Singer in Erasure)
1965: Eric Avery (Bass for Jane’s Addiction)
Events
1955: The
UN's commission on narcotics releases a report stating "definite connection
between increased marijuana smoking and that form of entertainment known as
bebop and rebop."
1967: Just days after the completion of Sgt.
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles embark upon their next project,
recording the theme to 'Magical Mystery Tour' at Abbey Road studios in London.
1967: The Beatles recorded "All You Need Is
Love" during a British TV broadcast. Marianne Faithfull sang in the
chorus.
1968: The Beatles refused to perform for the Queen
of England at a British Olympic Appeal Fund show because "Our decision
would be the same no matter what the cause. We don't do benefits."
1970: At
today's concert in Raleigh, North Carolina, the interracial band Pacific Gas
and Electric is subject to verbal abuse on stage. Later, when they leave the
club, four bullets are fired at their van. No one is injured.
1974:
According to the new issue of Rolling Stone, "streaking" has
become so popular that Yes and Gregg Allman concerts have been interrupted by
the fad. At a recent Beach Boys concert, the magazine says, the band was
streaked by its own crew.
1974: Pam Morrison, Jim Morrison's widow, died of a
heroin overdose at the age of 27.
1977: Elvis
Presley performs at the Civic Center in Saginaw, MI, with a mobile unit
capturing what would be his very last recording (released on the album Moody
Blue).
1977: The
musical variety television special Paul Anka -- Music My Way, featuring
Natalie Cole, Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band, and a host of famous
cameos, airs on ABC.
1979: The film "Rock & Roll High
School" starring the Ramones premiered.
1979: The Police made their debut on BBC TV's 'Top
Of The Pops' performing 'Roxanne'. The single which was taken from their album
Outlandos d'Amour was written from the point-of-view of a man who falls in love
with a prostitute.
1981: Denny
Laine leaves the trio Wings, essentially leaving Paul McCartney a solo act once
more.
1993:
Legendary album artist Stanley "Mouse" Miller, designer of the
Grateful Dead's "Skull and Roses" logo, has his upcoming liver
transplant financed by the band.
1994: After
fourteen years, The Eagles reform at Warner's Burbank Studios for the first of
what will be two reunion concerts chronicled on the live/studio album Hell
Freezes Over.
1994: A judge
finds Michael Bolton's 1991 hit "Love Is A Wonderful Thing"
plagiarizes the Isley Brothers' 1966 song of the same name, despite Bolton's
protests that he's never heard the song.
1994: Yankee
Stadium in New York holds their first "Joe DiMaggio Day," featuring
Paul Simon singing "Mrs. Robinson" (and cheers when he gets to the
"Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?" part).
1999: Roger Troutman (Zapp) died at the age of 47.
He had been shot several times. His brother, Larry, was found near the crime
scene with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
2002: In Honduras, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes
(TLC) was
killed in a car crash at age 30.
2003: The
parents of the late Doors frontman Jim Morrison sue the remaining members for
touring with a new singer as "The Doors 21st Century" using the
band's image and logo.
2003: Sinead O'Connor announced on her Web site
that she was going to retire.
2003: Nina
Simone is laid to rest in Carry-Le-Rouet, France, with attendees including
Miriam Makeba and gifts from luminaries like Elton John.
2004: For the
third time in two years, Billy Joel is involved in a minor traffic accident,
driving his car into a home in Bayville, Long Island, New York. No one is
injured.
2007: Singer Bobby
"Boris" Pickett died due to complications from Leukemia at age 69.
