Births
1947: Freddie
Stone (Frederick Stewart ) (Guitar
& Vocals for Sly and the Family Stone)
1947: Laurie Anderson (Performance Artist & Singer)
1947: Tom
Evans (Bass & Vocals for Badfinger)
1952: Nicko McBrain (Drums for Iron Maiden)
1956: Richard Butler (Vocals for Psychedelic Furs
& Love Spit Love)
1956: Kenny G (Kenneth Bruce Gorelick) (Jazz Musician)
1959:
Michael Winans (Gospel Singer)
1969: Brian McKnight (R&B Singer)
1971: Mark Wahlberg (Marky Mark) (Rapper?)
1974: Aaron "P-Nut" Wills
(Bass for 311)
1979: Pete Wentz (Bassist for Fall Out Boy)
1981: Sebastien Lefebvre (Guitar for Simple Plan)
Events
1943: The Grand Ole
Opry takes a new home at the Ryman Auditorium, where it remains until 1974.
1955: Gladys
Presley, Elvis' mother, awakens suddenly in Memphis, convinced that her boy is
in danger; at that moment, Elvis' first pink Cadillac catches on fire while en
route from Fulton, AR. Elvis is unharmed.
1956: Elvis
Presley appears on the last broadcast of Milton Berle's Texaco Star Theater,
performing his brand-new song, "Hound Dog," and also "I Want
You, I Need You, I Love You." Elvis' hip-swinging dancing to "Hound
Dog" shocks the nation, leading the press to describe it as "like the
mating dance of an aborigine" and that the singer clearly had "no
future in the music business."
1959: A young
kid named Robert Zimmerman, a greaser of sorts known for his long hair and
black leather jackets, graduates from Hibbing High School in Hibbing, MN.
Within a few years, he would become a New York folksinger and change his name
to Bob Dylan.
1964: David
Jones and his band, The King Bees, releases his first single, "Liza
Jane." Within five years, he will become famous as David Bowie, having
changed his last name to avoid confusion with the Monkees' Davy Jones.
1964: The Rolling Stones played their first-ever
live date in the US when they appeared at the Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino,
California.
1968: The
favorite for the Democratic party nomination for President, Sen. Robert
Kennedy, is assassinated after a rousing speech in Los Angeles, inspiring David
Crosby to write "Long Time Gone" and the Rolling Stones to add the
line "Who killed the Kennedys?" to their new song-in-progress,
"Sympathy For The Devil."
1971: Grand
Funk Railroad beats the Beatles' 1965 Shea Stadium record gross for a concert,
after manager Terry Knight has the idea to raise ticket prices at Shea just
enough to make that possible.
1974: Sly
Stone marries his first wife, Kathy Silva, onstage before his show at Madison
Square Garden. Bishop Stewart, the singer's uncle, officiates before the crowd
of 19,000; Silva files for divorce five months later.
1975: Syd
Barrett, ex-Pink Floyd member and founder who was forced from the band after
becoming an acid casualty, quietly appears in the Abbey Road studios during
recording of the band's album Wish You Were Here, which was largely
written about him. No one notices Barrett, and he soon leaves as quietly as he
entered. This was the last time any member of Pink Floyd saw Barrett.
1977: Alice Cooper's boa constrictor, a co-star
of his live act suffered a fatal bite from a rat it was being fed for
breakfast. Cooper held auditions for a replacement and a snake named 'Angel'
got the gig.
1979: Muddy
Waters, 64, marries his third wife, 25-year-old Marva Jean Brooks, in Chicago
with Eric Clapton as best man.
1983: During a 48-date North American tour U2
played at Red Rocks Amphitheater near Denver. The show was recorded and
released as 'U2 Live At Red Rocks: Under A Blood Red Sky.'
1986: The
cable-TV music special Fats Domino and Friends, featuring friends Ray
Charles and Jerry Lee Lewis, airs on HBO.
1987: The
Prince's Trust Rock Gala is held for the fifth time at Wembley Arena in London.
The annual charity event features the music of George Harrison, who performs
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" with Eric Clapton; and Ringo Starr's
version of "With A Little Help From My Friends," featuring Jeff Lynne.
Other performers include Elton John, Phil Collins, Dave Edmunds, and Ben E.
King.
1987: Sly
Stone surrenders to authorities in Fort Meyers, FL for violating his probation
(for cocaine possession).
1988: Patti
Boyd, ex-wife of George Harrison, files for divorce from Eric Clapton, who once
wrote the song "Layla" about her.
1989: The Doobie Brothers begin their reunion
tour, their first with their original lineup since 1975.
1990: Drummer
Jim Hodder (Steely Dan) drowned in his swimming pool at age 42.
1990: Richard Sohl, keyboard player with the
Patti Smith group died of a heart attack. He also played live with Iggy Pop.
1993: Conway
Twitty became ill while performing in Branson, Missouri, and was in pain while
he was on the tour bus. He died in Springfield, Missouri, at Cox South Hospital
from an abdominal aortic aneurysm.
1993: Mariah Carey married the President of Sony
Music, Tommy Mottola in Manhattan, guest's included Billy Joel, Bruce
Springsteen, Barbra Streisand and Ozzy Osbourne. (The couple separated in
1997).
1995: Kelley Deal (Breeders) pled guilty to drug
possession charges. She was sentenced to treatment in a rehabilitation center.
1996: An arrest warrant was issued for former Milli
Vanilli member Rob Pilatus after he disappeared from a drug treatment center in
Los Angeles. He turned up 6 days later at another center.
1997: Noel Gallagher married Meg Matthews at the
Little Church Of The West in Las Vegas, (where Elvis married Priscilla). The
Oasis guitarist divorced Matthews in 2001.
1997: Ex Small Faces, The Faces and leader of
Slim Chance, Ronnie Lane died aged 51 after a 20-year battle with multiple
sclerosis.
1999: Jazz singer and songwriter Mel Torme died
aged 73.
2001: Alicia Key's debut album "Songs in A
Minor" was released.
2002: Dee Dee Ramone (Douglas Glenn Colvin), bass
guitarist with The Ramones died at his Hollywood, California apartment of a
heroin overdose aged 49. He was the group's primary songwriter, penning songs
such as 'Rockaway Beach', '53rd & 3rd', and 'Poison Heart'.
2003: A Grandfather who set up his own pirate
radio station in Wakefield, Yorkshire was under investigation by local broadcasting
authorities. The man known as Ricky Rock had erected a 32ft transmitter in his
garden and had been playing hits by The Beach Boys, Beatles and Elvis Presley.
Ricky said he set the station up because 'talent-less boy bands and dance
music' featured on local stations did not cater to the tastes of his
generation.
2003: R. Kelly was banned from travelling to LA
for a video shoot. He wasn't allowed to leave Chicago after being charged with
21 child porn offences last June over a video, which claimed to show him having
sex with an underage girl.
