Births
1937: Eddie
Floyd (R&B Singer)
1939: Harold
Melvin (Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes)
1940: Clint
Warwick (Bass for The Moody Blues)
1945: Carly
Simon (Rock Singer)
1946: Ian
McDonald (Sax for King Crimson & Foreigner)
1946: Allen
Lanier (Keyboards & Guitar for Blue Oyster Cult)
1952: Tim Finn (Singer & Songwriter for Split
Enz & Crowded House)
1954: David
Paich (Keyboards for Toto)
1963: George Michael (Singer for Wham and Solo)
1968: Candyman (Candell Manson) (Rapper)
1972: Mike Kroeger (Bass for Nickelback)
Events
1957: In
response to several successful concerts and dance contests, Egypt bans rock and
roll from public places and from being mentioned in the press, deeming it
"an imperialist plot" and citing it as a prime example of
"Western degeneracy."
1964: The
British Invasion gets a taste of its own medicine when Roy Orbison becomes the
first American to hit #1 in the UK in 47 weeks, scoring with his single
"It's Over."
1966:
R&B singer Jackie Wilson was arrested for inciting a riot and
refusing to obey a police order at a nightclub in Port Arthur, Texas. Wilson
had a crowd of 400 whipped into a frenzy and refused to stop singing when
requested to do so by police. He was later convicted of drunkenness and fined
$30.
1966: Neil
Diamond makes his television debut, singing his hit "Solitary Man" on
today's broadcast of ABC's American Bandstand.
1967: The
world's first worldwide satellite broadcast entitled Our World, which
features performances from all over the globe, airs the live English portion of
the program, as the Beatles introduce their new single, a message of hope from
John Lennon entitled "All You Need Is Love." Broadcast live around
the world from the Abbey Road Studios in London, it features the band singing and
playing along to a pre-recorded track, joined in the studio by guests Mick
Jagger and Marianne Faithfull, Keith Richard, Keith Moon, Eric Clapton,
George's wife Pattie, Paul's fiance Jane Asher and his brother Mike, Graham
Nash and his wife, and others. 200 Million tuned in to watch the program.
1967: During a north American tour, The Jimi
Hendrix Experience gave a free afternoon concert in Golden Gate Park, San
Francisco. They then played another two shows that evening at the Fillmore
West.
1969: The Hollies recorded 'He Ain't Heavy, He's
My Brother'. Elton John played piano on the session.
1970: The
band Whole Oats, a duo consisting of Philadelphians Daryl Hall and John Oates,
goes into the studio to record their first demos.
1980: Billy Joel
becomes the first rock act to perform before 100,000 fans at Madison Square
Garden.
1984: Bruce
Springsteen takes on a new backup singer named Patti Scialfa, who will
eventually become his second wife after their affair leads to the breakup of
his first marriage to model and actress Julianne Phillips. Nine years later to
the day, he becomes the last musical guest on the NBC-TV show Late Night
With David Letterman.
1984: The soundtrack "Purple Rain" was
released five weeks ahead of the film.
1986: Jenifer Strait, the 13-year-old daughter of
George Strait, dies in an auto accident when the car, driven by a teenage
friend, rolls over during a left turn in San Marcos, Texas.
1987: Reba McEntire
files for divorce from Charlie Battles, four days after their 11th anniversary.
1988: Singer
Jimmy Soul died of a heart attack at 45.
1988: Hillel Slovak, original guitarist and
founding member of The Red Hot Chili Peppers, died from a heroin overdose
shortly after the band returned from a European tour. Slovak recorded two
albums with the band, Freaky Styley and The Uplift Mofo Party Plan.
1992: Billy Joel got his high school diploma. He
had overslept and missed English and Gym finals 25 years before
1994: Five people attending this years UK
Glastonbury Festival were shot and injured when a lone madman pulled a gun and
started shooting into the crowd.
1995: Pearl Jam canceled their tour because of
an ongoing feud with Ticketmaster.
1997:
Jamaica issues a warrant for singer Sade, who fails to report to court on
charges of failure to obey a cop who signaled her to stop.
2003:
Boston's mastermind, Tom Scholz, sues his record label for failure to promote
the band's latest comeback album, ironically entitled Corporate America.
2003: The Recording Industry Association of America
disclosed its plans to fight Internet piracy. The plan was to sue hundreds of
individual computer users who illegally share music files online. The process
was planned to begin the next day.
2004: Rapper DMX was arrested on
charges that he and another man tried to steal a car from New York's Kennedy
airport. DMX - real name is Earl Simmons - and Jackie Hudgins were held after
the city's Port Authority police interrupted a dispute. The pair were arrested on
charges of attempted robbery, criminal impersonation and criminal mischief. A
spokesman said a preliminary investigation indicated that Mr Simmons may have
identified himself as a federal agent.
2006: Nicole Kidman married her
country singer boyfriend Keith Urban at ceremony in Sydney, Australia. X-Men
actor Hugh Jackman, media magnate Rupert Murdoch and actress Naomi Watts were
among the guests at the service.
2009: Michael
Jackson died at age 50 of acute propofol intoxication after he suffered cardiac
arrest at his home in the Holmby Hills neighborhood in Los Angeles, California.
