Births
1927: Doc Severinson (Trumpet for Tonight Show
with Johnny Carson)
1927:
Charlie Louvin (Singer for The Louvin Brothers)
1932: Joe Zawinul (Pianist for Miles Davis band
& Weather Report)
1940: Ringo
Starr (Richard Starkey) (Drums for The Beatles)
1941: Jim
Rodford (Guitar for Argent & Kinks)
1944: Warren
Entner (Singer & Guitar for The Grass Roots)
1948: Larry
"Rhino" Reinhardt (Guitarist for Iron Butterfly)
1950: David
Hodo (Construction worker in The Village People)
1981: Synyster Gates (Lead Guitar for Avenged
Sevenfold)
1982: Cassidy (Barry Adrian Reese) (Rapper)
Events
1954:
Memphis D.J. Dewey Phillips of WHBQ became the first D.J. to play an Elvis
Presley record.
1956: A riot
breaks out at a Fats Domino concert in San Jose, CA, with twelve injured.
1956: Johnny
Cash makes his first appearance on the Grand Old Opry show in Nashville.
1962: David
Rose's single "The Stripper" hits #1.
1963: The Rolling Stones made
their UK TV debut when they appeared on 'Thank Your Lucky Stars.' Also
appearing on the show were Mickie Most, The Cadets, Helen Shapiro and Gordon
Mills. The group made a total of 13 appearances on the show between 1963 and
1966.
1968: The
folk trio Peter, Paul, and Mary appear as the "mystery guest" on
CBS-TV's What's My Line?
1968: The
Yardbirds disband immediately after a gig in Luton, England.
1969: George Harrison recorded his new song ‘Here
Comes the Sun’ with just two other Beatles, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, at
Abbey Road in London. John Lennon was absent recovering from a car crash in
Scotland.
1971: ABBA members 26-year-old Bjorn Ulvaeus and
21-year-old Agnetha Faltskog married in Verum, Sweden. 3000 fans arrived and in
the chaos a police horse stepped on the brides foot, causing her slight injury.
1971: The
Carpenters debut their variety summer replacement series, Make Your Own Kind
Of Music, on NBC.
1975: The
Rolling Stones' Keith Richards is arrested in Arkansas for reckless driving and
firearm possession.
1980: The original lineup of Led Zeppelin played
their last-ever concert when they appeared in West Berlin at the end of a
European tour. The set included ‘Black Dog’, ‘Rock and Roll’, ‘Kashmir’,
‘Trampled Underfoot’ and ‘Stairway To Heaven’. They finished the show with
‘Whole Lotta Love’.
1984: Bruce Springsteen went to No.1 on the US
album chart with 'Born In The USA'. The album went on to spend a total of 139
weeks on the US chart. It’s also one of three albums (Michael Jackson's
Thriller and Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814) to produce seven Top-ten US
singles.
1984: Prince started a five week run at No.1 on
the US singles chart with 'When Doves Cry', his first US No.1 which went on to
sell over 2 million copies.
1984: The song "Relax" by Frankie Goes
To Hollywood, became the biggest selling single of all time in Britain.
1987: Eric B. & Rakim release their debut
album “Paid In Full”.
1989: Compact
discs begin to outsell vinyl records for the first time.
1998: Along
with his financial partner Don Barden, Michael Jackson announces plans to build
an entertainment complex in Detroit called "The Majestic Kingdom." It
never materializes.
1999: Coolio was sentenced to 10 days in jail, 40
hours of community service and two years probation after he pled guilty to a
charge of illegal gun possession.
2000: Eminem's wife, Kimberly Mathers, was
hospitalized after she slit her wrists following her husband's show as part of
the Up in Smoke Tour at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.
2000: Patsy Kensit confirmed her separation from
Oasis singer Liam Gallagher.
2001: The
Pointer Sisters' June Pointer completes her court-ordered rehab for cocaine.
2006: After suffering from diabetes for several
years, Pink Floyd original singer & Guitarist Syd Barrett died at his home
in Cambridge. He was 60 years old. The cause of death was pancreatic cancer.
The occupation on his death certificate was given as "retired musician”.
2007: Snow Patrol Keyboard player Tom Simpson was
arrested in connection with a failed court appearance in Glasgow. He was later
released and the band went on to headline the T in the Park festival in
Scotland. Amy Winehouse pulled out of her slot from the event suffering from
"exhaustion".
2008: Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman welcome a
daughter, Sunday Rose Kidman Urban, at Baptist Hospital in Nashville.
2009: Michael Jackson's family and fans said
farewell to the pop superstar at an emotional memorial service. The singer's
coffin was placed in front of the stage during the event at the Staples Center
in Los Angeles after an earlier private funeral. Jackson's daughter Paris, 11,
fought back tears to describe him as "the best father you could ever
imagine". Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie and Mariah Carey paid tribute
before the family joined a sombre finale on stage. Motown boss Berry Gordy, who
signed the Jackson Five, ended his tribute with the words: "Michael, thank
you for the joy, thank you for the love. You will live in my heart
forever."
