Births
1944: Millie
Jackson (R&B Singer)
1945: Peter
Lewis (Guitar for Moby Grape)
1946: Linda
Ronstadt (Rock Singer)
1948: Artimus
Pyle (Drums for Lynyrd Skynyrd)
1952: Jeff
Carlisi (Guitar for .38 Special)
1952: Johnny
Thunders (John Genzale) (Guitar for The New York Dolls & Solo)
1952: David
Pack (Guitar & Vocals for Ambrosia)
1953: Alicia
Bridges (Disco Singer)
1956: Ian Curtis (Vocals for Joy Division)
1956: Marky Ramone (Marc Bell) (Drummer for The
Ramones)
1956: Joe
Satriani (Guitarist)
1966: Jason Bonham (Drummer & Son of John
Bonham)
1973: John Dolmayan (Drummer for System of a
Down)
1976: Jim Jones (Rapper)
1977: Ray Toro (Lead Guitar for My Chemical
Romance)
Events
1952: An
eight-year-old singer named Gladys Knight appears on the popular TV show Ted
Mack's Amateur Hour, show on the now-defunct Dumont Television Network, and
wins the first prize of $2000 for her rendition of Nat King Cole's "Too
Young." In five years, she would be an established recording artist.
1952: Popular
singer Patti Page begins her summer replacement series on CBS, attempting to
hold the audience in Perry Como's usual time slot three times a week for 15
minutes.
1958: While
visiting her sister Mimi's house (where her son John now lived), Julia Lennon
walks down Menlove Avenue to catch the bus and is struck by a car driven by an
off-duty constable still learning to drive. The officer is eventually cleared
of all charges, leading Mimi to scream "Murderer!" at him; The
17-year-old John is so distraught at her funeral service that he lays his head
on Mimi's lap the entire time. (Ironically, the constable in question would
later become a postman with a route that included Paul McCartney's boyhood
home.) Several Beatles and Lennon songs are dedicated to or inspired by Julia,
including "Julia," "Mother," and "My Mummy's
Dead."
1963: Elvis
begins filming his 15th film, Viva Las Vegas, with Ann-Margret.
1968: The
Beatles' new enterprise, Apple, enters its new corporate headquarters on 3
Savile Row, London, later the site of their famous "rooftop concert."
1972: Elton John started a five week run at No.1
on the US album chart with 'Honky Chateau', his first US chart topper.
1973: The Edgar Winter Group, Sly & The
Family Stone, Canned Heat, Lindisfarne and The Kinks all appear at The Great
Western Express festival at White City, west London. With his wife having
recently walked out of their marriage, taking their young children with her,
Ray Davies of The Kinks announces from the stage that he is sick of the whole
thing and is retiring. He then walks into a local hospital and collapses from
an overdose of tranquillizers. Davies would return to the stage a week later.
1986:
Columbia Records, Johnny Cash's home for 28 years, drops the singer from its
roster of artists. Johnny signed with Polygram the next year.
1990: Troy Dixon (Trouble T Roy) from Heavy D
& The Boyz was killed from an accidental fall; he and
others were partying after a concert and while dancing, Dixon lost his balance,
fell from a balcony, hit his head, and died at a hospital.
1994: Phil Collins announced that he was
seeking a divorce from his wife Jill.
1995: Sinead O'Connor dropped out of
Lollapalooza because she was pregnant. She was replaced with Elastica.
1998: Aerosmith were forced to cancel a
forthcoming US tour after Joey Kramer was involved in a freak accident. The
drummer's car set on fire and was completely destroyed as he was filling up
with petrol. He was admitted to hospital with second-degree burns.
1999: The Rolling
Stones report income of $337 million in the last two years, a result of 147
concerts in front of nearly six million fans.
2000: Bob
Seger's 62-foot boat Lightning wins its division in the 78th annual
sailboat race from Port Huron to Mackinac Island, MI.
2004: U2 called in police after thieves stole a
copy of the bands latest album 'Vertigo'. The CD was stolen during a photo
shoot with the band in the south of France.
2005: Victor Edward Willis, the
original policeman in the Village People, was arrested after police found a gun
and drugs in his convertible in Daly City, south of San Francisco. Willis also
had an outstanding $15,000 felony warrant for possession of narcotics.
2007: Over 10,000 people applied
for a job with P Diddy after the rapper posted an advert on Youtube looking to
find a new personal assistant. He warned applicants that the job would be far
from easy and would involve everything from getting him ready for the red
carpet to aiding in billion dollar deals to helping him jump out of planes in
movies.
2010: In Massachusettes, Aerosmith Guitarist Joe Perry was
rear-ended by a car while riding his motorcyle. He was treated for minor
injuries.
2010: Pink suffered minor injuries during a concert when she
was dragged into barricades on the stage.
2011: Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony split after seven years
of marriage.
