Births
1925: Cal
Tjader (Latin Jazz Musician)
1942: Desmond
Dekker (Reggae & Ska Singer)
1948: Rubén Blades (Salsa Singer)
1949: Alan "Fitz" Fitzgerald (Keyboards
for Night Ranger)
1952: Stewart Copeland (Drummer for The Police)
1963: Fatboy Slim (Norman
Cook) (Producer & Bass for The Housemartins)
1967: Will Ferrell (Cowbell)
1971: Edward Kowalczyk (Singer for Live)
Events
1900: His Master's Voice, the logo of the Victor
Recording Company and later RCA Victor, was registered with the US Patent
Office. The logo shows the dog, Nipper, looking into the horn of a gramophone.
1955: Elvis
Presley makes his first appearance on the national charts as "Baby, Let's
Play House" enters the Cash Box country charts at #15.
1962: The
Beach Boys sign to Capitol Records following the success of their independently
released 45, "Surfin'," and a four-song demo recorded the previous
month, featuring work versions of "Surfer Girl," "409" and
"Surfin' Safari."
1966:
Ex-Yardbirds guitarist Eric Clapton forms Cream, the original "power
trio," with bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker of the Graham Bond
Organization.
1969: During recordings at Abbey Road studio's in
London The Beatles worked on two new George Harrison songs, 'Here Comes The
Sun' and 'Something.'
1972: Smokey
Robinson performs his final show with the Miracles at the Carter Barron
Amphitheater in Washington, DC. At the end of the show, Smokey introduces his
replacement, 20-year-old Billy Griffin.
1976: After
six years, Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina decide to split up their partnership,
which had three big hits in "Thinking Of You," "My Music,"
and "Your Mama Don't Dance."
1976: Due the
bi-coastal distance (and increasing differences) between Gregg Allman and the
other band members, the Allman Brothers call it quits.
1980: Singer
Donna Summer marries Bruce Sudano, former member of Brooklyn Dreams, who
appeared on her 1979's hit "Heaven Knows."
1981: Singer
/ Songwriter Harry Chapin died in a car accident on the way to perform a charity
concert. He was 38.
1995: Rapper Queen Latifah was the victim of a
car-jacking attempt that went wrong, leaving her bodyguard shot and wounded.
1996: Michael
Jackson receives somewhere between $15 and 20 million for his performance at
the Sultan of Brunei's private birthday party.
1996: Drummer
John Panozzo (Styx) died of gastrointestinal hemorrhaging after years of heavy
drinking; he was 47 years old.
2003: Salsa
singer Celia Cruz died of brain cancer at age 77.
2009: A stage being built in France for a concert
by Madonna collapsed, killing two workers and injuring six others. Technicians
had been setting up the stage at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille when the
partially-built roof fell in, bringing down a crane.
