Births
1941: George Clinton
(Singer for Parliament / Funkadelic)
1947: Don Henley
(Vocals, Drums & Guitar for The Eagles & solo)
1954: Al
DiMeola (Jazz Guitarist)
1961: Keith
Sweat (R&B Singer)
1963: Emily
Saliers (Guitar & Vocals for The Indigo Girls)
1973:
Daniel Jones (Savage Garden)
1973: Rufus
Wainwright (Singer / Songwriter)
1992:
Selena Gomez (Singer)
Events
1965: Three of the
Rolling Stones -- Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Bill Wyman -- are found
guilty in London's East Ham Magistrates Court of "insulting behavior"
for urinating on the wall of a gas station in London when the owner refused to
let them use the restroom. They are each fined five pounds.
1967: Vanilla Fudge
plays its debut concert in New York City.
1968: Elvis Presley
begins filming his twenty-ninth movie, Charro!, on location in Arizona.
It is the only Elvis movie where he sports a beard, and the only one in which
he does not sing on-camera -- only two songs are recorded for the film, and
only the title track, another Mac Davis composition, is used... over the
credits only. A "serious" Western, it is nonetheless a critical and
commercial failure.
1969: After being
arrested for disorderly conduct in a Detroit parking lot, Aretha Franklin posts
$50 bail -- and runs over a road sign as she leaves the police station in a fit
of anger.
1971: John
and Yoko spent the second day filming the ‘Imagine’ promotional film at their
home in Tittenhurst Park Ascot, England. Today's footage included the morning
walk on the grounds though the mist and John Lennon singing ‘Imagine’ in the
white room on his white piano.
1972: CBS-TV premieres
its latest summer variety replacement series, The Bobby Darin Amusement
Company.
1972: Paul
and Linda McCartney were arrested in Sweden for possession of drugs.
1977: Still visibly
shaken by the recent suicide of his good friend, rising comedian Freddie
Prinze, Tony Orlando announces his retirement from show business during a
concert in Cohasset, MA. Within a matter of days, he suffers a complete nervous
breakdown, for which he is hospitalized in Manhattan.
1979: Reverend Richard
Penniman, better known before his conversion as Little Richard, speaks at a
revival in North Richmond, CA, telling the congregation that rock and roll is
evil and also claiming "If God can save an old homosexual like me, he can
save anybody."
1989:
Courtney Love married her first husband James Moreland who was the singer with
LA band Leaving Trains.
1989: The
soundtrack album 'Batman' by Prince started a six-week run at No.1 on the US
album chart.
1994: Billy Joel and
Elton John begin the first of five duet concerts at Giants Stadium in New
Jersey.
1996: Promoting his first album of new material in over a dozen
years, Donovan is denied entry to the US due to a three-decades-old marijuana
possession conviction.
1996: The parents of a teen-age
murder victim sued the band Slayer contending that the band's lyrics were
"satanic" and inspired 3 teen-age boys to rape, torture and stab the
girl to death.
2005: Research by a car insurance company showed that listening
to the wrong sort of music when driving can lead to aggression and distraction.
Dr Nicola Dibben a music psychologist said “singing while driving stimulates
the mind.” Songs recommended included Pulp’s ‘Disco 2000’ and ‘Hey Ya’ by
Outcast, but the Dr said songs like The Prodigy’s Firestarter should be
avoided.
2007: Ja Rule and Lil Wayne were arrested after a concert in
Manhattan on charges of carrying illegal firearms. The rappers were arrested
separately, Rule was stopped for speeding when a weapon was discovered in his
car and officers who arrested Wayne for smoking marijuana also found a pistol
in his car.
