Births
1918: Hank
Jones (Jazz Painist)
1946: Gary
Lewis (Vocals & Drums for Gary Lewis and the Playboys)
1957: Daniel Ash (Guitar for Bauhaus, Tones On
Tail & Love & Rockets)
1958: Bill Berry (Drums for R.E.M)
1971: John 5 (John Lowery) (Guitar for Marilyn
Manson)
1978: Will Champion (Drums for Coldplay)
1978: Zac Brown (Country Singer /
Songwriter)
1981: Matthew Sanders (Singer for
Avenged Sevenfold)
Events
1845:
France's army gives legitimacy to Belgian Adolphe Sax's latest invention, the
saxophone, by including it in their marching band.
1951: Ray
Charles marries his first wife, Eileen Williams, a beautician from Chicago, in
Fulton County, GA. The marriage lasts only one year.
1964: Country singer Jim Reeves was killed in a
plane crash when the single engine aircraft flying from Arkansas to Nashville
crashed in thick fog. 41 year- old Reeves was the first country singer to
cross- over into the pop market.
1967: The
drug conviction appeals of the Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger and Keith Richards,
stemming from an earlier marijuana bust in February, are heard in London, with
Richards' conviction overturned and Jagger's sentence reduced to probation.
1969: After
two hours of opening acts (during which time he grapples with a severe case of
stage fright), Elvis Presley debuts his new Vegas show at the International
Hotel, his first stage appearance anywhere since 1961. The show goes on at
10:15 pm with a fiery rendition of "Blue Suede Shoes" and is an
instant sensation, with the audience, filled with members of the press corps,
A-list celebrities, and former Presley associates like Sam Phillips, rapturous
in its appraisal. Later that evening manager Colonel Tom Parker renegotiates
Elvis' contract on a pink tablecloth in the hotel coffee shop, a contract which
will guarantee the singer one million dollars per year through 1974 (minus
expenses). Presley's contract holds him to only two months a year, which will
allow him to get back out on the road, as well.
1971: After
being denied entrance to a Who concert in New York City's Forest Hills Stadium,
an ex-convict stabs and kills the security guard.
1976: Blue
Oyster Cult release the single "Don't Fear The Reaper".
1980: Mamas
and the Papas founder and vocalist "Papa" John Phillips is arrested
for possession of cocaine and running a phony prescription scam with a local
pharmacy and eventually sentenced to eight years in prison (though this
sentence would later be reduced to 30 days in jail and community service).
1980: During An Eagles concert at Long Beach,
California, tempers boiled over between Glen Frey and Don Henley, who spent the
entire show describing to each other the beating each planned to administer
backstage. "Only three more songs until I kick your ass, pal," Frey
told Henley. The group’s next album was mixed by Frey and Henley on opposite
coasts after the two decided they couldn't bear to be in the same state, let
alone the same studio.
1992: Michael Jackson made an unscheduled
appearance on his hotel balcony in London after a man had threatened to jump
from an apartment building across the street. 28 year-old Eric Herminie told
police he would leap to his death if he didn't see Jackson, who was in Britain
for a series of concerts. Jackson spent a couple of minutes waving to Herminie,
who then climbed back into the building.
1994: Aaliyah and R. Kelly secretly married at
the Sheraton Gateway Suites, Rosemont, IL. Aaliyah never admitted being
married, though Vibe published a copy of the marriage certificate.
Unfortunately, she was only 15 at the time, so thus the marriage was later
annulled.
1995: Selena's "Dreaming of You"
debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard chart. It was her first English album. Selena
became the first Latin artist to debut at No. 1.
1995: Jamaica
issues a commemorative series of postage stamps honoring local native and
reggae legend Bob Marley.
1999: Christina Aguilera scored her first US No.1
single with 'Genie In A Bottle', also No.1 in the UK. The song spent 5 weeks at
No.1 on the US chart and won Aguilera the Best New Artist Grammy for the year.
1999: Wu-Tang Clan member Ol Dirty Bastard, (real
name Russell Jones) was arrested for crack and marijuana possession in New York
after being stopped by police during a routine traffic offence.
2004: The
city of Lubbock, TX, declares today "Mac Davis Day" after its
hometown singer-songwriter. Mayor Marc McDougal also dedicates a section of
Avenue O as "Mac Davis Lane."
2004:
R&B Singer Mark Morrison was arrested after a fight at Leicester's
After Dark night-club in which his platinum and diamond medallion was stolen.
Morrison said he was the victim and complained of wrongful arrest, unlawful
imprisonment and police assault. A $40,000 reward for the return of the pendant
was offered by the singer's record label.
2006: Former Culture Club singer Boy George
(O'Dowd) was ordered to do community service by picking up trash on New York
City streets after pleading guilty last March to false reporting of an
incident. He called police with a bogus report of a burglary at his lower
Manhattan apartment in October and the responding officers found cocaine
inside.
