Births
1901: Louis Armstrong (Trumpet Player & Singer)
1955: Billy Bob Thornton
(Actor & Singer / Songwriter)
1959: Robbin Crosby (Guitar for RATT)
1960: Graham Massey
(Keyboards for 808 State)
1961: Barack Obama
(President)
1962: Paul Reynolds (Lead
Guitar for A Flock Of Seagulls)
1969: Max Cavalera
(Guitar & Vocals for Sepultura & Soulfly)
Events
1956: Elvis
Presley released the single "Hound Dog" b/w "Don't Be
Cruel"
1957: The Everly Brothers cause a sensation by performing their upcoming
single, "Wake Up Little Susie," on CBS' Ed Sullivan Show. The
song, a lighthearted tale of two chaste lovers who accidentally fall asleep on
a date and are then assumed to have "spent the night together," will
be banned in some markets.
1958: Billboard combines its system of five separate sales, jukebox,
and DJ charts to make one master chart, the "Billboard Hot 100" we
know today. The first #1 listed on it is Ricky Nelson's "Poor Little
Fool."
1966: South Africa bans all Beatles music as a result of John Lennon's
recent "bigger than Jesus" comments.
1967: While on tour in Minneapolis, MN, a sixteen-year-old female fan stows
away on the Monkees' plane en route to St. Louis, MO, opening the band up to
charges from the girl's Father of transporting a minor across state lines.
1967: Pink Floyd released their debut album The
Piper At the Gates of Dawn on which most songs were penned by Syd Barrett. In
subsequent years, the record has been recognised as one of the seminal
psychedelic rock albums of the 1960s.
1970: Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson marries his second wife, Barbara
Charren, in Los Angeles. The couple would divorce just four years later.
1970: The Doors' Jim Morrison is arrested in Los Angeles for public
drunkenness after being found lying unconscious on a resident's doorstep.
1972: The "blaxploitation" movie Superfly, featuring an
acclaimed (and ironic) score from the Impressions' Curtis Mayfield, opens in
the US.
1975: While vacationing on the isle of Rhodes in Greece, Led Zeppelin
vocalist Robert Plant and his family are badly injured in a car accident,
forcing the cancellation of an upcoming US tour. Doctors tell Plant he may
never walk again.
1984: Prince started a 24
week run at the top of the US album charts with 'Purple Rain', it went on to
sell over 10 million copies.
1984: Phil Collins and Jill Tavelman were married.
1990: During a New Kids
On The Block concert in Montreal. Canada, three armed robbers stole souvenir
sales proceeds valued at $260,000.
1990: During a US tour
Janet Jackson collapsed on stage at a show in St Louis, suffering from an inner
ear infection.
1990: Mariah Carey's
started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Vision Of Love',
her debut release.
1996: Oasis played two
sold out nights at Balloch Castle Country Park, Loch Lomand, Scotland to over
80,000 fans. Oasis roadie James Hunter was crushed to death between a forklift
truck and a lorry during the bands two days shows.
2005: American blues
singer and guitarist Little Milton died. Milton had suffered a brain aneurysm
on 25th July 2005 and had lapsed into a coma. He was 70 years old.
2007: Singer / songwriter
Lee Hazlewood died of cancer, in his home near Las Vegas aged 78. Hazlewood
wrote and produced many of Nancy Sinatra's most famous hits, including “These
Boots Were Made For Walkin'”, “Jackson” and “Did You Ever?” He also produced
Duane Eddy and Gram Parsons and Something Stupid, the duet Nancy recorded with
her Father Frank in 1967.
2011: Marcus Mumford,
lead singer of Mumford and Sons, is engaged to actress to Carey Mulligan after
dating for five months. The pair were childhood pen pals who lost touch and
reconnected after the Mumfords' debut disc, "Sigh No More," had
gained international acclaim.
