Births
1949: Nigel Griggs (Bass for Split Enz)
1950: Dennis
Elliott (Drummer for Foreigner)
1952: Patrick Swayze (Actor / Singer)
1967: Dan Peters (Drums for Mudhoney)
1967: Blas Elias
(Drummer for Slaughter)
1968: Brian Tichy (Drums for
Billy Idol, Whitesnake & Foreigner)
1969: Everlast (Erik Schrody) (Rapper in House Of
Pain & Solo)
1969: Masta Killa (Elgin Turner) (Rapper in The Wu-Tang Clan)
1971: Aphex Twin (Richard James) (Electronic
Artist)
1981: Jonathan Schneck (Guitar for Relient K)
Events
1937: The
first FM (frequency modulation) radio station in the US, Boston's WGTR (now
WAAF), is granted its construction permit by the FCC.
1964: The
Beatles arrive in San Francisco, CA, for the start of their first full US tour,
met at the airport by nine thousand screaming fans (but not the ticker tape
parade that had been rumored). A fenced-off press area is destroyed by the
sheer size of the crowd, forcing a frightened group to retreat to their hotel.
There, a woman is beaten and robbed on another floor, ignored by authorities
who assume the screaming is part of the Beatles' fan base.
1969: The
Woodstock Music and Art Fair in Bethel, NY, ends at approximately 9 am EST when
Jimi Hendrix performs "Hey Joe." {His now-legendary rendition of the
US National Anthem "The Star Spangled Banner" actually came a few
songs earlier.)
1969: While
filming the violent gangster movie Ned Kelly in Australia, Mick Jagger
is hit in the hand by a stray bullet from an old gun being used as a prop.
1973: Jazz
drumming legend Gene Krupa plays what is to be his last live show, a gig with
the Benny Goodman Quartet in New York City.
1976: Marvin
Gaye narrowly averts a ten-day stint in the Los Angeles country jail for
failure to pay child support and alimony.
1977: Elvis
Presley's funeral is held in at his Memphis estate, Graceland, where 150
mourners attend, including such luminaries as Ann-Margret, James Brown, and
actor George Hamilton. Held in
Graceland's living room, It lasted from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm, and was led by
Woodale Church of Christ pastor C.W. Bradley. Televangelist Rex Humbard gave a
short sermon, followed by a testimonial from comedian Jackie Kahane, who often
opened Elvis' shows. Outside, 75,000
fans mourn, so many that President Jimmy Carter has ordered the National Guard
in to maintain order.
Elvis' burial begins with a long
procession down the street that bears his name, a white hearse and seventeen
white limousines behind, ending at Forest Hill Cemetery. The 900-pound copper
coffin is carried by pallbearers Jerry Schilling, Joe Esposito, George Klein,
Lamar Fike, Billy Smith, Charlie Hodges, Gene Smith, and Dr. George
Nichopoulous. A small service is then held in the mausoleum, followed by the
paying of respects from family and friends. Elvis' father, Vernon, is the last
to pay respects, kissing the coffin and repeating "Daddy will be with you
soon." Elvis is interred at 4:30 pm CST.
1977: The Police made their live debut as a
three-piece band when they played at Rebecca's Birmingham, England.
1978: The
Temptations' Melvin Franklin is shot four times in the hand and leg during an
attempted carjacking, but survives.
1979: Nick Lowe married Johnny
Cash's stepdaughter Carlene Carter in Los Angeles. The couple are now divorced.
1982:
Liverpool names four of its streets for its hometown heroes the Beatles: John
Lennon Drive, Paul McCartney Way, George Harrison Close and Ringo Starr Drive.
1984: George Michael was at No.1
on the UK singles chart with his first solo single 'Careless Whisper.' It made
George the first person to reach No.1 as a solo artist and a member of a band
in the same year. It gave Epic records UK their first UK million seller and the
song was No.1 in nearly 25 countries, selling over six million copies
worldwide.
1984: Nick Rhodes from Duran
Duran married American model Julie Anne at Marylebone registry office London,
England.
1986: Bon Jovi released their
"Slippery When Wet" album.
1990: Jazzie B from Soul II Soul
was injured when he was involved in a seven-car pile-up while travelling from
Detroit to Chicago.
1991: Billy
Preston is arrested on charges of battery after allegedly attacking a
16-year-old prostitute once Preston discovered he was a transvestite. The
keyboardist and singer is eventually given five years probation.
1992: Kurt Cobain became a
father when his wife Courtney Love gave birth to a daughter Frances
Bean.
2005: Kanye West called for an
end to homophobia in the hip-hop community during an MTV interview saying
“hip-hop was always about speaking your mind and about breaking down barriers,
but everyone in hip-hop discriminates against gay people. Not just hip-hop, but
America just discriminates, I wanna just, to come on TV and just tell my
rappers, just tell my friends, 'Yo, stop it'."
2006: Justin Hawkins the lead
singer of The Darkness checked himself into the Priory rehabilitation clinic
suffering from exhaustion after three years of non-stop work.
2008: Soul singer Pervis Jackson
died of cancer. He was a member of The Spinners (Also known as The Motown
Spinners and The Detroit Spinners). Had the 1980 UK No.1 & US No.2 single
'Working My Way Back To You'.
