Births
1939: Ginger
Baker (Drums for Cream & Blind Faith)
1940: Johnny
Nash (Pop Singer)
1945: Ian
Gillian (Lead Singer for Deep Purple)
1951: John
Deacon (Bass for Queen)
1959: Steve Grimmett (Lead Vocals for From
Reaper)
1963: Joey Tempest (Lead Singer of Europe)
1966: LeAnn Womack (Country Singer)
1967:
Tabitha Soren (MTV reporter)
1969: Clay Walker (Country Artist)
1969: Nate Dogg (Nathaniel Hale)
(Rapper)
1970: Fat Joe (Joseph
Antonio Cartagena) (Rapper)
1970: MC Eric (Eric martin) (Technotronic)
1980: Michael Todd (Bass for Coheed &
Cambria)
1989: Lil’ Romeo (Percy Romeo Miller Jr) (Rapper)
Events
1957: Pat
Boone appears on the cover of Newsweek with the tag "His Refreshing
Song Fills The Air." The article inside claims that "the teen-agers
are finally revolting against the musical delinquents."
1966: Just
before their first show at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, TN (which is
picketed by local KKK members), the Beatles receive an anonymous phone call
warning them that at least one of them will be assassinated on stage as a
result of John Lennon's "bigger than Jesus" remarks. Midway through
their second show of the evening, a lit firecracker is thrown on stage,
frightening the band and making them look around to see which of them had been
shot. This incident is one of the main reasons the Beatles make this tour their
last.
1967: Ringo
Starr and his wife, the former Maureen Cox, give birth to their second son,
Jason.
1968: The
final episode of The Monkees, directed by Micky Dolenz, airs for the last
time on NBC-TV. The last song performed in this, the 58th episode, is "Zor
And Zam."
1969: Crosby,
Stills, and Nash appear on ABC-TV's Dick Cavett Show, the first band to
report on the just-concluded Woodstock festival. Joni Mitchell appears, too, to
debut her new song about the concert.
1972: The
musical variety show The Midnight Special, featuring DJ Wolfman Jack as
announcer and John Denver as host, debuts on NBC. The first song performed is
War's "Slippin' Into Darkness."
1973: Kris
Kristofferson marries Rita Coolidge at his Malibu home in a ceremony officiated
by his father, an ordained minister. The marriage would last seven years.
1980: An
asthma attack forces Alice Cooper to cancel tonight's show in Toronto, sparking
a riot in the crowd of 1,400.
1988: Elvis
Presley's "Hound Dog" is named the most played song in the first
hundred years of the jukebox's existence.
1997: Fleetwood Mac's reunion
album "The Dance" was released. It was their first album since 1987
and went on to sell over 5M copies.
2001: American soul singer Betty
Everett died aged 61. She had the 1964 US No.6 single 'The Shoop Shoop Song
(It's In His Kiss'), later covered by Cher.
2001: Former Metallica bassist
Jason Newsted made his first live appearance with EchoBrain.
2003: A man from Nottinghamshire
who sent threatening emails to S Club singer Tina Barrett was jailed for six
months. 41 year-old Steven Hindley, showered the singer with roses, chocolates
and teddy-bears. But when the messages were ignored, he began to mention
threats to the band, including a potential sniper attack. One email begged Miss
Barrett to visit him at his home, claiming he was the victim of an incurable
brain-tumor and had just three weeks to live.
2005: A life-size bronze statue
designed by Paul Daly of Phil Lynott (Lead Singer of thin Lizzy) was unveiled
on Harry Street in Dublin. The ceremony was attended by his former Thin Lizzy
band members Gary Moore, Brian Robertson and Scott Gorham.
2008: Saxophonist LeRoi Moore, a
founding member of the Dave Matthews Band, died aged 46. Publicist Ambrosia
Healy said he died from injuries sustained in a vehicle accident in June on his
Virginia farm.
2008: Lady Gaga's debut album "The Fame" was
released. The album has sold over 12M
copies.
