Births
1919: Kitty
Wells (Ellen Muriel Deason )
(Country Singer)
1939: John
Peel (DJ & Producer)
1935:
"Papa" John Phillips (Guitar & Singer / Songwriter for The Mamas
and the Papas)
1950: Micky
Moody (Guitar for Whitesnake)
1955: Martin Jackson (Drums for Magazine &
Swing Out Sister)
1963: Paul Oakenfold (Producer, remixer & DJ)
1971: Lars Frederiksen (Guitar & Vocals for
Rancid)
1974: Rich Cronin (Singer in LFO)
1986: Ryan Ross III (Lead Guitarist & Singer
for Panic at the Disco)
Events
1959: Brill
Building songwriter Carole King, already two months pregnant, marries her
writing partner Gerry Goffin in New York City. The marriage lasts nine years.
1963: Jerry
Lee Lewis welcomes his second child with wife (and cousin) Myra Gale Brown, a
daughter named Phoebe, who would later become his manager.
1963:
ABC-TV's American Bandstand airs its final weekday show, becoming a
weekly, rather than daily, show and moving to Saturdays for the rest of its
run.
1969: The
second annual Isle of Wight Festival takes place in England just two weeks
after the triumphant Woodstock concert, featuring Bob Dylan, The Who, The Band,
Joe Cocker, Free, Richie Havens, The Moody Blues, The Nice, Tom Paxton,
Pentangle and The Pretty Things.
1973: After
two years and two unsuccessful albums without deceased former frontman Jim
Morrison, the Doors officially break up.
1975: Free's
guitarist, Paul Kossoff, goes into a drug-induced coma and is legally dead for
over 35 minutes, supposedly revived only after stirring at the morgue. (Kossoff
died on 19th March 1976 of heart failure after a history of drug abuse).
1975, KC and the Sunshine Band went to No.1 on
the singles chart with, 'Get Down Tonight', the group's first of five No.1's.
1988: Brenda
Lee sues MCA for back royalties totaling over $20 million, but the suit is
eventually settled out of court for an unknown amount.
1988: Papa Dee Allen from War died after
suffering a massive heart attack while performing on stage at a gig in Solano
County, California.
1988: After
tabloids publish photos of Bruce Springsteen, already married to actress
Julianne Phillips, frolicking with back up singer Patti Scialfa, Phillips files
for divorce. (Springsteen married Scialfa two years later.)
1989: Billy
Joel fires Frank Weber as his manager after discovering an alleged $90 million
Weber had embezzled from his savings. Weber was the brother of Joel's ex-wife
and former business manager Elizabeth Weber Small.
1989: Izzy Stradlin from Guns N' Roses was
arrested for making a public disturbance on a US air flight. Stradlin had
urinated on the floor, verbally abused a stewardess and smoked in the
non-smoking section of the aircraft.
1990:
Canadian-born singer Paul Anka finally becomes a US citizen in Las Vegas, but
finds his car has been towed away during the naturalization service.
1991: Jan
Berry of Jan and Dean marries his second wife, Gertie Filip, onstage during a
concert at Las Vegas' Stardust Hotel.
1991: In a
rush to make her performance at the Grand Ole Opry, country legend Dottie West
is critically injured in a car crash near the Opry itself and dies five days
later.
1993: Billy
Joel appears as the first musical guest on David Letterman's new talk show,
CBS-TV's Late Show With David Letterman.
1994: Usher's first studio album,
"Usher", was released.
1994: Oasis' first studio album, "Definitely
Maybe", was released.
1995:
Sterling Morrison (Guitar for The Velvet Underground) died from non-Hodgkin's
lymphoma, two days after his 53rd birthday.
1995: James
Taylor and ex-wife Carly Simon reunite onstage for the first time in 16 years
for a benefit concert in Martha's Vineyard, MA.
1997: Members from The Wu-Tang
Clan were arrested after the alleged assault on a record promotions manager
after a show in Chicago.
1997: Kenny Chesney picks up his
first #1 single in Billboard: "She's Got It All".
2002: Bjork's west London flat was
burglarized while she slept. Valuable recording equipment had been stolen.
2007: Rap star Lil Wayne was
sued by a woman for $1m who claimed she was crushed at one of his concerts
after a large amount of cash was thrown into the audience. Tyrique Layne, then
17, said she lost consciousness after being trampled by the crowd at a gig in
Maryland in October 2006, and had suffered memory loss and severe headaches.
