Births
1941: Otis
Redding (R&B Singer)
1952: Dave Stewart (Guitarist, Songwriter &
producer for Eurythmics)
1953: John McFee (Guitar for The Doobie Brothers)
1965: MC Shan (Rapper)
1966: Adam Sandler (Comedian)
1970: Dray (Andre
Weston) (Rapper in Das EFX)
1975: Michael Bublé (Pop Singer)
1977: Soulja Slim (James Tapp) (Rapper)
Events
1954: Rising
young star Elvis Presley performs at the opening of Memphis' Lamar-Airways
shopping mall, and, afterward, meets audience member Johnny Cash for the first
time.
1955: Seeburg
introduces their latest jukebox, which not only holds a record 100 singles, but
is also capable of playing the same number of EPs.
1956: Elvis
Presley makes the first of three contracted appearances on Ed Sullivan's CBS
show. (Sullivan had previously announced he would never have such an act on,
but ratings prevailed and Sullivan offered Elvis a record $50,000 for the three
shows.) Charles Laughton hosts, filling in for an ailing Sullivan. Elvis
performs "Don't Be Cruel," "Love Me Tender," "Ready
Teddy," and "Hound Dog," but is shot from the waist up only, due
to a scandalous swivel-hipped performance on NBC-TV's Milton Berle Show
a few months earlier. A record 54 million viewers -- nearly 83 percent of the
nation's sets! -- are tuned in to the event; the next day, pre-orders for
"Love Me Tender" begin rolling in, forcing the release of the single
to be bumped up by weeks.
1969: Jimi Hendrix made his U.S. television debut
on "The Dick Cavett Show."
1971: John Lennon's LP "Imagine" was released
in US.
1975: Paul
McCartney and Wings begin their historic 13-month world tour, US dates of which
will be captured on record as the double LP Wings Over America. The
group plays to over two million fans total during the course of the tour.
1977: David Bowie appeared on Marc Bolan’s ITV
show, Marc, singing ‘Heroes’ as well as a duet with Bolan, ‘Standing Next To
You’, which is prematurely terminated when Bolan fell from the stage, much to
Bowie’s amusement. After the show the pair recorded demos together which were
never finished because Bolan is killed in a car crash a week later.
1981: Sting and Phil Collins both played their
first solo sets at Amnesty's International's "The Secret Policeman's Other
Ball."
1991: Tracy Byrd marries Michelle Hilton in Lake
Tahoe, Nevada.
1992: Nirvana's Chris Novoselic knocked himself
unconscious during the MTV music and video awards after being hit on the head
with his guitar after throwing it 'up in the air'.
1995: Coolio featuring L.V. scored his first US
No.1 single with 'Gangsta's Paradise'. The song sampled the chorus of the 1976
Stevie Wonder song 'Pastime Paradise' and featured in the 1995 movie Dangerous
Minds (starring Michelle Pfeiffer). Coolio was awarded a Grammy Award for the
song.
1996: Bluegrass
pioneer Bill Monroe died from a stoke 4 days before his 85th
birthday.
1996: Tom Petty's wife, Jane, filed for divorce
after 22 years.
1998: An episode of "Judge Judy" aired in
which Sex Pistol Johnny Rotten appeared as the defendant in a case involving a
drummer who sued Rotten for allegedly head-butting him during a contract
dispute.
2003: Simon
and Garfunkel announce plans for a reunion tour, the first in 20 years and the
first onstage reunion of any kind in a decade.
2004: US guitar maker Ernie Ball died after a
long illness. In the late 50’s Ball opened the first music store in the USA in
Tarzana, California to sell guitars exclusively. He developed the guitar
strings called ‘Slinkys’ specifically designed for rock and roll electric
guitar.
2005: Despite
numerous fan protests, the City of Liverpool, England declares its intention to
go ahead and demolish Ringo Starr's birthplace on Madryn Street, which the
famous drummer lived in until the age of five.
2007: Country Singer Joe Nichols marries Heather
Singleton at Whitfield Chapel in Savannah, Georgia.
2008: Former
Raspberries lead and solo star Eric Carmen is arrested in his hometown of
Cleveland on DUI charges. He will be sentenced to six months in jail, but only
serve 30 days.
2008: A man was charged with
assault after an attack on Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher during the band's set
at the V Festival in Canada. Gallagher was admitted to hospital after a man ran
on stage and pushed him over while he played guitar. Toronto police said Daniel
Sullivan, 47, had been charged over the incident. A band statement said the
guitarist "fell heavily on to his monitor speakers".
