Births
1946: Bryan MacLean
(Guitar & Vocals for Love)
1955: Steve Severin (Bass
for Siouxsie and the Banshees)
1961: Heather Locklear
1968: Will Smith (Rapper-
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince)
1970: Dean Ween (Michael "Mickey" Melchiondo, Jr) (Guitar
for Ween)
1974: Richie Edwards
(Bass for The Darkness)
1974: Daniel Kessler
(Guitar for Interpol)
1980: T.I. (Clifford
Joseph Harris Jr.) (Rapper)
Events
1956: Elvis
Presley's upcoming single, "Love Me Tender," becomes the first 45 to
reach one million in pre-orders.
1964: The Temptations begin recording ’My Girl’
which went on to be their first US number one and the first of fifteen US Top
Ten hits.
1965: The Beatles cartoon series premiered on ABC
TV in the US. The first story was titled 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' and had the
group exploring the ocean floor in a diving bell where they met a lovesick
octopus.
1970: The
Partridge Family's self-titled TV show debuts on ABC.
1975: While
performing "Lonely Teardrops" onstage at the Latin Casino in Cherry
Hill, NJ during a Dick Clark oldies revue, Jackie Wilson collapses from a heart
attack, bashing his head on the stage and lapsing into a come from which he
will remain until his death in 1983.
1980: John Bonham, drummer with Led Zeppelin,
died at age 32 after a heavy drinking session. ‘Bonzo’ was found dead at
guitarists Jimmy Page's house of what was described as asphyxiation, after
inhaling his own vomit after excessive vodka consumption (40 shots in 4 hours).
1981: An
infamous Rolling Stones concert at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, PA, is recorded
for use in the upcoming flop concert pic Let's Spend The Night Together.
1990: The
mayor of Macon, GA, renames Mercer University Drive "Little Richard
Penniman Boulevard" in honor of its native son.
1990: Drummer Dave Grohl auditioned for Nirvana
and was instantly given the job. Grohl’s last band Scream had recently
split-up.
1992: Two fans were stabbed and 20 arrests were
made after trouble broke out at a Ozzy Osbourne gig in Oklahoma City. The sale
of alcohol at the concert was blamed for the incident.
1993: A Patsy
Cline commemorative stamp is issued by the United States Postal Service.
1993 Country singer Sara Evans marries Craig
Schelske in Boonesboro, Missouri.
1995: Courtney Love was given a one-year prison
sentence, suspended for two years, fined $1,000 and ordered to attend a anger
management course after being found guilty of assaulting Bikini Kill singer
Kathleen Hanna.
1995: Mariah Carey's "Fantasy" became
only the second single to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The first
artist to accomplish this feat was Michael Jackson with "You Are Not
Alone."
1998: Johnny
Cash suffers a relapse of pneumonia and is admitted to a Nashville, TN
hospital, just one year after nearly dying from the disease.
2000: Ozzy Osbourne formally requested that Black
Sabbath be removed from the nomination list for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Calling the inclusion "meaningless", Osbourne went on to say
"Let's face it. Black Sabbath have never been media darlings. We're a
people's band and that suits us just fine."
2001: The
first worldwide broadcast of a satellite radio station takes place as XM Radio
takes the air.
2011: The New York Post reported that Sly Stone was
living in a van, parked in the notoriously rough Los Angeles neighborhood of
Crenshaw. The 68-year-old was quoted as saying "I like my small camper. I
just do not want to return to a fixed home. I cannot stand being in one place.
I must keep moving."
