Births
1899: Fred Astaire
(Singer)
1909: Mother
Maybelle Carter (Country Singer in Carter Family)
1946: Dave
Mason (Singer & Guitar for Traffic & Solo)
1946: Donovan
(Donovan Philips Leitch)
(Singer)
1947: Jay
Ferguson (Lead Vocals & Percussion for Spirit & Solo)
1952: Sly
Dunbar (Reggae Drummer in Sly & Robbie)
1957: Sid Vicious (John Ritchie) (Bass &
Vocals for The Sex Pistols)
1957: Karl Hyde (Vocals & Guitar for
Underworld)
1960: Bono (Paul Hewson) (Vocals & Guitar for
U2)
1967: Young MC (Marvin Young) Rapper
1968: Richard Patrick (Guitarist for Filter &
Nine Inch Nails)
1980: Jason Dalyrimple (Singer in Soul
For Real)
Events
1960: A group
from Liverpool named the Beatals (sic) changes its name to the Silver Beatles
after local scenester Brian Casser declares the first name ridiculous. The
five-piece -- which at this point includes Stu Sutcliffe on bass and Tommy
Moore on drums) audition to become singer Billy Fury's backing group. Though
they don't get the main gig, they do score a gig backing up fellow Liverpudlian
Tommy Quickly on a Scottish tour.
1963: The
Rolling Stones make their first recordings for Decca Records, including the
Chuck Berry cover "Come On," but all are rejected by the label as
"dreadful."
1964: Dusty
Springfield makes her television debut on CBS' Ed Sullivan Show, singing
"I Only Want To Be With You."
1966:
Struggling singer Janis Joplin, back home in her native Texas, is invited back
out to San Francisco by her friend Chet Helms, who invites her to audition with
a group he's managing called Big Brother and the Holding Company.
1967: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards appeared at
Chichester Crown Court, Sussex, charged with being in possession of drugs, they
elect to go to trial pleading not guilty and were both granted $180 bail.
1968: Reacting
to alleged abuse of audience members by policemen, Jim Morrison incites a riot
at a Doors concert at the Chicago Coliseum.
1969: Tricia
Nixon, daughter of the US President, invites The Temptations and the Turtles to
perform at a White House ball. For some reason, Turtles guitarist Mark Volman
keeps falling off the stage; rumors persist later that he and the band had
prepared for the gig by snorting cocaine off of Abraham Lincoln's desk.
1974: Led
Zeppelin launches its new record label, Swan Song, with a swank dinner at the
Bel Air Hotel in Los Angeles that quickly devolves into a food fight.
1977: Adam And The Ants made their live debut
when they played at the ICA, London.
1983: Metallica began recording their debut album
"Kill 'Em All" in New York. They finished on May 27, 1983.
1985: All girl group The Go-Go's announced they
were breaking up. The members went on to enjoy solo success, (Belinda Carlisle
and Jane Wiedlin) and the group reformed in the late 90's.
1986: Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee married TV
star Heather Locklear in a courtyard in Santa Barbara California with five hundred
guests. Tommy wore a white leather tuxedo.
1986: The Pet Shop Boys went to No.1 on the US
singles chart with 'West End Girls', the duo's first US No.1.
1991: Rapper Bushwick Bill (Geto Boys) lost his
right eye after being shot by his girlfriend.
1994: Rapper Tupac Shakur began serving a 15-day
county jail term for attacking director Allen Hughes on a video set.
1994: Barbra
Striesand begins her 1st concert tour in 30 years.
1994: Willie Nelson is found by police in Hewitt,
Texas, asleep at the side of a road. He's arrested on drug charges when they
discover the butt from a doobie in his ashtray.
1999: American singer, songwriter poet,
cartoonist, screenwriter, and author of children's books Shel Silverstein died
of a heart attack aged 57. Wrote, 'A Boy Named Sue' for Johnny Cash (which
Silverstein won a Grammy for in 1970) and many songs for Dr Hook including
'Sylvia's Mother' and 'The Cover of the Rolling Stone.'
2000: Bobby Brown was arrested at Newark airport,
New Jersey for breaking his probation order. He had been wanted in Florida
since 1999 when his probation officer reported that a urine test proved
positive for cocaine use.
2003: Steven Tyler (Aerosmith) was given an
honorary doctorate degree in music by the Berkley College of Music.
2004: Glen
Campbell is sentenced to 10 days in a jail after he pleads guilty to driving
under the influence (and leaving the scene of the ensuing car wreck) the
previous November in Phoenix.
2005: Singer Seal married German supermodel Heidi
Klum in a low-key ceremony on a beach in Mexico near the singer's home on the
luxurious Costa Careyes.
2007: Pink
Floyd's original members gather for the first time since 1980 to perform a
concert at Barbican Centre, in London, a tribute to their recently deceased
ex-frontman Syd Barrett.
2007: US hip-hop artist Akon apologized after
footage of him dancing provocatively on stage with a teenage girl was posted on
the internet. It led to telecommunications company Verizon pulling out as a
sponsor of his US tour with Gwen Stefani. The incident took place on 12 April
in Trinidad, where Akon was performing at a nightclub. It was later reported
that the girl was just 14. In a statement Akon said he didn't know the girl was
underage. He said: "I want to sincerely apologise for the embarrassment
and any pain I've caused to the young woman who joined me on stage, her family
and the Trinidad community for the events at my concert.”
