Births
1936: Mary
Travers (Singer / Songwriter in Peter, Paul and Mary)
1941: Tom
Fogerty (Rhythm Guitar in Creedence Clearwater Revival)
1948: Joe
Bouchard (Bass for Blue Oyster Cult)
1960: Demetra Plakas (Drums for L7)
1970: Scarface (Brad Terrance Jordan) (Rapper)
1970: Susan Tedeschi (Blues Artist)
1973: Nick Lachey (Singer in 98 Degrees &
Solo)
1974: Joe C. (Joseph
Calleja) (Rapper with Kid Rock)
1978: Sisqo (Mark Andrews) (R&B Singer in Dru
Hill & Solo)
Events
1956: Buddy
Holly begins his first solo tour, opening for country singers George Jones and
Hank Locklin.
1958: Elvis
Presley's massive hit "Hound Dog" b/w "Don't Be Cruel"
becomes only the third record in history to sell more than three million
copies, following two seasonal favorites: Bing Crosby's "White
Christmas" and Gene Autry's "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer."
1959: Sam
Cooke is guaranteed $100,000 by RCA if he chooses to leave his current home,
Keen Records.
1963: The
Beatles' new single, "I Want To Hold Your Hand," becomes the first-ever
UK single to receive advance orders of one million copies.
1963: "Louie, Louie" was released by
the Kingsmen.
1966: John Lennon met Yoko Ono for the first time
when he visited her art exhibition 'Unfinished Paintings and Objects' at the
Indica Gallery in London.
1967: In a
battle of egos, the Byrds' Roger McGuinn boots David Crosby from the group,
leaving Crosby to form CSNY instead.
1967: The
first issue of the rock periodical Rolling
Stone hits the shelves in San Francisco, CA, with a cover featuring John
Lennon, in a still from his upcoming movie How I Won The War, and a free roach clip with every issue.
1968: Led
Zeppelin singer Robert Plant marries his first wife. Maureen, in London, then
holds the wedding reception at the local club the Roundhouse, where the group
plays its first London gig.
1971: Carly
Simon attends James Taylor's concert at Carnegie Hall and the two fall madly in
love.
1990: The IRS
seizes Willie Nelson's bank accounts and real estate holdings to pay off $16
million in back taxes.
1993: The Dave Matthews Band released their first
album, ‘Remember Two Things’ on the Bama Rags label.
1996: For the
first time, Bob Dylan licenses one of his songs for commercial use, in this
case, "The Times They Are A-Changin'" to the Bank of Montreal.
1997: Paul Weller (The Jam & The Style
Council) was arrested and spent the night in a French jail after smashing up
his hotel room. His record company paid $8,000 to cover the damage; Weller was
released the following day.
1998: Michael
Jackson successfully settles his lawsuit with London's Daily Mirror newspaper, which had claimed his face was
disfigured by endless cosmetic surgery. Jackson claimed the photos had been
doctored.
1998: Rick
James bangs his head back and forth during a performance in Denver, CO, causing
a blood vessel in his neck to rupture and bringing on a minor stroke.
1999: The
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announces the century's big
winners, sales-wise: The Beatles have sold the most albums (106 million) with
Garth Brooks and Barbra Streisand the most successful male and female solo
artists. Elvis Presley leads the pack on gold and platinum certifications with
77 (singles) and 80 (albums), while Elton John's "Candle In The Wind
'97" (rewritten as a tribute to the recently-deceased Princess Diana) is
the best-selling single of the century. The best-selling album, surprisingly,
is the Eagles' Greatest Hits 1971-1975,
which has just overtaken Michael Jackson's Thriller.
2000: Gretchen Wilson
and her boyfriend, Mike Penner, have a daughter, Grace.
