Births
1905: Mantovani
(Conductor)
1932: Petula
Clark (Pop Singer)
1933: Clyde McPhatter (Singer in The Drifters
& Solo)
1945: Frida
(Anni-Frid Lyngstad) (Singer in ABBA & Solo Singer)
1953: Alexander O’Neal (Singer in The Time &
Solo)
1954: Tony
Thompson (Drummer for Chic & The Power Station)
1967: E-40 (Earl
Stevens) (Rapper)
1968: Ol' Dirty Bastard (Rapper in Wu-Tang Clan & Solo)
1968: B.o.B. (Bobby
Ray Simmons, Jr.) (Rapper & Singer / Songwriter)
1974: Chad Kroeger (Vocals & Guitar in
Nickelback)
Events
1956: Elvis
Presley's first movie, Love Me Tender, premieres at New York's Paramount
Theater. The King's popularity has grown so exponentially large during the
filming on the movie that his part -- originally almost a cameo -- is expanded
to fit his stardom. Indeed, when his character is killed at the end of the
movie, test audiences are so distraught that Elvis re-appears at the end of the
movie to reprise the title song. A fifty-foot cardboard cutout of the singer is
posted outside the theater to emphasize his new importance to the project, and
the movie -- which receives lukewarm reviews from critics who nonetheless
appreciate the singer's performance -- rakes in a very respectable four million
dollars in just two months.
1964: While
on tour, Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones is admitted to Chicago's Passavant
Hospital for pneumonia, having reached a temperature of 105. He will miss the
last four dates of the Stones' US tour.
1965: The
Rolling Stones make their first appearance on NBC-TV's rock variety show Hullabaloo,
performing their hit "Get Off Of My Cloud."
1966: The Doors officially signed with Elektra
Records in a deal for the band to produce seven albums. The band also
reluctantly agreed to release ‘Break On Through’ as their first single. The
lyric "She gets high/she gets high/she gets high" was changed to “She
gets/she gets/she gets" in order to secure radio play.
1968: Janis
Joplin performs her last gig with Big Brother and the Holding Company at New
York's Hunter College.
1969: During
tonight's Janis Joplin concert in Tampa, FL, a policemen tries to use a
bullhorn to control a crowd that had left its seats and begun to move around,
prompting Joplin to object: "Don't ---- with those people! Hey, mister,
what're you so uptight about? Did you buy a $5 ticket?" The cop responds
by telling the singer to inform her crowd that they need to be seated, she
replies, "I'm not telling them s---." Janis left the stage after the
concert, calling the cop a "son of a b----" and threatening to kick
his face in, leading her to be arrested in her dressing room on a charge of
publicly using "vulgar and indecent language." After posting a $504
bail, the charges are later dropped.
1969: The
Beatles' last photographic session produces today's cover of Rolling Stone.
On the same day, obsessive fans looking for "Paul Is Dead" clues on
album covers and in songs push two previous Beatles albums, Sgt. Pepper's
Lonely Hearts Club Band and Magical Mystery Tour, back onto the Billboard
album charts.
1972: Harry
Chapin becomes the proud father of his first child, Joshua Burke, in New York
City, an event that would eventually inspire him to put his wife's poem,
"Cat's In The Cradle," to music.
1975: ABBA were guests on "American
Bandstand." They performed "S.O.S." and "I Do, I Do, I Do,
I Do, I Do."
1978: Echo & the Bunnymen made their
performance debut in Liverpool, England.
1979: NBC
airs The Bee Gees Special, their first, starring Willie Nelson, Glen
Campbell, and little brother Andy Gibb.
1990: Milli Vanilli producer Frank Farian held a
press conference to confirm the rumors that the two members of the group Rob
and Fab had not sung on any of their hit records.
1990: David Bowie opened on Broadway in the title
role of "The Elephant Man."
1991: French music producer and songwriter
Jacques Morali, died of complications from aids. Formed The Village People and
co-produced their film, Can't Stop the Music. Between 1974 and 1982 Morali
produced over 65 albums.
1992: Ozzy Osbourne announced his retirement from
touring after a gig in California, saying "Who wants to be touring at
46."
1992: The
Doors' Robbie Krieger, Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere and the Raiders, Peter Noone
of Herman's Hermits, Spencer Davis, Richie Havens, and the Lovin' Spoonful's
John Sebastian all guest star on tonight's "Rock Of Ages" episode of
FOX's Married With Children.
2000: Michael
Abram, the Liverpool native who broke into George Harrison's home and stabbed
him in an incident earlier in the year, is found not guilty by reason of
insanity at Oxford Crown Court. Abram is ordered confined to a mental hospital
for an indefinite period of time.
2004: Shania Twain's "Come On Over"
becomes the first country album in history certified for shipments of 20
million units.
2005: Arista releases Carrie Underwood's debut
album, "Some Hearts".
2007: Jay-Z went to No.1 on the US album chart
with ‘American Gangster’ his 10th No.1 album. This made the rapper joint second
with Elvis Presley for the most No.1 albums on the chart; only the Beatles have
had more, with 19. Since 1998, all eight of Jay-Z's solo studio albums hade hit
No. 1, in addition to his ‘Collision Course’ project with Linkin Park and his
‘Unfinished Business’ collaboration with R. Kelly.