Births
1934: Leonard Cohen
(Singer / Songwriter)
1947: Don Felder (Lead
Guitar for The Eagles)
1954: Philthy Animal (Phil Taylor) (Drummer for
Motorhead)
1967: Faith
Hill (Country Singer)
1967: Tyler
Stewart (Drums for Barenaked Ladies)
1968:
Trugoy (David Jude) (Rapper in De La Soul)
1972: David
Silveria (Drums for Korn)
1972: Liam
Gallagher (Vocals for Oasis & Beady Eye)
Events
1957: Elvis Presley's
longtime guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black leave the King's band,
dissatisfied over being denied pay raises by manager Colonel Tom Parker.
Drummer D.J. Fontana stays on.
1962: A year and a half
before the Beatles break in America, the Springfields' "Silver Threads and
Golden Needles" becomes the first British song to reach the top 20 in the
US. Later, member Dusty Springfield would have several more solo hits of her
own.
1965: Having signed
with Beatles manager Brian Epstein, the Moody Blues play their first major gig,
as part of the manager's "Evening of Popular Music" at Royal Albert
Hall in London. Other acts include Manfred Mann, the Kinks, Gerry and the
Pacemakers, and Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames.
1968: Janis Joplin
announces her upcoming departure from her band Big Brother and the Holding
Company, which observant listeners had decried as too amateurish for her
talents.
1968: Deep
Purple made No.4 on the US singles chart with their debut single 'Hush'.
1972: ABC-TV debuted "In Concert." Alice
Cooper appeared in the first episode.
1974: Barry
White went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Can't Get Enough Of Your Love
Baby', the singers first and only US solo chart topper.
1980: Bob Marley, who
had refused treatment for a spreading melanoma due to his religious beliefs,
collapses while jogging in New York's Central Park and is hospitalized. Two
nights later her performs the next date on his North American tour, the Stanley
Theater in Pittsburgh, but it sadly proves to be his last.
1980: Elton John leaves
longtime label MCA and signs with David Geffen's new label for a six-year
contract.
1986: The
National Inquirer Magazine featured a picture of Michael Jackson in an oxygen
chamber with a story claiming that Jackson had a bizarre plan to live until he
was 150 years old.
1987: Jazz
bassist Jaco Pastorius died from injuries sustained in a fight. Pastorius was
trying to enter the Midnight Bottle Club in Wilton Manors, Florida, (where he'd
been banned), and became involved in a fight with a bouncer, Pastorius fell
into a coma and was put on life support on September 11th. He was 36 years old.
1989: The
Bangles issued a press statement confirming that the group were splitting. They
reformed in 2000.
1990: The
Internal Revenue Service places liens totalling $16.7 million on Willie
Nelson's property to guarantee that he pays $6.5 million in back taxes.
1991: Status Quo set a
world record when they play four separate British arenas in one 11-hour period.
1992: 'Yes
Please' by The Happy Mondays, became the last release on Manchester label
Factory records.
1999: While being
searched at London's Heathrow Airport, Diana Ross allegedly assaults the
security guard in question and is detained for five hours.
2001: All major
television networks in the US simultaneously air the all-star benefit concert America:
A Tribute To Heroes, the proceeds (in excess of $128 million) of which will
go to victims of the infamous 9/11 attacks and their families. Performing
guests include Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, Paul Simon, Billy Joel, Tom
Petty, and Willie Nelson.
2004: Cat Stevens, known as Yusuf Islam since the late Seventies, is
stopped from entering the US after his name is erroneously found on a terrorism
watch list.
2007: Snoop Dogg was sentenced to three years probation and 160
hours of community service after pleading guilty to carrying a collapsible
baton. The rapper was arrested in September 2006 after the baton was found in
his bag at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California. In April 2007 he
was given five years probation and 800 hours community service after pleading
no contest to gun and drug charges in a Californian court.
