September 24

Births

1933: Mel Taylor (Drummer for The Ventures)

1936: Jim Henson (Muppets)

1941: Linda McCartney (Keyboards for Wings)

1942: Gerry Marsden (Vocals & Guitar for Gerry and the Pacemakers)

1971: Peter Salisbury (Drums for The Verve)

Events

1942: Bandleader Glenn Miller makes his last radio broadcast on CBS' Moonlight Serenade program before leaving to enlist in the Army.

1955: Judy Garland makes her television debut on CBS' variety show Ford Star Jubilee, breaking all previous ratings records.

1957: Legendary DJ Alan Freed debuts his fourth movie, Mister Rock And Roll, at New York City's Paramount Theatre. The film, named after Freed's nickname, features Alan playing himself and also several musical performances by Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, Brook Benton, LaVern Baker, Ferlin Husky, Lionel Hampton, and, for some reason, former middleweight boxing champion Rocky Graziano.

1966: En route from New York to London with his new manager, Chas Chandler, the guitarist formerly known as Jimmy James decides to change his name to Jimi Hendrix. Upon arrival, Jimi ends up in a jam session with British bluesman Zoot Money, witnessed by Andy Summers, later the guitarist for the Police.

1967: The Beatles film the (in)famous "Your Mother Should Know" dance segment of their film Magical Mystery Tour at the West Malling Air Force Station in Kent, England. Paul wears a black carnation when the group runs out of red ones, creating more "clues" for the "Paul is Dead" theorists.

1967: Traffic made their live debut when they appeared at Saville Theatre in London, featuring Steve Winwood.

1971: The Jackson 5 appear on the cover of Life magazine, with the headline "Rock Stars At Home With Their Parents."

1977: Just a month or so after his untimely death, the first national Elvis Presley convention takes place in Memphis.

1980: The mixing of the forthcoming John and Yoko album Double Fantasy moved from the Hit Factory in New York City to Record Plant East. During this session, John Lennon gave one of last ever interviews to Lisa Robinson from 97-FM in Buffalo.

1988: After allegedly breaking into an insurance class being held in a building he owns and waving a gun around, demanding to know who used his bathroom, James Brown becomes involved in a hour-long, two-state car chase with police in Augusta, GA, who were tipped off that Brown was behaving erratically and armed. Driving over six miles in his pickup truck after authorities shoot out his two front tires, Brown is arrested and charged with illegal possession of drugs and firearms, simple assault, carrying a deadly weapon in public, resisting arrest, and seven misdemeanors. He is released from jail after serving two years of a five-year sentence.

1988: Bobby McFerrin started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Don't Worry Be Happy', the first a-cappella record to be a No.1.  The song would go on to win Grammy Awards for both Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

1991: Nirvana’s album ‘Nevermind’ was released in America, entering the chart at No. 144 on its first week, peaking at No.1 in January 1992.

1991: The album "The Low End Theory" was released by A Tribe Called Quest.

1993: Following his recent arrest for drunk driving, John Denver is ordered to perform a benefit concert for victims of the same.

1993: Guns N' Roses reached a settlement with their former drummer Steven Adler. Adler had been kicked out of the band for not kicking his heroin habit.

1995: The Charlatans were arrested by 24-armed police after a flight to New York. The band were accused of trying to disrupt the planes flight path, passengers complained of the group being drunk, spitting and interfering with in flight TV sets.

1997: Barry Loukaitis was convicted of shooting and killing two pupils and a teacher at a school in Washington. His defence team claimed he had copied scenes from Pearl Jam's video 'Jeremy'. 

September 23

Births

1926: John Coltrane (Jazz Saxophonist)

1930: Ray Charles (Singer & Piano Legend)

1935: Les McCann (Jazz & R&B Singer)

1939: Roy Buchanan (Blues Guitarist)

1943: Steve Boone (Bass for The Lovin' Spoonful)

1943: Julio Iglesias (Singer)

1947: Neal Smith (Drummer for Alice Cooper)

1949: Bruce Springsteen (The Boss)

Events

1952: Hank Williams records "Take These Chains From My Heart," "Kaw-liga" and "Your Cheatin' Heart" in his final recording session, at the Castle Studio in Nashville's Tulane Hotel.

1967: The Strawberry Alarm Clock perform their one and only hit, "Incense and Peppermints," on ABC-TV's American Bandstand.

1969: It was reported by "The London Daily Mirror" that Paul McCartney was dead. It was the first time the rumor was printed.

1970: After his band's concert at the Olympia in Paris, Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones meets heiress Bianca Pérez Morena De Macías for the first time, beginning a courtship that will end in their first marriage the next year. Naturally, there will be a bitter divorce in 1978, leading to some inspired "tribute" songs in the Stones catalog.

1974: Robbie McIntosh founder member of the Average White Band died of a heroin overdose at a Hollywood party, (after he inhaled a white powder thought to be cocaine but was actually pure heroin). He was 24.

1980: David Bowie makes a splash on Broadway when he takes over the title role in The Elephant Man from Philip Anglim.

1980: Having already collapsed in Central Park a few days earlier, a weak Bob Marley insists on continuing his US tour, and collapses again onstage during tonight's show at Pittsburgh's Stanley Theater. It will prove to be his last performance; the tour is canceled, and Marley heads to Germany for treatment where he will defy his original grim prognosis somewhat by staying alive until the following May.

1989: Milli Vanilli started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Girl I'm Gonna Miss You', the duo's second US No.1. Also today the duo went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Girl You Know It's True'.

1991: Izzy Stradlin left Guns N' Roses. Gilby Clarke replaced him.

1992: A scandal erupts when Jackson Browne is accused of physical assault by his girlfriend, actress Daryl Hannah.

1998: Elvis Presley, once rejected for the Grand Old Opry, is inducted into Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame.

1999: Coolio appeared on TV's "Judge Joe" to settle a financial dispute with his backing band the Wyld Bunch. The judge ruled the band was due $4,000 in unpaid earnings.

2004: Slipknot's Corey Taylor issued a statement denying he was dead. Rumours started after a shock jock in Des Moines broadcast the announcement that the singer had died of a drug overdose, which then became a fatal car crash.

2004: A bodyguard for rapper Lil' Kim was sentenced to 12 years in prison after admitting firing at least 20 times in a shoot-out with a rival gang. The judge sentencing Suif Jackson, said society needed protection from a gun-toting man with five convictions. The shooting took place when the entourages of Lil' Kim and Capone-N-Noreaga crossed at a New York radio station.

2005: Mindy McCready is checked into Nashville's St. Thomas Hospital after swallowing about 30 anti-depressant pills, her second overdose in two months. This one comes after a phone argument with boyfriend William McKnight over finances for their unborn child.

2007: Lionel Richie guest-stars as himself on tonight's "He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs" season opener of Fox-TV's The Simpsons.

September 22

Births

1951: David Coverdale (Vocals for Whitesnake & Deep Purple)

1953: Richard Fairbrass (Singer for Right Said Fred)

1956: Debby Boone (Singer)

1957: Nick Cave (Singer / Songwriter for The Birthday Party & Solo)

1957: Peter Jones (Bass for Public Image Ltd)

1957: Johnette Napolitano (Singer / Songwriter & Bass for Concrete Blonde)

1958: Joan Jett (Guitar for The Runaways & Solo)

1958: Andrea Bocelli (Opera Singer)

1964: Marq Torien (Lead Vocals & Guitar for Bullet Boys)

1965: Andy Cairns (Guitar & Vocals for Therapy?)

1970: Mystikal (Michael Tyler) (Rapper)

1981: Adam Lazzara (Lead Singer for Taking Back Sunday)

Events

1958: After receiving special permission from the US Army, Elvis Presley gave one last press conference at the Military Ocean Terminal in Brooklyn. He then joined the rest of the 3rd Armored Division on the USS General Randall for a voyage to Bremerhaven, Germany.

1964: Herman's Hermits were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with the Carole King & Gerry Goffin song 'I'm Into Something Good', the group's only UK No.1.

1965: San Francisco band The Great Society, featuring Grace Slick and her husband Darby, make their live debut at The Coffee Gallery, North Beach, California.

1969: A new weekly TV show 'The Music Scene' aired on ABC in the US for the first time. Stevie Wonder Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Tom Jones, Cass Elliot, James Brown, Janis Joplin and Sly and the Family Stone were all booked to appear on the show.

1979: Def Leppard had their first major live review when UK music weekly Melody Maker reviewed a gig the band had played in Wolverhampton. With a 15 year-old drummer the band had just released their debut 3-track single.

1984: Former lead singer of the Babys, John Waite, went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Missing You'.

1985: Willie Nelson sponsors the first Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Illinois, with Merle Haggard, John Cougar Mellencamp, Roger Miller, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Alabama, George Jones, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, B.B. King, Judy Rodman and Waylon Jennings, among others.

1986: The Smiths signed to EMI Records for $2 million.

1990: Garth Brooks album 'No Fences' entered the US album chart. It went on to become the biggest selling country album of all time and sold over 13m copies in the first five years of release.

1990: Nirvana played their biggest gig to date when they appeared at the Motor Sports International Garage in Seattle. Drummer Dave Grohl who would audition for the band in a few days time was in the audience of 15,000 people.

1991: Bryan Adams made chart history when '(Everything I Do), I Do It For You', had its twelfth consecutive week as the UK No.1 single.

1992: Def Leppard were forced to cancel two US shows after their sound-equipment truck was found abandoned, after one of the bands driver's had attempted to rob a store. The driver was later charged of possessing drugs and criminal damage.

1999: Diana Ross was arrested on Concorde after an incident at Heathrow Airport. The singer claimed that a female security guard had touched her breasts when being frisked; Ross retaliated by rubbing her hands down the security guard.

2007: The Game was given a conditional discharge at Manhattan's Criminal Court after being charged with impersonating a police officer. Police said the star told a cab driver he was an undercover officer, ordering him to run several red lights. The rapper (real name Jayceon Taylor), claimed the cab driver noticed they were being followed and asked who was in the car, He said he told the driver they were the hip-hop police, and the driver decided on his own to run the red lights.

2007: Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher become a father for a second time after his partner Sara MacDonald gave birth to a baby boy, Donovan Rory MacDonald Gallagher.

2007: Britney Spears was charged with hit-and-run and driving without a valid license after she was accused of hitting a parked car and driving away from a Los Angeles car park on 6 August. The owner of the car filed an accident report on 9 August at the North Hollywood Community Police Station. The city attorney's office did not know whether Ms Spears' car had been damaged, nor did he know the extent of damage to the other car.

2011: Tony Bennett becomes oldest living artist to have a single in the top 100 at 85 years old with the duet “Body & Soul” with the late Amy Winehouse.

September 21

Births

1934: Leonard Cohen (Singer / Songwriter)

1947: Don Felder (Lead Guitar for The Eagles)

1959: 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.

September 20

Births

1885: Jelly Roll Morton (Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe) (Jazz Pianist)

1946: Mick Rogers (Michael Oldroyd) (Guitar for Manfred Mann's Earth Band)

1949: Chuck and John Panozzo (Bass and Drums for Styx)

1957:Alannah Currie (Vocals & Sax for The Thompson Twins)

1960: David Hemmingway (Lead Vocals for The Housemartins)

1960: Robert Wiggins (Cowboy Rapper in Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five)

1966: Nuno Bettencourt (Guitar & Singer / Songwriter for Extreme)

1967: Gunnar & Matthew Nelson (Vocalists for Nelson)

1968: Ben Shepherd (Bass for Soundgarden)

1979: Rick Woolstenhulme (Guitar for The Calling)

Events

1966: George Harrison went to India for his first visit to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

1969: During a meeting in London between John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, Lennon announced he was leaving The Beatles.

1969: Based on the comic-book TV series Archie and his friends The Archie's started a four-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Sugar Sugar. It became the longest running one hit wonder in the UK after spending eight weeks at the top of the charts.

1969: Blind Faith started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK chart with their self-titled debut album. The only release from the Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Ginger Baker & Rick Grech line-up also reached No.1 in the US. The only UK gig was in Hyde Park, London on 7th Jun 1969.

1970: Jim Morrison of The Doors was acquitted on charges of lewd and lascivious behavior, but was found guilty of exposing himself during a concert at The Dinner Key Auditorium in Coconut Grove a year and a half earlier. At his trial at the Dade County Courthouse in Miami, Judge Goodman sentenced Morrison to six months hard labor and a $500 fine for public exposure and sixty days hard labor for profanity. The sentence was appealed, but Morrison was never brought to trial, as he would die in Paris France on July 3, 1971.

1971: Peter Frampton quit Humble Pie to follow a solo career.

1972: Paul and Linda McCartney were arrested for the second time in four weeks for possession of cannabis this time at their Scottish farmhouse in Campbeltown.

1973: On his way to perform his second concert of the day, US singer, songwriter Jim Croce was killed with five others when his chartered aircraft hit a tree on take off in Louisiana.  He was 30 years old.

1973: A day after Gram Parsons died, his body is stolen during transfer at the Los Angeles International Airport, then taken to Joshua Tree, where it is burned, in accordance with his request. Road manager Phil Kaufman is among two charged with the crime.

1975: 'Fame' gave David Bowie his first No.1 in the US, the song was co-written with John Lennon.

1975: The Bay City Rollers made their US TV debut when they appeared on the 'Saturday Night Variety Show'.

1976: The first of the two night 100 Club Punk Festival, Oxford St, London, featuring The Sex Pistols, The Clash, Sub Way Sect, Suzie (spelling on the poster), And The Banshees, The Buzzcocks, Vibrators and Stinky Toys. Admission was $3.00.

1976: The Captain and Tennille musical variety show premiered on ABC TV in the US.

1980: Kate Bush scored her first UK No.1 album with 'Never For Ever.' It was the first ever album by a British female solo artist to top the UK album chart as well as being the first album by any female solo artist to enter the chart at No.1.

1980: Queen started a five-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'The Game', the group's only US No.1 album.

1993: Just back from a tour of Japan, keyboard player with The Charlatans Rob Collins was out with an old friend. They stopped at a liquor store and his friend went in, half-jokingly saying he could rob the place. When he came out with a loud bang, Collins stupidly picked him up. The police arrested the pair the next day and charged them both with attempted robbery and possession of a firearm (it was a replica gun).

1994: The Dave Matthews Band released ‘Under the Table and Dreaming’, the album featured their first commercial hits ‘What Would You Say,’ ‘Satellite,’ and ‘Ants Marching.’ The album was dedicated to Matthews' older sister Anne, who was killed by her husband in 1994 in a murder-suicide.

2002: Lynchburg, Virginia, names a street after hometown boy Phil Vassar when he performs in the city. Lynchburg also proclaims Phil Vassar Day, and presents him with a key to the city.

2003: Nelly Furtado gave birth to a daughter, Nevis, at a hospital in Toronto, Canada.

2005: Canadian JD Fortune, beat two other finalists to become the new lead singer with INXS after a worldwide search to replace the late Michael Hutchence. INXS held auditions in six continents as part of a reality TV series.

2007: Stereophonics singer Kelly Jones was admitted to hospital when he was injured during an altercation with a member of a club's security team. The band had gone to a west London club after appearing at the Vodafone Live Music Awards.

September 19

Births

1928: Adam West (Batman)

1931: Brook Benton (R&B Singer)

1934: Brian Epstein (Beatles manager)

1935: Nick Massi (Bass Guitar & Vocals for The Four Seasons)

1940: Bill Medley (Singer in The Righteous Brothers & Solo)

1940: Paul Williams (Songwriter)

1942: Freda Payne (R&B Singer)

1943: Mama Cass Elliott (Ellen Naomi Cohen) (Singer in Mamas and the Papas)

1945: David Bromberg (Guitarist, Fiddle & Mandolin player worked with Bob Dylan)

1947: Lol Crème (Vocals & Guitar for 10cc)

1949: Twiggy (Lesley Hornby) (60's model & Singer)

1951: Daniel Lanois (Producer, Guitarist & Singer)

1952: Nile Rodgers (Guitar for Chic)

1958: Lita Ford (Guitar & Vocals for The Runaways & Solo)

1963: Jarvis Cocker (Singer for Pulp)

1964: Trisha Yearwood (Country Singer)

1969: Candy Dulfer (Jazz Saxophonist)

1977: Ryan Dusick (Drums for Maroon 5)

Events

1960: Former chicken plucker Chubby Checker went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'The Twist'.

1960: Hank Ballard and The Midnighters had the honour of being the first group to have three songs in the US Top 100 at the same time. ‘Finger Poppin’ Time,’ ‘Let’s Go Let’s Go Let’s Go’ and ‘The Twist’ all made the Top 30. Ballard refused to perform ‘The Twist’ on a highly rated US TV show, so Chubby Checker picked it up at the insistence of Dick Clark, and Checker’s version of the song was number 1 this week in 1960.

1968: Steppenwolf won its first gold record for "Born to be Wild."

1969: Creedence Clearwater Revival scored their only UK No.1 single with 'Bad Moon Rising' a US No.2 hit. Also on this day the group started a four-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Green River.'

1970: The first UK Glastonbury Festival took place featuring Marc Bolan, Ian Anderson, Keith Christmas, Quintessence, Amazing Blondel and Sam Apple Pie.

1970: Diana Ross started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough'. The singers first solo No.1 since leaving The Supremes.

1973: Country rock singer, songwriter 26-year-old Gram Parsons, formerly of The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, died under mysterious conditions in Joshua Tree, California. His death was attributed to heart failure but later was officially announced as a drug overdose. His coffin was stolen by two of his associates, manager Phil Kaufman and Michael Martin, a former roadie for The Byrds, and was taken to Cap Rock in the California desert, where it was set alight, in accordance to Parson's wishes. The two were later arrested by police.

1974: Max Weinberg made his debut as the drummer for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band.

1979: The No Nukes concert was held at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Performers included Stephen Stills, David Crosby, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, The Doobie Brothers, Poco, Tom Petty, Carly Simon, James Taylor and Bruce Springsteen.

1981: Simon and Garfunkel reunited for a concert in New York's Central Park. Over 400,000 fans attend the show. The performance was recorded for a record and video release.

1986: "Captain EO" with Michael Jackson premieres.

1987: "A Momentary Lapse of Reason" was released by Pink Floyd. It was the first release after Roger Waters departure.

1995: P.M. Dawn's DJ JC Eternal was arrested on charges of sexual assault and child abuse after an alleged affair with his 14 year-old cousin. He was released on $10,000 bail.

1998: Robbie Williams scored his first solo UK No.1 single with 'Millennium', taken from his from his second album, I've Been Expecting You.

1999: Christina Aguilera was at No.1 on the US album chart with her self-titled debut album.

2002: James Brown was being sued by his own daughters for more than $1M of song royalties they said they were owed. Deanna Brown Thomas and Dr Yamma Brown Lumar, a Texas physician, said Brown had withheld royalties on 25 co-written songs because of a family grudge. The lawsuit claimed that Brown had held a grudge against his daughters since 1998, when Ms Thomas had her father committed to a psychiatric hospital to be treated for addiction to painkillers.

2004: Canadian singer Celine Dion extended her Las Vegas show for another year. Dion was reportedly being paid $100m for the original three-year run of five 90-minute concerts a week.

September 18

Births

1933: Jimmie Rodgers (Pop Singer)

1939: Frankie Avalon (Pop Singer)

1949: Kerry Livgren (Guitar for Kansas)

1952: Dee Dee Ramone (Douglas Colvin) (Bass for The Ramones)

1960: Kim Wilde (Singer)

1961: James Gandolfini (Tony Soprano)

1962: Joanne Catherall (Vocals for The Human League)

1967: Ricky Bell (Singer for New Edition & Bell, Biv DeVoe)

1974: Xzibit (Alvin Nathaniel Joiner ) (Rapper)

Events

1955: CBS-TV's popular variety show Toast Of The Town is renamed what many people had been calling it all along, The Ed Sullivan Show.

1956: Rock shows are banned at the US Naval Station in Newport, RI after a fight breaks out during a Fats Domino concert.

1957: The Big Record, CBS-TV's answer to American Bandstand, premieres with host Patti Page and guests Billy Ward & the Dominoes and Tony Bennett.

1960: Teen idol Frankie Avalon turns 21, making him an adult and therefore eligible to claim the over $600,000 he earned while underage.

1967: The Beatles journey to the Raymond Revue bar in London to film the notorious "striptease" scene in Magical Mystery Tour. Accompanying stripper Jan Carson is the Bonzo Dog (Doo-Dah) Band, playing a song called "Death Cab For Cutie."

1969: Tiny Tim announced on "The Tonight Show" to Johnny Carson his engagement to Miss Vicki Budinger. Carson asked the two to be married on the show. They made TV history with the wedding on December 17, 1969.

1970: Jimi Hendrix asphyxiated in his own vomit, mainly red wine which had filled his airways and he died at age 27.

1971: Pink Floyd becomes the first rock at to perform at Montreux, Switzerland's Classical Music Festival.

1971: The ill-fated Bobby Sherman sitcom Getting Together premieres on ABC-TV.

1977: All 4 Kiss members release solo albums.

1980: The tenth anniversary of Jimi Hendrix' untimely death is marked by a multimedia event, featuring Experience members Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell, held at the Paradise Club in Amsterdam.

1981: Gary Numan took off on a round the world trip in a single engine Cessna plane. The attempt ended after he was forced to land in India, where local police arrested him.

1983: For an MTV publicity stunt to promote KISS' new album, Lick It Up, the band appear in public for the first time without makeup.

1984: David Bowie won Video of the year for 'China Girl' at the first MTV Video awards.

1993: Garth Brooks went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'In Pieces'. The album spent 25 weeks on the chart and sold over 6m copies.

1998: Reba McEntire receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1999: The governor of Tennessee, Donald K. Sundquist, declares today Carl Perkins Day in honor of its native son.

2004: Britney Spears married dancer Kevin Federline during a private ceremony in Los Angeles. Federline had two daughters from his previous relationship with actress Shar Jackson.

2006: Willie Nelson's tour bus is stopped near Lafayette, LA, and Nelson, along with four members of his band, are arrested for possession of marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms.

2006: Echo And The Bunnymen singer Ian McCulloch was convicted of committing a breach of the peace by shouting, swearing and threatening Gary Duncan and his girlfriend Juliet Sebley backstage at Glasgow Barrowlands in Scotland. A court was told that McCulloch had lost his temper when he discovered the two fans in a toilet cubicle inside his private dressing room.

2008: The Village People are honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk Of fame at 6529 Hollywood Blvd.

2009: Leonard Cohen collapsed on stage during a concert in Valencia in Spain and was taken to hospital. He was later discharged after doctors told him he had food poisoning. Cohen was in the middle of singing his song Bird On The Wire when he fainted, prompting the band to stop playing and rush to help him.