1944 - Jance Garfat (Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show) (d. 2006)
1946 - Douglas Green (Riders in the Sky) (72)
1949 - Marcia Ball (69)
1950 - Carl Palmer (Atomic Rooster, Emerson Lake &Palmer, Asia) (68)
1951 - Guy Perry (Motels) (67)
1951 - Jimmy Vaughan (67)
1954 - Jim Seales (Shenandoah) (64)
1956 - Alphonso Martin (Steel Pulse) (62)
1959 - Richard Drummie (Go West) (59)
1959 - Ian Frederick Rossiter (Stereo MCs) (59)
1961 - Slim Jim Phantom (Stray Cats) (57)
1967 - David Shuttleworth (Terrorvision) (54)
1972 - Alex Kapranos (Franz Ferdinand) (46)
1976 - Chester Bennington (Linkin Park) (d. 2017)
1982 - Nick Wheeler (All American Rejects) (36)
Deaths
1987 - Norman Harris (O'Jays) - Heart Failure (39)
1991 - Eric Clapton's son, Conor - Fall from 53rd story apartment (4)
2009 - Mel Brown - Complications from emphysema (69)
2015 - A.J. Pero (Twisted Sister) - Heart attack (55)
On This Day
1954 - Tommy Evans became the bass singer for the Ravens.
1961 - Elvis Presley started filming Blue Hawaii.
1964 - The Beatles were given a special award by Billboard magazine in recognition of their holding the top three positions on the charts.
1965 - The first Motown tour of the U.K. opens with Martha & the Vandellas, Stevie Wonder, the Supremes and the Temptations.
1968 - Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Richie Furay and Jim Messina were arrested for suspicion of marijuana use. Clapton was found innocent. The rest paid a small fine.
1971 - The Rolling Stones took out a full page ad in the U.K.'s music papers denouncing the release of the album Stone Age.
1975 - Patti Smith and Television started a seven week run at CBGB.
1977 - Lou Reed was banned from playing The London Palladium.
1977 - T Rex played their final show.
1980 - A 28-year-old man held up the Asylum Records office demanding to talk to Jackson Browne or the Eagles. Neither was there and he gave himself up.
1984 - The Judds appeared for the first time in a large arena, opening for the Statler Brothers.
1989 - Dick Clark announced he was going to stop hosting American Bandstand.
1990 - Gloria Estefan's tour bus was hit by a tractor-trailer. Her husband and son were injured and she required back surgery two days later.
1991 - Michael Jackson signed a $1 billion contract with Sony.
1991 - The funeral was held for the eight members of Reba McEntire's band and the two pilots killed in a plane crash. Johnny Cash spoke at Reba's request.
1997 - Yanni was the first western artist to play at the Taj Mahal.
1999 - The Radiohead documentary, Meeting People is Easy, premiered at SXSW.
2000 - Madonna announced she was pregnant with her second child.
2001 - Loretta Lynn was admitted to the hospital with pneumonia.
2001 - Three members of the British Group S Club 7 were arrested while openly smoking marijuana in Covent Garden, London.
2002 - EMI announced they would be ridding their roster of 400 acts in an attempt to save $140 million.
2003 - On the day war breaks out in Iraq, Bruce Springsteen opens his Australian concert with Born in the U.S.A. and War.
2003 - The South Carolina House of Representatives passed a resolution asking the Dixie Chicks to apologize for statements made about then president Bush and put on a concert for returning troops.
2008 - The Eagles opened their Long Road Out of Eden Tour.
2010 - Big Star played SXSW in Austin, TX just three days after their lead singer, Alex Chilton, died. Guests paid tribute to Chilton.
Marriages
1969 - John Lennon & Yoko Ono
1970 - David Bowie & Angela Barnett
1976 - Alice Cooper & Sheryl Goddard
1984 - Slim Jim Phantom (Stray Cats) & Britt Eckland
Recorded
1960 - Stuck on You - Elvis Presley
1961 - Hello Mary Lou - Ricky Nelson
1963 - Abilene - George Hamilton IV
1967 - She's Leaving Home - Beatles
1972 - Back Off Boogaloo - Ringo Starr
Released
1964 - Can't Buy Me Love - Beatles (U.K. single release)
1971 - The Yes Album - Yes (U.K. release)
1972 - Back Off Boogaloo - Ringo Starr (single)
1976 - Youngblood - Bad Company (single)
Awards
1994 - Razzies
Worst Actress - Madonna - Body of Evidence
Broadcasts
1959 - American Bandstand (ABC) - Bobby Rydell (debut performance)
1964 - Ready, Steady, Go (U.K.) - Beatles
1982 - American Bandstand - Buckner & Garcia
1990 - Saturday Night Live - Eric Clapton
2016 - The Passion (Fox) - Trisha Yearwood
2017 - Bates Motel (AMC) - Rihanna (premier in role)
Number Ones – U.S. Singles
1943 - I've Heard That Song Before - Harry James (12 weeks)
1954 - Secret Love - Doris Day (1 week (2 previous weeks))
1961 - Surrender - Elvis Presley (2 weeks)
1971 - Me & Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin (2 weeks)
1982 - I Love Rock 'n' Roll - Joan Jett &the Blackhearts (7 weeks)
Birthdays
Post a Comment