No. 1 Chart Toppers
1957 Tommy Steele Singing the Blues UK 45
1962 Cliff Richard: The Young Ones UK 45
1986 Pet Shop Boys: West End Girls UK 45
Births
1924 Slim Harpo (blues performer)
1946 Naomi Judd
1949 Denny Greene (Sha Na Na)
1958 Vicky Peterson (Bangles)
1968 Tom Dumont (No Doubt)
1971 Mary J Blige
Deaths
2005 – Spencer Dryden, the drummer for legendary rock band the Jefferson Airplane, dies of cancer at his home in Petaluma, Calif. He was 66.
2005 – Singer/songwriter Jimmy Griffin, best known for his work with 1970s soft rock act Bread, dies at his home near Nashville of complications from cancer. He was 61.
Various Happenings
2004 – Rock wildman Ted Nugent (“Stranglehold”, “Cat Scratch Fever”, “Dog eat Dog”, “Wang dang sweet pun tang”) requires 40 stitches to his leg after wounding himself with a chainsaw.
2003 – The London Star tabloid reports that drummer Alan Whyte has quit Oasis (“Wonderwall”) after coming down with tendinitis.
2000 – Singer Gary Glitter is released from prison in Bristol, England, after serving two months of a four-month sentence for possessing child pornography.
2000 – Chart-topping R&B vocalist Whitney Houston is caught with more than a halfounce of marijuana at Keahole-Kona International Airport in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. The drugs are discovered in Houston’s handbag.
1999 – Lena Horne, 81, renews her recording contract with Blue Note Records. Blue Note president Bruce Lundvall announces the renewal at a 60th anniversary celebration for the label.
1999 – At this year’s American Music Awards, Billy Joel receives the Special Award of Merit and Blondie perform “No Exit” with rapping assistance from Coolio.
1995 – Michael Jackson releases a statement saying, “I will no longer stand by and watch reckless members of the media try to destroy my reputation.”
1992 -Paul Simon becomes the first international star to perform in South Africa after the end of the UN cultural boycott.
1987 – Frankie Goes to Hollywood begins what will be its final tour in Manchester, England.
1986 – “Living in America,” the theme song from Rocky IV, reaches #4 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart.
1980 - Pretenders release their eponymous debut LP in the UK.
1978 – Funkadelic hits #28 with “One Nation Under a Groove”.
1977 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “You Make Me Feel Like Dancing,” Leo Sayer.
1975 – Led Zeppelin play “Kashmir” live for the first time during a gig at the Ahoy in Rotterdam.
1969 – ‘Love Is,’ by Eric Burdon and the Animals, enters the U.S. charts shortly after the band performs a farewell concert in the British city of Newcastle.
1969 – Jethro Tull’s debut album, “This Was,” is released.
1969 – The Rolling Stones go to No. 5 in the American album charts with their new release Beggars Banquet.
1969 – “Heard it thru the Grapevine” is number 1 in the US.
1968 – Jimi Hendrix moves into a London townhouse formerly owned by the Messiah’s composer George Frederick Handel.
1967 – Pink Floyd begin two days of recording with producer Joe Boyd, working on the tracks “Interstellar Overdrive,” “Arnold Layne,” “Let’s Roll Another One” and “Nick’s Boogie.”
1966 - Herman's Hermits receive a gold record for the album "The Best of Herman's Hermits."
1964 – “Ring of Fire” by Johnny Cash becomes the first country album to top the U.S. pop album chart.
1963 – Sam Cooke’s late show at the Harlem Square Club in Miami, Florida, is recorded by RCA for possible release as a live album.
1963 – The Whisky A-Go-Go, the Hollywood club devoted to the cutting edge of rock, opens. The Doors were discovered there by Elektra boss Jac Holzman when opening for Love.
1960 – Vicki Peterson, guitarist with the Bangles and the Continental Drifters, is born in Los Angeles.
1942 – The big man – Clarence Clemons of the E Street Band – is born in Norfolk, Va.
1935 – Chuck Barksdale, bass vocalist with the R&B group the Dells (“Oh What A Night”), is born in Chicago.
1924 – Venerable blues fellow Slim Harpo is born in Lobdell, La., as James Moore.
Rock On Music Lovers!!
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