Birthdays:
Jefferson Airplane guitarist Jorma Kaukonen was born in 1940. In 1970, he formed Hot Tuna with the Airplane's Jack Casady.
Iron Butterfly drummer Ron Bushy (1945)
Iron Maiden guitarist Dave Murray (1955)
Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam-1964)
They Are Missed:
Songwriter Tim Hardin was born in Eugene, Oreegon in 1941. His songs include "Reason to Believe" and "If I Were a Carpenter." He died of a heroin overdose on December 29, 1980.
Eugene Record of the Chi-Lites ("Oh Girl") was born in 1940.
"Little" Esther Phillips ("Release Me") was born in 1935
Dan Hamilton, of Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds, suffered a stroke and died in 1994.
Jackie Landry of The Chantels died of cancer in 1997 at the age of 56.
History:
Elton John and Bernie Taupin began writing songs together in 1969.
In 1959, Chuck Berry was arrested for transporting a minor across a state line for an immoral purpose. Berry claimed he was only giving a young lady a ride to her job as a hat-check girl at his St. Louis nightclub. Unbeknown to Berry, 14 year old Janice Norine was working as a prostitute. Although he will be convicted and given a five year sentence, the charges were eventually dropped.
In 1964, the Beach Boys made their first appearance on Shindig. The group performed "Little Saint Nick," "Dance, Dance, Dance," "Johnny B. Goode," and "Monster Mash."
In 1968, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, dressed as Santa and Mrs. Claus, distributed presents to the children of Apple's staff.
George Harrison released one of his rare Christmas records, "Ding Dong, Ding Dong" in 1974.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience's "Foxy Lady" was released in 1967.
John Lennon's film "Imagine" premiered on national TV in 1972.
Rod Stewart's idiotic song "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" was released in 1978.
In 1972, former Grand Funk Railroad manager Terry Knight arrived during a concert by the band with a court order to seize $1m in money or assets. Police informed the ex-manager that he couldn't take anything until after the show.
New records making their first appearance on the US record charts in 1979 included: Rod Stewart's "I Don't Want to Talk About It", Anne Murray's "Daydream Believer", Queen's "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", Pat Benatar's "Heartbreaker" and Neil Diamond's "September Morn".
The Police were the highest earning touring group in 2007, bringing in nearly $132 million The band's 54 gig North American trek generated almost double the total of the second-placed act, Country star Kenny Chesney.
In 1985, Judas Priest fans Raymond Belknap and James Vance shot themselves after listening to the Judas Priest album ‘Stained Class.’ The two had drunk beer, smoked marijuana and then listened to hours of the album. Afterwards they took a shotgun to a nearby school playground where Belknap shot and killed himself. Vance then blew away his jaw, mouth and nose but lived for more than three years before dying of effects of the shooting.
In 1964, pirate station 'Radio London', started broadcasting from the former US Minesweeper 'Mv Galaxy'.
1966-BBC-TV broadcasted Ready, Steady Go! for the last time, after the Musicians Union enforced a ban on miming. The weekly program was the UK's most popular Pop music television show, helping many of Britain's finest musical acts get their start. The special guests for the farewell show are Mick Jagger, The Who, Eric Burdon, The Spencer Davis Group, Donovan and Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich.
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