Birthdays:
Art Ferrante - Ferrante & Teicher (1921)
Ronnie Dove (1940)
Alfa Anderson - Chic (1946)
Gloria Gaynor (1949)
Chrissie Hynde - Pretenders (1951)
Benmont Tench - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1954)
Jazz saxiphone great Sonny Rollins (1957)
Margot Chapman - Starland Vocal Band (1957)
Brad Houser - Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians (1960)
Rapper Eazy-E (real name Eric Wright) (1964)
Chad Sexton - 311 (1970)
They Are Missed:
Born on this day in 1934, Little Milton, US blues singer guitarist (died on August 4, 2005).
Born today in 1936, Buddy Holly, singer, songwriter, The Crickets. Influenced The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Holly was killed in a plane crash on February 3, 1959. The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valans were also killed in the crash.
Chicago blues showman Lefty Dizz (real name Walter Williams) died in 1957.
Born today in 1961, LeRoi Moore, saxophonist and founding member of the Dave Matthews Band. Moore was injured on June 30, 2008, in an accident on his farm outside Charlottesville, Virginia, he was re-hospitalized in mid-July for complications related to the accident and died on August 19, 2008.
The Who's drummer, Keith Moon died in London in 1978 after overdosing on Hemenephirin, a prescription drug which was supposed to have helped him with alcohol. Keith Moon was 31.
Warren Zevon, who wrote "Werewolves of London" and "Camelita," died in his home in Los Angeles in 2003 at the age of 56. In September 2002 Zevon announced that he had been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and had only months to live.
Born today in 1957, Jermaine Stewart, singer. Also worked with Shalamar, The Temptations and Boy George. Stewart died of cancer on March 17, 1997.
History:
In 1959, Dick Clark's Michigan State Fair stage show, winding up a four day stand, attracted 15,000 spectators-it's the most in the fair's 110-year history. Appearing on stage includes Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello, La Vern Baker, Freddy Canon, Duane Eddy, the Coasters, Lou Rawls and Bobby Rydell.
The Beatles' "She Loves You" hit #1 in England in 1963.
Bob Dylan debuts on the pop album charts in 1963 with "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan."
Iron Butterfly's In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida LP entered the charts in 1968.
In 1968, the Doors played the first of two nights at The Roundhouse, London, playing 2 shows a night on their first UK visit. Granada TV filmed the sold out gigs (later shown as "The Doors Are Open"), which were attended by members of The Rolling Stones and Traffic.
The Doors' third album, "Waiting for the Sun," topped the albums chart in 1968 on the back of the #1 single "Hello, I Love You."
Also in 1968, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham made their live debut as Led Zeppelin at Teen Club Box 45 in Gladsaxe in Denmark.
The half hour Saturday morning cartoon "The Beatles" aired its last show in 1969. The show had debuted on September 25, 1965.
The president of the slumping MGM Records since 1969, Mike Curb, resigned in 1973. The 28 year old made his reputation as a purveyor of middle-of-the-road music. He once got rid of eighteen acts from his label because the were allegedly "drug oriented." Curb had other things on his mind like politics and became lieutenant governor of California.
"Over-nite Sensation," by the Mothers (a.k.a. Frank Zappa and band), was released in 1973. One of Zappa's most popular releases, it contains the favorites "Dirty Love" and "Dinah-Moe Humm."
The Guess Who play their final concert in Montreal in 1975.
In 1975, a guy named Steve Anderson set a record for picking a guitar. Anderson, at age 22, picked for 114 hours, 7 minutes. He broke the old record by more than four hours.
In 1976, Judge Richard Owen of the New York State Supreme Court ruled that George Harrison "subconsciously plagiarized" "He's So Fine," the Chiffon's 1963 hit. Harrison's 1970 hit "My Sweet Lord" was the reason for the problem. Harrison was ordered to pay $587,000 to ABKCO Music, a company owned, ironically, by Harrison's former business manager, Allen Klein.
John Parr started a two week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1985 with 'St Elmo's Fire', taken from the film of the same name a No.6 hit in the UK.
In 1986, Michael Nesmith joined the other three Monkees on stage for the first time since the band disbanded. I guess the 'white out' money had run out.
Motley Crue signed a record deal in 1991 for a guaranteed $22.5 million.
Roger Waters released his solo album "Amused to Death" in 1992.
In 1995, newsstands and music stores nationwide reportedly refuse to carry the October issue of Guitar magazine because of its cover photo, which shows Flea (real name Michael Balzary) and Dave Navarro of the Red Hot Chili Peppers kissing.
In 1996, Rapper Tupac Shakur and Marion "Suge" Knight are shot while riding in Knight's Mercedes in Las Vegas following a Mike Tyson fight. Shakur would die 6 days later.
Also in 1996, Michael Jackson played the first date on the HIStory World Tour, his third solo world concert tour, at Letna Park, Prague in the Czech Republic. The tour consisted of 82 concerts and was attended by approximately 4.5 million fans, beating his previous Bad Tour with 4.4 million and grossing a total of over $163.5 million.
Fleetwood Mac went to #1 on the US album chart in 1997 with "The Dance." The album went on sell over 5 million copies in the US alone.
In 2001, Michael Jackson was reunited onstage with the Jackson Five at his 30th Anniversary Celebration in New York City's Madison Square Garden. It ended Jackson's 11-year hiatus from performing in the U.S. Jackson was joined by Eminem, Whitney Houston, Gladys Knight, Britney Spears and Destiny's Child to celebrate the 30th anniversary of his singing career.
Rapper Kanye West's second album "Late Registration" entered the U.S. albums chart in 2005 at #1.
In 2006, a 16-year-old girl filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court, alleging that she suffered severe emotional distress after being coerced by Buckcherry's record label into appearing naked in the band's racy "Crazy Bitch" video. "She's had to switch schools because of that video," says girl's attorney. Buckcherry's manager claims that the teenager presented a false ID and submitted fake info so that she could participate in the shoot. Check the ID's carefully people!
In 2007, a report showed that two-thirds of young people who regularly used MP3 players faced premature hearing damage. The Royal National Institute for Deaf People said its findings were alarming with research showing that 72 out of 110 MP3 users tested in the UK were listening to volumes above 85 decibels. Some MP3 players at full volume registered at 105 decibels, an aircraft taking off measured at 110 decibels. What?
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