Dan Peek of America ("Ventura Highway") turns 58.
Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake and Palmer is 64.
Country oddball Lyle Lovett was born in Klein, Texas in 1957.
Birthday wishes to Anthony Keidis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
History:
The first Beatles solo album (George Harrison's "Wonderwall Music") was released in 1968. The songs are mostly Harrison instrumentals, aided by Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr and an uncredited banjo contribution by Peter Tork of The Monkees. The LP would reach #49 in the US but did not chart at all in the UK and would become the first album to be deleted from the Apple Records catalog.
While The Beatles were appearing at the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany in 1962, a recording was made on a small, portable tape recorder which would be pressed and issued by Singasong Records in 1977 as "Live! At the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany, 1962.”
On The Ed Sullivan Show tonight in 1964, you could have watched the Dave Clark Five perform "Glad All Over." Comparing them to the Rolling Stones, Sullivan declared the Five "nice, neat boys." They would perform more times on his show than any other rock act.
The Festfolk Quartet, which would later become Abba, performed their first concert at a restaurant in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1970.
In 1955, an R&B group called The Famous Flames, led by singer James Brown, cut their first demo of "Please, Please, Please" at a radio station in Macon Georgia.
In 1966, three Elvis Presley albums were certified gold: his 1956 debut album, "Elvis Presley", "Elvis' Golden Records, Vol. 2" and "Elvis' Golden Records, Vol. 3".
In 1969, "Suspicious Minds" reached the top of the Billboard chart, becoming Elvis Presley's 17th and final number one hit. It reached #2 in the UK.
In 1972, the 33rd and final film of Elvis' career, "Elvis On Tour" opens in the US. It would be awarded the 1972 Golden Globe Award for Best Documentary, making it the only Elvis film to win an award of any kind.
In 2000, the Recording Industry Association Of America introduces guidelines for Parental Advisory labeling on recordings.
In 2004, 61 year old Terry Knight, the former manager of Grand Funk Railroad, was murdered at his home in Killeen, Texas (Knight was defending his daughter during a domestic disturbance). Knight began his music career by leading a Michigan band called Terry Knight and the Pack, who scored a Billboard top 50 hit with "I, Who Have Nothing.”
In 1969, the Beatles scored their 13th US No.1 album with 'Abbey Road.’ The cover supposedly contained clues adding to the ‘Paul Is Dead’ phenomenon: Paul is barefoot and the car number plate ‘LMW 281F’ supposedly referred to the fact that McCartney would be 28 years old if he was still alive. ‘LMW’ was said to stand for ‘Linda McCartney Weeps.’ And the four Beatles, represent; the priest (John, dressed in white), the Undertaker (Ringo in a black suit), the Corpse (Paul, in a suit but barefoot), and the Gravedigger (George, in jeans and a denim work shirt).
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