Birthdays:
Gordon Lightfoot was born in 1938.
Bob Gaudio, who wrote many of the Four Seasons' hits with producer Bob Crewe, turns 66.
Jethro Tull lead guitarist Martin Barre was born in Lancashire, England in 1946.
Guitarist Isaac Hanson of the popular teen trio was born in 1980.
Jim Babjak, guitarist for the Smithereens, has a birthday (1957).
They Will Be Missed:
The late Gene Clark of the Byrds was born in 1941.
The late Dean Martin, Jr. of Dino, Desi and Billy was born in 1952.
Arthur Conley ("Sweet Soul Music") died of intestinal cancer in 2003.
Ruth Brown ("This Little Girl's Gone Rockin'") died of a stroke and heart attack in 2006.
Jethro Tull bassist John Glasscock died of a heart attack in London in 1979. He had a history of heart aliments.
In 2003, Country singer/songwriter Don Gibson died (age 75) in Nashville. His song "I Can't Stop Loving You" was recorded by over 700 artists, including Ray Charles.
History:
In 2003, The Beatles released “Let It Be… Naked.” It is a remastering of the original 1969 album with Phil Spector’s production removed. Spector, hired to salvage the project, added strings to several tracks – much to Paul McCartney’s displeasure.
The Four Seasons' "Big Girls Don't Cry" reached the top spot on the Billboard singles chart in 1962, just as their first hit, "Sherry" did earlier in the year. Songwriters Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio were inspired to write the song after they heard Clark Gable use the phase "big girls don't cry" in a movie. In the UK, the song reached #13.
'Double Fantasy,' by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, was released in 1980.
"The Beatles Revolution" documentary airs on ABC-TV in 2000.
Sign of the times: In Guildford, England in 1963, a headmaster says that students turning up to Clark's Grammar School with Beatles haircuts will be sent home. "This ridiculous style brings out the worst in boys physically," says John Weightman. "It makes them look like morons."
Also in 1963, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards meet singer Gene Pitney at a taping of the British pop program Thank Your Lucky Stars. They give him their song "That Girl Belongs to Yesterday." Improbably, the song is a hit in both America and the U.K. But it's a year before Jagger and Richards begin writing songs for their own group.
Abba topped the British albums chart in 1979 with their collection "Greatest Hits, Vol. 2." Shortly afterward, the Guinness Book of Records named Abba the biggest-selling group in recording history.
Jewel released her second album Spirit in 1998, featuring the hits "Hands" and "Down So Long." The album peaks on the Billboard charts at No. 3.
Oops- In 2003, Britney Spears becomes the youngest singer to ever get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Metallica released the album "ReLoad" in 1997.
The Kingston Trio led the US hit parade in 1958 with a century-old folk song called "Tom Dooley". Although this popular group would place nine more songs in the US Top 40, this would be their only number one.
In 1958- DJ Alan Freed learns today that his trial for inciting a riot has been postponed until January of next year. The riot occurred during a Boston rock show he was promoting in May 1958. Prosecutors explain that the delay is because they are investigating allegations that Freed broke Massachusetts' anti-anarchy laws.
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