Birthdays:
Johnny Rivers ("Memphis") is 66.
Mary Travers of Peter, Paul & Mary ("If I Had A Hammer") turns 71.
Joni Mitchell ("Free Man In Paris") is 65.
Rock vocalist Nick Gilder, who went to No. 1 in 1978 with "Hot Child in the City," was born in London in 1951.
History:
In 1991, Frank Zappa announced that he has prostate cancer (he dies from it two years later).
The No. 1 album in the U.S. today in 1964 was Barbra Streisand's "People."
Bad Moon Rising: At a Doors concert in Phoenix in 1968, Jim Morrison asks the audience to stand up. That's enough for the local authorities to ban the group from the city. They suspected that Morrison was going to moon the audience as he had at a previous concert.
In 1970, MCA dropped 18 acts who purportedly "exploit and promote hard drugs through music" from its roster, according to label president Mike Curb. The unfortunate 18 include such incongruous hopheads as Connie Francis and the Cowsills. Eric Burdon, now fronting the successful rock group War, freely admits drug use. He is not dropped because his group is still selling records, making a mockery of the whole exercise.
The Rolling Stones play Hong Kong for the first time in 2003, headlining a concert to quell fears of a SARS epidemic. Reuters reported that The Stones and Neil Young charged such high fees for their appearances that it will cost Hong Kong taxpayers over $100 million.
The Madonna album "Something to Remember" was released in 1995.
Muskrat Love - The Captain and Tennille (Daryl Dragon and Toni Tennille) renewed their wedding vows on their 20th anniversary in 1995.
A sixteen year old singer named Tiffany had the top tune in the US in 1987 with a cover version of Tommy James 1967 hit, "I Think We're Alone Now". His rendition stalled at number four. Tiffany became the youngest act to score a US #1 since Michael Jackson with "Ben" in 1972.
The Eagles' first studio album in nearly 30 years, "Long Road Out Of Eden", rose to the top of the Billboard Hot 200 chart in 2007 after selling 711,000 copies in the US during its first week of release.
Bruce Springsteen went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Tunnel Of Love’ in 1987.
Led Zeppelin released their third album in 1970, which entered the UK chart at No.1 and spent a total of 40 weeks on the Top 75.
Reg Dwight (Elton John) and his song writing partner Bernie Taupin signed to DJM publishing in 1967 and their signatures had to be witnessed by their parents because they were both under 21 years of age. Taupin answered an advertisement for a lyric writer placed in the New Musical Express, the pair have since collaborated on over 30albums.
In 1961, Ray Charles was arrested in Indianapolis after police discover marijuana and heroin in his hotel room. (guess he never saw that coming).
In 1981, Daryl Hall and John Oates achieved their third US number one single with "Private Eyes". Over the next three years, they would have three more. "Private Eyes" reached #32 in the UK.
Wango Tango- In 1974, Rolling Stone reported that Ted Nugent had won the National Squirrel-Shooting Archery Contest by picking off a squirrel at 150 yards. Nugent also wiped out 27 more of the small mammals with a handgun during the three day event.
1975- Yeah, this guy is famous- A guitar player named Steve Anderson set a new world record for continuous guitar string plucking at 114 hours 17 minutes.
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