Birthdays:
Joey Fatone-'N Sync (1977)
Nick Carter- Backstreet Boys (1980)
Sara McLachlan (1968)
DJ Muggs- Cypress Hill (1968)
Dave Sharp-The Alarm (1959)
Mr. Acker Bilk turns 80.
Also born in 1943, guitarist Dick Taylor. As well as playing with some early incarnations of the Rolling Stones, he also led one of Britain's great '60s rock acts, The Pretty Things.
Drum Roll Please!
Drummer Brian Keenan- Chambers Brothers (1944)
Marty Fried, drummer with the '60s pop group the Cyrkle ("Red Rubber Ball") (1944)
Soft Machine drummer Robert Wyatt 1945)
Corky Laing- drummer for Mountain (1948)
Drummer Eddie Bayers, who has played with Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band (1949)
They Are Missed:
Chris Kenner ("Land Of 1000 Dances") died of a heart attack in 1976.
Billy Fury, the British rock-a-billy artist who scored a major hit in Great Britain in 1961 with "Halfway To Paradise,” died in 1983 from heart and kidney problems at the age of 42. Fury was a major star in his homeland, but couldn't catch the break he needed to become a part of the British Invasion.
Legendary Rock drummer and Hall of Fame inductee Jim Capaldi died in 2005 after a brief fight with stomach cancer. He was 61. Jim is most often remembered as a member of Traffic, with Steve Winwood and Dave Mason.
Sax player Thomas 'Beans' Bowles died of prostate cancer in 2000. Played on many Motown sessions including Marvin Gaye's, 'What's Going On' and The Supremes 'Baby Love'.
History:
In 1963, the Rolling Stones recorded five tracks with producer Glyn Johns in their efforts to interest a label.
The Cavern Club in Liverpool closed in 1966.
The Who appeared on the British TV show Ready Steady Go! for the first time in 1965. An enthusiastic response for their performance of "I Can't Explain" was assured, as managers Kit Lambert and Pete Stamp had packed the audience with their hardcore mod following.
In 1978, Ted Nugent carved an autograph with a knife on a fan's arm (at the fan's request).
Debuting on the Chicago-based Chess label in 1954, the Moonglows released "Sincerely," which was the biggest hit of their career. It topped the R&B chart and made the Top Twenty on the pop chart.
Johnny Cash signed contract with Sun Records in 1955.
In 1997, Pat Boone released an album of Heavy Metal tunes called "In A Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy", a tongue-in-cheek collection of tunes like "Smoke on the Water" and "Stairway to Heaven". When the religious community failed to get the joke, he was dismissed from his Trinity Broadcasting Network program, Gospel America.
In 1956, Elvis Presley made the first of four appearances on the weekly TV program Stage Show, where he performed "Shake Rattle And Roll", "Flip Flop and Fly" and "I Got A Woman". Actor Jackie Gleason predicted that he wouldn't last, but after the initial show, his contract was extended to a total of six.
In 1983, Radio station WDHA, 105.5 in New Jersey claimed to be the first US station to play music from a compact disc.
In 1985, forty-six major American recording artists came together at A&M Studios in Hollywood, to record "We Are The World", a song written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Ritchie. The effort was part of an album called "USA for Africa" and featured Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Kenny Rogers, Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner, Billy Joel, Diana Ross, Dionne Warwick, Willie Nelson, Daryl Hall, Huey Lewis, Cyndi Lauper, Kim Carnes, Steve Perry and others. Those attending the session were asked to "leave your egos at the door."
Paul Abdul started a 10-week run at #1 on the US album chart in 1990 with “Forever Your Girl.” Abdul spent sixty-four consecutive weeks on the Billboard 200 before hitting number one, making it the longest time for an album to reach the number one spot. Who needs American Idol….
The Fleetwood Mac album “Rumours” went to #1 on the UK album chart in 1978, also #1 in the US. The album went on to sell over 15 million copies world-wide and spent over 440 weeks on the UK chart.
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