Birthdays:
Dave Quincy - Manfred Mann (1939)
David Clayton-Thomas - Blood Sweat and Tears (1941)
Ray Elliot - Them (1943)
Peter Cetera - Chicago (1944)
Don Was - Was Not Was (1952)
Randy Jones (the cowboy) - Village People (1952)
Steven John Kilbey - The Church (1954)
Joni Sledge - Sister Sledge (1956)
Dave Mustaine - Megadeth/Metallica (1963)
Stephen Perkins - Jane's Addiction/Porno for Pyros (1967)
Joe Rooney - Rascal Flatts (1975)
Fiona Apple (1976)
They Are Missed:
In 1996, Rapper Tupac Shakur died from the injuries suffered in a drive-by shooting six days earlier in Las Vegas. Shakur was hit by four bullets as he rode in a car driven by the head of Death Row Records, Marion "Suge" Knight, who suffered a minor wound. Neither he nor anyone in Shakur's entourage of at least 10 cars provided any leads to investigators. He was 25.
Bill Monroe, the "father of bluegrass," was born in Rosine, KY in 1911 (died September 9, 1996).
Singer Mel Torme, also know as the "Velvet Fog," is born in Chicago, IL in 1925 (died June 5, 1999).
In 1997, singer Jimmy Witherspoon died. His 1949, single, 'Ain't Nobody's Business,' reached #1 on the R&B charts
History:
Chubby Checker's "The Twist" goes to #1 the first time in 1960 (it will return to the top in 1962)
In 1960, the US House of Representatives officially made the practice of payola — in which record companies paid disc jockeys to play certain records — illegal.
In 1960, a campaign was started in the UK to ban the American hit ‘Tell Laura I Love Her' by Ray Peterson. The song was being denounced in the press as likely to inspire a teen-age "glorious death cult." The story told of a lovesick youngster who drives in a stock car race to win the hand of his sweetheart. He crashes and just before dying, groans out the words of the title.
In 1964, New York DJ Murray the K hosted the conclusion of the ten day rock & roll extravaganza at Brooklyn's Fox Theatre, held to compete against the Animals ten day run at Brooklyn's Paramount Theatre. Acts on the Fox bill included Marvin Gaye, the Miracles, Martha & the Vandellas, the Contours, the Supremes, the Searchers, the Temptations, Jay & the Americans, the Dovells, the Newbeats, Little Anthony & the Imperials, the Shangri-las and the Ronettes. The Fox show outdrew the concurrent Paramount show.
The Beatles released the single, "Yesterday" / "Act Naturally" in 1965. This is also the day they won their first Grammy — for Best Group and for their A Hard Days Night LP.
The Beach Boys reached #1 with "Help Me Rhonda" in 1965.
In 1967, the Beatles formed an electronics company called Fiftyshapes, Ltd. appointing John Alexis Mardas (Magic Alex) to be the company's director. Alex claimed he could build a 72-track tape machine, instead of the 4-track at Abbey Road (this never materialized). One of his more outrageous plans was to replace the acoustic baffles around Ringo Starr's drums with an invisible sonic force field. George Harrison later said that employing Mardas was "the biggest disaster of all time."
Santana's debut album entered the LP chart in 1969.
Elvis Presley's "Suspicious Minds" was released in 1969. It turned out to be his final #1 single.
In 1969, the Plastic Ono Band, featuring John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Eric Clapton, Klaus Voorman and Alan White, made a surprise live debut at the Rock n' Roll Revival Concert in Toronto. The concert was recorded for the live album, "Live Peace in Toronto." Also on the bill were the Doors, Chicago, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Little Richard and Alice Cooper.
Bruce Springsteen's "Born To Run" LP entered the charts in 1975.
The Isley Brothers went to #1 on the US album charts in 1975 with "The Heat Is On."
Jackson Browne had the first #1 album of his career in 1980 with the platinum Hold Out, his first LP in well over two years.
"Sports" by Huey Lewis and the News was released in 1983. It went to #1.
Berlin went to #1 on the US singles chart in 1986 with the Giorgio Moroder written and produced 'Take My Breath Away'. On the B side, The Righteous Brothers 'You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin', both songs were featured in the film 'Top Gun'
In 1991, Geffen Records threw a party to launch Nirvana’s single ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit.’ The band ended up being thrown out of their own party after starting a food fight.
Here’s the likely reason The Who’s Roger Daltrey wasn’t in one of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. Actor Johnny Depp trashed his New York hotel room in 1994. The cops were called. In an adjacent room Daltrey endured the raucous. "On a scale of 1 to 10, I give him a 2, because it took so bloody long," says the singer. "The Who could have done the job in one minute."
Mariah Carey started a three week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1997 with 'Honey', her 12th US #1 and third single to debut at #1.
Lauryn Hill started a five week run at #1 on the US album chart in 1998 with 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.'
The home where Jimi Hendrix grew up in Seattle was saved from demolition in 2005 after a new location was agreed at the last minute. The James Marshall Hendrix Foundation and the City of Seattle agreed to renovate the building into a community centre opposite the cemetery where the guitarist was buried in 1970.
In 2005, Green Day's acclaimed "American Idiot" was certified quadruple platinum (4 million copies) by the Recording Industry Association of America. '94's "Dookie" is the band's only album to move more units.
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