Births
1924: Don Cherry, Slim Harpo1933: Goldie Hill
1942: Clarence Clemons (The E Street Band)
1949: Dennis Greene (Sha-Na-Na)
Deaths
noneEvents
1963: Elvis Presley attempts unsuccessfully to convince Priscilla Beaulieu's parents to let her stay in Memphis with him. Elvis had met his future wife a few days prior.1963: The legendary rock club Whisky-a-Go-Go -- America's first real discotheque -- opens on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, CA. Johnny Rivers would record some of his biggest hits at "the Whiskey," while numerous acts, including the Doors, would get their start here.
1964: Billboard magazine publishes its first country and western album chart. At Number One: Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire album.
1968: London's Daily Mirror reports that Jimi Hendrix has moved into the London townhouse where Handel is believed to have composed his famous "Water Music" and "Messiah" works. Jimi, for his part, says he "will not let the tradition down" and will also compose in the house.
1977: A London court finds Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones guilty of possession of cocaine and fines him £750. The drugs had been discovered in his car after a traffic accident.
1992: Paul Simon becomes the first international performer to perform in Johannesburg, South Africa since the lifting of the UN boycott. Simon had violated the UN ban by working with South African musicians years earlier.
1994: Diana Ross makes Mr. Blackwell's Worst-Dressed List. Blackwell refers to her as "a Martian meter maid."
1996: In an ominous preview of his demise, Sonny Bono collides with another skier near Big Bear Lake, CA, causing a chin injury that would require eleven stitches.
2000: After serving half of his four-month sentence for possession of child pornography, Gary Glitter is released from a British jail.
2001: Neil Sedaka undergoes emergency angioplasty at New York Presbyterian Hospital.
Releases
1969: Jethro Tull, This WasRecording
1928: Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra, "Ol’ Man River"1956: Elvis Presley: "I Was the One," "I'm Counting on You"
1956: The Coasters: "Down in Mexico," "Turtle Dovin'"
1964: Roger Miller: "Dang Me," "Chug-A-Lug"
1965: The Beach Boys, "Do You Wanna Dance"
1967: Jimi Hendrix, "Purple Haze"
