1963, The Rolling Stones appeared at the Floral Hall Ballroom in Morecambe, Lancashire with The Merseybeats, Dave Beery & the Cruisers and The Doogle-bugs.
1964, The Beach Boys made their TV debut on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' on US TV where they performed 'I Get Around' and 'Wendy'.
1967, Working on new songs The Beatles recorded various parts for the new John Lennon song ‘I Am The Walrus’ and the new Paul McCartney song ‘Fool On The Hill.’
1968, Pink Floyd appeared at the Queens Hall in Dunoon, Scotland. Due to bad weather all the ferries to Dunoon were cancelled, so Pink Floyd hired their own boat from Gourock and risked the rough seas to make the crossing to Dunoon to appear in front of 400 fans.
1971, Led Zeppelin appeared at the Shiei Taikukan Hall in Hiroshima, Japan.
1978, Eric Clapton sponsored a West Bromwich Albion UEFA cup-tie against Galatasarey of Turkey. After the game, Eric presented each player with a gold copy of his latest album 'Slowhand''
1980, David Bowie scored his fourth UK No.1 album with 'Scary Monsters And Supercreeps'.
1986, Metallica bass player Cliff Burton was crushed to death after the bands tour bus crashed between Stockholm and Copenhagen. During a European tour members from the band drew cards for the most comfortable bunk on the tour bus, Burton had won the game with an Ace of Spades and was asleep when the tour bus ran over a patch of black ice and skidded off of the road. He was thrown through the window of the bus, which fell on top of him.
1986, Lionel Richie started a two run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Dancing On The Ceiling'.
1986, The Beatles' 'Twist and Shout' re-entered the US singles chart over twenty-five years after it first appeared, after the song was featured in the film Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
2000, U2 played a show from the rooftop of The Clarence Hotel in Dublin, (which they own). Over 4,000 fans gathered on the streets below.
Happy Rock-n-Roll Birthdays to...
1943, Randy Bachman, Guess Who
1947, Meat Loaf, (Marvin Lee Aday)
1953, Greg Ham, Men At Work
1953, Robbie Shakespeare, session bass player, as Sly and Robbie worked with Peter Tosh, Robert Palmer, Jimmy Cliff, Grace Jones, Joe Cocker
1958, Shaun Cassidy, singer, actor
1966, Stephan Jenkins, Third Eye Blind
1978, Bradley Kirk Arnold, singer, 3 Doors Down
1982, Lil Wayne, (Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr.)
1984, Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer
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