1961, Two days after Beatles fan Raymond Jones asked for The Beatles' German single ‘My Bonnie’ (recorded with Tony Sheridan) at Brian Epstein's NEMS record store in Liverpool, two girls asked for the same record. Epstein's difficulty in locating the record was due to him not knowing that the record was released, not by The Beatles, but by Tony Sheridan and 'The Beat Brothers' ('Beatles' resembles a vulgar slang word in German, so The Beatles' name was changed for this single).
1963, On the final day of their Swedish tour, The Beatles recorded an appearance for the Sverige Television program ‘Drop In’ in Stockholm. They performed ‘She Loves You’, ‘Twist and Shout’, ‘I Saw Her Standing There’, and ‘Long Tall Sally.’
1965, The Who appeared at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England.
1970, Jim Morrison of The Doors was fined and sentenced to six months in jail after being found guilty of exposing himself during a gig in Miami.
1971, John Lennon and The Plastic Ono Band went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Imagine'. The album contained two tracks attacking Paul McCartney, 'How Do You Sleep' and 'Crippled Inside.'
1971, Pink Floyd released their sixth studio album 'Meddle' in the US. The album features One Of These Days and the 23-minute track Echoes which took up all of side 2 on the vinyl record. The cover image was photographed by Bob Dowling. The image represents an ear, underwater, collecting waves of sound, represented by ripples in the water.
1975, Bob Dylan played the first night on his 31-date Rolling Thunder Revue tour at the War Memorial Auditorium, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
1978, The animated cartoon, Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park, was shown on NBC-TV in the U.S. The four rock stars had to deal with a mad scientist who went crazy in an amusement park. All four members of Kiss had just released their individual solo albums.
1982, Australian band Men At Work went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Who Can It Be Now'' the group's first US No.1.
1988, Nirvana appeared at The Evergreen State College (dorm party), Olympia, Washington.
1990, Guns N' Roses singer Axl Rose was released on $10,000 bail, after being arrested for allegedly hitting a neighbor over the head with a bottle. The incident happened after a complaint to the police about loud music coming from the singers house.
1993, Meat Loaf went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Bat Out Of Hell II. Back To Hell.'
1998, All four original members of Black Sabbath reunited momentarily to play ‘Paranoid’ on US TV’s David Letterman Show.
1998, Bon Jovi kicked off a 232-date world tour at the RDS Arena in Dublin, Ireland. The bands New Jersey Syndicate Tour ran until 1990.
2002, Jam Master Jay from Run-DMC was murdered by an assassin's single bullet at his recording studio in Queens, New York.
2003, Steve O'Rourke suffered a stroke and died in Miami, Florida. Had managed Pink Floyd since 1968, and was the executive producer for their 1982 film The Wall.
2004, An arrest warrant was issued for Motley Crue singer Vince Neil after he allegedly knocked a soundman unconscious during a concert. Neil was said to have punched Michael Talbert in the face at Gilley's nightclub in Dallas after he asked the soundman for more volume on his guitar but attacked Talbert as he adjusted it, leaving him unconscious for 45 seconds.
Happy Rock-n-Roll Birthdays to...
1939, Grace Slick, Jefferson Airplane, Starship
1939, Otis Williams, The Temptations
1946, Chris Slade, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, AC/DC, Gary Moore and The Firm
1947, Timothy B Schmit, Poco, The Eagles
1949, David Green, Air Supply
1960, Joey Belladonna, Anthrax
1963, Jerry De Borg, Jesus Jones
1967, Gavin Rossdale, Bush
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