1962, Ike & Tina Turner, The Ike-etts, Jimmy Thomas and Mary Brown all appeared at Cocoanut Grove, Sacrament, California.
1962, Singer Brenda Lee was hurt when she attempted to rescue her poodle, Cee Cee from her burning house. Cee Cee later died of smoke inhalation.
1965, The Kinks, The Who, Manfred Man, The Hollies and Gerry and the Pacemakers all appeared on tonight's UK TV pop show 'Shindig!'
1966, Pink Floyd and Soft Machine appeared at the UFO presents Night Tripper at the Blarney Club, London, England.
1967, The Beatles scored their 15th US No.1 with 'Hello Goodbye', Gladys Knight and the Pips were at No.2 with 'I Heard It Through The Grapevine' and The Monkees at No.3 with 'Daydream Believer.'
1968, Led Zeppelin appeared at Gonzaga University Gymnasium, Spokane on their first North American tour supporting Vanilla Fudge.
1969, Peter Tork quit The Monkees, buying himself out of his contract which left him broke.
1972, Brownsville Station, Sha-Na-Na and Bruce Springsteen (who was the opening act), all appeared of the Ohio Theatre, Columbus, Ohio.
1978, Emerson Lake and Palmer announced their official break up.
1978, XTC made their live debut in the US when they played a show in Philadelphia.
1995, Clarence Satchell from The Ohio Players died aged 55. Scored the 1974 US No.1 single 'Fire' and had hits with ‘Skin Tight’, ‘I Want To Be Free’ and ‘Love Roller Coaster.’
1999, George Harrison and his wife Olivia were attacked when an intruder broke into their home in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. Olivia beat off the attacker with a poker and heavy lamp. Harrison who was stabbed in the chest was admitted to hospital and treated for a collapsed lung and various minor stab wounds. His wife, Olivia, was treated for cuts and bruises she had suffered in the struggle with the intruder. Police later arrested the intruder who was from Liverpool and had an irrational obsession with the Beatles.
2001, Nickelback went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'How To Remind Me'.
2002, The funeral of former Clash singer and guitarist Joe Strummer took place in London. Strummer had died of a suspected heart attack on 22nd Dec 2002 aged 50.
Happy Rock-n-Roll Birthdays to...
1928, Bo Diddley, died from heart failure in Archer, Florida aged 79 on June 2, 2008.
1934, Del Shannon, died on February 8, 1990.
1942, Mike Nesmith, The Monkees
1945, Davy Jones, The Monkees
1946, Patti Smith
1947, Jeff Lynne, Idle Race, The Move, Electric Light Orchestra,Traveling Wilburys
1959, Tracy Ullman
No comments:
Post a Comment