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Debuts
2000 : Britney Spears' second album, Oops!… I Did It Again sells 1.3 million copies in its debut week, setting a new record for highest debut by a female artist. |
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Debuts
1975 : Fleetwood Mac plays their first concert with new members Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks at a show in El Paso, Texas. |
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Awards and Honors (5)
Band Dynamics (2)
| 1970 : Randy Bachman leaves The Guess Who to produce an album for Winnipeg band Brave Belt, which he eventually joins. At the suggestion of Neil Young, Bachman recruits fellow Winnipeg bassist and vocalist C.F. Turner, and the band Bachman-Turner Overdrive is born. |
| 2000 : The Artist Formerly Known As Prince announces that he will start using his name again. |
Births (19)
Charts (5)
| 1953 : Percy Faith's "Song From Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart)" hits #1. |
| 1959 : No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: Wilbert Harrison's Kansas City |
| 1964 : Mary Wells' My Guy hits #1. |
| 1970 : Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's LP Deja Vu hits #1. |
| 1976 : No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: Paul McCartney and Wings' Silly Love Songs |
Deaths (7)
| 1953 : Django Reinhardt |
| 1981 : Ernie Freeman |
| 1990 : Sammy Davis Jr. |
| 1990 : Jim Henson |
| 1993 : Marv Johnson |
| 2001 : Brian Pendleton (Pretty Things) |
| 2010 : Black Sabbath singer Ronnie James Dio succumbs to stomach cancer. He was 68 years old. |
Debuts (1)
| 2000 : Britney Spears' second album, Oops!… I Did It Again sells 1.3 million copies in its debut week, setting a new record for highest debut by a female artist. |
Health Issues (1)
| 2003 : While undergoing dialysis, Barry White suffers a stroke, though his sister publicly claims he will soon perform again, it proves to be the end of White's public life. |
Incidents (3)
| 1965 : The Rolling Stones' limo is attacked by female fans on the way back to their hotel after a show in Long Beach, CA, standing on the roof in such numbers that it caves in. While the band holds the roof up with their hands, the chauffeur speeds away, leaving fans to fall on the road. |
| 1980 : Brian May of Queen collapses onstage during a concert in and is rushed to the hospital, where he is diagnosed (for the second time) with hepatitis. |
| 1998 : Keith Richards injures his ribs and chest when he falls from a chair at his Connecticut home, and The Rolling Stones are forced to reschedule the first four dates of their upcoming tour while he recovers. |
Legal Issues (5)
| 1969 : Jack Casady, bassist for the Jefferson Airplane, is arrested in New Orleans for possession of marijuana and given a suspended sentence of two-and-a-half years. |
| 1969 : During The Who's set at the Fillmore East in New York, a plainclothes policeman rushes the stage to tell the audience that a fire has broken out, but guitarist Pete Townshend, figuring him for a rabid fan, kicks him off. Literally. The guitarist is arrested onstage, and later charged $30. |
| 1970 : Marty Balin of Jefferson Airplane is arrested on charges of drug possession in his Bloomington, Minnesotta hotel room after police find him smoking pot. His eventual punishment in a $100 fine. |
| 1980 : Elvis Presley's doctor, George Nichopoulous, is brought before the Memphis medical board and officially charged with 14 counts of abusing his right to prescribe medication. Though he will be acquitted in November, his case will be reopened twelve years later, when his license will be revoked. |
| 1986 : Johnny Paycheck is convicted of shooting a man in a misunderstanding occurring at a bar in Hillsboro, OH. The fan was only grazed by the bullet, and Paycheck is pardoned after 22 months in prison. |
Marriages and Breakups (2)
Recordings (4)
| 1966 : Bruce Springsteen's band The Castiles buys an hour of studio time at the Bricktown Recording Studio in the Brick Mall Shopping Center in New Jersey. They pay $50 to cut two songs written by the 16-year-old Springsteen. |
| 1966 : The Beatles: Taxman, For No One |
| 1966 : Frank Sinatra, "Summer Wind" |
| 1968 : Tony Joe White, "Polk Salad Annie" |
Releases (1)
| 1966 : The Beach Boys, Pet Sounds |
TV, Radio, Press (6)
| 1960 : Billboard magazine reports that Detroit music mogul Berry Gordy is thinking of starting three new record labels, including one called Motown. |
| 1975 : Tonight's episode of NBC-TV's The Midnight Special is a retro tribute hosted by Chubby Checker and featuring musical performances by Bo Diddley, The Drifters, Lesley Gore, The Angels, The Tymes, and Danny and the Juniors. |
| 1980 : The Carpenters' last TV special, Music, Music, Music, airs on ABC. |
| 1983 : Michael Jackson introduces the "moonwalk" at the taping of the Motown 25th Anniversary TV special (don't ask why the 25th anniversary was only 23 years after Motown formed). |
| 1999 : Diana Ross stars in her last major TV role, portraying the estranged mother of R&B singer Brandy in the NBC movie Double Platinum. |
| 2002 : Cher is the guest star (for the second time) on tonight's "A.I.: Artificial Insemination" episode of NBC-TV's Will & Grace. |
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