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Marriages and Breakups
1973 : They aren't quite the Sony and Cher power couple, but Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge get married. They divorce in 1980. |
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Awards and Honors (1)
| 1988 : Elvis Presley's Hound Dog is named the most played song in the first hundred years of the jukebox's existence. |
Births (14)
| 1939 : Ginger Baker (Cream) |
| 1940 : Roger Cook (Blue Mink) |
| 1940 : Johnny Nash |
| 1943 : Billy J. Kramer |
| 1943 : Don Fardon (The Sorrows) |
| 1945 : Ian Gillian (Deep Purple) |
| 1948 : Elliott Lurie (Looking Glass) |
| 1948 : Susan Jacks (The Poppy Family) |
| 1951 : John Deacon (Queen) |
| 1966 : Lee Ann Womack |
| 1967 : Ringo Starr and his wife, the former Maureen Cox, give birth to their second son, Jason. |
| 1968 : MC Eric (Technotronic) |
| 1989 : Lil' Romeo |
| 1992 : Frances Bean Cobain is born to Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain. |
Certifications and Milestones (1)
| 1980 : "The Breaks" by Kurtis Blow becomes the first rap single certified Gold. |
Charts (3)
| 1957 : Debbie Reynolds' "Tammy" hits #1 |
| 1967 : The Beatles' All You Need Is Love hits #1 |
| 1972 : Chicago's LP Chicago V hits #1 |
Concerts and Festivals (1)
| 1990 : Leonard Bernstein conducts his final concert. |
Deaths (3)
Debuts (2)
| 1918 : Songwriter Irving Berlin, still a Sergeant in the US Army, debuts his WWI-themed musical Yip Yip Yaphank, at New York's Century Theatre. |
| 1972 : The musical variety show The Midnight Special, featuring DJ Wolfman Jack as announcer and John Denver as host, debuts on NBC. The first song performed is War's Slippin' Into Darkness. |
Health Issues (1)
| 1989 : Lou Reed breaks his ankle after a soundcheck in Cleveland, and is forced to cancel the remainder of his tour. |
Incidents (1)
| 1980 : A riot breaks out in Toronto when Alice Cooper cancels a concert due to illness. |
Marriages and Breakups (1)
| 1973 : They aren't quite the Sony and Cher power couple, but Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge get married. They divorce in 1980. |
Miscellaneous (1)
| 1969 : At the site of the just-ended Woodstock festival, crews bulldoze acres of trash and debris into a pit and burn it - total cost: $100,000; total tonnage: unknown. |
Recordings (3)
| 1939 : Dick Jurgens, "Day Dreams Come True At Night" |
| 1966 : Sandy Posey, "Single Girl" |
| 1969 : The Beatles, Here Comes The Sun |
TV, Radio, Press (4)
| 1957 : Pat Boone appears on the cover of Newsweek with the tag "His Refreshing Song Fills The Air." The article inside claims that "the teen-agers are finally revolting against the musical delinquents." |
| 1968 : The final episode of The Monkees TV show airs on prime time TV. |
| 1969 : Crosby, Stills and Nash appear on the Dick Cavett Show, giving a first-hand account of the Woodstock festival. Joni Mitchell also appears and performs her song about the festival, conveniently called Woodstock. |
| 1983 : Having been sporadic since it was originally shut down in 1968, "pirate radio" station Radio Caroline makes its comeback on board the ship Ross Revenge in the North Sea's international waters. Six years to the day later, it would be shut down again. |
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