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Marriages and Breakups
1966 : Doing it his way, the 50-year-old Frank Sinatra marries the 20-year-old actress Mia Farrow in New York, causing a predictable media event. The marriage lasts just two years. |
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Awards and Honors (2)
| 1981 : The mayor of Odessa, TX, declares today Roy Orbison Day in honor of the singer. (Orbison was actually from Wink, a microscopic town about 35 miles west.) |
| 2002 : Philadelphia declares today Solomon Burke Day in honor of the native singer. |
Band Dynamics (3)
| 1958 : After a series of disputes over money (and a fistfight with the manager of Harlem's famous Apollo Theater), Drifters manager George Treadwell fires the entire group and installs the existing group the Five Crowns in their place, renaming them The Drifters. This lineup, featuring a lead tenor named Ben E. King, would prove to be the most popular critically and commercially, releasing hits like "There Goes My Baby," This Magic Moment and Save The Last Dance For Me. |
| 1969 : The Spencer Davis Group breaks up. Steve and Muff Winwood left the band in 1967, but the band continued on with less success without them before calling it quits. |
| 1976 : Deep Purple break up. It will be eight years before they get back together. |
Banned (1)
| 1995 : The (in?)famous "Dr. Nick," Elvis Presley's personal physician Dr. George Nichopoulous, is barred from practicing medicine by the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners due to alleged "overprescription" to his patients. Nichopoulous claims the move is revenge for what many see as his culpability in the accidental death of Elvis in 1977. |
Births (12)
Certifications and Milestones (2)
Charts (3)
| 1975 : Paul McCartney and Wings' "Listen To What The Man Said" hits #1 |
| 1976 : The Manhattans' "Kiss And Say Goodbye" hits #1 |
| 1980 : Billy Joel's It's Still Rock and Roll To Me hits #1 on its way to selling over a million copies. |
Deaths (1)
Debuts (1)
| 1980 : David Bowie begins his run as The Elephant Man in Denver. The show does well, and Bowie takes the lead in the Broadway production later that year. |
Legal Issues (2)
| 1989 : After finding over $40,000 in cash and checks in his cell at the Stevenson Correctional Institute in South Carolina, James Brown is moved to a cell with tighter security. |
| 2004 : James Lowe and Mark Tulin of the Electric Prunes, famous for their 1967 garage-psych hit "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night," sue their former label and publishing company for over one million dollars in unpaid royalties. |
Marriages and Breakups (1)
| 1966 : Doing it his way, the 50-year-old Frank Sinatra marries the 20-year-old actress Mia Farrow in New York, causing a predictable media event. The marriage lasts just two years. |
Miscellaneous (2)
| 1980 : Laguna Beach, CA's Vorpal Gallery opens a new exhibit featuring paintings by Joni Micthell, John Mayall, Klaus Voorman, and Ron Wood. |
| 2002 : Movin' Out, a stage musical dedicated to the songs of Billy Joel, premieres in Chicago. |
Music and Politics (1)
| 1990 : Singer Vicki Carr helps dedicate the Nixon Presidential Library, singing in front of all four living presidents (Nixon, Carter, Reagan, and George H.W. Bush), all of which she had performed for at the White House during their terms. |
Recordings (5)
| 1939 : Jack Teagarden, "Aunt Hagar’s Blues" |
| 1949 : Harry Belafonte, "They Didn’t Believe Me," "Close Your Eyes" |
| 1966 : The Monkees, "(Theme From) The Monkees" |
| 1966 : Johnny Rivers, Poor Side Of Town |
| 1968 : The Beatles, Sexy Sadie |
Releases (5)
TV, Radio, Press (1)
| 1977 : Steve Martin appears on The Muppet Show. He performs "Dueling Banjos" and makes balloon animals. |
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