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Health Issues
1998 : George Harrison announces that he is undergoing chemotherapy for throat cancer, with assurances that, "I'm not going to die on you folks just yet." He succumbed to the disease three years later. |
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Awards and Honors (1)
| 1976 : The Memphis City Council votes to change Elvis' home street, Highway 51 South, to "Elvis Presley Boulevard." |
Band Dynamics (3)
| 1969 : Jimi Hendrix's Experience plays its last United States concert and then breaks up. Noel Redding announces he has quit the band. |
| 1973 : Deep Purple "Mark II," the most famous incarnation of the band, comes to an end after a show in Osaka, Japan, with lead singer Ian Gillan and bassist Roger Glover abruptly quitting the group. |
| 1974 : Neil Peart replaces John Rutsey as the drummer for Rush. |
Banned (1)
| 1957 : The government of Iran officially bans rock and roll after declaring rock dancing "as harmful to health." The ban would stay in place until the 1990s. |
Births (20)
Certifications and Milestones (1)
| 1994 : Barbra Streisand sets a new record after grossing $16 million for a series of Madison Square Garden comeback shows. |
Charts (2)
Concerts and Festivals (3)
Deaths (6)
Debuts (1)
| 2001 : Dream A Little Dream: The Almost-True Story of the Mamas & the Papas, a stage musical penned by former Papas member Denny Doherty, premieres in Toronto. |
Health Issues (1)
| 1998 : George Harrison announces that he is undergoing chemotherapy for throat cancer, with assurances that, "I'm not going to die on you folks just yet." He succumbed to the disease three years later. |
Incidents (2)
| 1978 : While driving with his girlfriend in the Bahamas, Peter Frampton crashes and severely injures himself, breaking his arm, cracking several ribs, causing a concussion, and cutting short his rise to superstardom as he mends in a local hospital for months. |
| 2000 : The casket holding Lynyrd Skynyrd lead singer Ronnie Van Zandt is stolen from its mausoleum in Jacksonville, FL, but left after vandals were unable to open it; member Steve Gaines' ashes are spilled from his urn, which is also stolen. |
Legal Issues (3)
| 1967 : Mich Jagger and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones are both found guilty on drug charges and sentenced in a London court; Richards gets one year, Jagger 3 months. Neither serve any time as an appeals court throws out the Richards conviction and reduces Jagger's sentence to probation. |
| 1988 : Lionel Richie's wife Brenda is arrested for assault after allegedly striking her husband after finding him in bed with another woman. She is later released on $5,000 bail. |
| 1999 : Former teen heartthrob Leif Garrett is arrested in Los Angeles for possession of cocaine. |
Miscellaneous (2)
| 1967 : While on tour with The Hollies, Graham Nash writes a song called Marrakesh Express which will later find a home (and a hit) with his new band, Crosby Stills and Nash. |
| 1985 : New York's Cooper-Hewitt museum fetches a record $2,299,000 for John Lennon's "Roller," a 1965 Rolls Royce Phantom V painted groovy psychedelic colors by Apple associates The Fool. |
Recordings (4)
| 1956 : Johnnie Ray, Just Walkin' In The Rain |
| 1957 : Buddy Holly, Peggy Sue |
| 1966 : Elvis Presley: "Double Trouble," "I Love Only One Girl," "It Won't Be Long," "Long Legged Girl" |
| 1985 : Mick Jagger and David Bowie, "Dancing in the Street." The song was recorded at the legendary Abbey Road Studios in London for the Live Aid charity. |
Releases (3)
| 1959 : Elvis Presley, "A Big Hunk O' Love" |
| 1963 : Elvis Presley, "(You're The) Devil In Disguise" |
| 1968 : Pink Floyd, A Saucerful Of Secrets |
TV, Radio, Press (3)
| 1966 : Neil Diamond makes his first television appearance on ABC-TV's American Bandstand, performing his hit Cherry, Cherry. |
| 1970 : NBC-TV presents the Liza Minnelli special Liza, also starring songwriters Anthony Newley, Jimmy Webb, and Randy Newman. |
| 1995 : Ringo Starr's first-ever TV commercial, for Pizza Hut, debuts in the US, as does a similar spot by the newly-reformed Monkees. |
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