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Deaths
2001 : George Harrison succumbs to lung cancer at age 58. His final hours are spent with his wife, son, and musician Ravi Shankar at his side. |
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Awards and Honors (2)
| 1959 : Bobby Darin wins the Best New Artist Grammy and also takes the award for Record of the Year for Mack The Knife. |
| 1965 : Denver, CO, declares today "Rolling Stones Day." |
Banned (1)
| 1976 : Town council in Lancaster Poly, England pulls the plug on a scheduled performance by The Sex Pistols. |
Births (13)
| 1917 : Merle Travis |
| 1932 : Ed Bickert (Paul Desmond Quartet) |
| 1932 : John Gary |
| 1933 : John Mayall (The Bluesbreakers) |
| 1939 : Meco |
| 1940 : Chuck Mangione |
| 1941 : Denny Doherty (The Mamas & The Papas, Mugwumps) |
| 1944 : Felix Cavaliere (The Rascals) |
| 1947 : Ronnie Montrose (Edgar Winter Group, Montrose) |
| 1951 : Barry Goudreau (Boston) |
| 1958 : Michael Dempsey (The Cure) |
| 1965 : Wallis Buchanan (Jamiroquai) |
| 1968 : Jonathan Knight (New Kids on the Block) |
Certifications and Milestones (3)
| 1977 : Kansas' Point of Know Return album is certified platinum. |
| 1978 : Neil Young's Comes a Time album is certified gold. |
| 1979 : Michael Jackson's Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough is certified gold. |
Charts (4)
| 1952 : Joni James' "Why Don't You Believe Me" hits #1 |
| 1959 : Jackie Wilson's "Talk that Talk" enters the R&B charts |
| 1969 : The Beatles' Come Together hits #1 |
| 1975 : Silver Convention's Fly Robin Fly hits #1 |
Concerts and Festivals (2)
| 1979 : The original four members of Kiss play for the last time together before their first "breakup." |
| 2003 : In front of a crowd of 40,000+ at Greenpoint Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa, The Corrs make their first concert appearance as part of Nelson Mandela’s 46664 campaign to raise AIDS awareness in Africa. Alongside artist like Bono, Beyonce and Peter Gabriel they help raise money for the Nelson Mandela Foundation for AIDS. |
Deaths (2)
| 1979 : Ray Smith |
| 2001 : George Harrison succumbs to lung cancer at age 58. His final hours are spent with his wife, son, and musician Ravi Shankar at his side. |
Legal Issues (3)
| 1968 : For his cannabis possession charge, John Lennon is fined $360 in a London court. The judge believes John's explanation that he no longer uses marijuana and had merely forgotten about the stash. Wife Yoko Ono is entirely cleared of charges. Lennon is the first Beatle to be charged with such a crime. |
| 1979 : Paul Simon hits his record label, CBS, with two lawsuits in an attempt to break his contract. |
| 2000 : Chuck Berry's longtime piano player, Johnnie Johnson, sues the rock legend, alleging that he wrote the music for 52 of Berry's classics. The suit was thrown out by a judge who ruled that the statute of limitations had run out on any claims. |
Miscellaneous (1)
| 1932 : The musical The Gay Divorcee, featuring Cole Porter's classic Night And Day, premieres in New York. |
Recordings (3)
| 1938 : Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, "Hawaiian War Chant" |
| 1966 : The Beatles, Strawberry Fields Forever |
| 1966 : Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas, "Sorry" |
Releases (2)
| 1968 : The Who, The Who Sell Out |
| 1977 : KISS, Alive II |
TV, Radio, Press (2)
| 1959 : The GRAMMY Awards show is televised nationally for the first time. |
| 1966 : Elvis hears Tom Jones' version of Green Green Grass Of Home on the radio just outside Little Rock, and calls the radio station to hear it several times. Elvis would eventually cover the song. |
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