1997 The Paul Simon musical The Cape Man opens on Broadway. It lasts only 68 performances.
1991 At the American Music Awards, Gloria Estefan performs live for the first time since a tour bus accident 10 months earlier where she seriously injured her back. She debuts her new single, "Coming Out Of The Dark," which is inspired by her recovery.
1983 Stevie Nicks marries Kim Anderson in a union she later describes as "a terrible, terrible mistake."More
1979 16-year-old Brenda Spencer opens fire on Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego, California, from her home across the street, killing two adults and injuring nine kids. When asked why she did it, she replies, "I don't like Mondays," which the Boomtown Rats use as the title for a song about the incident.
1969 The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour debuts on CBS. A homey variety show with Steve Martin on board as a writer, it lasts three seasons and draws impressive ratings. Campbell, who had been a regular guest on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, gets even more exposure later in 1969 when he stars in the John Wayne movie True Grit.
1961 Five days after arriving in New York from Minnesota, Bob Dylan meets his ailing folk hero, Woody Guthrie, tracking him down in East Orange, New Jersey. Dylan pays tribute with "Song To Woody," which appears on his first album the following year.More
2015 Shakira gives birth to her second child, baby boy Sasha, with Spanish soccer player Gerard Pique.
2015 Rod McKuen, songwriter, poet, and composer, dies during a bout of pneumonia at age 81. Frank Sinatra's 1969 A Man Alone album was a compilation of McKuen's songs, including "Love's Been Good To Me."
2015 Suge Knight, former bodyguard-turned-record producer, is the alleged perpetrator in a hit-and-run which leaves his friend Terry Carter dead and actor Cle Denyale Sloan injured. Knight was filming the upcoming N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton when he reportedly fled the scene after an argument and plowed into the victims. Knight's lawyer confirms the incident, but refuses to say more as he's "waiting for a preliminary investigation for more information."
2014 Johnny Allen, a pianist and arranger for Motown and Stax Records, dies of complications from pneumonia at age 96. In 1971 he, along with Isaac Hayes, won a Grammy Award for his arrangement of the "Theme From Shaft."
2013 Kenneth Hodges (bass guitarist for Spanky & Our Gang) dies of pneumonia at age 76.
2008 Prog rock band The Mars Volta release their album The Bedlam in Goliath. As a promotion, the band also gives away a CD-vinyl single, a special format with an optical side readable in CD players and a vinyl side that plays on a turntable for about three minutes. Both sides contain a cover of Pink Floyd's "Candy and a Currant Bun." The Bedlam in Goliath debuts at #3 on the Billboard 200.
2002 In Colorado Springs, Linkin Park launch the first Projekt Revolution festival, which runs every year through 2004, then returns in 2007, 2008 and 2011. Artists to play the festival over the years include Korn, My Chemical Romance, and Chris Cornell.
1995 Ken Jensen (drummer for D.O.A.), age 29, dies of smoke inhalation while trying to escape a house fire.
1994 Mary Wilson (of The Supremes) is injured and her 14-year-old son is killed in a California auto accident.
1989 Billy Joel sings the US national anthem at Superbowl XXIII in Miami.
1985 The "We Are The World" soloists, including Bruce Springsteen, Diana Ross and Bob Dylan, stumble into the morning light after an all-night recording session with producer Quincy Jones.
1982 Adam Lambert is born in Indianapolis, Indiana. After making his mark on American Idol, he goes on to a successful solo career and becomes the frontman for Queen.
1981 Blues guitar prodigy Jonny Lang is born Jon Langseth, Jr. in Fargo, North Dakota.
1977 Rose Royce's "Car Wash" hits #1 in America.
1970 Elvis Presley releases "Kentucky Rain."
Former teen stars Tiffany and Debbie Gibson team up to star in the movie Mega Python Vs. Gatoroid, which airs on the Syfy network.
The film features mutant creatures, a catfight between the two, and references to some of their hits. Here's the dialogue that leads to the catfight: Gibson: "You are going to get it, you gator-baiting bitch." Tiffany: "Only in your dreams!" After they throw down, there is this: Gibson: "I think we're alone now." Tiffany: "There doesn't seem to be anyone around." It's not the first time these two have starred in Syfy movies: Gibson was in Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus and Tiffany was in Mega Piranha. It is the first time they have appeared together, though. Directing the film is another woman who made a mark on the '80s music scene: Mary Lambert. She did videos for Madonna, Janet Jackson and Sting.
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