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In Music History
1966 Gene Clark announces that he is leaving The Byrds, citing fear of flying as the reason. He is not replaced, since the group has three other vocalists: David Crosby, Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman.
1963 Filming begins in Hollywood for Elvis Presley's 13th film, Fun In Acapulco.
1958 Elvis Presley begins filming the movie King Creole in New Orleans.
1958 In what would prove to be a major influence on the burgeoning British rock scene, Buddy Holly and the Crickets begin their first and only UK tour at London's Trocadero Club, playing 25 dates of two sets a night.
1958 Nik Kershaw ("The Riddle") is born in Bristol, England.
1957 The Everly Brothers sign with Cadence Records and record "Bye Bye Love," establishing their signature sound: acoustic guitars and Appalachian harmonies over a rock beat.
1950 Pioneering music journalist Dave Marsh is born in Detroit.
1946 Tony Ashton of Ashton, Gardner & Dyke is born in Blackburn, Lancashire, England.
1944 Mike D'Abo of Manfred Mann is born in Surrey, England.
1944 Roger Daltrey of The Who is born in London.
1941 The world's first commercial FM radio station, Nashville's W47NV, begins broadcasting.
1930 Trombone player Benny Powell is born in New Orleans.
1928 Paul Whiteman and Paul Robeson record "Ol' Man River" for the stage production of Show Boat.
1904 Glenn Miller is born in Clarinda, Iowa.
Jim Morrison Arrested In Miami
1969Jim Morrison of The Doors is arrested after a Miami concert after allegedly exposing himself to the audience.
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1994 Justin Bieber is born in London, Ontario, Canada. Discovered on YouTube, he moves to Atlanta and is mentored by Usher. By the time he's 18 he has two #1 albums and a phalanx of female fans known as Beliebers.
1993 Q magazine publishes an interview with Sting and Bob Geldof where Sting explains how his sex lasts for hours through the benefits of yoga.More
1985 Ford licenses The Beatles "Help!" for a commercial, marking the first time one of their songs is used in a TV ad.
1973 Pink Floyd release Dark Side Of The Moon. The album debuts at an inauspicious #95 on the US Albums chart, but becomes far and away the album with the most weeks on the tally, thanks in large part to a run from 1977-1988 when it never leaves.
1973 In Ontario, Alice Cooper launches the Billion Dollar Babies tour, where he's beheaded nightly in a guillotine. The decapitation goes over so well that it becomes a regular feature at Cooper's live shows throughout his career.
1927 Harry Belafonte is born in Harlem, New York, but at age 8 moves to Jamaica (his mother's birthplace) with his family. The Belafontes move back to New York in the early stages of World War II; in the '50s, Harry becomes a top entertainer, his career buoyed by the calypso craze.
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