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1959 Elvis Presley, now a Private First Class stationed in Germany, comes down with a bad case of tonsillitis and is admitted to the base hospital.
1948 Twin pop singers Paul and Barry Ryan are born with the surname Sapherson in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.
1948 Dale "Buffin" Griffin (drummer for Mott The Hoople) is born Terence Dale Griffin in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England.
1947 Edgar Broughton (of The Edgar Broughton Band) is born Robert Edgar Broughton in Warwick, Warwickshire, England.
1946 Jerry Edmonton (drummer for Steppenwolf) is born Gerald McCrohan in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.
1944 Soul singer Bettye Swann is born Betty Jean Champion in Shreveport, Louisiana. Known for the 1967 hit "Make Me Yours."
1944 Ted Templeman (guitarist/vocalist for Harper's Bizarre) is born in Santa Cruz, California.
1937 Cole Porter is involved in a horrific accident. While riding his horse in Locust Valley, New York, the animal falls and rolls over onto him, crushing his legs. He will spend the rest of his life in constant pain.
1937 Surf rocker Santo Farina (of Santo & Johnny) is born in Brooklyn, New York.
1936 Bill Wyman, the Rolling Stones bass player from 1962-1993, is born William George Perks in South London, England.
1930 J. P. Richardson (aka The Big Bopper) is born Jiles Perry Richardson in Sabine Pass, Texas.
1911 Bluesman Sonny Terry is born Saunders Terrell in Greensboro, Georgia. Terry begins focusing on music when an injury to his eyes leaves him blind at age 16.
James Brown Records Landmark Live Album
1962In the thick of the Cuban Missile Crisis, James Brown records his electrifying stage show for the album Live at the Apollo.
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2005 After reuniting to play four shows in London at Royal Albert Hall in May, Cream play the first of three sell-out shows at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
2000 Linkin Park release their debut album, Hybrid Theory. Bolstered by the hit "In The End" and the Grammy Award-winning "Crawling," it becomes the best-selling album of 2001.More
1992 "End Of The Road" by Boyz II Men ties Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel"/"Hound Dog" as the longest-running #1 single when it reaches its 11th week at the top. It spends two more weeks at #1, but loses the record three months later when Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" stays for 14 weeks.More
1989 The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announces its fifth class of inductees: The Who, Simon & Garfunkel, The Kinks, The Platters, Hank Ballard, Bobby Darin, The Four Seasons, The Four Tops, the Holland-Dozier-Holland songwriting team, Carole King, and Gerry Goffin.
1988 John Fogerty's trial begins. He is accused of plagiarizing himself by using elements of his Creedence Clearwater Revival song "Run Through The Jungle" for his 1985 solo hit "The Old Man Down The Road." The suit is brought by his nemesis and former label boss Saul Zaentz, who owns the publishing on "Jungle." Fogerty wins the case.
1986 Aubrey Drake Graham is born in Toronto. After a stint on the TV show Degrassi: The Next Generation, he becomes a superstar rapper under the name Drake.
1978 The movie version of The Wiz, which debuted as a Broadway stage production in 1975, hits theaters. The all-black cast includes Diana Ross as Dorothy and Michael Jackson as the Scarecrow. The film marks Jackson's acting debut.
1970 "Lola" peaks at #9 in the US, giving The Kinks their first American Top 10 since "Tired of Waiting for You" in 1965. After their US tour in 1965, they were denied visas for the next three years, killing their momentum in that country. Following their return in 1969, "Lola" gets them back on the airwaves.
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