Joseph DiNicola of Joey and the Starlighters was born in 1940, John Lawton from Uriah Heep was born in 1946, Glenn Leonard of The Temptations in 1947, Alan Skipper of The Pretty Things in 1948, and Frank Beard of ZZ Top was born in 1949. Lynsey De Paul was born in 1951. Nick Hallam of Stereo MC's was born in 1960 and Robert Birch of Stereo MC's was born in 1961.
In 1949, Hank Williams debuted at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tenn. where he received six encores.
In 1960, Tommy Moore left The Beatles to return to his job of driving a forklift.
In 1962, The Beatles' radio program Here We Go was recorded at the Playhouse Theatre in Manchester, England.
In 1966, the song "Paint It Black" by The Rolling Stones placed them at number one on the US' singles chart for two weeks. Radio stations in Europe reported Roger Daltrey of The Who was dead. Pete Townshend was the one who was injured in a car accident only a few days before.
In 1967, appearing in music weekly Melody Maker's ad's pages was a wanted ad for a guitarist, bass and drummer for Marc Bolan's new band.
In 1968, John Lennon worked in studio three while Paul McCartney worked in studio two at the Abbey Road studios in London, England.
In 1969, "The Ballad of John and Yoko" placed The Beatles at number one on the UK's singles chart.
In 1976, on the first night of a 19-day UK tour, AC/DC performed at the Glasgow City Hall in Scotland.
In 1977, Joe Strummer and Topper Headon, both of Clash, were kept in prison for a night in Newcastle upon Tyne, England when they did not appear at Morpeth Magistrates. They were to answer to charges relating to the left of a Holiday Inn pillowcase. The Sex Pistols' "God Save The Queen" was number two on the UK's singles chart. KC and the Sunshine Band's "I'm Your Boogie Man" was number one on US charts.
In 1978, the Top 10 posters included Deborah Harry, Olivia Newton-John, Saturday Night Fever, Cheryl Ladd, Yes and Genesis.
In 1980, Echo and the Bunnymen's first of a 19-day tour was performed at The Trinity Hall in Bristol, England.
In 1983, Alex Van Halen married Valeri Kendall.
In 1988, the 70th birthday tribute for Nelson Mandellas occurred at the Wembley Stadium in London, England. It featured Whitney Houston, Phil Collins, UB40, Simple Minds and other bands.
In 1997, Mick Hucknall of Simply Red received a Master of Science Degree form UMIST, Manchester for his fund-raising work after an IRA bombing.
In 2000, Aaliyah's "Try Again" was number one on the US' singles chart. The US' album chart's Top 3 were Eminem with The Marshall Mathers LP which was first, second was Kid Rock's The History of Rock and Britney Spears was third with Oops!...I Did It Again.
In 2001, at the St. Salvator Church in Ireland, Sir Paul McCartney married Heather Mills. At the Pepsi Arena in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, Depeche Mode performed the first day on their Exciter world tour.
In 2003, Adam Ant, after having thrown stones in neighbors' homes, went to a London cafe where he was later arrested for going berserk and stripping in the cafe.
In 2004, after having allegedly assaulted a woman at the home of ex-boyfriend and former manager, Courtney Love surrendered to police.
In 2005, Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin was given the OBE award in the Queen's honors list and Brian May of Queen was given the CBE award.
In 2006, Sandi Thom's Smile...It Confuses People was number one on the UK's album chart. Nelly Furtado's "Maneater" was number one on the UK's singles chart.
In 2008, The American Federation of Musicians filed a lawsuit against American Idol producers, saying the musicians were underpaid.
In 2009, Peter Doherty was released from jail on a
£50,000 bail to await trial after being accused of driving dangerously.
And in 2011, the album The Dark Side of The Moon by Pink Floyd was number 47 on the Billboard Album chart. The album spent 1,000 weeks on the Billboard's charts and was number one more than once.
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