BIRTHDAYS
Charlie “Bird” Parker Jr. (1920) jazz saxophonist [“Billie’s Bounce”/”Ornithology”] (died 1955) age 34 – lobar pneumonia and bleeding ulcer
Dinah Washington (1924) blues and R&B singer/pianist [“Unforgettable”/”Teach Me Tonight”/”What a Diff’rence a Day Makes”/”TV is the Thing (This Year)”] (died 1963) age 39 – drug overdose
Sterling Morrison (1942) Velvet Underground guitarist/bassist/co-founder (died 1995) age 53 – non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Dick Halligan (1943) Blood, Sweat & Tears multi-instrumentalist/arranger/co-founder (died 2022) age 78 – natural causes
Chris Copping (1945) Procol Harum keyboardist/bassist/songwriter
Geoff Whitehorn (1945) Procol Harum guitarist [current]
Dave Malone (1952) The Radiators lead singer/guitarist/co-founder [current]
Rick Downey (1953) Blue Öyster Cult drummer
Dan Truman (1956) Diamond Rio keyboardist/organist [current]
Michael Jackson (1958) The Jackson 5 singer/songwriter and solo singer/songwriter (died 2009) age 50 – acute propofol and benzodiazepine poisoning
Elizabeth Fraser (1963) Cocteau Twins singer/songwriter/co-founder
Chris Gorman (1967) Belly drummer/co-founder [current]
Anton Newcombe (1967) The Brian Johnstone Massacre singer/multi-instrumentalist/founder [“Straight Up and Down”]
Me’Shell Ndegeocello [born Michelle Johnson] (1969) soul and hip-hop singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist [“Wild Night” (with John Mellencamp]
Kyle Cook (1975) Matchbox Twenty lead guitarist/songwriter/co-founder [current] [“3 a.m.”/”Unwell”/”If You’re Gone”]
Liam Payne (1993) One Direction singer/songwriter/co-founder
DEATHS
Ron Bushy (2021) Iron Butterfly drummer [“In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida”] (born 1941) age 79 – esophageal cancer
Luke Bell (2022) country singer/songwriter (born 1990) age 32 – accidental fentanyl overdose
CHARTS
In 1970, “War” by Edwin Starr hits No. 1 – 3 weeks (only No. 1 single)
In 1987, “La Bamba” by Los Lobos hits No. 1 – 3 weeks (only No. 1 single)
NEW RELEASES
(Albums)
In 1967, Tamla Records releases the 11th studio album from Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, “Make It Happen”; Billboard 200: 28; “The Love I Saw in You was Just a Mirage,” “More Love,” “The Tears of a Clown”
In 1969, Tamla Records releases the 11th studio album from Stevie Wonder, “My Cherie Amour”; Billboard 200: 34; “My Cherie Amour,” “Yester-Me, Yester-You”
In 1977, RCA Records releases the second solo studio album from Iggy Pop, “Lust for Life”; Billboard 200: 120; “The Passenger,” “Lust for Life”
In 1989, Rolling Stones Records and Columbia Records releases the 21st U.S. studio release by the Rolling Stones, “Steel Wheels”; Billboard 200: 3; 2 million copies U.S.; “Mixed Emotions,” “Rock and a Hard Place,” “Almost Hear You Sigh”
In 1994, Creation Records releases the debut studio album from Oasis, “Definitely Maybe”; Billboard 200: 58; 8 million copies (1 million copies U.S.); “Live Forever,” “Supersonic,” “Shakermaker”
In 1995, Warner Bros. Nashville Records releases the second studio album from Faith Hill, “It Matters to Me”; Billboard 200: 29; 4 million copies U.S.; “Let’s Go to Vegas,” “”It Matters to Me,” “”You Can’t Lose Me”
(Singles)
1964, “Oh, Pretty Woman,” Roy Orbison
1979, “Dirty White Boy,” Foreigner
1990, “Suicide Blonde,” INXS
COMINGS/GOINGS
In 1958, George Harrison joins the Quarrymen on stage for the first at The Casbah Coffee Club in West Derby, Liverpool, England. The Quarrymen, which features Paul McCartney and John Lennon, eventually become The Beatles.
NOTEWORTHY
In 1966, The Beatles played their last concert before a paying audience at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California, playing before a sold-out crowd of 25,000. John Lennon and Paul McCartney, knowing what the fans do not (that this will be the last concert ever) bring cameras on stage and take pictures between songs. During this tour, The Beatles have not played a single song from their latest album, “Revolver,” The last song they played at the concert was Little Richard’s “Long Tall Sally.”
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