BIRTHDAYS
Toni Basil [born Antonia Basilotta] (1943) singer/choreographer [“Mickey”]
“King” Sunny Ade [born Sunday Adeniyi] (1946) world music singer/multi-instrumentalist
David Coverdale (1951) Whitesnake lead singer/multi-instrumentalist/songwriter/co-founder [current], Deep Purple lead singer/multi-instrumentalist/songwriter, and solo singer/multi-instrumentalist/songwriter
Richard Fairbrass (1953) Right Said Fred lead singer/bassist/co-founder [current] [“I’m Too Sexy”]
Doug Wimbish (1956) Living Colour bassist
Debby Boone (1956) singer [“You Light Up My Life”]
Johnette Napolitano (1957) Concrete Blonde lead singer/bassist/songwriter/co-founder [“Joey”]
Nick Cave (1957) Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds lead singer/songwriter/founder [current]
Andrea Bocelli (1957) opera tenor/pianist/flutist/songwriter
Joan Jett [born Joan Larkin] (1958) The Runaways guitarist/songwriter/co-founder and Joan Jett & the Blackhearts lead singer/guitarist/songwriter/founder [current]
Jesse James Dupree (1963) Jackyl lead singer/songwriter/rhythm guitarist/co-founder
Andy Cairns (1965) Therapy? Singer/guitarist/songwriter/co-founder [current]
Matt Sharp (1969) Weezer bassist/songwriter/co-founder
Mystikal [born Michael Tyler] (1970) rapper [“Shake Ya Ass”]
DEATHS
Harry Warren [born Salvatore Guaranga] (1981) composer/lyricist [“Jeepers Creepers”/”Chattanooga Choo Choo”/”That’s Amore”] (born 1893) age 87 – unknown causes
Irving Berlin [born Israel Beilin] (1989) composer/songwriter/lyricist (born 1888) age 101 – natural causes
Isaac Stern (2001) violinist/conductor (born 1920) age 81 – heart failure
Eddie Fisher (2010) singer [“Wish You Were Here”/”I’m Walking Behind You”/”Oh! My Pa-Pa”/”I Need You Now”] (born 1928) age 82 – complications from hip surgery
John Hartman (2022) Doobie Brothers drummer/songwriter/co-founder (born 1950) age 72 – unknown causes
CHARTS
In 1984, “Missing You” by John Waite hits No. 1 – 1 week (only No. 1 single)
NEW RELEASES
(Albums)
In 1969, Capitol Records releases the second album by The Band, “The Band” (also known as “The Brown Album); Billboard 200: 9; 1 million copies; Rolling Stone 500: 45; Time magazine 100 Greatest Albums Ever; “Rag Mama Rag,” “Up on Cripple Creek,” “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”
In 1977, Asylum Records releases the eighth solo studio album from Linda Ronstadt, “Simple Dreams”; Billboard 200: 1 (5 weeks); 3 million copies U.S.; Grammy Award: Best Recording Package; “It’s So Easy,” “Blue Bayou,” “Poor Poor Pitiful Me”
In 1992, Capitol Records releases the debut studio album from Blind Melon, “Blind Melon”; Billboard 200: 3; 4 million copies U.S.; “No Rain,” “Tones of Home”
In 1992, Liberty Records releases the fourth studio album from Garth Brooks, “The Chase”; Billboard 200: 1 (7 weeks); 9 million copies U.S.; “We Shall Be Free,” “Somewhere Other Than the Night,” Learning to Live Again,” “That Summer,” “Dixie Chicken”
In 1997, Rocket Records, A&M Records and Mercury Records releases the 25th studio album from Elton John, “The Big Picture”; Billboard 200: 9; 2 million copies (1 million copies U.S.); “Something About the Way You Look Tonight,” “Candle in the Wind 1997”
In 1998, Warner Bros. Records releases the sixth studio album from Goo Goo Dolls, “Dizzy Up the Girl”; Billboard 200: 15; 3 million copies U.S.; “Iris,” “Slide,” “Black Balloon,” “Broadway”
COMINGS/GOINGS
In 1981, the Everly Brothers reunite for the first time in a decade for a pair of concerts at Royal Albert Hall in London.
In 1988, bassist Sean Yseult confirms that White Zombie is disbanding.
NOTEWORTHY
In 1985, the first Farm Aid benefit concert was held at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois before a crowd of 80,000. The concert, which raises more than $9 million, is organized by Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, and Neil Young following comments made by Bob Dylan at Live Aid earlier in the year about the plight of American farmers. The concert lineup includes Alabama, Hoyt Axton, The Beach Boys, The Blasters, Bon Jovi, Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash, David Allan Coe, John Conlee, Charlie Daniels Band, John Denver, Bob Dylan, John Fogerty, Foreigner, Vince Gill, Arlo Guthrie, Sammy Hagar, Merle Haggard, Daryl Hall, Emmylou Harris, Don Henley, Waylon Jennings, Billy Joel, Randy Newman, George Jones, Rickie Lee Jones, B.B. King, Carole King, Kris Kristofferson, Huey Lewis, Loretta Lynn, Roger McGuinn, John Mellencamp, Roger Miller, Joni Mitchell, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Charley Pride, Bonnie Raitt, Lou Reed, Kenny Rogers, Brian Setzer, Sissy Spacek, Tanya Tucker, Debra Winger, Neil Young, Dave Milsap, Joe Ely, Judy Rodman, and X.
In 2015, the copyright held by Warner/Chappell Music for the song “Happy Birthday” is ruled invalid by federal judge George H. King, allowing the lyrics and melody of the song to be available to everyone via public domain.
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