BIRTHDAYS
“Whispering” Bill Anderson (1937) country singer/guitarist/songwriter [“Still”/”Mama Sang a Song”]
SSG Barry Sadler (1940) singer/songwriter/guitarist [“Ballad of the Green Berets”] (died 1989) age 49 – cardiac arrest
Richard “Kinky” Friedman (1944) country singer/songwriter/guitarist
Ric Grech [born Richard Grechko] (1946) Blind Faith bassist/co-founder and Traffic bassist (died 1990) age 43 – renal failure
Jim Steinman (1947) songwriter [“Paradise by the Dashboard Light”/”You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)”/”Total Eclipse of the Heart”/”Making Love Out of Nothing at All”/”Holding Out for a Hero”]/composer/lyricist/record producer (died 2021) age 73 – kidney failure
Dan Peek (1950) America co-lead singer/multi-instrumentalist/songwriter/co-founder (died 2011) age 60 – fibrinous pericarditis
Ronald Bell [aka Klais Bayyan] (1951) Kool & the Gang tenor saxophonist/singer/songwriter/arranger/co-founder (died 2020) age 68 – unknown causes
Chris Morris (1954) Paper Lace guitarist/co-founder [“The Night Chicago Died”]
Lyle Lovett (1957) country singer/guitarist/pianist/songwriter, also actor [“That’s Right (You’re Not from Texas)”]
Robert Hart (1958) Manfred Mann’s Earth Band lead singer [current]
Eddie MacDonald (1959) The Alarm bassist/co-founder [“Sixty-Eight Guns”]
Anthony Kiedis (1962) Red Hot Chili Peppers lead singer/songwriter/co-founder [current], also actor
Magne “Mags” Furuholmen (1962) a-ha keyboardist/guitarist/bassist/co-founder [current] [“Take on Me”]
Rick Allen (1963) Def Leppard drummer [current]
Big Kenny [born William Alphin] Big & Rich singer/songwriter/guitarist/co-founder [current]
Willie D [born Willie Dennis] (1966) Geto Boys rapper/lead member/co-founder [“Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta”]
Sophie B. Hawkins (1967) singer/songwriter [“Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover”]
Andrew Gonzalez (1972) Reel Big Fish drummer/co-founder
LaTavia Roberson (1981) Destiny’s Child singer/songwriter/co-founder
CHARTS
In 1969, “Suspicious Minds” by Elvis Presley hits No. 1 – 1 week (18th and final No. 1 single and first one since 1962’s “Good Luck Charm”)
In 1975, “Island Girl” by Elton John hits No. 1 – 3 weeks (fifth of nine No. 1 single)
NEW RELEASES
(Albums)
In 1965, Tamla Records releases the eighth studio album from The Miracles (first one listed as being from Smokey Robinson and The Miracles), “Going to a Go-Go”; Billboard 200: 3; 500,000 copies U.S.; Rolling Stone 500: 271; “Ooh Baby Baby,” “The Tracks of My Tears,” “Going to a Go-Go,” “My Girl Has Gone”
In 1965, Gordy Records releases the third studio album from The Temptations, “The Temptin’ Temptations”; Billboard 200: 11; “I’ll Be in Trouble,” “Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue),” “Since I Lost My Baby,” “My Baby,” “Don’t Look Back”
In 1970, Warner Bros. releases the fifth studio album from the Grateful Dead, “American Beauty”; Billboard 200: 30; 2 million copies U.S.; Rolling Stone 500: 258; “Truckin’,” “Box of Rain,” “Sugar Magnolia,” “Friend of the Devil”
In 1979, Grunt Records releases the fifth studio album from Jefferson Starship, “Freedom at Point Zero”; Billboard 200: 10; 500,000 copies U.S.; “Jane”
In 1979, Columbia Records releases the sixth studio album from Aerosmith, “Night in the Ruts”; Billboard 200: 14; 1 million copies U.S.; “No Surprize,” “Remember (Walking in the Sand)”
In 1994, Warner Bros. Records releases the second solo studio album from Tom Petty, “Wildflowers”; Billboard 200: 8; 3 million copies U.S.; “You Don’t Know How It Feels,” “You Wreck Me,” “It’s Good to Be the King”
In 1994, DGC Records releases the first live album from Nirvana, “MTV Unplugged in New York”; Billboard 200: 1 (1 week); 7 million copies (5 million copies U.S.); Rolling Stone 500: 313; “All Apologies,” “About a Girl,” “The Man Who Sold the World,” Where Did You Sleep Last Night,” “Something in the Way,” “Lake of Fire”
(Singles)
1960, “Are You Lonesome Tonight,” Elvis Presley
1972, “Your Mama Don’t Dance,” Loggins & Messina
1983, “Undercover of the Night,” Rolling Stones
1993, “Found Out About You,” Gin Blossoms
1994, “On Bended Knee,” Boyz II Men
COMINGS/GOINGS
In 1969, Faces signs a recording deal with Warner Bros. Records.
In 1986, guitarist Roger Waters formally splits with Pink Floyd by going to court and having a judge dissolve the partnership. The remaining band members continue on without him.
In 2000, Ben Folds Five announces their breakup. Lead singer Ben Folds begins a solo career.
NOTEWORTHY
In 1894, Billboard Advertising magazine is published for the first time. It later becomes known as Billboard.
The Journalism Gypsy 