BIRTHDAYS
Franz Schubert (1797) composer [“Ave Maria”] (died 1828) age 31 – typhoid fever
Eddie Cantor [born Edward Itzkowitz] (1892) singer/songwriter [“Makin’ Whoopee”/”If You Knew Susie”/”Merrily We Roll Along”], also actor (died 1964) age 72 – heart attack
Mario Lanza [born Alfredo Cocozza] (1921) operatic tenor singer [“Be My Love”/”The Loveliest Night of the Year”], also actor (died 1959) age 38 – pulmonary embolism
Carol Channing (1921) singer [“Hello, Dolly”], also actress (died 2019) age 97 – natural causes
Terry Kath (1946) Chicago lead singer/guitarist/songwriter/co-founder (died 1978) age 31 – accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound
James “Jamie” Lyons (1949) The Music Explosion lead singer/co-founder [“Little Bit O’ Soul”] (died 2006) age 57 – heart failure
Harry “K.C.” Casey (1951) K.C. and the Sunshine Band founder/pianist/singer/songwriter [current]
Phil Manzanera [born Philip Targett-Adams] (1951) Roxy Music lead guitarist/songwriter/co-founder [“Love is the Drug”]
Adrian Vandenberg (1954) Whitesnake guitarist/songwriter [“Here I Go Again”]
John Lydon [aka Johnny Rotten] (1956) Sex Pistols lead singer/songwriter/co-founder and Public Image Ltd. lead singer/songwriter/co-founder [current]
Jeff Hanneman (1964) Slayer guitarist/songwriter/co-founder (died 2013) age 49 – liver failure
Jimmy Ryser (1965) John Mellencamp guitarist
Al Doughty [born Al Jaworski] (1966) Jesus Jones bassist/co-founder [current] [“Right Here, Right Now”]
Jason Cooper (1967) The Cure drummer/songwriter [current]
Michael “Fat Mike” Burkett (1967) NOFX lead singer/bassist/songwriter/co-founder [current]
Chad Channing (1967) Nirvana drummer
Justin Timberlake (1981) *NSYNC second tenor singer/songwriter/co-founder and solo singer/guitarist/keyboardist/songwriter, also actor
Marcus Mumford (1987) Mumford & Sons lead singer multi-instrumentalist/songwriter/co-founder [current]
Tyler Hubbard (1987) Florida-Georgia Line singer/guitarist/pianist/co-founder [current]
DEATHS
Charlie Thomas (2023) The Drifters co-lead singer [ “Sweets for My Sweet”/”When My Little Girl Is Smiling”] (born 1937) age 85 – liver cancer
CHARTS
In 1970, “I Want You Back” by the Jackson Five hits No. 1 – 1 week (first of four No. 1 singles)
In 1976, “Love Rollercoaster” by The Ohio Players hits No. 1 – 1 week (second of two No. 1 singles)
In 1981, “The Tide is High” by Blondie hits No. 1 – 1 week (third of four No. 1 singles)
In 1998, “Together Again” by Janet Jackson hits No. 1 – 2 weeks (eighth of 10 No. 1 singles)
NEW RELEASES
(Albums)
In 1972, Hi Records releases the fourth studio album from Al Green, “Let’s Stay Together”; Billboard 200: 8; 500,000 copies U.S.; “Let’s Stay Together,” “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart”
In 1984, Columbia Records releases the soundtrack for the movie “Footloose,” “Footloose”; Billboard 200: 1 (10 weeks); 10 million copies (9 million copies U.S.); “Footloose,” Kenny Loggins; “Let’s Hear It for the Boy,” Deniece Williams; “Almost Paradise (Love Theme From Footloose)”, Mike Reno and Ann Wilson; “Holding Out for a Hero,” Bonnie Tyler; “Dancing in the Sheets,” Shalamar
In 1989, Columbia Records releases the debut studio album from Warrant, “Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich”; Billboard 200: 10; 2 million copies U.S.; “Heaven,” “Down Boys,” “Sometimes She Cries”
(Singles)
1966, “Time Won’t Let Me,” The Outsiders
1977, “Couldn’t Get It Right,” Climax Blues Band
COMINGS/GOINGS
In 1976, from the ashes of Milkwood, Richard and the Rabbits, Ocasek and Orr, and finally Cap’n Swing (which included Ric Ocasek and Elliott Easton on guitar, and Benjamin Orr as the only lead vocalist) and following the departure of two drummers and the original bass player and with the additions of drummer David Robinson (who would name the band) and multi-instrumentalist Greg Hawkes, The Cars form in Boston.
In 1982, The Doobie Brothers disband.
In 2001, drummer Peter Criss quits KISS for the second time and is replaced, also for the second time, by Eric Singer.
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