Def Leppard member Rick Savage is born. (1960)
Jimmie Rodgers, the son of country music star Hank Snow, is found in his car with a fractured skull after a serious accident. He had three big hits in 1958 "Kisses Sweeter than Wine," "Oh Oh, I'm Falling in Love Again" and the Number One hit "Honeycomb." He recovers from the auto accident, but his career is over. (1967)
Eric Burdon is launching a "Curb the Clap" bumpersticker campaign aimed at fighting what he calls the "number-one sickness in the record business today -- VD." For every donation to the L-A Free Clinic, Burdon sends out a "Curb the Clap" bumpersticker. (1970)
Contemporary bluesman Taj Mahal plays for the men on death row at Wilmington State Penitentiary. (1971)
Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" is released. (1972)
After a show at the Montreal Forum, the Who and some companions are jailed overnight for $6,000 worth of hotel destruction. The incident is later chronicled in the John Entwistle song "Cell Block Number Seven." (1973)
It's D-Day for lots of Bob Dylan fans; it's their first opportunity to mail in ticket requests for his upcoming tour. In San Francisco, traffic is backed up five blocks from one post office and in other cities, ticket requests are stamped "Return to Sender" because there are too many of them than can be handled. As expected, all the shows are sold-out meaning 658,000 tickets sold. (1973)
Ravi Shankar, co-billed on the George Harrison tour, is hospitalized in Chicago after suffering chest pain. He will remain there for a week before rejoining the tour in Boston. (1974)
Disco group Silver Convention earns a gold record for "Fly, Robin, Fly," which hit Number One on the pop chart. (1975)
Stevie Wonder performs at New York's Metropolitan Opera House, performing material from his recent "Journey through the Secret Life of Plants" LP, accompanied by the National Afro-American Philharmonic Orchestra. The last part of the three hour concert has Wonder doing his more conventional recent hits. (1979)
Eurythmics lead singer Annie Lennox rips off her bra while performing "Missionary Man" in front of 10,000 fans in Birmingham, England. (1986)
Kiss members Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons join Willie Nelson on "Geraldo" to discuss the day's topic: Sex on the Road. (1988)
Jimmy Buffett plays in his hometown of Mobile, Alabama for the first time in eight years. Proceeds from the concert go to help victims of Hurricane Georges. (1998)
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