EVENTS ..
1958 – the RIAA awards its first-ever gold record for sales of a million copies, the honor going to the PERRY COMO’s “Catch A Falling Star”
1963 – GERRY MARSDEN of the PEACEMAKERS sneaks a custom-made guitar purchased in Germany through British customs and is fined sixty pounds
1964 – Billboard Magazine reports that sales of the THE BEATLES‘ singles account for a full sixty percent of that lucrative format
1968 – the BBC-TV program Top Of The Pops broadcasts the THE BEATLES‘ new promotional avi for “Lady Madonna,” which, oddly enough, is made up entirely of clips from the band’s recording of “Hey Bulldog”
1972 – at tonight’s Grammy Awards, the CAROLE KING’s massively popular Tapestry LP is awarded Album of The Year
1974 – the STEVIE WONDER announces his intention to move to Ghana, Africa – he wouldn’t actually move there for 21 years
1981 – bleeding ulcers force the ERIC CLAPTON to cancel the remainder of his 60-date US tour and check himself into a hospital in St. Paul, MN
1992 – a phony bomb threat disrupts the JAY & THE AMERICANS concert in Long Island, New York
1999 – the MARILYN MANSON injures his ankle during a show in Inglewood, CA
2008 – in London, the EX-FOUNDATIONS member PETER MACBETH is sentenced to six years on pedophilia and sexual assault charges

BIRTHS ..
1933 – the QUINCY JONES
1934 – the SHIRLEY SCOTT
1943 – the THE TURTLES‘ JIM PONS
1945 – the CHICAGO’s WALTER PARAZAIDER
1983 – the HANSON’s TAYLOR HANSON
1989 – the COLBY O’DONIS

DEATHS ..
1970 – the THE SHANGRI-LAS MARRY ANN GANSER dies – varying reports claim that she dies as a result of either encephalitis, a seizure disorder, or barbiturates

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