BIRTHS ..
1953 – American folker the LUCINDA WILLIAMS
1955 – the EDDIE VAN HALEN
1958 – the ANITA BAKER
1960 – the COUNTING CROWS‘ CHARLIE GILLINGHAM
1963 – the WHAM‘s other half the ANDREW RIDGELEY (pictured)
1963 – JAZZIE B, founding member of the musical group the SOUL II SOUL
1970 – American gospel singer the KIRK FRANKLIN
1977 – American gospel singer the TYE TRIBBETT
1986 – the TRIVIUM‘s lead vocalist the MATT HEAFY
1987 – youtube English / Portugese popping sensation the MIA ROSE
EVENTS ..
1934 – Apollo Theatre opens in Harlem, New York City, as a “Negro vaudeville theatre”
1962 – New York Catholic Church Bishop Joseph A. Burke bans the TWIST from being heard or danced in any area Catholic school or event
1970 – OZstralia’s first rock festival, the Ourimbah Rock Festival was attended by 11,000 people over the weekend
1970 -the JOHN LENNON writes the INSTANT KARMA ! mp3 in the morning and records it the same afternoon with producer PHIL SPECTOR and a backing “choir” assembled from pubcrawlers at London’s Hatchetts Club – the single is mixed the same day and released just ten days later (hence the song’s name)
1972 – the ELVIS PRESLEY begins wearing one-piece jumpsuits during his gigs at the International Hotel, Las Vegas
1974 – the THE DOOBIE BROTHERS open their first European tour in London
1977 – the PATTI SMITH falls off stage and iss rushed to the hospital for 22 stitches to her head, temporarily retiring from stage performing
1977 – PETER GREEN, the FLEETWOOD MAC‘s first lead guitarist is committed to a mental hospital in England for firing a pistol in the general direction of a delivery boy
1979 – the GIZMO guitar synthesiser was first demonstrated
1979 – the BOB DYLAN forms his own record label called Accomplice
1988 – the ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER musical “Phantom of the Opera” opened at Broadway’s Majestic Theater
1997 – the ZZ TOP, the JAMES BROWN, and the BLUES BROTHERS perform at the Super Bowl XXXI halftime show