Births 1917: Billy Maxted 1927: Frank Virtue (The Virtues) 1936: Snooks Eaglin 1938: Wolfman Jack 1941: Richie Havens 1942: Mac Davis, Edwin Starr 1948: Peter Kircher (Status Quo) 1950: Billy Ocean Deaths 1984: Jackie Wilson 1996: Francisco Garcia (Cannibal and the Headhunters) 1997: Colonel Tom Parker 1999: Charles Brown 2002: Peggy Lee Events 1932: Annunzio Paolo Mantovani gives a concert at Queen’s Hall in England, garnering excellent reviews and launching his career. (You may know him better simply as Mantovani.) 1957: Filming begins on Elvis Presleys second movie, Loving You. 1957: An unknown singer named Patsy Cline wins on CBS Arthur Godfreys Talent Scouts program with a rendition of the song Walking After Midnight. 1965: The Animals are forced to cancel a show at New York Citys famous Apollo Theater after US Immigration officials force the group to leave the country. 1966: The Beatles George Harrison marries Patricia Anne Boyd at the Esher Register Office, Surrey, England. Fellow Beatle Paul McCartney and Manager Brian Epstein are in attendance. Pattie, a fashion model, had been Harrisons girlfriend since they met on the set of A Hard Days Night two years earlier. Eventually, Boyd would begin an affair with Harrisons best friend, Eric Clapton, for whom the guitarist would write the classic Layla. 1970: ABC gives the summer replacement Johnny Cash Show a permanent home on the prime time schedule. 1974: Governor of Georgia (and future President) Jimmy Carter invites Bob Dylan to a party at the Governors Mansion at the insistence of his son Chip. Afterwards, Carter declared that He [Dylan] never intiates conversation, but hell answer a question if you ask him. 1982: B.B. King donates his entire record collection to the University of Mississippis Center for the Study of Southern Culture. The 20,000-record collection includes 7,000 discs King aired as a disc jockey at Memphis WDIA in the Fifties. 1987: The Second Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies are held in New York City. Inductees include The Coasters, Eddie Cochran, Bo Diddley, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Bill Haley, B. B. King, Clyde McPhatter, Ricky Nelson, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins, Smokey Robinson, Big Joe Turner, Muddy Waters, and Jackie Wilson. 1998: James Brown is released from a South Carolina hospital after undergoing treatment for an addiction to painkillers. Releases none Recording 1942: Count Basie, One O’Clock Jump 1957: Chuck Berry, School Day 1965: The Byrds, Mr. Tambourine Man 1957: Elvis Presley, Party 1969: Elvis Presley: Gentle on My Mind, Rubberneckin, Hey Jude, My Little Friend, Inherit the Wind, Mama Liked the Roses Certifications 1959: The Kingston Trios Tom Dooley is certified gold Charts 1956: Bill Haleys album Rock Around the Clock enters the charts 1967: The Rolling Stones Ruby Tuesday enters the pop charts 1978: The soundtrack album to Saturday Night Fever hits #1
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