Births 1930: Jack Greene 1936: Eldee Young (Young/Holt Unlimited, The Ramsey Lewis Trio) 1938: Paul Revere 1941: James West (The Innocents) 1942: Danny Williams 1943: Leona Williams 1944: Mike McGear (Scaffold) 1946: Andrew Brown (The Fortunes), Jann Wenner 1948: Kenny Loggins Deaths 1964: Cyril Davies 1980: Carl White (The Rivingtons), Larry Williams Events 1924: Composer George Gershwin completes Rhapsody In Blue. 1946: A tornado rips through Tupelo, MS, forcing a ten-year-old Elvis Presley into the cellar with his mother, Gladys. 1950: Ernest Tubb makes his first appearance at The Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, TN. 1955: Bill Haley and the Comets hit the UK charts with Rock Around the Clock, establishing a foothold for rock and roll in Britain. 1963: Gary U.S. Bonds sues Chubby Checker for copyright infringement to the tune of $100,000, claiming that Checkers Dancing Party is a thinly veiled rewrite of Bonds recent hit Quarter To Three. The suit is eventually settled out-of-court for an undisclosed sum. 1968: KMPX in San Francisco, a pioneer in underground FM radio, holds a grass ballot vote for national office among its listeners. The results: Bob Dylan is elected President; Paul Butterfield, Vice-President; George Harrison, US ambassador to the UN. Jefferson Airplane are all elected Secretaries of Transportation and the Grateful Dead are all elected Attorneys General. 1970: Max Yasgur, whose farm in upstate New York played host to the original Woodstock Festival, is sued for $35,000 in property damages by neighboring farmers. 1974: Carly Simon and James Taylor become the parents of their second child, Sarah Martin. 1976: Former record exec Kenneth Moss is sentenced to 120 days in the Los Angeles County Jail and four years probation for his role in the accidental overdose death of Average White Band drummer Robbie McIntosh. 1999: Rod Stewart and supermodel Rachel Hunter publicly announce the dissolution of their eight-year marriage. Releases none Recording 1941: Lena Horne, Good-for-Nothin-Joe 1954: Muddy Waters, Hoochie Coochie Man 1970: The Friends of Distinction, Love Or Let Me Be Lonely Certifications 1972: Breads Baby Im a Want You is certified gold Charts 1950: Gene Autrys Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer hits #1 1956: Dean Martins Memories Are Made of This hits #1 1962: Chubby Checkers The Twist hits #1 -- again 1978: The Bar-Kays Lets Have Some Fun enters the soul charts 1978: The Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, Stevie Wonders Looking Back , and Roberta Flacks Blue Lights in the Basement all enter the soul album charts
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