1971, GEORGE HARRISON BECAME THE FIRST SOLO BEATLE TO HAVE A NO.1 WHEN ‘MY SWEET LORD’ WENT TO THE TOP OF THE UK SINGLE CHARTS. THE SONG FROM HIS ‘ALL THINGS MUST PASS’ ALBUM STAYED AT NO.1 FOR FIVE WEEKS. THE TRACK RETURNED TO THE TOP OF THE UK CHARTS IN 2002, FOLLOWING HIS DEATH.
1978, TERRY KATH, GUITARIST WITH CHICAGO ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF DEAD WHILE CLEANING (WITH WHAT HE BELIEVED) WAS AN UNLOADED GUN. KATH’S LAST WORDS WERE “DON’T WORRY IT’S NOT LOADED” AS HE PUT THE GUN TO HIS HEAD AND PULLED THE TRIGGER. THE GUITARIST AND SINGER WAS KILLED INSTANTLY.
1990, DAVID BOWIE ANNOUNCED HIS FORTHCOMING AND FINAL WORLD TOUR, ‘SOUND AND VISION’ 1990, DURING WHICH HE WILL INVITE EACH LOCAL AUDIENCE TO DECIDE ON A ‘GREATEST HITS’ RUNNING ORDER, ORGANISED THROUGH LOCAL RADIO STATIONS.
2005, FORMER HAPPY MONDAYS DANCER BEZ, WON THE £50,000 CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER PRIZE, AFTER GAINING 54% OF THE FINAL VIEWER VOTE. THE “MADCHESTER” POP LEGEND DANCED HIS WAY TO BECOMING THE SIXTH MEMBER OF THE INDIE-DANCE BAND IN THE LATE-1980S AFTER PLAYING MARACAS WITH THEM.
BORN TODAY
1910, BORN ON THIS DAY, DJANGO REINHARDT, JAZZ GUITARIST. HE BADLY BURNED HIS THIRD AND FOURTH FINGERS OF HIS LEFT HAND IN A HOUSE FIRE AGED 18. DOCTORS SUGGESTED HE PLAY THE GUITAR TO KEEP HIS FINGERS FLEXIBLE, GIVING HIM HIS TWO FINGERED GUITAR STYLE. REINHARDT DIED OF A STROKE ON 15TH MAY 1953.
1948 – ANITA POINTER, SINGER, WITH THE POINTER SISTERS
1950 – PAT SIMMONS, GUITARIST, SINGER WITH THE DOOBIE BROTHERS
1959 – EARL FALCONER, BASSIST WITH UB40,
