1964, The Beatles made their live concert debut in the US at the Washington Coliseum. Over 350 police surrounded the stage to keep the 8,000 plus screaming fans in control. One police officer who found the noise so loud stuck a bullet in each ear as ear plugs.
1969, The Monkees set a new record when their second album, ‘More Of The Monkees’
jumped from No.122 to the top of the US chart. The album then stayed in pole
position for eighteen weeks.
2003, The British Phonographic Industry reported its biggest sales decline in
decades, with the biggest slump in a single year since the birth of the CD market in
the early 1980s. Piracy, illegal duplication and distribution by international criminals
of CD’s were all blamed for the decrease.
2012, Whitney Houston was found dead in suite 434 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel,
submerged in the bathtub. Beverly Hills paramedics arrived at approximately 3:30 p.m.
and found the singer unresponsive and performed CPR. Houston was pronounced
dead at 3:55 p.m. Local police said there were “no obvious signs of criminal intent.”
born today
1941 – Sergio Mendes, Brazilian singer
1946 – Ray Lake, singer with The Real Thing
1953 – Neil Henderson, from Scottish group Middle Of The Road
1962 – Sheryl Crow, US singer, songwriter,
1981 – Kelly Rowland, singer with Destiny’s Child
