1967, CASS ELLIOT FROM THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS SPENT THE NIGHT IN A LONDON JAIL AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF STEALING FROM A HOTEL. A TV AND CONCERT APPEARANCE HAD TO BE CANCELLED.
1967, THE BEATLES REJECTED AN OFFER OF $1 MILLION FROM PROMOTER SID BERNSTEIN TO MAKE A SECOND APPEARANCE AT NEW YORK’S SHEA STADIUM. BERNSTEIN HAD ORIGINALLY BROUGHT THE GROUP TO SHEA IN AUGUST 1965. SID BERNSTEIN HAD ACTUALLY SUCCESSFULLY CONTRACTED THE BEATLES TO PLAY AT SHEA STADIUM IN BOTH 1965 AND 1966.
1989, PAULA ABDUL WENT TO NO.1 ON THE US ALBUM CHART WITH ‘FOREVER YOUR GIRL’. ABDUL SPENT SIXTY-FOUR CONSECUTIVE WEEKS ON THE BILLBOARD 200 BEFORE HITTING NUMBER ONE, MAKING IT THE LONGEST TIME FOR AN ALBUM TO REACH THE NUMBER ONE SPOT
1999, WINNERS AT THE IRISH HOT PRESS AWARDS INCLUDED THE CORRS FOR BEST IRISH BAND, ANDREA CORR WON BEST FEMALE SINGER, DIVINE COMEDY WON BEST IRISH BAND, THE BANDS SINGER NEIL HANNON WON BEST MALE SINGER AND WESTLIFE WON BEST POP ACT.
2002, MICK JAGGER DONATED £100,000 TO HIS OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL IN DARTFORD TO HELP PAY FOR A MUSIC DIRECTOR AND BUY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. THE NEW CENTRE WAS ALSO NAMED AFTER MICK JAGGER.
2005, BOY GEORGE WAS ARRESTED IN NEW YORK AFTER POLICE FOUND TRACES OF DRUGS IN HIS APARTMENT. GEORGE HAD CALLED THE POLICE AFTER HE THOUGHT SOMEBODY WAS BREAKING INTO HIS APARTMENT. WHEN POLICE ARRIVED AND MADE A SEARCH THEY FOUND TRACES OF COCAINE ON A COMPUTER TABLE.
2009, MONKEES VOCALIST DAVY JONES RULED OUT EVER REUNITING WITH HIS FORMER BAND MATES AFTER LAUNCHING A SCATHING ATTACK ON EACH OF HIS OLD PALS IN THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER. “IT’S NOT A CASE OF DOLLARS AND CENTS. IT’S A CASE OF SATISFYING YOURSELF. I DON’T HAVE ANYTHING TO PROVE. THE MONKEES PROVED IT FOR ME
BORN TODAY
1927, AMERICAN SINGER AL MARTINO, MARTINO PLAYED JOHNNY FONTANE IN 1972 FILM THE GODFATHER. DIED ON 13TH OCT 2009 AGED 82
1939, , COLIN COOPER, CLIMAX BLUES BAND. DIED ON 3RD JULY 2008.
1945 – KEVIN GODLEY, DRUMS, VOCALS, 10CC,
1967 – TONI BRAXTON, SINGER
1968 – THOM YORK, VOCALS, GUITAR, KEYBOARDS, RADIOHEAD
1949 – DAVID HOPE, KANSAS,
1951 – JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP, SINGER, SONGWRITER
1953 – TICO TORRES, DRUMS, BON JOVI
1959 – , SIMON COWELL, RECORD EXECUTIVE AND PRODUCER, JUDGE ON TV SHOWS POPSTARS, POP IDOL AND AMERICAN IDOL. NOTORIOUS FOR HIS UNCOMPROMISINGLY HARSH AND CONTROVERSIAL CRITICISM OF CONTESTANTS
TO BE OR NOT TO BE – BA ROBERTSON
B. A. ROBERTSON (BORN BRIAN ALEXANDER ROBERTSON) IS A SCOTTISH MUSICIAN, ACTOR, COMPOSER AND SONGWRITER.
HE WROTE OR CO-WROTE “CARRIE”, “HOT SHOT” AND “WIRED FOR SOUND” FOR CLIFF RICHARD AND WROTE “LANGUAGE OF LOVE” WHICH RICHARD RELEASED AS A B-SIDE. ROBERTSON ALSO PENNED AND SANG THE THEME MUSIC TO THE TELEVISION SERIES MAGGIE AND MULTI-COLOURED SWAP SHOP (“HELLO, HELLO”), AND WROTE AND SANG BACKING VOCALS FOR THE SWAP SHOP SPIN-OFF GROUP BROWN SAUCE’S UK TOP 20 HIT, “I WANNA BE A WINNER”.
ONE SONG WRITTEN AND SUNG BY ROBERTSON, “TO BE OR NOT TO BE”, A TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, WAS RECORDED BY MICKY DOLENZ IN 1981 AND BECAME A HIT SINGLE IN DECEMBER, 1981.
“TO BE OR NOT TO BE”, 1980, ASYLUM RECORDS K12449
