1962, BRIAN EPSTEIN SIGNED A MANAGEMENT DEAL WITH THE BEATLES. EPSTEIN WAS TO RECEIVE 25 PER CENT OF THE BANDS GROSS EARNINGS, THE NORMAL MANAGEMENT DEAL WAS 10 PER CENT.
1976, BOB DYLAN STARTED A FIVE WEEK RUN AT NO.1 ON THE US CHART WITH HIS 17TH STUDIO ALBUM DESIRE. THE ALBUM FEATURES ‘HURRICANE’, WHICH PROTESTS THE CONVICTION OF FORMER MIDDLEWEIGHT BOXER RUBIN ‘HURRICANE’ CARTER FOR TRIPLE MURDER IN 1966, ARGUING HIS INNOCENCE.
1979, THE CLASH RELEASED THEIR FIRST SINGLE IN THE US, ‘I FOUGHT THE LAW’ (WRITTEN BY SONNY CURTIS OF BUDDY HOLLY’S CRICKETS).
1980, A BILLBOARD WAS ERECTED ON SUNSET STRIP, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA TO PROMOTE PINK FLOYD’S NEW ALBUM THE WALL. A BLANK WALL WAS PASTED UP AND EACH DAY A BRICK WAS ‘REMOVED’ TO SLOWLY REVEAL THE INSIDE SPREAD AND TITLE OF THE ALBUM
2005, COUNTRY SINGER LYNN ANDERSON WAS ARRESTED FOR SHOPLIFTING AFTER BEING CAUGHT STEALING A HARRY POTTER DVD FROM A NEW MEXICO SUPERMARKET AND PUNCHING A POLICE OFFICER DURING HER ARREST. THE 57 YEAR-OLD HAD THE 1970 TOP 5 HIT ‘ROSE GARDEN’.
BORN TODAY
1941,AARON NEVILLE, SINGER WITH THE NEVILLE BROTHERS
1941, NEIL DIAMOND, SINGER, SONGWRITER.
1941,RAY STEVENS, SINGER, SONGWRITER
1947,WARREN ZEVON, SINGER, SONGWRITER. ZEVON DIED ON SEPTEMBER 7TH 2003
1949, JOHN BELUSHI, ACTOR AND SINGER WHO PLAYED JOLIET ‘JAKE’ BLUES IN THE BLUES BROTHERS
1955,JOOLS HOLLAND, ENGLISH PIANIST, BANDLEADER, SINGER, COMPOSER,
