1939, THE REAL ELEANOR RIGBY DIED IN HER SLEEP OF UNKNOWN CAUSES AT THE AGE OF 44. THE 1966 BEATLES’ SONG THAT FEATURED HER NAME WASN’T WRITTEN ABOUT HER, AS PAUL MCCARTNEY’S FIRST DRAFT OF THE SONG NAMED THE CHARACTER MISS DAISY HAWKINS. ELEANOR RIGBY’S TOMBSTONE WAS NOTICED IN THE 1980S IN THE GRAVEYARD OF ST. PETER’S PARISH CHURCH IN WOOLTON, LIVERPOOL, A FEW FEET FROM WHERE MCCARTNEY AND LENNON HAD MET FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 1957.
1970, BLACK SABBATH WERE AT NO.1 ON THE UK CHART WITH THEIR SECOND ALBUM ‘PARANOID.’ THE ALBUM WHICH CONTAINS SOME OF THE BAND’S BEST-KNOWN SIGNATURE SONGS, INCLUDING THE TITLE TRACK, ‘IRON MAN’ AND ‘WAR PIGS’ IS NOW REGARDED AS ONE OF THE CLASSIC HEAVY METAL ALBUMS
1970, THE FIRST ISSUE OF SOUNDS THE BRITISH MUSIC PAPER WAS PUBLISHED. IT WAS INTENDED TO BE A WEEKLY RIVAL TO TITLES SUCH AS MELODY MAKER AND NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS AND WAS WELL KNOWN INITIALLY FOR GIVING AWAY POSTERS IN THE CENTRE OF THE PAPER. SOUNDS CLOSED ON APRIL 6, 1991.
1979, THE ROSE, STARRING BETTE MIDLER AS A SELF-DESTRUCTIVE 1960S ROCK STAR, (TRANSPARENTLY BASED ON JANIS JOPLIN) PREMIERED IN LOS ANGELES. THE FILM WAS NOMINATED FOR FOUR ACADEMY AWARDS INCLUDING BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (FREDERIC FORREST), BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE (BETTE MIDLER, IN HER SCREEN DEBUT), BEST FILM EDITING AND BEST SOUND.
1980, THE FUNERAL TOOK PLACE OF LED ZEPPELIN’S DRUMMER JOHN BONHAM. ‘BONZO’ WAS FOUND DEAD AT GUITARISTS JIMMY PAGE’S HOUSE OF WHAT WAS DESCRIBED AS ASPHYXIATION, AFTER INHALING HIS OWN VOMIT AFTER EXCESSIVE VODKA CONSUMPTION, (40 SHOTS IN 4 HOURS) AGED 32
1999, AMERICAN SINGER, SONGWRITER AND ACTOR HOYT AXTON DIED OF A HEART ATTACK IN VICTOR, MONTANA AGED 61. WROTE SONGS FOR, ELVIS PRESLEY, THREE DOG NIGHT, (1971 US NO.1 JOY TO THE WORLD), JOHN DENVER, RINGO STARR, GLEN CAMPBELL. HIS MOTHER MAE BOREN AXTON WROTE ‘HEARTBREAK HOTEL.’
2009, BOYZONE SINGER STEPHEN GATELY DIED SUDDENLY AT THE AGE OF 33 WHILE ON HOLIDAY IN MAJORCA. SPANISH POLICE SAID THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS NOT YET KNOWN. GATELY WAS ON HOLIDAY WITH HIS LONG-TERM PARTNER ANDY COWLES.
BORN TODAY
1945 – ALAN CARTWRIGHT, PROCOL HARUM
1945 – JERRY LACROIX, BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS
1946 – JOHN PRINE, SINGER, SONGWRITER
1952 – SHARON OSBOURNE, WIFE OF OZZY
1955 – DAVID LEE ROTH, VOCALS, VAN HALEN
1955 – MIDGE URE, GUITARIST, SINGER, SONGWRITER.
1955 – TANYA TUCKER, US COUNTRY SINGER
1959 – KIRSTY MACCOLL, UK SINGER, SONGWRITER MACCOLL WAS KILLED IN A BOATING ACCIDENT ON 18TH DECEMBER 2000
1961 – MARTIN KEMP, BASS, SPANDAU BALLET,
GIRLS TALK – DAVE EDMUNDS
DAVE” EDMUNDS IS A WELSH SINGER, GUITARIST AND RECORD PRODUCER.
ALTHOUGH HE IS PRIMARILY ASSOCIATED WITH PUB ROCK AND NEW WAVE, AND HAD NUMEROUS HITS IN THE 1970S AND EARLY 1980S, HIS NATURAL LEANING HAS ALWAYS BEEN TOWARDS 1950S STYLE ROCK AND ROLL
“GIRLS TALK,” WAS WRITTEN BY ELVIS COSTELLO,
