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- Composer Georges Enesco was born.
- Irving Berlin’s musical revue “Yip Yip Yaphank”, while he was still a sergeant in the US Army, premiered at the Century Theatre in New York. It was a wartime musical revue from the period of the First World War.
- English drummer, singer, songwriter and music producer Peter Edward “Ginger” Baker was born in Lewisham, South London, England. He became famous as co-founder of the rock group Cream, which had the UK number 11 single “I Feel Free” in 1966. He was also a member of Graham Bond Organisation, Blind Faith and Ginger Baker’s Airforce and became known for working with world music musicians, particularly for incorporating African influences. He also worked with Gary Moore, Hawkwind and Public Image Ltd.
- The Dick Jurgens Orchestra recorded “Day Dreams Come True at Night”.
- English pop singer Donald Arthur Fardon, known as Don Fardon, was born in Coventry, Warwickshire, England. Before his solo career, he was the singer of The Sorrows. He was best known for his version of “Indian Reservation”.
- American singer, songwriter and composer Johnny Nash was born in Houston, Texas. As a teenager, he regularly appeared on Arthur Godfrey’s variety show and had several minor hits, but achieved his greatest success in the 1970s with the reggae hits “I Can See Clearly Now” and “Stir It Up”, written by Bob Marley, who later also recorded it. “I Can See Clearly Now” reached number one on the US singles chart in 1972, and “Tears on My Pillow” reached number one on the UK singles chart in 1975.
- Singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer Roger Cook, a member and co-lead vocalist of Blue Mink, was born in Fishponds in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. He was best known for his songwriting partnership with Roger Greenaway, with whom he wrote hits including “You’ve Got Your Troubles”, “Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress”, “Something’s Gotten Hold of My Heart” and “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing”. Blue Mink had the UK No. 3 single “Melting Pot” in 1970. Cook was involved in more than 80 hits that reached the UK Top 30.
- English pop singer William Howard Ashton, known as Billy J. Kramer, was born in Bootle, Lancashire, England. He became famous as the singer of Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas, who were managed by Brian Epstein in the 1960s. In 1963, he had the UK number one hit “Bad to Me”, one of several Lennon–McCartney songs that The Beatles themselves did not record. In 1964, “Little Children” reached number one on the UK singles chart and number 7 in the US.
- Gospel singer, songwriter, pianist, producer, arranger and choir leader Edwin Hawkins was born in Oakland, California. With his choir, he recorded “Oh Happy Day”, the first traditional gospel song to break into the pop charts.
- English singer and songwriter Ian Gillan was born in Chiswick, London, England. He is best known as the lead singer of Deep Purple and also briefly performed with Black Sabbath. He was also a member of Episode Six, Ian Gillan Band, Gillan, Gillan & Glover and WhoCares. Deep Purple had the UK number 2 single “Black Night” in 1970 and the US number 4 single “Smoke on the Water” in 1973.
- George Newsome, the original drummer of The Climax Blues Band, was born in Stafford, Staffordshire, England.
- American guitarist, singer and songwriter Elliot Lurie was born in Brooklyn, New York. He became known as the lead guitarist and singer of the pop-rock group Looking Glass, in which he performed from 1969 to 1974.
- Country and pop singer Susan Jacks of The Poppy Family was born Susan Pesklevits in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- Roy Brown and His Mighty Mighty Men reached No. 1 on the Billboard R&B Best Sellers chart with “Hard Luck Blues”. Brown also wrote “Good Rockin’ Tonight”, a 1948 hit for Wynonie Harris that is regarded by many rock historians as a precursor to the rock ’n’ roll era and was recorded by Elvis Presley in 1954.
- English musician and songwriter John Deacon was born in Oadby, Leicester, England. He became famous as the bassist of the rock group Queen. He was the last member to join the group and also its youngest member; he was only 19 when he joined. He wrote a number of Queen’s hit singles, including “You're My Best Friend”, “Spread Your Wings”, “I Want to Break Free” and the group’s best-selling single in the US, “Another One Bites the Dust”.
- The Platters, B.B. King and Johnny Otis were the headline acts at a sold-out concert at the Savoy Ballroom in Hollywood, California. The event was a huge success and demonstrated the exceptional concert appeal of R&B in Los Angeles at the time.
- Debbie Reynolds’ “Tammy” reached number one, where it remained for five weeks.
- Pat Boone appeared on the cover of Newsweek magazine as part of a “Special Music Report” with the headline “His Refreshing Song Fills The Air”. The accompanying article claimed that teenagers were finally rebelling against “musical delinquents”. At the time, Boone already had 18 recordings in the US Billboard Top 40, four of which had reached number one. On the same day, Elvis Presley was at number 28 on the US chart with “Loving You”.
- Bobby Darin released the classic single “Mack the Knife”.
- Paul Anka released the song “Put Your Head on My Shoulder”.
- The film “Flaming Star” was released during Elvis Presley’s Hollywood career.
- The Highwaymen’s million-selling recording “Michael (Row the Boat Ashore)”, their version of the African-American spiritual, reached No. 1 on the Cashbox chart. The five Wesleyan University students achieved another hit the following year with “Cotton Fields” and split up in 1964 after a run of 12 consecutive singles that failed to chart.
- Swedish musician Rolf Magnus Joakim Larsson, known as Joey Tempest, co-founder and lead singer of the rock group Europe, was born in Stockholm, Sweden. Larsson began performing in 1979 and adopted the name Joey Tempest, inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest and also by the song “Sparks of the Tempest” by American progressive rock group Kansas. Europe had the UK number one single “The Final Countdown” in 1986.
- Peter, Paul and Mary sang “Blowin’ in the Wind” to participants in the civil rights march in Washington, D.C., who had gathered to hear Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech.
- The Beatles began their first North American tour at Cow Palace in San Francisco before an audience of 17,130. This took place more than six months after their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, and the tour was scheduled to cover 26 cities. They performed 12 songs that made up their concert repertoire throughout the tour: “Twist and Shout”, “You Can’t Do That”, “All My Loving”, “She Loves You”, “Things We Said Today”, “Roll Over Beethoven”, “Can’t Buy Me Love”, “If I Fell”, “I Want to Hold Your Hand”, “Boys”, “A Hard Day’s Night” and “Long Tall Sally”. The support acts were The Righteous Brothers, The Bill Black Combo, The Exciters and Jackie DeShannon. The 33-minute concert ended with an escape by ambulance after fans surrounded their limousine; John, Paul, Ringo and George were taken to safety by ambulance. Journalist Ivor Davis travelled with them throughout the tour and later described his experiences in the book “The Beatles and Me on Tour”.
- The High Numbers, later known as The Who, performed at The Scene club in London’s Soho.
- The Rolling Stones played the second of six concerts at the New Theatre Ballroom on the island of Guernsey in the Channel Islands.
- The Beatles played two concerts at Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston, Texas.
- Country singer and songwriter Lee Ann Womack was born in Jacksonville, Texas.
- As a follow-up to her previous hit “Born A Woman”, Sandy Posey recorded “Single Girl” for MGM Records at Fred Foster Sound Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Like “Born A Woman”, the song reached No. 12 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and No. 15 on the UK singles chart.
- During their US tour, The Beatles performed at Sam Houston Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee, where they played two concerts for more than 25,000 fans. Tickets cost $5. Because of opposition to John Lennon’s remark that The Beatles were “more popular than Jesus”, local members of the Ku Klux Klan protested against the group, and the group faced an assassination threat. Shortly before the first performance, they received an anonymous phone call warning that one or all of the group’s members would be shot on stage that evening. Tension peaked during the second, evening concert, when a loud firecracker landed on stage during “If I Needed Someone”. Despite the interruption, the group finished the song, reportedly at a much faster tempo, and then performed the entire concert set. The evening passed without further incidents.
- Ringo Starr and his wife Maureen Starr welcomed their second son, Jason, at Queen Charlotte’s Hospital in Hammersmith, London. On the same day, The Beatles’ “All You Need Is Love” reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 for one week, before being replaced by Bobbie Gentry’s “Ode to Billie Joe”.
- The Beatles scored their fourteenth US No. 1 single with “All You Need Is Love”, which remained at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for one week. The song became a worldwide hit that year and topped the charts in eleven countries. It was the British contribution to Our World, the first live global television broadcast, in which The Beatles performed it from the EMI studios in London on 25 June. The programme was transmitted by satellite and watched by more than 400 million people in 25 countries. Backing vocals on the recording were provided by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Keith Moon, Graham Nash, Marianne Faithfull and Gary Leeds of the Walker Brothers.
- Pink Floyd released the single Let There Be More Light / Remember a Day in the US.
- Capitol Records released The Beach Boys’ album “Stack-o-Tracks”, assembled from the instrumental backing tracks of 15 songs from the group’s career to date. During one of their commercially weakest periods in the US, it became the first Beach Boys album not to chart in either the US or the UK. It was subsequently withdrawn from sale and remained unavailable for about two decades. Capitol reissued it on CD in 1990 and again in 2001; both editions were released without the original booklet that accompanied the vinyl version.
- After 58 episodes, the final episode of the television series The Monkees was broadcast on NBC. Since its original run, the series was repeatedly shown by almost all major cable television networks, including a popular run on CBS from 1969 to 1972.
- Elvis Presley performed at the International Hotel in Las Vegas in both the evening and midnight shows. The evening show began at 8:15 p.m. and included “Blue Suede Shoes”, “I Got a Woman”, “All Shook Up”, “Love Me Tender”, “My Babe”, “Jailhouse Rock/Don’t Be Cruel”, “Heartbreak Hotel”, “Hound Dog”, “Mystery Train/Tiger Man”, “Baby What You Want Me to Do”, “Runaway”, “Are You Lonesome Tonight?”, “Yesterday/Hey Jude”, “In the Ghetto”, “Suspicious Minds”, “What’d I Say” and “Can’t Help Falling in Love”. The midnight show included “Blue Suede Shoes”, “I Got a Woman”, “All Shook Up”, “Love Me Tender”, “My Babe”, “Jailhouse Rock/Don’t Be Cruel”, “Heartbreak Hotel”, “Hound Dog”, “Memories”, “Mystery Train”, “In the Ghetto”, “Suspicious Minds” and “Can’t Help Falling in Love”.
- Jefferson Airplane, Joni Mitchell, David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Crosby, Stills and Nash appeared on The Dick Cavett Show. The episode, now often referred to as “The Woodstock Show”, featured artists and audience members who had come directly from the Woodstock festival the previous weekend. Crosby, Stills and Nash gave first-hand accounts of the festival. Joni Mitchell, who had skipped Woodstock to secure her appearance on the show, performed her song “Woodstock”, which she had written about the festival.
- American rapper, singer, songwriter and actor Nathaniel Dwayne Hale, known as Nate Dogg, was born in Long Beach, California. He began his career as a member of the California rap trio 213 with his longtime friend Warren G and cousin Snoop Dogg. He is considered one of the pioneers of West Coast hip hop. He died on March 15, 2011, at the age of 41.
- On Max Yasgur’s farm in Bethel, New York, where the Woodstock festival had just ended, cleanup operations began. Tons of rubbish and debris were bulldozed into a pit and burned. The total cleanup cost reached $100,000.
- Elvis Presley performed at the International Hotel in Las Vegas in both the evening and midnight shows as part of Las Vegas Season 3. The evening show included “That’s All Right”, “I Got a Woman”, “Tiger Man”, “Love Me Tender”, “I’ve Lost You”, “I Just Can’t Help Believing”, “You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling”, “Polk Salad Annie”, “Johnny B. Goode”, “The Wonder of You”, “Heartbreak Hotel”, “One Night”, “All Shook Up”, “Blue Suede Shoes”, “Hound Dog”, “Bridge Over Troubled Water”, “Suspicious Minds” and “Can’t Help Falling in Love”. The midnight show had a similar program but also included “Sweet Caroline”.
- Welsh-born rapper, singer, songwriter and producer Eric Martin, also known as Me One or MC Eric, was born in Cardiff. He became known as a member of the Belgian electronic project Technotronic. The group had the UK number 2 single “Pump Up the Jam” in 1989, and at the beginning of 1990 the song reached number 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
- The Allman Brothers Band performed at American Legion Memorial Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.
- The Carpenters released the album “Close to You”.
- Elvis Presley performed at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas in both the evening and midnight shows. The evening show began at 8:30 p.m. and included “That’s All Right”, “Proud Mary”, “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me”, “You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling”, “Polk Salad Annie”, “Johnny B. Goode”, “It’s Impossible”, “Love Me”, “Blue Suede Shoes/Whole Lotta Shakin’ On”, “Heartbreak Hotel”, “Teddy Bear/Don’t Be Cruel”, “Hound Dog”, “Suspicious Minds”, “I’m Leavin’”, “Lawdy Miss Clawdy”, “I Can’t Stop Loving You” and “Can’t Help Falling in Love”. The midnight show also included “Love Me Tender” and “Sweet Caroline” and ended with “Closing Vamp”.
- Led Zeppelin began their North American tour at Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada, before a sold-out audience of more than 17,000 fans. Around 3,000 additional people without tickets clashed with local police outside the venue.
- Al Green was still at number one on the R&B chart with “I’m Still in Love with You”.
- He played the first of two nights at London’s Rainbow Theatre as part of his then 182-day Ziggy Stardust world tour. The theatrical performance, using various forms of media, delighted critics and audiences. Mick Jagger, Elton John, Rod Stewart and Alice Cooper were reportedly among those in attendance.
- Elvis Presley performed at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas in both the evening and midnight shows. The evening show included “See See Rider”, “Johnny B. Goode”, “Proud Mary”, “Until It’s Time for You to Go”, “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me”, “You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling”, “Polk Salad Annie”, “What Now My Love”, “Fever”, “Love Me”, “Blue Suede Shoes”, “One Night”, “All Shook Up”, “Little Sister/Get Back”, “Heartbreak Hotel”, “Hound Dog”, “Love Me Tender”, “Suspicious Minds”, “My Way”, “I’ll Remember You”, “A Big Hunk O’ Love”, “How Great Thou Art” and “Can’t Help Falling in Love”. The midnight show included, among others, “Never Been to Spain”, “You Gave Me a Mountain” and “An American Trilogy”.
- Elvis Presley’s gospel album “He Touched Me” reached number 38 on the UK chart.
- Gilbert O’Sullivan continued at number one for a fourth week with “Alone Again (Naturally)”. Looking Glass continued on the chart with “Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl)”, The Hollies climbed with “Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress”, and Argent with “Hold Your Head Up”, Nilsson with “Coconut” and The Carpenters with “Goodbye to Love” newly entered the Top 10.
- The album “Chicago V”, the group’s fourth studio album, reached number one on the US album chart, the Billboard 200 (Billboard Top LPs and Tape), in its fourth week, beginning a nine-week run at the top. It knocked Elton John’s “Honky Château” from number one, while Alice Cooper’s “School’s Out” fell to number three, followed by The Carpenters’ “A Song for You” and “Simon and Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits”. “Chicago V” marked the beginning of an important period for the group and became the first of five consecutive albums, including “Greatest Hits”, to reach number one. The album’s success was significantly helped by the million-selling single “Saturday in the Park”, which reached number 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
- NBC television first broadcast the music variety programme The Midnight Special, originally intended as a one-off special. The first host was John Denver, with DJ Wolfman Jack serving as the announcer. The first programme featured War performing their million-selling US song “Slippin’ Into Darkness”. The following year, the programme became a regular series.
- The film “Electra Glide in Blue”, starring Robert Blake, Billy Greenbush and Mitch Ryan and featuring several members of the group Chicago, premiered in New York. The film was produced and directed by James William Guercio, manager and producer of Chicago.
- Elvis Presley performed at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas in both the evening and midnight shows. The evening show included “See See Rider”, “I Got a Woman/Amen”, “Love Me”, “You Gave Me a Mountain”, “Trouble”, “Blue Suede Shoes”, “Long Tall Sally/Mama Don’t Dance/Flip, Flop and Fly/Jailhouse Rock/Hound Dog”, “Love Me Tender”, “Fever”, “What Now My Love”, “Suspicious Minds”, “My Boy”, “Release Me”, “An American Trilogy”, “Mystery Train/Tiger Man” and “Can’t Help Falling in Love”. The midnight show included “Help Me Make It Through the Night”, “An American Trilogy”, “A Big Hunk O’ Love” and “How Great Thou Art”. After the performance, Elvis accidentally broke the ankle of one of his guests, Beverly Albrecq, while demonstrating karate in his suite.
- Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge married. They divorced in 1980.
- Rita Coolidge and Kris Kristofferson married in Malibu, California. Shortly before, Kristofferson had recorded the country number one hit “Why Me”, on which Coolidge sang backing vocals. Coolidge first met Kristofferson at Los Angeles airport when they were both traveling on the same flight to Tennessee; instead of continuing to Nashville as planned, Kristofferson got off with her in Memphis. During their marriage, Coolidge recorded five Billboard Top 40 singles, including the number 2 hit “Higher and Higher” and the number 7 hit “We’re All Alone”. The couple divorced in late 1979.
- AC/DC performed at Festival Hall in Melbourne, Australia.
- Elvis Presley began his 11th season at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas. The opening night featured a completely new program and the packed showroom gave him several standing ovations. Elvis performed in the Peacock suit and sang, among others, “Big Boss Man”, “Proud Mary”, “Down in the Alley”, “Good Time Charlie’s Got the Blues”, “Never Been to Spain”, “It’s Midnight”, “If You Talk in Your Sleep”, “I’m Leavin’”, “Let Me Be There”, “Softly, as I Leave You”, “If You Love Me Let Me Know”, “Love Me Tender”, “Polk Salad Annie”, “Promised Land”, “My Baby Left Me”, “Bridge Over Troubled Water”, “Fever”, “Hound Dog” and “Can’t Help Falling in Love”. The program also featured an appearance by Telly Savalas.
- Harry Nilsson asked John Lennon to produce the album Pussy Cats. During the recording, a drug-fuelled jam session took place that included the only known joint recording session by John Lennon and Paul McCartney after the Beatles split up.
- The Three Degrees reached No. 1 on the UK singles chart with “When Will I See You Again”. It was their only UK No. 1 single. The group was popular with Prince Charles in the 1970s and in 1978 performed the song at the celebration of his 30th birthday at Buckingham Palace after he said it was his favourite song.
- Elvis Presley continued in Las Vegas with the routine he had begun in North Carolina, with Charlie Hodge selecting audience requests from a bucket and Elvis attempting to fulfill them. During the evening show, Elvis at one point lay down on the stage while singing. The program included “See See Rider”, “I Got a Woman/Amen”, “Blue Suede Shoes”, “If You Love Me”, “It’s Now or Never”, “My Boy”, “Love Me”, “Loving You”, “Suspicious Minds”, “Johnny B. Goode”, “Hail Hail Rock’n’Roll”, “T-R-O-U-B-L-E”, “Why Me Lord”, “How Great Thou Art”, “Let Me Be There”, “Crying in the Chapel” and “Can’t Help Falling in Love”. The midnight show included “Young and Beautiful”, “Are You Lonesome Tonight?”, “Softly, as I Leave You”, “Polk Salad Annie”, “Love Me Tender”, “All Shook Up”, “Hound Dog” and “My Boy”.
- Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and co-founder of indie rock group Arcade Fire Régine Alexandra Chassagne was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- Yes performed at Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan.
- A year after the group Labelle broke up, Patti LaBelle released her self-titled debut album, which featured one of her signature songs, “You Are My Friend”.
- The Sex Pistols began a secret British tour in Wolverhampton under the name The Spots, an abbreviation of “Sex Pistols on Tour Secretly”. The group was under intense scrutiny from the national media because of its reputation for causing trouble, which would have made it virtually impossible for them to perform in these clubs. During the six nights, they therefore performed under a different name each time: in Doncaster as Tax Exiles, in Scarborough as Special Guest, in Middlesbrough as Acne Rabble, in Plymouth as The Hamsters, and on the final night in Penzance as A Mystery Band of International Repute.
- Bruce Springsteen performed at The Spectrum in Philadelphia. Actor Gary Busey joined the band for Buddy Holly’s “Rave On”.
- After nine weeks at number one on the UK singles chart, John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John’s “You’re the One That I Want” was knocked off the top by The Commodores’ “Three Times a Lady”, which began a five-week run at number one on the UK singles chart. In 2013, with two million copies sold in the UK, “You’re the One That I Want” was still ranked fifth among the country’s best-selling singles of all time. Lionel Richie wrote “Three Times a Lady” about his love for his wife, mother and grandmother, hence the title “Once, Twice, Three Times a Lady”. The album “Elvis – NBC TV Special” also reached number 50 on the UK album chart that week.
- “Whenever I Call You Friend” became Kenny Loggins’ first solo Top 40 hit after his three Billboard Top 40 songs with Jim Messina in 1972 and 1973. The duet with Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and remained on the chart for 15 weeks. Loggins later scored a total of 14 solo Top 40 hits.
- Soul group The Commodores began a five-week run at No. 1 on the UK singles chart with “Three Times a Lady”. The song also reached No. 1 in Ireland and Australia. Lionel Richie wrote it about his love for his wife, mother and grandmother, hence the title “Once, Twice, Three Times a Lady”.
- American rockabilly singer and pioneer of the genre Dorsey Burnette, co-founder of Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio, died at his home in Canoga Park, California, at the age of 46 from a massive heart attack. In 1960, he reached number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 with “There Was a Tall Oak Tree”. He also wrote “It’s Late”, which became a hit for Ricky Nelson and Shakin’ Stevens. When his pop hits dried up in 1969, he subsequently placed 15 songs on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. He was the father of musician Billy Burnette. After his death, his friend and singer Delaney Bramlett organized a benefit concert for his widow at the Forum in Inglewood, California, featuring Kris Kristofferson, Hoyt Axton, Tanya Tucker, Glen Campbell, Duane Eddy, Delaney and Bonnie, Gary Busey and Roger Miller. His pioneering contribution to rockabilly was later recognized with his induction into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.
- After a long delay following the opening act, concert organizers at CNE Grandstand in Toronto announced that Alice Cooper could not perform due to illness. Angry fans began tearing out folding chairs and throwing them onto the stage, sparking a riot involving around 1,400 people. Damage was estimated at $20,000 to $25,000, 31 people were arrested, and 12 people were hospitalized. A year later, Cooper said he had cancelled the concert because of an asthma attack, which he claimed he had not experienced since he was six years old.
- Singer Darius was born. In 2001, he appeared on the British television show Popstars and became known for his version of Britney Spears’ “...Baby One More Time”. In 2002, he had the UK number one single “Colourblind”. He later played Billy Flynn in the West End production of Chicago and the lead role of Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls. Darius was found unresponsive in his apartment in Rochester, Minnesota, on August 11, 2022, and was pronounced dead later that day.
- Kurtis Blow became the first hip-hop artist whose single received an RIAA gold certification when “The Breaks” sold more than 500,000 copies. The song also reached number 4 on the Billboard R&B chart.
- During Queen’s North American tour, they performed at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi.
- Black Sabbath performed at Isstadion in Stockholm, Sweden.
- Australian singer and songwriter Missy Higgins was born. In 2004, she had the Australian number one single “Scar”, and in 2007 she reached the same position with “Steer”.
- Pirate radio station Radio Caroline, which had broadcast only sporadically since its original closure in 1968, returned to the air from the ship Ross Revenge in international waters in the North Sea. Exactly six years later, it was shut down again.
- American singer and songwriter Christina Perri was born. Her 2011 debut studio album Lovestrong reached number 4 on the US album chart. She also became known for writing and recording “A Thousand Years”, a love song for the 2012 film The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2.
- American songwriter, singer and music producer John Ryan was born. He is known for co-writing and co-producing four albums by One Direction and a number of their singles. He has also worked with Maroon 5, Sabrina Carpenter, Katy Perry and John Legend.
- To mark the 100th anniversary of the jukebox, the Amusement and Music Operators Association announced that Patsy Cline’s “Crazy” and Elvis Presley’s “Hound Dog” had been named the most-played songs on jukeboxes during their first 100 years of existence. The jukebox had been in operation since 1906, while its earliest predecessors appeared as early as 1889.
- American rapper and actor Percy Romeo Miller Jr., also known as Lil' Romeo, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is the son of rapper and record label founder Master P. He later appeared in his own Nickelodeon show “Romeo”.
- Lou Reed broke his ankle after a soundcheck in Cleveland and had to cancel the rest of his tour.
- Leonard Bernstein conducted his final concert. At Tanglewood in Massachusetts, he led the Boston Symphony Orchestra in performances of Benjamin Britten’s “Four Sea Interludes” and Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony.
- At CNE Stadium in Toronto, during the final concert of the Operation Rock & Roll tour, Judas Priest singer Rob Halford’s motorcycle entrance ended disastrously. He crashed into a metal support beam, breaking his nose and suffering a neck sprain. He finished the concert but was taken to hospital immediately afterward.
- The rock group Black Grape reached number one on the UK chart with their debut studio album “It’s Great When You’re Straight…Yeah”.
- TLC spent seven consecutive weeks at No. 1 with the hit “Waterfalls”.
- James Brown performed in Montauk, New York, as part of his Back at the Ranch tour. Brown, who had previously had problems with violence toward his wife, offered money raised at the event to The Retreat, an organization dedicated to preventing and combating domestic violence. The organization declined the offer.
- Boyz II Men released the single “4 Seasons of Loneliness” to radio stations for airplay. The single was made available to the public on September 9.
- They released the reunion live album The Dance on Reprise Records, capturing their successful return in the classic lineup and their appearance on MTV Unplugged. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and sold one million copies in just eight weeks. Although it was primarily a live retrospective of well-known concert songs and fan favorites, it also contained new material by the group’s principal songwriters, including two songs by Lindsey Buckingham.
- Priscilla Presley won $75,000 in damages in a libel lawsuit against Currie Grant, a former army friend of Elvis Presley, who claimed that he had an affair with her before she married Elvis Presley. This claim was used as the main source for the controversial biography “Child Bride: The Untold Story of Priscilla Beaulieu Presley” by Suzanne Finstad. Priscilla said she was very pleased that the verdict had cleared her name.
- Lauryn Hill received the New Artist of the Year and Album of the Year awards at the Source Hip Hop Music Awards in Los Angeles. R. Kelly won R&B Artist of the Year, while DMX received Artist of the Year and Solo and Live Performer of the Year.
- A television advertisement featuring the late Linda McCartney, calling for a boycott of fishing, was banned in the UK by the Advertising Clearance Centre.
- Melanie C scored her second UK number one single with “I Turn to You”. The song topped the singles charts in Austria, Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden and also reached number one on the US Dance Club Songs chart.
- Richard Ashcroft, Paul Weller, James, Toploader, Barenaked Ladies, Moby, Beth Orton, Joe Strummer, Feeder, Dandy Warhols and Coldplay performed at the V2000 festival in Staffordshire, England.
- The American soul singer and pianist died at the age of 61 and was found dead at her home in Beloit, Wisconsin, after her heart problems worsened. She was best known for “The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In His Kiss)”, which reached number 6 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1964; she was the first artist to have a hit with the song. After her initial success, she released another seventeen singles, with “Let It Be Me” (#5 in 1964) and “There’ll Come a Time” (#26 in 1969) making the biggest impact on the Hot 100. “The Shoop Shoop Song” was used in the opening titles of the 1984 film Desperately Seeking Susan starring Madonna, and in 1990 Cher recorded it for the closing credits of Mermaids; her version reached number one on the UK singles chart and was also successful in other European countries.
- Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted performed live with EchoBrain for the first time.
- MTV premiered the reality show Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica, following the recent marriage of Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey of 98 Degrees. The show became a hit thanks to Jessica’s “dumb blonde” moments and ran for three seasons, after which the couple divorced.
- A life-size bronze statue of Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott, created by Paul Daly, was unveiled on Harry Street in Dublin, Ireland. His former bandmates Gary Moore, Brian Robertson and Scott Gorham attended the unveiling. Lynott died in 1986 at the age of 36 and became famous for a number of hits including “Whiskey in the Jar”, “The Boys Are Back in Town”, “Jailbreak” and “Waiting for an Alibi”.
- Drake made his professional debut with a thirty-minute performance at Kool Haus in Toronto, opening for Ice Cube. He earned $100 for it.
- The 22nd edition of the US Now! series, “Now That’s What I Call Music! 7”, reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The compilation album was released by Sony BMG and contained songs by various artists, including Rihanna, Sean Paul, Nickelback, Keith Urban and Beyoncé.
- Elvis Presley posthumously reached number one on the UK album chart with the album “The King”.
- Gary Glitter was released from prison in Vietnam after serving three years for abusing two young children.
- Lady Gaga, a 22-year-old singer who had spent two years performing on the New York club scene, released her debut album “The Fame”. The album presented fame primarily as a matter of attitude. Thanks to the hits “Just Dance” and “Poker Face”, she became known around the world, not just in her own imagination.
- American saxophonist and arranger LeRoi Holloway Moore, a founding member of Dave Matthews Band, died at the age of 46. A month earlier, he had suffered serious injuries, including a punctured lung, in an accident involving an ATV/vehicle on his farm in Virginia. He died as a result of those injuries and subsequent pneumonia.
- The family of Manuela Gomez Ruiz formally requested the dismissal of their lawsuit against Marian Medical Center in Santa Monica. They claimed that 73-year-old Ruiz had been denied critical care after suffering a heart attack on the same day that Michael Jackson was brought to the hospital with flu-like symptoms during his 2005 trial on child abuse allegations. The family had originally sued Jackson, but a judge removed him from the lawsuit in April.
- Wayne Wadhams, keyboard player and lead vocalist of The Fifth Estate, who had the 1967 Billboard No. 11 hit “Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead”, died at the age of 61. In addition to his music career, he was a respected author and educator and spent many years as a professor at Berklee College of Music, where he helped create and develop the Music Production and Engineering (MP&E) programme.
- The phrase “bro-country” first appeared in an article by Jody Rosen in New York magazine, where he used it to describe Florida Georgia Line’s song “Cruise”. Rosen called Luke Bryan the king of the genre, which he described as “music by and for the tattooed, muscular, party-minded young white American”.
- Lady Gaga asked her fans to stop making online threats against her critics. She said she did not approve of hateful or abusive behavior toward others and that such a way of dealing with emotions was not healthy. Some of her fans had sent death threats on Twitter to dance music producer Deadmau5, who had criticized Gaga over her video collaboration with artist Marina Abramović.
- Richie Havens’ ashes were scattered from an airplane over the site of the original Woodstock concert in New York State. Havens was the first performer at the 1969 Woodstock festival and made history with his performance of “Freedom”. He died the previous April at the age of 72 from a heart attack.
- Kate Bush asked fans not to photograph or record her upcoming series of 22 concerts in London using mobile devices. The 56-year-old singer said she very much wanted to connect with the audience rather than with iPhones, iPads or cameras, and admitted that it was a big request.
- American music producer, manager and con artist Lou Pearlman died at the age of 62 from cardiac arrest while serving a 25-year sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution in Texarkana, Texas. He was the manager of successful boy bands Backstreet Boys and NSYNC. In 2006, he was accused of running one of the largest and longest-running Ponzi schemes in history, leaving more than $300 million in debt. After being caught, he pleaded guilty to conspiracy, money laundering and making false statements during bankruptcy proceedings. In 2008, he was sentenced to up to 25 years in prison.
- The indie rock group Arcade Fire reached number one on the US Billboard 200 with their fifth studio album “Everything Now”.
- Duane Allman’s guitar used on the classic Derek and the Dominos song “Layla” was sold at auction for $1 million. It was a 1957 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop, which had been Allman’s main guitar during the first two years of the Allman Brothers Band and appeared on their 1969 debut album as well as the subsequent 1970 album Idlewild South. “Layla” was one of the last recordings on which Allman used this guitar, as he soon traded it for a 1959 Gibson Les Paul.
- American bassist Lawrence “Larry” Taylor, a founding member of Los Angeles boogie/rock group Canned Heat, died at the age of 77 after a twelve-year battle with cancer. He was best known as a member of Canned Heat, in which he performed from 1967 to 1970. With the group, he appeared at its major performances at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 and Woodstock in 1969, and played on “Going Up the Country” and “On the Road Again”. Before joining Canned Heat, he worked as a studio bassist for The Monkees and Jerry Lee Lewis. He was the younger brother of Mel Taylor, longtime drummer of The Ventures.
- British rapper Dave reached number one on the UK album chart with his second studio album “We’re Alone in This Together”.
- Beyoncé was at number one on the UK chart with her seventh studio album Renaissance, the first part of her planned trilogy. The album was supported by the Renaissance World Tour in 2023, which became the highest-grossing tour in history by a Black artist, and a concert film was also made. Renaissance became her seventh consecutive album to debut at number one in the US chart.