2011 – Bret Michaels undergoes surgery to repair a hole in his heart at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix.
2010 – German hard rock band Scorpions release a statement saying that their 2010 album, Sting in the Tail, and subsequent tour will be their last.
2002 – Van Halen leave their longtime label, Warner Brothers.
1994 – Gilby Clarke performs at the Agora Theatre.
1991 – “MTV Unplugged,” the network’s highly acclaimed acoustic music series, is recorded in Europe for the first time. The Cure and Paul McCartney are the artists captured in performance in London. –
1979 – The Cars were named Best New Band of 1978 in Rolling Stone magazine’s reader’s poll.
1976 – Harry Chapin plays the Front Row Theatre.
1975 – Led Zeppelin rocks Richfield Coliseum.
1970 – James Brown hits #24 with “Ain’t It Funky Now (Part 1)”.
1964 – The Beatles tape an interview in Paris with Harold Kelly of America’s Armed Forces Radio. Broadcast the next day, it offers some insight into their music and its inspiration. There are also several samples of Beatles humor, such as when Kelly asks about the boys’ hairdos — and Ringo replies, “Hair-don’t.” They also discuss their upcoming movie — and Paul notes that he and John were expected to write six original songs for it.
Birthdays:
Jools Holland – 56 years old
The band leader and ex-Squeeze keyboardist-singer has hosted a music show and a late night talk show in the UK.
Born in 1958
Yakov Smirnoff – 63 years old
The Russian emigre comic did well on T-V in the 1970s and ’80s.
Born in 1951
John Belushi – Died in 1982
The boisterous Saturday Night Live star went on to act in such film comedies as Animal House, The Blues Brothers, Continental Divide and Neighbors. He died in LA of an overdose of cocaine and heroin March 5th, 1982. He was 33.
Born in 1949
Warren Zevon – Died in 2003
The singer-songwriter released his final album, The Wind, just weeks before dying of lung cancer September 7th, 2003 at 56.
Born in 1947
David Getz – 74 years old
Big Brother & the Holding Company drummer
Born in 1940
