Birthdays
1955 Frankie Knuckles
1956 Jack Sherman (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
1958 Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins)
1962 Jeremy Healy (Haysi Fantayzee)
1969 Jim O’Rourke
1971 Jonathan Davis (Korn)
1973 Crispian Mills (Kula Shaker)
1977 Richard Archer (Hard-Fi)
1982 Joanna Newsom
1983 Katie White (Ting Tings)
News
1964 The Beatles made their chart debut when “I Want To Hold Your Hand” entered the chart at No.45 just ten days after its release.
1969 Neil Young records “Cowgirl In The Sand” at Wally Heider Recording Studios, Hollywood.
1981 Wendy O. Williams of The Plasmatics was arrested on stage in Milwaukee and was charged with the offence of simulating sex with a sledgehammer.
2001 Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher was granted a quickie divorce from Meg Matthews at the High Court in London.
Album releases
1978 Warren Zevon – Excitable Boy
2010 These New Puritans – Hidden
Single releases
2010 Biffy Clyro – Many of Horror