Birthdays
1935 Johnny O’Keefe
1943 Janis Joplin
1947 Rod Evans (Deep Purple)
1950 CP Lee (Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias)
1951 Martha Davis (The Motels)
1957 Mickey Virtue (UB40)
1964 Anne-Marie Hurst (The Skeletal Family, Ghost Dance)
1971 John Wozniak (Marcy Playground)
News
1980 “Brass In Pocket” gave The Pretenders their first U.K. No.1 single
2002 The Strokes make their first SNL appearance..
Album releases
1982 Bad Religion – How Could Hell Be Any Worse?
1988 Megadeth – So Far, So Good…So What!
1999 Bonnie Prince Billy – I See A Darkness
2010 Spoon – Transference
2015 Belle and Sebastian – Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance