Today in Rock n Roll History

1957: 5,000 fans greeted Bill Haley when he arrived from New York on the liner Queen Elizabeth at Southampton, for his debut UK concert tour. Haley was the first American rock artist to tour the UK.

1962: The Beatles played two shows, one at the Cavern Club at lunchtime and in the evening at the Kingsway Club in Southport. This was the first time Ringo Starr appeared live with the group after drummer Pete Best became ill.

1966: Petula Clark had her second No.1 in the US singles chart with "My Love" (it made No. 4 in the UK).

1967: The News Of The World reported that Mick Jagger had taken LSD at the Moody Blues’ home in the UK. Jagger sued the paper for libel in an on-going feud between the News Of The World and The Stones.

1968: Beatles go gold with Yellow Submarine.

1976: Rudy Pompilli sax player with Bill Haley & His Comets dies.

1977: Iggy Pop signs with RCA Records.

1981: Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau inducts Joni Mitchell into Canada's Juno Hall of Fame.

1983: Def Leppard’s album ‘Pyromania’, started a 92 week run on the US charts, it never reached No.1 but sold over 6 million copies in the US alone.

2003: Ex-Doors drummer John Densmore sues former bandmates Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger as well as newcomers Ian Astbury and Stewart Copeland, claiming the quartet were violating a copyright by using the name “The Doors.” They later change their name to “The Doors 21st Century.”

2004: Former Sex Pistol/PiL frontman John Lydon walks off the U.K. edition of I’m a Celebrity-Get Me Out of Here.

2006: The Rolling Stones perform during the halftime show at Super Bowl XL. However, TV producers use a “dump button” to edit salacious lyrics from their songs “Start Me Up” and “Rough Justice”.

2007: Producer Phil Spector won $900,000 (£459,000) after settling an embezzlement claim. Spector said former assistant Michelle Blaine removed $425,000 (£216,000) from his pension and did not repay a $635,000 (£324,000) loan. Ms Blaine claimed the loan was a gift, and the pension funds were for a film aimed at improving Spector’s image. As part of the settlement, she dropped a counter-claim of sexual harassment.


TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS
1935: Alex Harvey vocalist/guitarist for Sensational Alex Harvey Band
1942: Corey Wells vocalist for Three Dog Night
1943: Chuck Winfield trumpet player for Blood Sweat & Tears
1944: Al Kooper the session guitarist turned organist for Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone”
1948: David Denny guitarist for Steve Miller Band
1948: Nigel Tufnell guitarist for Spinal Tap