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Born on this day:
1917, Papa John Creech, violinist, Jefferson Airplane
1944, Gladys Knight, singer
1945, John Fogerty, guitar, vocals, Creedence Clearwater Revival
1949, Wendy O. Williams, singer, The Plasmatics
1964, The BBC received over 8,000 postal applications for tickets for The Rolling Stones appearance on Juke Box Jury.
1966, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass went to #1 on the U.S. album chart with What Now My Love, setting a new American record with four albums in the U.S. Top 10. The other three were South of the Border, Going Places and Whipped Cream and Other Delights.
1966, Love appeared at the Whisky a Go Go in West Hollywood, California, supported by The Doors.
1973, Bassist Ronnie Lane left The Faces and went on to form Slim Chance.
1977, Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers played together for the first time when they performed as part of Mike Howlett’s band, Strontium 90, at the Circus Hippodrome, Paris.
1983, Actress and singer Irene Cara started a six-week run at #1 on the U.S. singles chart with “Flashdance... What a Feeling,” taken from the film Flashdance, and a #2 hit in the U.K.
1983, The four-day US Festival ’83 took place in California, featuring The Clash, U2, David Bowie, The Pretenders, 
Van Halen, Stray Cats, Men at Work, Judas Priest, Stevie Nicks, Willie Nelson, INXS, Joe Walsh, Motley Crue and Ozzy Osbourne. Over 750,000 fans attended the festival. For more on this story, see today’s This Day in Music Spotlight.
1995, Hootie and the Blowfish started a four-week run at #1 on the U.S. album charts with Cracked Rear View. The album went on to sell over 15 million copies.
2007, The Police kicked off their 152-show reunion tour at General Motors Place in Vancouver, Canada in front of 22,000 fans.
2009, Depeche Mode singer Dave Gahan had surgery to remove a cancerous tumor in his bladder. The band, who were currently on a world tour, cancelled several shows because of the 47-year-old’s health problems.
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