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Born on this day:
1941, Charlie Watts, The Rolling Stones
1944, Marvin Hamlisch, pianist, composer
1959, Michael Steele, The Bangles
1962, Thor Eldon, guitar, The Sugarcubes,
1980, Fabrizio Moreti, The Strokes
1962, Owen Gray's “Twist Baby” became the first single released on U.K. based Island Records. The label became home to Free, Traffic, Jethro Tull, Bob Marley and U2.
1976, Wings set a new world record when they performed in front of 67,100 fans in Seattle, the largest attendance for an indoor crowd.
1981, Prince made his live British debut at The Lyceum Ballroom, London, (he did not play the U.K. again for five years).
1984, Wham! had their first U.K. #1 with “Wake Me Up Before You Go Go,” written and produced by George Michael, one half of the duo. Inspiration for the song was a scribbled note left by his Wham! partner Andrew Ridgeley for Andrew's parents, originally intended to read "wake me up before you go" but with "up" accidentally written twice, so Ridgeley wrote "go" twice on purpose.
1993, Aerosmith appeared at the Landon Arena in Kansas, the first night on their 169 date Get A Grip world tour.
1999, Junior Braithwaite from Bob Marley and the Wailers was shot dead aged 46. Braithwaite was one of the founders of, and the first lead singer of The Wailers.
2005, Franz Ferdinand's frontman, Alex Kapranos was detained by Russian police after being suspected of being a spy. For more on this story see This Day in Music Spotlight.
2008, U.S. guitarist and singer Bo Diddley died of heart failure at his home in Archer, Florida aged 79. The legendary singer and performer was known for his homemade square guitar, and influenced artists from Buddy Holly, to Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones and U2.
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