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Born on this day:
1943, Jack Bruce, Cream
1952, David Byrne, Talking Heads
1963, Fabrice Morvan, Milli Vanilli
1973, Natalie Appleton, All Saints
1957, Elvis Presley was rushed to a Los Angles hospital after swallowing a porcelain cap from one of his front teeth, which then lodged itself in one of his lungs.
1976, 33-year-old Keith Relf, former lead singer for The Yardbirds, was electrocuted while tuning a guitar, which was not properly grounded.
1977, Leo Sayer went to #1 on the U.S. singles chart with the Albert Hammond and Carole Bayer Sager song “When I Need You,” the singers second U.S. #1, also No.1 in the U.K.
1988, Led Zeppelin reunited for the Atlantic Records 40th anniversary party at Madison Square Garden, New York, appearing with Jason Bonham, the son of John Bonham, on drums. Other acts performing included Foreigner, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Genesis, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Wilson Pickett and Ben E. King.
1993, during an auction at Christies in London the acoustic guitar that Elvis Presley used to make his first recordings in 1954, “That's All Right Mama” and “Blue Moon of Kentucky” sold for ?130,285. And four 'Super Hero', Costumes worn by the group Kiss sold for ?20,000.
2000, Tom Jones was at #1 on the U.K. album chart with “Reload” making the singer the oldest artist to score a U.K. #1 album with new material.
2004, Phil Spector was arrested after getting into a scuffle with his chauffeur at his California mansion. The 64-year-old record producer was taken into custody and later released after a court date was set.
2008, Metallica kicked off a 26-date North American and European tour at the Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, California.
1998, pop music great Frank Sinatra died from at heart attack at 10:50 pm in the emergency room of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
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