GOOD MORNING! Today is Compliment Your Mirror Day; Earth at Aphelion; International Plastic Bag Free Day; Stay Out Of The Sun Day; Rosewell UFO Days, and; Superman Day. On this date in music history: Births 1878: George M. Cohan 1929: David Lynch (The Platters) 1930: Pete Fountain 1930: Tommy Tedesco 1940: Fontella Bass 1943: Judith Durham (The Seekers) 1946: Victor Unitt (Edgar Broughton Band) 1948: Paul Barrere (Little Feat) 1949: Johnnie Wilder (Heatwave) 1950: Damon Harris (The Temptations) 1955: Mike Corby (The Babys) Deaths 1969: Brian Jones (The Rolling Stones) 1971: Jim Morrison (The Doors) 1972: Mississippi Fred McDowell 1973: Laurens Hammond 2001: Johnny Russell 2005: Audrey Brickley (The Orlons) 2007: Boots Randolph 2008: Colin Cooper (The Climax Blues Band) Events 1953: Calypso singing sensation Harry Belafonte appears on the cover of Ebony with Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis, who star in his latest film -- notable as the first time white and black Americans were featured together on a US magazine cover. 1956: Returning to Memphis after his disastrous Steve Allen Show appearance, Elvis Presley meets Gene Vincent at Pennsylvania Station in New York and congratulates him on his success with the Elvis soundalike hit Be-Bop-A-Lula. 1965: Marking the end of an era, TV singing cowboy Roy Rogers bids farewell to his trusty horse, Trigger, who passed away at the ripe old age of 33. The animal is stuffed and put in Rogers museum. 1967: Brian Epsteins NEMS Enterprises, who are handling the Monkees first UK tour, hold a party for the group at Londons Speakeasy Club, featuring Beatles John, Paul and George along with their girlfriends/wives. Also in attendance: Dusty Springfield, The Who, Procol Harum, Manfred Mann, Lulu, and Eric Clapton. The events will inspire Monkee Micky Dolenz to write the 1967 UK hit Randy Scouse Git. 1968: Joni Mitchell hosts a get-together for her musician friends at her home in Los Angeles Laurel Canyon; there, guests David Crosby of the Byrds, Stephen Stills of Buffalo Springfield, and Graham Nash of the Hollies start up an informal jam session which leads directly to the formation of Crosby, Stills, and Nash. 1973: At the end of his Hammersmith Odeon concert with the Spiders From Mars, David Bowie announces the first of his many retirements from the stage. 1975: Three Dog Night suffers a fatal blow when singer and defacto leader Chuck Negron is arrested in his Louisville, KY hotel room for cocaine possession. The charges would later be dropped, but the resulting tension between the band members would help destroy the group. 1981: Rolling Stone bassist Bill Wyman actually becomes the first Stone to get a solo #1 when his single (Si Si) Je Suis Un Rock Star tops the UK charts. 1986: Teddy Pendergrass suffers another debilitating car crash when his handicap-accessible van hits a telephone pole in Philadelphia. 2002: Elton John becomes the first performer to be granted an honorary Doctorate from Englands Royal Academy of Music. 2009: A half-century after his untimely demise, Los Angeles officially declares today Ritchie Valens Day. Releases 1957: Ray Charles, Ray Charles 1959: The Shirelles, Dedicated To The One I Love Recording 1941: Cab Calloway and His Orchestra, St. James Infirmary 1968: The Beatles, Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da 1969: The Beatles, Golden Slumbers, Carry That Weight Certifications 1973: Clint Holmes Playground In My Mind is certified gold
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