Why should I care? Why should I care on 5:15 – Born – Norrie Paramor (1914) – British record producer. Richard Eddy Arnold (1918) – Country music singer. Ellis Larkins (1923) – Jazz pianist with Ella Fitzgerald. Natalie Nevins (1925) – singer/flutist on The Lawrence Welk Show. Wally Gold (1928) – singer/songwriter (Its Now Or Never). James Mitchell (1931) – saxophonist for the Memphis Horns. Gordon Mills (1935) – songwriter (Its Not Unusual). Trini Lopez (1937) – singer/songwriter. Leon “Lenny” Welch (1938) – singer (“Since I Fell For You”). Kay Toinette K. T. Oslin (1942) – Country music singer. Freddie Perren (1943) – songwriter (“I Will Survive”). Ian Tich Amey (1944) – Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich. Graeham Goble (1947) – founding member of Little River Band. Brian Eno (1948) – keyboardist/producer, Roxy Music and The League Of Gentlemen. Gary Thain (1948) – bassist for The Keef Hartley Band and Uriah Heep. Dennis Frederiksen (1951) – vocalist with Angel, Toto, and Le Roux. Mike Oldfield (1953) – multi-instrumentalist/composer, Kevin Ayers and The Whole World. Andrew Eldritch (1959) – singer/songwriter for The Sisters Of Mercy. Julian Brookhouse (1963) – guitarist for Curiosity Killed The Cat. Jon Sevink (1965) – violinist for The Levellers. R.I.P. – Paul Gonsalves (1974) – Age 53. Saxophonist for Duke Ellington. Johnny Green (1989) – Age 80. Songwriter/composer (Body And Soul). Barbara Lee Jones (1992) – heart attack. Age 44. The Chiffons. Geoff Goddard (2000) – Age 62. British songwriter (Johnny Remember Me), The Tornadoes. June Carter Cash (2003) – complications from heart valve surgery. Age 73. The Carter Sisters. Clint Warwick (2004) – liver disease. Age 63. The Moody Blues. Alexander Courage (2008) – stroke. Age 88. Film/television composer (Star Trek). Bob Florence (2008) – Age 75. Jazz arranger/pianist, session musician. Bob Flanigan (2011) – congestive heart failure. Age 84. The Four Freshmen. Album releases – King Crimson – In The Wake Of Poseidon (1970) The Beach Boys – Carl And The Passions So Tough (1972) Bill Wyman – Monkey Grip (1974) UK The Jackson 5 – Moving Violation (1975) Squeeze – East Side Story (1981) The Moody Blues – Long Distance Voyager (1981) The Creatures – Feast (1983) Stevie Ray Vaughan – Couldnt Stand The Weather (1984) Michael Jackson – Farewell My Summer Love (1984) Run-D.M.C. – Raising Hell (1986) Mötley Crüe – Girls, Girls, Girls (1987) Dio – Lock Up The Wolves (1990) Testament – The Ritual (1992) Opeth – Orchid (1995) Supergrass – I Should Coco (1995) Bad Religion – No Substance (1998) The Go-Go’s – God Bless The Go-Go’s (2001) Wilco – Sky Blue Sky (2007) Coldplay – LeftRightLeftRightLeft (2009) Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown (2009) Events – 1954 – Elvis Presley auditions for the house band at the Hi-Hat Club in Memphis and is told hell never be a singer. 1958 – Aspiring singer Kenny Rogers marries his first wife, Janice Gordon. They stay married for two years. 1961 – Brenda Lee appears as Tina Davis in the Teenage Thrush episode of Make Room For Daddy. 1963 – The Beatles perform at the Royalty Theatre in Chester: their only appearance at the venue. 1963 – The 5th annual Grammy Awards take place at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. Album of the Year goes to comedian Vaughn Meader’s The First Family, with Tony Bennett winning Record of the Year for “I Left My Heart In San Francisco,” and Song of the Year going to Sammy Davis, Jr. and Anthony Newley for “What Kind Of Fool Am I.” 1964 – The Smothers Brothers make their debut appearance at Carnegie Hall in New York City. 1965 – Bob Dylans Subterranean Homesick Blues reaches #39 on the singles chart, giving Bob his first Top 40 hit. 1965 – The Yardbirds “For Your Love” enters the Billboard Hot 100 at #84. 1965 – The Byrds Mr. Tambourine Man hits the Billboard singles chart. 1967 – Paul McCartney meets American photographer Linda Eastman at a Georgie Fame show at the Bag O Nails in London. 1968 – George Harrison and Ringo Starr attend the premiere of Wonderwall at the Cannes Film Festival in France. 1970 – The Carpenters release their single, (They Long To Be) Close To You b/w I Kept On Lovin You. 1971 – Pink Floyd, Faces, Mountain and Quiver all appear at the Garden Party at the Crystal Palace Bowl in London. 1971 – Elvis Presley records Merry Christmas, Baby and “Silver Bells” at RCA Studios in Nashville. 1971 – Two short films by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Apothesis and Fly, are shown at the Cannes Film Festival. John and Yoko are both in attendance. 1972 – The Temptations begin recording Papa Was A Rollin Stone at Hitsville U.S.A. in Detroit. 1972 – The Beach Boys re-release their 1966 album Pet Sounds as a double record with their new album Carl And The Passions “So Tough,” which features two new band members, Blondie Chaplin and Ricky Fataar. 1973 – Former back-up singers for Boz Scaggs and Elvin Bishop, The Pointer Sisters make their stage debut on their own at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. 1974 – Ahmet Emuukha Rodan Zappa is born to Frank and Gail Sloatman. 1975 – Fleetwood Mac, featuring new members Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, play their first show in El Paso, Texas. 1977 – Procol Harum plays their final show together at New Yorks Academy of Music. 1981 – Filling in for Bow Wow Wow at the last minute, and with no time to rehearse, Public Image Ltd. performs a “video” show at the Ritz in New York City, posing behind a screen while live music is played from tapes. When the audience chants to have the screen raised, PiL frontman John Lydon taunts them. The ruse lasts until the second song begins, when a riot ensues and the screen is showered with beer bottles and other objects, and they are booed off stage. 1982 – Ricky Scaggs joins the Grand Ole Opry. 1985 – Prince and The Revolution release their single, Raspberry Beret b/w Shes Always In My Hair, in the U.S. On the UK single release, the B-side is Hello. 1986 – Bob Dylan signs on for his first serious acting role for the film Hearts Of Fire. 1988 – Studio engineer John McBride marries Martina Shiff. Within four years, Martina McBride will have an RCA recording contract. They are still married. 1991 – While being interviewed by New Musical Express journalist Steve Lamacq backstage after a gig at the Norwich Arts Centre, Manic Street Preachers guitarist Richey Edwards carves 4 Real into his arm with a razorblade. 1994 – Sting and Nancy Wilson of Heart receive honorary doctorates from Bostons Berklee College of Music. 1995 – Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland is arrested in an alley behind a motel in Pasadena for cocaine and heroin possession. 1996 – ITV broadcasts the earliest known footage of The Beatles: a silent piece of film found in a home in Liverpool of the group performing at the Casanova Club on February 14, 1961, with Pete Best on drums. 1997 – Muzak releases four KISS songs that they inexplicably turned into its patented beautiful music. 1997 – Courtney Love sells the Seattle mansion she shared with Kurt Cobain to a local family for $3 million. 1998 – Sonny and Cher get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for their television show. 1999 – Rob Gretton, manager of Joy Division and New Order, dies at age 46 from a heart attack. He was a partner in Factory Records, proprietor of the Robs Records label, and a co-founder of The Hacienda nightclub in Manchester. 2002 – Jamiroquai singer Jay Kay is assaulted by a photographer in the street following the Star Wars II: Attack Of The The Clones premiere in London. 2006 – Ashton Family Man Barrett, former bassist with Bob Marleys Wailers, loses a lawsuit alleging that Island Records and Marleys estate have failed to pay him millions in royalties. 2008 – Neil Diamond reaches #1 on the album charts for the first time in his career with Home Before Dark. 2008 – A spokesman for record label Mercury Nashville announces that Shania Twain and producer husband John “Mutt” Lang are separating after 14 years of marriage. 2009 – Guess Who and Bachman-Turner guitarist Randy Bachman receives Canadas highest civilian honor as an Officer of the Order of Canada.
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