1957 - The Quarrymen played at the Cavern Club in Liverpool (without Paul McCartney who was away at Boy Scout summer camp). The Cavern was still a jazz club, but skiffle was tolerated, but when John Lennon dared to play '"Hound Dog" and "Blue Suede Shoes," the club owner sent a note to the stage that read, "Cut out the bloody rock!"
1971 - The Bee Gees started a four week run at No.1 with 'How Can You Mend A Broken Heart'. The Bee Gees penned song was originally offered to Andy Williams, but ultimately the Bee Gees recorded it themselves, it was also later covered by soul singer Al Green.
1987 - At a Fleetwood Mac band meeting, Lindsey Buckingham blows up at his bandmates and quits the group, forcing them to tour without him in support of their latest album, Tango In The Night. He doesn't re-join until 1997.
He says, it was always his intention to pursue his solo career after wrapping production on the group’s album.
2005 - "Walking In Memphis" singer Marc Cohn is shot in the head during an attempted carjacking in Denver. He was leaving after his set at the Botanic Gardens when the incident occurred.
The gunman shoots through the windshield, the bullet grazing the driver's chin and lodging in Cohn's temple, just a centimeter short of his skull. He not only survives, but the physical damage is minimal and he's able to leave the hospital the next day.
Doctors were able to successfully remove a bullet that was lodged in his temple.
"I never lost consciousness," Cohn recalls in a Rolling Stone interview. "I watched them remove the bullet from my head. I stared at the x-ray in disbelief." (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
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Country singer Rodney Crowell is 73. He first gained widespread recognition as a leader of country's new traditionalist movement in the mid-'80s, though he was a figure with roots and ambitions extending far beyond the movement's perimeter. Fused the sensibility of the Texas singer/songwriter community with a sound that honored country's past but added a rock & roll punch. Was married to Rosanne Cash from 1979 to 1992.
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