This day in 1945 Elvis Presley made his first-ever public appearance in a local talent contest at the Mississippi Alabama Dairy Show singing ‘Old Shep’.
Elvis was 10 years old at the time and came second.
The members of Aerosmith bailed thirty fans out of jail in 1978 after they were arrested for smoking pot during an Aerosmith concert at Fort Wayne Coliseum.
Texas governor Ann Richards proclaimed October 3, Stevie Ray Vaughan’s birthday, to be “Stevie Ray Vaughan Day” in 1991.
An annual motorcycle ride and concert in Central Texas benefits the Stevie Ray Vaughan Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Tom Jones went to No.1 in 1999 on the UK album chart with ‘Reload’, making the singer the oldest artist to score a UK No.1 album with new material. The album featured the collaboration with Mousse T, ‘Sexbomb’, which reached No.3 on the UK Singles Chart, and was later used in an episode of The Simpsons.
Birthdays
Born in 1941 Chubby Checker, US singer, (Ernest Evans), 1960 US No.1 & UK No.14 single ‘The Twist’, 1962 UK No.2 single ‘Let’s Twist Again’).
‘The Twist’ is the only song to go to number 1 on the US singles charts twice. Once in 1960 and again in 1962.
Tommy Lee, drummer and founding member of Motley Crue, is 58 today. He had the 1988 UK No.23 single ‘You’re All I Need’ and the 1989 US No.1 & UK No.4 album Dr. Feelgood.
Lee also founded rap-metal band Methods of Mayhem and has pursued solo musical projects. He has former marriages to model Elaine Starchuk and actresses Heather Locklear and Pamela Anderson.
Gwen Stefani, vocalist with No Doubt, (1997 UK No.1 single with ‘Don’t Speak’ and the 1997 No.1 US album ‘Tragic Kingdom’). As a solo artist (2005 US No.1 single ‘Hollaback Girl’ from the 2004 worldwide 2004 Top 5 album ‘Love, Angel, Music, Baby’). She was born today in 1969.
American musician, singer, songwriter, guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan was born today in 1954. He was one of the most influential guitarists in the revival of blues in the 1980s. He died in a helicopter crash on August 27th, 1990 age 35. His family successfully sued the operators of the company for allowing an unqualified pilot to fly in fog. Vaughan played guitar on David Bowie‘s Let’s Dance album.
