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1915, Willie Dixon, blues singer, guitarist
1945, Deborah Harry, singer, Blondie
1946, Billy Brown, The Moments
1962, Julianne Regan, vocals, All About Eve
1983, Cheryl Cole, Girls Aloud
1956, Elvis Presley appeared on NBC- TV’s The Steve Allen Show and performed “Hound Dog,” to a live Hound Dog. U.S. TV critic John Crosby panned Elvis’ performance, calling him an “unspeakable, untalented and vulgar young entertainer.”
1963, The Beatles recorded their next single at EMI Studios, London, “She Loves You” and “I’ll Get You’,”completing the two songs in less than four hours. Released in August this year, “She Loves You” went on to become The Beatles’ first million-selling single
1975, 10CC were at #1 on the U.K. singles chart with “I’m Not In Love’.”The instrumental break featured the repeated spoken phrase: “Be quiet, big boys don’t cry…”, which was spoken by Kathy Warren, the receptionist at Strawberry Studios, Stockport, Cheshire where the band recorded the track.
1981, Rushton Moreve, bass player with Steppenwolf was killed in motorcycle accident Santa Barbara, California, aged 32. Had the 1968 U.S. #2 single “Born to be Wild” and he co-wrote their hit “Magic Carpet Ride.”
1999, American singer Guy Mitchell, died aged 72 at Desert Springs Hospital in Las Vegas. He had the 1957 U.K. & U.S. #1 single “Singing the Blues’ plus over 10 other U.K. Top 40 singles. Mitchell also appeared as George Romack in the 1961 NBC western detective series Whispering Smith.
2000, Kylie Minogue was at #1 on the U.K. singles chart with “Spinning Around,” the singers 5th #1 which was co-written by Paula Abdul, (it was originally intended for Abdul’s “comeback” album).
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