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Audioslave's lead groaner Chris Cornell at last has reason to smile: his wife gives birth to son ... Christopher Cornell.
Chris Cornell
Audioslave
Band Aid 20's re-recording of "Do They Know It's Christmas?" tops the UK singles chart. The new "Band Aid" features Paul McCartney, Coldplay's Chris Martin, U2's Bono and members of Radiohead.
Paul McCartney
Coldplay
Chris Martin
U2
Bono
Radiohead
Sir Elton John receives a Kennedy Center honor in Washington, D.C. During the ceremony, Secretary of State Colin Powell performs a rap to celebrate another honoree, Warren "Bulworth" Beatty.
Elton John
Doug Hopkins, guitarist with the Gin Blossoms, shoots and kills himself.
Gin Blossoms
John Lennon gives his final Rolling Stone interview to Jonathan Cott. Mark David Chapman leaves Honolulu to fly to New York, where he will shoot John Lennon three days later.
John Lennon
Jazz messiah Rahsaan Roland Kirk dies in Bloomington, Ind. He had suffered a stroke in 1975.
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Led Zeppelin manager Peter Grant prevents Atlantic from releasing "Whole Lotta Love" as a single in the U.K. John Bonham says, "We refused because they wanted to take the middle section out and we didn't like it. We don't want kids to think we are releasing an LP track just to get into the chart. I'm dead against that sort of thing - we feel it's conning the public."
Led Zeppelin
Ringo Starr and family move from his Surrey, England, mansion, Brookfields, to Roundhill, located in London.
Ringo Starr
The Rolling Stones' launch party at London's Queensgate Hotel for Beggars Banquet soon degenerates into a near-riot. Waitresses serve food dressed as medieval wenches. During the dessert course, a custard pie fight begins, with most of the pastries aimed at record label execs who vetoed the Stones' toilet cover art. Brian Jones, about to be fired by the band, delivers a few well-placed pies directly into Mick Jagger's face.
The Rolling Stones
Mick Jagger
Pink Floyd finish their tour supporting Jimi Hendrix at Green's Playhouse in Glasgow, Scotland. Throughout the tour, the Nice guitarist Davy O'List has been drafted in when regular singer Syd Barrett either has been too out of it to play or simply hasn't deigned to show up.
Davy O'List
Jimi Hendrix
Syd Barrett
The Nice
Pink Floyd
The Rolling Stones have their second U.K. No. 1 with their cover of Willie Dixon's "Little Red Rooster." In the U.S., their version of Irma Thomas' "Time Is on My Side" goes to No. 6.
Irma Thomas
Willie Dixon
The Rolling Stones
Billboard today reports on the rash of singles released in response to Elvis Presley's "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" Titles include "Yes, I'm Lonesome Tonight" and "Oh How I Miss You Tonight."
Elvis Presley
Rocker Gene Vincent ("Be-Bop-A-Lula") meets TV producer Jack Good upon his arrival in England. Good convinces Vincent to adopt an outlaw image and clothes him completely in black leather, creating an enduring rock 'n' roll icon.
Gene Vincent
Pop singer Andy Kim is born in Montreal. His biggest hit was the 1974 No. 1 "Rock Me Gently."
Andy Kim
Lucas Sideras, drummer with Greek prog rockers Aphrodite's Child, has a birthday today.
Aphrodite's Child
Reclusive guitar picker J.J. Cale is born in Oklahoma City. The two J's stand for Jean Jacques, by the way.
J.J. Cale
The King - and Queen - of Rock 'n' Roll, Little Richard is born in Macon, Ga.
Little Richard
 
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