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Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra are the band in residence at the Million Dollar Golden Gate Ballroom, New York City, USA.
Richard Neville, who will become a controversial counter-culture editor, writer and broadcaster, is born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania. He is best-known as the founder of Oz magazine.
Jazz trumpet player Sonny Berman dies at the age of 21, reportedly from a drug overdose, in New York City, USA
Mary Ann McCall, vocalist with the Woody Herman Band, goes on trial in Hollywood, California on drugs charges. (1953) Mary Ann McCall : I once had a £7,000 home but now it’s gone because I had to spend between £140 and £180 each week on the stuff.
Brazilian songwriter and singing star Dolores Duran arrives home at 7.00am, says to her maid. "Don't wake me. I'm tired. I'll sleep until I die." She then retires to bed and promptly dies in her sleep of a heart attack, attributed to an overdose of barbiturates.
At Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, California, USA, Elvis Presley begins recording songs for the soundtrack to his next movie, Girls! Girls! Girls!
Elvis Presley begins location filming in Hawaii, USA, for his latest movie, Girls! Girls! Girls!
Elvis Presley has an eighth day of location filming in Hawaii, USA, for his latest movie, Girls! Girls! Girls!
A package tour featuring Little
Richard, Sam Cooke, Jet Harris And
The Jetblacks, The Breakaways and Sounds
Incorporated plays at The Town Hall, Birmingham, UK. [Other
sources indicate, however, that on this date Little
Richard, Sam Cooke and
Gene Vincent play at The Granada, Mansfield, UK.]
Stand-up comedian Lenny Bruce is arrested on a narcotics charge in a taxi in Los Angeles, California, USA, during a recess in his Chicago obscenity trial. Facing felony drug charges in California, Bruce is unable to return to Chicago for the rest of his trial, which proceeds in his absence.
Bob Dylan records versions of I Don't Believe You, Chimes Of
Freedom, Motorpsycho Nitemare, Mr. Tambourine Man, All I Really
Wanna Do, Black Crow Blues, I Shall Be Free No10, for Columbia
Records in New York City, USA.
UK tv show 
The New Journeymen [later to become The Mamas And The Papas) decide to move out of New York City, USA, and live in the Virgin Islands.
Johnny Cash is arrested at the Mexican border by US customs officers, after being caught in possession of one thousand amphetamine pills.Associated Press in the USA releases a story which indirectly links The Byrds with psychedelic drugs. The story includes a comment by Byrds member David Crosby in answer to a question about psychedelic music: 'The only way we could perform [psychedelic music] would be to have all the musicians on LSD! I don't think we've ever managed to play any jobs on LSD.'
Two members of Country Joe And The Fish's touring band, Mark Ryan and Charles Loring IV, attend an arraignment hearing in Keene, New Hampshire, USA. The hearing relates to Ryan and Loring having been arrested two days earlier for possession of marijuana before a show at Franklin Pierce College Field House, Rindge, New Hampshire. Country Joe, Barry Melton and Bill Belmont were charged with being in the vicinity of the others.
After a night club gig in London, England, UK, Europe, 50s pop idol Dickie Pride injects himself with heroin for the last time. He will be found dead two days later.After spending a night in jail, Jimi Hendrix goes on trial in Canada, for his 1968 drug possession charges, before Judge Joseph Kelly in Court Room No. 15, Court House, University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.
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Appearing on the second day of The Bath Festival Of Blues and Progressive Music at the Bath And West Showground, Shepton Mallet, England, UK, Europe, are Led Zeppelin, Jefferson Airplane, Frank Zappa and the Mothers Of Invention, The Moody Blues, The Byrds, Flock, Santana, Dr John, Country Joe McDonald and Hot Tuna.David Freiberg of Quicksilver Messenger Service is arrested for marijuana possession in San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Doors play their final live concert with Jim Morrison as vocalist in The Warehouse, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. In a state near collapse because of drink and drugs, Morrison pushes himself to continue performing, but finally snaps, smashing his microphone repeatedly onto the stage and refusing to perform any more.The day after trouble breaks out at a Led Zeppelin show, police raid the band in their hotel room in Scarborough, Australia. No drugs are found.
Darren Burn releases his second single, Is It Love, on EMI Records in the UK. He is being launched as a British teenybop idol, but when his career fails to take off, he will become depressed. By the age of 30, unable to cope with the failure of his career, he will take an overdose of his Dotheipin anti-depressant tablets and die.
Queen hold perhaps the most debauched rock'n'roll party ever, to launch their album Jazz in the Imperial Ballroom of The Fairmont Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. At a cost of £200,000, they entertain 600 guests. There are tales of free blowjobs for record company execs in the back room, a local strip joint shut for the night because Queen has hired all of its strippers, dwarves, snake charmers, tansvestites and much more. The band, of course, deny that most of it ever happened but contemporary reports of the event are unusually lurid.
The other members of Black Sabbath decide that they've finally had enough of lead singer Ozzy Osbourne’s erratic drink and drug-fuelled behaviour, so they delegate drummer Bill Ward to sack him.
Dennis Wilson, drummer of The Beach Boys, drowns while swimming near his boat moored at Marina Del Rey, California, USA.Shawn Love Wilson, widow of deceased Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson, sues Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance, claiming breach of contract. The company refused to pay out on Wilson's insurance arguing that his death had been the result of drink and drug related problems not covered by the policy.
During a barbecue at singer Vince Neil's house, Mick Marrs of Motley Crue, full of Jack Daniels and a mix of brandy and Kahlua, takes a handful of Quaaludes, walks out into the surf and tries to drown himself. Members of the band spot him washed up on the beach and try to drag him back into the house.
Former El Paso County sheriff's sergeant Jesus Gurrola is sentenced to five years supervised probation and a $500 fine for threatening to extort money from singer Johnny Cash. Gurrola, who pleaded guilty to the extortion charge on February 13, is also required to serve 500 hours community service as part of the sentence imposed by U.S. District Judge Harry Lee Huspeth. Gurrola had written Cash a letter in late January, 1984, threatening to mail the singer's arrest records and sheriff's mug shot to various publications including People magazine, Parade magazine and National Enquirer. Andy Rourke, bassist with UK indie band The Smiths, is arrested for heroin possession in Oldham, England, UK, Europe.
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Boy George is fined £250 in London, England, UK, Europe, on heroin possession charges.
Session keyboardist Michael Rudetsky is found dead from drug abuse in the Hampstead, London, England, UK, Europe, home of Boy George.
Blood On The Dancefloor by Michael Jackson reaches No1 in the UK pop singles chart.
Former Guns N'Roses drummer Steven Adler is sentenced to 150 days in jail for attacking two women in separate domestic violence incidents, which also violates his probation from a 1997 conviction in another domestic violence case. He is additionally sentenced to three years of probation, with the conditions of undergoing a year of domestic violence counseling and a ban on using illegal drugs.Victor Willis, the policeman character in 70s disco combo Village People fails to appear in court for sentencing in a
drug case in San Mateo County Superior Court, Redwood City, California, USA. A warrant is issued for his arrest.
Gil Scott-Heron is sentenced to two to four years in prison in New York State, USA. He had violated a plea deal on a drug-possession charge by leaving a drug rehabilitation center.
Troubled country singer Mindy McCready is released from jail in Tennessee, USA, after serving half of a 60-day sentence for violating probation on a 2004 drug charge. 
Jane's Addiction play their first gig with new bassist Duff McKagan, at Bardot in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Phil Rudd, drummer of AC/DC pleads guilty to a charge of marijuana possession at Tauranga District Court, New Zealand. He is fined $186 and and ordered to pay $99 in court costs.Myrna Smith of the Sweet Inspirations dies aged 69, of kidney failure and a stroke, at Canyon Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Canoga Park, California, USA. The Sweet Inspirations sang back-up vocals with Elvis Presley in over one thousand concerts.
In an interview with UK newspaper The Independent, former Libertines and Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty confirms that he is the father of South African model Lindi Hingston's daughter and claims to have given up injecting drugs.
Police in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, release a statement saying that recently deceased rapper Chris Kelly of the '90s group Kris Kross died from an overdose of cocaine and heroin.
Wiz Khalifa is arrested before boarding a flight from El Paso to Dallas, Texas, USA, for possession of marijuana.Crack magazine celebrates its fifth birthday with a gig at The Old Crown Courts, Bristol, England, UK, featuring Erol Alkan, Tim Sweeney, Prins Thomas, Torn Hawk, Pardon My French and Housework.
Mike Posner releases I Took A Pill In Ibiza (re-mixed by SeeB) in the USA and UK on Island Records. It will reach No1 in Belgium, Croatia, Ireland, Israel, Netherlands, Norway and the UK.
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While in rehab to deal with "anxiety, panic attacks and depression", Selena Gomez has dinner at The Texas Roadhouse, Alcoa, Tennessee, USA, with her mother and stepfather.
Reggae star Buju Banton is released from McRae Correctional Institute, Georgia, USA, after serving a seven-year sentence imposed on him at the end of his trial in 2011 for drugs and guns charges.1939 |
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