1969 - During the band's second second of two nights at The Winterland Ballroom, in San Francisco, Led Zeppelin perform "Whole Lotta Love" live for the first time.
1980 - Blondie reach No.1 on the UK charts with "Call Me", the group's fourth UK No.1, featured in the Richard Gere movie American Gigolo. The song was also a No.1 in the US where it became the band's biggest selling single.
1988 - Mick Jagger appears in White Plains, New York, Federal Court in the copyright infringement case brought by reggae singer Patrick Alley, who claimed the Mick Jagger solo track "Just Another Night" was a plagiarism of his own song of the same name. Alley was claiming $7m in profits from the track. During the case Sly Dunbar (who played drums on both tracks) testified that the beats were different in each song and Jagger sang and played demos of his song to show the court the development of the track. At the end of the week-long trial, Jagger won the case.
1990 - Nirvana perform at the Pyramid Club in New York City. The band's label, Sub Pop, films the show and the performance of "In Bloom" is later used as a promo clip.
2008 - Amy Winehouse spends the night in custody after being arrested on suspicion of assault. Police said Winehouse had been "in no fit state" to be questioned when she arrived at the London station and was kept in a cell. The 24-year-old was to be questioned about an incident said to have occurred 3 days earlier after a 38-year-old man claimed he was assaulted.
Today's Birthdays include...influential rock and roll guitarist Duane Eddy (80); Italian singer, songwriter, DJ and record producer Giorgio Moroder (78); singer Bobby Rydell (76); former Troggs bassist Tony Murray (73); Neol Davies, guitarist, songwriter and founding member of 2 Tone ska revival band The Selecter (66); former Motley Cue singer/guitarist John Corabi (59); Duran Duran drummer Roger Taylor (58); Chris Mars, former drummer for The Replacements and currently an acclaimed painter (57); Tionne Watkins, aka T- Boz, of TLC (48); and Incubus drummer Jose Antonio Pasillas II (42).
