Thinks happen: Music Monday - A pretty good day

Today's Birthdays include: 1861 - Composer Anton Stepanovich Arensky was born. 1885 - Composer George Sainton Kaye Butterworth was born. Did you remember to send a card? Oscar Hammerstein II (wrote a couple songs) 1895 Conte Candoli 1927 (Jazz Trumpet) Van Cliburn (Played Grand Piano with a little flair.) 1934 Christine McVie (Fleetwood Mac) 1943 Butch Hancock (The Flatlanders) 1945 Walter Egan (Singer-Songwriter) 1948 John Wetton (Asia, King Crimson) 1949 Eric Carr (KISS) 1950 Liz Mitchell (1970s disco/pop band, Boney M.) 1952 Sandi Patti (At least she didn't do rap) 1956 Ray Gillen (Badlands)1960 Dan Murphy (Soul Asylum) 1962 Robin Wilson (Gin Blossoms) 1965 Tanya Donnelly (Belly) 1966 John Petrucci (Dream Theater) 1967 Tracie Spencer (American pop/R&B singer-songwriter, actress, and model) 1976	The above photograph is seriously unrelated to anything on this page. In 1959, Alan Freed began a 13 week Rock & Roll show on ABC-TV. It was in black and white on my TV. Today in 1961, Pat Boone began a 10-day tour of South Africa. I am not sure if he returned or not. 1962 - The Rolling Stones made their performance debut at the Marquee Club in London. And then they went home and did intellectual things.
Today in 1954 ( a date which will forever live in controversey)Elvis Presley signed his first recording contract and quit his job as a truck driver. The contract was with Sun Records.	In June of 1969 a short-lived group, Blind Faith gave their first concert in London’s Hyde Park. Shortly after the concert, their only album was released. The cover caused more stir than the music. An alternate cover was produced for the prig markets. So ... Today in 1969, the alleged “super group” Blind Faith began their only tour with a sold-out show at New York's Madison Square Garden. The concert program was more controversial than the album cover or the music. For a really good discussion about Blind Faith see this page from The Trick is to Keep Going
In 1992, A memorial to Buddy Holly was unveiled in Dallas, TX. Thanks to the fine photography of msmisery05 on Flickr for the above image.	From the police blotter: 1992 - Axl Rose (Guns N' Roses) was arrested at New York's JFK airport on a warrant from St. Louis, MO. Rose was wanted on charges stemming from a 1991 Guns N' Roses concert. 1996 - Jonathan Melvoin (Smashing Pumpkins) was found dead in a New York City hotel of a heroin overdose. 1997 - Anthony Keidis (Red Hot Chili Peppers) suffered a broken wrist in a motorcycle accident in Los Angeles, CA. 1998 - It was announced by Toronto's Mayor Mel Lastman that the Spice Girls had backed out of a promise to perform at a free outdoor event at Toronto's City Hall. The Spice Girls had decided instead to appear on the Canadian TV show MuchMusic. Well, that's certainly criminal ... In 1999, DMX was arrested in Trinidad in mid-concert for using obscene language. And then the same year, Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit, was arrested in St. Paul, MN, for allegedly kicking a local security guard in the head during the band's performance.