#1 R&B Song 1956: “Drown In My Own Tears,” Ray Charles & His Band
Born: Alberta Hunter, 1895; Amos Milburn, 1927; Rudolph Isley (the Isley Brothers), 1939
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1960 In a great mix of the old and the new, Louis Jordan, Lenny Welch and the Four Tops performed at the Apollo Theater. The Tops were still four years away from their first big hit and doing mostly jazz.
1972 B.B. King performed at the Mar Y Sol Festival in Puerto Rico with Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and the Allman Brothers.
1984 After a violent dispute, Marvin Gaye was shot to death by his ranting reverend father, Marvin Gaye, Sr., in their Los Angeles home. Marvin Jr. would have been forty-five the next day.
1989 B.B. King with U2 charted pop with “When Love Comes To Town,” reaching #68 and becoming his last of thirty-six pop Top 100 entries.
1992 Boyz II Men and Hammer began the “Too Legit To Quit” tour in Hampton, VA.
1994 The O’Jays, the Whispers, and Levert performed at the Westbury Music Fair in Westbury, Long Island, NY.
1995 The Cameo funk era ended when their thirty-eighth chart single, “You Are My Love,” barely scraped the R&B 100 (#99).
1996 Isaac Hayes—-recording artist, musician, writer, producer, and actor—-put on another hat when he became the new WRKS-FM disc jockey in their 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. slot.
Ann
