1957: During an Australian tour, Little Richard publicly renounced rock ‘n’ roll and
embraced God, telling a story of dreaming of his own damnation after praying to God
when one of the engines on a plane he was on caught fire. The singer threw four
diamond rings, valued at $8,000, into Sydney’s Hunter River and soon after launched a
Gospel career. Five years later, he would switch back to Rock.
1974: The Bay City Rollers went to No.1 on the UK album chart with their debut album
‘Rollin.’ The album included three British chart hits “Remember,” “Shang-a-Lang,”
“Summerlove Sensation,” and the debut of “Saturday Night,” which never took off in the UK, yet was a No.1 smash in America.
1979: Fleetwood Mac released their twelfth album Tusk, an experimental set of songs
that cost the band over $1 million to record. The double album peaked at No.4 in the US
and achieved sales in excess of two million copies, spawning two Top Ten singles, “Sara”
and the title track. It reached No.1 in the UK and achieved Platinum status.
2005: Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee suffered minor burns at a concert in Casper,
Wyoming during a pyrotechnics explosion. Lee was treated at a local hospital for the
injuries to his arm and face, which occurred while he was suspended from a wire 30 feet
above the stage.
