1999 Bill Sammeth files suit against Cher, charging that she owes him a 15% personal manager’s fee involving the proceeds of “Believe,” her hit single. Sammeth says he masterminded her comeback as a recording artist, but after 22 years he was “unceremoniously terminated” just before the Super Bowl gig he claims he got her.
1993 Bandleader Billy Eckstein dies in Pittsburgh of complications from a stroke. He is 78. Among the musicians he recruited for his orchestra were Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro, Miles Davis and Art Blakey. His million-selling records include “My Foolish Heart” and “I Apologize.”
1974 Bad Company gives its debut performance in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.
1973 Paul McCartney is arrested for growing marijuana on his farm in Scotland.
1973 Ron “Pigpen” McKernan of the Grateful Dead dies of a stomach hemorrhage.
1971 Radio Hanoi broadcasts Jimi Hendrix’s “Star Spangled Banner.” The tape is sent by Abbie Hoffman.
1968 The Fillmore East opens in New York City.
1958 Gary Numan is born in Hammersmith, England. His only song to make the Hot 100 is “Cars,” a No. 9 song in 1980.
1945 Mickey Dolenz of the Monkees is born in Tarzana, Calif. The Monkees have three million-selling No. 1 songs: “Last Train to Clarksville” (1966), “I’m a Believer” (1966-67) and “Daydream Believer” (1967).
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