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Today in Music History

August, 22

  • 2000 Violence erupts at the second annual Source Hip-Hop Music Awards 2000 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, Calif., causing police to stop the show about 21/2 hours into the event. The spectacle is broadcast later that month on TV network UPN.
  • 1998 Garth Brooks pledges to return to South America after his first concert on the continent draws a sold-out crowd of 50,000 to the Estadia Rezacao during the Rodeo Barretos in Brazil.
  • 1997 Country singer Mark Wills of Marietta, Ga., performs his hit single “Jacob’s Ladder” for his Grand Ole Opry debut. The singer has new soles and heels put on his boots for the big night.
  • 1997 Tim Weisberg sues former partner Dan Fogelberg for alleged breach of contract and fraud over the recording of “No Resemblance Whatsoever,” the 1995 follow-up to “Twin Sons.”
  • 1987 Bon Jovi headlines the Monsters of Rock festival at Castle Donington, England.
  • 1968 Cynthia Lennon sues John Lennon for divorce, citing his relationship with Yoko Ono.
  • 1964 Singer, songwriter, piano virtuoso, Tori Amos is born Myra Ellen Amos in Newton, N.C.
  • 1956 Filming begins on Elvis Presley’s movie debut, “The Reno Brothers.” The movie is later re-titled “Love Me Tender.”
  • 1917 Bluesman John Lee Hooker is born in Clarksdale, Miss. He shares a Grammy Award in 1990 with Bonnie Raitt for best traditional blues recording.